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  If expansion packs count wouldn't eq1 be the clear leader then so far? : -efx-
  • if he hadnt said space doesnt count, i woulda said galaxies : Dravenport
  • My educated guess would go to EQ1. That thing has so many damn expansions it MUST be the winner. : OverloadUT
• Asheron's Call had a world roughly the size of Rhode Island. : Evil Benius
• the diablos have infinite.... :) : filthysock
• I think if you count actual detailed world with stuff in it, EverQuest has got the title. If you count r... : skizl
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  Should we limit the question to MMORPG and non-MMORPG games? It just doesn't seem fair to put a game in t... : Totenjaeger
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    sure Side question: What Non-mmo has the biggest exploreable world? : byorn
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      final fantasy 7? : Iwannaacura
      • Back when I was a kid, right after FF1 came out, there was this huge rumor going around the nerd communit... : riptyde
    • wouldn't this goto an elder scrolls game? : Demius
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    You should really separate it into automatically-generated or designed. It's easy to generate a ginormou... : aethyr
    • I really wasn't even thinking of Diabloesque or even .Hack//sign kind of world. But yes, I agree with you... : Totenjaeger
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  Daggerfall! : helvetica
  • another vote for daggerfall! : Jayx77
  • Third vote for Daggerfall. : GrimmyD
  • Daggerfall was so huge. I didn't know about the auto-transport function when I first started playing. : pigvomit
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    Holy crap (from wikipedia) : Daggerfall is the largest Elder Scrolls game to date, featuring a game wo... : m0nkz
    • Christ. So, a bit smaller than the state of Wisconsin. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._stat... : action roommate
  • Easily : EvilDolemite
  • You know, Daggerfall was my favorite RPG for a long-ass time. : king_darius
  • daggerfall destroys all : NeoMoose
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    Elder Scrolls: Arena was bigger, it generated the whole continent. : Durandal07
    • A few posts above you someone pointed out that Daggerfall is the largest elder scrolls game to date. : famine101
  • daggerfall was the first thing that came to mind, too. awesome awesome awesomely huge game, though i spen... : xsoulbrothax
  • Oh Daggerfall. How I love thee. : great-white
  • every post below this one is wrong : Daggoth
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  Oblivion + expansions? : yoonix
  • Oblivion takes place in one of the 50 or so provinces available in Daggerfall. It's tiny in comparison. ;... : SilverSnake
• Daggerfall, maybe? It's all randomly generated, but it's gigantic. : Sexpansion Pack
• Dwarf Fortress maybe? That's HUGE. : jason bergman
• goddamit daggerfall is awesome! : das_runt
• the 1st everquest by far.. i doubt anything compares : wtf242
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  I very much miss games with huge worlds. While we still have games with massive worlds, they actually fe... : Wombat Woo
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    Yes, nothing beats paying for a month of MMO time and spending 3 weeks of that walking around. : dirge23
    • doesn't have to be just walking. it could be like "travel" in the real world, where the inbetweens of you... : Foxhawk
    • True that. It's a great way to have people paying to play a game while not needing to create as much c... : seven
    • The journey does not have to be boring. Companions and the unknown can make for a fun journey despite t... : Wombat Woo
  • Wow handled it pretty well IMO with their flight paths. You still saw everything but moved very fast. : Horn
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    Exploration is just one component of why MMOs are fun. Making travel slow for the sake of a enforcing a ... : yAak
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      I actually want a world in an MMO that is huge and has no means of super fast travel. At the same time ma... : Evil Benius
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        see, now that makes some sense though, if gameplay is involved in the travel. harrowing journeys across a... : yAak
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          Oh yeah the game would have to be built around it I think. Tedious travel just to waste time is dumb. I t... : Evil Benius
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            i kind of hope NWN's user-mod persistent server niche grows with future iterations and spreads into new &... : yAak
            • True enough. Probably the route I would have to go since a lot of the ideas I would enjoy would not have ... : Evil Benius
        • I agree with both of these sentiments. In WoW if you made things slow just to be slow it would be no fun... : Chod
    • I played the MMO Project Entropia long ago and I was really impressed with how exciting they made explora... : lyme
  • This will annoy people but I liked the travel/exploration in SWG's. Sure it got annoying when I realized ... : yoshimi20
  • I loved Traveling in EQ. The first time I left the Halfling city when another player said he'd escort me,... : great-white
  • I always loved that in EQ. I remember spending hour walking through continents and just exploring and fig... : ColoradoCNC
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  Here we go, I knew I saw this somewhere before. These figures are taken from http://www.stratics.com/cont... : Evil Benius
  • Also those numbers are from 2005 so with TBC I am sure WoW moved to third and I am not sure how big Vangu... : Evil Benius
  • We talked about this a lot while Horizons was in development. There were some 'overlay' maps showing how... : hawke
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    Daggerfall is bigger than any of those : EvilDolemite
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      Yeah Daggerfall is an oddball and probably the only larger non-mmo. : Evil Benius
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        Of course, most of the land is boring as shit, but in 1997 it was cool as hell to be able to walk, real-t... : EvilDolemite
        • Oh yeah they could never pull that off with today's gamers (even I would get bored with it), but at the t... : Evil Benius
  • where is Outcast in that list? : deathofrats
• Deus Ex 2. : mittense
• civ? you can generate an entire planet and then explore it. : tomatoactivator
• depends. Exploring in first person, and third person, can be different to exploring from isometric. ... : seven
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  Mercenary and Damocles ... http://www.geocities.com/Paris/7150/merce.htm#pics ... I loved these games and... : yoshimi20
  • Damocles has a complete solar system with fully explorable planets that are correct scale size. OK I admi... : yoshimi20
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  Eve Online 4TW : m0rfus
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    I'd agree with this if he hadn't automatically disqualified space games :-( : MisterPhoton
