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  super mario galaxy, portal, tf2 : feek
  • ^ + HL2:Ep2 to round out the Box : skankcore
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  1. Portal. 2. S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 3. HL2:E2. : thewriter
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    In fact, Crysis probably beats HL2:E2 off the third place spot but I can't run it. : thewriter
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      I loved EP2 but it was definitely "more of the same" whereas Crysis was all kinds of new shit. Awesome ga... : oatmela
      • Sure. I liked what I played of it, but I had to shelve until such times as more than one game is demandin... : thewriter
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  surprised Witcher's not higher up : RikiTiki2
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    Loading :( : Mondo
    • It doesn't take that long for it to load on my system. It does take a while to save. :[ : CrustaR
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    is The witcher on PC? : oatmela
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      Yes and a good PC rpg : Mondo
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        hmm, I thought it was a console game. I will have to check it out for sure. I have heard a lot of good th... : oatmela
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          PC only, oatmela. : CrustaR
          • :( I thought Crysis was the only game to have the balls to release on PC only. I'll definitely check it o... : oatmela
    • I think the real question is, Is The Witcher NOT on the pc? : famine101
• peggle extreme : infiltrator`
• i think each of those should win in their own category: Best 3d puzzle game, Best FPS action game, Best '... : gyokuro
• i'm gonna pull a time magazine and say 2007 in general is GOTY : shavenewok
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  1. Portal 2. Peggle Bioshock 3. EP2 I'm going to guess Crysis is going to throw EP2 off that list if... : devi| dog
  • After cheating off everyone else, I forgot to put TF2 as #1, I just group that in a different category fo... : devi| dog
• I only bought two games this year. Bioshock and Halo 3. I enjoyed them both quite a bit. : sleepytea
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  Mass Effect : locater16
  • As much as I want Mass Effect to be GOTY... it ain't. Here's hoping for ME2 though. : Jonathan
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  I propose that the Shack NOT do GotY awards this year. Who's with me!?!?! : PenicillinX57
  • No pictures of new games either! : devi| dog
• Halo 3 (but probably Mario if I had it), Skate, Portal. : paravis
• 1. Bioshock & Portal 2. TF2 : AMikaboshi
• CoD4 : maulla
• Mario Galaxy Team Fortress 2 Zak and Wiki : Grumbeld
• TF2 or Portal. : Rigor Morts
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  Super Mario Galaxy, Orange Box, Bioshock : TastyWheat
  • That'd be my top 3. I'd have to finish Mass Effect but I think ME would be 4. : kainen1
• Super Mario Galaxy by a huge margin, then Orange Box (Portal just barely beating TF2, then Episode 2 if I... : Serpico74
• Too many good games, but if I have to narrow it down it would be. 1. BioShock 2. Super Mario Galaxy ... : manlyman
• TF2 : edgewise
• in no particular order: STALKER, Mass Effect, Crysis : kill9
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  Crysis for SP, TF2 for MP : spectr3
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    I'm thinking this is a good answer, though I haven't actually played Crysis yet. Don't be afraid to nomin... : SockMonkeh
    • I'll admit the Witcher is pretty fun, but the loading times got to me and I'm on an extended break for no... : spectr3
• Shouldn't it be GOTY other than Orange Box because it so obviously wins that we are really just playing f... : rosewood
• 1. Mario Galaxy 2. Portal 3. This is where it gets impossible : cdbeckman
• 1. Witcher 2. TF2 3. Portal 4. Bioshock. : hirez
• TF2!!!!! : anthonybean
• Forza2 Heavenly Sword Half-life 2 : trevis
• I won't be able to play Crysis 'til Thursday so I'll let you know then. : SockMonkeh
• TF2 : aeg1x
• 1. Metroid Prime 3 2. Super Mario Galaxy 3. Portal : MoreVespeneGas
• TF2 - It owns me body, mind, and soul. : ChibiJosh
• Portal, it was the most original and creative idea I've played in the last few years. I don't have a s... : qwpeoriu
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  The Witcher, Mario Galaxy, Mass Effect : FushigiDenki
  • oh, and TF2 :) : FushigiDenki
• Burning Crusade! Not a whole lot of people have brought it up in this thread, but I've heard HL2ep2 a ... : invisible_kid
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  So far I'd say: 1. Portal 2. Mario Galaxy 3. Forza 2 : zakazi
  • crap TF2/Portal is more like it. Much love for TF2. : zakazi
• portal, tf2, mario galaxy, and metroid prime 3 are all fighting each other at the top of my list : Mr.SEX
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  Can't order them, and really I could pick a lot more games but here's what I'm tossing in: Rock Band, ... : Begawkiness
  • Oh yeah Halo 3 was really good too heh : Begawkiness
• S.T.A.L.K.E.R. , TF2, then Bioshock : hobbespanache
• 1.S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2.Portal 3.NWN2:MoB : duncandun
• Crysis/Bioshock : glio1337
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  Overall: The Orange Box Xbox 360: Assassin's Creed PS3: Heavenly Sword PC: Orange Box : Magus
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    I'll go ahead and give you an obligatory cry post about how Orange Box doesn't count as a GOTY. : the city
