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• They're just giving those potential sales to people with the balls to stick with developing PC games. : dumb.
• Did he just pull those numbers out of his ass? Sounds like another developer's rant on piracy because the... : lightly inclined
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  He needs an excuse! : dmason
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    Piracy is kind of a red herring. The way they should look at it is "People spent $X million on games las... : dirge23
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      The problem is that that number doesn't appear to be making the rounds publicly. NPD numbers are flawe... : dedgecko
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        This should be more transparent, but I don't think there's any doubt that a massive amount of money is sp... : dirge23
        • Oh without a doubt, I fully agree with you. They need to make better games that more people would WANT t... : dedgecko
• This new age of torrents and torrent trackers now means developers/publishers can get on the internet and... : zakk
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  How do they get these numbers? Do they track torrents or something? : CrustaR
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    Maybe mathematical forecasting and modelling in the same way that any study, poll, survey, etc., arrives ... : Attica Blue
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      And how would that be? : CrustaR
      • However they do these things. ... : Attica Blue
      • There are multiple points of data you can check. For example you can track how many online players there ... : navelskrutt
  • I know... about two years ago one of the places I was at was in the middle of having a team 'looking at' ... : xsoulbrothax
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  THREADJACK: What could have saved Crysis at retail? Pretend for a minute, regardless of your opinion o... : Schnapple
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    It could have sold more if it wasn't a boring shooter with a graphics engine that didn't require the best... : NastyJack
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      Oh please. I'm so sick of "Crysis was boring". It was only boring to ADHD kids who can't stand anything o... : Kazomir
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        I love the splinter cell games. The thief series is an all time favorite. Crysis was boring, generic and ... : NastyJack
        • Huh. Well you don't fit my angry characterization of Crysis haters then. Sorry. : Kazomir
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        Seriously, in a game like Crysis saying "it's boring" is like looking at an empty field in Rollercoaster ... : psycho100
        • hrm? my lack of creativity? what did you do, paint fine art with your bullets? it was running in the j... : kiddygrinder
  • they could have toned down the graphics a bit. I realize that it's Crysis but you can't make a balls out... : redfive
  • I know I didn't buy it because I knew my computer couldn't run it for shit. Then again, I rarely buy a si... : GloriousCow
  • if they waited till nowish when 8800GTs are $150ish, they might have sold more. when it came out, i would... : cpt_gloval
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    It brought nothing new to the table besides requiring insane system specs in order to run at the best set... : jingletard
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      Yeah, I probably would have pulled the trigger and picked this up if anybody had talked about compelling ... : dirge23
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        you must not have been listening, because lots of people were loving the gameplay. It didn't get this rat... : derelict515
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          yeah the only guy i know who bought it really liked it despite having to tame down the settings. : cpt_gloval
          • i was hoping for a xbox360 port myself. : cpt_gloval
        • yeah, i wasn't really listening that hard because of the hardware thing. crysis is still on my "buy later : dirge23
    • This isn't really accurate. I haven't seen anything quite like the tank mission in Crysis with an entire... : grendel
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    I'm just starting to play this game after a falling out with S.T.A.L.K.E.R i am hatelull and eternally la : hatelull
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      I played it in Very High at 1280x720 (720p, or the same rez I run my 360 at) and it ran smooth as silk an... : grendel
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        I don't think my 8800GTS would let me pull VERY High, and I use 1280x1024 because that's the native resol... : hatelull
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          You know your monitor can handle non-native resolutions, right? The only time that is an issue is when y... : grendel
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            non-native looks horrible on a lot of LCD monitors : OmegaRed59
            • Yes, but the "no scaling" option actually works on the (G92) 8800's! It may be my favorite thing about mi... : mn3m0n1c
  • I agree with most of these posts - but the shitty cliffhanger ending is what was the nail in the coffin f... : dedgecko
  • I think nothing on the PC side. You can't fight the mass appeal, low hw req games. They honestly shoul... : thebigbeefsandwhich
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    Advertising. They sold 1.5 million and are bitching? fuck them. : Stoned Gargoyle
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      yeah, did you see any ads for Crysis anywhere? GTA4 doesn't need to advertise at all but they've still go... : derelict515
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        I think that just means they targeted their ads. I've seen plenty of them, just not on TV and busses. Y... : smegmar
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          but you're advertising to people who already know about your product for the most part there. Surely you ... : derelict515
          • I'm not advertising to nobody. : smegmar
    • Sold in or sold through? If they sold 1.5 million through to consumers, they're in pretty good shape f... : kungfusquirrel
    • Crysis had a $50 million budget and projected sales over 5 million. So, yeah...if it gets pirated to shit... : Wisp!
  • Step 1. Make a fun game. Step 2. Sell millions of copies Step 3. Profit They fucked up on Step 1. : Gonzo
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    Didn't COD4 do something like 500K on the PC? : navelskrutt
    • No one knows the actual numbers, all we know is that it sold 10M overall and the post popular platform wa... : Schnapple
    • No way. It has to be over a million. It was still in the Top 10 as of last month. This month they said it... : K1Bond007
  • Steam (seriously) and Better optimization for lower system specs. That's why I have not purchased Crysis.... : K1Bond007
  • The demo was kind of cool and all, but it felt like one of those games where you had to spend and extra $... : Rag and Bone Man
  • They should have been more clear as to what computers could run it - I was hesitant about buying a game I... : sonicdeathwalrus
  • It's a very short game, a very hardware intensive game, and while there is a lot of replayability, there ... : Modica Sol Solis
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  Really. You think if you sell a million copies, that 20 million people have pirated your game? : silent prophet
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    Right. And even if that figure was correct, if you sell on million copies, and there are 20 million pira... : twifosp
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      This argument is so tired and painful to read. A pirated game that wouldn't have been a sale is STILL st... : grendel
      • Who said it wasn't stealing? : Kaerof
      • I'm not using it as an argument FOR piracy. I agree that it is stealing. But to assume that all pirated... : twifosp
    • I don't think anyone with even half a brain has tried to make that argument. The point is that the number... : navelskrutt
  • I think the statement was more in line with the average PC game, not the million sellers. : walker270
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    I don't think 20M is that out of line... I mean you have 10M+ legitimate players for WOW, so I don't see ... : navelskrutt
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      so having double the sales of one of the most successful games of all time is reasonable? k... : derelict515
      • Maybe you should try that again. : navelskrutt
      • considering that the game costs far more than a regular retail game, not too bad. i mean how much have pe... : xsoulbrothax
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      I doubt 20 million people even own a Crysis-level PC. : Vincent Grayson
      • A lot of pirates probably downloaded it and weren't sure whether their system could handle it. Of course,... : Wisp!
    • yeah and 4 million of them are in China who aren't going to pay $50 for game much less one that will not ... : retardhumper
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  I wonder how many pirated copies of TF2 are out there. None you say? Note to Crytek: Learn from other ... : twifosp
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    Yeah, but TF2 is a multiplayer-only game that is tied into Steam. : CrustaR
    • So, sell far cry 2 on steam for a market adjusted price and see how much better they do. You can't make ... : twifosp
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      How many irated copies of HL2 and it's episodes are there? I'm pretty sure I've seen reports that all ... : dedgecko
      • Quite a few, actually. :| They don't really complain about 'em because they've sold many copies. : CrustaR
  • There are actually pirated versions of TF2 but they can only play on a handful of pirated servers. Not wo... : DrFlammable
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  I'd love to see how they derived those numbers : derelict515
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    Ass + Numbers = POOF! : Phreakin
    • Ass - Numbers, isn't it? : MKCluney
• was the fact that... is really, at the moment, I would say.. most intensely... ever... : das_runt
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  Paging RomSteady. : Dynotaku
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    For SiN Episodes: Emergence, we had five times as many people with pirated copies of the game contacting ... : RomSteady
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      Why the FUCK would you contact tech support if you stole a game. : RyDogg1
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        Because they were idiots. : RomSteady
        • haha i agree. i bought your game and enjoyed it. it was a good price. : dantastic
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          I wish there was another episode... : .ka`boom.zZz.
          • Bought it as well and I agree. : at0micgarden
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        Because it's not working? : SilverSnake
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          Yes, but maybe its because of the crack or something? They usually remove copy protection, and sometimes ... : FiReaNG3L
          • most cracks, especially ones that come out early in a game's life are almost always going to break someth... : mikecyb
      • because some people want the moon for free. : the archvile
      • happens way more than you would think. : dahanese
      • Have you seen comments in any major torrent site? They are quite possibly some of the dumbest people ever... : freshyk
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      I think Chris Taylor made a great point one time to look at the number of high-end graphics cards and the... : smegmar
      • If I had to choose between a game that I could crank all the way up and still run smoothe as glass but po... : hatelull
    • goddamit, they need to make this POTM text box bigger. : edgewise
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      I don't think your case is a very good illustrator, to be honest. The fact that there was an auto-updater... : geedeck
      • I agree that this means that my numbers are skewed, but it does skew towards a larger amount of stupid pe... : RomSteady
    • So there was 5 calls to tech support? I kid : razlebol
    • i liked that game and am proud that i bought it on steam. go steam go! : AMikaboshi
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      You know you are talking to a brick wall. Even though you are speaking from experience and pretty much de... : Pettytheft
      • there was an epic funny debate about that somewhere in here.. : xsoulbrothax
      • I know. The major problem that we have is that for the most part, the people who are actively speaking n... : RomSteady
    • OK.. but If you sell 100,000 copies of the game and 10% need tech support so 10,000 so that means 50,0... : snowwolf
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      your math is wrong. you're assuming that 100% of people who bought it legally contacted tech support. : moonbreaker
      • We had a 1% contact rate during week one, which was stellar given an industry average of 3%. But again... : RomSteady
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      Not trying to say piracy isn't an issue or debunk what you're saying, but I was thinking. They say, at... : mobab
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        I think he's really citing an average across all PC titles, not exclusive to Crysis. : walker270
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          Yeah, I must've missed read it somewhere. : mobab
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            Counting the sims alone, at 1.9 billion copies in a time span of 8 years, you get roughly 237 million pir... : mobab
            • Given that the sims crosses more demographics than most games, it is probably played by a larger percenta... : Fayk
    • That seems to prove that more people who get the game illegaly will have problems, instead of "there are ... : psycho100
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  Dear Crytek, release it on steam, the end. : .ka`boom.zZz.
