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  Funny, I don't remember them looking that bad. : Totenjaeger
  • When you're on a standard def TV all the pixels munge together and low res stuff looks better. : ThomW
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  Oh, and here's a guide to set you up http://www.racketboy.com/retro/sony/ps1/2007/08/enhance-ps1-graphic... : knepus
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    awesome, i needed this. thanks! : xxiv
    • psx ff7 : xxiv
  • yay thanks! : burning eye
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  i was messing with that last night and here's mine: http://www.easyscreens.info/?v=2966 : oHnOES
  • heres a better one http://www.easyscreens.info/?v=2968 : oHnOES
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  Cool, I might have to do this and replay Chrono Cross! : ashkie
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    How good is Chrono Cross? I've played Trigger and enjoyed it quite a bit. However, I never did have a PSX... : knepus
    • CC is pretty awesome. I loved it and it has one of the best soundtracks to come out of a PS game. : ashkie
    • It's fun. The game felt sort of disjointed at points, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. : guido anchovy
    • Amazing soundtrack, great story. Huge departure from Trigger, but it definitely stands on its own as a gr... : Modica Sol Solis
    • I didn't think the story plot was as good and they really lacked the double and triple techs you could do... : DHAvatar
    • I think it's the best PSX RPG ever. : Yanks
    • Hard4CC : jreid
    • i didn't really like it. there were too many extraneous characters that you didn't care about and it was... : Mr.SEX
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  Nice. That looks much better. I decided not to use improvements available on the old game I'm replayin... : Bull
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    I remember cpt_gloval having this game I think. Couldnt you tell him to take a shit or shower or somethin... : sesmaster
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      BLASPHEMY! But yeah you could go into the locker room (lower right door) and shower. The funny part w... : Omaha
      • you could sing on the john. i loved doing that : cpt_gloval
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  wow this makes me want to play some of the PSX games I have stacked in the basement. : metalremains
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    you must have missed these threads; http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=16405125#itemanchor_16405125 ... : oHnOES
    • holy crap, thanks! : metalremains
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  how does that compare to playing it on ps3? : kn1fe
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    i dont think the ps3 can do ps1 games : oHnOES
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      Just the 40 GB one can't the 60 and 80 gig can... : fry975
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        All PS3s can play PS1 games. : mittense
        • They're all backwards compatible with the ps1, but not the ps2? Crazy didn't know that. : fry975
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        Every PS3 model can play PS1 games (via software emulation). : Frank_Mackey
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          must. refresh. before. posting. : Frank_Mackey
          • Why? Nobody else does. : Totenjaeger
      • The 40GB can still play PS1 games. : Evil Benius
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      It does upscale it, but it doesn't look as good as what comes out of a properly configured ePSXe graphics... : guido anchovy
      • Actually, I think it only upscales the 320x240 (or whatever the res was)output to 480/720/1080. It doesn... : guido anchovy
• tagged for FFVII greatness : sesmaster
• What sound plugin are you using and what is it configured for? I get horrible skipping for sound when vi... : Zips
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  You can use antialiasing on the text as well, makes it look much better, it might be the jpeg compression... : sanchez
  • I think I actually prefer the jaggy text. Anti-aliased text just looks wobbly to me : knepus
• Wow ! That is really dramatic, Sony needs to use this software for all their PS1 emulation ! : qwpeoriu
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  That's pretty much just what FF7/PC looked like, except the text also looked better :( I don't know why ... : electroly
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    oh firefox scaled the image, i'm fucking retarded. FF7/PC was just 640x480. : electroly
    • Which was still just fine! >:( : Omaha
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    I really liked it. It was how I played FF7. : Omaha
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      I thought it was cool how the controls were all on the numeric keypad, so you only needed one hand. The ... : electroly
      • I played with a Gamepad and still managed to pull off the second part. : Omaha
      • my mom threw out the numpad cover thing i was so mad : Chandler55
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    The sound was also much much worse. : FushigiDenki
    • and the FMV was horribly encoded!! : Shadowdane
    • I played the audio through my synth so it sounded pretty spectacular. FF7/PC allowed you to pick the MID... : electroly
  • I believe it was a system beast for the time, especially compared to the graphical detail. Either way I'... : CrimsonHandHiro
• I haxed up my PSP so I can play PSX games on it, and that's great and all, but the way FF9 looks on ePSXe... : Rotten Deadite

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  it's cosplay day it seems : MoreVespeneGas
  • Convention season is starting. : losder5000
• yeah they are cute : gyokuro
• Oh these are the ones everyone has been posting about today? I saw pics of them probably two years ago... : Evil Benius
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  Joy. Time to piss off some more Nintendo/Anime Freaks >:) : Malku
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    As an anime "freak", why would this piss me off? : Moonbase Commander
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      Hi Moonbase Commander! : Malku
      • I still don't get why I'm supposed to be angry. :( : Moonbase Commander
    • Maybe your angry but you just don't know it? : itsjeff9
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  Isnt the one in blue a boy? : Geordish
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    I've made a huge mistake. : MONGOLOID
    • Like when you have a wet dream that you feel dirty about.. The kind that makes you question your sexualit... : Malku
    • You already had sex with him, didn't you? : ColoradoCNC
    • hah, nice reference. :) : dromo5
    • Next week, on Arrested Development. : Super Sparker
  • I think it's a girl. It doesn't matter, though. The one in red is almost certainly female, and damn cut... : Arcanum
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    I think the breasts kind of suggest that, no, it is not a boy. : FlatlineDixay
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      Kinda flat chested. : Geordish
      • Prominent enough : http://www.dsfanboy.com/photos/cosplaying-link-duo/678146/ http://www.dsfanboy.com/pho... : Judicus
  • if it is i do not care : feek
• Oh, hello! Nice! : fleabug
• I would like to have sex with them. : AllYourBase
