Morning Discussion

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  wtf? It looks just like a normal case. : chazums
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    where the hell do you buy your PC cases? : Degenerate
    • www.newegg.com : SockMonkeh
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  20,000$ for a PC that will be outdated in less than a year? Somebody has more cash than brains. : AgentPothead
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    Even if I was so loaded that it didn't matter I still wouldn't buy that fucking thing. Think about how aw... : SockMonkeh
    • Fuck that I'd buy a used car and a bunch of pc stuff and just make a rolling computer. : AgentPothead
    • Hot tip: people who are 'so loaded that it doesn't matter' have no clue about hardware prices, value, or ... : Arctic Fox
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      Yeah, you could buy a 50-inch plasma to use as a monitor and still have enough left over to build a great... : ShoCon
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        I was thinking of shit like absurd racing wheels and sticks and 360 degrees of monitors and ridiculous so... : SockMonkeh
        • 12.2 SURROUND SOUND : Arctic Fox
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          How about a computer hooked up to the drive controls of a car where the actions you take in your car tran... : AgentPothead
          • Someone's already done this. Hell, I remember a news story about a guy who bought the cockpit of a plane ... : Arctic Fox
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  I wonder how many of those they will sell. That's crazy. : FormerHPB
  • Eight. : Degenerate
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  That LCD screen kinda ruins it. Also corners are too pointy. : Mmmmmoo
  • Yeah, kill-your-toddler pointy : gakera
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  They've vastly surpassed Apple, or Sony.. or ANYBODY there... It's not even a fucking Skulltrail / Xeo... : Toraz Chryx
  • hey sony might charge $600 for a ps3 but looking back at what you get its not bad hardware wise : Chandler55
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  Tool-less architecture -The Omen has tool-less architecture on components such as hard drives and video c : shirif
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    You don't need a screwdriver to install a harddrive or videocard. : ventro
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      Yeah, figured as much. One thing I learned with my last built pc is that the gfx card should be screwed i... : shirif
      • Typically this just means that you can use thumbscrews instead of screws that require a screwdriver. : deveus1
  • It's all held together inside with elastic bands and a yo-yo string. : dumb.
  • Lots of thumb-screws, probably. : riptyde
  • You won't be able to figure out how to install stuff if you're a tool. : Johnny Law
• For 20k that thing better suck and fuck me : mrvandelay
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  For the $20K they're asking for their top spec, you're looking at a Mac Pro with 8 3.2Ghz cores, 16GB of ... : Toraz Chryx
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    But isn't that comparing Apples to oranges? : deathofrats
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      But the Apple doesn't fall far from the tree. : heartsauce
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        This subthread doesn't Appeal to me. : SockMonkeh
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          Granny Smith disapproves : RikiTiki2
          • But she's only looking at a piece of the pie. : lolpatrol
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      Well, yes, because the Mac Pro at that point is a total beast of a workstation monster, whereas the Voodo... : Toraz Chryx
      • whereas the Voodoo system is a total ripoff of an ordinary desktop PC What? How is that anyone near a... : paravis
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    i already have dual 30" monitors and its absolute overkill. i *just* got rid of one of them. : virus
    • Actually, yeah, that's really too much to keep track of unless you're doing something very specific (I im... : Toraz Chryx
• if by "simple" you mean rare Intel chip, multi-touch trackpad, solid-state drive, and carbon fiber shell,... : Postal
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  I'm confused, I see nothing special about the way it looks and yet it costs that much? : avatar_58
  • Well the insides make sense, but I still don't see what they find "beautiful" about that plain case. : avatar_58
• Don't care for the design, and the price is ridiculous. : taronish
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  from the laptop: http://blog.laptopmag.com/wpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/envy-133-keyboard.jpg The... : OrkO
  • it makes cottage cheese : industro
  • at least they didnt moove it where the Fn key is like Lenovo : mrvandelay
• They've always been that way. Just like Falcon and Alienware. : Fred Garvin
• Looks like a space heater to me... probably functions like one too. : podman405

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  This was a triumph : Arcanum
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    I'm making a note here, : tboomer2
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      HUGE FAILURE stop running this game into the ground : EvilDolemite
      • No cake for you. : tboomer2
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        the cake.. ois a LIE.. .MLAo : boring gegtik
        • HAHAH, I get it! That is funny. : CrustaR
      • Running things into the ground is the Shack way. : boredguy
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      HUGE success. : Ormsbee
      • It's hard to overstate my satisfaction. : digital_d
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    I totally forgot to add how much I loved that ending song. : pgharavi
    • I have part of it as my ringtone. :) : thetangent
• We had Portal saturation for weeks. : Audhuml4
• Erikc Wolpaw is fucking great : Sexpansion Pack
