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• haha this is pretty fun : opengl128
• i like it! : changejar419
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  this is actually rather addicting. thanks fucker. I'm late now : epit
  • How does your bf feel about that? : Super Sparker
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  man i can't get past lvl 6. : Ziz
  • I can't get past 5 :( : voodooraze
• It is actually a good Flash game with an interesting theme. Thumbs up. : yellowtexan
• Starts to get cool around level 13 : vynn
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  ugh lvl 21 is killing me its a damn cycle! : sesmaster
  • password is framework if you want to be a quitter : sesmaster
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  I stopped at lvl19, password is reporting. : ant_hillbilly
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    Reporting is lvl 17. : .ka`boom.zZz.
    • oops. : ant_hillbilly
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  lvl 15 was really hard, im on 17 now though. : .ka`boom.zZz.
  • lvl 18: Forecasting : .ka`boom.zZz.
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  how many levels are there ? : andrew``
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    That's what I want to know. 21 was a bitch; 22 password: Framework : yossapw
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      im on 25 and still going : andrew``
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        got to 26 :D : andrew``
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          fuck level 26 with a rusty nail filled dick. : Hizzow
          • seriously... how in the hell do you solve this? : digital_d
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            agreeing here. password: MIS DeltaMiner fuck level 26. wtf. : Downforce
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              does anyone have a tutorial on lvl 26 seriously wtf SMASH STUFF SOjnfcdp9aw8yra4 : Downforce
              • 26 was a level i beat in (literally) 5 seconds the first time i tried it and now that i go back to it, i ... : andrew``
              • here is how to beat lvl 26 R,D,L,D,L,D,R,U,L,D,U,L,U,R,L,U,R,D,L,D,L : andrew``
              • for people who only want a generic hint: don't use the top-left speed booster : digital_d
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      lvl 23: Planning : .ka`boom.zZz.
      • welp im stuck. : .ka`boom.zZz.
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      now on 25, it would appear there are 30 levels (hint: fast forward button in bottom left) : yossapw
      • 27 (26 subsidiary) : yossapw
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  its like pOrtal from 1992 : sexninja!!!!
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    i got up to which ever the elvel before it's password is budgeting before getting tired of it but ill pla... : sexninja!!!!
    • it was 19 : sexninja!!!!
• Damn level 17 is a bitch. Thanks again for the time sink. : bitter ego
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  This is based on an ancient DOS game, but it's soooo much better in Excel. Also, I love the motion blur o... : treefingers1
  • For a moment I thought it's ghosting on my LCD. I was a little scared there, heh : yossapw
• 28 CIO : Hizzow
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  there are 30 levels...i am currently on 30 and about to get it ! : andrew``
  • i won !!! : andrew``
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  Whats the password to level 21 again? I was there, but got stuck and left to lunch. Wanna pickup where i ... : judoka2
  • scalability I'm on 30 now \o/ : yossapw
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  wtf 11. i can't even trace a route backwards from the exit to plan a strategy. : aurealis
  • Left, Right, Down, Up, Left : sonicdeathwalrus
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  stuck on level 20 :( : thetangent
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    no wait, I mean 21 : thetangent
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      oh god, i need to see how this is done - directions for level 21 anyone? : thetangent
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        most direct route to the goal R D R U L D R U : Kniggit
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          god damn, thank you - I don't know why this one was so hard :P : thetangent
          • yeah, it took me a bit to see how that one worked... I ended up just having to work it out backwards. : Kniggit
• 23 is kicking my ass : d0pamine
• I've been lazily playing through ... but man level 27 had me stumped for the longest time. I just couldn : Kniggit
• stuck on 25 =( : Agrona
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  29 is a fuck : khaosman
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    so is 30 : khaosman
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      son of a bitch i can't even figure out how to get to the damn exit : khaosman
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        finally, I see the path to the exit, I just don't know how to do it... : Kniggit
        • ok, finally done, that was a bitch --- you have to get to the exit via S-10 -> I-10 -> I-19 -> T-19 -> T : Kniggit
• hah this is fun. : deathofrats
• lvl 25 (for later) MIS DeltaMiner : buzzbat

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• Anyone? Bueller? Bueller? : Fred Garvin
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  Q6600 and an Asus P5K mainboard : stump
  • or any P35 board that fits your needs, you can get them much cheaper if you don't want all the bells and ... : randomnull
  • Noted! Thanks. : CrustaR
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    How's this selection? https://secure.newegg.com/NewVersion/Wishlist/PublicWishDetail.asp?WishListNumber=6... : CrustaR
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      looks good so far. Dont know if your doing a complete rebuild. You may want to get a aftermarket cpu cool... : Iwannaacura
      • Agreed, I have this one and it's wonderful. : FushigiDenki
      • much better choices than a zalman 9700 if you want to overclock, Thermalright Ultima-90 and a good fan wo... : randomnull
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      I'd go with Gigabyte instead and 3GB of ram. : FushigiDenki
      • Cool, I think I will do that. I can afford this right now because I am getting $500 in scholarship money... : CrustaR
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      http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128059 $50 cheaper than the DS4 and just as good... : randomnull
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        Good point. I went ahead and dropped it down to that. : CrustaR
        • you may want to check out other sites than newegg, I went through ewiz and with that mobo+Q6600 I saved $... : randomnull
    • Okay, I might pull the trigger on this. It came out to just below $500, which is a pretty good price for... : CrustaR
  • Yep yep yep. : abrasion
  • Thats how I went. Its nice and zippy. : MacemanInTW
  • This is *EXACTLY* what I have. It's amazing, and the Q6600 overclocks so easy +25% it's practically a jo... : warcrow
