Weekend Discussion

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• Messiah : kramweil
• Starcraft 2... ohwait. : five_percent
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  Final Fantasy VII all over again, for pc, with updated graphics oh I wish... By Squaresoft team of cour... : Melll
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    this, only for ps3. : xxiv
    • or a mechwarrior sequel that actually kicks ass like 2. : xxiv
• Planescape Torment : massdev
• Gearbox develops a HL2 expansion. : focusdaily
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  Baldur's Gate 3 But it would probably be tough to fit it in the BG storyline. : Tissen
  • On second thought, strike that. I want Seven Cities of Gold 2! RIP Dani Bunten. : Tissen
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  Thief : ihya
  • No way. The story was complete, LG and ION shut down, I wouldn't trust anyone else with it. If one game s... : node
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  Phantasy Star 5 : ghost in my shell
  • Damn, I was going to put this one down! But yes, a brand new Phantasy Star that's NOT an MMO. Wonder what... : hohoh0
• Doom3 : lapskaus
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  KOTOR II : Thomas Hace
  • yes. +1 : spaceyme
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  Shenmue 3, hands down. God I loved those two games, just so beautiful and involving. : node
  • ^^^^^ : soapland
• Road Rash made by Criterion : marmite
• A real Rise of Nations sequel, not that fantasy bullshit they rolled out. : AgentPothead
• Fallout 3 made by Black Isle original crew! Also Jagged Alliance 3 made by Sir-Tech. : xlarti
• KKnD 3 - Game did awesome things for RTS. In KKnD and KKnD Xtreme, the player can choose from either t : graceofdragons
• Dungeon Keeper 3 : Horn
• Everquest (original) updated by modern graphics with slight tweaks to game play. : darkT
• Jagged Alliance 3, or Terra Nova 2 : kill9
• Arcanum : vikramwillrock
• DeusEx 2 by original DeusEx team and Fallout 3 by original Fallout team. : buttawippo
• Tie Fighter 2, by the the same team that made all the x-wing games. : thewindcriesmary
• MDK and Citizen: Giants Kabuto : kramweil
• Chrono Tigger : fsck
• Jedi Knight IV (Dark Forces V, Jedi Outcast III, Jedi Academy II, Electric Boogaloo) : Bold
• Legend of the Dragoon : changejar419
• MechWarrior 5 : conandan
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  Planescape Torment, or at least a remake using a modern engine. : lightly inclined
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    Try NWN2. This game actually feels very similar to Torment. The storyline is very twisted, there is dimen... : Dusty_Slim
    • er, NWN: MotB : Dusty_Slim
• I can only think of HL mods: -Natural Selection (already happening) -I'd like to see what the CS guys c... : aeg1x
• Think this thread already hit most of the ones that come to mind. Tie Fighter Torment BG2 FFVII Fa... : DinK
• Star Control III : retardhumper
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  NOLF 3 : theBorgie
  • hell yeah! : marmite
• Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines : daedraug
• Anachronox Motherfucking Prime : Magus
• this thread is annoying me, its gutting to see all the titles id love to play again but 90% of them are d... : Klebold
• Chrono Cross 2. : rotten element

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  My consultation fee is $200. : sanchez
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    $150 here. : boomstickah
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      Consultations for $6.99! : Modica Sol Solis
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        Too bad your opinion is worthless. : boomstickah
        • this black on black crime makes me sick : Modica Sol Solis
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          Wait you're black, I take it back buddy. : boomstickah
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            hell yeah! black people : Modica Sol Solis
            • Hey guys! What's going on in this black on black sub-thread? : yosemiteclimber
• thats closer to 1000$ with those requirements : kelerian
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  skip the dual video cards. They don't scale linearly, and there's still a lot of drawbacks with the driv... : sroylance
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    oh, and get vista 64 (whatever flavor suits you, probably home premium) so you can use more than 3GB. : sroylance
    • xp 64* : strandgeck
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    That blows about the dual video cards. What cards are out there these days that are a good bang for the b... : whippedcracker
    • With a $2000 budget I'd say go for something fancy like a 9800 GX2. : Sapiens
    • The new cards from both Nvidia and ATI are just around the corner. I'd say wait a month or so till either... : carbontree
• Get the highest Compaq computer you can get! : Utopia
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  the good news for you is that you just listed a $900 upgrade : Luminair
  • which means he can now also afford a 360, PS3, and a Wii : Jayx77
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  Core 2 Duo E8400 $193.50 http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=10007603&prodlist=ce... : Sailor of Fortune
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    awesome. Found a few better deals than I had been seeing : whippedcracker
    • I was going off what Toraz has been preaching to set up a PC for a friend so I had this list handy. I ... : Sailor of Fortune
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    What case and power supply would you recommend, I'm in the market for a new one myself. : twifosp
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      Corsair HX520 for the FTMW : Sailor of Fortune
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        In a P180/P182 or Solo. : Sapiens
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          The 182 looks sexy, not sure about the Solo. I have a P190 for my current system. : Sailor of Fortune
          • The Solo is a really nice alternative if you need something smaller than the P180. The P190's upgrades o... : Sapiens
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      PSU's I recommend SeaSonic, they are really high quality and their EnergyPlus ones are super quiet. : ovrlrd
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        SeaSonic makes the Corsair PSUs ya know. : Sapiens
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          Yeah I am not surprised, but if thats the case i'd rather skip rebranding unless you can get them a lot c... : ovrlrd
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            The Corsair PSUs are generally quieter than the SeaSonics because they use a single 120mm fan for cooling... : Sapiens
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              Actually the SeaSonic has 120mm fans, and yes there are two of them, but the second one only comes on if ... : ovrlrd
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                Okay it has one 120mm and then a smaller fan which never comes on unless needed. : ovrlrd
                • Corsair's warranty and support is awesome. That's a big reason to go for them, too. : xsoulbrothax
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                  But if that 60mm fan comes on it doesn't turn back off until you shut the PC off. And the Corsair HX PSU... : Sapiens
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                    SeaSonic sells modular ones as well, the M12 for example. I am not saying Corsair isn't good, just that i... : ovrlrd
                    • Either way, the point was that the Corsair PSUs, while made by SeaSonic -- which by default makes them aw... : Sapiens
  • I went with an E8400/P5K-SE/2x2gb Kingstom/Vista64bit home prem 2 weeks ago and it's all very nice. : randomposter
• No matter what the replies here say, someone is going to shit all over it when it comes in and you've got : skizl
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  I specced this out recently looking for my getting ideas of my new pc this is just window shopping pickin... : storyeye
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    $350 mobo, wtf does it do? : acidnynex
    • Nothing to warrant that much money. Also, LOL at the 750W PSU. : Sapiens
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  Might want to wait till June 18 to see what nvidia and ati brings out. : Vegtro
  • That and the fact that Intel's dropping prices and introducing new 45nm chips in Q3. : zipper76
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  related question: What about pre-built machines. I know everyone hates Dell but damn if my Dell hasn't b... : whippedcracker
  • you can get some decent prices on the XPS line if you keep an eye on passwird.com and slickdeals.net : Jayx77
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    for example: Intel® Core™2 Q6600 Quad-Core (8MB L2 cache,2.40GHz,1066FSB) Genuine Windows Vista® Ho... : whippedcracker
    • if you get 4 g of ram, then you will need vista64 to see it all : Jayx77
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      That always makes me so sad that Dell makes these Quad-Core systems, throw in a big hard drive, SLI video... : ovrlrd
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        yeah I was just gonna say that that is terribly overpriced. Plus you get a no name PSU with it. : h o s t i l e
        • are there any pre-packaged/choose your own parts (preferably with a warranty) places out there that are m... : whippedcracker
      • 1066Mhz FSB cpu == DDR-667 is the correct stuff to use for stock speeds :) : Toraz Chryx
• Wait a couple of weeks and get one of the new graphics cards. : Sylvanus

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  i wish the AoC video had more combat, i know your format of videos is just x length of you playing a part... : Klebold