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  It's way, waaay too long between episodes. I hope they have a lot of work in on the HL3 engine at this po... : dirge23
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    I really hope the next episode provides a new improved big weapon nasty. I love the half-life games, bec... : hatelull
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      gravity gun + logs. also the crossbow worked well. : phokz
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        also the car : dirge23
        • I hate that car. : pgharavi
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    I'm saving them all for a big playthrough :( : boomstickah
    • yah me too, I hope I can just get all 3 episodes for a good price. : mindshot
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    Yes, agreed. I just kinda lost track of things to be honest when it came to the HL story line. : pgharavi
    • http://members.shaw.ca/halflifestory/ : Kazomir
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    They've gotta be doing stuff on the side. There's no way the third episode could take that long to make. : CrustaR
    • I thought Portal was the "side project" they were doing while they were doing Ep2? : Deathlove
• portal is probably my favorite game i've played in years. : ass-street
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  Have I lied to you? In this room I mean? The writing at the end was spectacular. : oatmela
  • Especially the song. : pgharavi
• " Did it get mad love here when it first came out?" Naw we all hated it. What a piece of crap. Probabl... : avatar_58
• HL:EPISODE 3, Counter-strike 2, Portal 2 WTFBOX : Iwannaacura
• <3 p0rtal!!! : Jayx77
• Portal was one of the best video games I've ever played. : virus
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  portal was gaming at its finest to me. : moe6
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    It was a good puzzle game, but gaming at its finest? : hoov1185
    • Sadly, even as a puzzle game, it did more to draw me into it than the vast majority of games. It's ki : Danny5225
    • Yes, at. Its. Finest. : Ebu
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  hello? are you still there? i seeee you! ... i don't blame you :D : pointyelbows
  • OWOWOWOWOWOWOWOW.....goodbye : thetangent
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  Am I lame because I still think "the cake is a lie" is funny? It's funny dammit. : Delaric
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    I wonder if there is a shirt. : pgharavi
    • There's not a shirt, but there are fifty of them. : Grumbeld
• if you want more portal check out the flash map pack. it's obviously not the same valve quality, and n... : pyide
• Yeah GLaDOS's script makes that whole game as awesome as it is. SPOILER THAT SHIT YO! : Flying h4x0r
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  I think Shackers pretty much universally hated Portal. : DOOManiac
  • Yeah, the editorial staff had to rig our votes in order to get it game of the year. : Grumbeld
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    seriously, and what a shitty ending too.. just descending into a firepit and that's it? wtf amirite>? : Flying h4x0r
    • Totally. I didn't even get to try any of that tasty cake she promised me. It was just BAM, fire and death... : hoov1185

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  isnt that what EQ was? i never joined the eq bandwagon.. a series of linked zones? i only played the b... : oHnOES
  • Yeah but at least teh zones in everyquest made sense. this valley leads to that plain, etc. here its like... : Skull the Troll
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    That is what EQ is like but that was a long time ago. : Modica Sol Solis
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      Not even.. AoC is more clicking boats and caravans to travel around instead of physically 'zoning' over t... : jane911
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        I don't see much difference between clicking a boat and zoning through an invisible boarder. : pigvomit
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          but the invisible borders still feel like you're 'on foot' travelling somewhat seamlessly albeit a minor ... : jane911
          • I don't think either are convincing at all. However EQ's zones do allow for easier escapes from high lev... : pigvomit
          • I think the reason for the caravan master or whatever is at least in part a lore thing. Many, if not mos... : Arcanum
        • /agreed : chadg033
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        Do you still enjoy the "realistic" feel of not seeing a lot of people out in the adventure zones? I ask ... : r_picmip 5
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          i do not agree. I can't go anywhere in Atzel's or Thunder River without running into a group of peopl... : Slowtreme
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            so wait. if i am looking for someone in a zone THEY MIGHT NOT EVEN BE THERE because of this instancing? : oHnOES
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              If you are in the same party you will (should) always get placed in the same instance of the zone now. ... : Slowtreme
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                thats really fucking lame. i think this just made me make up my mind about this game : oHnOES
                • For the most part I actually quite like the instancing but every time I'm in an instance I just increasin... : mittense
                • It's not as bad as it sounds. But it does show just how awesome WoW is at presenting it's environments. : Slowtreme
  • This was inexcusable even then. : Evil Benius
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  rarely get ganked in a pvp-rp server ..much less instance camping once out of tortage : cptstern
  • really? Maybe we should move the Shack guild over there. : Skull the Troll
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    I got ganked more in Tortage than I have in the twentysome levels since I left Tortage. : mittense
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      I'm just on a normal PvP server, though (Tranny). : mittense
