Morning Discussion

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  ......Megaraphone? o.O 1-900-RED-LOVE : Megara9
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    your name sounds like banana. I apologize :-( : MisterPhoton
    • I thought it was funny :P : perstephanie
• my favorite shacker is missylu : deject
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  yeah, couldn't make anything in SF and now she's going to DC after I left. Bah. : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • :( We miss you. : perstephanie
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  Are we thinking about daytime or evening? Saturday is crap for me, being my mother's birthday, but this c... : perstephanie
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    wtf I organized the shackmeet at Rock Bottom >:-( and I thought we were friends : MisterPhoton
    • Crap I'm dumb. It was a long long long time ago and wadmaasi was sitting next to me. Now that you mention... : perstephanie
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    There's always Fogo De Chao on Pennsylvania Ave for dinner goodness. : Crw22
    • After eating at the Brazillian steakhouse type place in Tyson's, I have sworn off Fogo. Fucking assholes ... : zakk
    • oooooooo I'd be down for this, and could probably even get the wife to come out. : Hiro
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  brickskeller : gmd
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    or RFD, they have more on tap. : gmd
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      they have more on taps. : MisterPhoton
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        and no dirty waitresses ! : gmd
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          how's the food at RFD? I'm trying to read their online menu but its a stupid flash app : MisterPhoton
          • it was good when skilz, mbd and I were there for the caps game (even though our order was delayed by like... : gmd
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      Is RFD the really really really really loud sports bar place we went after Rock Bottom? : perstephanie
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        no, that was Bailey's and it was that loud because it was college football, IIRC. Other times I've been t... : MisterPhoton
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          you smell like 100% smoke though after going to baileys : gmd
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            Or, you know, any bar in VA :( : perstephanie
            • yeah it sucks. : gmd
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        no, RFD is right across from the verizon center : gmd
        • Oh right I've been there. : perstephanie
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    Fireplace ftw. : ThomW
    • lololol, I try to get people to go there all the time then someone always tips them off and ruins my fun. : gmd
    • Thom you should come down from PA, Megara9 and caboose are going to be in town : MisterPhoton
• How often does this work? Attention omaha, shadowdane, wadmaasi, skizl, umm others. : perstephanie
• Is anyone diametrically opposed to going to a wine bar kind of place for dinner? This place looks awesome... : MisterPhoton
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  I'll be in DC for the weekend, and the friend I'm staying with just called to warn that he's getting sick... : Caboose
  • Sweet! We got another poor sap non-DC Shacker in! But fuck, if this is Saturday night, I am going to be ... : perstephanie
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    double-whammy shackmeet?! this is almost as good as the edgewise and thomw shackmeet in DC : MisterPhoton
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      too bad I don't have Rambo on blu ray yet. : gmd
      • You want to ruin it :( all I asked for was a Shackmeet that didn't involve guns or Rambo. That was all! :... : perstephanie
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  Birreria (Pizzeria) Paradiso http://www.eatyourpizza.com/about_birreria_paradiso.php Ethiopian (proba... : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
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    dude that pizza place looks boss : MisterPhoton
    • It's excellent, I love both the beer selection and pizza. : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
  • That looks badass and Ethiopian also sounds badass... there is an Eritrean place around that I keep meani... : skizl
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    Birreria Paradiso looks awesome, but Georgetown is a PITA to get in & out of for a lot of ppl. I'd s... : Hiro
    • Walking north from ..Dupont? (can't remember) isn't bad either. : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
    • That's how I get there (walk across the bridge), but we would definitely need to get numbers squared away... : perstephanie
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    Do Ethiopian. There's one called Nukem and it rules, though I''d save it for a time when dognose is in th... : Mad Brahmin Disease
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      Where? I love Ethiopian, and skizl and I (and I think our s.o.s) are veggie hippie freaks as it is. : perstephanie
      • Tons of Ethiopian places are right next to the U Street Metro stop. It's basically Little Ethiopia. (No... : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
    • It's Dukem. :) I think Etete is better, though. : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
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  I'm definitely in if it's a Friday, Sunday, or Monday thing (woot holiday!) but I'm very tentative if it'... : skizl
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    I've only been to Asylum for brunch. What's it like the rest of the time? : perstephanie
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      Eh, assortment of alternative/hard rock music, sometimes live bands on weekends of the same variety, stra... : skizl
      • I suspect I would like it if I were motivated enough to go into DC. : perstephanie
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  In this part of the thread everyone will post which days they can do, which they can't, and which are may : perstephanie
  • I will start: Friday good, Saturday bad but late Saturday may be doable, Sunday good, Monday good. : perstephanie
  • I kick ass all the damn time. : MisterPhoton
  • Friday, Sunday, Monday are good. Saturday is a maybe. : skizl
  • ^^^Seriously, could you guys do this? Planning / organizing is impossible without some kind of input, and... : perstephanie
  • anyday : gmd
  • My schedule is open like vagina on the internet : zakk
  • www.doodle.ch : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • "followed by Caboose," lol poor guy : AlexXdude
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    Hey perstephanie: You should use this in the future: http://www.doodle.ch It's awesome for exactly wh... : OverloadUT
    • To which none of you (except for the first three on that list) appeared. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    I'll get into town saturday morning and can do stuff pretty much any time after that until Tuesday. If ... : Caboose
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      lol carpool, it is called the metro and taxes son. No sane person drives into DC : gmd
      • taxis : gmd
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        I'm going to come do donuts on your lawn, run over something expensive that disables my vehicle, and dema... : Caboose
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          my lawn is a concrete balcony above the road : gmd
          • Whatev, I rented Race Drivin' for the Genesis a bunch of times and don't think I didn't learn something f... : Caboose
  • Busy: Fri, Mon after 3pm. Free: Sat, Sun all day : Megara9
  • Sunday is about the only good day I could make anything. : Crw22
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  Summary Post: Do our out-of-towners have any preference out of the venues that have been mentioned: ... : MisterPhoton
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    keep in mind that georgetown and adams morgan are kinda ass-tastic as far as metro access. Especially ... : zakk
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      Yes they are. But you can metro to Rosslyn and cross the bridge to get to Pizza Paradisio. : perstephanie
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        my religion prohibits me from walking across bodies of water by way of bridges. : zakk
        • I support not doing anything in Georgetown, for the record. Just, you know, it's possible. : perstephanie
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          Guess you'll have to run across. : Githyanki
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            I moderate a gaming website on the internet, you think I'm capable of running? : zakk
            • Crawl? Hop? Skip? Jump? Roll? Somersault? : perstephanie
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    you forgot to add Fireplace : gmd
    • We can always count on you to add fireplace. : perstephanie
  • Brickskeller or Asylum would be great. I also vote for The Reef in Adams Morgan: www.thereefdc.com : Caboose
  • I like the look of the Vinoteca place (and Sunday is jazz night. So far it looks like everybody can do Su... : Megara9
• Note: We could just go see Indiana Jones and then go out after. : perstephanie

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  If we wanted royalties then he should have negotiated it into his contract. : Modulus
  • The union enforces royalties, that's the thing. If he requested royalties as an individual without some ... : jimmy-buffett
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  should all the artists, programmers, producers, PR people, janitors and testers get royalties too? : not work safe
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    they should if its in their contract : FrayLo
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      should it be in their contract? : not work safe
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        If they can convince the publishers to put it there. : Ebu
        • should they be able to convince the publishers to put it in there? : carnivore
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          what about the people who built the building where the game was made? : not work safe
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            don't forget the company which provided the building materials : alarm cock
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              what about the people who PAID for the game? Shouldn't they get some sort of royalties for helping make t... : not work safe
              • Don't be dense. Payment in the form of royalties or higher pay upfront buyouts have been in place forever... : Serpico74
            • hey, don't forget the guys who insure the building where the game was made. : mindmann
      • Residual royalties have been in movies, TV, and commercials for ages now. Given how huge games are, if I ... : Serpico74
  • Well why not? I remember writers strike a while back... people were somehow offended by the idea of royal... : SpaecKow
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  $100K seems pretty damn generous to me for 15 months of voice acting and motion capture work. I'm sure t... : skunk_ape
  • Yeah exactly. No doubt he would have pumped out a few days/weeks of dialogue. Had to come back to possibl... : Drewus
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    Not really the point. Most voice actors only get a few gigs per year so they have to charge what the mark... : Fred Garvin
    • Few gigs x 100k a gig, I'm not feeling any pity. : Nighteyes
• Video games are not movies. A movie or television show's quality is completely and totally based on the ... : walker270
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  why should he get royalties at all? He got 100k just to sit and do voice overs. 100k is way more than a n... : Iwannaacura