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    I've actually recorded 4 videos, and the one on the site is the best mix I could come up with; both showi... : Matt Burris
    • I should clarify though, I'm not trying to make a game entertaining or not. My goal is to just show how ... : Matt Burris
• Excellent! Looking forward to the AoC ones. : Athlon7
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  Love the site. long uninterrupted gameplay sessions are great for making my mind up about a game. Revie... : tree8
  • I would love that from review sites too, but I'm afraid if they did this, publishers wouldn't send them g... : Matt Burris
• awesome, love the site : FushigiDenki
• this idea is so rad. :) : burning eye
• love your site man, keep it up : vrocket
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  Wow that Turok gameplay looked pretty damn fun opposed to what many people have said.. but, that was just... : jane911
  • Unfortunately it gets old pretty quick. :( : Matt Burris
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    That whole "hey Turok, get your ass over here" shit sucks. There's no way I would play something that obn... : ateam311
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      i skipped ahead three different times and he was still saying that same damn line, talk about annoying as... : Modica Sol Solis
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        Jesus. I would've ragequit'd : ateam311
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          I ragequit'd the entire game, my sister's boyfriend suckered me into buying the POS. :( : Matt Burris
          • I just talked to my best friend out at USC and apparently he bought the fucking thing! He's a huge Turok ... : ateam311
• Love your site, always happy if a new entry pops up in my RSS reader. Has been really helpful most of the... : razorblade79
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  are all the songs in everyday shooter rocky/with guitars? Although I love guitar music I think that elect... : JohnnyDanger
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    Yes, all songs are guitar-based in Everyday Shooter. : Matt Burris
    • and are the keyboard/mouse controls working good? Sadly I don't have a gamepad : JohnnyDanger
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    If you want electronic music then you need Every Extend Extra Extreme. : SolrFlare
    • And Geometry Wars Evolved, and the ultimate, Audiosurf which lets you use any music you want. : Matt Burris
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  What rate are you getting on the gamefly link? FYI rocketprofit.com has it at $24 : dearjamie
  • $20 for a valid referral from TellAPal. I just got an email today from them (GameFly) about it and figur... : Matt Burris
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  just bought everyday shooter, thanks. :) : shotgun1
  • It's awesomesauce. :) : Matt Burris
  • I'm about ready to pull the trigger on Everyday Shooter as well after watching that video. : Rag and Bone Man
• Your website is AWESOME. Thanks for doing this. : mourningstar
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  I know I've said it before, but I really love your site - I don't like most review sites as hearing someo... : jbury
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    I wondered why the site hasn't taken off either. I'm not a very good promoter, I only talk about the sit... : Matt Burris
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      Don't give up! I'll start linking it. : tree8
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        Thanks! I won't give up, I'll just keep adding gameplay videos as I play games and figure sooner or late... : Matt Burris
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          put it on digg then post a link on the shack - it can't hurt, and won't cost a thing :) : jbury
          • I believe someone did this not long ago here on the Shack but it didn't get enough Diggs. : Matt Burris
    • I've helped you but I got no friends on the Net to promote this super site :( : Utopia
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  so what were the specs on your pc running aoc? Im curious for my own benchmark reasons. : klearlyunseen
  • Specs are listed on the About page on MattPlays.com. The settings I have are the default parameters when... : Matt Burris
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  You should do Beyond Good and Evil now that there is news a of a sequel. I've seen a lot of people saying... : marmite
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    I'll probably get shot for this, but I never played it. I tried it briefly during a GameTap trial, but d... : Matt Burris
    • it's super cheap! : marmite
    • yeah, and then comment on whether it's good w/o a controller. I'm curious... : K1Bond007
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    the steam version is a pile of shit. its buggy, no mouse support. i couldn't get the sound to link up wit... : AMikaboshi
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      oh :( It's not bw compatible on 360 either. : marmite
      • thats disappointing. i had hoped it would be. : AMikaboshi
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  http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=14966851543 I made a facebook group. It's open so anyone can joi... : marmite
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    I have a Facebook account but rarely use it. I only use it to stay in touch with my sister. I'll promot... : Matt Burris
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      i dont get this.. why dont you use Msn messenger or something? : doomed
      • She's hardly on the computer, and when she is, she uses Facebook. : Matt Burris
• You know I love these. Watching someone play for only a few minutes tells you so much about a game. : SpaecKow
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  I need to post the condemned 2 video and penny arcade to your site this week. : mancide
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    Did you ever find out what was wrong with the Penny Arcade letterbox issue? : Matt Burris
    • When I manually put the res in it fixed it... I have nfc otherwise. : mancide
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  Are the videos not working for anyone else under FF3 on Mac? : snagger
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    They work fine for me (FF3 on OSX 4.5.3), the only thing is that the background doesn't darken like it is... : Matt Burris
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      They're fine under Safari, so I'm chill, but just a headsup I suppose. : snagger
      • Also, excellent work. :) : snagger
      • I'll look into it, although it is odd since it works for me. Only thing I can think of is that you don't... : Matt Burris
• sweeeeeet! Keep us updated, I love watching these vids of real gameplay : Melll

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  also: TF2 Tournament Post of Doom In case you missed it, in today's chatty I posted everything that yo... : hirez
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    Cool, thanks! : dmason
    • glad you are back! : hirez
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    MDB Error: connect failed -- MDB connect failed. when going to the esports links :O : pyide
    • It is fixed now. The database was having seizures. : AscorSix
• Dallas is set. : RyDogg1
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  You need to make sure all the captains know to restart the server after executing tournament.cfg. Othe... : alias
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    Is there a way for demos to be captured that show all viewpoints (ie, all player viewpoints) in a single ... : taronish
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      the SourceTV will do that, won't it? : electroly
      • the SourceTV demo* : electroly
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    tournament config is set to execute on start using the shortcut/command line I enclosed with the zip. : hirez
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      Yeah that will work, though I have a feeling most people will just do an rcon exec tournament.cfg and go ... : alias
      • cant use it on ctf as it makes it take 3 captures of the intel to score 1 point : hirez
• i'm all sorts of excited about this!!!! t-minus 3 hours 30 minutes :D : Korban
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  What sort of player counts do the various SourceTV servers have anyway? 1 slot for most/all? : alias
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    I'm going to be running 3 proxies on shackwest for the east coast matches. : hirez
    • ha ha ha : Grumbeld
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  Do we know what servers each match will be on? I'm just curious as to which East coast match I'll watch. : Grumbeld
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    once I have confirmation from server admins, I'll send out notifications & post here : hirez
    • pretty sure ieGS vs whoever (who are we playing?) will play on Chicago since Skull the Troll is on my tea... : DrFlammable
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    chicago - hiro/felraiser - 8.9.17.206:27015 dallas - drflam/fushigi - 68.142.120.178:27015 zerosignal... : hirez
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      chicago is in use right now it seems (so I cant confirm its ready yet) - at least sourceTV isnt working r... : hirez
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        dallas is fixed & ready to go. chicago is getting the kinks worked out now! : hirez
        • chicago looks good to go : hirez
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  Captains - rcon cheat sheet: (posted to steam group as well) //rcon Cheat Sheet rcon_password PASS... : hirez