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        the guys from GFW radio are on Tyranny ..all they do is gank players : cptstern
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          That's amazing. We Shackers just gank the people that feel need to be ganked. Or ugly people. : mittense
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            Or the ones with stupid names. Or the ones who kill us by waiting til we're fighting something, or respaw... : nevicata
            • I kill "mittens" every time I see him because he has my fucking name. If I ever see the person on this : mittense
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  That's the...............main reason I ......................... couldn't get......................... in... : AgentPothead
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    Sup Shatner. : pigvomit
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      Wondering why mmo developers have such a hard on about instances. : AgentPothead
      • Depends on the use of them. For the overworld? No. No nonono. For dungeons? Yes, allows for more uni... : deathofrats
      • AoC is not based on the same rules as WoW. Mostly that mobs and players have mass. you can't (easily) wal... : Slowtreme
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  Worst than zone loading is a load screen when you get rezzed. I mean wtf is that? : r_picmip 5
  • Yeah. That's pretty much the most fucking random and annoying loading screen in the game. : mittense
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  What was nice about WoW, was that even on the pvp realms, the terrain was expansive enough to where you c... : deathofrats
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    Or even better just head to another zone. There were so many choices available it kind of took the repeat... : Pettytheft
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      In AoC if you're getting griefed it isn't that hard to get away, I really don't understand it. Spawn, ru... : wykd
      • The first thing I do is switch to the instance on the bottom of the list whenever I start the game. : snuff
• I dunno. I hated the newb island pretty much. I was tired of going back to " 5 fps Tortage " all the ti... : Delaric
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  As a slight hijack, the shackers on Tyranny and I grouped up for a level forty instance last night and we... : mittense
  • God... suzi's got such a nice ass. : Edges
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  You're so full of it. When you zone in you're protected for a period of time from being ganked, and you ... : wykd
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    Just as an example, on Tyranny (shack PvP), I have 145 kills and only 39 deaths in PvP. : wykd
    • ....at level 36 : wykd
  • Sometimes it still happens, even with the what, 5 seconds of protection? : adhy
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  "I do like pvp, just not getting repeatedly ganked" When is a pvp server anything but this? When you... : AltZero
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    you people who complain about this sort of thing just dont get it. play old school UO. you NEEDED to so... : oHnOES
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      No, I get it. That does not sound fun at all. : OverloadUT
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        its the most fun ive ever had with a video game : oHnOES
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          the reason why mmos are newbified now is because of UO. trammel made that so. it ruined UO also : oHnOES
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            You should check out Darkfall...game by a bunch of devs in Greece with the idea of bringing UO back to th... : DianeOfTheMoon
            • seriously? ill have to look at this : oHnOES
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              Darkfall is never coming out : wykd
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                The devs have stated the game is feature complete, undergoing polish and confirmed a release by the end o... : DianeOfTheMoon
                • I'm fairly sure Darkfall has had numerous release dates / beta release dates announced before. The game... : wykd
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        Early MMOs whether it be PvP or PvE forced socialization. EQ for example was very un-soloable in PvE and ... : jane911
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          I understand this, and it's a shame. However, I don't think you need ganking to be in the game for it to ... : OverloadUT
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            it made it EXCITING to go out in the wilderness in UO. it was live and kill or die : oHnOES
            • plus when they added the "bounty board" you could atleast gain notoriety with the newbs who werent with t... : oHnOES
            • Oh god I miss UO so much now. Thanks. I remember the first night on that game. It absolutely blew my ... : great-white
          • Some people find it fun, some don't. That is why there are PvE servers with optional PvP. Fullblown PvP i... : jane911
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          I hope that trend towards solo play continues. I've never enjoyed forced grouping. Apparently most peop... : tree8
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            They aren't popular because they are dated and no effort was put into continuing their franchises. Most a... : jane911
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              definitely my most memorable GAMING moments ever are from UO. : oHnOES
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                Same. The first and always will be the best. Even mature mmo like Conan doesn't let me cut up corpses a... : Edges
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                  My first was Star Wars Galaxies. :( : mittense
                  • swg did crafting right : oHnOES
                  • Ugh.. I'm so sorry. What an awesome idea gone bad that was. : Edges
              • Why are you not playing on Tyranny? :( : nevicata
