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  What level is everyone about? I started a Wanderer a little while ago and Im lvl 6, but Im not sure I lik... : great-white
  • I started a new char yesterday with Nullzero and now we are around level 12 There's another guy named lo... : Nighteyes
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    i just started a lvl 3 warrior. I think i'm going to go storm for the secondary. It sounds pretty fun. : mindmann
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      WARRIOR MENZ: Do you suggest going the onslaught route, or duel wield? I never play melee characters, ... : mindmann
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        Any hints? I'm not really sure which route to take. I've heard dual weap does more damage, but i'm not su... : mindmann
        • Nullzero told me the shield can only block 1 in 5 times, or maybe thats one of the defenders skills. I k... : Nighteyes
        • as warfare go onslaught and dual wield, unless you are a conqueror and you find sick enough shield : hatchet165
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        Dual Wield. I am doing a Warrior / Nature build it went for that route. All the guides I've seen recommen... : Jenings
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          it's not the only heal skill. defense actually has a pretty decent one. : mindmann
          • good to know, interesting. : Jenings
  • I've reached 12 last night. I've got a warrior, currently. : Flint Ironstag
  • I just hit lv12, don't play as much as i should :( : Demius
  • my summoner (earth/nature) is up to 21. i end up flying solo a bunch though. hopefully when i get back... : mallrice
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  I need to give the demo another shot. Downloaded it off Steam the other day but it didn't grab me. : Dave-A
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    If you didn't like Diablo 2 then this game won't grab you. Also you can really screw your character if y... : Nighteyes
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      I did like Diablo 2! Also, I've been a developer for years. GOTOs and everything! : Dave-A
      • I think playing with others is a bit more fun than playing alone. Killing happens faster, more diverse s... : Nighteyes
• Working on a Conquerer. Currently at level 6. Won't get to play the game again until Sunday night, tho. : riptyde
• People come play with me! http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=16463960#itemanchor_16463960 : mindmann
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  you can respec in TQ? completely? pls explain, I only played Diablo 2 not TQ : ]pm[chem
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    You buy back your attribute points, but you can't respec classes. Once a hunter always a hunter. I th... : Nighteyes
    • yeah and the cost to buy back each point increases exponentially from what few points I have bought back ... : Jenings
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  no wonder i havent seen you jackass, figure out wtf to do about osaka! : snagger
  • Osaka will be in the future ! Maybe next month? Anyways, YOU need to get Soma Bringer so we can play to... : Nighteyes
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  Damnit, you guys need to stop talking about this. I already have enough of a backlog to play and you're m... : tfboc
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    hahaha me too! Still have not beat Zack and Wiki (almost done), super mario galaxy (just started) COD4... : Demius
    • Zack and Wiki is also on my list of wants. I have yet to crack open SMG even though I bought it on releas... : tfboc
  • Yeah I have my wow char to level, TQ, TF2, FF12, Grandia 3.... huge backlog but whatever, time will find ... : Nighteyes
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  Is this game better than Guild Wars or do people play because it is available for steam and shack hype? : LewDawg75
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    Or just supporting developers without jobs? : LewDawg75
    • its really fun actually... and its only 20 bucks on steam! Its worth it.. very very worth it. : Demius
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    Shack hype? What does that phrase even mean? People are probably playing it because it's fun, not some my... : Psigun
    • Its seems like the number of TQ post have more than tripled the past couple of weeks. Im not trying to ... : LewDawg75
  • The game is essentially Diablo 3, nothing like GW : Nighteyes
  • i had a lot more fun in guild wars personally but yea its ok. : kill9
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    Guild Wars was mostly about the PvP. This is not about PvP. : Geoffrois
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      I think im the only one who enjoyed going thru the guildwars PvE :) : Demius
      • My buddy and I only play PvE also. : LewDawg75
      • it's fun the first time! : datoo
  • it's completely, completely different than guildwars. other than you run around, use skills, and fight mo... : mindmann
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  convince me to buy this game: I am really on the edge. three questions... 1: How buggy is it (talkin... : ]pm[chem
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    I've run into a few issues, the worst one was when the main screen had some funky textures... All I had t... : Demius
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      anyone experiencing the "rubberbanding" mentioned in the wiki? : ]pm[chem
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        Yes I've seen it a bit. It's annoying when it happens but doesn't happen that frequently and doesn't real... : SenorSpine
        • Only time i've had it happen is when the game didn't know how to get to where I clicked, but tried anyway... : Demius
      • All the time. It's really bad. : electroly
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        I get it sometimes, but enabling dual-core support (which defaults to off for some reason) mitigates it a... : deject
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          to enable dual-core support go to: C:\Documents and Settings\*uesrname*\My Documents\My Games\Titan Q... : deject
          • wow, informative++ : ]pm[chem
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    purchased, shackhype fail me not... : ]pm[chem
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      when you feel up for it, search the games online for "shack" and if there is any shack games going on (sh... : Demius
      • I always do Shacknews lowlevel(s) with pw shack : Nighteyes
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  Does the respec cost double every time for each skill? Or does it go up 250 per skill? : doctorbfunk
  • I think it doubles up. 250 / 500 / 1000 / etc : Demius
  • I would like to know this also : Nighteyes
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    Money gets really, really plentiful later on so I wouldn't worry too much about respec costs. I think I'v... : Psigun
    • only 8 million? hehe my Templar had twice that, though I haven't done much respeccing. : deject
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    you'll have a million or two gold in no time, so you can do a lot of respeccing. they warn you about it ... : electroly
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      yeah i have 58 million gold at level 52... and i never beat legendary yet o_O : buzzbat
      • yeah, It's not hard when even white items sell for 100's of thousands. Almost a waste of time picking up ... : dooberzoo
• i wanted to play, but you fag muffins are playing on epic. anyone want to play in about 20 minutes? : ibrokn
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  HELP - So i've been playing this online with my girlfriend for a couple of months. Today, i try to co... : mindmann
  • ... you're going out with the shack? I didn't get the memAnd no, i dont know whats with the networking :( : Demius
  • MY GIRLFRIEND : Nighteyes