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    THIS MAN KNOWS HOW TO GET OFF A GIRAFFE ... I buy games on Steam often for the SOLE reason that I don't h : hatelull
    • yeah. I've reached that point as well. and in fact, if games that I already own are released later on Ste... : hirez
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      bingo. i do the same thing. it's also great not to have to worry about losing CDs or CD keys. : mindmann
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        Not to mention having games installed on two machines legally. Like TF2 on my desktop and laptop for exam... : terath
        • yeah. i've definitely gone on vacation at my family's house out of state, and was really happy i could lo... : mindmann
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      i hate having boxes and shit for the games too. i dont have room : dantastic
      • Dude, if you don't want the boxes why are you holding on to them? : kiddygrinder
    • Besides the whole "EA means EA Downloader" bit, if Crytek really does believe that piracy is the reason t... : Schnapple
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      Question: Did you buy Mass Effect for PC? It doesn't require the media to play. : SilverSnake
      • It does to re-install. : OmegaRed59
    • Thats pretty much where I'm at now as well. : virus
    • It's great till you lose your internet connection or the steam servers are jammed from a major release. : Pneum0
    • Do you own a console by chance? : Derringer
  • See RomSteady's post about Sin: Episodes. Just because it's released on Steam doesn't mean people won'... : MR 9000
  • like you cant pirate steam games. : doomed
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  What's funny about that is they can't discern between people who bought their game and lost their dvds th... : ifallible
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    You honestly think the number of people who do that add up to any significant figure? : navelskrutt
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      Do you honestly know what the number of people is who do that? Cause I don't. : ifallible
      • We don't need to know an exact number to derive a probable number based on the information we have availa... : RomSteady
      • No I don't have that information, but I do have common sense! : navelskrutt
    • i have personally done that more than twice (replacing a lost cd from a torrent) : cpt_gloval
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    Many people would still consider that pirating. You no longer have possession of the physical media, mea... : omnova
    • But I don't own shit. I have a license to use the software and I still have have that license even if I ... : mtgDoofy
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    Exactly; I've downloaded both CoD 1 and Battlefield Vietnam at least 3 times because one of my discs was ... : Smoochy666
    • Yeah, I torrented Deus Ex 1 after not seein ghte CD for a couple years. Then another year on I found it ... : MamiyaOtaru
  • yea i do this all the time. ill go download a cd i already own because im waaaaay too fucking lazy to ... : -=kodiak=-
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  Developers upset about piracy killed my dog. : omnova
  • It's not our fault your dog was seeding that torrent. : RomSteady
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  if you dont think torrents have dramatically increased the amount of casual pirating these days you're a ... : johnny rotten
  • pretty CLUELESS : johnny rotten
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    Am I the only person who's paranoid about torrents? I'm always afraid I'm gonna see a letter from the MP... : BingusLargus
    • like i said before.. place i used to work at started a team whose job it was to just take a look at and s... : xsoulbrothax
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  OK so here's something new. Let's say that the ratio really is 20 to 1. So out of every 21 people ... : Schnapple
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    well we can't know that ratio so we'll just assume everyone would've bought it and we're getting maximall... : derelict515
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      Sarcasm doesn't make your point very well. : FlatlineDixay
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        I guess I should stick with made up numbers like Crytek ;_; : derelict515
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          They would know a lot better than you what the piracy numbers are. There are ways to figure these things ... : DarkWolf5
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            yes, I agree, and if they want to prove their point they should release their methods and explain how the... : derelict515
            • judging from the way they're acting, they don't see any need to explain to us.. and are shitting bricks a... : xsoulbrothax
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              The industry has been releasing information about sales figures and comparisons related to copy protectio... : RomSteady
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                and that's all well and good, but if Crytek wants to complain about piracy (constantly since all I've see... : derelict515
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                  Valve isn't releasing all their numbers. They're saying they have just over 15 million people and they'r... : RomSteady
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                    right, there are perfectly legitimate reasons, and maybe Crytek's numbers are right, but I'm not just goi... : derelict515
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                      The downside is that the numbers that most people would want, accept and ask for are the numbers that mos : RomSteady
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                        yeah, I can see how that's a problem. But in this case they must've based it on something like looking at... : derelict515
                        • like i've said 3 times now.. oh hell, the place i was at was EA. they put a group together to look specif : xsoulbrothax
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                        That's... surprising. It explains why no one will do a Steam-only release. I always figured that someone ... : Schnapple
                        • It's probably more hardcore than some people here would give it credit for. Still, I'm not too surprised... : MamiyaOtaru
            • But their a DEV were supposed to trust them implicitly! Just like we trusted them to patch the game with ... : Toth21
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    Numbers-out-of-the-ass time. If you assume that there's about 10 "good" games out each year (disregardi... : navelskrutt
    • I can't see how anybody called a "gamer" buys only two games per year unless they only buy MMOs or someth... : DinK
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      There are a lot more than ten good games per year - there are hundreds : EvilDolemite
      • For what? : walker270
      • I meant "good" in the subjective sense. I.e. the average gamer has 10 "want to buy" games on his radar pe... : navelskrutt
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  We all know piracy is just some phony lie those greedy evil developers and publishers made up just to ann : Kazomir
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    My personal favourite, though you don't see it too often these days, is the "yeah, I'm sure it's rough on... : navelskrutt
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      That's why I'm out of the industry. I'm making almost twice as much doing significantly less. : RomSteady
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        But are you doing what you love? : at0micgarden
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          I'm making enough money that I can afford to do what I love in my spare time. : RomSteady
          • which is.. driving ferraris ? : doomed
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            I'm nobody in games development, but I love working on games (google if you want). But if I had to do it... : MamiyaOtaru
            • love and moneys dont always go hand in hand : doomed
    • Honestly I wouldn't care if they were filthy rich. They made a fantastic game and if that makes them rich... : Kazomir
  • I'm far more sympathetic with the software industry when they aren't full of shit. 20 pirated copies f... : stratedge
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  stop making excuses for making a game that doesn't run well on limited hardware. learn2 spec design and m... : anthonybean
  • They said right in the article they made money off of it. Which is the best any developer can hope for. B... : DarkWolf5
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  Question: would anyone really care if the world went console only if consoles allowed mouse and keyboard ... : baron calamity
  • I'm sure someone would : derelict515
  • companies aren't forced to make PC games. Valve and Blizzard are laughing to the bank every year. If a co... : gyokuro
  • I would - I like the idea of being able to do my work and then play and have fun on the same machine : Schnapple
  • At least you can rent games on console. I like the whole PC experience. But give me a good choice of ... : DinK
  • yes indeed I would. : AbortedFetusChristi
  • Dude, that would be choice. I would totally go back to consoles if they'd support mouse and keyboard inst... : WildDanimal
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    It would help, but MODS. Mods and usermade maps are the only reason for me to fire up UT3 right now. An... : MamiyaOtaru
    • "Mods and usermade maps are the only reason for me to fire up UT3 right now" UT3 support both keyboard... : Kristian Joensen
• ThomW needs to make a "WAHHHH" script for this dude. Jesus. : jonin
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  He's right, actually. It's simple math. Crysis sold, what, about 1 million copies? And WoW has about 1... : stratedge
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    I thought Crysis was more in the 150k sold range. : walker270
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      lol, over a million months ago February 1st: http://kotaku.com/351661/crysis-comeback-moves-1-million-c... : OmegaRed59
      • Shipped. Not sold. Crysis continues to sit on shelves, heavily discounted. : critch
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      Nope. It started slow, but the final sales were in the million range. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crys... : Arcanum
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        Worldwide? While I realize that may rank well among PC games, I think that's kinda what he's getting a... : walker270
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          So....they voluntarily made games in a market that has never, ever (excluding WoW) sold the 10+ million n... : Arcanum
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            I think it's more absurd for people to repeatedly claim piracy isn't an issue, PC gaming isn't on the dec... : walker270
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              No one is claiming it isn't an issue. But for PC developers to whine about it, instead of innovate isn't... : twifosp
              • In retail there is a term called leakage. Leakage is merchandise that goes missing from theft, poor inve... : twifosp
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                Valve's fix was to release packs with multiplayer games critically tied to their client to curb piracy. ... : walker270
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                  So partner with steam? I'd be annoyed but that's how the market works. React to market changes, or lo... : twifosp
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                    I don't think the same level of protection Steam offers Valve games is available to other companies... : walker270
                    • sure it is , valve sell it. that's why there's all those other games out there on steam. : kiddygrinder
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              Back these claims up. Show me. Where's the chart of PC game sales dropping? : stratedge
              • Oh yeah, and it better be dropping fast, because the shift from PC gaming to console gaming for most gami : stratedge