            • I think a lot of peoples first MMO is unforgettable. I know mine was. That was Galaxies, a game in whic... : tree8
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            Then why don't you just go play Mass Effect or Oblivion and stop ruining my favorite genre >: : Modica Sol Solis
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              "I play MMORPGs because I enjoy the environment, the gameplay, the epic feel." : tree8
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                That's what RPGs are for. Your FFXII, your Oblivion, your Mass Effect. Each of those games have environme... : Modica Sol Solis
                • Don't get me wrong, I love to solo. I pretty much exclusively played the solo classes in all my MMOs. Bea : Modica Sol Solis
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                  You and I have COMPLETELY different definitions of gameplay. They might resemble each other on paper, ... : tree8
                  • I'm just jaded and malcontent because my favorite genre of games has been robbed of what made it my favor... : Modica Sol Solis
                • iawtp : ColoradoCNC
            • Seriously. Final Fantasy XI went a big crazy with group-only play but, really, that's the fucking POINT o... : mittense
            • Signed. I was a kid when I started playing UO, and wow. I fell in love with that game. The first f... : Danny5225
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          That's what is nice about PvP AoC servers - is in this situation, instead of nobody talking -they will ei... : YoYo
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            ^^ This Also there is plenty of crap talk on my server about good/bad PvP and lots of ribbing if you ... : Slowtreme
            • Yeah, people that fail their gank is pretty amusing. :) If they do, I kill them, then kill them again ... : nevicata
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    I've never really experienced mass gankage in a PVP game once it's older then 3 months. The FFA EQ serve... : nukewinter
    • This is exactly the answer I was looking for. I never stuck it out on PvP servers in any MMO long enough... : AltZero
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  I'm playing on Tyranny and while I get ganked a decent amount, I've never been camped. I don't have an... : freak!
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    With us? I never got our party members' shacknames. :( : mittense
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      I play as Blacklodger and I have no idea who everyone else was. : freak!
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        I was Mittaens. Suzimiya was my lurker friend, and I have yet to figure out who Axgar is. : mittense
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          Lol... that's me. : Edges
          • Yeah. Someone just reminded me that I already knew your Shackname and I just keep forgetting it. : mittense
  • Could you just go in a bit of detail what the instance was like? I'm itching to know how one is. : Lionel2b
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  I just bought my horse... what a waste of 3 gold. It's like, 10% faster than on foot. : snuff
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    And you get knocked off of your mount all the fucking time. : snuff
    • There is a bug in the horse and iyou have to take out your weapon to go full speed. also they found the b... : Slowtreme
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  You know you can still PvP on a PvE server, right? You just don't get ganked randomly. : Goncyn
  • The game is already instanced enough, the last thing I would want personally is instanced only PvP. : wykd
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  PvE isn't all that much more fun to be honest. The game looks great, but it's just missing something. To ... : Visceral Monkey
  • How far did you actually make it? It would be hard to judge WoW based on Levels 1-20. In AoC you haven'... : wykd

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  Mute Steam IDs (lakren, you) : hardfl1p
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    Esc > Mute Players ? : crummynz
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      HOOOOOOOOOOORAAYYYYYYYYYY : hardfl1p
      • :( : shirif
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      I think he means permanently, so when you re encounter them you don't have to mute them again. Personall... : shirif
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        you sound like a very social person : lakren
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          you talk a lot in TF2. I just watched the demo vs 2l2c "Im NOT WEARING ANY PANTS!" "HEY MY BROHTER JU... : boomstickah
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            i'm not sure what you're talking about, i only talk about things crucial to the gameplay at hand : lakren
            • How dare you speak in TF2. Go sit in the invisible corner. : itsjeff9
          • it's damn game, geez : c0bra
  • ive noticed we have a couple of really annoying people on voice on the shack servers. : Antilles_Prime
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  Tits : indosauros
  • I second the motion : skinlab133
  • boobies : strawfake
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    yep female classes : flasher 907
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      Why, so you can flash them? : ifallible
      • Ka-Boom! : Grumbeld
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  Hoverboards. : dumb.
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    Keep those in UT3 : OmegaRed59
    • Hahah no seriously there are hoverboards in UT3? Wow... : dumb.
• TFC style entities for mappers to create their own game rules instead of CounterStrike-esque game built i... : alias
• It would spawn a teleporter here. : lolpatrol
• Jedi class : RikiTiki2
• offline tutorial :) okay that's not really a gameplay mechanic but i think all online multiplayer game... : qwpeoriu
• p0rtals : shirif
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  Necrophilia. : Ride-My-Rocket
  • Shit, I wasted my vote on hoverboards ): : dumb.