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  I thought Link was a guy : wtf242
  • Meh. It could be like when my brother saw me playing SSBM one day. He thought Marth was a chick and he ... : Malku
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RLbYmDGe0Q : pyide
    • What the hell did I just watch? :O : Malku
    • Well, at least it was ...... interesting. : Githyanki
  • so's Peter Pan : Postal
• I hope you mean cute as in a little cute girl way. They look a bit young. : Pettytheft
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  I'll take the one in the red. She can leave the pointy ears at home. : bitter ego
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    Hey, she can wear the ears if she wants. I'm not picky. : Arcanum
    • With pointy ears = creepy Without pointy ears = not creepy + hawt : bitter ego
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  Cut-ER http://picasaweb.google.com.au/redtwo/AidanAsLinkFromZelda : red2lucas
  • that sword is sweet! : sKetchflow
  • not as sexy, though : biskits
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  rawr ... too bad they don't make out. : virus
  • Yeah, it's the only thing missing. =( : fleabug
  • I was about to ask where the pics of them making out are :-( : MisterPhoton
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  I would like to link up with them. : Maddog_Delphi97
  • Oh the wit :D : Malku
• Whoa. They're pretty! : Rice-Rocketeer
• omg : feek
• Pedo-alert. : tyrelhill
• I thought this thread was about Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp. : Thresher
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  Yaoi and yuri all in one delicious package. : SiW73
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    Ha ha ha! I wish I had the lol script :). That sentence takes the cake of all these other posts. : Malku
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      why : feek
      • Meh hard to tell. I do'nt really get inside jokes and I am never inclined to get a joke that refers to a... : Malku
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  calling mr.sleepy. we have some magibon-esque peoples for you. : bfzzzz
  • mr.sleepy to the wierd sex desk, mr.sleepy to the wierd sex desk : AMikaboshi
• Insert pic of "really really want" racoon here. Why can't I ever meet girls like this? Oh sure yesterday ... : locater16
• this was posted today, I think you know my opinion on this. : duncandun

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• Unfortunately Enron style resumes just aren't that fashionable these days. : Jonathan
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  he should just say dongs for maybe five minutes and then reference something from the 80s. : mikecyb
  • I pity the fool with this resume! : Jonathan
  • i agree: JOB APPLICANT i am awesome, here is my resume RECRUITER dongs dongs dongs dongs dongs ... : jenisthebest
• Diablo Cody? : trove
• "You can't work here. Go fuck yourself." : SockMonkeh
• "You've got the same chance as a puppy thrown from a cliff!" HEY-OH : futant
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  There's something ironic about this post. : mittense
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    I know you've got a hard-on for me mittense, but I'm genuinely just interested in seeing what the shack c... : thewriter
    • also, was looking for maybe more of the "traditional type ways of saying No" I had forgotten. : thewriter
• True Story: My female coworker has nice melons. One day at home she walked up to her boyfriend and did ... : historyinthemaking
• "I'd wipe my ass with this resume, but it's already SHIT!" : bigblack
• Go the sarcastic route? "I've been looking for someone who values corporate responsibility as highly as ... : megarust32
• "Here's your receipt for our interview. They'll be sure to check it on the way out." : mechanicalgrape
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  Wait, you're a writer? : EvilDolemite
  • heh, not a comedian, and not much of a writer no : thewriter
• Texas: "To work here, it's gotta be slicker than snot on a doorknob." : fleabug
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  worst. scene. ever. : [fry]
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    seriously you may as well just have a golf ball or something fly through the window and bounce off one gu... : [fry]
    • hahahahahahah : filtersweep
    • lol : Rauol Duke
    • lol : thewriter
    • haha that would be awesome : SenorSpine
    • hahahaha oh fry : warpdude
    • I want to see this make it onto TV some time in my life. : bcyde
    • I'd pay to see that. : soggybagel
    • Then Rodney Dangerfield could come in with a boombox and start humping the air. : losder5000
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  Have him hand it to jbury and say "you need this more than I do." : Sze Ior
  • Oi :[ : jbury
• so it's basically a rewrite of the Monty Python parrot skit? : bipolar
• "You know how in highschool there's always one handicapped kid that tries out for the basketball team and... : sticman77
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  *Head Hunter finishes reading resume and stares upward thoughtfully while stroking chin. His brow furrow... : Rauol Duke
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    bit too late to add the caveat that this is on the phone? : thewriter
    • REWRITES : Rauol Duke
    • you could have the headhunter pee into the phone and it shoots out the other side in the interviewees ear : pukerat
  • Post of the year. : socksta
  • Did you write this from experience? : CrustaR
• steal the scene from Zero punctuation and the pufferfish. : oatmela
• "That is the worst resume I've seen! Honest to Blog." : pigvomit
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  the whole interviewer/interviewee premise is lifted from monty python. : dirge23
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    haven't seen that sketch before. this is over a phone, and a minor element of a story. : thewriter
    • http://youtube.com/watch?v=1dWMIuipn_c : dirge23
• howabout instead he sits there for a moment, stares at him, then suddenly pulls out a chainsaw and chains... : sexninja!!!!
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  Class: Have him say, "Thanks for the application, I will put it in file 110, and process it to our G lab ... : jane911
  • Class* Classic : jane911
• Hommage to Office Space?: "Yeeeeeaaaaaah... I'm gonna have to ask you to just go ahead and get out of ... : Nullzero

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  Speaking of helvetica (the font, not the awesome baker) I was making up a flyer in InDesign yesterday and... : BingusLargus
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    That's just not right! =( For some reason, my copy of Helvetica is borked. There's a weird kerning iss... : helvetica
    • *spills a 40* : BingusLargus
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      HelveticaNeue LT : phokz
      • ^ yum : jreid
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  What is best in life? Helvetica or Helvetica Neue? : SpaecKow
  • That is a question for the ages! : helvetica
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  wait, what kind of arrow? : boring gegtik
  • Well shoot. Maybe I should've gone with a different flavor of typeface! : helvetica
  • a schwizz arrow : imperator
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    helvetican. It's European, you wouldn't understand. : CapnChaos
    • maybe its Helvetic, an arrow : sexninja!!!!