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    the real question is, why didn't his agent negotiate that : FrayLo
    • Because they would have laughed him right out of the job. : skunk_ape
    • who knows if that was even a possibility for him. Also Rockstar could been like lulz you want royalties w... : Iwannaacura
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      Because it was GTAIV and it was going to sell like fucking hot cakes one way or another? They could fi... : the city
      • yep, so then imo he shouldn't be complaining. : FrayLo
  • He got paid the day rate...so it's not more per hour than a normal voiceover gig : Ovate
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  This guy was a nobody starring in an eleventy-hundred-million-dollar production. He should be grateful fo... : yakz
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    He is grateful for the exposure and says so in the article. The issue he's bringing up with SAG is simila... : deveus1
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      if there had been such an agreement he would not have gotten the job at all. : yakz
      • If there was an agreement between SAG and game publishers, yeah, maybe he wouldn't have gotten the job bu... : Serpico74
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      One battle we've had over the years with unions is making them understand that games are NOT like TV or f... : Fred Garvin
      • Oh i understand completely and I'm not saying I agree with him. I was just pointing out that the article ... : deveus1
• They probably negotiated an upfront buyout deal in exchange for residual royalty income. More cash up fro... : Serpico74
• Wow, it surprises me that he doesn't get ANY royalties for his work. I mean, he did do the main character... : thetangent
• wasn't the shack very pro residual royalties during the TV writers' strike? : RikiTiki2
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  games are already $US100+ here in aus :( : filthysock
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    Only because it takes so long to bread the kangaroos. : walker270
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      breaded kangaroo? That sounds delicious. : mindmann
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        it certainly does, i may try it next week : filthysock
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          Avoid the pouch. : ifallible
          • Shut the fuck up, the pouch is awesome, it gets nice and crunchy. : mechanicalgrape
  • 1 Australian dollar = 0.9606 U.S. dollars Title: Grand Theft Auto IV Price: $119.95 http://ebga... : aeg1x
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  Royalties must exist because this is based on a performance, intrinsically unique. No performance is eve... : Rich McNinch
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    This argument makes no sense. You invent a premise and then proceed from it as if it were axiomatic. What... : ayesel
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      If you require a union to get those perks then it just proves you weren't worth them to begin with. Co : Ovate
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        That's a dishonest argument. Unions function by eliminating alternatives for companies, thereby forcing t... : ayesel
        • that's an incredibly simplistic way of looking at unions. : FrayLo
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          I think it's more like a cartel. But regardless, actors aren't living unethically high standards of li... : Ovate
          • Yes, cartel was the word I should have used. :) On your second point, I don't see why you think actors... : ayesel
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  This articles highlights everything that is wrong with unions. He gets a solid gig, awesome exposure, and : ayesel
  • This isn't about him, it's about the larger question of SAG's relationship with video game publishers. ... : Ovate
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  No good will come from turning this into a giant cash industry. It's already out of hand. Imagine if all ... : avatar_58
  • He did a decent job, but this is a game not a big budget hollywood flick. That game had 100 million do : Serpico74
• Actors I work with charge between $200 and $1000 per hour and that's non-union. It doesn't take long to r... : Fred Garvin
• Voice actors already have a union, so I don't really see the problem. But I also didn't read the article ... : OverloadUT
• Voice work like this is more akin to an animated movie, where they aren't visible. The work is much less... : johngloid
• He makes a fair enough point I think. Would GTA4 still be a great game with wooden characters and poor vo... : aeg1x

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  Harrison Ford stares at the camera and says "You go girl." True story. : jingletard
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    At one point he says 'im getting too old for this sh' when Danny Glover makes a cameo appearance, and fla... : deathofrats
    • It was funny in Maverick! :) : Damodred
    • DANNY GLOVER I HATE YOU *sax goes off* : tomservo
    • does sax go off? : RikiTiki2
    • And the Sean Connery shows up, looks at the kid.... "YOU'RE THE MAN NOW DOG!" : zebosausamite
• awwww damnit. :( : slickdoody
• Say it ain't so. : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
• just the cliff top chase would give that away : oHnOES
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  anybody who didn't see it comin' was fooling himself : biskits
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    Guilty, but Rambo 4 was so good I had my hopes up. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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      you need to talk to a therapist : biskits
      • I don't see what violent sex has to do with anything. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  Oh, and everyone that claims it's better than Temple of Doom is full of shit. There isn't anything about ... : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • And perhaps another one that involves insects. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  damn. From the lack of "omg best movie ever" from anyone who has seen it, Im pretty confident the movie w... : bozer
  • Also.. I had a discussion with someone about the movie at work. What they should have done was just make ... : bozer
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    I remember seeing Last Crusade in the theaters with my dad (didn't even know they were making one and I d... : Mad Brahmin Disease
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      I liked the Star Wars prequels : Drewus
      • Good for you. You might LOVE Indy 4. : Mad Brahmin Disease
• I heard the opening scene sets the bar high already :D : -sk-
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  the trailers, to me, evince a movie that is fun but lacking in whatever made -- and I assume nostalgic is... : thief
  • Could you be any more wordy or verbose you damn windbag! : AlexXdude
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    Yeah people who didn't like the trailer should keep their hopes down and enjoy the funny parts because th... : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • I'm still going to enjoy it. I enjoy movies no matter what, really, 'tis a horrible curse! : thief
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  I don't believe you and I'd rather see it myself before damning/praising the movie. : MurrayTheSkull
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    It was funny. :| : Mad Brahmin Disease
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      I know, I just wanted to post this because bozer's post above is ludicrous. : MurrayTheSkull
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        how is it ludicrous? I mean, if nobody says the movie is great, its probably not going to be great. Chanc... : bozer
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          Why does a movie have to be "great" to be worth seeing? There are lots of movies that are only "good" tha... : thetangent
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            Oh, it's a must-see alright. It's freaking Indiana Jones! But it has a very weird aftertaste and I'm not ... : Mad Brahmin Disease
            • Oh and I thought LaBeouf was actually decent in it and I hated him in Transformers. And he said "no" only... : Mad Brahmin Disease
          • It has to be great for me to be willing to want to waste my Saturday night at an insanely expensive movie... : bozer
  • IAWMTS : thetangent
• If it has awesome action sequences, great dialogue and plenty of goofy moments - that's all I'm looking f... : tomservo
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  Hijack. Movie directors that have lost touch with what once made their movies fun and exciting. I don... : deathofrats
  • They need to take a note from Uwe Boll, amiright? : Drewus
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    Coppola and Lucas, I'd agree [but Sophia Coppola looks to be a promising replacement], and to be fair I h... : PlanetPerfecto
    • also, I really need to stop posting while loaded on benadryl. "he has to likes to pen his own stuff" ? ... : PlanetPerfecto
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    John McTiernan : mechanicalgrape
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      Great example. He does Predator, Die Hard, and Hunt For Red October all in the space of four years, and t... : Serpico74
      • Don't forget The Thomas Crown Affair. : riptyde
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      Also, Richard Donner. : mechanicalgrape
      • Rob Reiner : mechanicalgrape
    • Yeah, word. McTiernen and Reiner are both directors who really fell far from their thrones. : randomposter
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    Spielberg still makes great movies, just not the popcorn variety. Munich was IMO one of the best films of... : Serpico74
    • i completely agree. : AlexXdude
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      Really? I think Spielberg is at his worst when treating serious subject matter. He's always come off as v... : SpaecKow
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        I really like his movies with Tom Hanks. Saving Private Ryan, Cast Away and The Terminal : vynn
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          Cast Away is a Zemeckis film, not Spielberg. : mechanicalgrape
          • all this time I've been giving the wrong guy credit :) : vynn
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        Can you be more specific? What was "uninsightful" (not a real word) about Munich? Was was not entertainin... : Serpico74
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          I was talking about Catch Me If You Can and Munich specifically. The politics of Munich for one seem very... : SpaecKow
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            I understand where you are coming from but that wasn't the point of the film. The point was that there is... : Serpico74
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              This has been said a thousand times before, about many things, and in much deeper and better essays then ... : SpaecKow
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                Essays are not films, nor are articles on such a topic mass media. Either way, I thought that he made tho... : Serpico74
                • I didn't mean that essays are films. I meant that there have been many films that have treated that subje : SpaecKow
  • Michael Bay just gets better and better : dognose
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    I'm probably gonna get a ton of shit for this, but fuck it.. it needs to be said. James Cameron. Also... : K1Bond007
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      I agree. My favorite Cameron film is still The Terminator. Aliens and The Abyss are both great. Everythin... : Serpico74
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        He hasn't really failed though, it's just that he keeps doing these movies about deep sea diving and sear... : K1Bond007