  • I'd hope that everyone waits on non-tournament mode maps until everyone is ready and then makes it live. ... : Grumbeld
  • rcon sv_password PASSWORD // server join password rcon mp_tournamnet_restart // resets to warmup state, ... : alias
• yo, 2fort the first week should be bananas. I hope to be able to watch some of these matches live. : boomstickah
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  SourceTV sourceTV dallas: 69.62.158.85:27021 sourceTV chicago: 69.62.158.85:27022 sourceTV zerosigna... : hirez
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    I am unable to connect to any of those. :( : omnova
    • ditto : ]pm[chem
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      please hold : hirez
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        try now : hirez
        • WE HAVE LIFTOFF HOUSTON. : omnova
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          fail @ 27023 followed by success @ 22. maybe just jumped the gun @ 23. : ]pm[chem
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            hmmm. they all show people connected... : hirez
            • got there by going to 27020 : ]pm[chem
    • I was able to connect when I changed the port to 27020 : Grumbeld
  • The source TV fails after 4 retries :( : twifosp
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    I'm failing to get into WDC SourceTV - I connect to 208.43.124.230:27020 but it then points me at 192.168... : Jonathan
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      use my sourcetv proxy above please, not the server itself. : hirez
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        Ok but what does WDC equal? : Jonathan
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          I'm guessing Zerosignal? : Jonathan
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            yeah thats zerosignal's server : hirez
            • Thanks I'm on now. : Jonathan
  • The one in Dallas works : Maddog_Delphi97
• Let's do this, dudes! The Jammy Dodgers wish to extend the best of luck to Terath's confusingly named te... : Xevo
• 40 minutes until East Coast Matches Start! : hirez
• 15 minutes! Get to your team's chat room : geedeck
• 15 minutes to game time! : hirez
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  is there a max of 12 players per team? no servers running mods to allow 13v13 or above? : ]pm[chem
  • there is, but the maps are really made for 12v12 only. : hirez
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  I'm watching the JD vs Feek match. I think it'll be a good one, but I'm going to set early predictions o... : Grumbeld
  • I'd like to add that this game is 12v12... let's hope all games will be like that. : Grumbeld
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  Apparently there's a tornado ravaging some of team Feek, so the match hasn't started yet. Let's hope the... : Grumbeld
  • Oh :( : Jonathan
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    I ended up losing a baby tree in my backyard and the stairs to my deck wiped out :( luckily our power... : kainen1
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      Did you play TF2 whilst that was happening? That would be pretty epic. : hardfl1p
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        yeah i did, which was scaring the shit out of me because outside the trees were pretty much horizontal an... : kainen1
        • Kainen, you are quite thoroughly hardcore. : A Sponge
        • that is dedication. i can imagine you squinting, wind blowing through your hair, debris flying around wit... : hardfl1p
    • Damn dude, that must've been scary as shit. You kicked ass though, so glad to see everything turned out ... : Xevo
• felraiser appears to be frozen in his match : ]pm[chem
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  hey, what time are the west matches tonight, in central time? would it be 9:00 CST? i'm too dumb to use... : electroly
  • yeah, 9pm CST : Grumbeld
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  Wow... JD was an inch away from getting the cart to the final point, but Feek pushed them back and held t... : Grumbeld
  • Final point of the 2nd map that is. : Grumbeld
  • epic defense by JD... Feek only capped the first point... so JD wins Goldrush : Grumbeld
• ieGS vs [fu], on 2fort, the map scored a red win after 3 intel caps (not 5), and reset. : ]pm[chem
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  I sat the middle match out and watched Lakren. He was pretty much amazed me as to what a spy could do. Go... : geedeck
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    i'm not even that good of a spy.. it's frustrating to play at first, but they're so necessary in bigger g... : lakren
    • i agree a lot. can pivot a game quickly if you get one of those 'great spy runs' : kainen1
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  ieGS beats [fu] 3 - 0 : DrFlammable
  • Good games ieGS. Really rolled us there. : Arctic Fox
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  question about 2fort scoring... it goes by caps and not by team points, right? I'd think we'd just set t... : Grumbeld
  • 5 caputres of the flag, not points : DrFlammable
  • yeah, I need to tweak that. it should be 5 flag caps. : hirez
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  terath (feek) vs. abagail (jd) was a tie. Doh. :) GG! : kainen1
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    aside from everyone on my team hating each other, it was a lot of fun. can't wait till next time!!! : Korban
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      I don't hate you, Korban. I don't hate you at all. : laurgasms
      • thank you laurgasms. i don't hate you either. i love my entire team :D : Korban
    • Yeah, I didn't understand all the hostility. Seemed like too many people wanted to be Chiefs. : Colleton
  • Yeah great match, sorry you guys didn't understand the rules on granary. Just trust that the tournament ... : Xevo
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    A very good game! Some really intense moments, our utter drubbing on Granary aside. We won Goldrush 3 ... : A Sponge
    • you tell 'em abby! : Korban
    • yeah, lots of tense gameplay and chatter. good games though. your pipes were really pissing me off on g... : kainen1
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      I am informed that Granary was 3-2. Awesome! It felt so much more. Damn this adrenaline high. : A Sponge
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        your second granary cap we had 3 guys not playing, and didn't even go to the middle at the start, we thou... : Jackass1233
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          Oh no, your lack of rules knowledge hurt you for a cap? Shocking! : Xevo
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            i'd tell you to shut up, but your own team members did it enough during the match. You obviously just can... : Jackass1233
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              Hey, this is my subthread. : A Sponge
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                WHO WANTS FRESH COOKIES??!?!?! :( :( :( : vile
                • i do! : Korban
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                  Fresh cookies are welcome in my subthread. I need to triple my bodymass if I am to survive the Winter. On... : A Sponge
                  • You're Dawn French? Now it all makes sense... : hardfl1p
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              You are so fucking easy to rile up that it isn't even funny, lol! : Xevo
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                hi there, Pot : Korban
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                  ...just in case: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pot_calling_the_kettle_black : Korban
                  • oh I got the joke, way to go ruining it by explaining yourself =P : Xevo
                • hahaha : Jackass1233
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  2L2C v. fs| was a win for us, 2-1 on maps, 6-3 on points. We won Goldrush 3-1, Granary 2-1, and lost 3... : Felraiser
  • it was a great match, those first two maps were fucking intense, especially granary. great games guys! : theWhite
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    The first two games were pretty close, but you guys just seemed to turtle on 2fort under the premise that... : hardfl1p
    • We just couldn't settle our defense, so we couldn't develop our offense, so I developed a headache. : Felraiser
  • ggs everyone : jujubees
  • Good games. : megarust32
  • great games guys : okellyc
  • gg guys. Granary and goldrush were awesome! : itsjames
  • Excellent match guys, Granary was fucking nuts. Very well played. : zerog83
  • GG y'all! : AxeMan808
• Felraiser (fs) 2-1 hirosushima (2L2C). Pretty tight game. : hardfl1p
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  west starts in 20 minutes. any sourcetv servers up? : re4ctor
  • connect directly to Shackwest, Dallas or Chicago, use port 27020 : hirez
• Is there a non-tournament server for people to eff around on? I mean I could pub it but uuuuuuuuhhhhggggg... : geedeck
• Is sourceTV recording demos??? It would nice to have the one from fs 2l2c : D45hiz
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  Biggest disappointment ever. :( : K1Bond007
  • Yep. :( : dmason
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    Yeah, Chicago made me cry. I hope we get that match scheduled soon (and on another server [sorry Skull, ... : Grumbeld
    • The match was fun, even with that headache though. Of course, that might just be because I was a demoman... : Grumbeld
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      The little cart UI thing disappeared (which is critical for defense), the server was hitting some bad lag... : K1Bond007
      • *had that map accounted for something instead of nothing, rather. : K1Bond007
      • yeah the cart UI disappeared for me too in the earlier fs vs 2L2C match : kill9