• I'm mittense (though at work right now). : mittense
• * S I N G L E W H I T E F E M A L E ' D * : Home Nugget
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  PapaBoo was taken on XBL ?!? I had to be PapaBoo08 :( : PapaBoo
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    PapaBooB : jaga
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      someone told me I should have done PapaBoo.wmv :( : PapaBoo
      • that would have been hilarious. : bakanoodle
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  the PSN as in the play station network (like PS3?) If so you can add flagg209 - and I'll add you when ... : flagg209
  • Okay! I'll add you and mittense when I get home and we will be playstation buddies. : helvetica
• I will try to remember when I get home, I am EvilBenius. I actually need to sit down and add a bunch o... : Evil Benius
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  http://shackers.gamewith.us/ps3/ : ThomW
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    Would it be possible to add Eye of Judgment and Tekken 5 to the PS3 game listings? Those are the only gam... : helvetica
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      jason bergman and Chris Remo now have a third person to play Eye of Judgement with now! : pancake humper
      • MostVespeneGas plays too! It's pretty fun. : helvetica
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      Done. I can't believe I didn't have Eye of Judgment up there. haha : ThomW
      • Sweet, thanks! : helvetica
    • i saw eye of judgement in a store yesterday. wtf how do cards come alive : dantastic
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    I just saw there are 35 people with Warhawk, yet i did a random sample and few of you have over 50 points... : raspu2n
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      I haven't found anyone to play with, so I only play once a week. :( : mittense
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        Oh man, just jump into a Med size Zone server its fun!! : raspu2n
        • Oh, I really enjoy the game, but since I don't have any friends that I actively play with I just jump in ... : mittense
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      doesnt seem right, i guess i wasnt playing on ranked servers when i thought it was. my numbers should be... : chodog
      • I generally only play in the Blue text Sony servers. : raspu2n
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      I played it at first when the stupid stats weren't working, then I got pissed because assholes were TKing... : ThomW
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        they turned of Team damage on the Official servers, not sure I like that, but I never really liked CTF. : raspu2n
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          What's a cheap option for a headset? I hate to spend a ton on a bluetooth one, but with my basement almo... : ThomW
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            I got the one that game with warhawk works pretty well. : raspu2n
            • it work nice : MoreVespeneGas
          • I found a Logitech one at Gamestop a week or two ago for $20 or $30. I don't know if it works well or not... : mittense
• sure :) : MoreVespeneGas
• I want to be everyone's friend. : Omaha
• Baronzemo78 : baronzemo78
• check your email!? : thekidd
• I'll add you tonight to my expanding list of 2, now 3, friends. : Entity
• Check my profile. Always good to have shackers to play online with. :-) : marblehead
• jayares on psn. : jayares
• I'll SM mine as soon as zemo gets me an ethernet cable. : Totenjaeger
• bcyde on PSN. : bcyde
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  Sevogajre, same as it ever was. : sevogajre
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    water flowing underground : c0bra
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      nice! : hamachi
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        .... yes? You lost me. :( : sevogajre
        • there is water at the bottom of the ocean. : ass-street
• renoforrent : renoforrent
• I tried Univers for XBL, it was taken as well :( : phokz
• add me! PSN name is eggshen : egg5hen
• I'm "Swampball" on the PSN network, feel free to add me. SweetLew was taken and Swampball is my XBL name ... : adodric
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  jeyson : bad_fish
  • oops, jeysun : bad_fish
• PSN ID: Jack_Grimaldi : Frank_Mackey
• You should have just gone with Arial. *ducks* : CRasterImage
• Jonathus :D This also goes for the PSP, too. : Magus
• Aurelian - add me up! I only have Uncharted and some demos right now, though : Postal
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  SmashingAdore here, though I only ever see Treefingers playing CoD4. : TwiLyght
  • that is a kickass name : boring gegtik
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  There is no proper helvetica narrow. Why didn't you go helveticacondensed ? : haiku
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    I panicked when I realized that my second choice was taken. Who would want a typeface name, anyway? : helvetica
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      The problem with Helveticanarrow is that in a way you are dissing helvetica. Only one known typeface refe... : haiku
      • I have seen a few Helveticas that are labeled narrow, but they also have other words tacted on ("Helvetic : helvetica
• razlebol : razlebol
• ADD ME: hirezSHACK : hirez
• I'll add you just as an excuse to turn on my PS3. SailorofFortune : Sailor of Fortune
• SinistarX : SinistarX
• Masem on PSN. : Masem
• is there a way to add friends via the web like xbox live? : pyide
• I'll make sure to add you... I have 1 friend on the network, nobody I know owns a ps3 :( My nick is kumm... : freakyNinja

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  Welcome to PC gaming!! Been here long? : phate81
  • Well for only the last 11 years. Though I am a pretty major poweruser in terms of continually switching ... : RyDogg1
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  xbox360 rrod ain't got shit on pc gaming's quirks. : biskits
  • Well at least he won't have to call for a coffin & wait 4 to 6 weeks to play a game... :D : mn3m0n1c
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  windbg.exe minidump.dmp : redfive
  • Did that, but can't nail down the problem conclusively. Plus trying to lookup all the error codes etc. : RyDogg1
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  No idea how much this is relevant to your situation here but I personally haven't BSoDed-or hung up in ge : Autocrawler
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    Vista BSODs me every 10 minutes, I kid you not. I was forced to downgrade back to XP after I couldn't fig... : phate81
    • I guess the more limited hardware compatibility takes its toll there, I'm guessing that wasn't on recent ... : Autocrawler
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      That sounds more like a hardware issue. If you are blue screening within 10 minutes of booting up, you h... : RyDogg1
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        Hmm.. Tried running some Prime95 and stressing individual components?? Might be able to eliminate stuff... : gargy
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          Watching the heat on my 8800GTS 640 MB showed a pretty consistent 61-68 degrees, so I'm not thinking heat... : RyDogg1
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            Hmm saw your post below that you thought it might be the Audio drivers or Punkbunster. Could always go u... : gargy
            • So - is this just with QW or any similiar 3d game? Is it always within 5-10 minutes? Personally I am runn... : Lukiopimp
      • I know its a hardware compatability issue. I'm assuming its my MB since it is about 2 years old, everythi... : phate81
  • Same here, Vista has been workin like a champ :-\ : gameagog
  • Agreed. I rarely have any issues at all. The past several years have seen a persistent increase in both... : wytefang
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  im also at a point in my life where i just want shit to work. : tension
  • I don't mind a bit of digging to fix a problem, but usually when I have issues with a PC I've built it al... : RyDogg1
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    word. after 15 years of PC gaming, i'm seriously thinking about going console-only. : Jeepy McJeeperton
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      Meh, as it goes for me, it seems that just going with the newer hardware/software is a good solution. Nei... : Autocrawler
