Morning Discussion

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  i was too, but the recent clips shown on gametrailers make it look kind of boring. dunno why. : jujubees
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    I played it at Quakecon and good sir it is far from boring. : tomservo
    • SECOND'D Yeah, I definitely wouldn't call it boring. : Totenjaeger
  • I thought it was looking a lot better. : Boxelder
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  when the fuck is it coming out. if I hadn't played it (badly) with my own hands at quakecon I wouldn't b... : mikecyb
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    Didn't they say October 2008 back at Quakecon? : Totenjaeger
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      no it was october '07 I think... it gets pushed back three months every so often and at this point I forg... : mikecyb
      • Yeah, whatever they say I usually add a year to it. : Totenjaeger
    • It's November 2008 now. : carbontree
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      Guys: Valve Time. Its done when its done. I wish more devs were like this. I am sick of getting betas ... : IHATEDUST
      • I agree, I just wish they'd stop giving out release dates and then pushing them back. Id says "when it's... : DianeOfTheMoon
• it needs to be released. Sooon. : Fyunch Click
• I am too! I saw a gameplay video in a hospital recently - and - it wasn't quite as OMGWTFAWESOME looki... : seven
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  The way it handles, seems way too quake-ish for my tastes. I saw the Shack HD video and it seemed too fa... : jingletard
  • Well the fast zombies go down in one shot - and I like them. But the bigger point of the zombies are the ... : tomservo
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    28 days later zombies ftw : carbontree
    • There were no zombies in 28 Days Later. They were normal people infected with a virus, not reanimated de... : mourningstar
  • This is why TF2 is as slow as it is. : RyDogg1
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    wait - too quakeish is a bad thing? Suspension of disbelief is relative man. If a game is true to its ... : seven
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      TF2 is a good example of a game that's as fun and crazy to play partly because it's reminscently quakeish... : seven
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        This is a zombie game, things need to move very slowly >:( : ieGod
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          If only they made Zombie FPS games in the late 1960's :( Night 4 Living Dead (1969) : tomservo
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            I'm not playing as the black guy :( : Snuffles-
            • but... the pretty lady cowers in his arms :D : tomservo
        • Things can move slowly - lumbering along - in the videos I've seen. But the pace is there for it all t... : seven
      • Agreed. Sometimes when I'm playing scout I feel the same flow I felt when I was playing QW. It's intense. : zehh
    • Amen to that. We've got enough games that cater to the casual and less skilled crowd. : Pneum0
    • What I'm basically saying is this - the action seems too fast paced and in some cases borders on the cart... : jingletard
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    what the fuck is this post? suspension of disbelief? you're shooting zombies with automatic rifles in a... : mikecyb
    • (or you are the zombies) : mikecyb
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      Well, yeah. The whole point of FPS games to me is to put myself in the main characters shoes and live in... : jingletard
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        is zombies being fast really that jarring? : mikecyb
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          No, I'm just big on realism in games, I think some of those play the best. If you have a set of rules (g... : jingletard
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            I understand what you mean but games are games, not real life. why does left4dead need to be constrained... : mikecyb
            • Totally, different strokes for different folks. I'm not saying Left4Dead is gonna be any less of a game ... : jingletard
        • you're connecting your suspension of disbelief with other, previous suspensions of disbelief. They're sus... : Nali4Freedom
• Hopefully the change from 1 game mode to Campaign + MP is a good one. Still haven't seen zombie side of p... : carbontree
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  I'm wearing my L4D t-shirt right now. : Portax
  • I know. Seeing it actually reminded me of how awesome the game was (and that time you totally saved my as... : tomservo
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    where'd you get the shirt? : edgewise
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      Quakecon 2007 baby :( : tomservo
      • Never forget. :( : Ajax
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        I waited in line for like 45 minutes. Good demo though! : askedrelic
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          It would have been better if I hadn't been stuck playing with [cyb] as in 'cyber' and that four-fingered ... : Ajax
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            I was doing great until someone shot the gas station I was standing by and blew me up :( : mikecyb
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              That was total hax. We should have requested a sub-in for that 'tard we got stuck with. : Ajax
              • genjuro played with you guys? : askedrelic
              • getting blown up was one thing but I ended up just burning to death and nobody came to heal me :( our ... : mikecyb
  • I am also wearing my L4D right now! : filthysock
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  Me too! We should start making some Shack Challenges. Who can get the best scores, fastest playthroug... : Snuffles-
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    Clan HWM will be resurrected! Braaaiiinnnnnssss : tomservo
    • Totally down for that! : Q-ball
• me too ... this is a must have for me. : virus
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  I was, but not so much anymore. I want a nice survival horror setting with slow traditional zombies and ... : ieGod
  • There is a penalty for dying... your team has one less gun :( : tomservo
  • Quick CS type rounds? Survival is your only objective. I don't think we'll be dying ever 1-3 minutes, n... : lechuck59
  • I don't mind fast zombies. I think they are even better. What I would which for though is slower moving p... : razlebol
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    the rounds aren't quick at all. the penalty for being killed is pretty huge too. the zombies outnumber ... : mikecyb
    • I think slow zombies would work too, especially interspersed amongst he crowds of fast ones or in cramped... : focusdaily
  • the rounds are quite long : filthysock
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  its the most "wanted" game in our database right now. its 2 people ahead of ...duke nukem forever : Maarten Goldstein
  • I mighty testament to the awesomeness of Zombies :D : tomservo
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    is there a place to see what the top 10 most wanted games are? : yAak
    • not yet, but there will be : Maarten Goldstein
  • so it's beating a game with a 10 year development cycle? IMPRESSIVE! Where do I vote for DNF? : Sludgehead
• Me too! Can't fucking wait. : razlebol
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  the gameplay looks awesome, but for a premium priced game i wish it looked less like a mod for a 4 year o... : Klebold
  • That'd be one hell of a polished mod then. Anyway, I'm surprised over the amount of different looking tra... : humbleone
• The game fucking rocked a few months back. I can't even imagine how much better it is now that there's b... : Zips
• I really want this game. : prime8
• I am with you sir! : Splinebastard

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  You can connect your 360 to your laptop and use that as your wireless connection if you want, that's what... : mechanicalgrape
  • 100 dollar adaptah < 1000 dollar computah : conandan
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    I didn't bring a crossover cable with me but I should be able to find one in the shops. Will I have to br... : dasampla
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      I'm pretty sure all you have to do is turn on Internet Connection Sharing for your wireless connection an... : mechanicalgrape
      • I don't think you even need a crossover cable as the xbox will auto sense. : Jonathan
    • you don't need a crossover just regular ethernet, turn on ICS on the computer good to go : fletch_
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  you know that you need to whitelist the MAC of both the 360 and the adapter, right? : HojuSimpson
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    I entered both MACs from the edit settings menu and from the back of the wireless adapter. The settings f... : dasampla
    • turn off the MAC restriction and see what happens. I had a similar sounding issue with my router before ... : HojuSimpson
• because wireless is like an abusive spouse who I've finally stopped going back to? : seven
• I bought a spare WRT54GL, put tomato on it for this explicit purpose as I expect I'll get a 360 eventuall... : carnivore
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  What kind of router are you using? Have you tried getting it to work with minimal security: ssid / passp... : dedgecko
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    All i know is that it is a Netopia router. I have fully disabled all MAC and encryption and the settings ... : dasampla