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    no one has had this problem? : mindmann
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      A quick good search showed other people have your problem. See if there are any solutions that can help ... : Nighteyes
      • huh. thanks. it's just so odd that it happened randomly like that. : mindmann
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        more here. Seems most people are having problems with Vista http://www.titanquest.net/forums/technical-i... : Nighteyes
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          yeah, none of those fixes would really apply to me. I'm not running any third party program that would bl... : mindmann
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            Try... shutting down your computer? : Nighteyes
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              tried that. tried restarting steam, changing everything to default. i'll try all of the above again... : mindmann
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                In the second link someone said it just started working again even though they changed nothing. Freaking... : Nighteyes
                • huh. maybe it's a weird outage with gamespy. I'll try again tomorrow. : mindmann
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  1 more hour till TQ time! : Nighteyes
  • 5 Minutes! : Nighteyes
• Friend me! http://steamcommunity.com/id/chunks I'm level 23, and have a lvl 10 or so char too. I have ... : Chunks

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  well, do you like Ghosts? I'd say ghosts shares elements from all of his older albums, minus any lyrics.... : snowwolf
  • To best honest, I was pumped when it came out but after listening to it 10 times or so... it makes me dep... : Stroyent
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    ... every damn time someone says something that they don't like about NiN you always get the token respon... : NeoMoose
    • I know its not similar, i was wondering whether he liked it or not. I love Broken and Downward spiral an... : snowwolf
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  i hate when artists make some kickass music only to piss away their talent by being politically motivated... : handofthrawn
  • also, the music pretty much sucked post make yourself. : duderonomy
• I don't mind the politics, I just wish I liked the music :( : dognose
• Include Burn into that list as well. When the song hits around 2mins 25seconds... it is on, no song has ... : Stroyent
• I've been playing Mr. Self Destruct and The Becoming a bit more often lately. : the archvile
• I'm more interested to see where he goes than where he's been. Year Zero is defiantly one of his best alb... : pixelat3d
• Yeah, this is why Beastie Boys dropped hard for me. It was one thing to say loosely political things here... : zakazi
• like when green day stopped making anything decent with stupid american idiot : proclone1
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  Why is that people want artists to always go back to what they did before? : hatelull
  • I like the older stuff better... it would be nice for him to go back, but on the newer stuff PLEASE stop ... : Stroyent
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    Nostalgia. They associate the older music with some part of their life they view as "better" and want tha... : nomaad
    • ^^this hakarl eater is right on the mark^^ : arizona bay
  • You tell me. Old: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57ETt_aTVDA New: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... : silent prophet
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  You ever think that maybe the music just isn't for you? I mean unless you really really like everything e... : ovrlrd
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    I don't think anyone can really say that like EVERY piece of work a musician has put out. I enjoyed EVER... : Stroyent
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      Then don't listen to anything but what you like. I am just saying you can't change what you don't like, a... : ovrlrd
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        Just tired of the political themes. : Stroyent
        • Yeh, I'm with you on that one. I could care less about a musician's political beliefs. : slip42o
        • out of curiosity do you agree with Trent political views? : cptstern
• I look at it as Trent maturing as a song writer. Instead of just screaming incoherently, he actually lace... : stelth
• i like how you're calling him to go back to a "hard fucking album" and make music with "BALLS" and don't ... : gokart.
• I only like political bands when they start off that way (RATM), but when they start adding it as they ge... : Matt Burris
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  isn't a "hard" album one that has a political edge to it? I'd argue that a safe album tries to avoid pol... : Postal
  • I believe he means more of an angst-ridden, loud album such as broken, which had no political leanings in... : Matt Burris
• Politics in music = no interest I don't think I even heard his last album more than once or twice. Wi... : MoreVespeneGas
• Trent doesn't make music for you; he makes music that HE wants to make. You buying it is just icing on th... : zerog83
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  I don't think the music would be as good if he made a completely conscious decision about the direction h... : protozone
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    I agree, I thought the Year Zero remix album was pretty awesome and I can't wait for him to release the s... : MagicWishMonkey
    • I agree with the politics too, but I can't really imagine anyone disagreeing with the politics. Most of t... : protozone
• hehehe, funny that people don't want politics in these times where the environment is so politically char... : sch44cker
• Yea, trent is making music that suits his career progression, which is now officially hit the old fart st... : sch44cker
• trent reznor best music was when he was depressed and on drugs. His political stuff doesn't have it : grabbie
• I don't think Trent can really scream anymore. Also, I want to go back to 5 minute songs with 200 differe... : silent prophet
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  Personally, I like his recent stuff much, much, much more than any of his old screaming hard stuff. I ... : ConfusedUs
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    Korn and Green Day? what? : zerog83
    • he walks a lonely road, etc. : DonkeyPopsicle
    • some old dinosaur bands whose old fans grew up long ago. : sch44cker
• I completely agree. Bring back the 80's hair metal. If you are not singing about the devil, pussy or gett... : Str8Dog
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  listen to broken : reverend~heresy
  • I have and like it... its just too damn short. : Stroyent
• Beatles fans... I might be in the minority here, but it anyone else here sick and tired of John Lennon... : BlackCat9

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• Please nuke for abuse of spoilers... gave absolutely nothing away. Now I have to watch it to find out wha : Jonathan
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  that the one with Tom Jane? : jackomack
  • Yessir! : tomservo
• saw it over the weekend. two snaps up. : industro
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  i felt like i had been kicked in the stomach when I left the theater. I fucking loved it. : dopefish
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    I seriously can't believe they got away with the ending. Not only that, but apparently the ending in the : tomservo
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      i felt like i was watching the result of a choose your own adventure book and this was one of the wrong w : industro
      • Why do you taunt me so? This is like watching the cloverfield trailer :( : Jonathan
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      I thought the exact same thing. It's the opposite of every Hollywood ending. I wonder if they even bother... : Geoffrois
