Morning Discussion

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• Sounds like your business is the dumb ones :( : pancake humper
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  F that. I will fight to the death to continue using blackberries : bozer
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    Fuck blackberries. Our costs for blackberries are ridiculous. I'd rather use an activesync device anyway. : mancide
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      Until someones iphone is stolen and you can't whipe it remotely, and then everything on said iphone is le... : bozer
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        sucks for the iPhone but Windows Mobile devices can be remotely wiped. : Fyunch Click
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          maybe it could be done with iphone? I have no idea but that is one of the reasons why im not down with ev... : bozer
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            The new ones can be remote wiped. : mancide
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              I just picture hell having to support all new devices, especially Apple ones. Its cool if you want that a... : bozer
              • I'm not going to get into a Apple argument here, but the new ones do seem to be well suited for business ... : mancide
              • Given the exchange integration and push functionality, as well as remote wipe, how is it not suited for b... : jasonepowell
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                lol have you ever used an iPhone? : pancake humper
                • no, i don't care to. it's just some toy phone with an mp3 library : Mr. IT Man}r : dodob
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                  Yes. I don't really like it. Prefer buttons for typing emails and texts. Push email sucks too I think com... : bozer
                  • http://rim.jobs : Draugluin
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                  arguing with bozer about Apple is sorta pointless : derelict515
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                    not sure what we're arguing about. Im saying I dont want to support them in the office in addition to all... : bozer
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                      that's fair, but you have made your stance on various Apple products clear in the past. However, your com... : derelict515
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                        yeah they might work great. I have no idea. I dont know anyone who is running them in a corporate environ... : bozer
                        • well the first gen definitely wasn't suited to business people but the new one will fix some of that and ... : derelict515
              • bozer apple thread : askedrelic
        • The iPhone can be remotely wiped. : spazzium
      • http://www.apple.com/iphone/enterprise/ Features include: * Push email * Push contacts : Arsenal
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  If anyone could find that Enterprise Deployment Guide that would be swell. http://www.apple.com/suppo... : trove
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    http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/Enterprise_Deployment_Guide.pdf : arhughes
    • Thanks. I actually tried hand crafting a link earlier. They must have just put the file up. : trove
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  win64 can run 32-bit binaries though, can't it? I'm being dumb : jcupitt
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    Yes, but the installer says: IPhone Configuration Web Utility does not support 64-bit editions of Window : arhughes
    • o.O ok, that's dumb : jcupitt
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      and exists? : CalibanX
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        exits. I can't type. : arhughes
        • should've figured that out on my own, thanks : CalibanX
    • It's a very existential installer. : Goncyn
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    Win64 can run 32-bit userspace binaries, but we already know Apple does some weird shit with kernel drive... : electroly
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      I'm not sure why an application that just generates an XML file would need to mess with kernel drivers. : arhughes
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        i didn't write it, you've got me. why does itunes need two services? who knows. : electroly
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          Why is Istanbul now Constantinople? Why did Constantinople get the works? That's nobody's business but th... : geedeck
          • i've always been puzzled by the lack of a reference to "byzantium" in that song : dirge23
    • I guess that makes sense, thanks : jcupitt
• shoulda bought a mac. (hush, I'm actually serious. I'm a mac guy) : Trepex

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  Was "eeeealmo, PRO rocket dude" taken ? : taronish
  • he's a pro engineer man, get it right : deject
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  dumb (no period) : dumb.
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    frame (no dot:) : .frame
    • o2 (no Audhuml4) : Audhuml4
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  Wheatloaf : Wheatloaf
  • :D : mittense
• shackvirus : virus
• i_can_haz_invite? : kainen1
• mittens : mittense
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  Socksta : socksta
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    Yay! I beat Crash, she is sexy for someone with less than 2,000 polys. Lets get a game going somebody add... : socksta
    • http://www.disgruntledtv.com/pictures/NoFriends.jpg : socksta
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      I'm too busy being, you know, at work. Though I played it through lunch. : mittense
      • good work~ : ]pm[chem
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  mine is Maddog_Delphi97 : Maddog_Delphi97
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    The following are in my friends' list. brainsick damodred deathlove deveus dumb eeeealmo former... : Maddog_Delphi97
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      Also, I wish I had Quake Live beta invites. :( : Maddog_Delphi97
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        I mean, to give out to shackers. : Maddog_Delphi97
        • Daaamn, now I have 21 shackers in my friends' list. : Maddog_Delphi97
• anthillbilly : ant_hillbilly
• I am currently waiting for a generous donor for an invite :) : cyclonebee
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  Tangles : tangles
  • Oops I just invited someone named tanges. Damn sticky L key. : dumb.