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      ...wait - the settings are only greyed out if there's an ethernet cable plugged in or if the wireless ada... : dedgecko
      • Also, I do recall stories of there being a bad batch of the wireless adapters several months back (if not... : dedgecko
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        There's no ethernet plugged in and the light on the adapter is a solld red. I guess I could be an unlucky... : dasampla
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          http://www.xbox.com/en-US/support/systemsetup/xbox360/accessories/wirelessnetworkadapter-troubleshoot.htm... : dedgecko
          • oh whoops... i misspoke! Solid red means it's ready! : dedgecko
          • Red steady: Adapter is ready to be connected to a wireless network. Red blinking: Hardware failure. : Jonathan
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  Why oh why couldn't Microsoft have built in wireless on the 360. because they can sell that component to... : biskits
  • I am feeling well and truly suckered. : dasampla
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  The same reason Sony didn't include IR on the PS3. : Xin Jing Client 1a
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    Because blue tooth is superior? : Frank_Mackey
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      Oh Frank, you are so funny. How many TVs, DVD players, set top boxes, etc use BT? : Fred Garvin
      • tree fiddy? : Frank_Mackey
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    IR WTF? Who cares about IR? : dasampla
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      Those of us with harmony remotes and don't want to spend $50 on a USB IR to BT adapter. : sigpro
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        I'd be just as pissed if I'd spent 250USD on one of those. Ouch. : dasampla
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          Good thing I got mine free then. Also you don't have to spend $250 on them. The one I got retails for $10... : sigpro
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            100 dollars for a fucking remote, good tittychrist. What a way to piss your dollars away (at least, IM... : the city
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              not if you have a ton of components and don't still live at home with mommy and daddy : bozer
              • ^^^ My wife/mother/etc can now easily turn on the TV without having to call me for instructions. MONEY ... : FormerHPB
              • I live in an apartment, if you're trying to imply I live with my parents. But good job bozer, good job... : the city
            • you missed the part where I said I got it FREE. It would have been worth the cash had I paid for it thoug... : sigpro
            • This, this remote saved my marriage and my sanity. Best $200 I ever spent. : freqq28
            • For people who spent $3k on a television, $2k on audio equipment, and $500 on a console with accessories,... : walker270
        • lol! paying $100 for a Harmony 880 was one of the best purchases I've ever made. Now even my kids can u... : FormerHPB
        • Just got a Harmony One a few weeks ago. Retail: $250. My cost: $0. I mean really, I'm not going to tur... : project13
        • Even at 250USD, the remote is worth every damned cent if you have a remotely complicated HT setup. : walker270
  • ^^^ Dumbest decision ever. : Edges
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  I ran a Cat5 cable on the side of my house and it works much better than wireless did. : EvilDolemite
  • same. Ive heard too much accounts of the wireless adapter being junk. : chilln
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  shoulda asked about that thing here first! Shack 360 wireless adapter = wrt54G* (preferably L) linksys r... : paravis
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    This sounds awesome. Could you point me to a site with in depth directions? I've got a spare linksys wrt5... : 5150Joker
    • make sure you research what routers you can put tomato on, not all models can be flashed with it : bagelcc
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  Do the "test xbox live connection" and see what it says about the network adapter. does it say it is disc... : Mansmells
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    Yeah it says it is disconnected and it doesn't even carry on after that. : dasampla
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      sounds like you got a bad one :( : Mansmells
      • Yeah it seems so. I'll try it on my friend's 360 when I fly back just to make sure. : dasampla
      • Sounds like it. Just today, I set one up for a friend of mine and it was as simple as plugging the adapt... : stump
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  i know a retarded college age "bro dude" halo 3 player who figured out the wireless in 10 minutes (even ... : fotografico
  • Are you a victim of bro rape? : mechanicalgrape
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  WRT54GL + Tomato in wireless bridge mode FTW : Toraz Chryx
  • ^^^ And costs less, plus usefull for other internet enabled devices in the entertainment center. : Awun

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  every cell phone company sucks so just pick one with a phone you want : FrayLo
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    I just want the cheapest phone possible, with a company that doesn't forget to move my text messaging pla... : Modica Sol Solis
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      pretty much. Go with whoever has the best coverage in your area. : Prozium
      • BINGO! : Chuck Walrus
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      Modica, get a jesusphone. Just wait 3 weeks. : geedeck
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        cheapest phone possible : DrWaffles
        • Jesusphone overrides pesky notions like that : geedeck
      • ^^^^ i use my jesus phone with t-mobile. This beats the att plan by like 45. : Iwannaacura
    • You're asking waaaay too much. : ADSliv
    • if sprint had the iphone i would've stuck with them. i had great service with them aside from my last en... : FrayLo
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    this is why i just stay with sprint - they have a comparably very cheap, fast data network : mwasher
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      See, I don't want data. I don't even want more than 300 minutes a month, cause I only use about 100. I te... : Modica Sol Solis
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        Does AT&T/Cingular suck? They've got the second lowest price for what I want, behind Sprint, who I just d... : Modica Sol Solis
        • I've been happy with them : Shadowdane
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        http://www.billshrink.com/ might help to find a good plan. : helvetica
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          Verizon has a plan that fits but it's only for old people, wtf. And I don't think I want to use a GoPhone... : Modica Sol Solis
          • There's a spot on one of the tabs where you can select pre-paid or post-paid : MisterPhoton
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        this should cost you like $35/mo at sprint. : mwasher
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          500mins, unlimited text, unlimited data, evdo rev a + internal gps, $30/m. Sprint. I gotta setup a ... : paravis
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            For the SERO plan, but I don't want to go through the hassle of getting yet another phone number. I will ... : Modica Sol Solis
            • oh, yeah then forget it =( That blows. : paravis
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              Plus only new customers are eligible for SERO. : sanchez
              • That isn't true, I wasn't a new customer when I got signed up for SERO : BingusLargus
• This post needs moar iPhone : jingletard
• Metro PCS. : Xin Jing Client 1a
• I used to work for a cell phone tower company (so we dealt with all the main providers) and most people r... : pilgrimage
• I've never had any issues with T-Mobile. : mechanicalgrape
• Yea, my sprint contract just ended... unfortunately I'm going to end up going back to verizon even though... : dedgecko
• I love my iPhone. I hear AT&T is horrible but I don't really ever call them or contact them, so who knows... : cdbeckman
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  You want to take over a tmobile contract? No activation fees, about a year and a month contract. I'll l... : rosewood
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    Basically you can have whatever plan you want, and btw I love tmobile. I'm switching to sprint only beca... : rosewood
    • What's the advantage plan and how does it have everything SERO does, but for half the cost? : angrytaxman
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    How much is it per month? : Modica Sol Solis
    • is t-mobile even in IC? : cdbeckman
    • Shackmsg : rosewood
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  3g iphone in early june, wait for it : grendel
  • if it's still locked to AT&T, I still won't even consider it. : the archvile
• att : mega man
• http://crackberry.com/look-t-blackberry-bold Coming in June, rumored to be $300 or less. That's what I... : carbontree
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  Fuck, I am so pissed off. In March, my phone broke, so I went in there to get a new one since it was ... : Modica Sol Solis
  • Go all angry black man on them. It always makes us white people uncomfortable and we'll cave to just abo... : ejectorpod
• Helio / Sprint is letting me out of my contract, without paying the termination fee. I drop calls at hom... : jimmy-buffett
• I recommend you poop on their doorstep and leave a nasty note. Burn that bridge. : dumb.