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      I'm pleasantly surprised that the number of people who defy simple logic and insist Orange Box is one gam... : spectr3
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        GO SPECTR3 GO http://www.sapiens.staticservers.com/pics/misc/BeatDeadHorse.gif : Sapiens
        • I'm going to unabashedly keep pulverizing that horse. Screw all who oppose me. : spectr3
• 1. cod4 2. Portal 3. Crysis : cheesefubar
• If Time can name more than one person POTY then these three games should be GOTY: Mass Effect Orange Bo... : Sailor of Fortune
• 1. The Witcher 2. Mass Effect 3. God of War 2 : Ravenkettle
• 1. Bioshock 2. Mass Effect 3. Portal : lookitzpancakes
• 1) Bioshock 2) TF2 3) Pac Man Championship Edition : Jayx77
• Mario Galaxy > everything else. : Drewus
• 1: god of war 2 2: bioshock 3: assassins creed : CoRDS
• (1) CoD4 (2) Portal (3) FIFA08 (yes, I like it) : Albemuth
• Portal, TF2, and HL2:E2. Crysis comes a close fourth. Have not purchased COD4. : WaterSign
• 1. Metroid Prime 3 2. Team Fortress 2 3. Portal 4. HL2:Ep2 I haven't played that many new games thi... : K1Bond007
• WOW:BC :\ it's true : mwasher
• 1) TF2. 2) Portal. 3) The Burning Crusade. : Bamii
• TF2, CoD4, all PC : ElPopo
• RTS GOTY World in Conflict : thewindcriesmary
• - Metroid Prime 3 - Crysis - HL2 : Ep2 : moshman
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  1. Bioshock 2. COD4 : klearlyunseen
  • 3. Mass Effect : klearlyunseen
• 1. Portal / Orange Box 2. BioShock or Mass Effect 3. Guitar Hero 2 (x360) : chazums
• STALKER > Crysis > The Witcher > Orange Box > Mask of the Betrayer > Bioshock Bioshock disappointed me f... : Autocrawler
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  1. TF2 - I haven't a game this much since WoW and Quake 2. Portal - for the funny and for the ending son... : mrwolf710
  • haven't *played* a game this much...dammit. : mrwolf710
• 1. Super Mario Galaxy 2. Portal : enyakk
• I guess TF2, for the scalability, fun factor and replayability. : Nitrium
• I'll go Mass Effect and Call of Duty 4...I refuse to choose between them. : Vincent Grayson
• 1. Bioshock 2. Peggle 3. Orange Box 4. Elite Beat Agents (yeah its a game from last year I didn't play... : baron calamity
• 1. TF2 2. Crysis 3. Bioshock 4. LotRO 5. CoD4 6. Portal 7. Ep2 8. Witcher 9. Peggle : spectr3
• Mass Effect, Puzzle Quest, Portal : razorblade79
• oh please don't vote for portal, yes it's a good idea, but let it win mod of the year, Crysis is the winn... : shack_konto

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• 2fort has the habit of clearing out the server :( : Demius
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  Sorry I left, but I just cannot seem to stand 2fort. Any other map, I would stayed on. :( : carrioN luggagE
  • it's ok. i just don't get a chance to play TF2 often, and it's frustrating when i finally do get to play,... : mindmann
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  seems like the map's supporters rarely play on shack servers. : edgewise
  • Well I guess if you're new to TF and it has no nostalgia for you, I can understand that. : the city
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  2fort is classic, who the fuck doesn't like 2fort? Did they mess it up in TF2 or what? : the city
  • i dunno. i like it. it seems a lot of people find it slow, though. : mindmann
  • doesn't suit the game. It's just zzz compared to the other maps. : aeg1x
  • Sadly 2Fort is my favorite map, mainly because it's CTF. I enjoy territory control but CTF is my true lo... : Sapiens
  • I haven't played 2fort too much on the shack servers yet, but of all the maps it seems to be the one wher... : action wombmate
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    I don't like 2fort. It's too defensive, so really only fun when defending. : ElPopo
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      it's only defensive because people won't cooperate in 2fort like they do in the cp_ maps and send a gang ... : Old_Fart
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        It's much harder to create a safe staging area to build uber in 2fort. The map is so small and has so ma... : chazums
        • I find that when I lose in 2fort on pubs it's usually because hardly anyone seems to be making a concerte... : action wombmate
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    The scoring system in TF2 is just broken, no idea why they changed it unless whoever came up with sudden ... : Beady
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      Sudden death is a failed solution to the problem of turtling. Honestly, I'm not sure if there is a good ... : chazums
      • it should only go sudden death if there is no clear winner. BLU 2 vs 1 RED is not a stalemate, it's a vic... : aeg1x
  • I like it : [7]kami
  • 2forts requires solid teamwork if you play a heavily defensive team. people that don't like the map are j... : Slowtreme
  • 2fort is fun when people are playing together to get the briefcase and protect your own. Played correctly... : razlebol
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  there is nothing wrong with 2fort. Every class can shine on the map and it's classic ctf fun. Unfortuna... : windowpane
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    The problem I see is that in CTF, capturing the flag doesn't really do anything. Winning is just a matter... : dooberzoo
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      are you new to FPS games? CTF has been a major thing in online multi-player FPS games for over 10 years. ... : Old_Fart
      • I'm almost offended :) long enough to remember the first time it was in an FPS :) Sure it's a goal but as... : dooberzoo