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  Gigabyte GA-P35-DS4, it has Ultra Durable 2 which rocks. I'm not a fan of ASUS anymore, had too many iss... : FushigiDenki
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    What is Ultra Durable 2? : Fred Garvin
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      cooling tech for their newer mobos: http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/FileList/WebPage/mb_070427_ud2/tech_070427... : FushigiDenki
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        Do they come with the soundtrack and action figures? http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/FileList/WebPage/mothe... : Fred Garvin
        • yes but they are soldiered onto the mobo : FushigiDenki
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      It's "Hey, we put a cooler on our VRMs and want to charge you a higher price!" : randomnull
      • Keeps ambient pc temp down which is something I desire. : FushigiDenki
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      I don't think that has to do with motherboards. : Tincan
      • it definitely does : FushigiDenki
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    I can definately say avoid Gigabyte, I've never had such appalling service, I had trouble overclocking 2 ... : abrasion
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      I've used gigabyte for most of my system builds since the early Socket A days and haven't had any issues,... : randomnull
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        True but I had other instability issues and absoloutely atrocious service on a return. Fuck them - Asus a... : abrasion
        • Well the AU gigabyte support may be suspect, it's pretty good in the US in my experience : randomnull
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      I've had a lot of ASUS products fail after ~1 year, videocards and mobos, I stay away now. : FushigiDenki
      • Sorry to hear that, it's all subjective of course - the only people who could really comment on this with... : abrasion
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  didn't that podcastin' foo' warcrow just buy this very combo after a lot of research? might be worth hitt... : Dave-A
  • yup yup! : warcrow
• I just specced out a system, but haven't pulled the trigger, will check into this. thanks for thei nfo. : Crimson
• Just about the thread I was going to post! : thewriter
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  hijack: I've been speccing out a new computer myself and I had settled on the Asus P5N32-E SLI Plus mothe... : Fredrik S
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    Not if you're going intel. You're better off just getting some IDE -> SATA adapters. : CrustaR
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      oh. yeah. that should work. I'll look for those. Do you have any recommended brands? : Fredrik S
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        I bought a few of these: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16812206002 : CrustaR
        • Those sound great! Thanks a ton! : Fredrik S

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• All lies : ShadowRam
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  wtf are you talking about : gmd
  • Portal Tycoon : riptyde
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    www.perfectcompetition.net I'm Photon Enterprises : MisterPhoton
    • that is so .com/faggot : gmd
• i just bid on some stock from you. : the rizzo
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  Man, I am sucking badly. I have a couple restaurants open but beyond that every time I try to open a fact... : hirosushima
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    set your factory to "No" on the sell to public option, select your factory in your shop, click 'no' on th... : MisterPhoton
    • Ah k, I was a bit confused. My restaurants are making a profit but I want to venture off in to some other... : hirosushima
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      Also is there a chart that shows you the build order? Like as you listed you need wheat for flour to make... : hirosushima
      • in the economy tab, under number of goods for sale, click that link and click the shop/factory you want t... : ^-SeaWolf-^
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    wtf I cant use a gmail adress to sign up? : xsii
    • yeah, it sucks : Nation
    • Yeah, says my school's alumni account is invalid as well. Guess I'll have to pass on this. : skizl
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      seems like a scam to collect personal and work email addresses if you ask me... I'd like to try it ou... : dedgecko
      • I used http://www.mytrashmail.com/ Had to copy and paste the URL, once I got the confirmation email. : Zakko
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  I'm sorry, maybe I'm just an idiot, but how do you liquidate in this game? I've looked through the help ... : boofy
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    go into a factory or whatever you want to liquidate, and click close at the bottom. it closes that entity... : MisterPhoton
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      ah. thank you. I didn't realize that is what close meant. : boofy
      • I accidentally clicked "close" thinking it was "cancel" yesterday ... that was a setback. : Nation
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  my company is dunder mifflin if anyone wants to buy some stock. got 2 factories, a lumbermill, and a boo... : the rizzo
  • haha I have seen your stuff around, Happy Panda shares cost a crap ton. : hirosushima
• If anyone goes into the chicken nugget business, you should totally buy your flour from me. Its freakin' ... : MisterPhoton
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  i really have no idea what i'm doing. i just started a restaurant though. : kbnerd
  • it's a complex game ... I am looking to focus on one thing, get it under my belt and then move to the nex... : Nation
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  i'm working on recovering some of the money i lost figuring the game out, and i'm doing well, i'm only in... : ^-SeaWolf-^
  • I was pushing around 80.80 after MisterPhoton's post last night. : Nation
  • Is there anyway we can locate eachothers property's on the map? I have just been clicking random areas. I... : hirosushima
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    i'll band together with you!! tell me how. : kbnerd
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      i've actually just been sticking to the first sector of the map, without scrolling much, i didn't realize... : ^-SeaWolf-^
      • I'm starting to build more heavily in the areas surrounding 50.50, since its easy to ship between the 4 q... : MisterPhoton
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        i'm buying shares in wolf co. : kbnerd
        • once i have your money i will shut it all down and head for the border!! you'll never see me again! : ^-SeaWolf-^
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  Could someone clue me in to how stock buying and selling works? I fell asleep in that class. :[ : zanzares