    • thats like excluding oceans. : m0rfus
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daggerfall Rooks rike we hav winnar. : bitter ego
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  peggle. (each peg is a universe.) : delataur
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    So does that make me a genocidal maniac when I use the Space Blast powerup? : riptyde
    • yes. it feels good, doesn't it? : delataur
• possibly asheron's call 1. they said it would scale to the size of rhode island : feek
• I'm not sure about all off them, but for Space games, the next GalCiv II expansion has a FREAKING HUGE ma : capt tripps
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  Microsoft Space Simulator Anyone remember that thing? Came on like 9 floppies. You could explore the... : EvilDolemite
  • haha i used to mess around on that. i always ended up goign to the black hole in the middle of the galax... : papaskot
  • Orbiter is basically the spiritual successor to MS Space Sim. I wish MS would make a new one though. h... : Drewus
• I would probably say Vanguard, holy fucking shit that game world was too big. Still much of it I have not... : shortbuscaptain
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  X3 has a pretty big universe and and a big khaak : flagg209
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    I take it you've seen the x-play review for maximum lols http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pi8n6uN091E : uglysad
    • Haha this is hillarious, and basically mirrors all the dirty jokes I said in my head when playing this ga... : riptyde
    • Morgan Webb sure seems to know alot about Khaak. I'd like to see this expertise sometime. : ColoradoCNC
• Animal Crossing : topkatz
• CoD:4 Modern Warfare ? : oatmela
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  Dark Age of Camelot is pretty fucking huge. All three realms and their respective dungeons. Plus the ... : fleabug
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    DF was awesome. One of the best dungeons ever. : Tommy Toolbag
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      DF zergs were awesome. : shortbuscaptain
      • Yep. I parked my cleric in DF when we started to get rps for resurrections. I miss the pvp dungeon.... : fleabug
  • Some of the dungeons were carbon-copies of each other though. I played Midgard to 50 and Albion to 20, a... : jimmy-buffett
  • I loved that game so much :( so many good times had with it... : JohnnyDanger
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  What about Microsoft Flight Simulator? : Str8Dog
  • winner : thewindcriesmary
• EverQuest. It has something like 14 expansions now. There's simply no competition. : the city
• Katamari? You explore the entire world there. : bakanoodle
• when is spore coming out again? : yAak
• It would easily have to be a flight simulator. : Drewus

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• wow... : marmite
• Gofers! : Chepito.
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  Remarkably, you managed not to explain at all how Crysis scores high on this bizarre scale, despite that ... : Chris Remo
  • (and I really don't know what you're actually talking about) : Chris Remo
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    CRYSIS HAS TOO MUCH MSG! : VegasX
    • lol migraines! : changejar419
  • I had to reread his post to make sure he didn't sneak it in there. I really have no fucking clue what ... : walker270
  • yes I was also perplexed by this : Lionel2b
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    in FarCry, the objectives were "Escape the island", "Get a boat", "Destroy the 3 radio towers". In Crysi... : the archvile
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      And you're saying that Crysis has less of this than Deux Ex? I would say they are about the same, and you... : OverloadUT
      • it's a bit different to me; in Deus Ex, it felt a bit more like a safari or an espionage mission. In Cry... : the archvile
    • WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?!?!?! : walker270
    • I have no idea what you're talking about. : Arcanum
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      ...shotguns aren't very useful at range in the jungle... Did I read that right? Did you really just s... : omnova
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        dude, it's the 21st century, all FPS shotguns have an ultra-wide spread so they're worthless at greater t... : the archvile
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          Just because you could put the sniper scope on the shotgun, doesn't mean the shotgun is a sniping weapon. : walker270
          • It does have an impressively (in game terms) long range for a shotgun, though, if you use the tight sprea... : SockMonkeh
          • haha, I didn't go that far; I kept the shotgun sight to irons or reflex. The tight spread setting seemed... : the archvile
        • Press X while the shotgun is armed. Narrow spread. : SlamDunk
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      I tend to like games that are realistic. The army isn't going to send you alone into battle with barrels... : changejar419
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        I know, and I think it's good to have this kind of subgenre. I wish I caught on that Crysis was like thi... : the archvile
        • Here, I found what you are looking for: 1997 FPS Gameplay : EvilDolemite
      • The army WILL send you in with at least 8 fucking magazines, though. And for CRYing out loud, it's a bloo... : silentw
    • I think you got ripped off. Someone sold you a different game. :/ : SockMonkeh
    • I'm going to be the lone agreer with the archvile. The game felt very "on rails". There wasn't much room... : Modulus
    • Wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait. You do know that you have this suit ... : OverloadUT
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      Are you aware of the suit, and the weapon attachments? : EvilDolemite
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        yeah, the suit was nice when I could actually use it. But later in the game (Excavation level), there we... : the archvile
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          Dude, there weren't any "trigger brush ambushes" in the game. :( : SockMonkeh
          • i dont recall any either : deadfish
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            not even that part near the rice farm where you're walking / driving past a point and then suddenly 25 NK... : the archvile
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              There are patrols running all over.. you probably ran into one of those.. they follow preprogrammed route... : deadfish
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                Ding ding ding! There are no trigger ambushes; you probably just triggered an alarm because someone sa... : OverloadUT
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                  as they were walking over the ridge. :-P But yeah, I only had one run, so I don't have a second run th... : the archvile
                  • yes because your first opinion is always right even though you can't tell scripted sequences from gamepla... : deadfish