      • happened to us after the first cart checkpoint as well in Feek vs. JD match. Sucked! : kainen1
      • That happened to me too! It was a bit confusing, but it was pretty clear where the cart was so it wasn't ... : itsjames
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        You guys all know how to get the cart UI thing bacl? Type record (demoname) in the console and then once ... : NastyJack
        • *back : NastyJack
        • Yeah, it's apparently a bug in Valve's code for this game... not sure if it's a recent bug or not. Is ... : Maddog_Delphi97
        • the captains will have to stop their demo though :( : SolveChrist
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          Is this a known bug? First I've seen it. Someone said this to us over voice and ... well I don't even kno... : K1Bond007
          • First time I've seen it too. The demo thing is super easy to do if it happens again. : NastyJack
        • It disappeared in round 2 each time for us :( : sanchez
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          When you're already recording a match demo, you'll end with 15 separate ones for one round. Shit needs t... : FlamingGimp
          • Yeah true, I wouldn't recommend captains do it. : NastyJack
      • that happened to a lot of us as well during goldrush... : .frame
    • Very sorry it happened to you guys. I've got no idea what happened even now as the east coast teams playe... : Skull the Troll
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    i'm going to punch a baby : entropy
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      I can't imagine what that was like sniping. The lag was totally fucked up but at least as a demo I don't ... : NastyJack
      • There was a serious lack of threat from snipers/spies because of the server performance, shame. : Audhuml4
  • :( : Audhuml4
  • So true :( : Malku
  • S.O.S. I sent out Shack Messages asking about rescheduling availabilty, please respond via steam or Sha... : SolveChrist
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    yeah. sorry it worked ok on the earlier match. not sure why it shit the bed on you guys. we'll have MORON... : hirez
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      Well can't we get a west server? I mean Moron is East isn't it? : K1Bond007
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        I think Gonzo's clan has a west coast server that we can use, it was available tonight, ask him if we can... : sanchez
        • yes! we will have that one on west too!!! : hirez
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      yea we had some lag issues on chicago for the east coast match as well. not nearly as bad as these guys f... : theWhite
      • Before the match started, we waited maybe a half hour as it dropped everyone about 20 times. : K1Bond007
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      Yeah, it's OK though. I set up a dedicated server that has stacks of cans so that Taronish can learn to ... : gnomish
      • KNUCKLEPUCK : twifosp
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    Way to post the irrelevant scores and rub it in you cockstain. : gnomish
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      • NOT LIVE NOT LI... : .frame
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      ...I was just posting the results, not trying to rub anything in. : ]pm[chem
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        Lighten up! I love you! : gnomish
        • you too. 2fort was super intense. I had a lot of juggling with subbing people in during/before maps, th... : ]pm[chem
    • *quack* : project13
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      gnomish have you been practicing your triple deek? And what about the Flying V? : K1Bond007
      • or your knuckle puck : Dschinghis Khan
  • Even though we lost and I was lagging like hell and I got disconnected at the end, it was a fun game. Co... : electroly
  • holy ownage : Jackass1233
  • SERVER PAUSE DRAMA! : flubba79
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    That was my first ever competitive game of online anything. Wow it was awesome. Though probably some of t... : crummynz
    • kudos to your healings! those rounds of granary were epic! : dopeman
    • cautious is good for medics, ubers are very importan. Sounds like you did a great job. : terath
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    soo. . . I guess no healthpack pickups are allowed for the initial melee-for-color-choice round, eh? lol... : YamatoTwinkie
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      yeah, I'll make that clear on monday : hirez
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        I actually stretched the limits of this melee thing in our match tonight... it's a cute concept and all, ... : Xevo
        • there was some argument as to what class to choose, but we settled it pretty quick. : terath
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          k, thanks. I was basically trying to find an elegant way of determining a coin toss. I'll check out the d... : hirez
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            I appreciate you looking into it. I mean it's a cool idea, but little things like getting the teams to s... : Xevo
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              I'm sort of inclined to say anything goes almost, that each team show up with whatever class they thing i... : hirez
              • I like the idea, but there's so many potential abuses... Pyros have the longest attack range, and there's... : Xevo
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              You're totally overanalyzing this xevo. Just call out a class, that's the class, meet in the most open a... : FlamingGimp
              • lol I hadn't even considered crits off. Yes in the perfect world this would be easy, but we all know the... : Xevo
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  Do we have a website with all the results? : sanchez
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    • yeah I'll have it done shortly : hirez
    • its updated. : hirez
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    I assume it'll show here with the results. http://ems.esportsea.com/?a=x.schedule&stageid=2021 A stat... : K1Bond007
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      K1Bond -- I am very adept at SQL. If your issues is SQL side, I can offer help. : twifosp
      • is are : twifosp
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  I hear by declare playing 2fort after 2 hours of tournament play to be the water boarding of tf2. : twifosp
  • i agree with your post. : Mmmmmoo
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    Yeah, I think the tourney is long enough without CTF and it really isn't fun with congested maps like 2Fo... : omnova
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      If we play CTF we should take the teams down to 8v8 (on just the ctf map) to make it a bit more feasible. : dkrulz
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        And if we play 2fort, we should really play it first. : twifosp
        • I was going to say commit suicide first. : sanchez
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    Yeah it was pretty rough especially with how tense things were on granary. : bcyde
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        Sbaitso's stab/cap at 0:01 on the first stage of Goldrush was unbelievable and hilarious. That's the bes... : Head Rush
        • Yup, I landed on top of the bomb exactly 0.2 seconds after it capped. : sanchez
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          Yeah that was awesome. Techpriest did some nice ninja caps on granary too. : Alco23
          • Late post so no one will see this but Techpriests' work on granary was awesome because he did that stuff ... : Fayk
        • We were all laughing our asses off when he did that. It didn't save us in the end but it was golden. : omnova
        • I knew the clock was running out but didn't realize it was THAT close. Probably best I didn't, or I'd cho... : Fayk
  • yeah, we're going to play launchzone next week, and then that will be it. last 3 match ups with be no ctf... : hirez
  • you guys are playing 30 minute rounds of granary, right? How can goldrush + downtime before and between ... : Xevo
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    I disagree, ctf_2fort is a classic, it's just different than stuff like dustrush/goldbowl. teams need to : ]pm[chem
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      I would be more inclined to agree if it was 8on8. : twifosp
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        heh, I join 16v16 2fort pubs for fun. : ]pm[chem
        • I used to smoke cigarettes and drink turpentine. We're all self destructive from time to time! : twifosp
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    At least 5 captains/first-round picks have expressed distaste for 2fort/CTF maps and the extension of mat... : Felraiser
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        Exactly. There are "fun" arguments, as well as serious-business reasons, for discarding CTF. The gametype... : Felraiser
        • dude. you know its not being "forced upon the tournament", I told you that a lot of people requested I ad... : hirez
    • I disagree. CTF is fucking awesome. the first 20 minutes of our match tonight was way more intense than... : ]pm[chem
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  Round 1 is over and we all owe hirez some big thanks for all of his work on the tournament. It went very... : twifosp
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    Don't think two teams in the Western division have played yet. : dkrulz
    • Oh, well getting as many teams to play on the same night with this level of organization is still a prett... : twifosp
    • yeah, chicago shit the bed & they are going to reschedule. sucks. but what can you do. : hirez