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    I have no idea but somehow I have stock in 4 companies (one of which is INSANELY profitable). :( I just p... : yoonix
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      I threw out some bids, we'll see what happens. : zanzares
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        Try to get in on Stay Creative. He's pulling in like 2.5k/day of profit, and I have no idea how... but th... : yoonix
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          I'm making 2.5k / day too :D : zanzares
          • Nice! I probably will be after another few days, I just have to pay up on my bond soon so I'm trying to h... : yoonix
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          So I just stick a bid out there, say 1000 @ $1 ea for a $0.50 stock and hope something happens? : zanzares
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            Pretty much, just look at the companies that are going to be issuing stocks soon. Photon, for example, is... : yoonix
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              I was thinking more buy from the small shareholders. : zanzares
              • That works too, just throw some bids out there. I got a couple of hundred shares that way. : yoonix
  • make bids on stuff with shares going to be issues soon: http://www.perfectcompetition.net/a/2/PC_MarketS... : Nation
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  Anyone else get spam from having signed up to play? : Jonathan
  • if I am then gmail is catching it in the spam filter : Nation
• I made up the money I lost screwing around, and my company is worth around $110k right now. I have about ... : yoonix
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  I have extra flour (and a bit of wheat) near 26.22 if anybody needs it I can sell it as cheap as possible... : boofy
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    STOP TRYING TO COMPETE WITH ME >:-( : MisterPhoton
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      Don't want to compete -- I can help supply your cake/bread shops! : boofy
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        did you know that for every wheat you make 25 flour? both the wheat and flour markets are operating way a... : MisterPhoton
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          so what would be useful to produce? You need sugar? : boofy
          • I'm working on optimizing my sugar supply chain right now...I'll be making more factories soon, and I can... : MisterPhoton
          • also, I could sell you flour for 1.00 a piece... : boofy
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  New Zones Idea Now that I understand the supply shock and all. How about picking two places to bui... : Nation
  • that makes sense. I probably won't move during year 2, but once I get hit from shocks for year 3 I'll sta... : MisterPhoton
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    i've got some land around 59,60 : kbnerd
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      part of my thought is basically you want one of the two numbers as close to 50 as you can. : Nation
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        well that didn't work. i still can't make a mine. : kbnerd
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          look at: http://www.perfectcompetition.net/SupplyShocks.html and ... (waiting for the game to come back o... : Nation
          • http://www.perfectcompetition.net/a/2/PC_SupplyShocks.aspx : Nation
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  I still dont know what 'supply shock' means... wish this game had SOME kinda manual to it. : tomatoactivator
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    http://www.perfectcompetition.net/SupplyShocks.html : Nation
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      thanks, somehow i went through a ton of pages and couldn't find anything about this supplyshock thing. : tomatoactivator
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        yeah, I wish their help pages had a table of contents or search box or something : Nation
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          Uh, there is a search box. Upper right corner. : Zakko
          • that's new, was not there last night : Nation
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    ok, the game 'board' is 100 x 100 squares. 50.50 is the center of the board and it's divided into 4 sect... : ^-SeaWolf-^
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      I read it as the other way around .... you can only produce int he sector that is listed : Nation
      • well it's either that or the other way, but basically it affects one of the 4 big sectors in the game : ^-SeaWolf-^
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        actually, you're right and SeaWolf is wrong. You can only produce that product in the sector that's liste... : MisterPhoton
        • ah, the way they wrote the description for it made it sound like you couldn't produce in the listed secto... : ^-SeaWolf-^
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  hey Nation, I don't understand how bonds work, do I issue one if I need to take out a loan, or is it the ... : MisterPhoton
  • Yeah, issue a bond if you want a loan. Face value is what you'll be paying off, but the amount you get fr... : yoonix
  • I have not done it in this game and am pulling more form my real world knowledge: The issuer is a inc ... : Nation
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    it's a kind of loan, but it's a security. you issue the bond and other people buy it from you, so basica... : ^-SeaWolf-^
    • and speaking of bonds... one of you homos should buy my bond. it's the absolute best deal on the bond ma... : ^-SeaWolf-^
• I have no clue what I'm doing in this game, but it's a good way to kill time while code compiles at work. : DHAvatar
• Haha, nice work kb, got yourself a patent! Now fight to keep it ;) : Zakko
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  We should make a list of shack companies so we can buy each others' stock. : perstephanie
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    I am attempting to buy at least a little as I learn about them. : Nation
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      I tried to bid on some of yours but I'm not sure if it worked or not. : perstephanie
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        basically I think it works this way: At the end of each day the system takes all the buy and sell bids... : Nation
        • Okay, that makes sense. Thanks :). : perstephanie
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    ZNR Services - specializing in cosmetics - Zee Are Beautiful! : Zakko
    • I own 0.001% of your company .... mu ha ha ha ha : Nation
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  HOLY FUCK sometime in the night my businesses tanked. i'm so fucked. ARGH : dahanese
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    yeah, you better come back, I own part of your company : Nation
    • oh, and read the root post here : Nation
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    if you're in a bad hole maybe you should consider issuing a number of low value bonds, maybe some of the ... : ^-SeaWolf-^