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            If their data shows 15-20 million people downloaded their game, there is a problem. If even 5% of those p... : DarkWolf5
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              And those numbers just sound absurdly high. I doubt there are 15-20 million systems capable of playing c... : twifosp
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                This reminds me of a book, Zodiac. In it the protagonist is a chemist/environmentalist. When talking to p... : DarkWolf5
                • Ok, but he probably could prove the number with scientific measurements and data. Crytek isn't exactly pu... : twifosp
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                nVidia sold over $1.7 billion worth of video chipsets over a six month period last year. http://www.nv... : RomSteady
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                  http://xtreview.com/addcomment-id-1179-view-video-card-market-share.html And only 5-10% of those were ... : twifosp
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                    Your article is from the fiscal year prior. : RomSteady
                    • Yes it is. But the percentage points would likely not move a significant amount. Do you think the bleed... : twifosp
                • I'd also like to know what percentage of those were integrated chips on motherboards and laptop mobile ch... : twifosp
                • SO what are you saying? That every chipset that Nvidia sells is Crysis Capable? That article sure lists a... : Stoned Gargoyle
                • Is there any information regarding what part of those sales were gaming market oriented? I know nvidia ma... : slickdoody
      • i don't even think it really started that slow.. those NPD numbers people were lolling at were just prett... : xsoulbrothax
  • heres another reason it: online Crysis multiplayer was buggy and a shitty experience : gyokuro
  • More factors you left out: Wow has been out for much longer. Wow runs on a wider variety of consoles.... : twifosp
  • crysis sold poorly because it shut out so many of the mainstream customers who have mainstream hardware. ... : ninjase
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  same arguments as always: you can't assume anyone who pirated it would have bought it otherwise. the hard... : Medium Heavy
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    in conclusion make a good game and people will buy it the end : Medium Heavy
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      You're a genious! I wonder how nobody else has thought of that! You must be much smarter than all the peo... : navelskrutt
      • The shack's primary demographic (college-aged males) tend to be the biggest pirates. : walker270
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  im pretty sure there was a lot of people out there that pirated the game just to see if the game would ru... : -=kodiak=-
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    ^^^ the system requirements were easily the main reason Crysis was pirated. People aren't going to pay up... : Modica Sol Solis
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      The game had a demo. : walker270
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        what's the difference in downloading a 1+ gig demo and downloading a full dvd for a game? sure, it sou... : -=kodiak=-
        • The demo came out before the game was officially released. I don't know when it came out wrt the pirate ... : walker270
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      exactly. sometimes the absolute simplest explanation is the right one. : -=kodiak=-
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        You mean that people would rather download several gigs and complain about it not running than download l... : RomSteady
        • yea. They would. what do kids/people care when they leave shit up downloading over night or while they... : -=kodiak=-
        • Demos are frequently not reflective of the optimization that goes into the full product. I guess one coul... : Modica Sol Solis
  • yep. it's basically like releasing a console game with some expensive retarded peripheral. konami isn't g... : Medium Heavy
  • I knew the game wouldn't run on my system because of the demo. Once again this is just another bullshit e... : K1Bond007
  • And if it did run it well? You figure they uninstalled it and ran to the store? : Judecca
• unfortunetly when numbers for piracy are brought up they're usually pulled out of someones ass. : unsound
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  there is a lot of passive or implicit piracy support in this thread. clearly crytek is right to be conce... : Luminair
  • there's a lot of people tired of hearing piracy thrown around as an excuse for bad decisions on the behal... : Medium Heavy
  • This thread is pretty tame compared to the dedicated news post. : walker270
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    Indeed. They use these stupid and obvious "Not that I'm a pirate, but piracy isn't the problem dur!" argu... : navelskrutt
    • "10:1 is probably a reasonable estimate" Says who? Your ass? Are you big into piracy? If not, then how... : stratedge
  • YOU'RE EITHER WITH US OR AGAINST US! Don't you think that the truth is somewhere in the middle? Maybe tha... : slickdoody
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  Paging developers/intelligent types: So, I've been wondering. When we speak of the small amount of pi : Danny5225
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    You mean like Steam does? : YoYo
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      I didn't want to explicitly bring up examples, but yes. Things like Battle.net, EA's online system for th... : Danny5225
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        steam basically does this on things like hl2, but it's still cracked pretty quickly and people pirate the... : JINKY
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          but that's for the single player portion isn't it? Cracked versions can play multiplayer on the Steam ser... : derelict515
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            No, the cracked versions can't play multiplayer. They hack apart the game and strip the authentication re... : Danny5225
            • people can play on cracked servers and put together communities and infrastructure to do it AFAIK, simila... : xsoulbrothax
  • They did this with Bioshock and Mass Effect, and will be doing this with Spore as well. The answer is,... : Vincent Grayson
  • People HATE it. EA and Take 2 pretty much had the entire internet raging against them for trying somethin... : xsoulbrothax
  • That is not completely true. Lots of servers for multiplayer games are available for hackers and pirates... : MrLobo
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    The problem there is that none of the gameplay actually requires you to be on the internet, which is why ... : SenorSpine
    • Heh, yeah. I was just brainstorming, trying to figure out a way for a system like this to really work. ... : Danny5225
  • It works well for multiplayer servers because you can verify the keys via a master server and deny those ... : GloriousCow
• i recon the reason for high piracy is much simpler: competition.Everyone has his spending habits, and set... : laki01

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  • Hahah it's that dude from Tango and Cash :D :D "Come Here Puppy!!" : Solstice
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  sorry I can't, for fear of copyright infringement :( : PapaBoo
  • A picture of you naked w/ corn would fall under fair use, I think. : dumb.
  • Is it another picture of you dog shopping? : adodric
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  http://cache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/diving_06_25/diving10.jpg : gmd
  • not very funny, but slightly arousing... : Korban
  • that's pretty cool, actually : pointyelbows
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  • lol : scottythejock
  • lol!!! that's great : Korban
  • hahaha : TrptJim
  • Wahahahahha BOLT 3 : TastyWheat
  • Thou art made of God and win LOL : bRAINsick
  • hahahahahah : orgcaptainnemo
• http://shackpics.com/viewer.php?file=sadhappyboom_7n95lmiquajrzjlt1yyc.gif : Prototype
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    The Philly fans one is awesome! : Githyanki
    • I'm surprised they weren't booing in that picture. : dmason
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      so is the pumpkin one : AMikaboshi
      • yeah, I think that was my fave : Merconium
  • That last one is epic : ColoradoCNC
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  http://www.turnofthecrank.com/wtf/shack/1210104527467Uvlf.jpg http://www.turnofthecrank.com/wtf/shack/ch... : wtf242
  • you sir, are an awesome person. : AMikaboshi
  • You win the shack today. : Endymion_
  • those animal pictures are so much better without the dumb captions. : smoking pets
  • that sketch is so lol : Merconium
  • LOL @ the cat sponge : SqueegyTBS
  • http://www.disgruntledtv.com/pictures/PresidentPalmer2.jpg <--My Dog : socksta
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  http://www.philsized.com/lol/ (prolly contains a little NWS) : Mmmmmoo
  • http://www.philsized.com/lol/katamari.jpg haha : SqueegyTBS
• http://lijconcepts.com/images/cab_mov.jpg http://lijconcepts.com/images/hillary-bucket.JPG http://lijco... : sesmaster
• http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/3808/jesuswaterpolout1.gif : cptstern
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  http://shackpics.com/viewer.php?file=dog_of_war2_6yquiim84le2yypkv7x1.gif http://www.netzwerkomaha.com/p... : Omaha
  • The first one ishilarious and the pool one.. Holy fucking Darwin contenders. : Solstice
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    Haha! Tunnel Baby is one of my all-time favorites. : ChibiJosh
    • haha Me too, It's like he comes out of trance once the tunnel is over. :P : DM7
• www.fletchstudios.com/images/pets.gif : fletch_
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  http://allyourbase.shackspace.com/ahem.jpg : AllYourBase
  • this is wrong on so many levels... btw, is that mr. sleepy on the left? : conandan
  • Was I supposed to laugh at this? I got fucking depressed. : stuka
  • it's a real life Downy Ball :[ : laurgasms
  • piiiiiimp : industro
  • awesome : retardhumper
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  http://virus.shackspace.com/dadshome.swf http://virus.shackspace.com/ottVthornton.jpg http://virus.... : virus
  • Hahahahah Is that one of the Sedin sisters in the last one there? : Solstice
  • damn, dadshome is a blast from the past : moshman
  • haha, that hockey one is great : goatjc
  • I actually made notthefather.gif one a long time ago :) : historyinthemaking
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  http://www.disgruntledtv.com/pictures/Edwise.jpg : socksta
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    tease. : laurgasms
    • you were expecting me, weren't you? : edgewise
• oldies but goodies http://oatmela1.shackspace.com/garfield.jpg http://oatmela1.shackspace.com/hotti... : oatmela
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  http://www.nflight.com/files/DeathWaltz.jpg http://www.nflight.com/files/DeathWaltz02.jpg http://www.n... : helvetica
  • gettingattn.jpg is hilarious : deject
  • haha, based on a Cro-Magnon skinning chant. : edgewise
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    That first Death Waltz is awesome. Almost makes you want to try and play it. "Harpists stand up and wai : Delaric
    • Notice: if you are a 2nd Violinist, please do not use a 1st Violin. Use the 2nd Violin you were issued. : electroly
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  http://shadowdane.shackspace.com/pics/NASA_Cartoon.jpg : Shadowdane
  • oh and this one: http://shadowdane.shackspace.com/pics/wtf_fortune.jpg : Shadowdane
• http://shackpics.com/files/hie_q8m30kacdhfie6t8axes.jpg http://shackpics.com/files/smileydog_u7tp5grnboa... : industro
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  http://www.drac.org/wtf/ my ever growing collection, and a recent favorite: http://www.drac.org/wtf... : draconic
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    hahaha oh please tell me that's from porn. even if the guy does look like Bruce Campbell : tomservo
    • it is, actually. but from which one.. who the hell knows. : draconic
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  http://i28.tinypic.com/xnuvpv.jpg and my favorite, http://i31.tinypic.com/52kfgl.jpg : tomservo