        • Well when you have made a ton of great movies, and have all the money in the world, perhaps he just wants... : bozer
      • No, his greatest work was bringing us Teh Alba : riptyde
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      Dude his last film was like a decade ago. Let Avatar come out and then we'll bag him. : SpaecKow
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        Can we bag on him for True Lies or Titanic? How about that overproduced lameass buddy comedy "tearjerker" : Serpico74
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          You are a man without a soul if you didn't like T2. T2 is one of the greatest action movies ever made!! A... : thetangent
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            It has great action scenes but the movie is corny, and fucking John Connor, ugh. The Terminator, IMO, ... : Serpico74
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              John Conner was an interesting character. The Terminator actually had a personality which was fascinating... : thetangent
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                I LOLed at all your points. : Serpico74
                • BTW, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103064/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088247/ just saying. ;) : thetangent
        • You didn't have fun with True Lies? That was great :( : SpaecKow
        • No you can't fucking bag on him for True Lies because that movie is fucking great. Tom Arnold and Bill Pa... : sigpro
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          Ugh.. I can't agree with that. I'm just saying he let his talent go to waste by not doing anything for th... : K1Bond007
          • I have big hopes for Avatar. I read the scriptment ages ago and am crossing fingers that it will be visua... : Serpico74
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    I don't think Spielberg has lost his touch. He just doesn't do anything like he always does and tries som... : Sailor of Fortune
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      That movie was awesome right up until the last 30 seconds. It gets an easy pass because the two hours or ... : Serpico74
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        agreed. I thought while I was watching it "holy fucking shit I can't believe spielberg is actually vapori... : bozer
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          The carjacking scene was just O_O : Serpico74
          • It is a weird thing to say but that movie really is his bleakest since Schindler's List. People are just : Serpico74
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            yeah it was the alien invasion movie I always wanted to see.. done perfectly.. right until that part. : bozer
            • Seriously, that was a forehead slapping WTF. Everything else was fantastic. : Serpico74
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        You mean the ending and how they (this is hardly a spoiler, but whatever) died because of our diseases? T : thetangent
        • I think I was bothered more by the fact that the son survived. : mechanicalgrape
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          No, how the kid shows up at the end with hardly a scratch after running right into the fiery alien nuclea : Serpico74
          • Oh yeah, i forgot about that - yeah, that was pretty dumb. :P : thetangent
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        Nah, it was great til the halfway point both Tim Robbins character and his son running into an explosion ... : randomposter
        • Though the blood fountaining scenes were cool. : randomposter
      • You can't really criticize Spielburg for the ending, he was just being faithful to the source material. P... : aeg1x
      • I lost interest at the part where tom cruise becomes an action hero and shoves a grenade up the alien shi... : deathofrats
  • Saying Speilberg has lost is touch is the most out of touch thing I've ever read. : randomposter
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  The internet is not going to ruin my enthusiasm for this experience. Just like it didn't for Star Wars (O... : not work safe
  • Yeah, agreed. The new Star Wars' weren't the greatest movies in the world, but they were definitely enter... : Drewus
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  seems to be getting good ratings http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0367882/ : vynn
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    These are more accurate: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/indiana_jones_and_the_kingdom_of_the_crystal_sk... : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • And yet still quite positive. : Conan
• They made a big dumb loud soul-less fuckwit of a film didn't they? Yeah, it was inevitable. : SpaecKow
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  It's an adventure movie, isnt it SUPPOSED to be over the top? I mean come on Giant Arcs that melt peoples : two50six
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    You forgot that those giant arcs were THE FREAKING WRATH OF GOD :) : Serpico74
    • totally realistic!!!!! : two50six

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• Wendy's Jr. Bacon Chz - 99c w LTM : Rich McNinch
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  Chipotle : Head Rush
  • ^^^pretty much the only fast food chain that's decent. : MisterClaw
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    Yes! although it does look a bit odd: http://www.visupoint.com/tim/food/DSC03752.JPG : Klebold
    • MMmmmm their maggot burrito! : pigvomit
  • +1 first thing that came to my mind. Protip: pay the extra and get the quacamole. : skunk_ape
  • Agreed. I never get tired of that place. : kelzmelzer
  • One more for Chipotle. Just went there myself. : Duffman8369
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    Chipotle is pretty good, but where I live (Chino, CA) we have Mexican places on almost every corner that ... : Frank_Mackey
    • This is the thing that boggles my fucking mind about Colorado. We have half a million Mexicans living le... : Head Rush
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      I prefer Chipotle to the "real thing". Chicago is a major destination for Mexican immigrants, so we had a... : Bold
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        I'll have to go ahead and disagree with you there. I find the food at Chipotle to be rather bland compar... : Frank_Mackey
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          You obviously haven't tried the barbacoa, then. That stuff is amazing and spicy to boot. : Ride-My-Rocket
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            You're right. I'll make sure to try it the next time I go. : Frank_Mackey
            • Barbacoa is definitely #1. Steak is luck of the draw, sometimes its delicious and other times I get a bu... : Head Rush
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        lol @ "well trained chef". : jasonepowell
        • The Chipotle recipe was created by Steve Ells, who attended the Culinary Institute of America, which is o : Bold
• Anything but McDonalds would get my vote. Subway is also a sure bet if you get the right sandwich. : jingletard
• Sirloin burgers at Jack in the Box. Mmmm. : famine101
• the Southwest salad ac McD's was good before they got rid of it. : c0bra
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  Quiznos tastes pretty good generally. : pigvomit
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    Quiznos isn't fast food, is it? : orgcaptainnemo
    • I think it's considered higher end fast food along with Chipotle and Rubios. Takes me about the same tim... : pigvomit
    • yes it is : dantastic
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  There's no such thing as a square circle : wasylm
  • Only in boxing. amirite ? : balaams_ass
• Pizza. : ant_hillbilly
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  Jack In The Box! : Galadriel07
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    http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k205/karensympathy/jackin.jpg :[ : My Documents
    • That's an interesting croissant. : lightsam
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      haha I order those all the time and never noticed that before now. AWESOME : Galadriel07
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        Notice what? The taste or the texture? : pigvomit
        • it has those? : deject
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        Yeah, the best part was it read the same way on the drive-thru order screen. Right next to a picture of t... : My Documents
        • daughter? : RikiTiki2
• I personally like the chicken nuggets at McDonalds, and I like the Bacon Cheeseburger (and the curly frie... : thetangent
• Popeye's Chicken (don't mess with the tenders or the other gay stuff, just get some chicken and red beans... : trevis
• Daphne's?? : sesmaster
• Rubio's : HojuSimpson
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  boogers! : zebosausamite
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    You can pick what you want. : drucifer
    • The ones with the red sauce are good. : zebosausamite
• places like qdoba or Moes, chipotle burritos, these are all the same type of burrito place but super fast... : hirosushima
• Arby's = best fast food on the planet : wretchedradio
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  any chicken sandwiches at Wendys Subway Quiznos Del Taco : pukerat
  • agreed, and specifically the spicy chicken at wendys : re4ctor
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  Go live on a farm. : SlamDunk
  • The only things fast there are eggs and milk. : ifallible
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  chik fil a! : Modica Sol Solis
  • ^Oh yeah : Ormsbee
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  Any local sandwich/sub shop Taco stands : EvilDolemite
  • this is the only correct answer i see in the whole damn thread. : bfzzzz
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  Freebirds, end of thread. No more posts can be made in this thread : mr.sleepy
  • Killer burritos. What's the biggest one you can handle? : EvilDolemite
• Ironically, you can get a meal at 'Ass Burger' that is pretty good. : uglysad
• why has the BACONATOR not made an appearance in this thread? i cant'/wont eat one i might die. : Iwannaacura
• in n out FTMFW : epit
• Harvey's : Utopia
• The new steakhouse burger at Burger King is pretty fucking good. : Frank_Mackey
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  Yoshinoya, In-n-Out, Tommy's, The Hat : smax
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    I never knew they had Yoshinoya outside Japan. Awesome : retardhumper
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      yep. might just be california though. : smax
      • I love their food. I kinda miss it. : ifallible
  • I would kill for a Yoshinoya beef bowl : bRAINsick
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  subway, a shawarma, pita, : ghost hacker
  • overruled on subway. guaranteed ass. : Downforce
• pretty much any fast food. they are all uniformly delicious unless you are a woman or a homeless. : arizona bay
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  burgerville is good if you're in washington or oregon. They use pretty fresh stuff (tillamook cheese, etc... : mindmann
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    Only the southern part of WA though : ctlaltl33t
    • yeah. and only the northern part of OR. I wish it was a little further north and south. That place is dam... : mindmann
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  Checkers / Rally's : Rich McNinch
  • Oh man, I miss Checkers : ctlaltl33t
  • I'd call them the best true fast food burgers. Nice crispy onions - something that's usually hard to fin... : Enkidu
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  WHATABURGER!!! : NeoMoose
  • this moose knows what time it is : mmogger
• If it exists in your area, Culver's. If not, Qdoba or Subway. : Link.