      • I thought the ending was extremely ballsy, but I can't help but feel that it wasn't justified. Usually w : Fish_Bulb
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      oh no... I haven't seen this yet, but ... another movie that doesn't end like the written story? : Slowtreme
      • probably for the best, given that there is basically no ending in the short story. : dirge23
      • I'm generally opposed to it, but trust me - it owns. : tomservo
      • in this case, Stephen King was quite supportive of the change ("Frank wrote a new ending that I loved..."... : Maarten Goldstein
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  Might have to check it out, thats the one with all the crap flying around in it right? or was that The Fo... : Vash108
  • The Fog has ghost sailors or something. : dirge23
• I am a fan. It sort of got lost in the No Country and There Will Be Blood, but it's definitely a unique h... : c0bra
• ending was way fucked up : oHnOES
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  the characters in the movie annoyed the hell out of me, but it had some cool parts : AlexXdude
  • Yeah the characters were very Stephen King (all having their own unique "skillz" which defined their pers... : tomservo
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    I always feel King tries to hard to develop the theme who are the real monsters? us or them? , and ends u... : pieman
    • I actually thought several of the theme lines were VERY ham fisted (mostly delivered by Ollie). But it d... : tomservo
• It was awesome, got a bit daft in the middle with the stupid lets got to the pharmacist with torches and : pieman
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  Going to watch either The Mist or No Country tonight...considering it's with a lady friend, probably The ... : sreyes22
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    I have yet to talk to a female who actually liked No Country. : c0bra
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      I know a handful. They're smarties. : tomservo
      • I'm sure they're out there, they're just beyond my realm of association :( : c0bra
• ...added to netflix queue : dedgecko
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  yes, possibly the best omg wtf ending in the history of ever. : xxiv
  • I dunno, Fight Club, Usual Suspects, and Empire Strikes Back are up there. : c0bra
• my only prob was it made the main character the dufus - and all the idiots who stayed back at the grocery : e v i l
• I read the book. Thought the ending was sub-par. Heard they changed it for the movie. : EvilDolemite
• I really liked it. Pretty decent adaptation of one of his stories for a change. : nodge69
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  Typical King: Great Story, Shitty Ending : Str8Dog
  • It was mostly interesting in the metafictional sense. : c0bra
  • The movie ending wasn't part of the King book : tomservo

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  Buy a metronome, and a copy of Stick Control. Practice the charts at different speeds following the inst... : slax0r
  • Thanks alot! Those rudiment videos look to be extremely helpful. I've been practicing a few of the more b... : quadeh
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    Hmm, I dunno. Learning rudiments to be a better drumset player is like learning French to improve your En : Bold
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      Rudiments are not just for strokes, they also work very well to learn coordination. Linear time playing i... : [7]kami
      • I'm quite familiar with the Moeller technique (it's been all the rage in the drum and bugle corps activit : Bold
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  that looks like a really good value : RikiTiki2
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    then again I play bass so wtf do I know about drums : RikiTiki2
    • List price is completely ridiculous. No one is going to pay nearly $1,000 for that set. But it's not a ... : slax0r
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  That is a fine starter kit. Welcome to the club. About learning drums: please take at least a few months : [7]kami
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    goddamnit shacktags.. well you get the idea, i hope. : [7]kami
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      Yeah, thanks! My friend who has been drumming for a while always bitches when we go to shows or our band ... : quadeh
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        Any generic metronome with a good range and a headphone jack will do. I bought mine for 10 euros or somet... : [7]kami
        • Another tip: once you get your new kit, remove all toms and cymbals. Start out with just a bassdrum (kick... : [7]kami
        • D:! I'm almost worried that the better drummer I become, the less I'll enjoy listening to local music. It... : quadeh
  • Agreed on the importance of basic timekeeping. Learning to play really solid time isn't flashy or excitin... : Bold
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  I'm excited for you. :) What kind of drumming interests you? : ghostnote
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    All sorts, though I'm really interested in learning some crazy jazz stuff after I've spent some time gett... : quadeh
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      Warning: you will have to spend insane amounts of time perfecting your shuffles and swing. :-) : [7]kami
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        But it sounds sooooooo coooooool! Like, all the ladies will want to touch my manlies after their hear it! : quadeh
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          It is cool. And very hard to do right. If you want to see what great timing does, get this video: In th... : [7]kami
          • Nice. When I think of "playing in the pocket" and "getting on the one", I've got to think of James Brown... : ghostnote
        • look for some brian blade on youtube, he's one of my fav jazz drummers : FrayLo
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      Whoa these guys sound really nice: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OruzDa0He-g Thanks for the heads up ... : ghostnote
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        You're supposed to practice pacing with a metronome, not let it dictate your playing. Funny that you me... : [7]kami
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          Man, I'd love to hear more about your conservatory experience sometime. : ghostnote
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            Dunno if that was sarcastic or not, but i'll bite anyway. :( The experience was very short. After my... : [7]kami
            • No sarcasm, I appreciate you sharing. : ghostnote
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  hey drumming guys: any of you have recording setups, or electronic kits? : MisterPhoton
  • i have 2 mics that i record into. it's great, it sounds so shitty and black metal. : lakren
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    I bought and customized my kit based on the experiences i had with recordingengineers: - birch kick (2... : [7]kami
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      hey [7]kami, want to record some drum parts for a project skizl and I are working on? : MisterPhoton
      • I'd love to, but it would require me hiring a studio etcera which is very expensive. I don't have a studi... : [7]kami
  • Do Rock Band drums + Drum Machine (http://andrewrudson.com/drummachine/main.php) count as an electronic k... : Haxim
  • Yes. I have a Roland V-Drum kit. It's pretty basic and the heads/sensors are basically rubber practice ... : Vantage
• Btw: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1cNJy8d7qo ;-) I attended a clinic from Weckl years ago. My hea... : [7]kami
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  Learn the 13 essential rudiments. Trust me, they come in handy. : risimage