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• I'm more excited about the non-3G features. Come on GPS! : Horn
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  honestly I'm more excited to check out the Xperia X1 and some of HTC's upcoming offers : mwasher
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    I look at them and go, "OOOH SEXY" (especially the Raphael) then I remember they're running WM6 and get s... : hawkeye
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      HTC is working on completely replacing the UI on WM6 : rosewood
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        i'm mostly fapping at the new browser. fuck mobile IE : Maarten Goldstein
        • in the face with a jack hammer : rosewood
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          Doesn't WM Opera work pretty well? : Horn
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            Opera Mini is fast but isn't native which breaks some things. Opera Mobile 9.5 is supposed to be fantast... : hawkeye
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              Opera Mobile 8.65 is fine for surfing the shack. I found mini to be useless. The only issue I have compar... : Jonathan
              • I haven't been able to get 8.65 to run since I've gone to WM6 or WM6.1, installs fine, starts to load and... : hawkeye
              • huh. I find the new mini to be shockingly fast and doesn't have as many problems with certain sites anym... : paravis
          • I've used it for the last 2 years, it's good and it's getting better but it wasn't that great to start wi... : Jonathan
      • I've only been watching some of the Diamond stuff but it looks like they replaced the today screen and a ... : hawkeye
  • I want to play with the Touch Dual when it hits AT&T but not much update. : kanix
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  i just got the nokia n95 heh. : TwiLyght
  • good phone. : Klebold
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    I was planning to get this, then I remembered that they fucking forgot to activate the touch screen :/ o... : BigT
    • no touch in N95 : Ariakus
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  God I wonder how much it will cost :[ : nomaad
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    The rumor is still $200 last I heard : foo
    • If the new iPhone comes out at 200$ I will eat a whole salad... and I HATE salad. : hawkeye
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      The 200 price point (with a contract of course) seems way too good to be true. The thing sold like crazy... : Horn
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        ^ The $200 rumor thing was from some random website with absolutely no merit or confirmed sources. : jingletard
        • oh, well that sucks :( : foo
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      the rumor i heard was $200 off of the retail price if you commit to a 2 year contract with AT&T. which do... : laurgasms
      • if it really IS 200 bucks, ill just keep my old iphone, and get hte new one for the 3G alone. : Antilles_Prime
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  I'm not fired up for having to pay another $500 for being an early adopter. My current iPhone does me ju... : jingletard
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    it's not like your iphone will stop working : AllYourBase
    • Yeah, that's what I was getting at. I'm also wondering if there will be a price difference for the data ... : jingletard
• I'm ready to push over some Apple zealots to buy one, I need a new phone. : Audhuml4
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  I'm still waiting for the Xperia X1, I don't think it's ever going to come out. :( : zipperface
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    Meant as a reply to mwasher~ : zipperface
    • It's ok zipperface, I found ya :D : mwasher
  • Hopefully later this year. They've apparently made nice strides in the UI. I might have to get the Xperia... : prime8
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  I think I'll take the plunge and buy the Blackberry Bold : redfive
  • +1 Real keypad push email GPS WIFI FTW : carbontree
• I'm undecided still. GPS and Tethering are my final needed features over iPhone 1.0. : hawkeye
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  I have no idea what the 3G means in terms of practical use. Also, is the iPhone ever going to work on... : ConfusedUs
  • I can stream up to about 128Kbps internet radio on my Hermes without any hiccups in my area. Tethered to... : hawkeye
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    3g means NOTHING to a t-mobile user if your going to hack the iphone... Until its released and well wo... : Iwannaacura
    • What's T-Mobile's current 3G coverage like? I use the T-zones hack and get pitiful speeds over EDGE (I t... : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
  • connect at 3.6 mbit/s, see about 1 mbit/s in practice, though it depends on the network : jcupitt
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    I'm with you. Everyone says that 3G is mana from heaven but i have no idea what it means. Is it just mor... : trevis
    • 3G adds higher speed data (HSDPA + HSUPA = HSPA) and adds a lot more network features for the carrier (be... : Ariakus
    • yes, much more bandwidth, enough to watch youtube, just about : jcupitt
• I am, definitely picking one up. Maybe not from the first batch if I have to wait in line or some other b... : qwpeoriu
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  I want one, but not if it looks chubby like this: http://www.engadget.com/2008/05/19/3g-iphone-revealed-... : dodob
  • Seriously. NO FATTIES. : Home Nugget
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    Is that with the case on though? : tbreffni
    • Considering it's a render for a case... : Geoffrois
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  3G is cool, GPS is a question mark. It's about the software. Will Apple let the iPhone have any fucking d... : stuka
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    what do you mean? The API is coming out and didn't they announce like a $100 million iphonefund to fund ... : snowwolf
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      Also look at the overall Apple development community. There might not be 100 apps for everything, but th... : hawkeye
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        Yeah, I have to imagine we will see mobile versions of tons of current applications, like the book librar... : snowwolf
        • Delicious Library, IIRC it's already been announced. : hawkeye
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        I disagree. As a Mac user, I think "the Mac software community" is an incredibly overrated entity. Nearly... : stuka
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          Mailplane, TextMate, Adium, Quicksilver, Colloquy, Disco, Flux, iBank, OmniGraffle, OmniOutliner, RapidWe... : hawkeye
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            the windows ecosystem is just so huge that they have lots of free, really really functional apps. The one... : boring gegtik
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              oh and ultraedit : boring gegtik
              • I didn't really like ultraedit, I'm a TextMate or Vim guy Emacs can DIAF : hawkeye
            • Depending on what you use IrFanView for check out Xee, doesn't have as much of the behind the scenes powe... : hawkeye
          • I don't mean to attack your post, but I can find absolutely excellent freeware/OSS software to perform al... : stuka
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          care to give any specific examples for domains where the Mac doesn't have an application that does a good... : derelict515
          • This thread is probably dead... but: movie players, image viewers, music library managers and players, vi... : stuka
    • PEGGLE : Iwannaacura
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      I can easily see Apple only allowing a handful of applications to exist, like on the ipod. They're not ex... : stuka
      • which is sad, considering their origins and all : lja83
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        That's fairly presumptive and in direct contrast to statements Apple has made about software : geedeck
        • Stuka seems pretty presumptive and in direct contrast to rationality. : loboca
      • No fucking way. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of apps/games/utilities in development for the iPho... : ChibiJosh
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  I'm scared to see how much it will cost with Rogers in Canada. Will they try to fuck people who want one ... : Geoffrois
  • Uh this is Rogers we're talking about. Straight up anal probe. : boring gegtik
  • it's rogers, of course they'll try and fuck us. : grifter
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    Gizmodo said the data plan for the iPhone would be $7 or something. Seems cheaper than the $20 we pay he... : jingletard
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      Yeah that's the thing. Companies have started offering affordable data plans, so it could go either way. : Geoffrois
      • if you have several providers offering very similar data rates but only one has the iphone.. well, apple ... : boring gegtik
    • ^^^ actually, that's my sources (they're getting it from Electronista). I hope that allows more than jus... : Postal
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    I imagine it'll be in the $550-600 range. The Nokia N95 is $550 with a 3-yr contract and the iPhone is h... : TwiLyght
    • 550$ WITH 3 years? Wow. How much is that thing without a contract? : Geoffrois
    • actually, it's $400 with a three-year; Best Buy is even selling it for $250 on a sale right now : Postal
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    the thing i'm worried about is what they're going to do for current rogers customers who are already on a... : grifter
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      Why would they do that? You're already roped in! : boring gegtik
      • i guess our only hope is in Apple's apparently controlling demands in their contract for exclusivity ensu... : grifter
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    $600 with 3 yr contract @ $65/month minimum...educated guess. add $30 for unlimited. : vassili_zaitsev
    • I'm thinking the phone will be more like $3-400 but the plan will be about $80 a month. : re4ctor
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      I don't think a 3-year contract would go over well in America. It was bad enough when companies started ... : riptyde
      • They're illegal in the US I think. But not in Canada so companies push it hard. : Geoffrois
  • It's Rogers. If your anus isn't bleeding by the time you are done with them then something went wrong and... : Fred Garvin
• I'm so getting one. Bye bye Sprint. Good riddance, couldn't even make a phone call from inside my house... : FushigiDenki
• no, why : paravis
• I'm not too concerned about 3G since I'm pretty much always on Wifi. What I really want is GPS. : dmason
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  What is the speed difference between 3G and... whatever the iPhone currently uses? Whatever it is right n... : Dynotaku
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    i stick with mobile specific sites and it is pretty zippy. nytimes, cnn, facebook, all have good mobile ... : FrayLo
    • shack... :D Needs more shack chatty mobile tho : Demius
  • 3G right now on AT&T is ~3.5Mbit and they say by 2009 it'll be up to 20Mbit : derelict515
  • i think my brother said that China uses their own version of '3G' so unless iPhone strikes a deal with Ch... : Demius

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• That sounds pretty shitty. I was getting something similar last night, but not with the same frequency. : dmason
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  whats your rate at ? Change it to like 9000 : Iwannaacura
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    20k, but I tried this just for you and I lost connection before I even spawned. That's probably the quick... : K1Bond007
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      have you run a tracerout? could this be on you rend? or when you hit that end? : Iwannaacura
      • Seems fine, plus I get like 30 ping to Chicago when I'm actually in the game. : K1Bond007
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  Some routing trouble maybe? : terath