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          STR is handy as fuck. Lots of CQB moments I would just punch out 3-6 NKs quietly to conserve ammo. and it... : deadfish
          • Strength was also extremely useful because it eliminated gun recoil. I could stealth up somewhat close to... : OverloadUT
    • So they told me to take out the GPS jammer and i'm like, ok, i'm turning this off :( : dooberzoo
    • Just pick one or two off from far away so the rest notice you, cloak and pick them apart one by one when ... : timmie
• what the christ : nomaad
• lol ok : VegasX
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  *blink blink* Maybe we can just put you in a truck and you can shoot stuff while we drive you to the end... : changejar419
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    I can't figure out if he would love that, or hate it. His post supports evidence for both. : Chris Remo
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      Or make a level that's just a straight hallway. His only objective would be to make it to the end of the... : walker270
      • In Soviet Russia, Game plays you. : changejar419
    • No he would not because the treads would not have enough traction to gain the various momentums necessary... : VegasX
  • Soldier of Fortune 2 did this already; it sucked. :-P I understand that I'm grasping at straws here, b... : the archvile
• Tagged for later mind game adding : xxx2xxx
• So... the number of objectives somehow correlates to the linearity of the game? And you're saying you hav... : Nali4Freedom
• You never cease to amaze me lately. : omnova
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  I like linear! The linear, the better :( : dognose
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    Dognose gets lost in the bathroom :( : Githyanki
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      I don't want to make decisions, I just want to shoot at stuff! If DNF has objectives, I hope it's stuff ... : dognose
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        I like this kind of linear, where there aren't any time constraints, or "pick up this PDA", or "escort th... : the archvile
        • You're going to have to start custom ordering games if you want them to fit exactly into your specificati... : Trips
        • I don't want to be penalized for exploring the world that someone spent a lot of time creating. I love f... : dognose
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        Thats not linear. : Githyanki
        • Well I like knowing where I am supposed to go :( : dognose
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          Just because you can explore a level, doesn't mean the gameplay is non-linear. Linear implies that you : the city
          • completely = completing : the city
• I hope I am your WE victim. : invisible_kid
• I find your mysterious measurement methods most mesmerising. : seven
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  Agreed. This is why I didn't really like Far Cry, either- too much punishment for screwing around and try... : silentw
  • I disagree with your assessment of FarCry. There were a lot of hidden goodies in the wide open levels ... : seven
• They don't make FPS for you anymore, you're going to have to play doom forever have fun : megarust32
• your the idiot they listen to for DX2 right? : deadfish
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  i dunno, i like objectives to accomplish, but i didn't like Crysis anyway. i DO kinda know what you mean ... : jrock
  • oh btw it gets a lot less dull when you edit the .cfg file so you Speed-mode run at 12x normal speed. ... : jrock
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  I can't wait for "MGF" to start popping up in other threads all the time! : SockMonkeh
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    My Gay Friend? : jrock
    • Maarteen's Gay Friend? : capt tripps
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    What about on gaming products? http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/3647/jadefinalcoverhireswx2.jpg : VegasX
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      Hahah! : deathofrats
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        the fact I chose Jade Empire was an accident lol : VegasX
        • that's what sold it for me. :) : deathofrats
  • I was gonna go to work, but *yawn* too much MGF : megarust32
• I are confuzzled/ : thetangent
• Are you high and/or on some sort of medication? It's a serious question, because you seem to think that y... : sharpie
• You should play WoW : invisible_kid
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  Worst post of 2008 so far. : Drewus
  • I don't like Crysis, and I still think this is the worst post ever. : Sixcos
• This is ridiculous. You're bothered because games give you too much to do in each "level"? Nevermind ... : grendel
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  I'm confused, you don't like Crysis cause there's to much micromanagement, yet you say you wouldn't like ... : Dynotaku
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    I'm concentrating on the list of goals; for Crysis, it's a lot more defined than it was in FarCry. I kno... : the archvile
    • If you like ambling around with no objectives, just go walk around outside. Games have objectives for a r... : Trips
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  Well GOOD NEWS! For the WE recipient. : itsjeff9
  • ^^^^^^^^ truth post : SlamDunk
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  this is the worst gaming-related post I have read in a long, long time and I and everyone else unfortunat... : mikecyb
  • lol : kelerian
• http://www.ulillillia.us I knew it was a shacker! : re4ctor
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  I don't really want to join in on this gangrape you're getting but your post was definitely one of the al... : NastyJack
  • I keep reading it because I want to understand it so bad and also because I am crazy : mikecyb
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    the gut feeling made it intact, but it doesn't translate so well I guess. I'm not completely against... : the archvile
    • You probably should have just said that and avoided the whole MGF thing altogether. : NastyJack
• I'm so lost. : Freon
• can I be your WE? I'll send you a stack of blank discs, which has a very low MGF : egg5hen
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  WTF? : razlebol
  • no, MGF. But yeah, I'm looking back and thinking WTF as well. : the archvile
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  I honestly don't know what you are getting at here. : CrustaR
  • MGF man, it's all in the MGF. : Drewus
• Now I'm very happy I haven't recieved my WE yet. : critch

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  Thats why I steal my music. : Lord Grey
  • ^^^ : rosewood
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  I honestly haven't bought a CD in a long time.. NIN's Year Zero I did buy, but before that I think it wa... : Tripps
  • I think the last time I bought a CD was in 1996. Honestly. : riptyde
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  Ok they win. I will no longer purchase music in any form. No CDs, no online music services, no iTunes. ... : changejar419