• is there an old thread with more usernames? mine is chem. : ]pm[chem
• geedeck : geedeck
• AbigailSponge : A Sponge
• --------> : TastyWheat
• someone invite me please )= : shyguy74
• mines "jbury" : jbury
• MonTY. Hit me up anytime for some 1vs1 : Lionel2b
• edgewise : edgewise
• sauerkrause : zerog83
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  Damodred : Damodred
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    Just sent invites to everyone above. :) : Damodred
    • Hmm, can't seem to join anyone's game ... : Damodred
• FormerHPB : FormerHPB
• dearjamie : dearjamie
• twifosp : twifosp
• reVerse : re-verse
• any invites left?? : swoopx
• Rosewood : rosewood
• invites D: : Mr.Fusion
• invites D: : Mr.Fusion
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  did they send more activations out today? i still havent gotten mine :( : maulla
  • I was gonna ask that, too. I've been sitting refreshing gmail as often as the shack. : carrioN luggagE
  • I got mine today. Just saying. I'm awesome. Also you suck. : Deathlove
• Cauthon : loboca
• darkT : darkT
• baffula : baffula
• I need a quake live invite :( : Nighteyes
• cyclonebee : cyclonebee
• Deathlove : Deathlove
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  atom519 : atom519
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    clan 519 from q3? : dearjamie
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      i used to be good friends with cre3d : dearjamie
      • yes, I played with cre3d a good bit. : atom519
• Add me!!! flynn also, i cant believe i had to create two sets of logins, very confusing : Flynn
• Wow, lots of shackers on quake live :/ How'd i miss an invite (apart from the fact I've mostly lurked for... : exponen7

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• hell yes! that was rad thanks to each car capable of hitting 10,000 rpms+ : eforce98
• nice : Mmmmmoo
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  I have a higher quality version of this in .mov format. Great audio. : DJ Clipdat
  • gimmie! : mindshot
  • i want... : ninjamoo
  • Will you share? : meesterbill
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    16.5MB .mov? If so, I've got the same thing. I don't know jack about where to host small stuff like that ... : xsoulbrothax
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      SM sent : dearjamie
      • and replied! : xsoulbrothax
• holy shit, ive never seen that before but the last 30 seconds of driving literally sent nonstop chills do... : arizona bay
• Nice, I want to drive on that bridge at 0:48 : sikander
• That gave me a boner, and then i got goosebumps on my cock. : mrvandelay
• that makes me all tingly inside : mindshot
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  No longer available? :( : dognose
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    works for me still, refresh a couple of times? : ninjamoo
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      Must be some weird work policy :( : dognose
      • Weird I can watch other videos there. : dognose
• God I saw the short version of that a million times and loved it. Didn't realize there was a longer, more... : dumb.