• find a nice local sandwich shop / chain, that's like subway but not subway : RikiTiki2
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  pho is usually really fast, though not really 'fast food" since it's not very portable. The pho chain up ... : mindmann
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    hahahah pho doesnt count! Pho Hoa, Pho Bac, Than Bros are the only legit pho places. Lol @ What the Ph... : Iwannaacura
    • than bros are not bad. they're consistant, and a great place for a quick meal. however, there are definit... : mindmann
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  Kennedy's Fried Chicken : hoov1185
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    Those exist everywhere? I thought they were just around here. Oh, you're in NY...maybe it is just around ... : CapnChaos
    • Dude Kennedy's is the shit. Where in NY are you? : hoov1185
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  pita pit lamb gyro. jesus i eat 2 a day. also, only 400 calories and it feels any normal human to the max... : mega man
  • 2 a day? : RikiTiki2
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    breakfast + lunch : mega man
    • God I hope you eat more for dinner. 1200 calories a day would be pretty harsh : the city
• repost, but how about this? http://shackpics.com/files/DukeBurger_lxe8ef16zvdcohe4n91t.jpg : focusdaily
• I like A&W myself. Mmm Teen burger : SirX
• Chick-fil-a, if they have them around you. : Vincent Grayson
• Wawa they have everything : Yabrodan

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  i just played the demo, i was surprised to find that it's an RPG, but it was still enjoyable gotta sto : Dravenport
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    An RPG? I hope that Tycho didn't do the writing for it. I will not look forward to playing the game wit... : Wombat Woo
    • He actually did the artwork this time. They switched places, it made sense. : enyakk
    • I just make up what the words mean when he tries that shit. : breadsticks
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      Do people actually have trouble with some of the words he uses? : Evil Benius
      • Only the ones with a 4th grade educations. : Dynotaku
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        I actually like the PA news post better than the comic. I love seeing an obscure old word I haven't hear... : hawkeye
        • Ya those old words bring back a lot of memories! : dante2010
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        We can't all be as sesquipedialian as Tycho. :) : kenmis
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          That doesn't even show up in the OSX dictionary widget. Neat word though nerd http://www.wordsources.... : hawkeye
          • yeah, i had to google the word to make sure i was spelling it right, firefox didn't catch it either. : kenmis
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        I have no issues with the words, I think the way in which he uses them makes him sound like a douche. : Rauol Duke
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          I think he is just a very well spoken person and that crosses some people the wrong way. They feel like t... : Evil Benius
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            No, I sort of agree with Raoul Duke. It's one thing to be well spoken, but many times it feels like he's ... : qwpeoriu
            • That's my take on it as well. I also see people questioning the intelligence of the readers. Heck, I'll... : Wombat Woo
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              I think he just likes to use words. He is a writer after all. To someone like Tycho (and myself), the t... : nurglich
              • Some people also just use different sets of words, and not out of an attempt to outsmart people. At my ol... : Fayk
            • I think he only goes out of his way to use an absurd word once in a long while, and in those posts it's u... : Fayk
            • Well yeah, but that's what he likes to do. He strikes me as the type of person that would love to obsess ... : locater16
          • I don't feel as though I'm being talked down to, I feel like I'm reading the ramblings of an Aspberger's : Rauol Duke
          • People tend to not like being reminded how stupid they are, and considering the typical PA reader, I can ... : Frozen Pixel
        • oh, like remo use to do... gotcha. : -=kodiak=-
      • Not normally, but some of the words he uses are so out of place that it occasionally catches me off guard... : breadsticks
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  Is anyone actually looking forward to this? Twenty bucks and IMO a pretty weak license. To anyone that... : Bull
  • It's more like Gauntlet with more storyline and more RPG as I understand it. : hawkeye
  • I haven't played it but I think I'll get a kick out of a very self aware video game, seems to me to be a ... : Jenings
  • I am looking forward to playing it. : mittense
  • I am interested to see how it turned out. : Awun
  • I'll be picking it up. : breadsticks
  • Turn based :( I had hopes it'd be some sort of ratchet and clank type thing, or monkey island type thi... : seven
  • I didn't realize it was $20, so I was excited until then. If the demo is OK, I'll get it, just because I ... : Deathlove
  • it's a different type of game... it's not an adventure game, but I don't know how much that matters. I p... : mikecyb
  • I loved the 10 minutes of the demo I played. I'm sold. : OverloadUT
• Silent, But Deadly I GET IT THATS FUNNY. ITS LIKE A FART I'm still gonna buy this and probably enjoy it : spiderfill
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  $20 is a bit pricey... how long is the game? : pandastrong
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    6-7 hours. : mittense
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      lol, FUCK. THAT. : biskits
      • that is longer than some games costing $60 : gmd
      • 7 hours for $20? There are 6 hour games for $60! : EvilDolemite
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        That's about the same amount of time it take to beat Army of Two CoD 4 Halo 3 and countless other... : sigpro
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          those have multiplayer to extend their useful life dramatically. : biskits
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            For some people, not everyone. Being an RPG I'm guessing the PA game has multiple ways to play the game s... : sigpro
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              well it doesn't to me. so i say FUCK THAT. : biskits
              • oh biskits. : mwasher
              • Max Payne 2, dude :[ : crummynz
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                Have fun in hatorade town while we all enjoy it (I probably won't buy it, but not for that reason) : TheNiXXeD
                • what? i like multiplayer games more than SP. so i'm willing to spend less on an SP game, and this doesn... : biskits
      • .... ? : mwasher
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        That works out to $3/hour. How much did you pay to see the ~2 hour Iron Man? : bipolar
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          $2.25 / hour : Ebu
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            +gas +drinks +popcorn rite : bipolar
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              No drink, no popcorn, I live about a mile from the theater so that's, what, $0.10 in gas? Big whoop. : Ebu
              • Wait I wasn't even asking you why are you replying to me oh god : bipolar
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        Hahahahahaha have you not bought a game in the last 6 years? Going purely on a $/hr system this is a bett... : OverloadUT
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          http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=17012993 welcome to the conversation. : biskits
          • So what you're saying is that you hate fun. : mittense
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            Welcome to reality. Here are a few off the top of my head: Portal Bioshock Half Life 2, Episode 1 and ... : OverloadUT
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              Bioshock was a pretty fucking long game. I wouldn't include it in the list. But your point is taken eithe... : mittense
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                I agree. How long a game is does not factor in to my decision making process at all. If it's fun then I d... : OverloadUT
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                  Yeah and, in that case I think the length was unwarranted too and did more to harm my thoughts of the gam... : mittense
                  • Bioshock did have a huge dragging the gameplay portion out at the end. Those little sister cover missions... : mancide
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                Bioshock was barely over 10 hours. : Ebu
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                  haha what? : JINKY
                  • haha what what? in the butt : Ebu
        • lol, FUCK THAT ;) : two50six
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      You can get Persona 3 FES for $30, it's much deeper and about 100 hours w/ the expansion. : Boxelder
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        It's the same kind of game too. : mittense
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          On the same platforms. : mittense
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            it's a RPG on the ultra rare PS2. : Boxelder
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              So, we're talking about the Penny-Arcade game and you suggest Persona 3 as an alternative. : mittense
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                You're talking about a turn based RPG and I'm talking about a turn based RPG, what's so confusing? : Boxelder
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                  Okay, I'll start suggesting Deus Ex to someone who just beat Serious Sam and wanted more. : mittense
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                    this is so stupid. : Boxelder
                    • I'm just saying, suggesting an alternative like Persona (which has no overlap with any of the PA game's p... : mittense
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                    Makes sense to me, for people who like good games. =) : DinK
                    • SS > Deus Ex : Ebu
      • Comparing it to a re-release? Not exactly fair. You can compare it (and still have Persona win) to Person... : Fayk
    • of which 3 hours are spent waiting for your turn? : DapperDan
    • thats not bad, for some reason i expected it was going to be shorter than that. : pandastrong
  • Dunno i've paid like 15€ for stuff like Defcon (which i played 6 times at most). I'm somewhat willing t... : Hoax
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    How much was Sam and Max? I'd pay that for an episodic game. : deathofrats
    • individual episodes are $9, or the full season (five episodes) is $35 : mikecyb
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  i bought it and have been playing for a couple hours now and absolutely love it, the rpg combat is fun bu... : Dravenport
  • Awesome, I am buying it as soon as I get home. : Evil Benius
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    If you're playing the 360 version can you tell me how it controls? Someone told me that it works through ... : mittense
    • you control the player with the left stick, and press A to interact with things when you're near. Combat... : ZeroSignal
    • ^^^^^ : Dravenport
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    I LOVE the fact that all of the 3d and 2d cutscenes use your customized character. The 2d cinematic seque... : OverloadUT
    • I agree, everything looks really well put together : Dravenport
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    You sold me. PA wit with RPG gameplay is a must buy. : Ebu