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    Yeah I drove past the old Tower records in SF the other day and was saddened to see all the empty album a... : Lightzout
    • Athens, GA has some awesome vintage music stores, like Skool Kids records. You can buy some old REM stuf... : PapaBoo
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  No, they are suing for putting mp3s in a kazaa share, not for ripping. : jcupitt
  • The biggest problem I have with the RIAA is the punishment doesn't seem to fit the crime. You can't ... : stonedonkey
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    The comments were regarding the statements made by Sony's lawyer during the trial. Something about rippi... : walker270
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      that wasn't an official statement of Sony's view of the legalities of ripping --- no one has even attempt... : jcupitt
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        Sony's head of litigation making a statement while testifying under oath at a trial isn't an official sta... : walker270
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          The problem being that the person they sued had OTHER things that made the suit possible, not that they s... : TheNiXXeD
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            That isn't what he is talking about. The RIAA has a number of times said ripping isn't technically legal... : rosewood
            • One step at a time... : genericuser
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      the comment was that ripping music yourself created an 'unauthorized' copy, not an illegal one. Similar ... : bipolar
      • Any biography of Britney Spears would be a crime. : nurglich
  • RIPPING IS UNAUTHORIZED : steelsamurai
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  I didn't follow the link, but the last time I checked the RIAA wasn't a law-making body : RikiTiki2
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    this is the legal argument they are using in court now. : oatmela
    • I don't see that a successful suit was made with this being the only argument... but only time will tell.... : TheNiXXeD
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    Given enough money, any one/thing is a law-making body. : walker270
    • god bless America : MagicWishMonkey
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  I'm waiting for the legislature that simply outlaws music and this whole problem goes away! : gakera
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    that or a federal music tax on everything we buy to pay for our pirated music : AMikaboshi
    • lol, they did that here for blank CDs I think The best part is that you're still not 'allowed' (in a leg... : gakera
• http://www.riaaradar.com/ : dognose
• Funny because some cd's now include a software to rip it on their own without the need of any other softw... : razlebol
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  Actually, instead of your call to stop buying cds, you should be screaming at people to stop STEALING the... : MR 9000
  • You can't close Pandora's box once its open. The music industry needs to adopt a new business model. Its ... : Tommy Toolbag
  • the middle east should just stop this fighting stuff too.. easy solution. : lakren
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    What. Ripping a CD you own so you can listen to it on your own devices is not stealing. : EvilDolemite
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      Where in his post did he write that? He meant stealing mp3s, not ripping. : deathofrats
      • He's defending proposals like the one in the root post with the argument that if we just stopped stealing... : EvilDolemite
  • lol yeah. : sKetchflow
  • TRUTH! ^^^^ Some people will use any excuse to be greedy theiving douchbags. : Pneum0
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    It's a lovely little chicken and egg issue. The RIAA treats all it's customers like thieves, and the cus... : Finestaut
    • Or the bands themselves could individually produce and distribute their media thus assuring to me that 90... : sKetchflow
  • it's not "stealing", it's copyright violation (copyright violation is not good at all, but it is NOT t... : jcupitt
  • Meh. I just listen to the radio. I have never purchased a CD, ever. Don't think I ever will. : fleabug
  • actually, if the RIAA (or record companies) would actually understand the *real* value of music instead o... : BigT
• The same thing is happening in Canada. :( : Super Sparker

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• I'm 24 days off a blaster harpy, and my mining account is ready for a Hulk now (but can't afford it) N... : jbury
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  2 - 5 days. That's how long you will have that ship for. : zerog83
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    Wut? : [7]kami
    • you just got hit'n'run : Draugluin
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      You're going to lose it within the week. : zerog83
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        What makes you say that out of interest? Low support skills or... ? : jbury
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          It's an unwritten law in Eve that when you buy your first battleship, you're going to lose it very quickl... : zerog83
          • Fair enough :D I'm still in my first battleship and have been for months though! (I'm currently on 4m ... : jbury
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            True. But somehow i think those Level 2 missions aren't going to hurt my good ol' Domii a whole lot. Not : [7]kami
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              Many level 2's wont allow your dominix to enter. I`d hold off and use cruisers or at max a battlecruiser.... : r3ckless
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                :( So what is considered a good tank for Level 3 missions then? Checked my skills and could have Mr... : [7]kami
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                  Start considering a battlecruiser, or working towards a HAC :D : zerog83
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                    HAC is nice but a serious time investment, BC is easier to achieve and the Drake is tanking bitch. :) : m0rfus
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                      he's a Gallente bitch; a Myrmidon would be a good choice. : zerog83
                      • ahhh, yes, that would be a problem. : m0rfus
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                        I'm skipping BC mainly because i do most of that shit right now with my Vexor. : [7]kami
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                          Wrong choice..vexor is paper thin compared to myrmidon. : r3ckless
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                            I'm running L2's with the Vexor and it's a snorefest. Soon my L3 agents will unlock. I should be able to ... : [7]kami
                            • Because you may end up loosing an expensive ship. Your domi as you've listed it should cost over 100mil f... : r3ckless
                • I fly level 3s in a Shield Tanked Rupture or a Jaguar. Have to be a little careful. Portal to War kicked ... : AhmNee