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    As in, not your fault but your ISP? : terath
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      I don't know. Tracert seems to check out. Nothing really over 45ms and I'm to Chicago in 12hops. : K1Bond007
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        any other programs/process eating up your interwebs? does this happen all the time or just recent? : Iwannaacura
        • Happens only with TF2 and (currently) only those two servers. I had the Windows Firewall on, but I shut t... : K1Bond007
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  I've gotten that once in a while, though much more frequently when the server actually goes down. Usuall... : omnova
  • Yeah same, I get this problem frequently. But not nearly as frequent as k1Bond007. My problem is my flake... : Alco23
• I can't specifically look for it here at work (they've blocked worldofwarcraft.com) but take a look for t... : jingletard
• Dude, I have the same problem with ZeroSignal's server. I can play just fine on ShackWest and whatnot and... : -sk-
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  I tried helping last night, and it sounds like both his modem/router and linksys router (with tomato) are... : SolveChrist
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    My generic suggestion would be to either upgrade to the newest version of Tomato or re-flash and go from ... : dmason
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      I have the lastest version of Tomato. I keep the router pretty up to date. : K1Bond007
      • If you truly think it's a router problem, I'd attempt resetting it to deftaults, flashing nvram and re-co... : dmason
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    The Linksys's IP being a LAN number makes sense if it's behind another router. This isn't necessarily a ... : reign27
    • *but, long story short, this isn't a problem with IP addresses : reign27
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      I don't know how to port forward from the modem. It's not very straight forward. Portforward.com says I c... : K1Bond007
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        I believe "Static routing setup" is port forwarding, however doing a little bit of research, I'm not seei... : reign27
        • Valve lists port forwarding as a possible issue and suggests certain ports to forward. : K1Bond007
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  speaking of TF2 jackhammer johnson needs to make his damned pick >:( : mikecyb
  • Yep. http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=p8Z6HyJbGXZb_I_Ms9Tu5bA&hl=en :( : Maddog_Delphi97
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    Maybe he's checking your references ! YOU COULD BE NEXT : taronish
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      my chances of being picked are hurt by the fact that I haven't played very much in the last month or so a... : mikecyb
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        What classes do you play? : Alco23
        • mostly heavy but I love all classes except for the cowardly demoman (which I also play as sometimes) : mikecyb
    • ]pm[chem's turn now. : Maddog_Delphi97
• in Soviet Russia, YOU hate TEAM FORTRESS 2 !!!!! AHAHAHAHWHHAHEAHEfD!!!!@! : liquidlies
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  Have you tried deleting your clientregistry.blob ? That appears to be a fix for a lot of steam related... : twifosp
  • I've deleted it so many times that I can assure you this is not the problem. :( : K1Bond007
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  i had that heppen when i played with jen because we're on the same home network using the same ip. you'r... : dantastic
  • I'm the only one on my network. : K1Bond007
  • I'm pretty sure using the +clientport command line switch will help with this. : reign27

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  When users are able to add games, you guys should link into the Amazon API so that all the data is unifor... : mancide
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    Even that's not complete though - especially with older stuff. : ThomW
    • Hrm... : mancide
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  I cant figure out how to rate the games I added to my list : painangel
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    I'm also having trouble with this. : trOmblyj
    • I managed to get it by click each game's link then there is a rate this game form on the right hand side.... : painangel
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    click on the shcak symbol for the rating you want to give : jcupitt
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      it doesnt work..firefox 3 rc 1 : painangel
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        Yeah, I'm fairly sure Firefox 3 won't be supported until the official 3.0 release. : geedeck
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          k, if I follow the game title link and use the rate this game form it works for me, just not the ajax but... : painangel
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            any errors from the error console? : Maarten Goldstein
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              Just some warnings: Error parsing value for 'filter' at lines 227, 235 and 242 (line 4925 in shack.css); ... : painangel
              • ok so that doesnt even have anything to do with the javascript then : Maarten Goldstein
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        nor FF 2.0.0.14 : kanix
        • Yeah doesn't work for me either with this version. : Dynotaku
        • Same here, the buttons light up when I mouseover, but nothing happens when I click them. : Rauol Duke
        • doesn't work for me on the same version. i can click the rating and it does nothing. also will i be abl... : dantastic
      • works for me : feek
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        works for me in ff3b5 : jcupitt
        • (the ajax thing on the library listing works, I mean) : jcupitt
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        not working in IE7 either. I am able to rate them but it doesn't seem to save. Same thing in FF 3RC1 B... : bozer
        • nevermind. Guess it was just delayed. Working now. I love this : bozer
      • Not working for me either. FF 2.0.0.14. : afty
  • http://www.shacknews.com/profile.x?library=painangel It's linked from the top of your main profile page a... : rock elf
  • Go into view library - : flagg209
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  I would like to see the ability to add already released games to the "Games I Want". Also release dates o... : Evil Benius
  • Yeah, me too. I want lots of games that are already out. : perstephanie
• Pls add: Pokemon Diamond and Pearl for NDS Also Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords for NDS : Fyunch Click
• Also, how are shackpoints calculated? : mancide
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  Missing Castlevania: Dracula X Chronicles for PSP. : Deathlove
  • also thanks you smaaren <3 : Deathlove
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  I'd like to see the ability to add more than one game at a time. Like, holding ctrl and selecting multip... : AllYourBase
  • you should sell some : Deathlove
  • ^^ what he said : Fredrik S
  • ^^ what they said : kungfusquirrel
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    yeah, I want to add my library but right now it would take a long time. I have my games in an xls, so I w... : baronzemo78
    • or parse a csv file : Ebu
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  I'd like the search to be free text, eg. "zelda" should bring up a lot of zelda games. At the moment it o... : jcupitt
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    I think you can, it's just that they only seem to have Zelda II in the db at the moment. : smegmar
    • NM I see what you're saying. : smegmar
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  Also on your wanted game list when ranking your wanted level the mouseover for the lowest level says "Pla... : Evil Benius
  • thanks, fixed : Maarten Goldstein
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  Also, XBOX Live Arcade games should be either their own platform or a subcategory to the XBOX 360 platfor... : mancide
  • And you might do the same for Wii Virtual Console Games. : Lightbulb
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  X3 the reunion for PC is under action - it should be under simulation with the prequel, X2 the threat ... : flagg209
  • Aso, i accidentally added X2: Wolverine, and now X2: The Threat does not show up in my list. : Githyanki
• I think this is awesome - I really like the new profile - on feature in particular that I think is awesom... : flagg209
• While it's pretty cool I'd rather my favorite gaming genre, gaming platform, developer and publisher were... : Jonathan
• MechWarrior 2 for PC was missing, and it was the first game I searched. When it only showed MechWarrior 4... : PlanetPerfecto
• missing: 360 Naruto: Rise of a Ninja : AMikaboshi
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  Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords for PC is listed under Simulation. Should be under RPG w... : Warrior5689
  • Also missing are X-Wing, Tie Fighter, and X-Wing vs Tie Fighter. : Warrior5689
• Tiger Woods 08 is missing from the 360 list. : FormerHPB
• DiRT is missing as far as I can tell. : snowwolf
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  How do you specify the games you finished? : te[R]ror
  • not been added yet, maarten said would probably arrive later today.. or just later.. : cause&effect
  • Who really ever finishes a game? : Githyanki
• Missing: first two Phoenix Wright games (DS), Castlevania Dawn of Sorrow (DS) : Omaha
• Peggle :( : smegmar
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  counterstrike source was glaringly missing. i dont think 1.6 was there either : feek
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    I think Half-Life: Counter-Strike was listed : Omaha
    • but not the different versions : Mmmmmoo
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  Sam and Max S1E2: "Situation: Comedy" Sam and Max S1E3: "The Mole, the Mob, and the Meatball" Sam and M... : Deathlove
  • also Civ4: Beyond the Sword : Deathlove
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  The total war games are missing. : Sexpansion Pack
  • OOps, they're there, just kind of difficult to search for : Sexpansion Pack
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  Rez (PS2) Rez HD (360) : SiW73
  • Note that Rez HD is there under the 'Wanted' list, but obviously it's out now. : rock elf
• There's also some sequel oddness. Like Sam and Max 204 is action, but the rest are in adventure. System... : smegmar
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  grand theft auto 3, vice city and san andreas for xbox : oHnOES
  • but we're not doing xbox games yet : Maarten Goldstein
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  Will PS2/GCN/GBA games be listed? : Omaha
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    maybe, but right now not very likely. just not enough entries. maybe after we manage to complete the curr... : Maarten Goldstein
    • You need a data entry slave. : Evil Benius
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      what about Xbox (not 360), these things have to be in your DB already somewhere : Slowtreme
      • yes, but again, very incomplete. we'll work on some community based tools that allow people to submit and... : Maarten Goldstein
  • Dreamcast and Xbox too... but yeah, PS2 is a big omission. : Johnny Law
• Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops Plus (PSP) is missing, but the original is there. : Evil Benius
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  search needs some work, it only finds games that start with your search term. : AllYourBase
  • changed that now : Maarten Goldstein
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  Devil May Cry 4 for PS3, Bomberman Live for 360 : TastyWheat
  • Also Devil May Cry 4 for 360 : afty
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  Boom Blox for wii : boring gegtik
  • This is a fun game. : Omaha
  • under "other" : smegmar
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  Monkey Island Games. Bonesaw (PC Platformer!) Noitu Love 2 (and 1) But then, what is the policy wit... : aaarrrgh
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    The Monkey Islands are there. : Chepito.