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  I'd like to add that I think people who drop server (any server) because of one map they don't like are k : action wombmate
  • old fart'd : geneshifter
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    That's ridiculous. When you only play an hour or 2 a night why spend 40 minutes on a map you aren't enjo... : marmite
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      full of non-shackers : Old_Fart
      • I don't get a good enough ping to play on the shack servers and I have yet to have a bad time playing in ... : marmite
    • T_T : the city
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    Why play a map you don't like? : thekidd
    • I can not STAND Hydro but I play it when it comes up on the shack servers because it's the only place I c... : Old_Fart
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  turbine should replace 2fort. : stgdz
  • I like Turbine, unlike a lot of shackers but 2fort is better. : Old_Fart
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  2fort > All other TF2 maps. : baron calamity
  • 2fort has been my favorite map in every Team Fortress modification variant. It's an amazing map. : the city

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  You have to use WMP11 to get divx support from the dashboard via windows. MCE doesn't do .avi/divx. I c... : sigpro
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    did you turn off the sharing service? : ant_hillbilly
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      nope it's running. I've restarted the service, rebooted the PC, uninstalled any other programs that might... : sigpro
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        It also connects to the media center portion of vista. : sigpro
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          I'm having this EXACT same issue. : sharkII
          • I even just forwarded all the ports like the 360 says and still nothing. : sigpro
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        Im assuming you set network discory, file sharing, password protected sharing, and media sharing to ON un... : ant_hillbilly
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          all those are checked, and still nothing. You don't even need them checked for the 360 to see the PC. It ... : sigpro
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            if you right click one of the shared folders and go into security, under group or username WMPNetworksvc ... : ant_hillbilly
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              Yup he has read access. : sigpro
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                what version of vista? : ant_hillbilly
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                  ultimate. : sigpro
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                    im assuming you went through this guide. http://www.xbox.com/en-US/pcsetup/mcevista.htm : ant_hillbilly
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                      if so then the only other thing I can recommend is start reading this forum, or start a thread. http:/... : ant_hillbilly
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                        been through the tutorial yes. I know what I am doing when it comes to this stuff and i've read the threa... : sigpro
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                          im suprised there isnt an option when you put the vista disc in to fix all program or something of the so... : ant_hillbilly
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                            I haven't tried that yet. Gonna have to dig my vista dvd out i guess. : sigpro
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                              Try nuking the library yet? 1. Close Microsoft Media Player for at least 30 seconds 2. Click Start an... : mancide
                              • read below how I fixed it. : sigpro
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    Ok fucking finally. The xbox forums came though. http://forums.xbox.com/1/17129075/ShowPost.aspx#17130... : sigpro
    • inf this bitches plz : pancake humper
    • +inf. : ant_hillbilly
    • This worked for me, thanks sigpro! : sharkII
• I used WMP11 to send Kari Sweets' naked ass to my 360. Yeah. : yakz
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  too bad mac didnt make the 360, or else it would "just work" :) : Chandler55
  • No, it would still break, but insist that everything was working fine. (Typing this on a Macbook Pro) : BlackCat9
• Haw haw now I'm watching Crank on my TV : TastyWheat
• This is fucking awesome. It just works. No fucking around, you turn on your computer, you turn on your 36... : thecray
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  Man this whole WMP11 streaming shit is so fucking stupid. Why does MS always have to fuck up the simple t... : S1ing B1ade
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    I don't understand how its MS fault you're trying to play videos in some weirdo manner involving an opera... : Blackdawgg
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      It's MS's fault they chose a limited and overcomplicated solution to something that has been solved for a... : S1ing B1ade
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        You aren't using a music/video player to share your files, you're using a music/video player to share you... : thecray
        • Yes, but music and videos ARE just files. Why should they be a special case? Should we have a whole new s... : S1ing B1ade
    • XBMC can do this, it isn't rocket science. : Serpico74
    • i think the point is that their OS does this kind of shit fine, samba is pretty fucking standard. it just... : gokart.