          • ^^^Truth I lost my first BS the day I bought it. It was uninsured too. : sanchez
      • :( I am going to cry to the internet ... and stay in high sec... goddamnit you meanie fag. : [7]kami
      • explain maybe instead of just saying the same thing again. : Draugluin
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    Walk softly Zero, because you walk on his dreams : jbury
    • ** G U N K A T A ' D ** : AhmNee
• With my account so young I'm still working on the basics pretty hard. I moved into a Cruiser pretty quic... : Draugluin
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  1.6 mil? I wouldn't even do L3s in that. Basic rule of thumb is just because you can fly a ship, doesn... : DerHuhnTeufel
  • I know. Not in a hurry to do L3's. I'll train first and rep up in the meanwhile. : [7]kami
  • I'm still trying to get enough standing to move onto L4 missions at the moment as L3's still don't seem t... : jbury
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  I've got ~1.3m SP and I guess it's time to concentrate on the right skills so I can finally get into that... : nurglich
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    if you're salvaging you should have plenty of cash for a cruiser. at least I did. I could rebuild my ... : Draugluin
    • Oh I've got enough, a bit over 5 million right now, which should get me a ship and basic fittings for it.... : nurglich
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  BTW - check my Ghetto Dominix fit. Need to skill up for the guns (i'll put my stupid medium dual rails in... : [7]kami
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    thats a lot of cap rigs / mods, do you really need that much? Use 1600mm Reinforced Rolled Tungsten P... : r3ckless
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      during missions there's no real need for plates. You can either tank the damage or you can't; it's just a... : zerog83
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        I might have been looking at it from a pvp point of view since I dont really do missions much. Arnt shiel... : r3ckless
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          shield tanks tend to work better, though mostly because more cap is available. Shield tanking ships gener... : zerog83
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            i have started to branch out into projectile. :) : m0rfus
            • I'm almost there myself... Working on finishing Caldari Cruiser V right now... After that the only rac... : zerog83
          • My guns are there for shits n giggles (or to shoot off an occasional shield). The drones do most of the w... : [7]kami
    • Tungsten costs millions, while Titanium cost a few hundred k's. I'm not spending that kind of money for ... : [7]kami
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    Don't waste your money on t2 cap rechargers at this early stage of your career. If you screw up and lose ... : Goncyn
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      t2 cap rechargers are cheap now : Reptile
      • Very cheap. I even have 2 in my Vexor. : [7]kami
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        Oh. Last I looked they were like 20 mil a pop. : Goncyn
        • That was before invention....a long time ago. : Reptile
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    is this for npcing? if yes, lose the dcu2, get t2 eanm asap, get t2 large armor rep asap, use 2 active... : jaga
    • and lose the rigs : jaga
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  ok, I just started last night... Did the tutorial and the 10 missions from the agent my tutorial agent se... : heatmizer
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    join the ShackNews channel :-D : zerog83
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      I'm there right now! More to the point, why are some agents not available to me? How do I change that? : heatmizer
      • Agents have standing, as do the corporations they are a part of. You can check what agents for a corporat... : nephilem
  • Plot a course for a section of 0.0 space : jbury
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    AFAIK there should be another agent at the station where you are docked. Talk to that agent and see if he... : [7]kami
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      Many thanks! : heatmizer
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        Seriously, get Salvaging going ASAP. The money it brings in is just retarded. My first time out with a ... : nurglich
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          Wow... can i do it with the starter frigate that I have? : heatmizer
          • yes do it now : Draugluin
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            you can do it on any ship, as long as you have a free high slot and the spare CPU/powergrid (and the Salv... : zerog83
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              what item do i need to salvage? : cpt_gloval
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                Salvager I : Goncyn
                • cool, i may as well try salvaging them instead of just nuking them. : cpt_gloval
          • Probably, but you should get a new frigate before you start doing real missions anyway. The starter ones... : nurglich
      • Also: http://myeve.eve-online.com/ingameboard.asp?a=topic&threadID=242786 Read & Comprehend. It really... : [7]kami
  • train connections and watch this http://www.evecast.com/node/123 : cpt_gloval
• i helped defend our space and tank belts this weekend. just put together a covert ops with covert ops clo... : m0rfus
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    there's a difference between 'flying' and 'properly fitting and utilizing' :-) : zerog83
    • ahh, i was going to say, i could "fly" a myrm now... hehehe : yAak
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  • Recons are SICK If there was any Tech 2 ship skill I would recommend having at lvl 5 to get the most u... : zerog83
  • The books arrived, you just have to pay for them. : Reptile
• i think its time to head back into empire and come play with you yahoos for a bit. : m0rfus
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  I was thinking about coming out to Shackspace in 0.0 and seeing what's up out there. I'll have to get on ... : AhmNee
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        the modified/faction drones aren't THAT great....so no : Reptile
        • Figures : AhmNee
    • drones = money. i get more pvp action in .4 - .3 in the pipes. : m0rfus
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  How long do they keep your charactyers on your closed accounts? Thinking about re subscribing. What has... : dilutedq
  • I think they keep the characters indefinitely. And I guess the last skill you were training will be done ... : AhmNee
• Who is Fate Sky? : Reptile
• I am pondering Resubbing cause it is only $10 But I have all these 360 games! : Ratalon

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  So by this analogy, every red ring after this will be even more satisfying? I'm glad I'm a red ring virg... : pigvomit
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    It's strange. I should be livid that it's so common, but instead it's just "one of those things" that'll ... : hardfl1p