    • yes, on second look, I noticed. :) : aaarrrgh
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  Cool stuff. You should just make a tab in the Profile Editor (Like we have Profile, Accounts, Comments, M... : devnullgt
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    Also....in the games, you have the categories after you click PC, Xbox, etc....there should be a category... : devnullgt
    • ALso...the ability to select and add multiple games at once would be nice : devnullgt
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  searching for Wii Fit under games i own brings it. Searcihng for it under games I want doesn't return an... : AllYourBase
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    yeah its based on whats coming up, not really "if i had $90 i would buy it" type of wanted. : Maarten Goldstein
    • ah gotcha : AllYourBase
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  My library looks kind of fucked up, I think it's because Riddick has such a long-ass title. http://www.s... : nomaad
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    thanks, fixing : Maarten Goldstein
    • you know it's ok to actually use a tabe for a table? In other words: I'd make that a < table > instead of... : ysbreker
• NDS Flash Focus, Brain Age 2 are missing. : mancide
• I'm sure it's been covered but what effects your shack ranking : AllYourBase
• My Little Pony Crystal Princess is in my favorite games, and I find this to be fantastic. : tomservo
• there is no PC version of final fantasy 8 also : flagg209
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  REQUESTS - The option to change game rating (plz plz plz) - "Best game ever" feature: best game would... : SlamDunk
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    Why would you change a rating. That doesn't seem right to me. : Slowtreme
    • Because I'm rating too much at five and I'd like to balance my scores a bit. : Jonathan
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      initial impression vs. I-finished-the-game impression : boring gegtik
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        it's not itunes. if you think it's 5, give it five. : Slowtreme
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          that's the worst analogy I've read in a week at least : boring gegtik
          • you don' proofread your own posts : Slowtreme
    • accidental click? : AllYourBase
    • I think the average rating is wrong and I want to weight it up or down by changing my vote to the max or ... : semaphore
    • yeah i would like this feature too. for some reason i rated quake 4 a 5. i dont remember doing this : dantastic
  • Also, I said this in another thread, but: ability to delete a game from the list. : jenisthebest
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    yeah you'll be able to change your rating sometime soon : Maarten Goldstein
    • yay!!! : dantastic
• I gave up after 2 genres. At #11 for now :/ : ryuuseki
• Is it possible, in the game selection lists, to highlight games already in our libraries? Could it als... : Masem
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  dawn of war soulstorm is in the wanted category even though it's been released : aeg1x
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    also "Front Line Force" is in there? Wtf? The 6 year old half-life mod? : aeg1x
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      don't hate, pink0r will eat your soul : AllYourBase
      • hey man I made the splash screen for that mod I basically invented it ok : aeg1x
• it would be nice to be able to sort the games that appear in your profile. Like if you have a definite to... : aeg1x
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  Missing PC games: Mirror's Edge Live for Speed http://www.lfs.net Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Aby... : SlamDunk
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    mirror's edge is there under action, both those splinter cells are there, i'll look into the rest. : Maarten Goldstein
    • Ah, sorry... realised I was searching for ME under 'purchased'... Splinter Cell's were added as I was ... : SlamDunk
• Sim City DS : ass-street
• mlb 08 the show for ps3 : chodog
• Metal gear solid 3 - ps2 : razlebol
• PC: WHERE IS X-COM?! : Omaha
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  Please add L.A. Noire to the ps3 wanted list : smegmar
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    done : Maarten Goldstein
    • You rule : smegmar
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  Warhawk for PS3, unless I missed it : Judecca
  • No More Heroes Wii : Judecca
  • this kid I tutor plays this game religiously. He has me play it with him sometime and as far as I can te... : DonkeyPopsicle
  • fixed : Maarten Goldstein
  • Puzzle Quest for PSP/DS Phoenix Wright: Justice for All for DS : Judecca
• Top Spin and NHL2K not there. Maybe more 2K sports games I haven't tried yet : bozer
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  That Saboteur game coming out for PS360 is also missing. : Sexpansion Pack
  • fixed : Maarten Goldstein
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  Journeyman Project is missing! I'm happy that the Tex Murphy games were on there though :D : hawkeye
  • isnt Journeyman Project a point a click style game that came loaded on packard bell systems? If so I love... : RobFlinn
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  Adding games is going to take forever. :( : omnova
  • Descent: Freespace is missing. : omnova
  • Master of Orion and Master of Orion 2 are missing. : omnova
  • StarCraft: Brood Wars is an egregious omission. : omnova
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  Missing: Mario & Sonic at the Olympics (wii) Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree (wii) : arhughes
  • added : Maarten Goldstein
• PC Games that I have that I didn't see in the list: Beavis & Butthead in Virtual Stupidity Civilizati... : mrwolf710
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  Professor Layton is totally not an action game :/ : laurgasms
  • haha, fixed : Maarten Goldstein
  • It is when I throw my DS across the room. Wait. That's Trauma Center : zakazi
  • felicia just said the same thing. : thekidd
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  Games I cant find..... so far peggle!(pc)- stalker(pc)- wartech senke no ronde(360)- pokemon pearl/dia... : silentbobuk
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    s.t.a.l.k.e.r is there for sure : Maarten Goldstein
    • aw man! now I feel dumb. : silentbobuk
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  my wanted list isn't showing in my profile but when I try to add a game again it says its already on my l... : .frame
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    it takes a few months to update due to cache : Maarten Goldstein
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      a few months eh? Guess I'll check back in July:) : .frame
      • haha oops, minutes : Maarten Goldstein
      • At least he's being honest. :) : SilverSnake
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  Is there a page showing people with the highest shacker points? Obviously this indicates whether someone... : semaphore
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    haha yeah that is coming. current top 10 is menkey 480 1 Masem 475 2 Kentor 466 3 Steve Gib... : Maarten Goldstein
    • Not anymore, I filled out the PC games I have that are in the DB now :-) : Masem
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  I missclicked my rating for Quake 3 and can't seem to change it. NEEDS TO BE FIVE STARS GODDAMNIT MAKE... : [7]kami
  • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=17002628 : tomservo
• I didn't see Warcraft 2 or Starcraft's expansions in there. Also: I assume DS, PS2, PSone, and other p... : tomservo
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  Some adventure series are missing, also, what about ps2 games? (Adventure games missing so far: King's... : felicia
  • Sanitarium, Gobliiins (whole series), Maniac Mansion, Simon the Sorceror(1 & 2), Indiana Jones and the La... : felicia
• GAMECUBE games like Tales of Symphonia and Twilight Princess. I know the cube is obsolete but it's what I... : dumb.