• I just got this up and running on my XP machine (no media center) and it works great. Way better than I ... : FushigiDenki
• can it play them from a usb drive yet? : CoRDS
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  no mce support = sad panda : xelencin
  • Transcode 360 does the job though. : xelencin

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  no because there's going to be a new model in like 6 months : wtf242
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    Did that ever stop you from buying a video card? : Robotic Puppy Eater
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      i'm not a gamer. My video card is old. It's a 7950GT without a fan. I'll upgrade my video card when one o... : wtf242
      • also i swear to jesus this is my current cell phone http://www.turnofthecrank.com/wtf/cellphone.jpg i... : wtf242
      • I have that video card, too. It's nice not to have a PC that sounds like a jet intake. : ChibiJosh
    • Yes. If there's a good chance that a new generation with some new features will be out relatively soon a... : Prozium
• Nein! : grayscale
• No or I'll stab you in the back. A lot. : Moonbase Commander
• I like mine. : Robotic Puppy Eater
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  no wait for 2nd gen : Sparhawk6
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    Are there any indications as to what 2nd-gen will bring to the table? : ShekkyBoy
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      All indications point to it being more awesome than the first generation. : K1Bond007
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        Just how more awesome will this awesomeness be? : ShekkyBoy
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          It doesn't matter. The shack will bitch about it and tell you to wait for 3rd gen. : Robotic Puppy Eater
          • heh - so true :D : jbury
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  I want one but I live in Canada. How hard would it be for to get to get the phone and get it so I'll actu... : NastyJack
  • if you can find one with 1.1.1 firmware, super fucking easy. not so much for the newer versions. : gokart.
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  It is pretty great. However, 3G is probably coming out next year. Do you need one now or do you want to w... : Serpico74
  • I need one now. : dmason
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  typing on the iPhone is horrid. you might as well entertain yourself and type with your dick on it. : m0rfus
  • weird. I loved it like 5 minutes after fucking around : Morgin
  • I type faster on it with fewer errors than on a Treo or Blackberry. Suck less. : Serpico74
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  no get an ipod touch and a proper phone : CoRDS
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    no, get a proper ipod and a proper phone. The iPhone/touch UI is great and all but it doesn't make up ... : nudel
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      i went from a 20GB ipod to an 8GB ipod touch and i think the UI totally makes up for the capacity. yeah,... : electroly
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        About 1% of a music player's time is spent choosing a song using the UI. The rest of the time it's in you... : nudel
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          i use the itouch for the web browser probably more than i do the actual music playing. i use smart playl : electroly
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            Sounds like you use the thing as an internet tablet more than for music so we're talking about very diffe... : nudel
            • i think i was particularly unlucky when i dropped my 3G. i was going to put it in my pocket and missed, : electroly
    • i bought mine for the video playback and it > everything else ipod . i watch half a movie or topgear duri... : CoRDS
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      do you honestly listen to more than 14gig of music a day? : CoRDS
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        How many times do people have to explain this? it's not about listening to all of that music all the t... : nudel
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          evolve and let the chips fall where they may. there does not exist an mp3 player that can store my wh... : CoRDS
          • not even the 160GB ipod? are you all lossless or do you just have a huge collection? : electroly
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            That's crazy logic. Even if you have so much music that it won't fit into 160GB when compressed at 192kbp... : nudel
            • i love the UI of the touch but as ive said, i use mine for more video than anything. and i have my music ... : CoRDS
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            I don't believe you. Men At Work only released 3 albums! : moshman
            • Don't forget Midnight Oil and INXS! : ThomW
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    The iPhone is a proper phone, it is the Touch that I question as being a good iPod. Unless you need a big... : Serpico74
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      jailbreaking is pretty much the easiest thing in the world, i don't know why you wouldn't do it : electroly
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        Sure, but most people still don't do it. The lack of any internet access outside of wifi is still a big m... : Serpico74
        • yeah, i like that about the iphone. i've had some second thoughts about getting the itouch instead of th... : electroly
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      Lack of 3G is also ridiculous in this day and age, the camera is crap, the lack of any physical keys make... : nudel