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      yeah, i issued a 10k bond. i'm back in the service industry and tonight i shall not sleep until i have PR... : dahanese
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        i'm buying your stock! : kbnerd
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          go for it -- what's your company? i have my feet under me and am making a profit now and intend to turn m... : dahanese
          • kb I want to make toys but i can't figure out exactly how to do it (i'm not very good at this game yet... : kbnerd
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          I'm hopefully picking up a big chunk of your stock dahanese - don't screw it up! ;-) : MisterPhoton
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            turn your profits around, and i promise i won't! : dahanese
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              my profits are up and down, depending on the day. once every 4 days or so I restock my shops, which is wh... : MisterPhoton
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                you can't restock continuously? : dahanese
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                  I purposely don't want them to, because then they'd be building up a big overstock (I can't sell as much ... : MisterPhoton
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                    yay I just opened up another bread shop, this time in sector three where there's the highest demand! lets... : MisterPhoton
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                      how do you judge the demand?? : dahanese
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                        pay $15 so you can see the advanced market reports...have questions about a specific market? I can tell y... : MisterPhoton
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                          oh. lol. well, i'm looking to go into beer. is there anywhere for a beer shop to go? : dahanese
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                            there's a massive demand for beer in sector 4 (lower right) : MisterPhoton
                            • i love you. : dahanese
                          • in my belly! : ^-SeaWolf-^
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                            I'm buying your beer to sell dahanese. A bit more expensive than others, but I figure its made with qual... : boofy
                            • why thank you, i assure you it's chock full o heady goodness! : dahanese
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                          Cosmetics? : Zakko
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                            Has a relatively low demand, but it exists, which is better than some non-foods. It also seems that non-f... : MisterPhoton
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                              hmm ok thanks. Gonna need to find a market for bottles and chemicals then. I can turn a profit in my sh... : Zakko
                              • Can you tell me how it specifies the level of demand? Also, is it updated daily? If so, has there been ... : Zakko
                        • Books? Any demand? : perstephanie
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      oh wow scratch that i didn't know you could only issue one bond at a time. that sucks. i want to issue ... : ^-SeaWolf-^
      • i don' t know how to buy bonds. i tried but it didn't work. : kbnerd
  • I own one whole share in your company (no clue how that happened) - don't go under! :) : perstephanie
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    Man, this was not what I wanted to see when I was going through your posts for Bioshock news... : Liquid
    • LOLOL : dahanese
• I am now producing beer if anybody's shop needs a good deal on some beer... : boofy
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  Photon, I own 2000 of your shares now. Gimme dividends. : yoonix
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    alright, I think I'm being an idiot again -- how does one buy stocks in another company? : boofy
    • http://www.perfectcompetition.net/a/2/PC_MarketShareIssues.aspx Look at the companies that are issuing... : yoonix
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  cltcprd, you just made my stock drop >:-( : MisterPhoton
  • sorry, needed cash :( : cltcprd
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  is there an easy way to tell exactly how big the market is in an area for a service? I keep adding em... : Nation
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    I don't get this game, I'll make profit on restaurants and then all the sudden they go to shit. : cltcprd
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      Don't dump them as soon as they go to shit. Sometimes they just don't have any demand for a turn, but bou... : yoonix
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        How do you know how many employees you need? : perstephanie
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          I have no idea, to be honest. Without proper demand data, it's hard to know. If your Last serv/Last sales... : yoonix
          • Maybe I'll try adding an employee then (they are even). Hmm. : perstephanie
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    I figure it has something to do with how many other restaurants are in the area...I really have no clue. ... : MisterPhoton
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      not a huge one, it's just odd ... I need more data : Nation
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        we should all pitch in for one of us to get 4weeks worth of those reports and that one person shares it w... : ^-SeaWolf-^
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          I paid for one week's worth of access, its helped a ton. : MisterPhoton
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            is it specific enough to be able to tell on a 8 by 8 section? : Nation
            • nope, it doesn't even cover service industry stuff, other than giving the rundown of the 50 most profitab... : MisterPhoton
• I just signed up but its random that you cannot use a regular email address. I had to use my old AOL add... : Galadriel07
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  I just started a plastic factory around one of the shack areas. I was hoping to get into mobile phones o... : kamtrouble
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    if someone wants to make trays and someone else farm some chickens, I'll open up my flour and we can make... : MisterPhoton
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      I can farm some chickens a little bit later (20ish days), but I have no cash on hand right now to start i... : yoonix
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        I hope they don't default on you... : MisterPhoton
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          Well, one of them is zanzares, so I can mock him if he does. It's two AAA bonds and a BB bond. : yoonix
          • cool then :-D : MisterPhoton
          • You're covered. I got the cash on hand. : zanzares
    • While I wait for the price of electronics to go down - I can dream - I can start up a chicken farm. Wher... : kamtrouble