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      You're numb to it. It has happened to so many people you just expect it. I haven't gotten a red ring yet ... : zerog83
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        This subthread is either sad acceptance or really fucked up innuendo. I actually can't tell. : nurglich
        • sad acceptance of a fucked up innuendo. : zerog83
    • It's the same way with the Windows OS. : AhmNee
• Now you must wait for the coffin! : Iwannaacura
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  • That image should be put on nuclear waste. I think all civilizations can denote the evil in that picture... : pigvomit
  • Just looking at that makes me get all anxious :( : HojuSimpson
  • get some shots in shorter exposures and make an HDR image : Flying h4x0r
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    • When you die, that's all you see. For eternity. Silent. : pigvomit
  • this is the new Hal 9000 : cap n KRUNCH
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    Simply beautiful. I'm still waiting for my release day box to red ring. : DooBall
    • You've got about 9 months before the 3-year warranty runs out, so if it's going to pop, you better hope f... : HojuSimpson
  • needs goatse hands : SqueegyTBS
• I wonder how long after you order the coffin can you send it in? I should just order a coffin now so when... : OverloadUT
• it took me a while to figure out you weren't talking about an STD : industro
• i just hope mine holds out long enough that i get an hdmi version or the revised one for a replacement. : xxiv
• welcome to the club! i got my coffin today. : delataur
• Did you put in the support call for the coffin? I did mine online 2 weeks ago and am still waiting for a... : exigence7
• Mine gave me a rrod after a power outage, but was fine. Have had 0 problems aside from the live issues t... : goatjc
• This thread is so confusing if you don't realize Red Ring = XBox 360 : fluffy64
• Do you still have the box it came in? : skitzo
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  In Reply to ALL! It was 1 red ring + E74, which means I have to pay £60-65 for a repair. They did : hardfl1p
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    When that happens you're supposed to wrap a towel around it and leave it on for a while, which will cause... : OverloadUT
    • Heh, whoops :( It's done and dusted now. Just got to wait for my UPS ticket to arrive so I can send off t... : hardfl1p
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  I've been toying with the idea of getting a 360, but I don't have the time to fuck around with it and sen... : ventro
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    Not everyone has issues. I've only had mine since July, but it's been flawless. Sigpro has his since la... : FormerHPB
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      Yeah... I think at this point, if you want a 360, just get one. Maybe you'll be unlucky, but even if you... : Johnny Law
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        • Out of six people I know directly, only one of them has had a red ring, and that was after he moved. It ... : pigvomit
        • There's no question it's been a problem and that 360s have failed more than a piece of consumer electroni : Johnny Law
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    I have had mine since launch. No issues at all. : pigvomit
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      i bought a used one off some random craigslist ad. still truckin' along except i stepped on one of the co... : cpt_gloval
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        I got pissed at a game, threw the controller on the ground and broke a shoulder button. Paid for a new c... : Tripps
        • i wish i had stepped on it on purpose because then i could make a conscious effort not to. : cpt_gloval
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  which flavor was it? i still haven't heard of an Elite getting the RROD... : biskits
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    Premium. Got it back in June 2006. : hardfl1p
    • I bought an Elite in Sep07, and I'm crossing my fingers. >_< : biskits
  • my elite rrod'd 3 months after purchase : fried rice
  • i think i got mine in august or july and nothing yet. : dantastic
• X-Clamp fix FTW : red2lucas
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  i read that as red wings and i was wondering why you felt the need to photograph it. : dahanese
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    oh, wow, that is how i've been reading that post every single time i've scrolled past this thread. : perstephanie
    • girls have error messages? : hardfl1p
• This reminds me that I have a Premium that came back from repair that I need to sell. Any takers for $25... : HojuSimpson

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• 178K :( : erebus
• 231,800 Got through level 7 : fuzzydamnit
• 340,671 once they start using tiny african/asian countries I've never heard of, its all guessing : retardhumper
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  ha, didnt even get to level 2 : onji
  • the more you play - the easier it gets. It's the most entertaining and effective way I've seen to lear... : seven
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  414,206 Lvl 10 I suck in Africa :( : NodTerrorist
  • Careful. There are LOTS of diseases you can catch doing that there... : FormerHPB
• 160,100...at least I'm not as dumb as I thought. : CapnChaos
• 232257 - could not qualify for level 9 : TheRealBigDumbass
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  If the map was a bit larger the game would be a bit easier. As is even if you know exactly where they ar... : soggybagel
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    I like to see how close I can get to stuff. 14km is my closest so far (Eiffel Tower). : riptyde
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      i kind of pretend i'm the finger of god trying to obliterate cities, but i've got really bad eyesight, so... : xsoulbrothax
      • My friend managed to get the western wall in Jerusalem to within 4km. He knows it was total bullshit luc... : riptyde
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  253,415, lvl 8 Got screwed in Africa. :( : Flying h4x0r
  • Haha, you now have AIDS. : Jumperus
• 135k ouch : sesmaster
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  501188, level 11. Mayen, Norway is definitely not fair. It's 1300 miles off the coast of Norway! : riptyde
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    one of the portugese cities does the same thing, and i think there's a place labeled as being 'france' th... : xsoulbrothax
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      Yeah, you can really get fucked over by some of the former French and British colonies that span across t... : riptyde
      • stupid european colonization. :D when i see a spanish, french or 'english' name, it's either: western ... : xsoulbrothax
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  275,857 - that map is waay too small, I couldn't get closer than 100km to anything, dammit! : mn3m0n1c
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    Also, who gives a shit where Palau is, anyway... :D : mn3m0n1c
    • also screwed by palau : zebrigazi