  • These are both pretty good. : socksta
  • haha, that second one is great, never saw it before. : aethyr
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    i LOVE super villian :D : Korban
    • i always imagine that's a young putin : dirge23
  • LOl super villain : SAS_Ale
• http://shackpics.com/files/keepingupwithcommodore_vv3ih6svl7g67ehfijlt.jpg : smax
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/cloud_nine/15354825/sizes/o/in/set-72157600609061250/ : eskimo spy
• This is a great thread, but wtf happened to Stripdir. I keep getting re-driected to some fucking cam site... : Werkin
• http://www.apathymachine.com/gallery/d/271-1/Generic-078.jpg http://www.apathymachine.com/gallery/d/483-... : deject

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  hi dognose, did you call any of those girls? : pancake humper
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    Girls have cooties : dognose
    • I thought this said "Girls have cookies". I must be getting hungry. : deveus1
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      You misspelled "cooters". : Ride-My-Rocket
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        You misspelled "hooters". : Xanthos
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          you misspelled "hoovers" : Omaha
          • you misspelled "hooves" : disposition
    • You lie, dognose! : CrustaR
    • Some people want those cooties : uglysad
• ha, nice : goatjc
• that....was great : onji
• lol, hilarious. : bombay
• hahahha : retardhumper
• ah, I love this thing. : bakanoodle
• that's the best thing I have seen all day : bRAINsick
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  LOL, I can't arrange them by penis : sroylance
  • that was the best line by far. : mindfk
• loool : giantshift
• hilarious! : jlavrenz
• lol , you can't arrange them by penis that was great!!! : dignan
• You are King!!! I'm crying I'm laughing so hard.. just amazing!!!! : Fluffy_Bunny
• hahaha, that was great :D : Frozen Pixel
• Hahaha, very nice! :D : razorblade79
• http://www.apathymachine.com/gallery/d/271-1/Generic-078.jpg http://www.apathymachine.com/gallery/d/483-... : deject
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  That can't be real. Funny though. : Dynotaku
  • I dunno man, I've seen some pretty weird stuff in the corporate world. : c0bra
  • I've run into the majority of it :/ : askedrelic
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    Oh, yeah I think the credits at the end kind of give it away. : Dynotaku
    • If it weren't for that, and the fact that the guy took a picture of something that he was recording, I wo... : naios
  • lol what : skinlab133
• wow that was amazing : flasher 907
• Awesome. : Fred Garvin
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  I honestly [ n{lol}n ] ' d. That was great. : smegmar
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    You did the curly part square and the square part curly! : Omaha
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      why the fuck does orange have to be different? The rest of the colors are { : smegmar
      • Yes, it's the odd one out, unfortunately. I never did understand why it was different, but it is. : Omaha
  • oh goddamit. : smegmar
• Oh man this is a classic! : ysbreker
• hahah that was funny stuff : sikander
• Nice. : fleabug
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  just lol. : humbleone
  • ahaha can't stop laughing : humbleone
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  bahahha You can't arrange them by penis : CapnChaos
  • hahahaha that killed me : sanchez
  • argh, my whatever icon was on the right testicle now I can't find it. lol : oatmela
  • lol, that was the best part! : Sebasti0n
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  dognose, what if I don't have audio? :| : CrustaR
  • Then you will not like this at all : dognose
• This is amazing! : djkenohki
• This is not realistic at all I play WoW at work : darcspeed
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  I like the part where he deletes the email from the server. : hirez
  • Just got there, and I'm giggling. : carrioN luggagE
• Dognose, awesome. I'm in tears here. : royalally
• That made my Friday. : hrdwregk
• This is great - thanks for helping me burn away some of this Friday afternoon at work. : dumb.
• Awesome. Just pure awesome. : Visceral Monkey
• im crying tears of laughter and pain. : virus
• amazing find sir : .ka`boom.zZz.
• haha you can't arrange 'em by penis : [fry]
• Fucking LOL Although, he really should not have rebooted that server. If it aint broke, don't fix it. : SqueegyTBS
• Why do they all sound like chipmunks? : podman405
• wow. forwarded to everyone i know. : festivalman
• omg that was good : whereiwannab
• Holy shit LOLing really hard here : phate81
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  Are they supposed to sound like chipmunks? I can barely understand them. : Odoyle
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    That what I just asked. Maybe that's why people are laughing? People who sound like chipmunks are funny, ... : podman405
    • The funny is at the end : mroizo40
• Quick! someone write an "arrange by penis" util : mroizo40
• WHOA WHOA WHOA --- I CANT FIND ANYTHING!!!! omg nice. : Antilles_Prime
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  this totally reminds me of that old Captain Emmy thing he did that made fun of sTeve... lolz : Antilles_Prime
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    Who's Captain Emmy? : DJ Clipdat
    • Immy? fuck. i dont know. it sounded like that. : Antilles_Prime
• This makes me so happy Dognose...You don't even know. : pun][sher
• I'm not even in IT but it was still funny. I loved where he is chatting with the sales guy and absent mi... : Delaric
• I love how he just nonchalantly just hides away the boss' email so he wouldn't get it trouble. : Lionhart32935
• Completely perfect. OMG MY MOUSE IS MOVING! : skinlab133
• the best part was when he opened up all those sockets and the other guy was all like, "wtf?" : edgewise
• hahahha awesome :D : -sk-
• hahahaha : dromo5
• this is fucking fantastic : prime8
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  This is totally fake, but its really funny still. : chilln
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    what is with the fake comments... do you guys watch SNL and go OOOHH NOO THATS FAKE : GloriousCow
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      What?.... You mean McGruber does not actually get blown up at the end of each episode? : sanchez
      • MCGRUBER : Delaric
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    what tipped you off? : prime8
    • I hadnt watched the end of it, I thought it was trying to play off as real at first. sorry. : chilln
• lol! Hilarious. : Q-ball
• awesome, plain awesome : stygian_whisper
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  That would have been better without the chipmunk voices :( : SiW73
  • are you kidding? that's part of what makes it awesome. : action roommate
  • it would have been much longer then : synack
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  That web site would not load for me. : Awun
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    The website is down : phate81
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      The server at www.thewebsiteisdown.com is taking too long to respond. How fitting! : liqker
      • Works from my house, but not from work. Its pretty funny this happened. : Q-ball
      • fucking hell and i just got home and wanted to watch this >:( : pukerat
  • http://blip.tv/play/gYJIvqwWAA : wabut
• Update: Alt Link to the Video http://blip.tv/play/gYJIvqwWAA : skitzo
• saw this earlier today - laughed hard. that was just like me except substitute Halo for Quake 3 : tangles
• lololol : Maddog_Delphi97
• Thank you for that dognose : jimmy_legs

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  Bioshock Grim Fandango Crysis : sanchez
  • oh, I guess Oblivion too, but I got very far into it before closing the gates got too boring : sanchez
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  Oblivion has so much shit in it that it probably doesn't matter, but the rest of those are definitely sha... : ovrlrd
  • Agreed. If you like Oblivion you might as well finish it, but the best of that game does not come from t... : DinK
• Half Life Half Life 2 and tons others : virus
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  HL2:Ep1 and Ep2 : chazums
  • wtf, why? they are short and great. : oatmela
• ALL of those on your list. i am terrible about starting a game and never finishing it. : cpt_gloval
• Episode 2. Every Elder Scrolls game going back to Arena (I always get caught up doing the extra stuff) ... : Pettytheft
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  I never finished hl2 because at the time it was doing that weird audio-stutter bug, I got pissed and stop... : chilln
  • I had that bug for years, through many different system configurations. I finally went backj not too long... : qwpeoriu
• Bioshock and systemshock 2. Shame on me :( : ysbreker
• YOU WILL FINISH GRIM FANDANGO NOW. INSTALL THAT MOTHERFUCKER IF IT ISN'T AND PLAY IT. WHERE DO YOU LIVE... : DrWaffles
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  I'll go you one better: games I haven't even started yet! -Stalker (OK, I did play this a bit before t : mn3m0n1c
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    I'm having a hard time holding out for the new Witcher. Also waiting for Mass Effect to go down on price.... : Lionel2b
    • I put in 35hrs with Mass Effect. I did everything but 2 side quests. The second playthrough I just rushed... : Frozen Pixel
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      Yeah, I've been waiting on the Witcher patch as well (that's my excuse, anyway :D), I did manage to snag ... : mn3m0n1c
      • Can you guys fill me in on what's happening with The Witcher? I have to play that game at some point (we... : DinK
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  I'm curious- has anyone started pOrtal but not finished it? Everyone I've met/talked to has beat it. Impr... : Lionel2b
  • me. I got bored : moonbreaker
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    I bet it right after it was unlocked, stayed up until ~3AM or so. : sanchez
    • beat too : sanchez
  • If they stopped before test 19, then LOL. : mn3m0n1c
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    I lost the drive to beat it at the next-to-last level. : stuka
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      Do you an moonbreaker up there ever wonder why everybody likes it so much or have you spoiled it for your... : DinK
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        yeah, that's basically giving up after the first half of the game. dunno how anyone could just stop there... : pyide
        • I didn't get stuck... dunno, just wasn't motivated to finish it. : stuka
• -Shadow of the Colossus (I've started it 3 times) -Metal Gear solid 1 and 2 (trying number one again now... : Iazu
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  MGS3 Total Annihilation Baldur's Gate Baldur's Gate II : EvilDolemite
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    The end of MGS3 is totally worth it : smegmar
    • SNAAAAAKE EAAATER : Cliffzorz
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  Deus Ex /does a backflip and hides : r3dn3ck
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    I don't think I ever finished it either. I played it several times but never made it all the way to the... : Turd Ferguson
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      But did you (either of you) get past the first level? I've always thought the population of Deus Ex play... : DinK
      • i got to the third level (i think) there was a hotel with a secret door in it...i remember sniping a bunc... : marmite
• Pretty much a little more than 1/2 the titles I own and that's a lot. : Wolfanoz
• Any of the Fallout series : Psychopomp_Ixtab
• I never finish any games. : orgcaptainnemo
• Didn't finish S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Never even played System Shock 1 or 2, any of the Fallouts, Grim Fandango... : DOOManiac
• Anachronox Bioshock (workin on it) Diablo 2 Oblivion STALKER : Mikuya
• Planescape: Torment : Dan[WSB]
• icewind dale 1/2, baldur's gate 2 expansion, disgaea ... : JINKY
• Every Zelda and Metroid game : spiderfill
• Never seen, let alone played, Diablo or Diablo 2. : crummynz
• Bioshock - Borrowed from a friend and loved every minute of it until COD4 came out and ate my soul. Di : hoov1185