    • im making chikens now, buy them before i go bankrupt, ala Boolean Estates : tomatoactivator
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  I started a research centre but it's doing fuck all :( what the fuck am I doing wrong. I have a couple em... : moshman
  • how do I get the goods i need :((( : moshman
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  so anyone understand this stock bidding stuff? i understand that the small shareholder bot (well i'm j... : ^-SeaWolf-^
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    hell it's been a pain for me to buy shares in my own company, i've had the bid open for almost 6 months n... : ^-SeaWolf-^
    • The problem is that the small shareholder bot is just very reluctant to let go of stock. Seems like the o... : yoonix
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    I somehow bought your stock and ONE of the shares I was trying to get from dahanese's company, but other ... : perstephanie
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      I issued a 20,000 stock yesterday, the 24 hours came up just before then and they went on the market (and... : ^-SeaWolf-^
      • i've ordered a bunch of your stock. : kbnerd
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        Oh, that makes sense. Perhaps I will snag some more of your stock shortly, then. : perstephanie
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          not likely, everyone's favorite (my favorite!!) alt whoring isk hoarding motherfucker dragonfang/reptile ... : ^-SeaWolf-^
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            muahahah clearly i don't know my own business because i've got 50,000 coming up, not 35k get it while ... : ^-SeaWolf-^
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              please to be making a beer factory for me to buy from. : dahanese
              • Where? I want to not just have restaurants but haven't done well trying to branch out. : perstephanie
          • wow. nevermind then :P : perstephanie
• I think I'm finally getting the hang of this. I'm turning a profit for once with a small fruit market I ... : DHAvatar
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  This is probably a silly question, but how do you sell final goods? Do they just mysteriously get bought... : kamtrouble
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    use advertising to drive up demand for your product : MisterPhoton
    • i'm paying for advertising for a product i don't make! : kbnerd
    • I just figured that out. I wish I could just tell you all to go buy my MP3 players instead. ;) : kamtrouble
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  Buy paper from me. I own 22.8% of the paper market...I think.. I like this game I am just bewildered by a... : hirosushima
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    how do I buy specific stuff? this games UI needs a kick in the face : moshman
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      Well you have to build a facotry or a shop that requires paper. Whenever you select what kind of factory ... : hirosushima
      • I have a research centre, it says I need stuff, but it don't give me anything as an option :( or do I ne... : moshman
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    really you don't need to understand everything. At least I believe, you can focus on one or two thing... : Nation
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      i've been pretty stagnant for a while but don't seem to have the money to build anything else and i have ... : kbnerd
      • people who produce/sell cable pay you See: http://www.perfectcompetition.net/researchpatents.html The... : Nation
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        Your research center will make money when there are companies who sell cable if you have the highest R&D ... : Zakko
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          you better keep that patent, i invested in you (even though i only have 3 shares, i have 3997 more on ord... : ^-SeaWolf-^
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            i somehow lost the patent between leaving work and arriving at home. is there a way to get it back? : kbnerd
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              Think you just have to increase your R&D output (i.e. hire more people). : yoonix
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                I just hired one more and now i'm maxed! I don't really want to move people away from my restaurant, : kbnerd
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                  Well, you have the option of promoting your CEO in order to hire more people, but the CEO salary goes up ... : yoonix
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                    i made $123 last round. I need to get this research back. Can i change my patent direction? or something?... : kbnerd
                    • $7.95 *sigh* : kbnerd
                    • Nope. :( You can liquidate and do something else.,. or take out a bond, invest in an additional income st... : yoonix
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        as far as being stagnant, I am too ... I have done very little today after I built one factory that is no... : Nation
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          i'm trying to build another restaurant too but it tells me i don't have enough money. I think i should th... : kbnerd
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            check the cost table -- a restaurant is 15k : dahanese
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              i have 15k why won't it work!?!? : kbnerd
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                Does your company have 15k? It's a business cost, and so it comes out of the business account, not your ... : Zakko
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                  yeah, check the cash price on the far right. : dahanese
                  • your financial reports don't update as you buy/sell stuff, only after the day is over. so everything you... : ^-SeaWolf-^
          • Here is the "cost table": http://www.perfectcompetition.net/PC_BusinessUnits.aspx I got to it from my ... : Nation
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  Hay, guys... 10000 shares of Burrito Enterprises coming up in an hour. Budget price! :D : yoonix
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    Why do you guys keep issuing share? Raise cash? : zanzares
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      that's why i did it. : cltcprd
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        I want to gain 100% ownership of my company. : zanzares
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          I wonder if that's even possible. The SmallStockholders are bastards. : cltcprd
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            I know. They keep selling my stock to someone who has put in a lower offer than me. : zanzares
            • Apparently the selling price is the average of the lowest offer and the highest bid, so they might actual... : Code RedBeard
          • The rules said something about it being possible, but I dunno. I'm not going to issue that many shares (j... : yoonix