  • I nailed one of the South American capitals and I had never even heard of it. I literally just took a gue... : SockMonkeh
  • I got within 17km of where I live (York) and, randomly, within 15km of Melbourne. : rock elf
• 395410 :( :( :( i was 600 points short of making it to level 11.. one of them was a city in austria, i... : xsoulbrothax
• I got 340+k when I posted it the other day. Fun game - and informative. : seven
• 378,173 level 10 sucks. : bugsY
• 180,810 Level 6 I suck. :( : SockMonkeh
• 490,941 points but fell about 10,000 short of Level 12 : sonicdeathwalrus
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  456,106: Level 11, Traveller IQ 120. : Squirrely
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    You of all people ought to know where stuff is. : riptyde
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      I bet 95% of the people that I work with wouldn't get out of Level 2. : Squirrely
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        My brother didn't get past level 1 his first time. Took him a few tries. He's up to level 4 now. :/ : SockMonkeh
        • A little thick in the head, my coworkers are. : Squirrely
      • two of the people I showed it to, couldn't get out of level 2. : bugsY
• 268,864 africa got me :( : Sanityjr
• 326k.. I get the guineas all mixed up =( : jaga
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  180K on first try. Not too bad I guess. : thetangent
  • 250K on the second try. :/ : thetangent
• 440k. kept guessing wrong on those Australian cities no one has ever heard of. :( : the_doctor
• 389,167... Lots of countries I don't know in Africa and Asia, and (admittedly) several I thought I knew i... : skizl
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  a girl i work with thought Iraq was in Africa. SHES ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY : deadfish
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    haha god that is so sad. does she at least know that afghanistan is in europe? : busdriver3030
    • she put afghanistan right by Saudi ... the worst part is I wrote the test and told her which countries to... : deadfish
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      i dono if your being sarcastic but AF is in Asia : deadfish
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        what is asia : busdriver3030
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          i think they were pretty popular in the 80's. : nurglich
          • lol : Enigme
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          "the world's largest and most populated continent" again sarcasm? i can't tell theres too many stupid ... : deadfish
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            there is a lot of incredible stupidity and ignorance displayed by the second on the internet, but i like : busdriver3030
            • '...like to think the shack...' : busdriver3030
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              i get to go someplace worse :D... but next time I get a bigger gun! [/level'd] : deadfish
              • ding! good luck soldier : busdriver3030
  • See also: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=15914652 I am absolutely not exaggerating. : Squirrely
• 164,126 on my first go. Ugh. :/ : mittense
• 374,687 : edgewise
• i keep failing level 5 :( : biskits
• 356,436 Made some dumb mistakes by trying to go fast. : c0bra
• 132k or so, I'm not proud.. : Hiro
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  26,125 on the first playthrough. Not enough points to go to Round 6 =( Why is everything in Italy at ... : Agrona
  • oh, actually, after you hit fail it gives you the real score. 178,805 Final level 6 IQ 92. I guess that... : Agrona
• got 4k but i played with my eyes closed. : tomatoactivator
• i got 5 points : sexninja!!!!
• I saw this linked somewhere else and I tried it three times. I failed in round 1 two of those times. I su... : OverloadUT
• 17447. I am terrible at Geography. : Grim_Grom
• 271k this time. I sucked it hard last time I played. : Freon

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  Tasty's NYE was awesome fun - you should have come :( : seven
  • yeh i know, but i had a family nye thing and its not like i can just ditch the wife and child. : CoRDS
• yay : pigvomit
• not a ps3 owner, but this is what i like to play most whenever i go to a friends house who own's a ps3 : sticman77
• Very much yay. In fact, it's one of the top three games for the system since release. : Masem
• best single player game on the system : xil-reno
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  Do it. DO IT!!!!! I can't believe PS3 owners are even debating purchasing this Game of the Year candidat... : treefingers1
  • I don't think that was hate so much as a lack of critical mass of PS3 owners voting. Uncharted is defi... : EvilDolemite
• i consider it a must buy if you own a PS3 : qwpeoriu
• yay! : grendel
• A big YAY! : bad_fish
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  I was going to get it but I tried the demo and it seemed very meh to me, in terms of controls and gamepla... : nudel
  • yeh this is why i ask, i didnt find the demo to be very good : CoRDS
  • The game is better than the demo, as the presentation is everything. After the demo I posted how I didn'... : SiW73
  • I agree, the demo felt really weak and turned me off. I skipped it, but if it's as good as they say i ma... : cltcprd
  • The demo is an early level (not quite at the start, but about 20% of the way in). As such, it gets much ... : Masem
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    The movement is really good as you can't really fuck up a jump and moving from a hiding spot to another o... : razlebol
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      maybe my problem is that i loathe the six axis so much. Worst FPS console controller ever. : cltcprd
      • Meh, I have no problem at all with it. It's just a matter of getting used to it. I am playing Bioshock on... : razlebol
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        What do you mean? Isn't is the same as every PS controller since the beginning? I can't play any FPS fo... : invisible_kid
        • The back shoulder buttons are triggers instead of buttons, which feels really awkward and is actually pai... : Modica Sol Solis
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          Well to be honest all the PS controllers have sucked for FPS games IMO. Dual Shock on up. The thumbst... : cltcprd
          • Hmm, I forgot about the triggers as Modica pointed out, but the layout I actually love. I really dislike... : invisible_kid
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  It felt "clunky" to me, but I'm obviously in the minority here. : Entity
  • I agree : kelerian
• Major yay. : adsriordan
• Fuck yay : razlebol
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  Yay if you can get it for $40 or less. It's not worth full retail IMO. BTW, is anybody else disappoin... : Frank_Mackey
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    By real-time you mean being able to move at the same time? Because, they are in-engine cutscenes and ther... : razlebol
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      They use the in-game engine for the cutscenes, but they are not rendered in real time. It's FMV. It's... : Frank_Mackey