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        Anandtech posted a great article on what the effect of battery life would have been had they included 3G : Serpico74
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          No-one used/uses 3G anyway (at least in the UK). Before the iPhone was released and people latched on to ... : peanut-
          • While I would love 3G (I use EDGE every day) the drain on the battery would make it pretty useless as a m : Serpico74
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            People have been using 3G for a while, not maybe people but the service and phones are there. : chazums
            • I used to work for 3 and got a new handset every two months. I can tell you they're shit, the phones are ... : peanut-
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            That sounds like a very outdated view of things. Single-chip 3G phones exist now so they need not be any ... : nudel
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              it would have halved battery life, according to Anandtech I guess the new single chip ones are better,... : jcupitt
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                The AnandTech article is bullshit, if it's this one: http://www.anandtech.com/gadgets/showdoc.aspx?i=3036... : nudel
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                  It does have a huge effect on battery life, especially when your doing push email. : snowwolf
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                    Even with newer 3G chipsets? You might be right but nobody is citing any information other than what Stev... : nudel
                    • well, that's why there's a 3G one coming in a few months, heh at the time the iphone hardware was fina... : jcupitt
          • I use 3G all the time, even 3.5G now. It's awesome and i have a monthly flatrate for 10 quid. : moshman
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        I sign this whole heartily. I shed a tear when I heard the sending SMS to multiple contacts was not a pos... : gummijoh
        • Not being able to CC text messages is my main complaint outside of no cut and paste. These are supposed t... : Serpico74
      • I got over the lack of keys and typing issues in about 2 hours of actually using my itouch. That is serio... : Slowtreme
• If you play with an iPhone at an Aple store and have the money, you will buy it, whether it makes sense o... : stuka
• This probably wont mean much to you, but supposedly tmobile is making its 3g announcement on thursday. j... : smacknca
• Yes, they're sweet. Using them every day has totally changed my opinion of them. Feature list be damned, ... : peanut-
• nom nom nom (that's your money being eaten) : windowpane
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  just spend six hundred dollars on a really nice nametag that says 'im an asshole' instead : MoreVespeneGas
  • :( I guess I want to be an asshole in MoreVespeneGas's eyes. : ThomW
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    you do know they cost $400 now, right? : Postal
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      Dude, he doesn't need your fucking FACTS. He's happier just making shit up, so leave him alone ! : taronish
      • Maybe he was including the contract you're forced to sign up for? Oh wait, that would put the price into ... : nudel
• no 3g :( : dael
• no! : matthaeus
• http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/11/29/att.3g.iphone.in.2008/ : Lone Swordsman
• My iTouch is the most amazing device i have ever owned. and it could only be better if I had access outsi... : Slowtreme

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  what's a played podcast :( : dantastic
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    its like the shackcast, but first. : not work safe
    • web 1.0 is for old men : Majuju
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      it's like played, but way the hell before the word "podcast" even existed. http://www.planetdescent.com/... : MR 9000
      • Remocast : DingoStoleMyBaby
      • fireside shackchat : not work safe
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  Will you record it and release it later as a normal podcast? I wouldn't be able to listen due to timezon... : OwenButler
  • That's the idea. This would be our next episode. Our last one of the year before we start recording our n... : warcrow
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  I could probably moderate for you... how do you do it? Through skype or some other voice chat thing? : Galadriel07
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    http://www.talkshoe.com/ We're thinking about having it on this site. It allows exactly what we're thi... : warcrow
    • you should spend some more time on talkshoe what you are describing can work, but it is missing at lea... : Nation
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  I will if this episode features a live Tommy Tallarico interview. : SpaecKow
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    That's coming! I've got it in the can. : warcrow
    • can you leave it there? : Duffman8369
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  Can you get Remo to smear peanut butter on his chest while he is drunk? : DingoStoleMyBaby
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    ...not just PB baby. : warcrow
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      1 Remo 1 cup : DingoStoleMyBaby
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        2 Remo's 1 Cup yeah, think about it. : re4ctor
        • I dont get it. :( : warcrow
• Do it live and I'll be there. : Big Luke
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  there is no such thing as "first annual". /soapbox. : hirez
  • damn it! i KNEW that guy was lying to me. i feel so violated. : Korban
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  so is dahaneese gonna show her boobs in it or what : sexninja!!!!