• The Sims 2 expansions - most are missing : OverloadUT
• Pixeljunk Monsters! :o : Daggoth
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  Oh shit. I added the PC versions of quite a few console games. Is there a way to delete them? : Rag and Bone Man
  • not yet, hopefully later today : Maarten Goldstein
• Settlers I + II and the remake. : aaarrrgh
• Doesn't really support Gamefly, as I can only rate as played/etc games that I say I own. : Ebu
• Missing Lego Star Wars for Wii? : redfive
• Neato. : NFXFSX
• Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection (Wii) : Bull
• Lego Star Wars Complete Sage for 360 is missing. : changejar419
• Rez HD (x360) : biskits
• Tie Fighter : ass-street
• Viva Pinata - Party Animals : mafu5150
• Under 360/Fighting, there's no Rumble Roses 2 I'm ashamed to admit I own that And under PC, why is Tit... : Dynotaku
• Red Alert : te[R]ror
• Armed Assault for the PC is missing : phate81
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  Loco Roco (PSP). And will there be XBOX/PS2 games? : nevicata
  • Nevermind, found it. :) : nevicata
• Overlord for the 360 & PC : mafu5150
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  I wonder how long it will take for Masem to add all his games. : Rag and Bone Man
  • He's already at #2, I can see him being #1 easy once PS2 and Xbox games are added. : sigpro
  • Already did for what games were in the db about 8am PST this morning. I know people are pointing out one... : Masem
• Ninja Gaiden Black : Head Rush
• Nice, I'm rank 5. : NFXFSX
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  Request Would it be possible to move Wii VC / Wii Ware games to a different platform, separate from the a... : TroZ
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    Also, if ordering by platform, can it be sorted by platform then alphabetically by game name? : TroZ
    • also, I don't see Raving Rabbids 2. : TroZ
    • Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People (wii) is listed twice for wanted games : TroZ
  • That's what I was thinking - it's really hard to sort through all the Wii games and figure out what I've ... : perstephanie
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  LostWinds (Wii, Platformer), Planet Puzzle League (NDS, Puzzle), Uprising (PC, Strategy) : My Documents
  • Also, what about games that are out that we still want but can't afford?? : My Documents
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    I found lost winds in the "wanted/adventure" section. : qu1nton
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      If anything, it's sequel should be on the wanted list. : My Documents
      • it's its : My Documents
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  RPE's Suggestion Thread I know you might know some of these or already have them planned but I'm gonna : Robotic Puppy Eater
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    Also, will there be an ability to change our ratings at a later time or write reviews of the games? : Robotic Puppy Eater
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      re change ratings: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=17003038 writing reviews of games.... RIP Shack... : tomservo
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        good point. Just limit the review to something like 50 words so they have to be short. Besides, you know ... : Robotic Puppy Eater
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          Shack Reviews was actually fairly well moderated, but in the new Shack design it was kind of bumped out o... : tomservo
          • Ok. BTW, please add the Mechwarrior games. Especially Mechwarrior 2 and expansions. : Robotic Puppy Eater
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  Missing Culdcept Saga for 360, and Raving Rabbids 2 for Wii. If Half-Life mods count, I'd say add Natu... : Mo__
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    Also missing Puzzle Quest for pc. : Mo__
    • Minor but Civ 4 Beyond the Sword isn't there (though base Civ 4 and Warlords are). : Mo__
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  How do I remove games (ie ones I have sold and therefore no longer have) and how do I mark a game as comp... : mtgDoofy
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    both those things should be added later today : Maarten Goldstein
    • excellent, I'm not stupid and not noticing them then : mtgDoofy
• More missing PC games: Re-Volt http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Re-Volt Forsaken http://en.wikipedia.org/... : SlamDunk
• Can we disable it in our profile? Or at least move it to the bottom of our profile? I use mine quite freq... : ieGod
• PC games Wing Commander Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe Knytt Knytt Stories Within a Deep Forest Ca... : lowpoly
• Shadow Watch. : Xanthos
• Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer : Jabby
• Is there a way to see a list of the top 10 or 20 shackers? : sigpro
• River City Ransom (Wii) : ImageOmega
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  1. What are shack stats / points and how do you acquire them and what are they used for? 2. The full lis... : Fredrik S
  • oh, also.. The sam and max games are spread out all over the place. would be nice to have them all in the... : Fredrik S
• N+ should not be listed under the "Wanted" category, I want to add it to Purchased Games. : Begawkiness
• For Wii: House of the Dead 2 and 3 Return, Super Mario Party 8. And why is Paper Mario an RPG and Super ... : quanta88
• What about GotY versions, will they be added? It would be nice to be able to just add Oblivion GotY inste... : lolbotomy
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  MAARTEN RULES!! Ok, but seriously: 1. Can we rate the games from the "My Library" Page instead of ha... : virus
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    1. You can rate the games from the My Library, at least its supposed to work. When you hover over a shack... : Maarten Goldstein
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      Weird. 1. In Firefox 2.0.0.14 I click on the icons and nothing happens. I also tried in IE7 and it d... : virus
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        Didnt work for me in FF2 or Safari. : Slowtreme
        • didnt work in FF3RC1 : infallible
    • Still doesn't work for me. I can't check the games I finished either. Running Firefox 2.0.0.14 : razlebol
  • 1. I think that is already in. I just went to my game list and started rating them. : Rag and Bone Man
• Pixeljunk Monsters is missing from the PS3 games list. : Prozium
• does counter-strike: source not count as a full pc game? : pyide
• this is just current generation consoles? no halo 1 or 2 for original xbox :( : Mmmmmoo
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  Shadow Man (PC) And I really want Mirror's Edge, just throwing that out there, in case anybody looks a... : heartsauce
  • Also Maniac Mansion, Zak McCracken and the Alien Mindbenders... Tie Fighter, Rebel Assault 1 & 2, X-Wing ... : heartsauce
• are you going to add older games like the kings quest series or any of those sierra games? : AllYourBase
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  Picross DS & Planet Puzzle League : pyide
  • ^^^^^ : locash
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  How come there are so many n64 games listed under wii but no GC games? : AllYourBase
  • Probably virtual console titles. : Vincent Grayson
  • I'm gonna guess VC titles. : Agrona
  • The N64 games are available on Wii's Virtual Console. : rock elf
• Dammit, what about my collection of NES games!? : devnullgt
• so, does "most wanted games" only include games that haven't been released yet? What about all the gam... : Agrona
• No Quest For Glory, Space Quest or King's Quest games? :( : breadsticks
• spore (ds, other platforms) ? : Agrona
• supreme commander (pc) seems to be under 'not out yet' rather than 'out already.' : Agrona
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  I guess there's no hope to add PS2 games to these lists, are there? : ucanbfuzzy
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    yeah, kinda strange how you can't add ps2 / gamecube / xbox games but decade old PC games are choices. ... : pyide
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      This comes from the part where Shacknews only recently really began covering consoles. : Chris Faylor
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        Well back during LNC & Shack Reviews, the current consoles of the day were PS2 / Cube / Xbox. This new... : pyide
        • http://www.shacknews.com/reviews/ check out the top 25: dreamcast, gamecube, saturn, n64, psx, xbox : pyide
• PC: Half-Life: Opposing Force Half-Life 2: Lost Coast Counter-Strike: Source Tom Clancy's Rainbow ... : razlebol
• How much real magick is there in profile magic? : Lightzout
• Missing PC games: - Dark Reign also various Quake mission packs: - Quake : Dissolution of Eterni... : Johnny Law
• Mind Rover (PC) FUCKING AMAZING GAME! :( : stelth
• A lot of the downloadable XBLA, WiiWare and PSN games should now appear under Library instead of Wanted. : Chris Faylor
• X-Com and it's iterations (specifically UFO Defense and Terror from the Deep), please! : zerog83
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  I think it's weird that I can't want any games that are already out :(. : perstephanie
  • Yeah. I keep a personal wish list myself. It's not limited to games, but a majority of the items on it ... : My Documents
• What if we have Mac games? ...shut up, stop laughing. :( : perstephanie
• Xbox 360: Project Sylpheed DS: Lunar Knights : Borzoi
• Super Mario Bros. 3 Wii VC : SolveChrist
• :-( I read that as Steve Martin the first time. : HiSpeedChase
• well, this was an eye opener. I really didn't think I had that many games in my collection. : Fredrik S
• The Witcher belongs under RPGS not Action RPGS. Also, Action RPGS and RPGS should be one category anyway.... : SockMonkeh
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  How about some more adventure games? Police Quest I-IV Space Quest I-V! Kings Quest I-VII and Mask o... : focusdaily