  • on a serious note, this is the best thing you can do to quickly improve, and form a solid foundation. Rud... : phokz
  • You sir, are totally right. : [7]kami
• patty flaw flaws. : phokz
• 3 THINGS YOU NEED TO BECOME A GOOD DRUMMERS 1. A METRONOME. This cannot be stressed enough. Without ... : Vantage
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  Congrats dude! Slaxo0rs advice is solid. I like Ted Reeds Syncopation book myself. Don't just practice o... : Cygnus X-1
  • Nice video. I really dig the sound of both your kit and your style. : [7]kami

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  hey way to be on spring break. also you're terrible at smash bros, haha. : DrFlammable
  • bored and lonely on spring break? lakren you loser. : mXENO
  • Kirby wins so hard : camel_jockey
  • whatever, I won once. I had not even gotten to practice when we were playing, I just jumped right into th... : lakren
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  Yeah hurry up and end the tourney so we can start another one. Better yet a league would be nice, a leagu... : hirosushima
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    haha i would just not participate in another TF2 tourney. I think a lot of people are fed up with some of... : DrFlammable
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      True. Thats why i thought a more drawn out league would be less stressful and easier to change schedules ... : hirosushima
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        i think we need a couple months to cool off before jumping into another tournament : electroly
        • I'm not planning on starting another tournament until Summer. : hirez
    • can you define "this BS"? : hirez
    • what are you whining about you faggot you are off my team : lakren
  • just FYI, valve is working on adding stopwatch to the tournament mode. : hirez
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    it's only based on time if both teams score the same amount of points on dustbowl/gravelpit. how else wo... : mXENO
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      it should go to well if the teams score the same on dustbowl/gravelpit : electroly
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        alternatively awesomeball could be used as a tiebreaker : electroly
        • but it's anything but awesome : zerog83
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        and what if both teams tie on well? time is definitely a factor that should be considered. there is skil... : mXENO
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          a tie on well is counted as a win for Critical Tits! : electroly
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            ok when well is tied, both teams log out and play three rounds of cs_office. : electroly
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              knives only : zerog83
              • awps only. : electroly
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              ok better idea: in the event of a tie on well, we go to a "supported 1 on 1". captain vs. captain, with ... : electroly
              • All well and good until some smartass plays a spy disguised as medic. : Arctic Fox
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          a tie on well after 30 minutes = teams play well again with no timelimit and 1st point wins. : hirez
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            here comes hirez with his reasonable suggestion : electroly
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              but we are playing well for 30 minutes. why would you allow time as a factor on well and not DB/GP? : mXENO
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                why not first to X wins on Well? : .frame
                • its is the first to 5 on well, or highest score in 30 minutes. I was talking about if there was a tie aft... : hirez
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                  it is already set up like that, with also the most points within 30 minutes. but electroly has been argu... : mXENO
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                    I mean remove the 30 minutes and just first to 3 wins:) : .frame
                    • Then you'll run into the problem of even teams and both of them not being able to push past the middle. ... : DHAvatar
                  • i don't necessarily think time is a bad metric, i just think it happens too often on db/gp and that can b... : electroly
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      DB and GP are just bad maps for tourny/competitive play in general. They are fun, but the scoring system... : D45hiz
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        I disagree. total time shows how good the offense is of the team with the quickest capture time / how poo... : hirez
        • totally agree. i think people are arguing against time just because time isn't considered in the win in t... : mXENO
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          normally I would agree, but in a game that has random crits and respawn times, time doesn't necessarily m... : tunis5000
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            the crits are only partially random - you get increased chance of crits as you do better. As well, the re... : hirez
            • yeah that's true, and the time rule has both worked for and against my team so really I'm kinda neutral o... : tunis5000
        • Fine if you feel that way it should be all ties, whether or not it goes to entire map or not. The logic ... : D45hiz
  • Seriously, some of these matches take so long as is. Time needs to be there. Not everyone can play for ... : ant_hillbilly
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    Time wins make perfect sense and I don't know why it isn't used as a tie-breaker officially with in-game ... : SockMonkeh
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      I agree with this completely. In every match we've played, time has been the perfect indicator of which t... : lakren
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        And if they are close, they are close, but someone has to win. Whoever can do it faster clearly has the e... : SockMonkeh
        • Yup. The competition in RTCW/ET was always based on time. All the maps are asymmetrical, much like Dustb... : gnomish
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        and PPH is a perfect indicator of skill because LKS has the most players with over 90 PPH and LKS is the ... : mXENO
        • now you're getting it! : zerog83
  • I would like a bit of map variety. Perhaps weeks could alternate with their rotations: week 1: dustbo... : itsjames
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  TPB vs. Pwnify on Thursday 9 or 10 eastern : hirez
  • Hopefully 9 so I CAN SLEEP. : mittense
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  when does f10 play again? : xxiv
  • we are going for Sunday again, methinks... : .frame
• i will beat your whole team by myself : eeeealmo
• I fully endorse this product or service. Way to tell em, Cap'n Lakren. : zerog83
• DIAF : mmaster_pw

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  Looks like farmland from an airplane. : DarkWolf5
  • in tron : FushigiDenki
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    koy-aaaaan-isqatsi : systatic
    • lol, well done. : lookitzpancakes
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  Well, fuck. Why would they mess with the cock propagation? I mean how else will we get our daily doses of... : Fred Garvin
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    cock propagation : FushigiDenki
    • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=16464426#itemanchor_16464426 : snuff
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    Fred, that'd be funny if I'd dropped an L in the initial post.. I didn't. :) : Toraz Chryx
    • Well, I dropped the "L" in the shower. nowudimeen? : Fred Garvin
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    http://garvin.ytmnd.com/ : sexninja!!!!