• There are a lot. It's why I started listing the games that I actually finish, to keep track. I've gotten ... : Frozen Pixel
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  Anachronox: played through twice and got a bug that prevented me from finishing both times :( Grim Fanda... : AMikaboshi
  • That's so sad, Anachronox is so great. Wish they'd make a sequel. : Magus
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  NwN - Hordes of the Underdark. I know people say this was way better than the NwN original campaign, but... : coyoterys
  • Also forrgot to mention Diablo 1. I played D2 & LOD first, and tried to play D1 afterwards... couldn't ... : coyoterys
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  System Shock 2. I will tout it as one of my most all time favorite games, and I will boldly say that B... : tomservo
  • I've probably even lied here in the past saying I've finished it hahahaha I am a fag : tomservo
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    you're the worst : JINKY
    • I agree fully. Especially since I could play through Deus Ex in my sleep. : tomservo
• final fantasy 8. : returnofthepanda
• I'm ashamed to admit I've never finished: System Shock 2 Half Life 1 Quake 2 Any Doom game Any Daw... : Cliffzorz
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  This will probably get me crucified given the current state of hype, but I never beat Diablo II. Act 3 w... : action wombmate
  • Never played either one, myself. : MKCluney
• FFVII, MGS3, Grim Fandango, Rez. Games I'm not ashamed of quitting: Oblivion, Phoenix Wright, and GTA San... : Magus
• Fallout 2 is really the only game I really regret not finishing. : Ely
• Deus Ex because I just couldn't stand the graphics after awhile but god damn was the story badass before... : eforce98
• I have never played a Blizzard game. Diablo, Starcraft, Warcraft -- none of them. : afty

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  Ugh, it definitely looks like the LICH KING more now :( http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/wrath/ Warcr... : pancake humper
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    It looks more like scaly eye ridges to me ala diablo himself. http://www.blizzard.com/us/diablo2exp/wa... : darcspeed
    • And the pentagram points the runes form is another Diablo type thing. It's definitely Diablo 3, can't wai... : pancake humper
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    It's interesting how Blizzard makes this badass looking artwork for WoW but when you log in the game it's... : whistletits
    • Don't be that guy. : Damodred
    • You should go ahead and Draw each frame of your gameplay to make it more visceral :D : jackomack
  • For sure :( : Ebu
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  Has anyone figured out what the smaller little symbols outside of the run circles are? : fishbone
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    I just noticed that the one outside the rune on the upper right is a bomb with the number 10 : fishbone
    • maybe their saying the game will bomb no matter what it is. : Ziz
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    they're all symbols from their games upper left: symbol on arthas' runesword upper right: diablo rune... : AllYourBase
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      do the names of these runes spell out anything? : Lawgiver
      • QQ MORE DIABLO FANS : ChibiJosh
    • they are gonna announce a complete Bnet overhaul and centralisation. + achievements lol. : barichnikov
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      No, the symbols outside of those. There is a bomb outside the diablo rune... : fishbone
      • also a bomb outside the rune from Arthas' sword. : naios
• Arthas... :| : zebosausamite
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  Oh Jesus Fucking Christ, do you need to create 10 threads per page on this? IT'S NOT DIABLO IN THE SP... : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • I agree. Can we please keep these posts to a single thread? : Ride-My-Rocket
  • what are you talking about, this was the only one when you posted this. : feek
  • shit, just wait till the game comes out. This place will be nuts : whistletits
  • Well I'm glad we cleared this up then : two50six
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  No way it's Arthas. http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/4497/browxx2.png : Chepito.
  • Go talk about something else. : zebosausamite
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  the eyes yesterday immediately reminded me of the original starcraft game cover http://www.groovgames.... : dael
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    me too : feek
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      http://tulsalan.com/tulsalan/images/stories/SC2Protoss.jpg : dark1139
      • yeah first thing I thought of was Protoss and that picture was the second result in a generic search. : Degenerate
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  I think I'm going to the event tomorrow, though I had to cancel but last minute I can go and use my alrea... : node
  • THOUGHT I had to cancel, rather. Long story. : node
• I bet it was 'something' that was sealed inside the Worldstone. :) : Magus
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  Clearly, this is a new IP that has to do with fighting monsters with demon eyes in the snow. : jingletard
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    Why does EVERYONE us that word IP? Everyone KNOWS what IP means and people just use it to make themselves : ateam311
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      Everyone knowing what it means is a good reason to use it. Who uses acronyms to look cool these days? : Horn
      • AIWTP : lolpatrol
      • wtfomgbbqiawtp!!!11111one : ezanga
      • NOC : two50six
      • DIAF : zerog83
      • idk, my bff jill? : skizl
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      CALM THE FUCK DOWN KANYE, I'M JUST KEEPIN' IT REAL. : jingletard
      • I'm just trying to look smart :( : jingletard
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      i'm with you. it only started getting used frequently within the last 6 months to a year. its pretty anno... : onji
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        HAY GUYS!! I JUST GOT A NEW IP FROM MY ISP!!! : zipper76
        • Release/Renew, the future of electronic entertainment! : o0JediBeavis0o
      • I dunno about you smacktards, but I've been using it for a few years now. : disposition
      • huh? lol no it hasnt. Try doing a search. : two50six
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      because stating "IP" uses less words than "New franchise" or "new game titlle" and I highly doubt people ... : two50six
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        http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=17296984#itemanchor_17296984 : ateam311
        • Your ball is in my yard, next time Im keeping it. : two50six
    • i fucking agree with this it gives me the FUCKING shits and makes me angry so everyone shut the FUCK UP : spaceyme
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  Man I'd be pissed if they don't announce Diablo 3, but it doesn't look like they will. Why are they makin... : sonicdeathwalrus
  • They are laughing at all the nerds taking this way too seriously. They are just fucking with everyone now... : phate81
• I think it's going to be an FPS where you play as the lich king : wtf242
• this is definitely a protoss starcraft mmorpg : jokemon
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  Evil Penguin knows.... well whoever drew him probably does :( http://shackpics.com/files/EvilPenguin_y... : stonedonkey
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    IT'S THE NEW MURLOC RACE : FlatlineDixay
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      The new Murlocs are the guys at the top of this image http://img116.imageshack.us/img116/7414/wotlkx7zzzz... : Crimsonbeak
      • Ugh, they look like Squigs..... :( : mordaken
  • NO MAN, THAT'S OBVIOUSLY DIABLO, YOU CAN TELL EASILY. : Shivawn
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  Here's my thoughts. I really want this to be D3 and I really think it will be and it has nothing to do w... : Fish_Bulb
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    I have a feeling it's going to be something not all that great, and people are going to become a bit jade... : stonedonkey
    • As a WoW fan, I will be really let down if this is just another WoW announcement. Sure, the new stuff in... : changejar419
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    will you really eat your hat if it's not diablo because i'll bookmark this post and hold you to it : electroly
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      yes. if i can find a hat made of nachos. : Fish_Bulb
      • don't start hedging on it. hat means hat : RikiTiki2
  • i like this post i really love pokemon i think this will be a pokemon mmorpg : jokemon
• man you guys are really worked up over this. : nomaad
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  What if its diablo set in the frozen throne? : stgdz
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    They haven't done any ice type lands in Diablo series, would be awesome as hell. : pancake humper
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      You mean other than the Barbarian Highlands in D2? : zipper76
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        Ummm...which act was that? I don't remember any snow/ice type environments. : pancake humper
        • Act 5 - LoD expansion.... : zipper76
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      The LoD expansion was on Mt Arreat and it was all icy. : Tommy Toolbag
      • ah, I never actually played LoD on any characters. Would explain it. : pancake humper
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  Protoss eyes : dantastic
  • agreed, even the brow looks protoss : jokemon
  • Was thinking the same thing. I was actually thinking that with the runes, this all seems very much li... : zipper76
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    XEL'NAGA : disposition
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      FWIW this is my guess -- the big announcement this weekend will be a 4th race in SC2, which seems obvious... : bipolar
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        Bliz already said they're announcing a new game though. : Jiven
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          Did they really? I suppose it's all in how you interpret his remarks. I guess we'll find out who is rig... : bipolar
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            That is, I've been unable to find the full context of Pardo's remarks -- everyone cites the gamesindustry... : bipolar
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              Praps: http://www.diabloii.net/n/667423/diablo-3-announcement-at-wwi : Jiven
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                I don't see a link to the Prado transcript where he made the infamous remark in your link. Am I missing ... : bipolar
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                  naw, just cats out of the bag, leaks come'n in to fan sites, seems reasonable. : Jiven
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                    I've been a fairly regular reader of www.diabloii.net for several years. There have been at least 2, may... : bipolar
                    • ite : Jiven
        • which is Penguin Attack: The New Saga : disposition
  • Protoss eyes that have exactly the same form as illustrations of Arthas. : FlatlineDixay
  • That's what I thought. : Sexpansion Pack
  • ya thats the first thing that came to mind. : AMikaboshi
• plz be warcraft adventures! : TwiLyght
• if it isnt diablo3 I cant see myself being nterested in anything else blizzard would have to offer : cptstern
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  blizzard indicated that whatever is on that splash page doesn't necessarily indicate the new game announc... : das_runt
  • That wouldn't coincide with what they've done in the past though : two50six
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  I really want them to announce Diablo 3 but those eyes look very protossy. : Dynotaku
  • That's because Diablo 3 will be set on Aiur. : elwood00
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  Has anyone posted the full purple creature yet? http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/3641/purplekw3.png : Chepito.
