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• i want to play so bad but i need to finish this research proposal by tomorrow and it's a fucking pain in ... : lakren
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  I tried my first T3 for half an hour last night..... I'm a lvl 22 zealot, and I got fuckin' MAN HANDLED. ... : Chunks
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    Yeah, you can hold your own around 24-25 in T3. But my problem is people not keeping fucking witch hunte... : wykd
    • Yeah, tunnel vision kills in this game. A lot of dps people become so focused on a target that they can'... : walker270
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    You'll get used to Tier 3. Tier 3 is a lot more hectic, fast-paced, and spammy compared to T1 and T2... : walker270
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      heh, my t1 strategy: spam. t2 strategy: spam, run around. : cpt_gloval
      • t3 strategy: kick people into lava : stgulik
  • I just hit 22 last night; looks like I'll be joining in on the T3 fun :( : zerog83
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    tell me about it sister! no foreplay or anything even. they all demand the heals heals heals... well what... : arcane_
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      Lets start a healers support group. : CRasterImage
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        Heals for Healers. Count me in. : Delaric
        • Now the healing can begin. : CRasterImage
• Not having tanks is a common occurrence on Badlands. : freakynipples69
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  I hit 19 on my sorceress yesterday, now its T2 Scenarios until I hit 22. gotta get my renown above rank 1... : hirez
  • heh, my renown rank is usually pegged at 99% for half a career rank. currently 15/15 : cpt_gloval
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    I seem to be stuck at 18 1/2 right now. I did rvr all last night and exp hardly fucking moved. Tried some... : Visceral Monkey
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      World RvR? Or scenario RvR? : CRasterImage
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        I was doing world RvR in a large group of about 20 for almost 2 hours. I also did some scenarios and that... : Visceral Monkey
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          Your maximum renown rank appears to be tied to your career level. I'm not sure what or how, but I did se... : walker270
          • I think once your Rank hits 40, your Renown can pass it. : CRasterImage
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          Are you saying your exp didn't increase much? Or your renown didn't increase much? Also, what class ar... : CRasterImage
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            Yea, sorry, exp, not renown. My renown is fine but I'm not getting much exp. I assumed you got both exp a... : Visceral Monkey
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              Experience from kills in RvR seems to be based on kills. There appears to be a base amount of experience... : walker270
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                Ya. I posted on the warshack about it. As a healer, I did 10,000 exp from 1.5 hours of world RvR in Ti... : CRasterImage
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                  You don't do open world rvr for exp. This was known from the first day. Open world rvr will give you ex... : walker270
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                    I think this creates a disincentive for world RvR for any Tier other than Tier 4 with Rank 40 charcters. ... : CRasterImage
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                      Okay. How would you fix it? You're not killing other players at nearly the same rate in open world rvr ... : walker270
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                        But why grind for renown in world RvR when you can get it in scenario RvR along with exp? I would fix ... : CRasterImage
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                          .... because it takes about 15-25 minutes of winning scenarios to get the same amount of renown as captur... : walker270
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                            "isn't broken to begin with" How can you say it isn't broken, if it has little incentive to participate... : CRasterImage
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                              That must be why you think wold RvR has value. Renown grinding. For me, that isn't an issue. Exp is.... : CRasterImage
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                                Are you still in Tier 2? : walker270
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                                  Yup. Rank 16, Renown 16. My experiances as a healer have been: Scenarios provide slightly more re... : CRasterImage
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                                    That explains a lot. You're trying to fix a system that isn't broken. I don't have any data on it, bu... : walker270
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                                      I played a Chosen and a Sorceress up to rank 12 and a Witch Elf up to rank 7 or so. Doing mostly solo q... : CRasterImage
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                                        World RvR doesn't exist in T1 because people leveling normally are almost out of the tier before they rea... : walker270
                                        • I agreed with your point that it wasn't broken. It provides renown, so it serves a purpose. Not a purp : CRasterImage
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                                      i have been grinding scenarios, and i notice that i see an awful lot of the same names over and over agai... : cpt_gloval
                                      • /wave : CRasterImage
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                                        If there was a significant portion simply grinding scenarios, wouldn't that imply there would be a large : walker270
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                                          No, I agree with him. There is a large group of people who mostly do scenarios. I know that in guild c... : CRasterImage