    • Oh, you laughed and you know it. : Fred Garvin
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      http://celebrategoodtimescomeon.ytmnd.com/ ahahahahahah : AlexXdude
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        i have to give fry an assist on that one : sexninja!!!!
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          im laughing so hard right now : AlexXdude
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            The guy with a gun in one hand and a kid in the other, the fucking guy next to him playing bagpipes, the ... : AlexXdude
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              its like a band of insurgency and terror! : sexninja!!!!
              • I'm convinced that if they played this song and other Motown classics in the middle east, there wouldn't ... : AlexXdude
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            This is awesome: http://thesarumansball.ytmnd.com/ : Fred Garvin
            • i didnt make that one :< : sexninja!!!!
      • I laughed, I am going to hell. : Fred Garvin
      • That is really fucked up. God its scary how well I fit in here. : Lightzout
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  fuck it, we're going hexacore : sexninja!!!!
  • Hahahaha : dltrem
  • sexcore. c'mon, sexninja!!!!, we expect more from you : Postal
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  you should send them an email explaining how they are wrong : Unleashed
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    I'm already talking to a few Intel peeps and going "um, wtf guys? whos idea was that?" :p : Toraz Chryx
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      What's the problem here I'm not understanding. : FushigiDenki
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        Probably because cores 5/6 are a bit too far from the other two core for interconnectivity. Perhaps th... : Optimus Prime
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          It's not so much that they're too far, it's that it's not equidistant. : Toraz Chryx
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            Could it be that they're electrically equidistant, but the picture just doesn't show it very well? : Helter Skelter
            • I can't really see how, although I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt and say that they have... : Toraz Chryx
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  What do you do Toraz? You always seem to be very knowledgeable with the inner details of CPUs and other c... : sanchez
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    Reverse-Engineer/Spy : jamesray
    • The Engineer is a Spy! : Arctic Fox
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    It's not really hard all you need to do is hang around some IC development dudes. You could have almost ... : dopeman
    • I have a habit of having long conversations with IC dudes. usually ones that have worked on microprocesso : Toraz Chryx
  • I'm the curator of maximumfast at the museum of cowbell. :) But seriously, I'm just an enthusiast who ... : Toraz Chryx
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  I agree, nightmarish clock propagation indeed. : mwasher
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    this is going to be some kind of funky shackphrase at some point. :) : Optimus Prime
    • Dudes. Clock Propagation. :[ : AhmNee
• Next time: "Fuck it! We''re going 7 core!" : Sarcastro
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  Toraz that is why they use AI to generate these layouts and then go in by hand to optimize and correct an... : dopeman
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    Intel needs to watch move movies before they doom us all. : DarkWolf5
    • Too late, JUDGEMENT DAY IS COMING WE CANNOT STOP IT!!!!!! : whistler
  • I suspect that part is going to be targetted at low power/low clocks though, although a 2Ghz Hexacore in.... : Toraz Chryx
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  It looks like a Civilization 5 map. : Skoal^Fyfan
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    or like all my simcity maps zoomed out. : tomatoactivator
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      Urge to find SC 2K or 3K, rising. : DinK
      • bra sc4+rushhour is where it is at : Deathlove
• It almost looks like a scrapped 8-core design. : sharkII
• You can arrange a business deal to exchange cache space for clock pulses with the other dies nearby. : Omaha
• You know Toraz, no offense, but I read your post and just wonder. I mean, presumably, Intel has hundreds ... : carnivore
• They are printing chips at ludicrous speed : sesmaster
• Yes I'm sure you know more about semiconductor layout than Intel's designers. In fact i'm sure they'll c... : fishbone
• This is just a research chip but wow, 80 Cores ..... http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=363 : mrseldowski
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  Explain to me why clock propagation would be an issue. Why do all six cores need to have their clocks pe... : DinK
  • And after looking at the picture again, couldn't they just have the clock generated right in the center o... : DinK
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  i wish i could look at doped silicon and figure out the architecture : Enraged Pineapple
  • what a nerdy joke most people won't get it. : boomstickah
• could it be possible that the access lines are between the cores 1/2 and 3/4 and mirrored to 5/6? meaning... : Ariakus
• Armchair engineers. grumble grumble : spiderfill
• GEEZE MENG : dilutedq
• Remember that Intel is using more and more clockless architecture in their chips. : AhmNee

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  Episode V was "kinda lame"? The Empire Strikes Back is the episode you're singling out as lame!? Ep... : buroja
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    I felt the same way about Back to the Future 2. It felt like a gateway movie, where stuff happens but th... : Nighteyes
    • if your idea of closure involves ewoks i don't want to hear about it : GloriousCow
    • You didn't like Back to the Future 2 because it sucked. Empire Strikes Back is great. I don't like ... : ThomW
  • IAWTP : fsck
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    the shack collective has painted a bullseye on your back Nighteyes... be parinoid... be very parinoid : buzzbat
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      ok parinoid? you did it twice; either I'm missing some new dumb meme or you are just almost as stupid as... : proclone1
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        Spelling ability does not equate intalegance asshole : buzzbat
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          I wish I had lol script installed : sludge vohaul
          • lol : hamachi
        • wow. : stonedonkey
        • lol script out of date oh god must lol : JINKY
        • You did that on purpose, right? :D : GodZilly
        • The research I've read says that there is a correlation between high intelligence and spelling ability. ... : bipolar
  • Agreed, sir. Millions of nerds have got your back, as well. : lookitzpancakes
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    Seriously.. Empire Strikes Back is leaps and bounds the best of the them all. : K1Bond007
    • I lived for many may many years saying that empire was my favorite but in the past couple of years i've b... : trevis
• What the hell man? WHAT THE HELL!?! Empire Strikes Back is by far the very best Star Wars film. : Kentor
• "5 was kinda lame" :( That's friggin Empire Strikes Back you... monster! : emcea
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  : g0nk
  • Look at what you've gone and done to g0nk, you should be ashamed of yourself >:( : yosemiteclimber
  • OMG, You've killed Gonk! You bastard!! : ezanga
• You disappoint me : shred.