  • what the hell? : mwasher
  • At least it isn't Barney. Isn't the theory behind this that the guy who did the art work for diablo has ... : Horn
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    Is that Deckard Cain after being morphed into a big purple bird : Sanct1mon1a
    • Or Gonzo after a 3 week meth bender. : bigdaddyone
  • Purple Penguin Eater Arena 3D - Battle.net Edition : das_runt
  • clearly hell has frozen over. Fear the devil's evil penguin army! : AMikaboshi
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  I hope it has nothing to do with Diablo and everyone commits suicide. : gmd
  • Well aren't you just precious, I want to eat you all up and blow raspberries on your tummy : jbury
  • Ahhh... in a perfect world... : dedgecko
  • Haha. : ieGod
  • I hope it has nothing to do with Virtual SpreadsheetDiablo because I want to see what they can come up wi... : Delusional
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    The muscle milk has driven you insane. : FlatlineDixay
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      I'm all out, I am back on Optimum Nutrition natural whey : gmd
      • if you add milk to it, does it *become* muscle milk? : FlatlineDixay
  • Maybe they bought the rights to Titan Quest II : goatjc
  • It will be the greatest moment on the internets ever. : spdon
  • LOL, this post makes me like you a lot! : mace
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  The lady is a blizzard fan, but hasn't been following this. I showed her the most current splash screen, ... : Finestaut
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    i posted that same image i think its something starcraft related as well : dark1139
    • Teach me to jump the gun. : Finestaut
• What if the next Diablo 3 was set in the Warcraft universe? Obviously it would not be Diablo any more... : byorn
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  Maybe it's Tyrael. I mean, nobody knows what he looks like under that hood. : TastyWheat
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    Tyrael = Arthas, who is actually Protoss. Conundrum solved. : mtgDoofy
    • /brain explodes : stonedonkey
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  You guys are crazy if you think that's anything other than the Lich King. All the blizzard guys are proba... : deveus1
  • i'm going to laugh so hard when it's finally revealed and it isn't diablo 3. people are so desperate for... : electroly
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    why would they say we're going to announce a new game and make a big deal of it if they've already announ... : whistletits
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      All they said was that they were going to make an announcement about a game. They never said it was a new... : deveus1
      • New game. http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/blizzard-to-unveil-new-title-at-worldwide-invitational ... : spiderfill
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        Paul Sams confirmed there were three unannounced projects. Now we know Starcraft 2 was one of them. The s... : whistletits
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          One unannounced project ;) Revamp of battle.net / digital distribution, Steam-like system. We know they... : bipolar
          • I have a strong feeling it's D3. It's been 8 years! : whistletits
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          didn't they do burning crusade at blizzcon a couple years ago? : AllYourBase
          • No, Blizzcon 2005 just went into more details about BC and starcraft ghost : whistletits
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          Blizzcon for last year was to announce Lich King. That was a WoW expansion. SC2 was announced at the Kore... : deveus1
          • Okay, so why would they announce something about a game they've already announced? They are going to anno... : whistletits
        • next year's expansion? : RikiTiki2
    • I think these images are something separate from any new game announcement. It seems like it's more of a... : Rag and Bone Man
    • why not? They're blizzard, they know their fan base, they want to create more buzz... and they like watch... : pasttense
  • i bet you that it's diablo 3 : itsjames
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    What's left to announce about Lich King? Release date and races? I haven't been following it at all. : stump
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      there are no new races : AllYourBase
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        So if this is about Lich King, the only announcement it could possibly be is a firm release date. : stump
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          Which is what I'm thinking it is. The timeline fits given the testing that's going on. : deveus1
          • I'd call that extremely unlikely. : action wombmate
        • pretty much, there really couldn't anything earth shattering they;'re announcing for it. everything abou... : AllYourBase
        • A firm release date for Wrath would be laughable given the current state of the Alpha, its still many mon... : Chod
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    Blizzard is a huge fucking tease. Right now, they've dropped hints related to the entirety of their inte... : Finestaut
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      Seriously. I don't care about the Blizzard franchises at all and even I'm wrapped up in this announcement... : dirge23
      • What's worse: My pet franchise is Starcraft. Until recently, I was pretty "meh" about Starcraft 2. For ... : Finestaut
• cool it's the fortress of solitude : cpt_gloval
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  Maybe Starcraft? Looks very space-like. : matthaeus
  • agreed, maybe a 4th race akin to the protoss? those eyes look eerily similar to a protoss. : Jayx77
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  http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/wrath/ looks just like arthas to me : maulla
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    give it a few more hours http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=17300211#itemanchor_17300211 : mwasher
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      give it a few more hours until it really looks like arthas : maulla
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        I now have $100 on this with electroly so you better be wrong. ;D : mwasher
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          if he's not wrong i say we kick his ass! : AMikaboshi
          • I'll definitely be ready to kick someone's ass! : mwasher
  • nah his visor isn't pointed : Medium Heavy
• http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=af07 : twifosp
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  You know, I think this whole hype campaign is a complete redo of the chat gem fiasco. Probably none of t... : Omaha
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    by "chat gem" I meant it's a big red herring : Omaha
    • Perfect Gem Activated : mmogger
  • No matter what they announce, you gotta admit their mystery thing is pretty fun : ctlaltl33t
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  World of StarDiabloCraft : lodit
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    Wow... this joke of World of ____craft is really getting old. : dante2010
    • haha yeah it's like Word of BadJokeCraft : nubitup
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  possibly deathknight related too http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/06/26/rumor-death-knights-coming-early... : AllYourBase
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    I don't think that's very likely, but I've been wrong about Blizzard's shit before. : action wombmate
    • when it comes right down to it, this is blizzard we're talking about and it could be anything. hell, the... : electroly
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    i could see them doing this, actually. patching the game to 2.5, adding in new talents for existing clas... : grendel
    • I'm not sure if I'd be totally in favor of this, but I can't lie that having more tanks around would be n... : action wombmate
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  A new IP. : MrGrindy
  • I've got a static IP. : dante2010
• Warcraft 4? That would be surprising, I always figured they'd wait to do it some time after the SC2 relea... : Kazomir
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  So if there is anything we can take away... All Blizz characters have the same effin eyes... http://im... : krym3
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    Or rather, Arthas is a protoss? : azenmaster
    • JESUS... Makes perfect sense! : krym3
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  The splash has been changing a lot more frequently. Early this morning it was just eyes, now there appear... : freakynipples69
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    yesterday: http://us.media.blizzard.com/232309/_images/ice4.jpg today: http://us.media.blizzard.co... : yAak
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      Just an hour ago, did the yes have the glowing effect to them? : freakynipples69
      • yes. Sounds like you had your ass kicked by internet caching : two50six
    • yeah uh because it changes at 12am, every 24 hours : two50six
  • The splash changes every 24 hours. : TastyWheat
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    why does it have to be eyes? looks like sperm to me. : azenmaster
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      World of BukkakeCraft : dirge23
      • They would have a much better splash if this were it. : Xanthos
• They are announcing their new Logo!!!! : Chod
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  Could be anything. : CrustaR
  • Could be nothing : reign27
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  They're headlights. SUPER BLIZZARD KART IS COMING!!! : ThomW
  • That would be pretty awesome. : Chod
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    Here's the final image: http://www.gamewith.us/shackspace/sbk.jpg : ThomW
    • lol'd : dirge23
    • lol'd nice work with the eyes and headlights : whistletits
    • lol! Damn blue Axes. :( : DM7
    • lol'd awesome : DinK
  • Arthas looks lost out there! : zakazi
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  ARGH nobody is talking about the little symbols outside of the runes. What is the deal with those? The ... : fishbone
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    http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=17299731#itemanchor_17299731 : RikiTiki2
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      re-read my post : fishbone
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        reread the linked post, there's a sub-thread coming from that post. : naios
        • I'm not seeing it, either I'm a blind idiot or... : fishbone
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  Aside form all the teaser stuff, I think it's somewhat interesting that last year's WWI posters didn't ha... : Vincent Grayson
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    I know right? It's one of the primary clues imo. They are basically saying that the franchise is far fr... : mwasher
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      yep its a huge clue in fact. not to mention showing Diablo (and the purple penguin dude) with 3 fingers : two50six
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        lol @ 3 fingers, but really: http://www.diabloii.net/gallery/data/544/medium/OKP6260891.JPG Diablo is ... : yAak
        • lol yeah the 3 fingers is a stretch. But this is the first time that Diablo has been pictured in the WWI ... : two50six
        • ^^^^^ AWESOMENESS ^^^^^ : mwasher
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  Diablo 3 discussion forums are accessible http://www.battle.net/forums/thread-search.aspx?SearchType=2&se... : two50six
  • We've never seen this before! : stump
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    http://www.battle.net/forums/thread-search.aspx?SearchType=2&searchtext=&x=35&y=15&forumname=z9-general ... : yAak
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      my bad, Diablo 3 is on the actual DROPDOWN lol : yAak
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        so is Diablo 4, Diablo 5, Diablo 6, and Warcraft 4 : electroly
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          no, the dropdown dude: http://shackpics.com/files/d3forumJPG_klikzph6l7tkc8gn3uye.jpg : yAak
          • *SHAME* god i need to try things before posting. i just made it put in Diablo 4 =( =( : yAak
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            you clearly missed the thread earlier. change the "d3-general" in the URL to "d5-general" and check out ... : electroly
            • http://www.battle.net/forums/thread-search.aspx?SearchType=2&searchtext=&x=35&y=15&forumname=d6-general : liqker
            • This wasn't how it was yesterday, for a moment yesterday the ONLY one up, complete with title and dropdow... : arsonide
          • You mean there's a whole WORLD of Warcraft now? : elwood00
        • yep. Thats why I said they were placeholders. : two50six
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      These guys probably have the most realistic non-sensationalist approach to all the rumors and such thus f... : two50six
      • 4. PR disaster Imagine if they don't announce Diablo 3 on Saturday when everyone are expecting it, they : yoonix
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  if its just wrath of the lich king then blizzard has fucked up , noone cares about that expansion, I mean... : Chandler55
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    yeah Chandler55, nobody at all cares about wotlk. not a single person. : electroly
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      my paypal can be reached at "mwasher -AT- gmail -DOT- com" :D : mwasher
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        we'll see tomorrow when the last splash screen is revealed :-) : electroly
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          http://www.diabloii.net/gallery/data/544/medium/OKP6260891.JPG : mwasher
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            the splash screen itself has got to be about diablo 3, that's what the bet is, right? i still think it's... : electroly
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              er, wait i guess we should have clarified that. i am betting that the game is diablo 3, regardless of th... : mwasher
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                i just told my gf about our nerd bet and he laughed at me :( : mwasher
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                  And the truth comes out. : DarkWolf5
                  • FUCK. : mwasher
                • Did he now? : stump
                • HAHAHAHAHA!! I *KNEW* you loved teh Cawk!! : Solstice
                • man washer indeed : oHnOES
                • At least you're the pitcher : fishbone
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                  AHAHA, damnit cant lol, im using a mac! : papaskot
                  • haha! : mwasher
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                i'd have to think about that. there's a nonzero chance they'll announce diablo 3 tomorrow (including dia... : electroly
                • I'll bet $20 on the splash screen. is that reasonable... in the name of friendly competition. :) I am... : mwasher
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                  Your tune has changed mr. electroly! http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=17300203 http://www.shacknews.... : fishbone
                  • uhohhhhhh : mwasher
                  • yeah it's hilarious how much he has backpedaled in the course of 9 hours. : pancake humper
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                    not really, in all of those posts people are talking about the teaser/splash, so him saying 'it' could be... : papaskot
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                      I have no doubt that that is the stance he'll take to get out of losing $100, but that DEFINITELY isn't t... : fishbone
                      • it seems that he has disappeared fishbone. :\ : mwasher
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                    i did actually mean the splash ("revealed" etc.) but whatever, i'll go with mwasher's interpretation. if... : electroly
                    • ^^^ attn: man washer : electroly
          • this was on the WOW main webpage but they took it down. This is obviously diablozzzzzz : Iwannaacura
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            Yeah, they have Diablo in all their Blizzard-themed events because it's one of their brands. Here's the b... : deveus1
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              umm holy shit you can clearly see Diablo's little face wrinkles between his eyes in that picture. It matc... : pancake humper
              • also, that is old artwork they used last year. if you look at the big banner they have outside of this y... : mwasher
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      Don't I count, electroly? :| : CrustaR
      • i'm actually way more excited for wotlk than i am for diablo 3 : electroly
    • yeah but we know everything about lich king, why would they make a teaser for it, not to mention everyone... : Chandler55
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    yeah certainly not the 11 million subscribers. no one at all. I'm willing to bet diablo 3 doesn't reac... : AllYourBase
    • You told him! : CrustaR
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      i think most of those people just think its a DQ BLIZZARD on their credit card statement... eventually th... : chilln
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        I would pay a DQ BLIZZARD monthly fee. : .sticks.