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      Yeah. I'm making money but I wanna try building cinemas, which have a high startup cost. I figure with a ... : yoonix
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        i think the dude who i gave a bond to is gonna default. :-( : dahanese
        • oh noes! you should still sell me stocks! : kbnerd
        • I'm worried about one of mine defaulting too, but it's only $10000 anyway. How much did you give? :( : yoonix
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          o_O weren't you having money troubles?? what are you doing lending money out : ^-SeaWolf-^
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            Dahaneseorama is actually profitable! I'll buy shares after a dividend payout from another company. : yoonix
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              hell yeah it is! however, i had to stop my beer store and make a beer factory, because all the beer facto... : dahanese
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                A crappy economy leads to increased alcohol consumption, so I guess that's what people have to resort to.... : yoonix
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                  so what's the difference between a player and a company holding stock? why do you care who holds what? : dahanese
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                    If the company holds stock, it adds to their accumulated wealth (or detracts from it), so it's actually r... : yoonix
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                      happypanda's also taken over a number of companies, through controlling interest i gather : ^-SeaWolf-^
                      • Yeah, I've seen them liquidate at least two : yoonix
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                      well someone should buy stock in my company. anyone who got in this morning must be very happy with me --... : dahanese
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                        I tried too but it wouldn't let me. I was trying to buy several thousand shares too =-( =-( : kbnerd
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                          you have to put your bid way high. like 1.75 per : dahanese
                          • that stinks : kbnerd
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    What's your username on there? I find it easier to find the person's name rather than the company name...... : perstephanie
    • dimitri : yoonix
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      what do you use to find people? : Nation
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        I go to "Economy" and then it says Players: 251 or whatever, and if you click on the number it shows you ... : perstephanie
        • Oh, wow, I'm ranked #2 for "change in wealth"! : yoonix
• i'm selling 1500 shares : kbnerd
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  This is such a spam scam. They don't accept so many email types, talk about being fishy. : ant_hillbilly
  • I used fastmail.fm : perstephanie
  • it's still fun, spam or no spam. : dahanese
  • I just tried to login to my shackmail for the first time ever in order to use it for this and it keeps sa... : tfboc
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  So this bond... It gets paid back automatically assuming the cash is there on the pay date? : zanzares
  • yes : kbnerd
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    Yeah. Please don't default :D : yoonix
    • I won't. I was just making sure I didnt have to push any buttons. : zanzares
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  What the fuck are you people talking about? : rosewood
  • www.perfectcompetition.net : dahanese
  • PERFECT COMPETITION : lakren
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  so i see you all talking about this game and i want to try it but the bastards won't let me use my gmail... : nandu666
  • I have not received any email from the system after my registration ... at least none that got past the g... : Nation
  • Just for registration. : yoonix
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  WTF. I have to pay a dividend cause I was profitable last year. :[ : zanzares
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    of course, there's gotta be some other reason to buy stock besides buying and selling without getting any... : ^-SeaWolf-^
    • Well I get 1/4 of that dividend. :D : zanzares
• Oh great, I registered using my uni mail adress, which I've never used. Logged in to it to find that it's... : woddemandred
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  So 2 hours until dividend day? Urgh. : zanzares
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    Yup! I should get about 2000 cash, which is nice, I guess. : yoonix
    • muahahaha i was not profitable last year i don't have to pay anything this year : ^-SeaWolf-^
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  So theres 2 parts to this game. Personal wealth, as well as company success? Personal wealth can only be ... : zanzares
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    well obviously if your company goes up, your personal wealth goes up with it. : cltcprd
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      Well I was thinking raising personal cash. : zanzares
      • correct, but wealth is a combination of cash + stock values. : cltcprd

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  I am going, personally, with an e6750, 2GB DDR2 800, 1 or 2 8800GTs (or 1 GTS when available), Asus SLI m... : EvilDolemite
  • i was just reading your thread, thats where i got the proc info : oHnOES
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  e6750. 4gb ram PC6400 (800mhz). : hirez
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    4gb is a waste at this point. but yea e6750 : eeeealmo
    • No, it isn't at all. : abrasion
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      not true. I saw a significant speed improvement from 2gb ->4gb (well, 3gb, since I'm using XP, but it was... : hirez
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        that is my point (get 3gig) : eeeealmo
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          No, get 4. : abrasion
          • Why 4? :| : CrustaR
        • but with 4, I'm ready for Vista64 when I decide to make the move. : hirez
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  update: this is what i have so far: GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard ... : oHnOES
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    Someone post this guy the power supply calculator - You'll want to reference that if you are seriousl... : flagg209
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      oh, no i wont do SLI, im not that hardcore : oHnOES
      • I might. I'm forsaking a new monitor and might get SLI. I can do everything for about $950, SLI include... : EvilDolemite
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      http://www.extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp : Shadowdane
      • Says I'd need 338W for an 8800GT SLI E6750 2GB 1HDD 1DVD-RW system : EvilDolemite