  • i always podcast naked. : dahanese
  • talkshoe is audio only ... ustream.tv does video ... : Nation
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  Definitely sounds like something I'd listen to. Drinking game idea: Anytime Mark says "acchhhhon" or "599... : Duffman8369
  • I think I just got alcohol poisoning just thinking about it. : Ctrl-Phreak
  • uuuuuuhh...... : warcrow
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  I'll definitely listen. Talk about shit like the worst games you played this year or strangest gaming new... : h o s t i l e
  • We've got some good stuff planned. : warcrow
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  pm sent : MoreVespeneGas
  • pm sent back. : warcrow
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  Yes. They did this on the Kock last year and it was hilarious. Or was I drunk? One of the two. : majestik
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    i think anyone calling in or listening live also has to be drunk. : dahanese
    • I can do that! I'm in. : majestik
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  this sounds like one of those things that seems funny and will probably fun to participate in but will be... : mikecyb
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    don't you guys have a webcam? Or was it destroyed at one of the shackmeets - I remember the stand broke o... : sergeon
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      yeah the stand broke and it got thrown away. I can totally steal one from work though. we got this cree... : mikecyb
      • no. : dahanese
      • You have your mission : cltcprd
• Needs a guest appearance by Mr Sleepy. : zakazi
• if you want ideas for what makes a good drunk show: go to prestonandsteve.com and download the podcasts o... : devnullgt

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  you're probably right : tunis5000
  • i am right : mr.sleepy
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  no this one http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2002/03/25 : vile
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    They really liked those there for awhile. http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2001/08/01 http://www.pen... : spazzium
    • ahh xbox is huge jokes. a timeless classic! : mikecyb
    • That last one is also my favorite of the xbox huge posts, because xbox huge has become so accepted by def... : Chris Remo
    • gotta love the XBOX HUGE LOL - that built in space one is probably the best XBOX HUGE joke of all time :) : thetangent
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    The shitcock one about xbox live = winner : Wolfanoz
    • I like the one about the asshats not being on Xbox Live for a day would be like. Like running away from a... : Sailor of Fortune
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  I don't get it : mikecyb
  • Me neither but it certainly seems topical. : Jonathan
• I always liked the BF1942 one with the guys parachuting out of planes, though I don't feel like looking f... : Begawkiness
• This gets my vote: http://www.penny-arcade.com/images/2000/20000922h.jpg : DJ Clipdat
• I've always liked the door to door spammer one http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/01/14 : Robotic Puppy Eater
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  Sierra is the company that owns blizzard and now activision right : wtf242
  • No, Sierra is just a brand. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_Entertainment : Porkasaurus
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  A few of my favorites, off the top of my head: http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/11/08 http://ww... : eldersveld
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    "What do you think about this shit, babies?" hahahahahahahahaha : Chris Remo
    • Just joking about this with a friend at work. He was in a COD4 game and his team mate was talking abo... : Porkasaurus
    • HAHAHAHA! I haven't genuinely laughed-out-loud at a webcomic in a long time, but that did it right there. : Bean
    • hahaha oh man that one got me too : mikecyb
  • i think i've done the grasshopper thing countless times, including the words "fuck me" in each one : JINKY
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  http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2001/06/18 : Yanks
  • a true classic : xelencin
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  I used http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2005/06/27 as my desktop for quite some time. : Sarcastro
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    I like the one about bears outside, or somesuch. Can't be bothered to find the link. : DOOManiac
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      hah, yeah! or the one with ice cream and a motorcycle helmet to shield whoever's head from the sun. (this... : delataur
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        "YOUR STAR BURNS!!!" : Robotic Puppy Eater
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          yes!! : delataur
          • http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/04/30 Typing "Your Star Burns" into google and it's the first h : DOOManiac
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  My new favorite: http://www.penny-arcade.com/images/2007/20071203.jpg : Porkasaurus
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    That's borderline XKCD sappy, man. : Bean
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      not even close.. xkcd is fucking uber emo now. i just want to punch that guy and tell him to stop putt... : hamachi
      • I can't wait for the linkin park style comics when he gets dumped. : nyranger66
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        I said "borderline" and "sappy"... nowhere did I say "emo". I agree. XKCD is almost a parody of itself no... : Bean
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          sappy/emo. same shit king of all lawyers. : hamachi
          • Don't make me force the para to draft a brief on this. She will suffocate you with verbiage while I watch... : Bean
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          i dunno, today's is pretty lol: http://www.xkcd.com/ : Modica Sol Solis