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        And I know this is going to kill the anti-PC crowd, but you truly do pay for what you get in terms of har... : RyDogg1
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          Yep, cheap RAM and a whole lot of people have cheap PSU-related problems as well. Too bad most people sti... : Autocrawler
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            Oh god I never, EVER buy a case with a PSU in it. : RyDogg1
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              Absolutely nothing wrong with Antec Sonatas... not sure what you mean there Ry. I guess they're the excep... : mystifier
              • Okay that's a quality case from a major vendor, I'm talking about something like: http://www.newegg.co... : RyDogg1
    • I would too, but old habits die hard. le sigh. : tension
    • About 2 years ago, just after the 360 launch, I had the same feeling. I bought a 360 played it and enjoye... : re4ctor
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    Buy a Wii then. We all know the 360's track record. : Pneum0
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      The Wii is anything but: a) a system with a number of substantive games (i.e. serious business CoD4 li... : ieGod
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        It works. : Pneum0
        • Especially when it just sits there. : Sailor of Fortune
    • sadly i own a 360, but im going to trade it in for a ps3 soonish, I want that bluray player. : tension
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      actually our Wii have 'dirty disk' or 'an error has occured' all the time, but after power cycle it norma... : BigT
      • it did NOT help to nudge them, had to get new ones on warranty. : BigT
      • You're 1 in a million. You have to give it up for Nintendo's durability. : Pneum0
    • yeah but he wants to play games : derelict515
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    I already passed that point, went X360 the other week. Fuck fiddling with resolutions, drivers, upgrades.... : BigT
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      I be damned before I ever dirty myself by touching a console. : SovietOrchestra
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        your post history is lols. You really despise consoles. Did they kill your family or something? : FormerHPB
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          really more people need to see the lols here. : FormerHPB
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            lol jesus the captain goes down the with ship! : cdbeckman
            • I'll get a fucking Wii then. : SovietOrchestra
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          I read this post in a Dwight Schrute voice: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=16401848 : Jayx77
          • lol. There are so many more that are solid gold in that history. I can't believe some of the stuff ther... : FormerHPB
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          Your use of lols as an adjective is lols. : SovietOrchestra
          • lols : TrptJim
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        I didn't even know they had personal computers in Soviet Russia : Magus
        • They don't. We time share on government supercomputers. : SovietOrchestra
    • Not to poop on your parade but it's nice to be able to fiddle with drivers and resolutions when you're or... : Pneum0
  • I must be too, I've got macs, a wii and a 360, and I used to be a PC Windows for everything guy. You don'... : cdbeckman
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  I hate to say it but the game is fucked. It runs poorly on high end computers, and it's not all that pre... : Pneum0
  • It's not just ET:QW though, I was having the same problems back in TF2 just the other night. : RyDogg1
  • Really? I don't have any significant problems with ET:QW, although I agree it isn't the prettiest girl at... : dirge23
  • You need some tablets for that ADD. : SovietOrchestra
  • I would have agreed with this during the beta. It ran pretty poorly for what it was. The lastest versi... : Syixxs
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  when it BSODs what was the bsod message? Those are indicative of hardware failure 90/100 times. WIndows h... : boomstickah
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    No the debug codes are going towards more driver issues. I don't O/C this box currently and I might run ... : RyDogg1
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      Have you just tried rolling back to a WHQL driver yet? : Autocrawler
      • Yeah I did, but same problem. I even reinstalled my Audigy2 drivers from the install CD and no dice. I ... : RyDogg1
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  My only real complaint with the game's performance is that I die. I die a lot. However, I've never h... : hatelull
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    You need more practice. : RyDogg1
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      Yeah I was on when the round change happened last night and some asshole kept just mowing me over with on... : Schnapple
      • Play more. Hit up a pub for a few nights and just focus on staying alive and killing the other team. : RyDogg1
    • Indeed. I'm hitting the pubs tonight since I don't think many people frequent the shackserver without a ... : hatelull
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  PC gamng's great when it works, but a horrible pain in the ass when it doesn't. I keep a pretty lean syst... : Entity
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    Yeah I try to, but my wife shares my PC with me, so I have to keep alot of her apps, etc. on their. Hope... : RyDogg1
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      I will say this though. At least when the PC crashes and burns, you have measures to find out what's doin... : Entity
      • Yeah this is true, it's a pretty closed system, it's not like you can update drivers on an Xbox. : RyDogg1
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      oh don't you hate that. Haven't to share. Don't make the mistake I did and remove her admins. and Pass... : Fluffy_Bunny
      • The laptop approach got my woman away from my primary system. Though she does still get on here when she'... : Syixxs
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  Twice before I've spent over $1000 building a new system to play a single game - once for Close Combat an... : Jeepy McJeeperton
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    PC's work for more than one game. There's a bunch of stuff coming this year. : Pneum0
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      true, but I would still have to invest another $500 every so often for a new video card or more ram or so... : Jeepy McJeeperton
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        You can turn down the settings a bit, you do not have to upgrade every year or even every two years. : Chod
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          Yep. And $200 nets you a pretty good GPU as it stands now. : Autocrawler
          • I usually get at least 2 years out of a system without an upgrade, usually it takes a game with exception... : Pneum0
  • I've never built a new system for a single game. It's always been a couple games that will really take a... : Arcanum
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  I always find it strange how many blue screens in games we hear about here. I don't remember the last tim... : boomdeath
  • The few times I've gotten them, it's been an known issue with a video driver or something else that eithe... : hatelull
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  Upon reading this I thought I had miss a QuakeWorld shackbattle :( : sexydingo
  • Same here. :( : guido anchovy
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  I've made my last computer upgrade last fall. $280 for an 8800GT. It's just not worth my time, money or t... : Magus
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    You could have bought the latest ATI card for about half that with the same performance. : RyDogg1
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      HD 3870 is great card. Added new life to my aging system (over 2 years old now) However I give it 8 or ... : Fluffy_Bunny
      • yeah My 3870 is great. Doesn't overclock very well, but that doesn't get you a very large FPS boost anyw... : deject