    • This game is awesome. : Ebu
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  GAMEPLAY VIDEO UPLOADING! : mancide
  • must be a big ass upload : Demius
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  How long is this game supposed to be and is it out? : two50six
  • It's out and it's awesome. : Ebu

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• woo! i was scared i may have Shacktag'd myself : Korban
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  I know its crazy how fast they went. I might try k-mart on my way home my friend wants a wii/wii-fit now. : Iwannaacura
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    i really hope some cool games come out to take advantage of the board. it's amazing how accurately it de... : Korban
    • Wii Ski already came out, I know Skate It will use the balance board as well. : aethyr
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      there is that wii-ski bad game. Hopefully they come out with something like that police shooting game if ... : Iwannaacura
      • I played that game to death in vegas years ago. I was so amazed by it. : great-white
  • I can't figure out what I could do to try to get one :(. I didn't focus on today being the release date a... : perstephanie
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  Hmmm I might have to get it now. I was worried the workout would be weak but I've seen pics of you (more ... : NastyJack
  • he's sore because he did all of the exercises balancing a can of corn on his backside. : edgewise
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    I thought it was pretty weak. Korban were you able to change the number of reps and stuff? : jenisthebest
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      Yeah but I bet you look like this: http://image57.webshots.com/557/3/12/56/2236312560100210721fJclDn_fs.j... : NastyJack
      • I've already established that this is me: http://www.runryder.com/fastphoto/48908/fat_lady_eating_cake... : jenisthebest
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      >:( I'M NOT FAT : Korban
      • MAYBE I'M JUST DOING IT WRONG : jenisthebest
• Fuckin' UPS has rescheduled my delivery for tomorrow! : edgewise
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  After reading today that yoga compliments running well, I'm thinking about getting one. Probably won't be... : helvetica
  • i use to do yoga videos, but like this much better because it tells you how to fix your balance (ish) : Korban
  • i've started taking yoga. it's awesome. i really like the type of exercise it provides. : mindmann
  • I just bought a yoga dvd. $10. And the chick on it is super hot so I want to watch often. : riptyde
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  I definitely am going to pick it up eventually, but might wait for some deals to pop up down the road. : Evil Benius
  • you can always come over and play with my Wii :) : Korban
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  That's good news. I have it here unopened still (just got home) and I was worried from what I've read tha... : bozer
  • werd. just know that you can't sync the board until AFTER you start the WiiFit game disc. it'll tell yo... : Korban
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  bmi is stupid : gmd
  • your body is stupid! : Mansmells
• well looks like im going to have to settle for the inferior weighted bench press for today's exercise. : podizzle
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  Huh. Sold out everywhere. Made a few calls and it's gone. Even at small local rental stores. O_o Probably... : avatar_58
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    That's just because there's a control device that needs to be manufactured, and its' not just a game disc... : the city
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      Yeah but apparently it was not in short stock, it just sold like hotcakes. This is mind blowing to me, be... : avatar_58
      • Wii Fit just came out. And I'm sure that the manufacturing of the Wii Fit pad had some effect on the sup... : the city
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  Jesus Christ Wiifit depressed me today. I get on, the platform goes..."OOF!" and then gives me a BMI of ... : pigvomit
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    lmao! i almost crapped myself when i got on and it said "oh" in a really depressing tone : Korban
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      haha, well, if you have any muscle mass, i'm sure it's going to rank you as a fatty BMI is for the fra... : the city
      • paging Evil Benius : Korban
• just got home and gave it a shot. Apparently I have terrible balance :( : SolveChrist
• I just got owned by that thing, 1/2 an hour worth of credits and I felt exhausted. I'm not really overwei... : cdbeckman
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  Workout Club taken to a whole new level of awful. : dahanese
  • You just wait till Wii Strip comes out : alarm cock
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    WORKOUT CLUB does not recognize WiiFit and does not endorse it in any way. : gmd
    • Does Workout Club recognize mountain bikes? : grayscale
  • I thought you got it early and liked it or something? : cdbeckman
• It's kind of strange seeing that this stuff is sold out everywhere back in the states. I've never had an... : MacemanInTW
• i couldn't find one tonight :( : Mansmells

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  This doesn't take into account the Flying V formation that my team will be employing. Worthless! : gnomish
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    remember to swap out your goalie at the last minute for the guy with the crazy shot, surprising the othe... : re4ctor
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      Knuckle Puck : hirosushima
      • I just unlocked that weapon last night : lowpoly
  • your team by far has the coolest team initials. bravo sir bravo : itsjeff9
• Nicely done! I am looking forward to this years Tournament! : cjcharv
• My PPH always looks so average, but then again, I'm unable to play much. It's neat to see how PPH stats ... : DHAvatar
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  You are a curious pair. : A Sponge
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    they put the anal in statistical analysis : mikecyb
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      that's when I do the post-round-robin analysis to show how team pph standard deviation fares as a predict... : ]pm[chem
      • That's interesting. Going to use least squares I assume? My assumption tells me that the t-tests for ... : twifosp
• I'd like to see a follow up spreadsheet on how picks correlated to kill/points per hour during the tourne... : hamachi
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  Woot 100+ pph club. : Audhuml4
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    Also, I would be more impressed if someone did a weighted pph. There is a graph showing the average pph o... : Audhuml4
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      unfortunately, the steam profiles do not give the total points score by a person per class, to do that. : ]pm[chem
      • Ah, well damn. You could do it approx with their time played per class. : Audhuml4
      • But it does give you total hour of classes played. Use the % of total as a frequency. Easy peasy. : twifosp
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      Dumb idea. Points directly relate to contribution pretty well. This includes the lower average of pyros... : alias
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        Eh, not really. The game needs to give points to medics at some interval for healing, not just assists... : Fayk
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          Wrong. Medics doing that lead the scoreboard. : alias
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            Really? I don't see it reflected when I'm healing people up. Certainly, medics who are healing frontline ... : Fayk
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              You are playing medic incorrectly then. The only maps where you should see something other then medics a... : alias
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                I was never claiming it was impossible to be near the top as medic. I am -saying- they should be rewarded... : Fayk
                • 2 assists per point. Medics get by far more points from straight healing then assists. If a medic is ab... : alias
                • dont get in a tf2 pro fight with fireman. it's useless. he'll out leet you among with about a dozen oth... : kainen1
• I gotta practice these new maps. : edgewise
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  How much has the achievement farming skewed pph? : monkeygone
  • I hope you are not questioning the validity of PPH, monkeygone. : A Sponge
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    Having just looked at the old PPH, its not much at all. Some have gone up a few % and some have gone down... : pieman
    • I've gone up ~10PPH :). Still on the more average end of the scale tho.... : Alco23
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    there were a small amount of players with ludicrous personal records, for which you have to make guesstim... : ]pm[chem
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      some of my medic stats are retarded due to 5 minutes spent on that Mario Kart map : bipolar
      • yup, same here. : Klebold
    • 49 kills as medic :( :( : terath
  • quite a bit it seems. : ass-street
  • Probably not as much as people think because the amount of time fucking around and the amount of time spe... : Alco23
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  Are the captains factored into the "through 8/12" averages? It seems like half of the captains are in the... : Sze Ior
  • that's a felraiser thing, but the answer is yes. : ]pm[chem
• I think Monkey and I picked guys we liked and thought were good players. We didn't get too hardcore about... : NastyJack
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  damn, if i knwe you guys would make this shizzle so easy for public viewing, i'd spend more time with the... : noobja
  • it's alright mang, we got the power of the underdog on our side! : sesmaster
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    Hell no, it's all about fun, you did it right. : Head Rush
    • I picked you because you were good. :( : omnova
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    Does Feek Factor even have a serious face? :P : Alco23
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      I cant decide if we should have some horrendous picture of something IT related, or a picture of best buy... : noobja
      • The picture should be a bell curve with a dot right representing your 90.666666667 : twifosp
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    I'm more interested in playing with a team that's more about fun than serious business anyway. Go team F... : bcyde
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      No damnit. I will be keeping strict stats on Feek Factor practices. Anyone who deviates .5 sigma from... : twifosp
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        You mean I have to play like shit to keep around my PPH score? ;) lols.... : Alco23
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          Yes. There will be no deviations. Any breakage of SPC rules will result in Felraiser's spreadsheet beco... : twifosp
          • Quick, someone send me Summer Glau! :O : Alco23
      • I love my team already (Doctor.Sbaitso here) : Fayk
    • You're cut. : noobja
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      You're cut. : noobja
      • :( I was cut twice. : bcyde
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      high five, feek factor buddy! : skunk_ape
      • Yay, slap hands! : bcyde
  • Honestly, everyone who knows anything drafted on experience and reputation. If I cared about about pph I'... : Merconium
  • best response ever. I'm with you all the way. : kainen1