• that was fucking cool. : mindfk
• fapping furiously : Downforce
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  oh man i want to shoot stuff like that so bad :( : Wheatloaf
  • I would shoot stuff so bad if I had one of those : pilgrimage
• Wow, that is a fantastic ad. I think I'm going to go to a Shell station to fill up my car tonight! : Bean
• also http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBXUOomynxw&feature=related : [eluder]
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  related: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfePhSLdVM8 : Odoyle
  • honey i'm home : flasher 907
• Where was that highway built by the ocean and on the side of mountains? : noobja
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  HIGHER QUALITY: http://isj.com/ShellFerrariF1Commercial.mov : dearjamie
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    i love you jamie my dear : ninjamoo
    • thank soulbrotha for sending it to me to host : dearjamie
  • thanks : humbleone
  • awesome! thanks : the stickboy
  • nice : Mmmmmoo
  • Mmm... Sounds delicious. Thanks! : kazanma
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  If you haven't heard an F1 car in person, it can't really be fully appreciated. The last V10s were fabul... : Force[FED]
  • I had hoped to go to Hockenheim this month 18-20 July, but.. money doesn't allow it. (also.. seems it mi : humbleone
• Holy awesome : humbleone
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  my fav ad right now http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/video/2008/jul/03/channel4.television : drucifer
  • thats pretty cool. Makes me want to see The Shining again soon : humbleone

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• http://slu2ggo.org/Sluggo/Celebrities/SluggoRebeccaDeMornay.jpg And yes, I did used to date Rebecca DeMo... : spiderfill
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  I WANT ONE!!! : mwasher
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    A Quake Live invite? Or a girlfriend? : notd665
    • an ingame quake gf. : j0nchan
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  How 'bout wife? http://home.comcast.net/~richeyk/gorgeous_wife.jpg : vynn
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    which one is your wife? : erotic sock
    • the one not eating a cookie : vynn
  • need closer look at chick in the background : PapaBoo
• This idea is great. Too bad I'm at work instead of at home on the computer. :( : MacemanInTW
• http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=17404414#itemanchor_17404414 : wasylm
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  ex: http://shackpics.com/files/n621870125_1470138_8220_v0p6r95hlvb9q41csgga.jpg : PapaBoo
  • is that a lavazza cofee? disgusting. : erotic sock
  • Was this taken with the same camera used for the jumping dog in the shelter? : Utopia
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  my lovely gf http://dael.shackspace.com/b.jpg : dael
  • she looks like a cross between Kirsten Dunst and Drew Barrymore : PapaBoo
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  I don't have one though. :( : nevicata
  • I think he'd be willing to accept self pics + divx... : zerog83
  • I have one single Quake Live invite left if you would like it. : A Sponge
• Fire one my way, we go way back right? :) *shifty eyes* : exponen7
• http://shackpics.com/files/babe_rpjfy19yiuo1oz90awnh.jpg : Thresher
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  http://shackpics.com/files/boobies_3_9pbrjslmnl5rtp32ckfn.jpg - hook me up : dignan
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    i bet it belongs to thresher's gf. : j0nchan
    • she's 33 : dignan
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      No, these do: http://shackpics.com/files/beanude_6qsh3g0dvfkav2bgvrdu.jpg : Thresher
      • Well there goes any chances of having any good dreams tonight. : hrdwregk

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• I'M GOING FAST NOW MOMMA! also, holy shit : h o s t i l e
• i came : OverBurN
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  They paid off the officials for that time. : pancake humper
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    apparently it is an engineer driving it as well, so they could get even lower if one of the corvette raci... : gmd
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      Neighbor got his GT-R today. It's a Red one too. He's already washing it :( : pancake humper
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        You should take some pictures! : Ellissd
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          Of what, his F430, Gallardo , the GT-R, or the S/C Range Rover sport? : pancake humper
          • please take pix of the gallardo. inside and out (and i mean all of it even the bits you cant ses<i dont c... : CoRDS
      • pics of gtr plz : Iwannaacura
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        steal it come down to dc and we'll take a joyride around the beltway in it. : arizona bay
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          how do you joyride in traffic? : pancake humper
          • It's more of a joy sit and honk : smegmar
• that would be such a wild ride. I want one now. : cltcprd
• he went airborne a couple times, didn't he? :O : xsoulbrothax
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  It's crazy how the video makes it look like he's going slow. There were parts where he was slowed down t... : DinK
  • Weird, the whole time it was pretty clear me to he was going really fast. : Ellissd