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      You have anything to back this up? I never saw an ATI card that could match the 8800GT's performance for ... : Magus
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        the 3870 is like 80% the speed of a 8800GT for significantly less coin. doesn't match the 8800GT, but sin... : cpt_gloval
        • Wow that does sound really good. : Magus
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      $140 card as fast as an 8800gt? Odd that we've never heard of it : EvilDolemite
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        Maybe not half off, but pretty close: http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3235&p=2 : RyDogg1
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          It's also 80% as fast - which is great for the price, but not as fast. : EvilDolemite
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            Are you really going to tell the difference between 40+ fps and 32 fps? : RyDogg1
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              Nope but in Crysis 30 vs 24 is a pretty big deal : EvilDolemite
              • If you are wanting to run Crysis at a pretty good clip, I wouldn't recommend this card. : RyDogg1
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  QW ruined your system. Should have stuck with TF2. : Tommy Toolbag
  • TF2 was doing the same shit, but I think that's because Valve hates me and I hate them. : RyDogg1
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  My new PC has actually renewed my love of PC gaming. There's nothing like a properly-developed PC title ... : EvilDolemite
  • ^^^Yup. PC's are still grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreat! : baronzemo78
  • IAWTP. I can't think of ONE console game that has held my attention like Quake, Warcraft III, WoW, Diabl... : Pneum0
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    I've been working through the Witcher and it's been a blast. PC gaming at its best. Good stuff. : wytefang
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      I'm enjoying it a lot too... when it's not dropping me to the desktop randomly :/ : Haxim
      • I've had 2 crashes so far but both were after I let the game sit active without playing for a long time -... : wytefang
  • amen to that : silentbobuk
  • Secluded in a dark den? That's PC gaming alright. I kid. : MatthewPhillips
  • Yeah, there's something to be said for just hunkering down for a few hours with your headphones on shutti... : SenorSpine
  • Ditto. Sitting in the dark playing any of those on my new PC has made it hard to turn on my consoles for ... : Vincent Grayson
  • totally agree with you : at0micgarden
  • I bought a new monster Dell just a few weeks ago. There's something incredibly satisfying about watching ... : Sturm08
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  Quick, somebody praise Microsoft for the Xbox right after complaining about the sorry state of compatibil... : FlatlineDixay
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    Why should MS be responsible for another company's crappy drivers and/or hardware? : Sailor of Fortune
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      Microsoft has a great deal of control over what drivers are responsible for, and what they can they do to... : FlatlineDixay
      • Why don't they just go Apple then. : Pettytheft
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  If you stop buying games for the PC, that means you are a pirate : ease one
  • No I'm not cheap. I'll buy a game if it's good. Good demos really make or break a game for me. : RyDogg1
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  I will never stop PC gaming even with the problems I may encounter. (Even though I rarely have any proble... : razlebol
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    i TRY to convert to console play... gaming computers are expensive to keep up with... but i can't. there'... : cpt_gloval
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      I just came to the conclusion that I will just not be able to play every game that comes out. Its not li... : Jayx77
      • Yeah but those PC games have a much higher priority in my list than any console games. See Starcraft 2, D... : razlebol
      • yeah i have to pass some up too... crysis won't get any play from me at least until winter and i can affo... : cpt_gloval
  • plus the PC is what independent game developers make games for. : bad_fish
• I have been having Kernel InPage errors, looked through my system and found atapi error events. My dam... : shortbuscaptain
• i play on XBL so you can't be my server administrator : multisync
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  Properly designed PC game like CRYSIS?! are you KIDDING me?! that's the absolutely flagship for badly op... : jadefalcon
  • Crysis is a great game, I don't know wtf you're smoking. : Pneum0
  • This person has no idea what the fuck. : Landrosradick
• no pc game has ever crashed enough times to the point where i give up and stop playing. Check the forums,... : ballystix

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  Shacker Birthdays: No birthdays today! Want to add your birthday? http://shack.asktherelic.com/birthday : askedrelic
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    What does your nick mean/where does it come from. It's interesting. : phipple
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      His name his Ed Relic and he has an advice column : Dave-A
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        ^^^^ I should have an "ask ed" column, for emotional and troubled relationships, kind of like what the... : askedrelic
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          really? Ed? huh, thought it was 'asked' 'relic' :/ : Frozen Pixel
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            It is. I'm straight up bullshitting, my nick came from the MSN Gaming Zone around 2001 when I was trying ... : askedrelic
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              it's a nice nick, easily remembered too : Frozen Pixel
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                you uhh wanna go somewhere quite and talk about it? I know awhole lot more than jeans, if you catch my dr... : askedrelic
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                  lol, sorry I already have 4 boy toys : Frozen Pixel
                  • Rejected. : AlexXdude
        • That's funny. I know you confirmed that it's asked-relic, but I find it weird that for as many times as ... : phipple
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  This Old LOL Pile: The top 5 LOL'D posts from yesterday. Don't miss the funny, if there was any to begin : askedrelic
  • This goes to show you that any post with a lot of "fuck", "assraped", and "dicks" gets the lulz on the sh... : zebosausamite
  • The What a fucking nig... post was pure gold : rosewood
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  Random Post: By: klerck http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=792736 ** **** **�Ã... : askedrelic
  • never forget : gmd
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    all I see are ??????????????????????????????????? with diamonds around them :( : pancake humper
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      it's the shack's unicode bug. click through to the actual post and reload it a couple times and it'll wo... : electroly
      • ya I know : pancake humper
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        shit wont work for me at all. got a SS? : bfzzzz
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          are you following the link? Asked's post will never work... : Jonathan
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            yup. and no matter what i try, all i get is fucked up unicode bs. : bfzzzz
            • i assume askedrelic fucked it up when he copied it. it only worked when i clicked through to the real po... : electroly
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              try in ie : sKetchflow
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                strange, that worked after a reload. i guess firefox is just crappier than ie6. : bfzzzz
                • yeah I dunno why it works in ie and not firefox :( : sKetchflow
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    Looking at that thread, people had heard of Jessica Alba in 2001? What was she in back then? : Bull
    • Wasn't Dark Angel around that time. : Jonathan
    • Dark Angel. : Chepito.