• 1 point per teleport and 1 point per destroyed sapper : eeeealmo
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  I would give the Pyro a jet-pack that burns through his fuel at an insane rate but lets him briefly outru... : ChibiJosh
  • i love this idea so hard. : laurgasms
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    like a directed rocket jump maybe? so that he could launch out into the battlefield? that would be crazy ... : Antilles_Prime
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      and for the snipers. : ass-street
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        i think that would be a snipers worst nightmare, actually, cause a pyro is a sniper-killer in close, but ... : Antilles_Prime
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          BS. I'd still get his ass. I love shooting at Soldiers and Demomen that rocket / sticky jump across the m... : K1Bond007
          • I was thinking 1 'flame jump' cost 101 pyro flame ammo and is a bit higher than a standard soldier rocket... : DrFlammable
        • it's not very hard to shoot someone in the air as a sniper imo : ass-street
    • As long as the landing is padded. : Ride-My-Rocket
  • I think I could do this. This entire thread is just a guise for idea-collecting because I want to try my ... : DrFlammable
  • Holy shit that would be awesome. : dmason
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  distance based damage for rockets. : edgewise
  • greater, or weaker at a distance? : action roommate
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    I thought they already did that? : .frame
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      they do get weaker over distance. : pyide
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        really? i didn't know that at all. cool. : ass-street
        • http://tf2wiki.net/wiki/Rocket_launcher : pyide
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      removing it. sorry. straight damage regardless of distance. : edgewise
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        hear hear! i'm not sure why they did it this way, to keep the long range spam down? doesn't matter as ... : pyide
        • it's a tough issue. you've got people who feel they should be rewarded for the skillful distance rocket ... : ass-street
      • I agree now that the amount of ammo the soldier can carry has been reduced. : Horn
  • how about more damage for direct hits on the body : indosauros
  • I hate that they have that. it makes no sense, it's not the velocity of the rocket that does damage its ... : Dyllers
• AWP : smax
• Karaoke mod on all shack servers : H@rvester
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  Class specific grenades. It was a mistake to remove them. Search your feelings you know it to be true. : RyDogg1
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    if concussion merely stuns / dizzies... : RikiTiki2
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      Yes yes we all know that nades in TFC were not perfect blah blah blah, but they could have been changed a... : RyDogg1
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        un-uber is a pretty simple mechanic to implement, although adding grenades could prove to be very challen... : DrFlammable
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          next round of medic unlocks should have a charge draining / uber disrupting medigun. would make medic fig... : RikiTiki2
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            Or a needle gun that saps 1% uber per hit : DrFlammable
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              that's a really good idea. : ass-street
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                then we'd have medics spamming their puny damage needles everywhere instead of healing people. : SolveChrist
                • that's why my idea was better. have the 3rd medigun unable to charge from healing, and only able to charg... : RikiTiki2
            • Now see Flam you are painting yourself back into a corner. if you start adding all these different weapo : RyDogg1
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    I can't agree :( : geedeck
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      It's not TeamFortress in my eyes without class specific weapons and grenades. : RyDogg1
      • we already have class specific weapons : RikiTiki2
  • I agree with you RyDogg1 : deject
  • agreed, in limited numbers and with less power than some of TFC's super nades. : ]pm[chem
  • I sure don't! : A Sponge
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    No. It's bad enough that one class gets them. : alarm cock
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      Yeah I honestly think they should get rid of them from the demoman too. Give him some other weapon that i... : datoo
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        You hate the demoman so much, don't you? : NastyJack
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          I suppose I do, NastyJack. : datoo
          • I don't hate the demoman actually, but I do hate dying to nade spam. I also think they could've come up w... : datoo
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    5 kills = 1 class specific grenade. Now if I could just figure out how to add grenades. Also I would need... : DrFlammable
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      also i'd need models.. :/ : DrFlammable
      • the models are still left in from the SDK you can download for free. : Klebold
    • 5 points? : RikiTiki2
    • medics should get heal grenades that do AoE healing : electroly
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      You can't add grenades because the code for them was removed from the game. : DrWaffles
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        Have you played on the 3-pg servers? They've got grenades. If you get 5 kills you get to use one of those... : DrFlammable
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          Then they're probably using plugins... You can't add grenades via mapping. : DrWaffles