  • also, Action The Terminator: Future Shock The Terminator: SkyNET : focusdaily

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  Will you be expanding the library to add older console and PC games? : Prozium
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    if this thing goes as well as it seems it may, then yeah we'll be able to justify the man hours involved ... : Steve Gibson
    • yeah, I can understand that. When you do get around to adding them I think Nintendo and Sega have master ... : Prozium
    • You should add Colin McRae's Dirt (360, PS3)! It's not listed last time I checked :( : rustified
  • ^^^ yes, please. also indie games : lowpoly
• Thanks for setting this up, I added all the games I could think of this morning, then ranked the ones I'd... : trOmblyj
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  it's because we love you and support everything you do! : eeeealmo
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    i'm gonna come to your house and rub up and down on your leg. thanks! : Steve Gibson
    • k : eeeealmo
• I noticed. Fallout 3, RA3, Mirror's Edge : ucanbfuzzy
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  No games found matching 'barbie' :( : liqker
  • Also, I'm totally loving this idea. Not only from a community point of view, but this should give you gu... : liqker
  • This guy found Barbie games http://www.shacknews.com/profile.x?library=2018 : Slowtreme
• Resident Evil Motherfucking 5 added. I cannot wait. : jingletard
• Anyone else having trouble finding certain games? For starters, I couldn't find Pokemon Pearl to add to m... : Ellissd
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  How do I remove a title I accidentally added to the Wanted list? : jra101
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    YOU CANT! HAHAHAHAHAHA that should be in the next few days. : Steve Gibson
    • Khaaan! Oh well, I can wait :) : jra101
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  Would it be possible to get an "Add this game to my Wanted List" link in game articles? : Rotten Deadite
  • Read the OP... : rustified
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  It's looking pretty good. Looking forward to the finished product. I have two requests, though. Firs... : Arcanum
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    we're going to address both of these. no worries. : Steve Gibson
    • Sweet. You guys are awesome. : Arcanum
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  These are really a cool features, and (so far) easier to setup than, say IGN's profile stuff. I have ques : mn3m0n1c
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    OK, never mind about the rating question, my profile just refreshed. Yay! Now, if I can figure out the Do : mn3m0n1c
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      you can only mark games in your own library view as done. if you are viewing someone elses library the do... : Steve Gibson
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        Hmm, the little green icons in my Library are 'grayed out' and not clickable. IE7/XP Pro(SP3). My own pro... : mn3m0n1c
        • Ah, it doesn't do anything yet - that's why it doesn't work (just checked some other shacker profiles). : mn3m0n1c
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  Wait a sec, how am I #3 now? *wahhhh* (Do you get shack points for adding upcoming games you want? :-) : Masem
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    damn. 406 games owned and that's only counting the current consoles. How many games are in your total lib... : Prozium
    • I don't *think* it's over 1000. But, I will say my PS2 and Xbox 1 library is probably equivalent to my... : Masem
  • I got bumped to #5. Need to find more PC games I've owned over the years I guess. : sigpro
  • 406 games purchesed? You are a consumer whore my friend. : Dynotaku
  • Ok, I've hit a snag. I cannot mark what games I have completed because the scripting bogs down with th... : Masem
• im happy these things will be here :) : virus
• Hey, how can I undo/clear my list(s)? : My Documents
• This stuff is pretty awesome, and a good start. :D : Magus
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  This is fun. It would be really cool if the games you already added disappeared from the selection list. : jenisthebest
  • yeah i agree. that is some seriously intense database work there for that though. but perhaps we'll figur... : Steve Gibson
• want: data portability... i want to be able to export the data into some text file. it would be useful fo... : j0nchan
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  Letting me know when the games I said I want are coming out is HOT. : SqueegyTBS
  • Yeah, that's a nice feature. I won't have to make notes to myself anymore! : mn3m0n1c
• No games found matching 'Rock Band 2' :( : DOOManiac
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  When are you adding a [lol] button for games we most certainly do not want? : A Sponge
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    We need a more abstract method of rating games. "I give this game three dongs and a walrus" : DOOManiac
    • "Two disappointed tramps out a jazz trio" : A Sponge
• lolling at the nethack entry in the wanted list :) : TimeDoctor

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• I have never heard of that before. Scientists in documentaries usually try to find provable reasons behi... : changejar419
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  Um crystal skulls and the legends of them have been around for a while. : Evil Benius
  • But for how long? No one I know or seb sites seems to have any information going back beyond the announce... : Slowtreme
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  The crystal skull bs predates the movie lol. some people believe they are ancient magical artifacts impo... : Sludgehead
  • Yup, the truth is probably a lot less fantastic than any of these myths. Some of the skulls are thought t... : terath
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  that channel is crap. : edgewise
  • emphatic agreement in this post : alarm cock
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  http://www.world-mysteries.com/sar_6_1.htm - Really interesting especially the one they say they have no... : bozer
  • Exactly why I think this is all made up : Slowtreme
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    Didn't the Romans do some crazy shit like fill the Coliseum with water and have epic ship battles in ther... : changejar419
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      Yeah. If I was The Doctor, I would go back to see that shit. : ejectorpod
      • The last time he tried he ended up on Pompeii. : DarkWolf5
  • We also discovered secret codes contained within the crystal skulls in the form of images that came out u : GloriousCow
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  The crystal skulls myths have been around for ages. There are real crystal skulls that are supposedly tho... : silent prophet
  • They must be hoax testing on them too. It makes sense that you can't date them since all you get is the d... : Slowtreme
  • I might be wrong, but wouldn't it be awfully difficult to radiologically date something that is a single ... : trove
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  history channel has gone so far downhill :( : AllYourBase
  • ^^^ I rarely watch it anymore. : Ride-My-Rocket
• Some of these shows make stupid people blur the lines between movies & reality. I'm not saying that's yo... : jingletard
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  Hey, some of that stuff is really interseting. Check out this map thing: http://www.world-mysteries.com/... : SirX
  • :( the wikipedia entry is way less fun: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piri_Reis_map : SirX
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  hmmm .. there's a lot of information and my attention span is tiny right now, can anyone give a synopsis ... : pointyelbows
  • Pimps use them on the tops of their canes. They are for slapping a ho. : SockMonkeh
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    a crystal skull is basically a skull made so intricately people think it would have taken a fuckton of ye... : dahanese
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      and something about how they were cut "against the grain" of the crystal. Something that would be diffi... : CRasterImage
      • i remember watching or reading something once that said it seemed like they were made by being sanded or ... : dahanese
• heh there was a guy on coast to coast am on the radio a week ago talking about all this crap it was gr... : -=kodiak=-
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  Mr.T wouldn't mess around with myths: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0504207/ Also remember that 1980's ... : Spoetzl
  • I guess there have been random stories about Crystal Skulls, I just never equated them with some huge arc... : Slowtreme
  • House 2. That movie was great. : TrptJim
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  Did you try... Wikipedia? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_skulls I first heard about Crystal Sku : Bold
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    Did you read my post? "has this whole thing (the web including wikipedia) been blairwitched" Did you look... : Slowtreme
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      You mean things like articles created on the truth of the crystal skull to capitalize on the new movie? ... : DarkWolf5
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        indy.html exactly : Slowtreme
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          You act like you have never seen reputable sources tie exhibits/articles into something the public is cur... : Evil Benius
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            True story: I watched a "facts behind the fiction" (they used that phrase) show about Star Wars last nigh... : SockMonkeh
            • I think I have actually seen that one, was kind of interesting. : Evil Benius