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        What's crappy about it, other than bragging rights and being able to say the whole game is real time? Ba... : treefingers1
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          It just loses the "wow" factor. I mean, who wasn't impressed when they saw the real time cutscenes in MG... : Frank_Mackey
          • The cutscenes were great in MGS3 when they weren't running at less than 10 FPS : Daggoth
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        You are wrong.... Uncharted and Ratchet and clank uses in-game for cutscenes as you can see dropped guns ... : razlebol
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          Nope, he's right (for Uncharted at least). We decided to go in-engine FMV's because at the time we nee... : cowbs
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            Sir, i'd like ot have a xbox 360 port of Uncharted. What say you!? : burning eye
            • ask sony? : razlebol
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              Put some SPU's in the 360 and we'll talk. ;) : cowbs
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                really? Can't you just tune it down a bit to run on the sexbox 360? : burning eye
                • Aside from the architecture differences of SPU vs. PPU processing there is a disgusting amount of power i : cowbs
          • ok that clears it out for uncharted, I was sure I saw some dropped guns in some scenes. Ratchet is defini... : razlebol
        • I'm glad to hear that about HS and R&C. I only played the demos. : Frank_Mackey
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    It's a cutscene, who cares how it's being rendered if I can't interact with it : egg5hen
    • Just me apparently. : Frank_Mackey
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  I'm watching this because we got a free ps3 with the new bravia tv. What about ratchet and clank? That's ... : dafugg
  • Yes, also a must. It's quite long too. I'd say around 12-15 hours. : razlebol
  • Definite yay, even if you didn't play the previous games (and you have no excuse to not pick up the earli... : Masem
  • Ratchet and Clank is probably the best game I've played for the system so far, goregous as well. : ColoradoCNC
• And while you're at it, get Heavenly Sword as well, as long as you can find it for a decent price. I pai... : treefingers1
• yay, but the game has little replay value; definitely worth playing once if you own a ps3 : egg5hen
• I wasnt all that impressed by the demo. Heavenly Blade was a blast though. : trevis
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  its good but people are giving it WAY too much of a free pass. The graphics are pretty no doubt of that ... : smacknca
  • The gameplay was freaking amazing. I don't see what you found to be desired but I had a blast and couldn'... : razlebol
• Its a great game, AAA, Top of the Pile, etc... But I do think its a tad overrated. Graphics, sound, gamep... : jayares
• Yay. Bought it five days ago and couldn't move off the couch until it was completed. It has some issues (... : Daggoth

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  Oh, shit, I totally forgot I was supposed to go watch the Fiesta Bowl at my dad's house tonight. Damn it.... : perstephanie
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    WVU and OU, not missing much ! : gmd
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      Take it back now. OU is awesome. : perstephanie
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        Yeah but they are playing WVU who I hate with an undying passion. : gmd
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          I will add the only result that will please me is WVU's bus blowing up. : gmd
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            Okay but at least it means we both want WVU to lose. I thought it was still enjoyable to watch places you... : perstephanie
            • I'm saving all my cheer for the Orange bowl tomorrow. : gmd
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  He wants to screw her, not you : ColoradoCNC
  • HOPEFULLY : sticman77
  • Unless they are planning on screwing at the game, I'd pay for her to have a good time elsewhere. : pigvomit
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  not cool. give her 40 bucks and tell her to go shopping at the arizona mills for 4 hours : sticman77
  • 40 dollars will last a girl all of 15 minutes at the mall, if that. : xxiv
• Debra got mad when Ray didn't take her to the Super Bowl but was all passive aggressive about it. Life l... : invisible_kid
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  Also, um, to be honest, it's not very surprising. It kind of sucks for you, but, yeah, that's how a lot o... : perstephanie
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    But, but...man law. It would be entirely different if she was a football fan. I think she is only going... : pigvomit
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      She's probably going b/c she thinks she'll have fun. I don't like football but I've gone to games and enj... : perstephanie
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        We have a council for things like this. I will petition my grievance in the morning. >:( : pigvomit
        • I hope your paperwork's in order. ;) : perstephanie
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  Related subthread: If you get tickets to an event you're pretty sure the gf/bf won't be into, do you s... : TwiLyght
  • It depends on when the event is, how far in advance I get the tickets, whether they'll be neutral about i... : perstephanie
  • I would ask her if she was interested and let her know I was buying tickets. If she said no, I'd go to f... : changejar419
  • I would : jenisthebest
  • my wife asked me if i wanted to go to michael buble /shudder : Dravenport
• Eh, I probably wouldn't feel left out about it. When you're with someone, they come first in your life a... : changejar419
• it's way easier to follow at home anyway. Plus you don't have to wait in line to piss. : wetard
• Maybe if you put out some more you could go. : gmd
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  if she doesn't want to go why would he force her? that's weird on his part. : FrayLo
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    Presumably if she really didn't want to go she wouldn't. : perstephanie
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      i think derailment into a hostage situation would be much more interesting though. : wetard
      • This is true. I would like to hear about it if that's where this thread is heading. : perstephanie
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  It's not that he likes her more, it's just that he likes you less. : Rauol Duke
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    hos before biological bros : gmd
    • I beta tested that womb and this is the thanks I get. Next time I'll know better. : pigvomit
• If my brother got gifted tickets to a Steelers game, and he took whatever lady he was seeing at the time : Squirrely
• Next time you see them, push them both down the stairs. : pres589
• not cool, but I'm doing the same thing for the LSU-OSU game. My friends are going to be pissed. : swoopx