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  What maps are we going to play for the tournament? : edgewise
  • I'm actually composing a post on that very subject right now. : hirez
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  This is kinda misleading though, a lot of people fuck off a lot and don't exactly try to play their best ... : FushigiDenki
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    A third of my playtime has been dicking around with classes I don't play with any degree of seriousness. ... : A Sponge
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      A Sponge goofing off still has better PPH than most Shackers ;). : Alco23
      • Yeah I'm really pretty great. : A Sponge
    • Seriously. The first hour of any given day on the shack server is spent doing 3on3 melee hahaha : twifosp
    • I'm mostly sick of demoman so I've been playing alot of other classes lately too. If you were to do a PPH... : NastyJack
    • That's my excuse too. : Grumbeld
  • yeah, we went over this last time, but some people still think its worthwhile. : re4ctor
  • i haven't played tf2 seriously in so long haha, i'm surprised i have a decent pph : lakren
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    There's a half-way decent correlation but that's about all you could hope for. : Audhuml4
    • i'd say it's better than half-way decent, it was pretty accurate last tournament. : lakren
  • I do agree that judging people or teams on pph alone is a Very Bad Idea. : ]pm[chem
  • my PPH has done down 8 points since the last tournament :( must be all that engineer play : feek
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    Pretty much like all grades and stats. They are a rough guide if you have nothing else. I guess the tourn... : terath
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      Just to show, how much this metirc can vary, try looking at tf2.4fite.com stats. They compute pph over da... : terath
      • cool site. I'm 116pph over the last day/week/month, but 107 overall(+1 this month). : re4ctor
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        49 kills as a medic? : Sze Ior
        • Farming. : twifosp
        • the mark of a medic achievement farmer. I am one :( : deject
  • i used to spend so much time screwing around on 32 player instant respawn 2fort servers. i'd usually play... : Mmmmmoo
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  What we should do is have all tournament games played on a stats-enables Shacknews server. This way once ... : dmason
  • k1bond is doing just that. If I get bored enough at work, I'll run the stats through SAS and nerd it up ... : twifosp
  • Incoming serious business posts, duck. I agree though, that'd be nice to have. : xjdrake32
  • yes, we're trying to get that worked out. : hirez
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    We have something that we can work with. Needs a little testing though and some additional features are b... : K1Bond007
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      yeah I have the database structure more less worked out I just need to actually write up all the rest of ... : mikecyb
      • more or less worked out :P : mikecyb
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    bah. : thief
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      ^^^so terrible he doesn't want to face the numbers :p : Merconium
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        'tis true, and yet the statistics would show me to not be worthy of being a #1 pick for a captain. Ugh, ... : thief
        • I tend to agree that stats NEVER tell the whole story - what's the assigned point value of killing a medi... : taronish
  • I would actually like stats to be enabled on all shack servers (if possible), and I'd also love demo reco... : taronish
• all i know is chem versus gnomish's team is gonna be close! : thief
• I was telling my friend about the TF2 tournament and how you set up the PPH stats and he assumed it was a... : Sailor of Fortune
• I'd like to see PPH tracked over a shorter period of time, like the last month, and also broken down by c... : taronish
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  I'm actually impressed with how even the teams look when you average this stuff out. : wasylm
  • Average is a pretty poor indicator here if you ask me. <NERD> If you translate the PPH score into nom... : twifosp
• Science2 has been added to the map rotation on Chicago so people can try it out. Please get it from http:... : Skull the Troll
• I would like someone to create a new map, ctf_spreadsheet, where both teams are fighting over Felraiser's... : taronish
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  This is a noob question, but where do you see the total time played? Do you have to add up the time playe... : Gonzo
  • Add up total time played for each class. : Head Rush
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  PPH is pretty meaningless imo because certain classes definitely score better than others. for example, ... : kill9
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    it's harder to get a constant stream of backstab then heavy, soldier, or demo kills though. pph is pre... : lakren
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      i'm just saying its heavily biased against some classes. playing engineer on 2fort for example is pretty... : kill9
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        Because that engineer isn't providing much of any value to the team, thus gets no points. It works qui... : alias
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          teleports! : thief
          • And dispensers too. Especially on forward points far from the spawn. : terath
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          For all you know, his sentry might have stopped a scout from capping the final point once, when no one el... : taronish
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            Also alias is forgetting about the deterrent factor. How often do players want to go somewhere or cap a p... : NastyJack
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              I basically agree with you, and I'm not sure what the solution is. Some games in the past (Tribes 2, I be... : taronish
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                It's not the end of the world for engys anyway. It's only a scoreboard. I think most engies play it becau... : NastyJack
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                  I find this difficult to believe, as I can't see any "fun" to engineer except in offensive placement. ... : Felraiser
                  • That's an opinion, yes. Like an asshole it stinks. : NastyJack
        • Damn value-less sg's. : monkeygone
        • alias post : mikecyb
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        Have you seen harvester play as engineer on 2fort?! Have you?! pph is just silly as far as heavies (a... : thief
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          I love how harvester has introduced a whole new way of playing engy. I think rosewood and maybe some othe... : terath
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            You should've seen him build an offensive sentry on the bridge by the 2nd point on dustbowl stage 3 while... : bcyde
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              ha yah i uberd him out the door with a 2nd medic, was funny : okellyc
              • The second medic was me :) : bcyde
          • Aww shucks you guys! My best sentry ever was attacking the last point of Dustbowl. I put a level 1 sen... : H@rvester
  • one point for the kill, one point for the backstab : mikecyb
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  what the hell venguard, do you rub HGH into your fingers? : hardfl1p
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    ha, Iv play HWG with the best medics the game has to offer, my PPH is always going to be high. : okellyc
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      Yea, that's the other silly thing about this chart. Jackass wouldn't have the score he has if it wasn't ... : FushigiDenki
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        well tbh a good medic will come out tops on the score board or close to the top, i dont think iv been in ... : okellyc
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          Well yea, but when a medic decides to concentrate only on one person, then that person is going to be at ... : FushigiDenki
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            This happens a lot with the shack TF2 celebrities, though. Medics healing the best players makes them EVE... : taronish
            • yup, gotta consider that and things like engie vs demo/heavy when looking at pph. : ]pm[chem
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        • Seriously, I have the same PPH as you and you're easily a lot better than I am. : JarEme
• Whoa. I see why I wasn't picked last, now... :D : Rice-Rocketeer

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• God the Austin Outlaws team is fucking annoying. : cltcprd
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  Cleveland only lost by 51 this week! =D Man, it sucks, my L4 lineman have better stats than many L15 : Lunatic Angelic
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    how do you know that though? The bars are just an estimate and if you can't see their exact build you ha... : cltcprd
    • I can see their builds, it's the only thing I compare against is when I can see it. My blocking is highe : Lunatic Angelic
    • Levels are absolutely parts of the calculations, how can you explain gigantic stats that are built up onl : Lunatic Angelic
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  lol, what are they saying? : edgewise
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    http://goallineblitz.com/game/forum_thread.pl?thread_id=249918 http://goallineblitz.com/game/forum_threa... : Fyunch Click
    • lol, what a bunch of fags. or at least one fag. : edgewise
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  The Austin Cyber-Demons are matching up against the fearful Colorado Fhreijdixscopes. We can only pray to... : Psigun
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    $100k fine for using the pink shacktag. : zen2k
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      Austin CYBER-DEMONS Better? : Psigun
      • Nah needs more orange and less yellow. : Psigun
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  1 hour til the Dragon impregnates 50% more women in the end zone! : Fyunch Click
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    Sometime he misses and impregnates Rolling Rock though. : cltcprd
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      if Rolling Rock could drop the baby in the endzone I'd be ok with that. : Fyunch Click
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        god I wish the game would start already! : cltcprd
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          usually starts between 30 and 15 minutes prior to the time listed. : Fyunch Click
          • I know, the last hour is killer though :( And I have a meeting at 1 so I can't even look at the results ... : cltcprd
        • At least your game comes early. : Nixx2004
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    Boo-urns :( : Portax
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      I agree. Regardless of what actually happened, I blame degenerate. : Fyunch Click
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        I blame my FS on this play: http://goallineblitz.com/game/replay.pl?pbp_id=3815516 :( : Portax
        • that's also degen's fault. He called the CB blitz :( : cltcprd
• Cru Loses 6-20 : Lunatic Angelic
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  Critical Lampshades news! I have a gigantic cut on my buttslapping hand! Will be handing out left-hande... : azenmaster
  • Good switch up on the cheeks to... My right side was getting a little too red! : gargy