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  That car is hot shit. That's amazing. Also, this guy here needs to watch this to smarten up. http... : FormerHPB
  • yeah that post was lols for sure : gmd
• Speaking of going fast in Germany: WHAT THE HELL why is speed channel not going to carry the motogp world... : proclone1
• VETTES CANT TURN LOL oh. : kelerian
• Following one through the assembly line is rad too: http://youtube.com/watch?v=yjUeg2PaM_g&feature=relate... : mittense
• <shack>Who needs a ZR-1 when you can get a great deal on a NEW! Mazda 3!!!!</shack> : mrvandelay
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  ok so we've got one car company that is at least trying to make a sports car, can we get some more? : Mr.SEX
  • (american car companies that is) : Mr.SEX
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    the pontiac g8 is pretty good : arizona bay
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      i'll have to find out more about it, but i'm still not convinced that it's a big soft car with a big engi... : Mr.SEX
      • Reviews say it handles great for a full size sedan. Feels MUCH smaller when driving it. I'm hoping that... : FormerHPB
    • pontiac's still GM, anyway. under their umbrella... opel speedster vauxhall vx220 pontiac solstice ... : xsoulbrothax
• love the zr-1 wish it didnt look like a corvette though : arizona bay
• I kept looking at the track for red and green arrows :( : Nighteyes
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  I wonder how many years it will take for racing games to get close to this @ graphics : humbleone
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    Graphics are cool and all, but driving games are all about the physics. http://www.iracing.com/home.... : Rag and Bone Man
    • Looks like this is available to the public, but it's a monthly fee with microtransactions attached. Meh. : Rag and Bone Man
  • I don't know. Forza 2 certainly simulates that track well. : jayacheess
• needs hd version : pyide
• gmd you are suffering from COD plz seek help : Dave-A

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• Hell yes : invisible_kid
• niiiiice : Katarn3279
• Wow, that is better than GH4. : thejm4n
• I like that the cymbals are an addon, because I want the quieter wireless drums w/ metal footpad, but I d... : DOOManiac
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  Probably cheaper to buy a real drum set at this point. lol. I still want this! : pigvomit
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    it says it turns into an electronic drum kit, that's great for apartment dwellers! : cpt_gloval
    • Yeah, I want to see a price, this sounds very cool. : pigvomit
  • you'll get a pretty shitty drum set for $200. : FrayLo
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  Holy crap how much? : DarkWolf5
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    I'm guessing $200. lol : pyide
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      I'd buy it. Especially if it works as an actual drum set. : DarkWolf5
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        Probably way more if that's the case. I didn't realize it was a limited edition type deal until I read th... : pyide
        • which is about on par with entry-level electric drums. : cpt_gloval
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          How much is a drum brain? is that the expensive part? Because it doesn't come with it. : DarkWolf5
          • a few hundred to a few thousand dollars depending. : pyide
        • fuck. you're right.. reading the text, this is a third-party limited edition drumset, not the RB2 separat... : xsoulbrothax
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        I am wondering if it's at all velocity sensitive. If it's not then it won't work too well as a controller... : Fred Garvin
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          they've already said the regular drum kit for rock band 2 will be velocity sensitive. so the fancy pants ... : pyide
          • That's cool and good to hear. : Fred Garvin
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  I'll probably buy it. I always wanted an electronic drum. : razlebol
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    1 thing it's missing though is a second bass pedal. It should really include one if they want to make it ... : razlebol
    • you mean a high-hat pedal. : dromo5
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  That is fucking awesome! I just lost interest in GH4. : Head Rush
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    GH4 is pretty much totally off my radar at this point. Between how awesome Rock Band was and how mediocr... : mikecyb
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      I've forgotten about that other game already... : jonin
      • wait, what? there's a guitar hero FOUR!? : zerog83
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  anyone want to buy a Rock Band 1 drum set for the 360? : FormerHPB
  • tree fiddy! : -=kodiak=-
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  Why no hat pedal? >:( : UtilityMaximizer
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    that's my first thought as well. IIRC, hi-hat pedal is a major component of actual drumming. It seems sil... : edgewise
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      It would be a great drum training system with a left pedal. I can already do just fine with three limbs. ... : UtilityMaximizer