        • that sounds delicious : grendel
    • yeah but shit man, the people who look at a teaser page 5 days in a row, those are not WoW players, those... : Chandler55
  • if you look close enough, the bridge of the nose area looks different from 1) A human face, 2) Arthas's H... : Wolfanoz
• Everyone is so wrong, it's the eyes of the Tomator. : shortbuscaptain
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  PROTOSS ZEALOT AND HIGH TEMPLAR CONFIRMED FOR BRAWL : DrFlammable
  • I think I'd die of laughter if Blizzard announced codes to unlock the hydra and zealot in Smash Brothers ... : walker270
• EYES HAVE YOU : razlebol
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  looks like a frozen throne... what could it be ? hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm : TheFatMom
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    misdirection. do you honestly think they would put in this effort for something as obvious as that? co... : mwasher
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      WHY NOT : TheFatMom
      • BECAUSE : mwasher
• obviously starcraft MMO : mindshot
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  This is pretty cool actually: http://www.diabloii.net/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=518&size=big&cat=545 : mossman85
  • wtf happened there? : chilln
  • Indeed. I would be giddy if that would happen. Or at least it is what Blizzard should do :P : Lionel2b
• TYRAEL. : ImageOmega
• It's the eyes of Sargeras. They will announce the next expansion beyond WotLK : action roommate

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• erm, endless clicking. you get the message, where can I buy me a copy? : jingletard
• I haven't bought it yet but I might. I used to have the Battle Chest but now I can only find my copy of D... : hoov1185
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  You guys should never have parted with it!!! : EvilDolemite
  • I never thought I'd be interested in it again after being raped by dirty hackers on BNET. : jingletard
• EB/Gamestop have $10 off the Blizzard battlechests this weekend. I think its normally $40 still, so $3... : Jayx77
• I never could get into the game so I never bought it, but now I've got this hankering to give it another ... : .sticks.
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  I have to get a new copy, my damn disk(s) got ruined when I moved. I'm sitting here with a CDKey and no ... : gendail
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    use the Blizzard store, they'll let you download it : derelict515
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      did they update it to include diablo? : Medium Heavy
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        As in they'll let me redownload it for free as long as I have a key? Or do you mean just buy it from the... : gendail
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          redownload for free. however diablo is not on there yet, it says "coming soon" : moonbreaker
          • damn! Oh well :( : gendail
        • I believe the latter and not the former : derelict515
    • *eventually it's still not on there yet. : pyide
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  Free unopened Diablo 2 Battlechest Contest! I'll give away an unopened copy of Diablo 2 Battlechest to... : Lionel2b
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    i hereby enter this contest : pyide
    • DAMN YOU :( : razlebol
    • 43 results : Lionel2b
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    Diablo? : razlebol
    • 38. Also post your result number. I'll give something away for someone random also. It's quite good. : Lionel2b
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    I'd really like to play diablo (never have previously). Also, I cheated and posted the word diablo a bun... : slickdoody
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      It says you have 0 results. I assume this was before the crash? You'd still be up for the random grab. : Lionel2b
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        hehe http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=17304711#itemanchor_17304711 posted in a chatty in 2004! but : slickdoody
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          that's hilarious- but it would still count as one result, right? : Lionel2b
          • i'd give it to him! he obviously wants it more than me. plus he's never played it. i have, but i don't ow... : pyide
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            haha, ya, you're right. I'm a terrible cheater! :) : slickdoody
            • Well Pyide won the legit diablo word count, but he's giving it to you. So MSG me your address/name! I... : Lionel2b
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    203 results bitches! But I don't need the game. : EvilDolemite
    • k- last reply stating that I'm also giving away something else if you put in your reply count and also sa... : Lionel2b
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    I have http://img382.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0791wg1.jpg on my desk. Does this win me any points? : walker270
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      No but that picture alone just convinced me to go out and buy another copy of the game. : gendail
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        http://img174.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0795bg8.jpg Now go buy starcraft, too. Also, I have a ... : walker270
        • AHAHA It looks like he's staring right at that quarter about to shred it : gendail
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    diablo!! i'd love a copy of this to play with shackers on battlenet! : AMikaboshi
    • only 7 :( : AMikaboshi
  • c'mon, how can I not win this: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=8965320 : edgewise
  • How about the person with the least?! Wouldn't have make more sense because they wouldn't have played tha... : NastyJack
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    angelparadox+felicia = 13. :( : felicia
    • angelparadox > felicia : jayares
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      You don't already have Diablo? :/ : Frozen Pixel
      • At one point, I did. : felicia
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    ZERO :( Apparently I've never actually used the word Diablo in any post., Do I win a consolation prize ... : gendail
    • Winner of the random dice roll. Do you want a Quake 3 Live invite or my Fileplanet login that has access ... : Lionel2b
  • 11 and I do want :( : crummynz
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  Online, Blizzard store, digital download : Ebu
  • Oh yea, not yet :( : Ebu
  • damn! you guys have to stop getting my hopes up. : dromo5
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  is it possible to get the expansion standalone anymore? i just have the original and would like higher re... : feek
  • http://www.gamestop.com/Catalog/ProductDetails.aspx?product_id=6647 I just need the play disk from the... : gendail
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  I'm trying to fight the urge to buy a new copy again but I'm definitely fighting a losing battle here. : hoov1185
  • ya me too. i have a $25 giftcard from gamestop here and room on my credit cards :( : AMikaboshi

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  for real, butthole of the earth. when i went to europe i ran into an old guy traveling that lived in t... : feek
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    feek you are enough that you are allowed to swear right? : oHnOES
    • well i fucked that up : oHnOES
    • yes feek is enough. : boring gegtik
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      WHAT : feek
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        OLD enough : oHnOES
        • im your father : feek
    • enough of a man : CapnChaos
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  I hate advertorials : spiderfill
  • Yeah it's just a press release from Old Spice. But it's also a chance to laugh at Tallahassee. Or Cry if : Jonathan
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  For real though, the heat of the southwest has nothing on the heat of the southeast : EvilDolemite
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    Seriously. That 100% humidity will get your pits every time. : Perturbation
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      Charleston, Atlanta, Little Rock, New Orleans...ugh : EvilDolemite
      • <insert every other southern town not on the coast or in the mountains> : PapaBoo
      • Charleston was the most I've ever sweat, it was absolutely ridiculous. : Audhuml4
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    Having lived in both places, I can heartily agree. I'll take Phoenix over Virginia in August anyday. : riptyde
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      Southeast Nebraska is about the worst ever, tho. 100F and 95% humidity in the height of summer. It's dow... : riptyde
      • amen to that. : kungfusquirrel
    • I stay inside 95% of the time during DC summers. : gmd
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      you sweat more in phx, but suffer less : reverend~heresy
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        They key is that in phx you have the ability to cool off. A change of shirt, a nice breeze, something li... : riptyde
        • haha yeah. and on the gulf coast there's almost NEVER a breeze. fucking terrible : feek
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          that's not the arguement and no we don't. we have to go INSIDE buildings. phx is deserted in the summer t... : reverend~heresy
          • oh and that breeze. the breeze is 100 degrees easy. you're in an oven, dude. : reverend~heresy
          • I lived in Phoenix for 6 years. I am not pulling these comments out of my ass. : riptyde
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    At least the southeast has seasons. : Delithio
    • Yeah. Drought season and Rainy season. : Tommy Toolbag
    • Yeah hot & damp and cold & damp : EvilDolemite
    • kind of not really. summer and winter pretty much. : feek
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    yea well, the high for today in miami is 90, while it's 103 in tucson. 89 and 107 respectively tomorrow. : dromo5
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      What's the percentage of humidity? : EvilDolemite
      • 61% in Miami. : Endymion_
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        i'm not sure any percentage of humidity will account for an almost 20 degree difference. but it's monsoo... : dromo5
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          Oh I disagree. 20 degrees vs. double humidity - I'll generally take the pure temp : EvilDolemite
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            And a blowtorch? That's dry too. : Endymion_
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              A dry heat is much more comfortable than a humid heat. You sweat just as much, but in a low humidity envi... : Colleton
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                they're both terrible. you're comparing being in an oven (ever pre-heat the oven and stick your head in? ... : reverend~heresy
                • You're right, but I'll still take a dry heat over a wet heat. The perfect climate is Germany in the su... : Colleton
        • lol 33% humidity have you ever been to Florida during winter? I'd rather be running around naked in t... : ucanbfuzzy
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  Wooo, Raleigh : thekidd
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    And Charlotte, sweet. : thekidd
    • i just try not to go outdoors between june and september : Clay