      • You should usually add 15-20% to the Capacitor Aging. Not to mention Power Supplies usually only deliver : Shadowdane
    • Just go the with the corsair 550 watt PSU. Its a little pricy, but fucking solid as a rock. : d0gbert
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    The best Seasonic you can budget in, a 450 should be fine for that setup : d fluke
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      errr.. ive never even heard of them : oHnOES
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        They are one of the best brands, read for example this article on silentpcreview.com: http://www.silentp... : Goncyn
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          yeah i decided on the hx520 : oHnOES
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            err thats not the one, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139004 it says +12V@41A,-... : oHnOES
            • The VX series does not have modular cabling. This is a feature I like a lot, so I'd go with an HX or the ... : Goncyn
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              what is with PSUs having more than 1 12volt rail? what else are they used on besides the mother board? : oHnOES
              • errr.... i think im understanding this wrong. do the multiple +12volt rails combine into one cable? or... : oHnOES
  • pretty much the same setup i'm building. i went with a corsair hx line 520w psu. it's niiice. : xxiv
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    get a q6000 instead of the e6750 : FushigiDenki
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      the q6600? i was reading evil dolemite's thread and i wont be upgrading to vista for maybe a year and ga... : oHnOES
      • Some games will, and when you're multitasking you're going to get better performance, and it's easy to OC... : FushigiDenki
      • Mine overclocked to 3.2ghz, absoloutely ridiculously fully stable with the stock air cooler on it - it ru... : abrasion
• http://www.anandtech.com/guides/showdoc.aspx?i=3148&p=5 : sexydingo
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  Tom's likes the Quad6600 over the e6750 http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/Intel-E6750-Q6600-MSI-Gigabyte,rev... : skinlab133
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    screw tom : oHnOES
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      and it says "In video-editing and 3D-rendering scenarios the Core 2 Quad Q6600 is noticeably faster than : oHnOES
      • ok, well AnandTech recommends the Q6600 in their "mid-range system guide" as well... : skinlab133
• 4gb ram, not gigabyte board, Q6600 or E2160, nothing inbetween. : abrasion
• I would recommend the new Corsair power supplies, theyre super quiet and modular. I love em. : phokz
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  where is everyone getting their evga 8800gt's? every place i look is out of stock. : industro
  • im so fucking mad i cancled my first order. the prices have gone up so much : oHnOES
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    i ordered mine direct from eVGA : Shadowdane
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      where on their page is the store? i didnt see any links to buy them when they first came out : oHnOES
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        nvm, found it : oHnOES
        • Backordered. Motherfuckers. : treefingers1

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• Yeah, it was a fun and mindless summer flick. It's just something you can kind of half watch with some b... : CrustaR
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  I'm pretty sure Michael Bay doesn't pick the product placement stuff and not having a euro cars doesn't m... : Super Sparker
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    I disagree. Im sure he can say he doesn't want that in there. Its not you see that shit in Martin Scorsce... : bozer
    • Scorsese's movies don't cost $150 million bucks and require the extra influx of cash. : Super Sparker
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      oh no, he's definitely big on product placement, he's said it himself. it brings down the cost of his mo... : ^-SeaWolf-^
      • I remember him saying they saved like several million dollars by using certain cars, because of the produ... : Vincent Grayson
  • yes he did: "Senior vice-president LeeAnne Stables announced to the Reporter, I think this is a once i... : cptstern
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  You might want to check your vagina for bleeding. : [fry]
  • Hmmm,,, nope. Its dry. Smells like flowers too : bozer
• I do not think we can be friends anymore :( : Evil Benius
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  no, you SUCK. : g0nk
  • haha, I knew you loved that movie. I knew it. : bozer
• 2nd'd... : Saman
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  Yeah, lets attack those who liked it. Way to set yourself apart from the crowd. : pigvomit
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    Sorry dude. I just can't fathom how anyone can think that was a good movie : bozer
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      Is it possible that...I don't know...not everyone has the exact same mindset as you? Get over yourself d... : Bruzilla
      • one of my friends hated it totally hardcore, and a lot of my friends who usually like a good plot, reason... : kaddar0
      • no - not possible. thats how bad it was! : bozer
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      Hmmm, I guess some people just don't have the capacity to understand that others might have different tas... : pigvomit
      • I DISAGREE : duncandun
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  fuck that, I got goosebumps when Blackout transforms and starts laying waste to the military base. So fu... : darcspeed
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    Starscream dogfighting with F-22's destroyed my pants. : HojuSimpson
    • that was the shit : opengl128
    • Bonecrusher transforming on the freeway followed by Optimus Prime's transforming still gives me chub : Korban
    • the firefight was Scorponok was cool and my friend she loved the bumblebee chase scene. : Sailor of Fortune
• You suck. Sucker. : kaijuseijin
• I completely agree. I looked for good action, humour, and shit blowing up. In its defense, shit blew up..... : woddemandred
• All of Michael Bay's movie have very similar elements, I'm surprised you thought it would be any differen... : Scoots06
• Hating movies makes me special and unique : nukewinter
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  BOZER POST!!!! Seriously guys, replace "Transformers" it MACS!! and Michael Bay with "Steve Jobs" , et... : g0nk
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    except not - the two things i hate are the two things you love. drive away in your scion and storm troope... : bozer
    • lol!! I wasn't commenting on what you like vs. what I liked, I was SAYING how if you read you main post,... : g0nk
  • That may be true, but that movie was garbage...action flick or not, it was just poorly put together. : Saman
• It was ok. First half was better then 2nd. I can see how people could not like it since it was, overall... : Reavers!