      • same here, i can hack out 3 different drum beats on a real set, but only if i omit the hat pedal. : cpt_gloval
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  i cant even play the 4 pad one :( : dantastic
  • You'll notice there are still only 4 colors. : DarkWolf5
  • That was my immediate reaction too. I mainly don't like the drums cause they're so loud though, so I t... : DOOManiac
• They're really turning it up to 11 with this one. : SockMonkeh
• holy shit. thats nice. : jonin
• Beautiful. Give please. : Salad Sammich
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  speaking of electric drums, anyone know how shitty this thing is? http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.as... : cpt_gloval
  • If it's being sold at Costco it's probably pretty bad. : Ellissd
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  Guess what? I'm buying it. : EvilDolemite
  • I probably consider it if I showed any improvement at all on the drums. Right now it'd be a total waste f... : pyide
• I do wish they had spent the extra small amount of money and added another port for double bass support. ... : pilgrimage
• BUYING! : zerog83
• only 1 pedal? : j0nchan
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  at that point, why not get a real drum set? noise? : smoking pets
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    because a real drum set doesn't work with this video game. : pancake humper
    • lol'd : mrvandelay
  • They don't play Rock Band, do they? : crummynz
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    Noise as well as size. Also price as well as Rock Band drums are far easier to learn to play. There are l... : NastyJack
    • you're forgetting such things as roland v-drums : RikiTiki2
  • Uh does a real drum set work with rock band? : OverloadUT
  • how the fuck am I supposed to play video games with that? : mikecyb
  • Price for one thing. even basic drum sets are expensive. : broly1718
  • Noise is right. Good god they are loud. : jayacheess
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    I'm with you. This entire fad is just a tad on the odd side to me. : Visceral Monkey
    • Fun games are a fad now? : NastyJack
  • because the drum skins are made from baby seal pelts. : edgewise
  • because real drum sets make a fuckton of noise. but you could always get roland v drums, although they a... : FrayLo
• OMFGGGGGG. BOUGHT'D. : Rice-Rocketeer
• I don't want that in my living room... : DooBall
• Consider the cup filled. : ColoradoCNC
• How about a MIDI box which allows me to plug my existing MIDI VDrum kit into rock band? That would be sl... : Vantage
• that's ridiculous : feek
• HOLY FUCKING SHITsdlkfjhkgfhdklj my god i am not going to be able to wait until this is released : xsoulbrothax
• I will now cave in and buy Rock Band 2 for I never bought Rock Band 1 because I felt the drums would make... : Malku
• It better come with a bag or case to move it around in. : byorn
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  This is one of the few Rock Band anythings I will not show my wife, because she will want that. : Deathlove
  • Sounds like EXACTLY the reason to show her! Mine will not be happy when I bring that home. :) : FormerHPB
• Sold. : ThomW

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  I was playing the AI and going for Domination victory. I'm new to Civ so I quickly became bogged down in ... : hoov1185
  • Doh, forgot my opinion. If you can't tell already, freakin' sweet! : hoov1185
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  Can you use huge maps or whatever to make matches last >5-6 hours? : MagicWishMonkey
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    I haven't seen anywhere that you can change the map size. But I'm only playing single player. The games... : kgargonmagrix79
    • ok awesome, I am looking forward to some week-long epic battles on my DS : MagicWishMonkey
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  Took me a bit to get used to the DS version, but in the end really like it. I mean some of the graphics i... : zakazi
  • That's pretty much how I ended up in my wars. I wasn't going to let those freeloaders take my tech, so th... : hoov1185
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  single player = awesome multiplayer with people you know = cool multiplayer with people you dont know =... : -=kodiak=-
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    How does MP work? Does everyone take their turn and it waits for people to finish before moving on? : hoov1185
    • simultaneous like previous civ games. There is a timer for your turns. but that sure as shit dont disc... : -=kodiak=-
  • isnt that last line true of nearly all 360 games? : pandastrong
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  I played one game from like 7:30 to 12:30 against Sweet Lew and 3 AI. I held a lead for much of the ga... : Tommy Toolbag
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    Does the game automatically end at 2100AD or can you keep playing? : MagicWishMonkey
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      it ends : Tommy Toolbag
      • That sucks :( I don't care as much about winning as I do totally kicking the everliving shit out of ev... : MagicWishMonkey
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    Who is Sweet Lew? : kgargonmagrix79
    • He's a spy. : Attica Blue
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    You only thought you had captured those cities from Sweet Lew. : re-verse