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      who hasn't played? : ]pm[chem
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        http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=17094325#itemanchor_17094325 : K1Bond007
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          ah... thanks. did I miss the post with the jackhammer v. noobja results? : ]pm[chem
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            5 points 1 in favor of Jackhammer. Jackhammer won goldrush with n00bja's team capping 3 points, stoppi... : twifosp
            • That last push on Granary where you guys got the overtime cap was an amazing fight. It was absolute chaos... : Gonzo
      • Monkeygone and SolveChrist. : JarEme
  • i agree with your post. thanks hirez! : Mmmmmoo
  • Rd 1 is not over. :( : K1Bond007
• Had fun with NDI on West div, I picked it up near the end. Was fun playing with you guys :) : Mikuya
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  The Peculiar Neurodegenerative Inhabitants of the Kazawa Atoll defeat For Feeks Sake 3-3 (win on time) on... : FlamingGimp
  • it was fun. good games : Mmmmmoo
  • definitely, good games all around : Mikuya
  • Was pretty tight on all three maps. GG! : Alco23
  • Sorry I dropped out, hardware issues (my fan died) prevented me from continuing on. : yosemiteclimber
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  PROBLEM Both Chicago and Dallas had horrible lag tonight, did any of the other matches experience this... : dkrulz
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    maybe some of this was due to sourceTV? : ]pm[chem
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      Chicago shut down Source TV before the match because of problems. : K1Bond007
      • Actually no, I knew of people who watched the source tv of our match. : Audhuml4
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      That's a good theory. Neither Dallas or Chicago had SourceTV up until this point. I experience lag on s... : twifosp
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        SourceTV lag could be attributed to sourcetv broadcasting voice for both teams. I remember EVERYTIME it d... : Demius
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          it shoudnt be broadcasting the voice. on the eastcoast matches, I check all the servers, and none of them... : hirez
          • It wasn't for Chicago/Dallas. : dkrulz
          • That's definitely what was causing it if voice chat was being sent from the game servers to the STV. : Xevo
        • Ugh no way, that's a server .cfg setting that is defnitely supposed to be turned off it STV is being used... : Xevo
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          Not sure about voice but we were broadcasting awesomeness. : dmason
          • lol, awesome to have you back dmazzle! : Xevo
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          Having sourcetv be on the same server as the game server kills it. the extra disk I/O lag spikes most ser... : devnullgt
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            k, maybe we can use moron for the west sourceTV proxy? : hirez
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              use sourcetv.empx.net... it runs on a separate box. I can give you the SSH login and all that : devnullgt
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                yeah, that would be great. I can set up multiple sourceTV proxies on one connection, which is ideal. : hirez
                • That sounds like a fine solution, I know people really appreciate being able to watch matches on STV, tha... : Xevo
      • for the eastcoast matches, I had them proxied to relays on shackwest, so there should only be 1 client co... : hirez
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    Dallas was a slideshow at times for me. I know Twifosp had some trouble connecting when we started 2for... : Head Rush
    • Yeah there was some lag spikes occasionally. : bcyde
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    Yeah Dallas had the worst lag tonight. I had the highest ping out of everyone on the server at around 150... : sanchez
    • Yea, my ping was triple the normal on Dallas. (Good thing it's normally 8.) : twifosp
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    I know chicago was bad on the 2nd match, didnt know dallas was having problems too. : hirez
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      Just your usual SourceTV lag I think. : JarEme
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        but it really shouldnt lag that much, at least the early match - since I had proxy set up and only 1 sour... : hirez
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          That sounds like the best theory to me, that the direct connections to the server for SourceTV instead of... : Xevo
          • ok, I'll see about using dallas/chicago/moron to proxy the sourceTV for the west coast matches : hirez
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      This was at the end of Goldrush, and a good indication of the dallas pings. http://shackpics.com/files... : FlamingGimp
      • Ugh that's pretty brutal. : Xevo
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        its so strange though. look at blue! only 1 above 100. : hirez
        • Conspiracy. : FlamingGimp
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    Yeah, I have REALLY shitty lag problems with ShackWest tonight. So bad that I couldn't play. : Rice-Rocketeer
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      Hmm...I wonder if my lag is SourceTV related. : Rice-Rocketeer
      • I dont think so, otherwise we'd all feel it. you have a bad route, since its always bad and everyone else... : hirez
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    I've noticed for the last week or so that I'll get occasional random spikes of what feels like packet los... : bipolar
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      Pull up net_graph 1 or 3 (3 tells you choke), the rates will give you a good idea of whether stuttering i... : FlamingGimp
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        What if it looks like the stuttering is coming about as a result of voice comm? Whenever someone talks... : Rice-Rocketeer
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          Yeah that was related to how the SourceTV was being run, most likely... looks like hirez is going to have... : Xevo
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            Whoa, REALLY? So my problems are SourceTV related, you think? HMMMM! : Rice-Rocketeer
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              Umm I can't tell if you're being serious or not, but if you were only experiencing that during a West Coa... : Xevo
              • Well, I was experiencing it before, but prior to these matches and scrims in the past few days, I could p... : Rice-Rocketeer
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    I heard of no issues. seemed to do well, thanks! : hirez
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      cool. logs are sent already, demos are uploading currently. : ZeroSignal
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        Did we end up getting any stats from the server? If not we should see if we can get that working, it rea... : dkrulz
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          Yeah I would be totally into seeing the server logs so we can get it in one of those stat tracker sites. : Xevo
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            I don't know what hirez has planned (I've sent them to him), but I could make them available online I sup : ZeroSignal
            • Well assuming hirez is cool with it, this is the site most people use: http://www.thursday.com/tf2logger... : Xevo

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• I've played D&D quite a bit (we used to play every other weekend or so in high school, and I played in a ... : skizl
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  When we get more information about the official application, I think we can make a good decision. I've us... : Modica Sol Solis
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    Also in the interim, I can provide assistance to a DM in terms of rule clarification and whatnot. I'm mor... : Modica Sol Solis
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      We gotta get you a new laptop pronto :) : Bantis
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        For serious. I'm interviewing for a 12/hr, 30hr/week job in a couple days and I hope I land it. I've got ... : Modica Sol Solis
        • excellent! I hope you get it. : Bantis
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  Also, if someone with experience could tell us newbies what we need to buy book wise, it would help. I kn... : Bantis
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    All players need is the Player's Handbook. It can be nice to have a Dungeon Master's Guide for looking up... : Modica Sol Solis
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      I think i'll probably order the gift set just because of the price; it's too tempting :) : Bantis
      • Yea, Players just need the PHB. Especially now that magic items are in there, they don't need anything el... : famine101
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        Seriously, the retail price of these books is over $30 per book, if you can get them all for under $60, y... : Vincent Grayson
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          Eh, like I said... it's not necessary for most people to buy all three books unless they're planning on r... : Grumbeld
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            Heh, I honestly don't remember what that was like, having read all the various books for every edition pa... : Vincent Grayson
            • I've always been the DM. :( : Ebu
            • Same... However, I played in some other systems like Deadlands and Rifts. The DMs for those games were v... : Grumbeld