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  Enjoy our stay in wrongville : boomstickah
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    oh fuck I suck. : boomstickah
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      hahahah : hamachi
      • way to miss all your turns in CC you jerk! : cltcprd
• All the action after the opening scene sucked, that was my problem. I can let the other stuff slide if at... : Serpico74
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  doesn't this movie only have about 10 mins of actual transformers? : filthysock
  • Not at all. Probably 40 minutes worth or so. (longer if you count them in car mode) : pigvomit
  • no, they're in it quite a bit. : edgewise
• I'd agree, it was horrible. Please place in your profile if you liked Crackdown and/or Transformers so I... : devi| dog
• i like it. bought the dvd. Do retards know they are retarded? Because stupid people sure don't. Either wa... : Slowtreme
• Welcome to the club. Screw the others. : Edges
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  I thought it was decent. Too much focus on the human characters, not enough on the botz. Standard Hollywo... : AhmNee
  • A shacker here made a good point that since technology on Earth was based on Megatron they're all evil. I... : Sailor of Fortune
• dude wasn't the highway scene with all the transformers rolling out with the michael bay music awesome? ... : cpt_gloval
• I'd rather shit nails and saw dust than have to suffer through that again. But I think it's safe to say ... : bitter ego
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  IT NEEDED FUCKING SOUNDWAVE. too much human crap, not enough transformers. could have been EPIC awesomen... : Downforce
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TYzRanykbQ : HojuSimpson
    • haha! That was pretty good. : Pacalon
    • Haha, fucking iPods... : Saman
• IAWTP : biskits
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  you clearly have no soul. : virus
  • fixed: the transformers movie has no soul. : SlamDunk
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  Actually, for some battle-carrier shots on the ocean, M Bay actually recycled it from Pearl Harbor. So he... : pobone
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    I dunno, that actually seems kind of smart to me. Why waste money if you already have that good footage ? : qwpeoriu
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      Because making movies should be an art form imo. That is, if you actually give a shit about what you're m... : bozer
      • So if I make a game, and reuse assets from another game, I don't give a shit about what I'm making ? Or i... : qwpeoriu
      • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stock_footage : Old_Fart
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        Artists of all types re-use previous material. : Pettytheft
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          sure but not in such blatant ways : t0ad
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            blatant? That carrier was not blatant. If it had P-47s on the deck than maybe. Did you actually watch ... : pigvomit
            • i did actually: http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/07/03/did-michael-bay-recycle-pearl-harbor-footage-into-tra : t0ad
        • Rob Liefield. Nuff said : pobone
      • Sky Captain, Superman Returns, Top Gun, and Contact all used some form of stock footage. : pigvomit
  • They did a decent job making it look WWII from using modern ships. : Sailor of Fortune
  • There was a good response to this on some blog somewhere or other, but the explanation was that every now... : ttyRazor
• oh i know i hate it when i can't tell the good guys from the bad guys, like what the fuck, they need to p... : khaosman
• PUT THE CUBE IN MY CHEST. : silent prophet
• i thought it was a pretty entertaining movie, but then again i really like big budget michael bay movies.... : arizona bay
• I agree with some of your points, mainly the ones about the believability of Meagan Fox and Rachael Taylo... : Adrenaline
• Dude its a movie, about aliens who come from outer space and take the shape of various forms of transport... : VegasX
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  This movie was awesome - story was great (FOR WHAT IT WAS - A cheesy sci-fi action flick). The Transforme... : thetangent
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    That is such a cop-out excuse. There are lots of "cheesy sci-fi action" movies that aren't so poorly dir... : Saman
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      I dislike Bay as much as the next guy, but I'm sorry - I had a lot of fun watching Transformers. It remin... : thetangent
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        the problem is that there is NO reason a fantasy movie has to be cheesy, so what if its about robots or u... : t0ad
        • I agree it doesn't HAVE to be cheesy, but cheesy movies can be fun in their own right sometimes, and some... : thetangent
    • Yeah if PJ did it it would kick ass I bet : bozer
  • thank you, iawtp^ : onji
• that movie was so bad it just goes to show the masses will flock to the most dumbed down, contrived, inan... : brewsterdog
• You clearly suck at having an opinion about films, please be quiet :) : breal0
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  did you at least enjoy megan fox as eye candy? : grabbie
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    That part where her and Sam are in Bumblebee on their way to Optimus, and she has to sit on his lap, and ... : HojuSimpson
    • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZPCzQrjpDg right at 3:41, that girl is so freaking hot. : HojuSimpson
  • yeah one of my friends is friends with this guy who goes out with her. Apparently he is really controllin... : bozer
• I saw it last night and wrote in my head a a post about why I hated it but decided the movie wasn't worth... : thief
• I guess the movie would have been cool if I were under the age of 12, or mentally retarded, but alas, I a : NastyJack
• I am mentally retarded and I LIKED that movie >:( : dognose
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  You're complaining about Megan Fox working on hot cars? : Arcanum
  • Yes, I also questioned this man's hetero status after reading this... : Saman
• Yup, it sucked. End of thread. : Optimus Prime
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  I completely agree. Not in the spirit of the originals at all. I mean, a Transformer pissing ... what, th... : cap n KRUNCH
  • Yeah, this movie was definitely not a goofy plot about giant robots trying to stop other giant robots fro... : Vincent Grayson