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  I purposely avoided seeing Episode 2 for years after its release, and I am dumber for having watched the ... : the archvile
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    NOooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooOOOO. : ArB
    • http://interactivevader.ytmnd.com/ : the archvile
  • I saw episode I in the theater (lol star wars fans with light sabers in the audience), and then waited un... : The Key
  • 3 is probably the best of the prequels I'd say. Not that it's too hard to top 1 and 2. : Arctic Fox
• what the fuck. : proclone1
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  It is sad how I haven't even seen episode 3 yet. It was too painful to see the masterpiece drama that wa... : semaphore
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    If you already sat through I and II you might as well watch III. I think it's better than either of those... : Psigun
    • Agreed. : Arctic Fox
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    hahaha, masterpiece + george lucas do not compute. Star Wars got lucky, and was released in an era whe... : GrimmyD
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      I was going to add how everyone involved with the original trilogy BUT George Lucas made it great. The d... : semaphore
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        So true. Episode 4 isn't very well directed/written. The dialogue isn't that great and in general it's ... : exigence7
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          The directing isn't the problem, it's the writing. Lucas exhausted his screenwriting talent on American ... : action wombmate
          • wheres my michael bay star wars dammit? : bling1bling
  • 3 is definately the best of the prequels. : TastyWheat
  • i'm in the same boat... i gave up after episode 2 and the love scenes with annakin. : Arsenal
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  I am ashamed to share a state with you, sir. : losder5000
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    Don't worry I am in Japan! :) : Nighteyes
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      I knew you would say something like that. :) : Optimus Prime
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        Sup OP, you need anything from here? BTW you can see pictures I have taken in my shackspace. : Nighteyes
        • Fuck yeah. thx. Appreciated. :) : Optimus Prime
• Reminds me of this. The Last Guy in the World to See Star Wars http://www.wired.com/culture/lifesty... : Nixx2004
• haha look I know I have upset a lot of you but SW was never my cup of tea. The Ewoks at the end of 6 wer... : Nighteyes
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  The problem with the sequels is a complete lack of space battles. I don't count the one in Episode 1, as... : exigence7
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    Yeah I agree with that too. I basically chalk the lack of character development up with the fact the mov... : Nighteyes
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      It would have been better if it was just 20-30 minutes of flashback footage of Anakin being a kid. Littl... : exigence7
      • What got me was that the movie focused around Anakin Skywalker being a good pilot as mentioned in the ori... : Nighteyes
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        Obi-Wan should've been fucking Padme behind Anakin's back, and that's why Anakin went darkside. Oh, and ... : brickmatt
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          ....which would explain so much and be an amazing retarded fucking twist. : action wombmate
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            I'm not living in a cave in the desert for any kid that's not mine. : brickmatt
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              Right, because hiding from the Empire and keeping close tabs on the son of the most powerful Force user e... : action wombmate
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                Sandy Vagina. : brickmatt
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                  Aww see we were having a pleasant nerd discussion and you had to throw SV :( : action wombmate
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                    Baby sitting some kid who doesn't want to go buy power converters is not worth the sandy vagina. : brickmatt
                    • This whole subthread is lol, please keep going. : Arctic Fox
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    The problem with the prequels is that...who the fuck cares, we know what happened. They should have poure... : Modica Sol Solis
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      I see what you're getting at, but George Lucas isn't interested in making film versions of other people's... : action wombmate
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        But they're better than his :( : Modica Sol Solis
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          Eh, the EU is replete with crap, too. : action wombmate
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            I'm just saying that there's a wealth of more interesting and potentially awesome content after the defea... : Modica Sol Solis
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              But we have no idea what happens to the rebels or the Empire after the destruction of the second Death St : action wombmate
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                Well I thought we were discounting EU? Lucas has rarely, if ever, brought his own idea of post-Empire Sta... : Modica Sol Solis
                • His own ideas of a post-Empire Star Wars are largely nonexistent. He once said in an interview years and... : action wombmate
• Between this and omnova saying Metallica pre-Black album sucks I am completely ready to wipe the fucking ... : Deathlove
• Episode 4 5 6 light saber fights are how their SUPPOSE to be. Prequals are just over the top nonsense. : thewindcriesmary
• Episode 2 is painfull to watch, but 3 is cool. : capt tripps
• Empire Strikes Back has one of the most perfectly constructed third acts of any action movie ever. There ... : bigmaki
• Battle of Hoth - too awesome :O - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6uQ1ROQm0k&feature=related - http:/... : xsii
• i used to think 5 kinda sucked, it's since become my favorite, i can't really say i like the other ones t... : wetard
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  Empire Strikes Back isn't just the best Star Wars movie, it is one of the best movies ever. : Serpico74
  • ^^^ I cannot agree more : qwpeoriu
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    I'm really scared about what Lucas and Spielberg are going to do to Indy. =( Between Episodes 1-3, ret... : brickmatt
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      At least the walkie talkes are optional since the original version of ET is included in the same box. Luc... : Serpico74