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  damnit. the game happened earlier than normal! I didn't get a chance to upgrade my equipment or spend SP!... : anhero
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    now we know who to blame for the loss. thanks man. : edgewise
    • :( I only got 18 plays vs the 42 of the starter FB. And 30 vs the 62 of the starter NT. : anhero
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    I wish there were more stats for O-Linemen. missed blocks, Hurries allowed, sacks allowed etc. : edgewise
    • Yeah, I wish there was some stat to show how many successful blocks you made. : hardfl1p
  • you're hired! : azenmaster
  • Proof of buttslapping injury, I scanned this on the work printer so it looks spooky! http://shackpics.... : azenmaster
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    They have a good passing game, especially to the tight end (leads the league in receptions and receiving ... : Nixx2004
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      I think we can beat them, they don't have the depth we do. Their TE will still be dangerous though. : Nixx2004
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        is there any way to key on a single player in the GM/Owner abilities? : edgewise
        • Nope, not yet. Hopefully once they do the advanced tactics updates. You can see all the current tactic... : Nixx2004
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    Lampshades game: http://goallineblitz.com/game/game.pl?game_id=16285&mode=pbp&hide=1 : Nixx2004
    • Ouch. :[ : Nixx2004
  • Highlights will be up in MD tomorrow! : azenmaster
  • Tell that to the NY Football Giants! : Juno
  • WTF Buzzsaw got a pancake... he's not even on offensive depth charts. : Lunatic Angelic

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  you live on the ocean? nice :D here's mine http://tinyurl.com/46au33 : mwasher
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    Yeah MY GIRLFRIEND and I decided that we're never going to be able to afford a house near the water when ... : HojuSimpson
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      so you have an apartment there now or something? that's gotta be expensive as hell. : mwasher
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        It's not that bad (for the area), $1900 a month for a 1bd\1bath ~800sqft. We can afford it, so we don't ... : HojuSimpson
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          wow. that would be awesome. but really... OMGWTFRENT good for you 2 tho :D : mwasher
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            Yeah, she was having a "moment of clarity" and was proposing that maybe we should move away from the beac... : HojuSimpson
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              Seems like it would make it easier to buy a house without spending $24k on rent a year. But I'm also thi... : mwasher
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                I make "ok" money. She's the shrink who just opened up her own private practice. I need to figure out... : HojuSimpson
                • lol nice :D : mwasher
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          I'm paying $735 a month for 820 sqft 1bed/1bath. Prices like those make Baby Jesus cry. : Jumperus
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            $640 for 770 here :D : mwasher
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              I have an icemaker, washer/dryer, fireplace, and a gigantic closet! But I'm inside Beltway 8 in Houston, ... : Jumperus
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                I have an icemaker, fullsize washer/dryer, and a walk in corner closet. No fireplace, but I figured when... : mwasher
                • I'm 10 miles from my workplace and a few miles from the Galleria area, so it's a lot better than stuck up... : Jumperus
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            This makes me sad. My place is smaller than that and I pay $1400 a month. And I'm not on the beach. :( : thetangent
            • I could not imagine cutting a check that large for a 1 bedroom apartment. That would make me go crazy on... : mwasher
        • I hate these threads. They make me cry every time I realize how much I pay for a one bedroom compared to ... : podman405
• Extremely long commute: http://tinyurl.com/6qp2ja : goatjc
• Mine is 41miles to work. But i drive 6 to park and ride and ride to work from there : Iwannaacura
• 5.6 miles http://tinyurl.com/6oackg : orgcaptainnemo
• http://tinyurl.com/4ncvlt 10-15 minutes : Enraged Pineapple
• my commute is 11.1 miles each way, 6.2 of which are on the highway. i get 36 mpg highway and about 31 mpg... : dahanese
• 4.4 miles... I get gas once or twice each month. : MagicWishMonkey
• anywhere from 2 miles to several hundred miles, depending on where my job is for the day. : mindmann
• 0 mi. :D : c0bra
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  Tiny url needs to fuck off and die. : Ebu
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    why? : c0bra
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      I hate it so much. It is so impersonal, opaque (no fucking clue what you're clicking on Chris Hanson)... : Ebu
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        Turn on previews - http://tinyurl.com/preview.php : Dave-A
        • Unless that makes tinyurl.com/ links expand to the real links, it's not really helping me. : Ebu
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  Does that actually take you the 23 minutes Google says, or 3 hours like I've heard most peoples' commute ... : Rag and Bone Man
  • no, it's pretty accurate. I don't take the 5 to work, and even when I do, it's against commuter traffic ... : HojuSimpson
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  http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=935407744863623937,32.841200,-117.250740%3B7876550152588771... : lakren
  • oops! http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=6529375329149069615,40.281777,-74.003760&saddr=uel... : lakren
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  19 mi, i have to goto another building often though that's about 8mi from the one my home is at so it pro... : wetard
  • er home being where my cubicle resides.. other building being where i have to do other stuff.. : wetard
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  http://tinyurl.com/4rb248 Takes about 5 minutes max. : cltcprd
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    I presume you're not working at Eastside Hospital : Postal
    • nah, but I don't know the exact address of my building. So I used the closest cross streets. : cltcprd
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  this is my bike ride to school sped up 8x, I think. It gets a little choppy in some parts and youtube tur : thief
  • I'm gonna rape you in the woods. 8===D : Utopia
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  I know where you live and work fucker. Expect swift justice, I have your sins engraved on my soul and wil... : askedrelic
  • Will you accept beer and my anal virginity as a bribe? : HojuSimpson
• 24 miles, takes about 45 minutes with morning traffic: http://tinyurl.com/4nlzly fuck you all btw : xsoulbrothax
• I walk from 36th & 3rd to 30th & 5th. I love living in Manhattan... for now. : zebosausamite
• http://tinyurl.com/678o74 25-30 minute bus ride in the morning, 10 minute MUNI train ride out at night... : rossimo
• 0.9km, it's so faaaaar. : jenisthebest
• so many of you live in California.. I need to go out there and check it out someday. specifically SD and... : mwasher
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  I do it in 30 minutes: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=1274033380828949050,42.700720,-74.2... : trOmblyj
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    A few tiny corrections to the route: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=1274033380828949050,4... : trOmblyj
    • Oh, and this assumes that I get no calls during the day that I need to travel for. Yesterday I drove ~18... : trOmblyj
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  3 mile, ~15 minute bike ride. : Damodred
  • http://tinyurl.com/5lweuz : Damodred
• 47.0 mi – about 58 mins : metalremains
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  6 miles, which is rough on my car. You're supposed to drive at least 10 miles for the engine to get warme... : helvetica
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    engine warming up as much to do with time as distance though, so unless it's also only taking you ten min... : tashtego
    • It takes 10-15 minutes, but I'm only on the freeway for less than a mile, the rest is stop-and-go. I do ... : helvetica
• 3.4 mi, takes me 15-20 minutes on my bike depending on how many stop lights I hit : tashtego
• 50 mile round trip a day, from college park md to gaithersburg, md. 90% beltway. sucks a big fat cock. : arizona bay
• About 6 miles. 15 minutes max if I go the long way. When I ride my bike it takes 30 minutes. : OverloadUT
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  My 25-30 min commute: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=4980357703466064413,40.432825,-79.9... : DHAvatar
  • Haha, I just realized I could get to work by buses using google, but it would take 2 hours including a 35... : DHAvatar
• my work is across the street lol.. : re4ctor
• http://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=8+Brandywine+Rd,+Wayne,+NJ+07470&geocode=&dirflg=&daddr=316+east+36th+s... : Relentles$
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  from my bed I travel about 4 feet to the left : wtf242
  • google maps link please : lakren
• current commute: 19.0 mi - http://tinyurl.com/4ggw4g previous commute: 34.5 mi - http://tinyurl.com/3f... : liqker
• 6 miles straight up a main road. I either ride my bike, scooter or bus during a snow storm. : not work safe
• I live 2.7 miles from my office building. : yakz
• San Diego also! -- http://tinyurl.com/4zfxxj not bad at all, takes me like 10mins, I have to be at work ... : shackwack
• When I lived outside Atlanta my commute to my summer job was like 17 miles and took 30-50 minutes dependi... : abunch
• 19 miles each way --> http://tinyurl.com/42y5yb : i am the baker
• 5.5 miles; which is why I am picking up a bike soon. : Fredrik S
• 3.6 miles. Woo. : tsuba
• less than a mile, no traffic lights, 2-3 minutes drive, 10m walk : dael
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  25 miles, one way. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=9607477285930998342,47.650450,-122.3494... : FrayLo
  • ~30 mins in the morning, ~45 in the afternoon. 5% of the time there is stop and go traffic, the rest of ... : FrayLo
• 40 miles each way, but I only have to do it once a week (to/from airport). : riptyde
• 3.9 mi – about 9 mins. I leave for work ~8:50. : qu1nton
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  7.7 miles, 20 minutes without traffic, 1.5 hours with : gmd
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    i don't know if you're joking or not : FrayLo
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      not : gmd
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        i would probably kill myself with that traffic, do you drive every day? : FrayLo
        • I either go in early or late and avoid it. (it is more like 45-1 hour if I go during prime rush hour) : gmd
• 21 miles, 25 minutes no traffic, hour with: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=935407744863623... : Deathlove
• 1.7 miles. : omnova
• The new road I'm on isn't GoogleMap'd yet, but it's a 4-minute walk from my front door to my desk. : BoKnows
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  • well fuck that didnt work : pbomb
• Fifty feet. I don't bother to drive it. ;^) : randomjgj

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  My history of MMO: Almost every single MMO in existence EXCEPT for AO and UO. 6+ years EQ not counting th... : jane911
  • very nice writeup : FushigiDenki
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    Great stuff. The pressure to buy this game increased quite a bit after reading this. : Head Rush