          • well yeah, that's what I meant, they are definitely using plugins. : DrFlammable
  • Fuck grenades. If offensive grenades are ever officially implemented in TF2, then screw that game. I ... : DrWaffles
• i would add a fucking overhead map for shit like steel. what the fuck. : dopeman
• flashlights. : ass-street
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  Fucking Hunted. That's all I want. : SolveChrist
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    Agreed. This is what I was hoping TF2 was going to be, all those years ago when it was first announced. : dirge23
    • What, you mean 10? : prostyle
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    Yea :( How's it going to work in TF2 though? Goldrush style with 3 sections? : Snuffles-
    • It can work the same exact way it's always worked. That way the rounds are faster and the VIP can be a d... : Grumbeld
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    I could make a hunted map, but I'd need a custom Civilian class and I don't know how to make those. It'd ... : DrFlammable
    • http://tf2wiki.net/wiki/Civilian : Sze Ior
  • I'd start playing again if they added Hunted in. : hawkeye
  • Yes! Also, anything to make it more like Enemy Territory (wolf, not the newer one). : deathofrats
  • Here, Here! : Grumbeld
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  I would revamp most of the classes. It doesn't make sense that, what, four classes have a copycat shotgun... : Modica Sol Solis
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    Also class grenades do not necessarily have to be grenades. The Pyro could be able to set oil slicks/ince... : Modica Sol Solis
    • yes, yes, yes, and yes please : electroly
• The pyro needs a set of wings so he can fly in from above and flame his enemies : boomstickah
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  remove crits : Jackass1233
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    how would i get kills!? : ass-street
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      by using skill! : AlexXdude
      • Shit, I'd have to quit then : Arctic Fox
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  Get rid of snipers. : Horn
  • Bite your tongue. : Rigor Morts
• Canalzon with QWTF style command points (taking a flag at half speed to command points). or Removing ... : Rag and Bone Man
• I don't think TF2 needs more complexity so I'm against alternate weapons, special class grenades, special... : EvilDolemite
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  the pyro should have a minigun attached to his flamethrower that shoots out crit rockets : lowpoly
  • ^^ best idea yet! :D : ass-street
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    and launches scouts too : RikiTiki2
    • "Dat's what I'm talkinnnnnnnn abouttttttt" : EvilDolemite
    • no way heavy will have the scout launcher. : ass-street
• I'll take grappling hook for 300 Alex. : AgentPothead
• bitching about crits. : manero
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  Civilian Class Custom Entity/Scripting Support Grappling Hook Bunnyhopping Hunted Border Civsaw ... : prostyle
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    uhhh, you should probably go back to playing TF for Quake I think. : DrFlammable
    • Don't worry, I never went anywhere. : prostyle
• Crit odds toned down. I have issues with class balance, but I reserve judgement until all of the class un... : Sze Ior
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  Even wilder looking maps. Enough of the base in the middle of the desert. How about an underwater base,... : deathofrats
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    i like the cut of your jib : pyide
    • i like the jib of your cut : Modica Sol Solis
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    Ixnay on the blimpay. >_> : DrWaffles
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      ^^^ Fails at Pig Latin : Arctic Fox
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        uietqay : DrWaffles
        • welcome to limpbay population ((_)===D : ass-street
  • didn't they say we'd be seeing some new maps with different settings/texture sets soon? and by soon in my : ass-street
  • cp_aqua is a nice underwater map. Some points are hard to cap though. : razlebol
  • Some vertical maps would be fun too. : c0bra
  • a map that takes place in a volcano would be awesome. i think there should be a map that takes place in s... : Mmmmmoo
• no ubers or crits. : mista mista
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  Only one? :| Movement. I'd love it if it could be more like QWTF or CPM, of course that would require ... : synapse19
  • yes please. I would love to play a faster tf2. : wabut
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  Pyros can't shoot. They just wander around as fodder. : ieGod
  • This is different from the current implementation how? : DrFlammable
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  demomen should be able to carry 100 of each kind of grenade and fire rate should be 3X as fast as now : skunk_ape
  • ok maybe not, but they should be able to detonate stickies as soon as they leave the barrel. : skunk_ape
• Quake 3 Arena movement : Florisjuh.LrF
• make it so engineer isn't the baby sitting class. build stuff > sit at sentry bored out of mind. : AMikaboshi
• Exploding kittens : ezanga
• auto ban kids with mics : Snipergen
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  UBER breaks this game. So i'd remove it. : gyokuro
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    All Voice over Net enabled games should have the ability to set cutoff frequencies to filter out the kids... : yemeth
    • Meant for Snipergen of course. : yemeth
  • Do you play competitively? Your post makes me think not. Strategies are based around uber and uber-counte... : eonix
• MORE UBERS. MORE CRITS. : hirez
• Turn critting into something you can activate once you've filled up a progress bar based on points instea... : kainen1
• border1 : CyCo_PL
• I'd like to see a server option that automatically turns on the mic of the person who you last killed for... : lowpoly
• An Armored Personnel Carrier! : Sailor of Fortune