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          I wasn't agreeing with you. There is absolutely no reason to discount an article because the word indy ap... : DarkWolf5
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            But you made my point. I was trying to find "Fact or Fiction" on this tale, and all I ran into was 100s o... : Slowtreme
            • Lets see, first link for crystal skulls is wikipedia. If you spent 10 seconds to read what was on the pag... : DarkWolf5
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      Boy, I say, boy, didja' read that Wikipedia article? Because unless it was radically defaced the one time... : Bold
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        It would've been pretty funny if someone did change all the references to relate to Indiana Jones. : TwiLyght
        • Yeah, that wouldn't create any backlash.... : Arcanum
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        I see a lot of fucking Indian Jones, and other fiction in that citation list. Maybe I read a different En... : Slowtreme
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          What is the matter with Slowtreme? He seems broken. : CRasterImage
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            I dunno, but I'm pissed at history channel and I'm gonna go home and hopefully play Conan. If anyone trie... : Slowtreme
            • Why the hell did you say the wikipedia article is "pro-skulls" (which in itself is a hilarious term) ? I : ventro
        • But it's not ALL fiction. Plenty of British Museum, Smithsonian, etc. Even a cursory read of the main art... : Bold
  • Funny - I didn't make the connection between that SG1 episode & Indy until I heard some radio guys talkin... : mafu5150
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  There was a thing on NPR yesterday about crystal skulls: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?sto... : Borzoi
  • basically, saying that there's no such thing as an ancient aztec crystal skull....they started showing up... : Borzoi
• crystal skulls are a phenomenon that actually occurred. they exist. whether they were brought by aliens o... : dahanese
• The Nazis actually did steal the Ark of the Covenant, but it was full of packing peanuts. THE SHOCKING TR... : tashtego
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  I like this jeweled skull better: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_the_Love_of_God : deathofrats
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    "with 8,601 flawless diamonds," Holy shit, that's like +688000 attack rating : Omaha
    • i wonder if there's one socketed with topaz instead : skryte
  • so does 50 Cent : Borzoi
  • It looks like the kind of thing Asprey or Harrods might sell to credulous visitors from the oil states wi : riptyde
• you could try googling: crystal skulls -indiana -jones (ie, exclude the words "indiana" & "jones" in t... : shyguy74
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  wikipedia dude : Dravenport
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_skull : Dravenport
• i saw that too, it was pretty nutty : ninjase
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_skull : mikecyb
• wikipedia has some info on the crystal skulls : mr.sleepy
• Arthur C Clarke On Crystal Skulls & Antikythera Mechanism: 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwrGQuFyRD... : gakera
• skeptoid did an episode on crystal skulls, http://skeptoid.com/episodes/4098 : dael
• I'm pretty sure that the crystal skulls stuff is old, I think there was an episode of Stargate about Dani... : pharoah mike
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  No, SciFi channel did that. The History Channel talked about the factual stuff on the trilogy and briefly... : NFXFSX
  • http://www.history.com/shows.do?episodeId=297340&action=detail that was the show last Sunday night : Slowtreme
• you would think that before they (Lucas/Spielberg/whoever) pick a story for Indy, they actually research ... : doomed
• Stargate SG1 did a crystal skulls episode at one point that was pretty cool : RobFlinn
• there was one on Sci Fi that was even worse. I literally couldnt watch 5 minutes of it : bagelcc

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  *Google employees shall not participate in this thread. : snuff
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    Protip: the food isn't actually free... : virus
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      really? : radicus
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        Of course not. Think about it... -most employees take a minor pay cut to come work here -the company... : virus
        • I thought google paid uber salaries across the board? : -Panther-
        • that's about 1000x times better than any job i've had or will ever have. : ejectorpod
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  Friday Beer is food right? : Geoffrois
  • bread in your jar, sounds like food to me! : bfzzzz
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  We get leftovers from events we're not invited to. Lots of cookies and cold cuts and fancy crackers, and,... : Home Nugget
  • Me too. USbank are a bunch of fucking bastards. : jingletard
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  we have free sodas and some random stuff like soups and oatmeal and stuff. oh and a professional grade es... : dahanese
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    I mean special stuff that some company brings in for no apparent reason, not what's in your vending machi... : snuff
    • oh, it's always random. we all got ice cream last week when it was really hot, but we don't have like sch... : dahanese
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  primarily a call center, so we typically always have free food if you wanna eat the unhealthy stuff they ... : mwasher
  • oh... but don't even have free coffee since there is a fucking coffee shop down the hall. : mwasher
  • what i would do for free chipotle you are so lucky! : Enraged Pineapple
• We have no free food. 35 cent sodas and snacks. No one really pays for them though. : bRAINsick
• we have free beverages.. not pop basically tea/coffee/water/cide/cocoa Sometimes the Vending machine guy... : Iwannaacura
• left overs from morning meetings for the win : gmd
• We get lunch every day and have a soda fountain in the break rooms, so yeah... I'm going to miss that ... : nurglich
• - free soda, coffee, sometimes juice (i usually just drink energy drinks or water ) - free burgers/brats... : pukerat
• Candy Friday, Beer Friday, Bagel Monday : EvilDolemite
• We get free bagels and cream cheese on Monday mornings. : malevolence
• terrible coffee and sometimes fruit. : zebrigazi
• Palm gives us beer and snacks (pizza, indian hand foods, etc.) for larger group meetings like launches, s... : bad_fish
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  Bagel Wednesday, and those early morning motherfuckers always leave the late crew with only the salt bage... : ucanbfuzzy
  • I will gladly take your leftover salt bagels. : hoov1185
  • Salt bagels are the only ones worth eating. Unless, of course, the salt is not Kosher salt, in which cas... : Enkidu
• Free daily: sodas, coffee (Starbucks and local), juice (apple, orange, cranberry), bottled water, bread (... : BoKnows
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  The president buys us sushi once a week. : jenisthebest
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    Man...no wonder our taxes are so high : EvilDolemite
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      She's Canadian. : sigpro
      • The President of Canada uses clever number moving and the free trade agreement to offload expenses like t... : dumb.
• IBM gives us nothing. If we're good once every few months we might get pizza, or bagels. : hoov1185
• I buy a variety of snacks...granola bars, candy, chips of various types, pudding (!), chocolate, etc...al... : Dave-A
• Because we bought the rights for Progressive field, all of the employees nationwide received: 2 hot dogs... : vital3d
• Halliburton give me $40 a day to buy whatever the hell I want. Food, lapdances, whatever. Only on days w : Ratalon
• one of our customers gave us a Supplier of the Year award and is giving us a mexican buffet thursday. oh... : deathmuppeter
• beer friday. also many people get drunk for cinco de mayo each year : AllYourBase
• i've been there a month and a half and one day there were free soft pretzels. there's also free (shitty) ... : feek
• Lots of snacks (chips, candy, etc..) we have a coke maching that is always unlocked, and over half the w... : broly1718
• 30 rock has sandwich day. : j0nchan
• Bunches of snacks and drinks, pizza if there's a poker or games night going on, catering for parties. ... : Ely
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  I get sweet fuck all. Well, aside from the fruitcake that was my Christmas Bonus. I should have quit o... : dumb.
  • Are you kidding?! Where do you work, and why are you still there? : Ride-My-Rocket
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  We have breakfast in the morning (yogurt, cereal, fresh fruit, oj, etc.), various chips/pretzels/whatever... : lplasmatron
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    Fuck that sounds so amazing. : ejectorpod
    • Oh and free cookies on wednesday ("Cookie Wednesday") and donuts on friday, but I don't eat donuts. : lplasmatron
• When I worked in a supermarket bakery, I was allowed to take home within reason anything that was expirin... : Blackdawgg
• Catered luncheons once a month. They do birthday and anniversary announcements during those lunches, and : Enkidu
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  When I worked at Activision (which I may be again soon) we got free donuts every friday! And we had a sod... : thetangent
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    Did they try to make you guys fat? : ejectorpod
    • I think the soda was mostly for the caffeine high everyone that worked in QA seemed to love (we had coffe... : thetangent
  • EA kept beer on tap. : mwasher
• free ice cream on fridays. : skryte