  • that's why I go to Oklahoma for the summers. : DonkeyPopsicle
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  I'd sweat 10x more in Houston than Phoenix. : gmd
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    impossible : reverend~heresy
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      Have you been to Houston? : EvilDolemite
      • yes sir, more than i'd like to admit. it sucks. however, i used to scoff phx's heat because i grew up in ... : reverend~heresy
• Yeah I get drenched just even thinking about stepping outside during the summer. Love you too Tallahasse... : Lionhart32935
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  i generally sweat a lot, but normally only if its humid. a 90 degree day in ohio has 2000000% humidity an... : maulla
  • i can't sleep at all when it's humid. last night i only got like 4 hours of sleep on and off. : TwiLyght
• Yay, Mobile, AL is #25. I'm already sweating. :( : guido anchovy
• DUDE, i can attest to the phx thing. holy shit. i grew up in central tx, i've lived in stl, i've suffered... : reverend~heresy
• I thought that Lexington would be higher than the 50's. I sweat my balls off here. : icon_of_syn
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  I can vouch for Tallahassee, been here almost 24 years, and I have never been to a place as hot/humid as ... : hirosushima
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    Right on the taint! : EvilDolemite
    • I will trade you texas hot and dry for Florida Hot and humid. You just can not breathe with the humidity ... : hirosushima
• moving from #48 to #98, wooo : MisterPhoton
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  lol, Portland OR is on there. . . What the hell? : OmegaRed59
  • hippies don't wear BOderant : cpt_gloval
• Number 7 baby! : hatelull
• I think we can do better next year. I've already doubled my daily caloric intake. Right about the time a ... : silent prophet
• number 65. awesome. : hirez
• Living right down the road (relatively speaking) from Tallahassee I have to agree, It's extremely hot and... : Colleton
• Tulsa #36 wooo : AllYourBase
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  first off, LOL FRESNO. second off, wtf is San Francisco doing in that list? seriously? it's pretty coo... : xsoulbrothax
  • though i guess it's out of 100 and there's cities from oregon/wa in there, so they probably didn't count ... : xsoulbrothax
• Wahoo! #44 tie! : rosewood

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  uhhhhhhh i'd do alot more than hold her hand. : lakren
  • I'd pretty much let her decide where to stop. : walker270
  • yes : feek
• Nothing wrong with that : ColoradoCNC
• I'd dance with her, if she asked me. : vigilante
• id high stick those titties. : mindshot
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  wtf, if the shack rag on that i quit : papaskot
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    it looks like her belly button is an outie : wtf242
    • piercing : pancake humper
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    This is more of the shack's style, apparently: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery... : walker270
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      or this http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/0806/caught.in.the.act0627/content.8.ht... : walker270
      • Naw, I think this is more the Shack's style: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/0... : randomjgj
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  I'd spend some time in her penalty box. : ant_hillbilly
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    nice reference there my man! : Sebasti0n
    • but she's a model and a singer : pancake humper
• I'd fire my Great One up in that! : obiquatro
• I'd be up for a 30 minute misconduct : Phreakin
• I'd smile awkwardly and blush if she looked in my direction. : crummynz
• I'd pass off to the center and let him take it up the middle while the team screens the goalie and I get ... : .sticks.
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  i'd rage quit on her instantly : blindi0815
  • what does this even mean : mXENO
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  I'd fuck her. : stump
  • Wait. Don't call the FBI. How old? : stump
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  holllllyyyy shit.... : proclone1
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    how old is she?!?!?!? : proclone1
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      19! She's legal! : obiquatro
      • GOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAL! RED WINGS WIN! : .sticks.
• I'd metaphor that : d fluke
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  I was going to say she does nothing for me, but then I saw she is wearing a bracelet that says pain. she'... : AbortedFetusChristi
  • her name is pauline : Chandler55
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  i dont know , reminds me of wayne too much to consider sex0ring her, wayne is like one of my idols : Chandler55
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulR0UiYbknQ : mindshot
• i'd powerplay her and give her my high stick. : jayares
• i'd triple deak her goaltender.... : virus
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  Her mother was quite the hottie back in her day. Semi-NWS : Thresher
  • Is there supposed to be pics+divx in this post? : action wombmate
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  a model and popstar in canada? what the heck? how come I've never heard of her until now? : bakanoodle
  • She sang the national anthem at a hockey game a year or two ago. : stump
• i'd puck her : mwasher
• She looks a LOT like her mother. : Visceral Monkey
• I would have sexual intercourse with her. (as long as she wore elbow pads) : lodit
• I'd show her my Zamboni. : hirez
• I'm not that attracted to her, but I'd fuck her to death. : TheTick
• I'd poke-check her, that's for sure. : jamesray
• oh how you guys are so funny with hokey related jokes har har har.. I'd skate on her threoat..... get thi... : Utopia
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  wanna touch my tralala? : TheFatMom
  • your ding ding dong? : RikiTiki2
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  ugh. outie belly button NO THANKS : [fry]
  • it's like being shorted an orifice : sgtsanity
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    its probably a stud you noob. lol. : chilln
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      piercings? no thanks, i don't like whores. : [fry]
      • Your loss. : obiquatro
• I hearby declare that whoever does not answer "Yes" do the question "Would you fuck her?" Is and ought to... : themaestro2657

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  $1000? Should've gotten a skateboard and a fuckload of denim shorts instead : genjuro
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    I can't convert euros to dollars, but maybe that's the wrong one! Mine was only 630. I have tons of de... : tomservo
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      lol @ you in the nineties. you should have seen ME in the eighties. 'sup flock of seagulls! : hirez
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        oh holy fuck we should have Shacknews gather their "me in high school" photo, give everyone a few days... : tomservo
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          That would be terrible. and by that I mean totally terribly awesome. : hirez
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            You have organizational skills but I bet everyone here would be bitching about how people on the east coa... : tomservo
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              lols. you are my favorite. : hirez
              • :) : tomservo
        • i like this idea a lot : feek
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        yeah, I had the long hair and top, shaved sides and back thing going : drucifer
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          STEPS?? : tomservo
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            kinda like some sorta mushroom head. It was cool, I swear. : drucifer
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              bowl cut? oh shit I rocked that : tomservo
              • like Moe from the Stooges : drucifer
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      Ohhhhhh God memories flooding back : genjuro
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        Weren't you like 25 in the 90's? I heard a rumor you're pushing 40 like king_darius : tomservo
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          I had a hi-top fade and wore JNCOs :( : genjuro
          • HAHAHAHA my roommate and I had a discussion about JNCO and NO FEAR clothing the other day. I rocked bo : tomservo
• nice bike! I love Specialized! They broke my mountain biking cherry :) : gendail
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  this is mine http://fujibikes.com/2008/bikes.asp?id=485 but mine is brown and has a rack for my lunch pai... : drucifer
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    oh this is the color http://fujibikes.com/2008/colors.asp?id=485 HAWT : drucifer
    • it came with a bell : drucifer
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      I like it! You should get a basket for the front to put your fucking fruits in you fucking dirt worshipin... : tomservo
      • I have to buy a lock so I can take it shopping. It's a shame I own two cars that I don't drive anymore si... : drucifer
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  Bikes are fun ride all day every day. here is mine: http://velospace.org/node/3263 : hirosushima
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    no brakes :( : drucifer
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      I rode with a front brake until I felt confident enough to ride without it. : hirosushima
      • you're confident about other people on the road too? yikes. why would you not even opt to have at least... : tangles
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  mine : http://www.larouteduventoux.com/IMG/jpg/Speedster_S40_2008.jpg : Utopia
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    I REALLY want a sexual tyrannosaurus road bike like that. REALLY BAD. I mean, I got a mountain because I'... : tomservo
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      it's so amazing the power you can get with the clip pedal. I even ride in the town and it's not that bad.... : Utopia
      • When I first started pricing them at various stores today, I walked in intending on my limit being about ... : tomservo
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    that 'seat' looks painful : drucifer
    • i got padded short, so it's actually very confortable. the first ride was painful, the next day i was wal... : Utopia
• i bought my first bike since i was 12 the other day. 2001 norco drop, she's a bit beat up but a monster. ... : gokart.
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  do you plan on doing mostly off-road riding? : tangles
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    Probably not at first. I honestly mainly bought it just so I can get exercise and use my car less. But I ... : tomservo
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      i was going to suggest that. I went with a mountain bike too for my first 2 recent bikes, but now I hard... : tangles
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        One thing about my bike that I like is that I can lock the suspension for road riding, which is really ni... : tomservo
        • for some extra $$ you could get an entirely different wheel/tire set so you could swap them out easier if... : tangles