  • Honestly, the player's should only have the Player's Handbooks. I think the game is much more interestin... : Grumbeld
  • This sound really interesting. I'm in. So I take it, we're going to play 4th edition? Guess my 3.5 edi... : Gary the Llama
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  Also, http://www.rpol.net (already have an account there) DO NOT USE A RANDOM phpBB FORUM. If we go ... : Ebu
  • checking it out now : Bantis
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    This looks pretty awesome. If this works well I would say go with this until the official client is rele... : melkore
    • I made a little game to see what the backend interface is like. Pretty cool stuff. : Ebu
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  So anyone want to volunteer to take charge yet? :P : Bantis
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    Well, kinda waiting on the 4ed books to actually be released, have time to read them, etc. After that,... : Ebu
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      If anyone made a rpol account, post your name and I'll add you to the test game I made to at least see wh... : Ebu
      • ModicaSolSolis is the account name! : Modica Sol Solis
      • Made an account; Bantis : Bantis
      • VincentGrayson is my account name. : Vincent Grayson
      • Account == " Kelbane " : kelbane
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        Ok, new idea, search for games, GM name "cjthomp" and try to request an invite : Ebu
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          i'll give it a shot : Bantis
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            OK, request sent : Bantis
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              Ah, looks like you have to make a post requesting access. (In the "hello world" thread) : Ebu
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                its not letting me post. But I sent a request to join; it should be in your private messages : Bantis
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                  I saw that but there was no link to add :( : Ebu
                  • Changed game to requesting players, maybe you can post now : Ebu
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                  Tried it again : Bantis
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                    Nope, try again to post http://www.rpol.net/game.cgi?gi=31180&gn=DnD4e+%28Shack%29&date=1212353187 in her... : Ebu
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                      Looks like you might need to already have a character created? :/ : Ebu
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                        I just sent you a message on the forum sir. Let me know if it works. : kelbane
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                          Ah-ha, yea, I can't just add a player, I have to bind a player to a character, so I just create a charact... : Ebu
                          • ok looks like i'm in, created a simple char : kelbane
    • apparently a bunch of places have broken street date on the books, might be worth looking : Bantis
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    I'll think on it. I'm reading through the books and pondering up some basic adventure hooks at the moment... : Vincent Grayson
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      i have this problem too, for example it is 10am on Monday here now : shavenewok
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        rpol.net would be a perfect fit for you, then :D : Ebu
        • that's what i'm thinking, i've signed up an account and sent a test message to the shack test game : shavenewok
• i would love to get a nwn2 campaign going too : sergeon
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  I'm in a group that uses OpenRPG for a d20 varient. Works fine for lower-end machines while still allowi... : Masem
  • OpenRPG doesn't seem too bad : Bantis
• I'm interested in this also. I've played 1.0, 3.0 and 3.5 so I know the rules, but I've never DM'd but I ... : whistletits
• I think those are the requirements to experience the FULL D&D Insider. I think someone with a lesser comp... : Rice-Rocketeer
• I might be willing to run a campaign. I'm going to start one anyway...we'll see, though. : Rice-Rocketeer
• I also already have Fantasy Grounds. It's pretty robust, but it also has NO content. : Rice-Rocketeer
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  I'm pretty much in the same boat as Bantis (Never played a real paper and pencil game, but I would like t... : ErikTehRed
  • ^^^ I'm with this guy (no homo) I wouldn't mind giving a P&P game a shot. : grayscale
  • Someone needs to take us under their wings :) : Bantis
  • Yeah, same here. If possible, I'd really like to join in. I sort of understand how D&D works from playi... : Mecha Tofu Pirate
• I'd be in for giving it a shot. Haven't played in a few years. I have Fantasy Grounds already. I think... : jonin
• I don't have time to read this thread I gotta go but I'm interested. : SockMonkeh
• I'd totally be up for playing.. I have a little experience DMing a live 3.5 game, but I strongly prefer ... : ]aratex[
• I'll join up. Did you decide on a client yet? : melkore
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  Still looking for someone to take charge of this who actually knows what they're doing. We've got a ton o... : Bantis
  • We can move ahead with the RPOL thing, I've got the interface figured out, and I have DM experience. (Als... : Ebu
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  Yes, I'm interested. I'd really prefer playing with the D&D Insider tools. It looks like there are a lot ... : Goncyn
  • Yea I figure we'd split off into Vets and Newbs (with a vet leading us). I just need someone to help brin... : Bantis
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  Ok, lets try to move this forward... Like we mentioned above, it probably makes sense to first split this... : Bantis
  • I highly doubt I'll be able to be a full-time DM or anything, but I'm willing to help anyone out who need... : ConfusedUs
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    So...are we settling on trying to do this through rpol for now and not worrying about using Insider? I... : Vincent Grayson
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      Yea I think we'll go with RPOL now until Insider is out. Then we can see how that runs and go from there. : Bantis
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        Well, I'm pretty sure Insider goes live when the books go retail, which is like 5 days from now. It will : Ebu
        • Well how about two people decide to lead each group, and friday we decide what program to use while the D... : Bantis
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    I'm a little rusty but fully capable of DMing. RPOL for sure, maybe the official stuff if it shows it... : Ebu
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      RPOL Account: Psigun created. I take it we probably won't be too active until the actual books make it to... : Psigun
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        Whoops saw that you changed plans from the request for account names above- disregard previous post. : Psigun
        • Added : Ebu
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    I can handle either group, though I'm going to need some prep time to put a campaign together and familia... : Modica Sol Solis
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      well, does running a campaign where you won't have to explain every little detail sound more fun? :) : Bantis
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        Playing with vets and playing with new guys each have their own particular draws. I don't play D&D strict... : Modica Sol Solis
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          Well then lead the news and teach me, modica :) : Bantis
          • *newbs : Bantis
          • It's a deal. : Modica Sol Solis
  • I should've added that for now we'll go with RPOL, and gauge the official tools when they're out. : Bantis
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    Two things: 1. I don't really think splitting into vets and noobs is a good idea. Mix them together in... : Goncyn
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      We can see what everyone thinks about #1 and go from there; I see your point. As for #2, bording clai... : Bantis
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        As long as the Vets don't mind a slower-paced game (more real time stuff going on than in-game stuff) as ... : AxeMan808
        • If we stick with RPOL it won't matter, there'll be plenty of time between rounds for looking up rules, ch... : Ebu
      • kinda agree regarding the first point, it'd make things easier for whoever's DMing too : Modica Sol Solis
      • Yea, best to mix people up and let the vets lead by example. : Ebu
  • I've GM'd extensively, but that was D&D Basic Set, AD&D, and a little D&D 2nd Edition - we've been playin... : AxeMan808
• I'd be interested in playing a game if one gets going. : Dynotaku
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  I'm certainly interested in trying to organize a Shack D&D game using D&D Insider once the Virtual Game T... : bording
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    Do you have any information about the delay? If VGT is delayed, we can just go on with RPOL then : Bantis
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      http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/dramp/20080507a That article is the announcement of the beta ... : bording
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        is there a video from that? : Bantis
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          Whole bunch of videos on Youtube on it. Biggest things are the virtual tabletop itself (virtual minia... : Ebu