• add strafejumping : Mansmells
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  It would be nice if there were more fortress based ctf maps. : Pneum0
  • More CTF maps period. I'm sick of the new CP : cfalcon
• Engineers get to throw concussion grenades on specific maps like 2Fort. : Maddog_Delphi97
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  DAMAGE FALL OFF FOR ALL WEAPONS BUT STICKIES MUST GO : romulan
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    stickies never have had damage fall off. I thought the only weapon with damage fall off is the rocket. : ant_hillbilly
    • every weapon has damage fall off : lakren
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  Everytime you battle a demomen and they run away cowarding, it calls them a fag. Also less stickies in t... : ant_hillbilly
  • yeah .. seriously. soldiers get 4 rockets, demo gets an assload of stickies which is the weapon that make... : jane911
• Engineer suicide EMP weapon. Sets off ammo of nearby enemies and kills the engineer. : drodver
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  Make CTF fun. : dmason
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    I'd rather just remove it in favor of something else. CTF is just broken in this game. It's not nearly as... : K1Bond007
    • I'd gladly exchange CTF for a real The Hunted mode. : dmason
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      CTF isn't broken, it's that most of the maps made for it right now just aren't as good as the CP maps. T... : ]pm[chem
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        the problem with ctf in tf2 is that there's no way to enhance movement. things are too slow for ctf. : Modica Sol Solis
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          hence, smaller bases, larger areas between them. for example, ctf_well is fine until you get deep inside... : ]pm[chem
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            i think one flag would work much much better for tf2, the two flag idea stretches everyone too thinly for... : Modica Sol Solis
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              ooh, like a Steal The Bacon Mode. One flag in the center that everyone runs for and has to get back to t... : SolveChrist
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                It would be better to have to take it to their side. It would be like football IMO. No sending it back to... : K1Bond007
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                  yea, i like that idea. no resetting the "bacon" until a point is scored. I would think you could convert... : SolveChrist
                  • Anything involving bacon would greatly improve this game. : dumb.
                • That sounds like bombing run for TF2 and I love it. : pyide
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              no, that is not CTF. : ]pm[chem
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                there is a flag and you're capturing it how is that not ctf : Modica Sol Solis
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                  in every good, popular, traditional CTF game, there are two teams, two flags, two bases. red versus blue... : ]pm[chem
                  • well i wasnt claiming it to be Traditional CTF Since The Days Of The Round Table I was just saying it'... : Modica Sol Solis
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    has there been any one flag maps yet? either neutral intel that spawns in the middle and is fought ove... : pyide
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      I haven't seen any. : dmason
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        BBall! : Grumbeld
        • OH YEAH! I've never been able to play that map as it should be played, 2v2 3v3 etc. Seems fun. And it p... : pyide
  • Where is my 4fort : chungathebunga
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  Unlocks not requiring stupid ass achievements. : DOOManiac
  • ^^^^ Shack of the Year ^^^^ : pyide
  • kreckt : Jiven
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  Rework the support classes so that they're actually fun to play most of the time instead of 10% of the ti... : datoo
  • I love playing support classes. Though I'd agree many of them are situational. : zakazi
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  Remove some of the clip brushes from the maps so that most surfaces that I physically can reach I can sta... : eonix
  • Yeah they did go a little overboard with the clip brushes. : dumb.
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  A multiplayer improvement would be to servers that are restricted by group membership(s) in Steam instead... : digital_d
  • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=16594663 : zipper76
• VEHICLES remote crits and increase ubers : virus
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  Backstabs : Mad Jack McMad
  • I agree, there should be more. : dmason
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  make the demoman stikies do less damage the longer they sit there. other classes have distance reduced... : hamachi
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    make the primary weapon more useful, too : Modica Sol Solis
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      I've discovered that it is really useful. The key is to spend a lot of time only using it in order to pr... : Grumbeld
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        I like the primary weapon, but how do you do long range snipes with it? It has a pretty short distance a... : OmegaRed59
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          You can shoot it pretty far by angling it upwards really high. Not sure if that's what Grumbeld meant. Th... : NastyJack
          • i refuse to believe that you three jacks have any weaknesses in regards to the class. : Klebold
          • Yeah, I meant the upward angle. I've found it's a great way to take out some sentries as they fire reall... : Grumbeld
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  I want a level where two carts race each other. Each team pushes a cart, at one or two points the tracks... : thief