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                                            People asking to do scenarios in T2 has no relevance to anything here. PvE is almost entirely soloable, ... : walker270
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                                              Are you contrary out of habit? : CRasterImage
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                                                Depends. Are you about to bust out the 16th century definition of RvR in an effort to prove me wrong? : walker270
                                                • Okay, here's the deal... Your suggestion would destroy open world rvr in T3. In T3 every single keep ... : walker270
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                                                  No. I just can't believe that you deny me the right to have a perspective. You don't want me to believ... : CRasterImage
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                                                    You have a perspective on things you have no experience with. Do you realize how annoying that is? : walker270
                                                    • ^^^ Proof. Exhibit A How could I have no experience with WAR? Do you think I didn't buy the game? I... : CRasterImage
                            • How can you say it is broken, when there seem to be open world RvR events going on more often than not? ... : walker270
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                If I had my druthers, the exp and renown would just be shared equally among the party members. Keep it s... : CRasterImage
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                  Then you have the massive afk group farming exp without doing anything. Turn it into a proximity-based t... : walker270
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                    yeah, pretty sure healers get credit for kills by providing support. my zealot seldom engages in combat d... : cpt_gloval
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                      o_O Wut? I often have a 0 next to my name in kills and damage in scenario score boards. Though I am... : CRasterImage
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                        There are three kills columns -- kills, killing blows, and solo kills. The kills column is based on prox... : walker270
                        • It must be one of those columns then. : CRasterImage
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                        i spread my heals around a lot. so pretty much any time someone scores a kill, i get credit. it's also de... : cpt_gloval
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                          I like keeping my eye on the Sorceresses. Not only are they pretty to look at, but they tend to do lots... : CRasterImage
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                            i still have a hard time identifying classes (and their archetype) at a glance. : cpt_gloval
                            • The glowing purple staff of sexy helps pick 'em out. Also, I played as a Sorc up to Rank 12. So I go... : CRasterImage
                  • Well, there could be ways around the AFK farming in scenarios. Things like your proximity rule + disabl... : CRasterImage
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  i played one without tanks last night, it was bizarre, i could tell nobody knew wtf to do haha : cpt_gloval
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    On Order side, you're pretty much used to it. The Dest/Order tank ratio is something like 4:1. : hawke
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      that's ok, dest lacks healers : cpt_gloval
      • 85% of dest tanks are retarded, too : walker270
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        this is the biggest lie. shaman is one of the most played classes : oHnOES
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          can you really count them as healers if all they do is DPS, though? : Majuju
          • They're still healers. They're just shitty healers if they only DPS. :) : ]aratex[
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            Ugh I can't imagine trying to seriously DPS with my Shaman. It's frustrating as hell. : fishbone
            • But the big heal has an insanly long cast time and super fragile, unless you warm it up with some DPS fi... : R.Cade
            • yeah shaman dps is total shit. Anyone who is DPSing as a shaman needs to shut the fuck up and play a sorc... : aeg1x
        • What tier are you in? "Tanks" and "healers" appeared plentiful while I was in T2, but in T3 they're pr... : walker270
        • so many of them run around doing nothing, i didn't even know they were a healing class ;p : cpt_gloval
      • i just started a disciple of khaine last night on badlands :o : dantastic
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    So many chosen and BO it sucks when a lot of the times on Order you don't have a single tank. It's such a... : rhuntley12
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      *speaking on tier 1 as rerolled recently* : rhuntley12
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        i played some PvP at lvl 2 or 3 with my magus for that intro quest. haha cant wait till i can actually ... : dantastic
        • You're forced into the next tier at lvl 12 (22, 32). Whenever you're in an RvR zone below level 8 (18, 2... : walker270
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          if you are on the winning side more often then not you can level fairly fast doing scenarios and the 2 qu... : rhuntley12
          • Also, even at 2-3 you can be more useful then a lot of the tards on there that are a waste of space. : rhuntley12
  • Are tanks really that effective at just getting in the way of squishies? : node
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  I'm still trying to "like" this game. I bought it recently..level 6 now..playing off and on due to work, ... : psxtim
  • What do you mean by ugly, exactly? The world setting is darker and more gritty than WoW was. The grap... : CRasterImage
  • you haven't really experienced much at rank 6. try out some rvr, that's really the reason to play this on... : cpt_gloval