          • Links? : Goncyn
      • Yea, you're definitely right, the Virtual Game Table won't be out this week based off that article : Bantis
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  Also, people in the know, here's a list of Virtual Table programs: http://www.rpgvirtualtabletop.com/vts.... : Bantis
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    http://www.rpgvirtualtabletop.com/vts/rpgtonight.html doesn't seem bad : Bantis
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      I think it'd be pretty silly to pay for any virtual tabletop system other than the DDI one. RPOL is c... : Ebu
      • I'm also reluctant to pay for any third party software. I'm hoping the official DDI stuff is good. : Goncyn
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        What does RPOL actually look like? : Kentor
        • Nevermind, it's a message board. : Kentor
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          Sign up for it and see. It's all text based. Like a big fancy forum with grouping, selective PM, dice ... : Ebu
          • But I'm a writer, so that works out well. :) : Ebu
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        I believe the above is free, unless I missed something : Bantis
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          yea, it's definitely free: There is not, and never will be, any fee charged to individuals or non commerc : Bantis
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            Then why is http://www.rpgvirtualtabletop.com/vts.html a huge list of prices? : Ebu
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              that page is just a list of different tools and their prices; some are free there. On there I found RPGto... : Bantis
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                actually, this free one looks awesome too: http://glittercomm.com/ : Bantis
                • That one does actually look decent. : Goncyn
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  Also, RPOL allows for multiple groups and DMs per "game" So we can have 3 or 4 different games going o... : Ebu
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    From what I'm seeing RPOL is just a message board, right? No real graphical aspects to it? While it wo... : bording
    • It allows linking to offsite images within the interface, so that is workable. Though not ideal. ... : Ebu
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    Ebu, any thoughts on http://glittercomm.com : Bantis
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      Hmm, I like it. : Ebu
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        Windows only :( : Ebu
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          Parallels! :) Don't you still have your PC? How are you gonna play EQ2? : Bantis
          • I have both, but not everyone does. : Ebu
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  How would this work as far as scheduling goes? I'm definitely interested, but I work a 4x10 shift overnig... : prfectjon
  • Well, if we do RPOL, it's a forum, so turns are handled as they happen and not on a set schedule (obvious... : Ebu
• I start work tomorrow, so if someone wants to repost this I'd appreciate it. That way we can grab any day... : Bantis

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  Apologies that I had to attempt this three times before I got the tags right. Thanks to everyone for bein... : Chris Faylor
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    Never apologize to Shackers! : dognose
    • But they all seem so nice :( Off to go grab a kitty. Don't scare it away dognose! : Chris Faylor
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    Install Greasemonkey and the Shacktag script. : Fred Garvin
    • I'm posting from my parent's computer. Rest assured I have that installed on my regular machine! : Chris Faylor
  • lol @ tag problems. Fred Garvin is right. tag script = problem solved. : AMikaboshi
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  Your brother has a thing with dogs. : Fred Garvin
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    I think he's in a dog phase. : Chris Faylor
    • Also, he's funnier than the guy that won. Tim Ball is pretty standard stuff and his impressions aren't re... : Fred Garvin
    • Some of us have been in that phase for years: http://www.shacknews.com/search.x?type=comments&terms=pu... : Vorlonesque
• Your brother is absolutely hilarious. : mittense
• That was actually pretty funny. Nice job for the bro. : judasen
• Holy shit he's a funny bastard : TastyWheat
• funnier than that dude who won, for sure : MikkleThePickle
• your bro is good :D : mwasher
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  Reid reminds me of Steven Wright's dead-pan commentary. Too bad he lost out to jock-comedy-with-sound-ef... : Dechter
  • Yeah, Reid had a good Steve Martin vibe going. I think he should have waited a beat after delivering the ... : quanta88
• Your brother should have totally beat the Tim Ball guy, he was annoying. Oh, and your brother is funny... : Hiro
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  Reid was definitely the funniest, followed by Sasson who might have done better if she'd kept that "Sasso : Rich McNinch
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    Sasson? Where do you see her? : Fred Garvin
    • http://www.rooftopcomedy.com/comics/MarySasson : Rich McNinch
• A good set, reminds me a lot of Demitri Martin : grayscale
• I couldn't finish that Tim Ball set. Also, Reid made me laugh... and I hate to laugh >:( : dognose
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  Your brother is fucking hilarious... the other guy, while he's funny, recycles his material. Tim used ... : coraldayton
  • majority of comedians reuse material.. even professionals. they don't make up new jokes for every single ... : wtf242
• Good stuff! I saw his other set before, and it was great as well. : CrustaR
• bro is hilarious!! plain yogurt : fathertime
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  you could tell he was a bit nervous so his timing was rushed a couple of times. his earlier set was st... : Steve Gibson
  • He was trying out new material in the finals. I'd have shat myself just being there. : Ride-My-Rocket
  • I agree, but I didn't want to be the first to say it. His semifinal performance was noticeably better. : Goncyn
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  I'm from Kentucky :p : Rigor Morts
  • That's a funny thing for a racist to say. : notd665
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  it's like you and remo had a kid together : Dave-A
  • hahahahaha : mittense
  • Holy fucking shit this comment is made of win. : notd665
  • HAHAHAHA : crummynz
  • Who says they didn't? : jamesray
• Condoms and a time machine... : ImageOmega
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  Your brother, good sir, is awesome. : kungfusquirrel
  • Also the video fed me into this one, which is also awesome: http://www.rooftopcomedy.com/watch/MyBigAssTe... : kungfusquirrel
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  Your brother is hilarious. You should post more of his stuff! I cracked up at Why did the chicken cros : DOOManiac
  • I thought the followup to that was more gold : devnullgt
• He shoulda won. : Kaerof
• I have that same exact shirt! Funny =) : xZanU
• Your brother was awesome! :) Looks like Tim is a fan of Pablo Francisco, the act was very similar, lat... : -sk-
• I laughed more with Reid tbh. Better material, better delivery. : ihya

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  prairie dogs were awesome : dodob
  • You're deranged. : weaselmeister
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  I still want to know why people think the idea has to 100% be Lucas, especially after what I mentioned ab... : Evil Benius
  • Lucas got the main story credit. I think the direction was superb, but the content of what he was direct... : johngloid
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  Have you people all forgotten that the ark melted faces and the grail really worked? : vigilante
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    ^^^ And in Doom they took a guys heart out of his chest and he stayed alive. Super duper realistic. : FushigiDenki
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      I didn't know the Arc, the cup and the ghost were realistic. : razlebol
      • How many ghosts have you seen to compare the realism? Looked fake to me. : Slowtreme
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    I would have rather seen all the CG replaced with crappy, laughable, live action effects for this last on... : johngloid
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      awesome, I'm sure they will keep that in mind next time they make a movie... : FushigiDenki
      • Overwhelming fan opinion? I would hope so.... : devi| dog
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    No. We haven't, have you? I didn't see anything like that in the new movie. : Haku-Jin
    • Crazy unrealistic shit happened at the end of all 4 movies. The end. : FushigiDenki
    • No I haven't forgotten something I just posted. : vigilante
  • There was really a shark, too. But then they made it into an alien shark and jumped clear over it. : Ovate
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    It blows my mind that people freak out over the movie having aliens but accept previous movies because so... : spiffymc
    • Ohh man, thank you so much for saying this. I agree completely. : Galadriel07
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      I think the main thing is that it just doesn't make any sense in the story... It just sort of happens in ... : navelskrutt
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        actually, it is part of the legend. do a search for the stuff that people were posting about it here bef... : Galadriel07