    • Idle Hands was 1999. : dirge23
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      too easy. : Phil
      • lol'd : SeaLlama
    • She was smoking ass hot in that teen movie. (never been kissed? I get them all confused.) : atom519
    • porn : sKetchflow
    • I fondly remember when The Alba was in the show Dark Angel around 2000. Yes, yes indeed. : Psigun
  • Is that a penis with jewelry? : snuff
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    That crotch-grabbing pic in that ER is way more disturbing : Dave-A
    • steve_kyle_rosewood_crotchgrab.jpg : tomservo

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  It comes with the new lol script. : CrustaR
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    oh. fucking Thomas... : wtf242
    • SURPRISE! : ThomW
  • That is so beautiful. I hadn't noticed yet. : perstephanie
• hahaha! : PlanetPerfecto
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  Are you still planning that BBQ on the 22nd? : genjuro
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    probably postpone until the following month. That's easter weekend. : wtf242
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      blargh I want free pizza : genjuro
      • As do I, genjuro. As do I. : CrustaR
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        I am grilling pizza tonight. The special ingredient in the sauce is tears since I couldn't find anyone to... : wtf242
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          242, you had better watch it with all that pizza you're making. It sounds rather unhealthy! : CrustaR
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            Wouldn't pizza be really healthy without cheese or meat? : snuff
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              I mean, I would fucking kill myself if I couldn't have my double CANADA bacon double pineapple pizza... b... : snuff
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                Bread is kind of bad for you as well. Lots of carbs. : CrustaR
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                  oh please. well made pizza can be as healthy or unhealthy as you want, just don't eat it all in one day. : PlanetPerfecto
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                    nihil nimis was my main point because 242 is making ~5 pizzas tonight! : CrustaR
                    • I demand at least one of them right now! : PlanetPerfecto
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            When rosewood finally bugged me enough to get me to sit down and measure out my pizza dough recipes (beca : Bean
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              I must have this recipe! : CrustaR
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                Do you have access to a scale that weighs things in grams (mandatory), and do you have access to expensiv... : Bean
                • YES and YES, recipe pls Sir Bean : MisterPhoton
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                  No, but I can certainly purchase one. : CrustaR
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                    I also use a Kitchenaid with dough hook to mix it. At any rate, you and MisterPhoton check your SMs. : Bean
                    • Cool, thanks. I just looked up a scale online. : CrustaR
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                I know. LINK TO THE RECIPE MR FANCYPANTS LAWYER : hamachi
                • I'm currently in the process of photographing all the steps and also taking pix of the common mistakes an... : Bean
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              I bet you fucking hate pizza now. That sounds like an awesome diet that I would like though. : sigpro
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                Yeah. My stomach turns a little every time I open the freezer and see like 10 rounds sitting there, froze : Bean
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                  I want you to gut punch degenerate if you ever meet him for me. He thinks BBQ chicken pizza is nasty. : sigpro
                  • It's fucking degenerate, what do you expect? BBQ chicken pizza is one of my favorites if done right MacK : cltcprd
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              and of course you didn't make a shackmeet post. What : genjuro
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                When kbnerd gets back from his current job assignment, I'll have one. : Bean
                • i still owe everyone a round of beers. : NeoMoose
            • Well shit, you should do french toast pizza. : rosewood
          • i will make 6 pizzas, but I will eat 2-3 pieces and put the rest in the fridge or freezer. : wtf242
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  Vanity Search doesn't work yet though, does it? : disposition
  • tom posted again today and said he fixed it : biskits
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  What kind of garbage bags? : not work safe
  • organic ones : wtf242
• It's a huge pain for me to vanity search because you guys use 8 different variations of my name. >:( : Flying h4x0r

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• Don't tell my wife : jackomack
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  So it'll come out as a cheapened experience compared to fully addon Sims 2, then slowly start the cash co... : kingdepork
  • Essentially. : dmason
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    how many addons are there for the sims 2 anyway? surely it's over 40 by now. : pyide
    • Sims 2: Cleaning Behind The Fridge expansion was the best. : Fred Garvin
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      13. They have 13. .. I... have 13.... This thread isn't making me feel good about myself. : baron calamity
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        Holy shit how much did that cost you? : Toth21
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          I think its about $350 + tax : baron calamity
          • Did you include your soul in that amount? =) : Toth21
    • If you count every platform and the stand alone stories, then yeah... probably allot more than 40 actuall... : gakera
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      According to Wikipedia, there are 7 expansions, and 7 item packs (8 in April). : Arcanum
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        Even the item packs got cd-keys though, so they are really expansions, just pretty lame expansions. : SilverSnake
        • pyide said "addons", so I figured they both counted. I wouldn't consider them full "expansions" though, ... : Arcanum
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    What I really hope they do is improve install and loading times. It would be nice if they kept at least s... : SilverSnake
    • Maybe the gimmick is NO EXPANSIONS you can just do any the fuck thing you like right off the bat. and mak... : gakera
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  When are they going to make the hardcore porn expansion? : Fred Garvin
  • Never but I would buy it! (I buy all of them... i need.... help...) : baron calamity
  • this would finally explain the fascination with these games. I just don't get how they are fun. Even Si... : FormerHPB
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  I wonder what the gimmick will be this time. With sims2 it was the free camera I guess. What's next..... : gakera
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    I wouldn't doubt if it was similar to Spore. People's homes being uploaded and your neighbors will be th... : kingdepork
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      That's probably close to the truth, however it's not that innovative at all... I mean they're doing it al... : gakera
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        It's EA too much innovation is scary. : kingdepork
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          Hey! It's someone bashing EA! You're so edgy. : mittense
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            What, they play it safe. It's not an all out bash. The innovation i listed is all they need to market i... : kingdepork
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              They play it safe when it matters that they play it safe. Why would they fuck-up the kind of cash-cow tha... : mittense
              • That's kinda what i said. It's instant money they'd be dumb not to. Hence the problem is fans buying in... : kingdepork
      • doing it automatically in game instead of making you login to a website and download/install crap is a bi... : derelict515
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    porn, only thing i can thinkg of, is that wrong? : mrseldowski
    • yeah.... yeah, that's pretty wrong. Both morally and predicatively .... : gakera
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    I think they are going to go with greater customizations but less interaction. : baron calamity
    • what, less opportunity to boss your minions around! BAH! FLIMSHAW! : gakera
  • Online integration? Easier to pull items down in game, microtransactions? Possible to visit other peopl... : gargy
• my wife also pointed out that the Sims2 Expansions follow a trend. 1 release is a new setting/idea/wha... : jackomack
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  I hope they change the design in this one (why would they? :( ) a little and make it so that your Sims ca... : SockMonkeh