    • His severe beatdown when he tried to reclaim Giza was definitive proof that I took his first city. : Tommy Toolbag
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    Wait - I thought there were only 4 players allowed in a game? Is this 4 PC players + X number of AI's as... : dedgecko
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      there are 5 total players. 2 people 3 AI 4 people (2 teams of 2) and 1 AI 4 people (free for all) an... : Tommy Toolbag
      • Can the AI team? : Jonathan
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        Cool - didn't know that... Can you remove the AI and just do a 2v2? : dedgecko
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          Anyone? : dedgecko
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            no, there are always 5. : dahanese
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              I'm still going to pick this up - probably this weekend, but the lack of customizing some of the options ... : dedgecko
              • Yeah, it prevents the problem where 90% of the games out there are configured to be weird variants when a... : OverloadUT
              • yeah, it's just a totally different beast than Civ4. when you leave that Civ4 mindset, obviously you won'... : dahanese
          • Based on JINKY's post below, no. : Jonathan
• Played my first game on Chieftain and pretty much just trampled people w/ my armies. Love the army functi... : geedeck
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  So is this game anything worth if I have Civ4+Addons on the PC? : ElPopo
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    Ask yourself if you want to play a multiplayer game of Civ in a few hours or less. You pretty much have y... : geedeck
    • or if you want to play civ on the couch. : cpt_gloval
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      That is selling this game short. It's a fantastic reimagining of the Civ gameplay. Even if it didn't have... : OverloadUT
      • Yeah, I've done a full 180 on my earlier feelings. I'm glad I bought it, despite owning Civ 4. : Vincent Grayson
  • Yes. Civ4 will definitely continue to be my PC game of choice, but CivRev is also fun. : Goncyn
• http://dev.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=17397784#itemanchor_17397784 : theo20185
• someone tell me how it compares to Civ4? Faster/better/supereasy? : lordlobo
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  I played my first game last night against dahanese (who works at 2K) and OverloadUT (who I guess playtest... : Deathlove
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    I think I'll buy the DS version so I can play that between turns on my 360. : ThomW
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      Yeah, I joked about doing that before but now it doesn't seem a terrible idea. : Deathlove
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        if you're dual boxing Civ, you might have a problem ;) : electroly
        • yeah, the problem of "too much of a good thing" :( : Deathlove
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    Nice writeup dude. This makes me feel more charitable toward my doomed Chinese foes. : Goncyn
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      I am seriously the worst Civ player alive. It's nigh-comical. : Deathlove
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        One bit of advice I have for you is that far too many of your tiles are not improved. You need to improve... : Goncyn
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          wait, you can improve tiles?! I fucking fail : MisterPhoton
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            you can't improve tiles as you think. you can research to unlock resources, you can build buildings to ma... : dahanese
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              Goncyn was talking about Civ4 - specifically our Pitboss game where Deathlove's tiles are mostly unimprov... : OverloadUT
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                ahh see that's why i was confused. : MisterPhoton
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                  This is actually key in CivRev, too, but you do it with city buildings instead of tile improvements. : Goncyn
                  • yeah, I had figured that part out, I just thought he was talking about building farms and cottages in Civ... : MisterPhoton
              • deathlove sucks at farming : Degenerate
              • Really? I was thinking I had TOO many improvements, that I was somehow screwing things up. I know I prett... : Deathlove
          • you build buildings to improve tiles in Civ rev. dont have to worry about your cities bitching about h... : -=kodiak=-
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    Good writeup. I owe my victory in large part to the great leader I got early on. He grants "extra experie : OverloadUT
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      Oh, and I work at 2k as well. : OverloadUT
      • Yeah, I saw that this morning in sharkII's profile. I remembered when I saw it. : Deathlove
      • wow, all these hackers : kgargonmagrix79
  • funny thing is, i could have destroyed her even more quickly than she came to my lone city. the brutal... : -=kodiak=-
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  is this a pretty good game if you considered civ 4 to be a bit too complicated for you tastes? : Mr.SEX
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    Maybe. Try the demo. Everyone posting about Civ4 being too complicated makes me :( :( : Goncyn