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            no, no it isn't. that is, in fact, almost the exact opposite of "lol". Maybe you are unfamiliar with the ... : Bean
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              i mean sure, there's better comics out there. minus, of course. but you guys give it way too much shit. i... : Modica Sol Solis
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                let me give you a hint on making an argument: saying the equivalent of "This shit isn't bad. At least it'... : Bean
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                  but it is chunky and stinky! : Chris Remo
                  • yes, I agree... but that aside, his argument is that it is not, which totally glosses over the fact that : Bean
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                  i guess i meant to say that, seeing as xkcd is better than most, i find it ridiculous that it gets more f... : Modica Sol Solis
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                    It's quite possibly my least favorite webcomic that is regularly posted here though. I'm sure there have... : Chris Remo
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                      is it okay to post minus then http://www.kiwisbybeat.com/minus78.html : Modica Sol Solis
                      • WTF?? o_O : thetangent
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                    That's because we beat the last guy to link CTRL+ALT+DEL to death with a hammer and then carved up his bo... : Bean
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                      what do people think of cyanide and happiness it is one of my favs : Morgin
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                        drucifer actually turned me on to that one. However, you will note that I don't link it. I think there is... : Bean
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                          Keep it safe from the masses? : Morgin
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                            Nooo... the lesson is DO NOT SUBJECT THE SHACK TO SHITTY WEBCOMICS, EVEN IF YOU THINK THEY ARE FUNNY. POS... : Bean
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                              man, are you not getting laid or something? You're getting all ornery and shit : zakk
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                                I have been particularly cranky lately. :[ : Bean
                                • you are unfortunately very right. it's been a few months now. :( : Bean
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                              http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlR4ascy2Z8 : Morgin
                              • my brain just exploded. : Bean
          • you'll never be a good writer if you have no concept of cheese or saccharine fyi : JINKY
          • what the fuck :( : Chris Remo
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      yes except the effort to create the art in this exceeds XKCD by about 6 billion which at least makes up f... : mikecyb
      • I'm not disagreeing, and it's also exponentially better done than anything XKCD has, even discounting the... : Bean
  • I wanted to search for this one but you already found it. I laughed so hard! : MatzL.E.
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  Hottest asian girl ever: http://cache.viewimages.com/xc/52448108.jpg?v=1&c=ViewImages&k=2&d=17A4AD9FDB9CF... : Boxelder
  • I'll have to check on these after work. : MacemanInTW
• I've always been partial to http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2001/08/03 : mockery
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  http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/12/08 : coldfusioncs
  • Randy Pinkwood : coldfusioncs
  • lololololol : glio1337
  • That's funny, sir. : K1Bond007
  • god damn that one is awesome. : h o s t i l e
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  http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/1999/11/19 <- quake 3 demo being released http://www.penny-arcade.co... : Demius
  • lol at Question 2 on the BMXXX comic. : Sailor of Fortune
• Best PA Ever: http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2000/10/23 Do you like my hat!? IT'S MADE OF MONEY!! : thetangent
• http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2003/06/30 : nyranger66
• this is one of the first ones I remember liking: http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2003/09/24 : mikecyb
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  This pretty much sums up my entire Warcraft 3 experience right here. http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2... : Teiresias
  • bwahahahaha - that one is fantastic! : thetangent
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  http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2002/10/18 roofles - I'm going through the archive and this one is real... : thetangent
  • yrah, BMXXX.. i laughed so hard when that comic came out : Demius
  • hahahaha holy shit that one is such a classic : Chris Remo
  • so goddamned awesome : JINKY
  • I love the second question : zakk
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  No one likes any PAs more recent than 2004? wtf, I think that strip got better and better with time. : stuka
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    Also: I remember when PA was about PC games :( : stuka
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      Like a lot of gamers, Gabe and Tycho play a lot fewer PC games now : Chris Remo
      • Thank you for that valuable insight, Remo : stuka
• I always liked this one http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2002/10/21 : action roommate
• Whenever they make fun of EB/Gamestop, it's pretty lol: http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2007/10/31 : nyranger66
• http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2002/09/04 : pyide
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  I love these: http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2007/03/02 http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2007/11/05... : stuka