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    That isn't likely to happen. its exactly what i want but apparently the vast unwashed masses just want to... : baron calamity
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      that would be cool, instead of dolls, they would be your virtual human pets! : gakera
      • fucking yes, exactly!!!! : SockMonkeh
  • i wish you could do this in sim city, and just watch a metropolis grow : Unleashed
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  My kids want My Sims for Wii : Slowtreme
  • There's My Sims for Wii. My kid plays it all the time. : red2lucas
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  dwarffortess with 3d goodness? : tomatoactivator
  • dwarf fortress is already in 3d! : Sexpansion Pack
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  It'll be entirely in first person perspective using the same limb control methods from Trespasser. You'll... : paroxym
  • You're saying I can live out my fantasies? : Kaerof
  • I would buy this. : CrustaR
• I hope it's a MMO then all the furries can invade it from Second Life. : shortbuscaptain
• Expect better graphics (of course) and more interactivity with locations you can visit. : not work safe
• I hate to admit it, but i like playing it too, though I get bored after awhile. I don't ever buy all tho... : jonin
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  how bout not taking 10 sim minutes for my guy to walk from the kitchen to the dining room? god i hated t... : vassili_zaitsev
  • You monster! He had the Bed icon above him for so long and you abandon him to to falling face-first onto ... : Snuffles-
• It better have serial killers. : Vangoghs Ear

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  You enjoyed Diggles? I tried to play that but it was the most boring thing I've ever played. When you... : hawke
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    Yah I liked it. It didn't review well or do well in any way but I still had fun digging around and buildi... : Psigun
    • I enjoyed diggles too. It was good stuff. It definately had a groove and it wasn't in a hurry. If you ... : capt tripps
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  Stronghold. I loved that game. http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/stronghold : mechanicalgrape
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    Are the new versions of that game any good? Building up castles seems fun but I never tried those games. : Psigun
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      I could be wrong, but I think the newer games with this name have nothing to do with the one I'm talking ... : mechanicalgrape
      • No it looks like you're right. The game you linked reminds me of Majesty: http://www.majestyquest.com/ ... : Psigun
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  silent storm :( this game makes me mad everytime!!!!! : Iwannaacura
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    I tried this and it pissed me off for some reason. I have no idea why, it seemed really cool at the same ... : Psigun
    • i mean its a fun game concept i love to think about it but the moment i actually start playing i get piss... : Iwannaacura
  • Fun game and had a lot of promise but a couple of things really prevented it from being a "great" game: ... : SatansFist
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  I played Diggles for a while. Eventually the performance bogged down to the point of unplayability, thou... : Arcanum
  • I didn't actually finish it either. It had an interesting concept, but could have used a lot more polish ... : Psigun
• Entombed http://www.gamerankings.com/htmlpages2/197229.asp : AMikaboshi
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  Ecstatica was pretty cool : cpt_gloval
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    That looks like one demented game. : Psigun
    • it was a mega mindfuck : cpt_gloval
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    i really really liked that game, it was so atmospheric and seemed to have little to no instructions : Smellsy
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      Yeah I remember owning that game but never getting past the beginning cuz I didn't know wtf was going on.... : SatansFist
      • The thing was that you couldn't kill the monkey. It took me days to figure out that you just had to go ab... : Smellsy
  • I thought I got pretty far in that game, but never did complete it (must have missed something). That ga... : Rag and Bone Man
• Forgot about The Dark Eye. That was by far the weirdest game I've ever played. Edgar Allen Poe + Claymati... : Psigun
• Project Nomads. It was pretty out there, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. I don't think very many people pl... : Matt Burris
• Hostile Waters: Antaeus Rising. kind of a battlezone-ish third-person shooter thing. Also Die By The S... : xsoulbrothax
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  Desperados is one of my favourite games of al time. It's a wild west themed version of Commandos but it h... : marmite
  • Hey that looks like a pretty cool game. Definitely going to try it out. The Wild West seems like a vastly... : Psigun
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    Didn't they just come out with a part 2? : CrustaR
    • They did, I didn't like it as much as it didn't translate into 3d very well. : marmite
• Legion Arena - A budget game that came out at about the same time as Rome:Total War and had a similar su... : bipolar
• E5, paintball.net : Foxhawk
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  Startopia is kinda obscure, but really awesome. Great sense of humor, fun gameplay. : Arcanum
  • superb game. RIP mucky foot. : Foxhawk
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    I always wished startopia didn't force you to fight other people. The successful setting up and running o... : marmite
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      You could play like that in the freeform game. Also, once you got certain technology, it was pretty triv... : Arcanum
      • I just found my old disc. I'm gonna put it on my laptop seeing as it will run it easily. : marmite
  • i love that game. its one of my fav's, i love the humor in it. rip muckyfoot :( : AMikaboshi
• Well, I didn't buy it, but Drainstorm was pretty obscure and I loved it. http://ourworld.compuserve.com/... : crummynz
• Teddy Boy on the Master System http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTnZSRPi10I Not sure how obscure it actuall... : knepus
• Poy Poy! http://psx.ign.com/articles/152/152104p1.html : sticman77
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  Both Twinsen games. : deathofrats
  • I had fun playing the first one, never got into the second one. Also I liked the original's soundtrack ba... : SatansFist
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  The Bizarre Adventures of Woodruff and the Schinbble http://www.gamerankings.com/htmlpages2/565193.asp ... : cornchak
  • Woodruff, I remember that one, that was pretty good. : bakanoodle
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  I'm trying to remember if I bought Deadly Rooms of Death. If so then that one. : Grumbeld
  • DROD rocked. I sucked at the tar mothers though. :( : deathofrats
• Several. Here's three classics: Realms of the Haunting. Fucking scary as hell: http://en.wikipedia.org... : Fredrik S
• I was one of the few people that actually bought and played Terra Nova: Strike Force Centauri. Critics... : Thresher

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• halo3 looses because of the stupid fucking way it did local split screen : mattfl
• R6: Vegas is my favorite so far : MagicWishMonkey
• GRAW2 is awesome co-op. : Evil Benius
• I had more fun playing kane and lynch co-op than Halo 3 ..H3 was just boring and my friend and I would sp... : cptstern
• Gears of War was a lot of fun co-op. I hope Gears 2 supports 4 players. : SockMonkeh
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  Halo3 coop is a total snoozefest. : Edges
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    coop There, I fixed it for you. : FormerHPB
    • ding ding : dantastic
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  Halo 3: 2 players local, 4 players online, full suite of vehicles and NPCs fighting with you, no question : derelict515
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    i was kinda pissed when i brought it up at a friends and tried to play 4 player local... i mean you can d... : dantastic
    • single player campaign is shit anyways : dantastic
    • because the singleplayer levels are far bigger and more detailed than multiplayer : derelict515
• Gears of War, R6:V was a great game for stuff like the terrorist hunt, but the actual single player campa... : jbury
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  Doom 2. Sorry if that answer breaks the question. : ihya
  • It does. I wanted to see if I was alone in thinking that Eurogamer's crowning of Halo 3 as king of co-op ... : SilverSnake
  • That really was fucking fun. : socksta
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  Gears Of War for sure. : pun][sher
  • Definitely Gears of War. My brother and I play it split screen and we find ourselves actually using a lot... : OverloadUT
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  To get an idea of the incredibly fucking small amount of quality local co-op games that exist for the 360... : sinner0423
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    I agree. There's a few Arcade games that's fun locally on two players, but we definitively need more of i... : SilverSnake
    • Bomberman is really fun with friends, but that's not really a co-op game. : Link.