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        Spielberg doing great work? Great work like War of the Worlds????? : sch44cker
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          ...who also did Band of Brothers and Minority Report, so I'll cut him some slack on WotW. : mn3m0n1c
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            those movies sucked. FULL METAL JACKET FTW!!!! : sch44cker
            • You're broken. Next you'll be saying Saving Private Ryan was a terrible movie. : Arcanum
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              ...Ohh ...Kaay. I have no response to this post. ... just ----\\\_____(O_o)/----------- : mn3m0n1c
              • BoB was just more WW2 american propagandistic mental masturbation. If i wanted that, i'd play one of tho... : sch44cker
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              Saying Band of Brothers sucked pretty much disqualifies you as a human being in my book. In fact, I plan... : riptyde
              • No kidding. Only an idiot would say that BoB sucks. : stump
            • how old are you : AlexXdude
  • totally agreed. : -efx-
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    Luke gets his hand cut off, Han gets frozen in carbonite... it ends on such a downer. That's what life is : node
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      arg, what's this from? : marmite
      • A Kevin Smith movie if I recall. : tomservo
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        Clerks, you fucking heathen. : action wombmate
        • I hang my head in shame. I hear it being said in my mind, I just couldn't picture it for some reason. : marmite
        • Note: For best results, this post should be read using Randal's voice. : mn3m0n1c
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  They handled lightsabers like giant swords cause it's what Lucas wanted. In some interviews he states he ... : Hello Kitty
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    I think it makes some sense in the context of the movies. In the prequels you're seeing lots of young jed : DinK
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      I look at it a little different. I look at it as a kind of less is more type of thing. The older the je... : flagg209
      • "Master! Master! Master! Look what I can do! Look! LOOK!" (Kenobi stands on one hand) "LOOK MASTER!... : Omaha
• I only saw 4, 5, and 6 in the middle of last year. AFTER I had seen 1, 2, and 3. How many people can say ... : zerog83
• They should have made 1-3 the same way they made 4-6. : kramweil
• There are too many spoilers in this thread. : sukabljat
• Im impressed, you avoided the star wars films for 26 years, thats really hard to do. : skitzo
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  To me the lightsaber fight difference makes sense. In the OT, you've got EP4: Vader (old broken down... : riptyde
  • Young people who get their asses kicked by old dudes. : mem
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    I think Luke was still supposed to be pretty good, and Vader was still supposed to be a mechanical badass... : FlatlineDixay
    • The theory gets kinda fucked over by the Extended Universe, since in Shadows of the Empire is set between... : riptyde
  • Except for Count Dooku. : Ajax
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  They're all--yes, ALL--entirely over-rated. : David Craddock
  • You know so little. : SockMonkeh

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• Ask Senor Dognose! : The Key
• No, there are no well written novels based on games. There's plenty of mediocre ones that might be enjoya... : Vincent Grayson
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  You should Read Lucky Wander Boy it's got stuff about games. : pixelat3d
  • ooh I forgot about that. I wanted to read that one : Jayx77
• If you can track it down, I thought the adaptation of The Pandora Directive was pretty good. : BrodieMan
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  What's wrong with the Halo books? I thought they were quite entertaining. : gyrfalcon
  • Yeah, I've always heard that the Halo books were pretty good reads. : mrwolf710
• I wouldn't call it good lit, but the x-com novel was cool. : losder5000
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  i always wanted to write a pacman novel... : Dave-A
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    http://www.amazon.com/Addiction-Cant-They-Just-Stop/dp/1594867151/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=120... : shavenewok
    • They called him the Puck Monster. Awoke screaming in a bizarre labyrinth, symbolic of the dazed maze that : Dave-A
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    wakawakawakawakwa ... wakawakawakawka...wakawkawka---VOOPVOOPVOOPVOOP. The end. : losder5000
    • Can't believe nobody laughed at this. : losder5000
    • lol : Chandler55
• The Doom novels were pretty awful when judged all together. The first one was okay and followed some of t : BlackCat9
• I think there were a few Wing Commander books that bridged the gap between the first game and the expansi... : Rag and Bone Man
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  I read the Myst book. I wasn't entirely bored - it was ok - not like I'd go around recommending it though... : jreid
  • All three of the Myst books are actually pretty decent : pixelat3d
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  The Halo novels are good, and the Republic Commando novels are excellent! : g0nk
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    The Halo novels are -excellent- : glio1337
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      excellent as books or excellent as books adapted from a video game? : mikecyb
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        Well I haven't read many video game based books except the Halo ones (and just very recently the Warcraft... : glio1337
        • I wish I had the book here with me because I could quote just one paragraph about him describing the Spar... : glio1337
      • The latter. : sgtsanity
• The first Shadow Warrior one was actually good, didn't read the 2nd. I don't think there was a Duke Nuke... : dognose
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  I think the Mass Effect novel was supposed to be not too shabby, and a quite a few people like the Warcra... : gimpx32
  • I prefer the Mass Effect novel to the game. : marmite
  • This confuses me. The Witcher (game) is based on novels, then they make novels based on the game that's b... : pixelat3d
• I read some of the Worlds of Power books when I was a little kid, and have the Mass Effect novel and have... : DinK
• The Diablo books are good/ : madspacemarinemustdie
• I recall quite enjoying various Wing Commander novels : Toraz Chryx
• I just finished reading four Warcraft novels, they were pretty darn good. : glio1337