    • it's not too complicated, it's probably complicated just to right the degree, i just don't have too much ... : Mr.SEX
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      I think the problem with Civ4 is that when you first jump in and play it you feel like you don't know wha... : derelict515
      • I really should make those tutorial videos I've been thinking about. : Goncyn
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        I think for gamers who've primarily been raised on a steady diet of console gaming, Civ 4 will seem diffi... : wytefang
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          You know, you could just say "for players new to the strategy genre" - what difference does it make what ... : OverloadUT
          • It makes quite a bit of difference because issues with strategy and depth tend to come from players raise... : wytefang
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          I've been playing PC games for 15+ years and didn't own a console before the original Xbox. The game is f... : derelict515
          • I'd agree that it's deep but there are plenty of feedback cues as well as a very excellent manual to help... : wytefang
  • Its pretty much made for you then. : geedeck
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    I am a HUGE Civ4 fan. I mean I wrote and maintain www.civstats.com - so I'm pretty heavily invested in th... : OverloadUT
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      I think the Save feature would nullify any concerns I might have over game length with Civ 4. : wytefang
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        But playing 1/4 of a game in 3 hours isn't what I feel like doing. That's not even enough time to tell if... : OverloadUT
        • I guess it comes down to personal opinion - I don't see how playing a 1/4 of the game and saving it, to c... : wytefang
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        Wait what? Is there no save feature in Civ IV? : hoov1185
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          There is : OverloadUT
          • Oh I see, read it wrong. : hoov1185
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  So how's playing this game with a controller? : Ellissd
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    it works perfectly. No issues at all. Most things can be scrolled/jumped between using the right/left bum... : marmite
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      yeah, I have one very minor complaint about the controller... if i'm just looking around with the magnify... : kgargonmagrix79
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        It moves faster if you push both sticks. : Sailor of Fortune
        • Why thank you Sailor of Fortuna : kgargonmagrix79
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  The game goes by really fast compared to Civ 4, if it could be just a little bit longer or an option to t... : Sailor of Fortune
  • I'm amazed at how much they were able to remove and simply while keeping it feeling very much like a game... : OverloadUT
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  I'm really not happy with it. I think I need to try a harder difficulty because it was no fun just steam... : Crimsonbeak
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    Also I am pissed that they are charging for the content packs from different retailers. : Crimsonbeak
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      we're going to have free DLC coming, too, it's just not announced. : dahanese
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        whoa, hello dahanese~@civ4makercompanyanymore : kgargonmagrix79
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          :-( i haven't been sleeping much what does that mean? : dahanese
          • something about giving out insider info and getting fired LMAO RIGHT? : kgargonmagrix79
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        XBox Live is actually going to allow free DLC? : Crimsonbeak
        • we've done it before! : dahanese
        • Bioshock! : OverloadUT
        • There has to be multiple pay-for options and then they can offer free DLC. : Xevo
  • Yep, first game I played on easiest level I was like wtf but when I went up to 2nd level it was a lot mor... : kgargonmagrix79
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    What difficulty did you play? On the two easiest difficulties you get a bonus to all of your combat, so m... : OverloadUT
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      Yeah, I think it's a little lame that "Play now" on the main menu starts you at the easiest difficulty. : Goncyn
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        Only the first time right? : OverloadUT
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          Right, but still, you'd have to be brain dead to lose on that difficulty. I finished the tech tree and bu... : Goncyn
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            Yeah but imagine the number of players buying this who have no idea how to play. It's really important th... : OverloadUT
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              Good point. You are probably right, given the number of people posting lately who have played one game of... : Goncyn
              • Yeah, I imagine there are a lot of people who will try this out even though they've never played a game l... : OverloadUT
    • my first game on the easiest difficulty I pretty much steam rolled the entire Japanese and German civiliz... : Degenerate