  • >Give Hugs : Noobler
  • that first one is REALLY cracking me up!! :D : thetangent
  • oh, and the last one I am totally remembering when I have kids : thetangent
  • lol, I still love the Assassin's Crossing strip : Postal
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  This is the greatest PA ever: http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/1999/12/15 : malevolence
  • haha I was trying to find that one earlier. Sums up an entire era in my life for sure. : cap n KRUNCH
  • agreed : Old_Fart
• http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2000/12/27 : lightsam

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  Thanx to you I had to check this game out as well and I have only two words for it: le suck. : Bamii
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    8-0 : [7]kami
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      I guess he showed you. : Sapiens
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        Meh, just for once he beat me with Pro Evolution Soccer :P : Bamii
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          More like anal raped with a pine cone. And then some. : [7]kami
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            It wasn't 8-0 btw. I ended the match with 6 players and that automatically means a 3-0 loss ^.^ : Bamii
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              Because you sabotaged my win! : [7]kami
              • Spy is sappin' mah referee! : Bamii
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  it's the same for hellgate: london. US: $10, EU: 10€ no idea about WoW, but I can imagine it... : AbortedFetusChristi
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    Yeah it is. But seriously: € 14.95 = $ 20,53. This is getting silly. : [7]kami
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      that's for damn sure. but that's just the price we pay for the privilege of not living in the states. : AbortedFetusChristi
      • Lol, good point. Looks like jbury's tip is golden though. 10 euros per month is a lot better. : [7]kami
  • WoW actually costs €12.99 per month, but it's still $14.99 in the US, right? When buying a si... : SilverSnake
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  Can get 1 month for 10 euro from here http://www.shatteredcrystal.com/code.php/eve_online/~13495 it... : jbury
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    Wow, nice find. Thanks. This does work with European accounts, right? : [7]kami
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      There is only 1 server in EVE, so yes. Also if you make enough Isk per month you can pay for your account... : Umbr
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        Wow, that is awesome. Ingame money to pay for your subscription. how the hell do the CCP guys pay thei : [7]kami
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          i just looked into it... clever bastards, here's what they did: Allow players to purchase time-cards a... : yAak
          • Yeah it's a nice system - CCP still get money as normal as someone has to buy the timecard - for people l... : jbury
    • yes it does - the first time you order though they phone you to confirm you aren't some fraudster - they ... : jbury
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  not CCP's fault EU has an online services sales tax which accounts for that difference. : imperator
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    No. Taxes aren't the problem. The current exchange rate between the euro and the dollar is. For instance:... : [7]kami
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      what is the VAT for online services in europe? I find different numbers from about 20% to about 25%. Give... : bostrov
      • it varies by country: 25% in Denmark, 15% in Luxemborg if you're selling from outside the EU, you pay ... : jcupitt
  • i highly doubt the sales tax is 40% , which is what the difference in price is : moshman
• Use GameTime Cards, purchase them from www.shatteredcrystal.com using a paypal account and pay in USD. : r3ckless
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  Europe always gets fucked on pricing. : chazums
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    Not really. I bet Valve sold a lot more Orange boxes due to the price in Europe. They charged in dollars. : [7]kami
    • This is true but steam is some kind of crazed utopian vision of the future. : chazums
• game is okay, but i got bored by day 7. at that point all i was doing was logging in to start a skill and... : duncandun
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  I think I did that tutorial like 5 times... I just never could enjoy it during and after that =( : paravis
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    Thank god, I was starting to think I was the only one who thinks it sucks. : Bamii
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      I kept trying because I played Earth and Beyond and loved that to death... I wanted it to be that so bad ... : paravis
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        I tried it mainly because a few of my friends (including Kami) talked me into it. But I just can not rela... : Bamii
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          Then you`ll love ambulation....in a year or so they are doing an expansion where your avatar can get out ... : r3ckless
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            Can my avatar backstab gnomes? ;) : Bamii
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              How dare you betray your own kind. : [7]kami
              • I'm a dwarf, not a gnome! /spit : Bamii
• Could be worse, could be £15 like some conversions end up. :( : node
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  they have a faq for the eu pricing somewhere, they keep catching flak for that, let me see if I can find ... : dael
  • Hmm found a video from the fanfest where the CEO answers the question in QA http://www.eve-online.tv/f... : dael
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  ah europe, cod4 on steam 54,98 €, boxed 49,99 € .... : duka
  • yeah we have the same stupid shit here. COD4 Steam = A$100, retail = A$80 : aeg1x