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          Well it's not in the movie at least. It just doesn't tie into the story at all. It's just added as a gimm... : navelskrutt
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            it really was tied with the story. I dont understand what you mean by it had nothing to do with the stor : Galadriel07
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              for me it wasn't even really that the aliens were there. i just thought the story didn't make sense at a... : FrayLo
              • thats fine.. i have respect for your opinion... I mean, not everyone can like everything all the time :P... : Galadriel07
            • No it wasn't, it could've been removed with no impact to the overall story. Indy had *zero* interest in t : navelskrutt
        • Exactly. I think a lot of the hate for 4 vs 1-3 comes from the fact that these people know more about th : TwiLyght
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      I hate the aliens because you never saw god or Jesus show up at the end of the previous movies going "Yep... : Evil Benius
      • Obviously, we now know that they were alien artifacts. Talk about redefining your job description... Po : pigvomit
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        RoboticPuppyEater had it right on -- he said to me that the movie could have gone from a 6/10 to a 9/10 i : Arctic Fox
        • I don't disagree with this train of thought, and I've heard a lot of people from different places saying ... : Xevo
  • it's because the story and plot this time fucking sucked : FrayLo
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    Well the whole alien thing would have been fine had there not be a huge fucking flying saucer at the end. : K1Bond007
    • With how often it overstepped itself, I was numb at that point. At least the special effects were cool w : pigvomit
  • It's not that. The fact that the Grail worked, the heart getting ripped out, and the ark melting faces f : Crimsonbeak
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  I'll only buy the DVD if Lucas digitally adds this to the prairie dog sequence http://www.youtube.com/wat... : cockoftehwalk
  • that one looks just as good if not better than the shit in indiana jones : wtf242
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  the monkey king scene in the trees was fucking ludicrous and did not further the storyline at all for how... : syn0r
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    same with the waterfall scene(s) : .faxen
    • don't forget the nuke + flying, bouncing fridge scene. Would it have been too much to ask for him to ju : pigvomit
    • completely ridiculous and had no point. we have to go over three waterfalls?! it was like they needed : FrayLo
    • none of those scenes had the cleverness of the ingenuity which went into previous Indy action sequences. ... : Megara9
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  voodoo dolls? are you freaking kidding me? : MurrayTheSkull
  • If that were remade, the voodoo doll would have been alive and running around, swinging from vines. : johngloid
• I actually didn't mind that. It was the other way stupid shit in between that killed the spirit for me. : pigvomit
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  i can't figure out why the aliens bug me when it fits into the mythos the story is drawn from and it's no... : Clay
  • Maybe it's all the other retarded, bugs bunny stuff? : skinlab133
  • For me it's the lack of a proper story tying it all together. Why are the aliens so angry? Where's the ex : navelskrutt
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  yeah, they were also freaking kidding you when god came out of a gold box and killed a platoon of nazis. ... : Jackass1233
  • haha. seriously. god melting nazi's = ok. Alien's = omg wtf : AMikaboshi
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  OMG PEOPLE GET IT RIGHT! FUCKING A!!! INTER DIMENSIONAL BEINGS DOES NOT EQUAL ALIENS!!!!! : sesmaster
  • Wouldn't it make them aliens to our own dimension? : pigvomit
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  You sir, have weird expectations. Steven Spielburg said this was just a fun movie to watch. It's not go... : Scotty22
  • Do you consider the original 3 Indy movies life changing? I sure don't, but they were fun. This movie was... : MoreVespeneGas
  • i watched it and tried to enjoy everything about it, but left the theater confused about the story and se... : FrayLo
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    I know I know. I just wished they took it in the opposite of Lucas' craptasm that was the last 3 Star War... : johngloid
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      I chalk it up to the onslaught of stupid shit Lucas must have thrown at Spielberg. I read an article abo... : pigvomit
      • Was he? I think he was just a lot less involved. : MoreVespeneGas
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    I agree with you. It was a fun movie about a ridiculous legend... pretty much like the other three. It ... : Galadriel07
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      It wasn't like the other three at all =( : MoreVespeneGas
      • yeah, except it was just like them :[ : Slowtreme
• I thought the aliens thing was cool as hell : mr.sleepy
• I don't have a problem with the general premise of indy 4, just the lack of a fleshed plot behind it. It... : rt702
• THEY WEREN'T Aliens!!!!!! they were INTER DIMENSIONAL BEINGS...because Aliens would have been a stupid id : two50six
• that was the stupidest fucking movie I've seen in years : itsjames
• It was a stupid fun movie, just like all the other Indy movies : Izanaki
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  Wasn't Indy 4 directed by Spielberg? Outside of co-writing, how much was Lucas involved? : My Documents
  • All four movies were directed by Spielberg, but it's probably fair to say that Lucas had a very large han... : LeapingFool
  • Based on interviews I've read, all of the alien storyline and making it a 50's pulp sci-fi story were all... : Xevo
• I had high hopes :/ That movie should NEVER have seen the light of day. : humbleone
• Same here :-( : matthaeus
• Boxes that melt faces? are you freaking kidding me? : Slowtreme

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  i'm ready. im starting the season 2 finale in 10 minutes to get into the mood. : NeoMoose
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    The only [AS] shows that I watch these days are Squidbillies and Harvey Birdman reruns. I'm more than rea... : genjuro
    • you subject yourself to squidbillies??? : MoreVespeneGas
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      oh god squidbillies is awful. what is wrong with you? : NeoMoose
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        people in texas love it : mikecyb
        • i'm in texas and it fucking sucks. : NeoMoose
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        Squidbillies is awesome. The awful show you're thinking of involves Tim and Eric. : Ride-My-Rocket
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          You accidently added an "awesome" to the first sentence. Also, you forgot to write an "awful" in the same... : zerog83
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            fuck you all, squidbillies is great. Venture is king though... : AroundTheFur1380
            • Squidbillies is great if you don't like things that are funny and entertaining. And have good artwork. An... : zerog83
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  haha you moron starbuck has assumed a pretty minor role of late you're just hurting yourself there big bo... : boomstickah
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    Hey man back off. I'm tired of that cantankerous drag queen and her baditude : genjuro
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      Calm down boo : boomstickah
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        man get out of here with your tricknology you tony stark wannabe mother fucker : genjuro
        • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=17031242 : boomstickah
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  they already showed it on the internet. it's good. seeing it on a real TV is going to be even more awes... : mikecyb
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    I don't know what you're talking about. I only use the internet for hardcore pornography : genjuro
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      this is like, uh, hardcore awesomography http://www.adultswim.com/video/?episodeID=8a25c3921a33e870011... : mikecyb
      • bleep bloop skronk goes my pornograph CARTOONS ARE FOR MY TELEVISION : genjuro
• i've leant my sereies 1 and 2 dvd's to the guys at work to get them addicted as well : shavenewok
• BLOOD JUDO ACTIVATE : MoreVespeneGas
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  anyone subscribe to the tshirt club? : shavenewok
  • too expensive : MoreVespeneGas
  • I plan on doing it sometime tomorrow. I'll give away any shirts I don't want in contest threads I gues... : notd665
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    what Tshirt club?? : byorn
    • http://www.astrobasego.com/ : shavenewok
• what channel again? : xxiv
• Yeah I watched it last night on Fix because I couldn't wait, it is indeed awesome people that waited will... : ovrlrd
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  what show are you torking about ? : sikander
  • Venture Brothers! : Lone Swordsman
• Why aren't you people posting about this >:( : genjuro
• Lulz! "Wait a minute, did that video have a wipe?" "Yes, Councilman 3 got Adobe Premiere!" : zerog83
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  LOOKING FOR THIS MAN-O-TAUR?!??? : MoreVespeneGas
  • THAT PRICK HAD IT COMING! : shavenewok
• When the fuck can I buy this show on BR : ghost in my shell
• Man I missed this show. Great first episode. : ThomW
• Still trying to figure out exactly what it was that Dr. Girlfriend said. : zerog83