• I just picked up my copy. Apparently I get some free download thing too. :D : Rauol Duke
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  I really, really wish you could play multiplayer without the AIs : JINKY
  • In the game we played I thought it added a lot to the experience. I see them as a sort of more-powerful b... : OverloadUT
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    They are so annoying. They somehow teleport in and steal a city if you have no units there for even 1 tu... : Xevo
    • Maybe it's the difficulty level I am playing at, but I haven't experienced this yet. I had riflemen and c... : hoov1185
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      You know, one of the Great Person abilities lets you just steal a city. They might just be doing that. I ... : Vincent Grayson
      • what i like to do, is when someone is going for the culture victory, you KNOW they have some great people... : -=kodiak=-
  • 100% agree. all the games ive played online, and my resulting vents on here about it..... the only ... : -=kodiak=-
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  So is civ rev just civ4 with everything but war stripped out? : twifosp
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    Are you really asking or are you joking? In case it's the latter: no. You can win via economy, culture, m... : OverloadUT
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      I'm really asking, I haven't played it, I don't have a 360. But I play a shit ton of civ 4 BTS. I've al... : twifosp
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        When you play against the AI, especially at the higher difficulties, it would be completely normal to be ... : OverloadUT
        • you can avoid war with them by of course, bribing them, but at the higher difficulties i spend time amass... : dahanese
        • Right, I don't think I've ever played a game of BtS where I wasn't at war every other century after princ... : twifosp
        • Even on the easiest difficulty it's only about half an hour into the games before the AI starts getting a... : Vincent Grayson
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  I played the DS version last night and it was pretty fun! I have never played Civ before, but I think I ... : mikecyb
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    is it true that you can't see the stats for attacking/defending on the ds version : JINKY
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      yeah that is true, during the battles I had no way of knowing who was how powerful or what. that was ann... : mikecyb
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        You can see the stats before you choose to fight, right? On the 360 version you can see your strength ... : OverloadUT
        • Oh yeah, when you drag over to start the fight you'll see the other unit's stats. : zakazi
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          oh yeah, I meant when attacking a city : mikecyb
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            That is the case in both games, as Overload stated. It's a nice way to surprise people that underestimat... : Xevo
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              well I mean during a battle you can't see stats... so if you attack some sucker's city you pretty much ne... : mikecyb
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                that kind of is a really huge problem : JINKY
                • Not really. You can see the strength before you execute the attack. If you're going in blind, well then y... : OverloadUT
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                if your units have scout upgrade, you can see the attack ratings, if you have the oracle, you can see the... : -=kodiak=-
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                  bonuses/generals/veterancy/walls can bump up defense so fucking much, it's pretty lame that you can't see... : JINKY
                  • oh yea i know what you mean. Especially early on. If you are going up against the greeks and they have lo... : -=kodiak=-
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  Just bought it from Frys at lunch, trying to hard not to boot it up at work. :| : YoYo
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    Haha, I have a copy of the DS version sitting next to me. I can hear its siren call. It's begging me to p... : OverloadUT
    • If I had the DS version I'd be hiding out somewhere with it. : YoYo
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  Mine just came in from Gamefly today. Looking forward to some battles this weekend! : mancide
  • I also got mine in from them today. <3 Gamefly big time for shipping on Monday! : Xevo
• Is there anyone here who has played the DS version who was also a big Civ2 player back in the day? I know : Schnapple
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  I finally found the PS3 version at Future Shop today, no where else had it STILL. Played a quick game on ... : jayares
  • The scenarios is your best bet for that, but yea - it won't allow you to fully control things : humbleone
  • it really isnt all that hard to win a game on the 'play now' thing, im just achievement farming on that d... : -=kodiak=-
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  is there a demo? : dantastic
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    I know there is a demo available for PS3. : obiquatro
    • there's a demo on both 360 and PS3 : dahanese