• The Dig novelization by Alan Dean Foster? I haven't read it yet, though. I've heard the Myst books are... : speon
• i just finished Endwar. It was forgettable, but apparently its going to eventually tie-in the other Clanc... : ultramega
• I heard that somebody made a pretty good book out of that Bladerunner game. I think they even made a mov... : capt tripps

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  The 3rd SF game was a budget title so I think it came out at $29.95 or $19.95. Diablo comes to mind as... : Porkasaurus
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    Who was that prior to Blizzard? : dognose
    • Condor became Blizzard North just before Diablo came out. : JarEme
  • I'm assuming you're referring to the "Hellfire" expansion pack with the horrid changes they made to the r... : RomSteady
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  I think Fallout 3 will be a successful example of this. : Dave-A
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    More please? : dognose
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      More discussion of Fallout 3? Or more examples of transferred IP gone good? : Dave-A
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        Both please! I dunno what Fallout is, I pretty much only play FPS : dognose
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          :O : GloriousCow
          • is he out of the club now too? : spaceless
        • "fix that >:(" : alarm cock
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          On second thought. Thats okay. Its just a game about a wisecracking badass, exploring a post-apocalyptic ... : GloriousCow
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            :O : dognose
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              its really hard though i cant get pased the part with the rats in the benging :( : sexninja!!!!
              • i think you need to go to bed : Modica Sol Solis
              • stab them in the balls. : radula
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            Ooh. How does it end? : Jobos
            • The head of the secret service is a monstrous badass with essentially a mech suit. Kind of like Metal Wol... : xsoulbrothax
          • It remains to be seen if dognose feels like tackling turn-based combat. : action wombmate
        • Dude :( : buzzbat
        • it's okay dognose, I hated that game : moe6
        • Dognooooooooooooose : genjuro
        • ... Geh? O.o Shame! Acquire! : T-900
        • I never played Fallout or Fallout 2, but I think Fallout 3 is going to be awesome. Ever since playing, Ob... : zerog83
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  Prey? 3DRealms outsourced it but oversaw the whole project right? : melkore
  • True dat : dognose
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    Isn't this the IP's that went well thread? : [7]kami
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      Prey got fairly good reviews ( http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/pc/prey?q=Prey ) and sold pretty... : mn3m0n1c
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        7.3 meta is ok'ish afaik. The usual run of the mill shooter score. Which seems perfectly fit since Prey ... : [7]kami
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          7.6* : [7]kami
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            Except that's the User score based on 111 votes from whothefuckknows, not the critic's average (83). : mn3m0n1c
            • Goddamnit, you're on to me! ;) : [7]kami
  • the first half of the game was enjoyable, everything after that was ho hum, wash, rinse & repeat. : dedgecko
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  I'm playing through Max Payne 1&2 again :D : nyranger66
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    Talk to me baby! : dognose
    • I re-bought it on Steam because I didn't feel like looking for my discs or do the whole download updates ... : nyranger66
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  I think if any other company could make Max Payne 3, it'd be Rockstar. : Modica Sol Solis
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    Explain please. : dognose
    • Every game put forth by Rockstar (IMO) has been either been genre defining or taken the genre in which th... : Modica Sol Solis
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    Yeah I love Smuggler's Run, so you're right. : jake2000
    • don't forget state of emergency... hey waitaminnit! : focusdaily
  • Uh, I disagree.. : razlebol
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    I disagree as it seems most of Rockstar's games these days have to be edgy just to be edgy. : Chod
    • Table Tennis? : slip42o
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  Not necessarily IP takeovers but Nintendo let others have a shot at many of their franchises that were ty... : Wombat Woo
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    Indeed. Retro has done fantastic work w/ the Metroid franchise. : DOOManiac
    • Capcom did really well with the Zelda franchise for the handhelds too. : SilverSnake
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  I think Raven did a great job with Quake 4 singleplayer : DOOManiac
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    As do i, good example : dognose
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      Oh and apparently The Witcher was based off someone else's IP. A book or something. : DOOManiac
      • Oh but wait that wasn't a sequel. Nevermind I'm an idiot. : DOOManiac
  • What? Seriously? Wow. : [7]kami
  • no, they didn't. at all. : dopefish
• If there's one thing that makes me love you, other than the fact you hug'd us goodbye that night we all w... : happynoodle
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  Retro: Metroid : MKCluney
  • retroid : j0nchan
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  Nintendo has had plenty of success (as well as failures) Successes off the top of my head: - Donkey K... : K1Bond007
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    Idiot.. I messed up RPG. Should have been Square. :( : K1Bond007
    • At least it rhymes! : quadeh
    • I was about to slap you for that mistake. : ieGod
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  Dawn of War : Frozen Pixel
  • ^^ this : marmite
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    I don't get this example - are we just pointing out games based on someone else's IP or games that have c... : Jonathan
    • The DoW expansions were made by other studios than Relic. The new one was made by Iron Lore. : Crimsonbeak
• System Shock 2 : razorblade79
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  needs more Blood 3 i generally enjoyed blood 2, it had its problems, but it was pretty good. : AMikaboshi
  • Awesome weapons in that game. The singularity generator and Phantasm orb were great. : baronzemo78
• Raven Shield Can't say the same for the rest of the series after that. : SockMonkeh