  • this would be pretty cool. : Agrona
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    I think one of the early versions of goldrush, valve may have had both teams competing for the same cart.... : Ziggurat
    • No, two carts is what I want. : thief
• Hunted More attack/defend maps Fewer linear CP maps (I'm really starting to hate them) Canal Zone / T... : Grumbeld
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  Game Speed to 200%. Or just movement speed. : madspacemarinemustdie
  • Heh, say good bye to the soldier if you increase character movement but not rocket movement. : Grumbeld
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  soldier move faster : flasher 907
  • the soldier most definitely needs, if anything, more knockback on ubers. Not an insane amount, but enoug... : thief
• portal gun that sets up temporary portals, that you can shoot through or walk through : mmogger
• I would add a mode that made people never ask what gameplay mechanic they would add to TF2. Seriously,... : anhero
• A new type of sentry for Engineers to build which they can sit on and manually aim + fire. Also, it would... : vynn
• make it so there aren't any unlockable items that affect gameplay, or at least make it so you can have an... : jonas54

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• Oh yeah and no MMORPG : hamliga
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  Take your character you completed the game with an import it to a NEW game for more uber awesome. Be the ... : Sailor of Fortune
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    Cool but is it the same story and dialogue all over? : hamliga
    • Yes, but slightly different dialogue and outcomes. Also, some that lived will now die. : Sailor of Fortune
    • for the most part. but if you went full paragon or renegade the first time you can do the other. lots ... : pyide
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    this is exactly what i'm doing - I was full paragon my first run though, now i'm trying for all renegade : lonepie
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      But you can import your character in Mass Effect 2 when it arrives... I don't want to mess up my guy :-( : hamliga
      • You import it from a save game, just don't save over the first completion. : Sailor of Fortune
      • you can go back a 3rd time along the original path again. shit, it only took your 9 hours you psycho. ... : pyide
  • Vampire Maquerade on Steam : quazar
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  9 hours? I'm planning on buying it but 9 hour is short for a rpg. : razlebol
  • It's still worth it imo : hamliga
  • It's a very damn quick game if you avoid the side-quests which might happen since they are all exactly al... : Lionhart32935
  • 9 hours is about the length of the main storyline mission, there's tons and tons of side quests that will... : pukerat
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    If you skip over everything and just run to the end as fast as possible you can probably do it in 9 but i... : trevis
    • After I was done on Feros the game told me to find that evil guy ASAP so I got under the impression I had... : hamliga
  • I'm about 2/3rds through and I'm over 20 hours. People seem to love speeding through games. : deject
  • I'm at 11 hours on my 2nd play through and I've only finished 1 of the main missions. I have 2 more majo... : slickdoody
  • I spent way way way more time on it doing all the side missions on the 360 version. : K1Bond007
  • 9 hours if you do nothing but rush through the main mission. on my first playthrough i spent 12 hours in... : dantastic
  • 9 hours is a speed run, period. I beat it in 9 hours on my second playthrough skipping whatever I could ... : DinK
• Fingers crossed we'll see Dragon Age sometime soon! : cause&effect
• way to not do a damn side mission... like, wow. : -=kodiak=-
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  The Witcher : EvilDolemite
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    ^^ This is a great suggestion actually.. especially if the "re-release" of it with the newer English Dub ... : cause&effect
    • Oh god, is this it? Date says 9/16/08. Dunno if I can wait that long! http://www.ebgames.com/Catalog/P... : Lionel2b
  • Agreed. Great dialog, fantastic story, awesome setting, and titties. : kenmis
  • The Witcher > Mass Effect Loved that game to hell : phate81
  • Not that Geralt needs it, but more love for The Witcher! : Moonbase Commander
• I just finished Mass Effect yesterday and it was pretty awesome. The sidequests vary from boring to grea... : Rag and Bone Man
• wow sounds cool.. game still doesnt run for me :( : Iwannaacura
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  9 hours? what the fuck? did you skip all the dialog and cutscenes? my friend went through ONLY doing t... : n0v4
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    I did pretty much everything I found and clocked in around 20 hours. I don't see how you spend 40 hours o... : sigpro
    • How could you play this game for the first time and NOT read the codex info? so much cool stuff in there... : DinK
• 9 hours wtf? i'm 20 hours in and still have a lot more to do : eeeealmo
• Definitely Oblivion if you haven't played it, it's a different kind of game, but the dialog interaction i... : ovrlrd
• 9hrs? Finished in just under 30 hours myself. : dael
• 9 hours lol wow, took me 20 hours with minimal side-quests : AlexXdude
• 9 hours? hmm, I think I may play this now! I wanted to before but don't have the time for long RPGs an... : bakanoodle
• How the fuck do you beat Mass Effect in 9 hours ? That doesn't even make sense. I suppose if you skip eve... : qwpeoriu
• How the hell did you do it in 9 hours? It took me 40 my first time through. : FushigiDenki
• i am working on my 3rd time through. doing the hardcore difficulty. New characters each time. Apparently... : stgulik
• I absolutely loved Oblivion. My original character had 80 hours on him in the original game and he was u... : DinK
• What a way to destroy a game buy rushing it. Play it again and do everything this time and you'll enjoy i... : spaceyme