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      another fool who laughs at death... : whistletits
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        Is this a reference I'm missing, or does this mean you're going to camp me in a lowbie area if I get it? : Head Rush
        • lol, no it's a reference from the first Conan film when they first meet Valeria. : whistletits
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    How is the worlds so far? Can you see across vast distances? Do they feel alive? Do you zone between z... : deathofrats
    • You zone. But the zones are 'HUGE'. (think EQ2). Also, there is a little bit of loading when you zone.... : jane911
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    You never played UO? That's a damn shame. : mechanicalgrape
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      A damn shame indeed. 97/98 UO was wonderful. The only thing I hate was playing it on a dial up modem. ... : pigvomit
      • Yeah, still my favorite MMO out of any I've played. Pre-patch that is. It was a magical time. : mechanicalgrape
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      Yeah, he played so many MMOs but he never played the only one that didn't suck. :( : SockMonkeh
      • So very true =( I miss original UO, I tried to go back recently with their free trial deal and new update... : Toth21
    • I know I get flack for it quite often. My friends played it and stuff but I must have been busy with AC/E... : jane911
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    I hear itemization sucks, i.e. everyone looks the same. : Damodred
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      This is a pet peeve in MMOs for me. Itemization sucks for the first 20 levels, sure.. but not everybody l... : jane911
      • Certainly this is true. I came to WoW from CoH and was pretty surprised at the lack of variety. Now I rea... : Damodred
      • It doesn't even bother me in AoC's case. I like that armor looks more real than WoW's always more over t... : valael
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      based on the beta? cuz they hadnt added a large portion of the items to the beta ..that's supposedly in t... : cptstern
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        All I know is that nobody looks the same pre-20. Things only get better after that. Even then, I am expec... : jane911
        • well having been through tortage nearly a dozen times I can say that beta definately had a lot of the sam... : cptstern
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      I miss the dye system in UO so much. Everyone looked unique in that game. I want to wear rainbow armor ... : Edges
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        I like the armor coloring system from Hellgate London. Makes it easy to have a set of armor that's actua... : Arcanum
        • ^^^ I really liked that system.. but too many browns/tans/teals/oranges for my tastes. : jane911
  • Yeah im so on the fence. Sounds like it could be worth a try. : chilln
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    Jesus there are level 60's already? How long does it take a "normal" person to get there? : CapnChaos
    • Their aim is having something like 10 days, i.e. 240 hours playtime for the standard player to reach leve... : yemeth
    • I can't remember if it was a dev interview or a magazine preview, but I remember the devs saying they wan... : r_picmip 5
    • There was an expolit on one of the level 35ish quests that was repeatable and able to complete in only a ... : retardhumper
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    Great write up. I'm surprised you can't jack up the settings to max with that GPU/CPU combo. I was go... : r_picmip 5
    • I never tried jacking them right up, just playing it safe. : jane911
    • Also, shell out the extra $100 if it is an option.. This game in full glory is absolutely fucking stunnin... : jane911
    • I have a pretty kickass system. 8800. I had it set to high and it felt too choppy. Had to go into the ... : Edges
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      someone i know runs it on a 9800gx2 (which he bought especially for conan) on 1900*1200 and most settings... : bamb
      • and from the impressions I got (he's already level 45) the game is perfectly stable. But leveling goes a ... : bamb
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    You obviously like MMOs, I have a general distaste for them cause they pretty much all seem to be reskinn... : Dynotaku
    • Well there a few fetch quests, sure.. but I've gotten a treasure key as a quest reward and told where the... : jane911
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    Interesting that it's so stable. I played in the beta a week or two ago and it ran horribly. Good to he... : exigence7
    • I was worried because like you said, one week before release had a terrible beta client. I thought for su... : jane911
    • Yea it's gotten a lot better, very playable on my system just chugs in large cities a bit. : shortbuscaptain
  • Dammit. Stop making me want this. : jet-poop
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    fuuuuck you i just bought the game, this post was the tipping point. goddamnit. : bfzzzz
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      I think you will enjoy it. GUARANTEED OR YOUR MONEY BACK GOOD SIR. : jane911
      • my money back? that would be awesome if it were true! : bfzzzz
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    so whats the end game like? are there raid level instances at the end, or is it pvp focused? who is the... : Enraged Pineapple
    • If you don't pick it up after work today... I'll let you know in a few months :-) : jane911
  • Real time combat in a MMO. Intertesting. I'll buy it when I finish persona. : Boxelder
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    What's this night/day thing you just mentioned? : Modica Sol Solis
    • You can talk to a NPC and have the option to go to 'night time' which is essentially the same exact world... : jane911
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    You failed to mention one of my favorite aspects of the game, the NPCs! Hoooly shit they really did a goo... : Lionel2b
    • "That bitch, Tina!" : jane911
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  Almost every MMO? did you play jumpgate? ahh that was a bitch. i could never afford any new ships because... : Klebold
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    lol @ jumpgate.. oh, and 'the realm'... and 'horizons'... lol, yeah pretty much everything. what about su... : jane911
    • Subspace was cool, played the hockey variant sometimes :) : yemeth
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      Horizons... holy shit.. HAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA what ever happened to that steaming pile anyways? I played... : Toth21
      • I don't even think it should have been considered MMO or RPG.. it should have been considered some border... : jane911
      • I remember Horizons! Spent the whole game making bricks and houses. Found out I could as well be working ... : utgaardsloke
      • i was so pumped for this game playing as a dragon sounded awesome :( : Enraged Pineapple
    • lol horizons, pfft. I remember I made a frog/lizard cleric : whistletits
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  HUGE writeup here from some PvP experiences and general nostalgia from old MMOs. I'd like to add that ... : jane911
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    That was the most depressing post I've ever read. :( : wretchedradio
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      It is weird the feelings I get thinking back. It is beyond nostalgia. I get more sad thinking things will... : jane911
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        That's what saddens me so much! I've been looking for an MMO that captures the sense of wonder and danger... : wretchedradio
        • Nah, the conclusion is that there was nothing else to 'compare' these games to. So essentially every move... : jane911
        • Y'know, it seems that way, but I'm going to disagree. Jane nailed what made Everquest, AC, and DAoC so : Modica Sol Solis
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    AC for life, such a great fucking game, and great PvP. Og Mage, Life Archer, so awesome. : wykd
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      And the seamless world, open pvp, actual dungeon loot (before they came up with the chest keys thing), th... : wykd
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        Lol.. look http://www.winwood.net/AC4.jpg true example of how things were back then.. check out the ch... : jane911
        • Yeah, man I miss the original AC. : wykd
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      There is a reason these things have changed for most MMOs, and it's because they are significantly better... : Chod
      • Yup. I don't know if I could live without them now. It added alot more 'user interaction' back when they ... : jane911
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        It's better for the expanded player base now, since people who had no interest in MMOs now do. But people... : Modica Sol Solis
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          I wanted to like VG... I really did :( : jane911
          • I still feel bad for having everyone play it :( : Modica Sol Solis
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          And it would be a niche game which is fine, just don't expect any of the major players to do it as it's f... : Chod
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            Yup as I am sure there is still a die hard community out there in Vanguard. Just like Runescape. LO... : jane911
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              Also I'm still shocked you've never played old school UO now there were fun times. : Chod
              • So I hear, watched some friends play it though. I was tied up with other MMOs at the time. I have heard o... : jane911
        • i believe aoc is going to ahve hardcore raiding in the likes of wow. : italiano3d
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      Welcome to the Blizzard dumb down effect. It makes them money, but the tradeoff in gameplay isn't worth ... : Athlon7
      • about a billion wow players disagree about it not being worth it, i think : electroly
  • i think its an age thing. I know exactly what you mean by leeching onto someone when they give you someth... : Klebold
  • <3 I miss it too : Modica Sol Solis
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    Truer words on MMORPGs are rarely spoken. Its not just your perception, games like EQ had zones crafted f... : Toth21
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      • *fear/gear : jane911
    • Hear hear toth! : Athlon7
  • This is the post of the week. I fully agree with your sentiments. : Athlon7
  • You missed out huge on not getting a chance at UO beta. At that point the future of MMO's seemed bright.... : crockroches
• Great write-up, thanx a lot. Getting more and more thrilled about this game. : Bamii
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  here's the problem with the 'real time, real control' mechanics in a mmorpg: latency. Latency becomes ... : johnny rotten
  • Well, so far I haven't experienced any 'lag' during combat. We are talking launch day play time as well, ... : jane911
  • thats why they have instances, thats why they restrict playing to regional servers. : italiano3d
• Well I just picked it up on a whim...totally wasn't planning on getting it, but I was in CC anyway. He... : CapnChaos
• Hey, what server is everyone on? Apparently I'm going to be getting a copy. : mittense
• I didn't care much for this until I read that... : jonin
• The ForceWare 175.70 drivers solved my m1730 Vista 8800m issues in case anyone was following. http://www... : Jonathan
• I usually ascribe lesser value on the opinions of people who are long time MMO fans when it comes to new ... : aeg1x