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  R6 Vegas is good, but if you're a R6 fan, you will cry with what they did to it. : kingdepork
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    Made it better? : Pettytheft
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      If respawning enemies is your thing. i love terrorist hunt in R6 games. But the best way to beat it in... : kingdepork
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        really? I didn't think they respawned. I thought they all spawned when the level started (and then bum-... : cltcprd
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          They definitely get triggered to spawn in T-hunt. If you do the actual "story" mode co-op there's no tri... : boredguy
          • Story mode has it's own action game random guys coming out of no where element too. : kingdepork
• 100% agree GoW : sKetchflow
• doom2 when/if we ever get it. : CoRDS
• Guitar Hero, more so Rock Band. : exigence7
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  N+ !! : Duffman8369
  • N+ N+ N+ N+!!!!!}Y Nobody has bought it here except Cockblaze and I've never actually played it with him... : classicfork
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  Why are none of you fuckers saying Crackdown? You are all huge faggots. : boredguy
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    I was thinking Crackdown also but didn't say it because it went against his comment about where you actua... : sigpro
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      I like to play Crackdown in more of a laughing at the other guy getting hit by cars, or surprising him wi... : ThomW
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        Dick bag. : sigpro
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          lol Want to play Crackdown? : ThomW
          • I would but I am supposed to be going and getting drunk for free with people from work, but I am waiting ... : sigpro
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      It's a damn fun game in co-op though if you work together. My fave: one guy drives the Cab, the other rid... : Merconium
      • it's awesome if you have a friend get in a cab and then flip a dumpster over the cab. The cab becomes a f... : Prozium
  • I would play in co-op if any of the fucking co-op games would fucking connect! : BingusLargus
• The most fun I've had on the 360 in co-op is Earth Defense Force. It's splitscreen co-op only, but it's s... : Dynotaku
• ULTIMATE ALLIANCE is a ton of fun for the first playthrough or two, at the very least. : Majuju
• Gears of War is how coop should be done. the tactical gameplay itself made coop amazing, not shoehorned ... : Draugluin

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  Does the Threewave install come with the server stuff? I was looking into putting CTF on the Shack Quake... : RyDogg1
  • Hmm- I'm not sure. Its on fileshack if you want to check. : virus
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    I'm pretty sure everything you need to play CTF is included w/ the latest point release. HOWEVER, I sugg : ImageOmega
    • Threewave CTF is not the same CTF included in Quake. It's much better. : razlebol
  • I would be so all over this. CTFS! : hatelull
  • Do it !!!! : razlebol
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  Oh come on guys, nobody else liked VM's idea? Or what? : virus
  • I got a lot of good feedback so I'm moving ahead with it as we speak. : Visceral Monkey
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  Here's a progress report. electroly is the man! He's "donated" a 20 slot server for this and will do ... : Visceral Monkey
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    rydogg's been forced out of the q3 monopoly :s : dantastic
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      Well, we all owe rydogg for getting us exposed to the game again. I just personally don't enjoy RA that m... : Visceral Monkey
      • Yeah, I'm up for DM/Team Arena/CTF, but when everybody wanted to jump to RA3 I decided to sit this one ou... : mn3m0n1c
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        DIE IN A FIREGood luck with your server. Let me know if I can help. I shall leave mine at RA3. : RyDogg1
        • MUSCLED OUT : dantastic
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    Visceral...I've...ummm...played a lot of Quake. Anything I can do to help? I can help you locate what m : ImageOmega
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      Any advice you can give would be great. I know. Ultra Freeze Tag sounds interesting and we have a few emp... : Visceral Monkey
      • Use OSP . This makes configs easy plus you can just vote to change server modes. It's your answer in on... : ImageOmega
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      Ultra freeze tag is MUCHO fun. :D : virus
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        Jailbreak is better. http://bkp.planetquake.gamespy.com/jbpow/index.html : razlebol
        • Jailbreak is great too, for sure. : virus
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      What should my FOV be set to if I'm running 1920x1200? : Prototype
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        That's 16:10, so ~100-105 should work. (I use 105 for 1680x1050.) : mn3m0n1c
        • Yeah - I'm at 107 right now - feels about right : virus
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  I wanna see if I can install Q3 on my mac - I have the PC version but I'm wondering if I can take the dat... : taronish
  • I thought I read somewhere that you totally can do that. I'll try to find it. : virus
  • Just download IOQuake and use it. http://ioquake3.org/ : Visceral Monkey
  • You can use your PC version.. but you will need a PC install somewhere (I think). Basically, you just ha... : dopeman
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  Any guides for installing this on Mac OS X Leopard? My friend at work wants to play but only has his Macb... : pancake humper
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    Read the responses to my post above - I basically asked the same question and I think they gave some good... : taronish
    • Ya, my version of the thread wasn't refreshed properly :( : pancake humper
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  Holy fuck stick! I missed all this! I'm in like FLIN! : mace
  • No way dude. Naked pics of your wife first. : Visceral Monkey
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  What do you guys use for entering servers? I use hlsw, but I guess I don't know what the password is beca... : h o s t i l e
  • QTracker http://www.qtracker.com/ : Visceral Monkey
  • I use a mIRC script called arenascout ;) But, besides that I suppose allseeingeye does it's job. : ImageOmega
  • Man, lol @ the days when I used to use GameSpy for everything. Yikes. <booming voice> WELCOME...TO GA... : virus
  • I use HLSW and it works fine. : razlebol
• I played RA3 last night against some shackers for the first time in 8 years. I started out ok, but as soo... : re4ctor
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  Who's up for gameage tonight? : hatelull
  • I will be around 6:30 pacific. : Prototype
• I'll be there to hand some people their asses, just as long as they aren't pro. : dopeman
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  This game feels like today's game on fast forward. It's insane. : FormerHPB
  • yeah ... its really fast. I had to change my FOV and speed up my mouse A LOT. : virus
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    Yes. Thank you Consoled FPS's and TF2 for making them more autoaim and spam. : RyDogg1
    • seriously - after playing TF2, I'm awful at q3. Time to get some skill back. :D : virus
• DID I HEER QUAKE3 ? : TheFatMom
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  can we get a quake2 1v1 server? I'm sure someone would want to play. : bRAINsick
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    I'd play Q2 Coop or DM but not 1v1 :( : Omaha
    • We could get some Team DM going : bRAINsick
    • 1v1 rails with grapple RULES : virus
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  Just tell me when and where. : InfoBiter
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    Indeed. Where's the address and password info? : hatelull
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      waiting on VM to hook it up with the info. : virus
      • is it going up today? If so I'm ready to play whenever :DDD : re4ctor
• so i see tf2 has gotten stale amirite : Chandler55
• me too. : mp7rox
• I have these installed I could make 1 huge zip file and upload it to my shackspace if there is demand fo : razlebol
• So, whats the news on this? gonna happen tonight? yes [ ] no [ ] : InfoBiter