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    You're just barely dipping your toe into the game. I don't really think you start to get a proper feel fo... : geedeck
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      Yeah I have a feeling that is it too...I'm not giving up on it...I just haven't felt the, "omg i gotta pl... : psxtim
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        slow leveling makes it worse. nothing like playing for 4 hours and not gaining a single level... at 15 : Nighteyes
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          you could level in about half an hour if you just ran Mourkain temple at that level : aeg1x
          • Half an hour huh? Try again. Mourkain takes about 8 minutes per game, with a few minutes down time. So... : Nighteyes
  • level 6 is like an hours worth of play time : aeg1x
• I just wish i could get into scenarios other then Tor Anroc in T3. : boredguy

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  Those of us who live in the DC area should show up at Bethesda's offices in...well, Bethesda and see if w... : noleh8r
  • say hi to lplasmatron for me. he's a sexy bitch. : zerog83
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    wait. bethesda is located in bethesda maryland? You just blew my mind. : Jackass1233
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      Actually they're in Rockville. : SockMonkeh
      • yup off of piccard dr. :P : ltwhankins
• pics!! : oHnOES
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  dude take pix no one cares : feek
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    Ok, tomorrow I'll bring my camera with me on my commute and snap some shots. : amrbean
    • Passing this along to DHS. : Evil Benius
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    lol don't listen to feek. it is very illegal to take pics in the metro. i've been accosted a couple of ... : eeeealmo
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      Ok, thanks for the info. No pictures tomorrow then. : amrbean
      • http://www.krages.com/phoright.htm : n0v4
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      i highly doubt that. you have the right to take pictures of public spaces from public spaces. the only e... : n0v4
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        You might have the right, but it does not mean you will not get questioned for it. : Evil Benius
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          if you mean just some average joe, then it'd just be some douchebag and i agree it is probably a risk ... : n0v4
          • I think if you look shady about it they should be able to ask what you are doing. I mean if you are obvio... : Evil Benius
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        But I know it's illegal to take pictures of some of the bridges in New York City. They even have signs p... : amrbean
        • thats utter bullshit. and I doubt could stand up in court. : NexusOne
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          thats only if you're on MTA property. property owners can prohibit photography on their property, but not... : n0v4
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            I am not arguing, I am just trying to understand: but doesn't the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Au... : amrbean
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              yes, but they can't detain you / arrest you / confiscate your equipment they can only ask you to stop or... : n0v4
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                Thanks for the info, but I think I'll pass on taking the pictures anyway. Maybe another DC area shacker ... : amrbean
                • I've taken pictures with my xbox huge camera and never heard a word from any of those inept security guar... : gmd
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                  this happened in seattle, a BROWN guy was taking pictures of the ballard locks and some security guards g : FrayLo
                  • Sucks to be brown. : lodit
                  • don't forget the two guys seen scoping out the Ferries (boats - though it's always okay to double check h... : dedgecko
                  • man that's fucked. there's always people with cameras out there. lame. : mXENO
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      That is totally false. : Goncyn
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        People are permitted to take photos in our rail system. We see our rail system as a tourist destinatio : arhughes
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          tell that to the guards who yelled at me for taking photos at metro center :( : eeeealmo
          • It's your responsibility to know your rights, and demand they be respected. People who just unquestionin... : rasputinreborn
          • Well if you weren't taking pictures of them while they were taking a piss then maybe they wouldn't have g... : dedgecko
          • Keep your AK concealed when you take photos you terr'ist : tomservo
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            I would tell them to fuck off, although I am not worried at all about being added to a terrorist watch li... : gmd
            • granted this was like 3-4 years ago, a lot closer to post-9/11 craziness so i figured they had enacted so... : eeeealmo
        • I might print this out and try taking the photos tomorrow. : amrbean
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      I had no idea. Geezel. I've taken family trip pix on the metro before late at night, maybe six or so ye... : sHugamom
      • oh cool, just read the star flash from arhughes and feel better that I'm not a criminal after all. :) : sHugamom
  • It's fucking scary that this subthread exists. : Geoffrois
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  It's also your right to take pictures in public spaces. And also your right to not carry your identificat... : famine101
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    Tracking nanobots that were injected when he got his flu vaccine : indosauros
    • Fuck! Better not take any pictures then. : famine101
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  Found this in a web article about the DC metro ad: http://digitalmetropolis.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/... : changejar419
  • Woah that is cool. I remember when the subways in Philly had ads up for Killzone and I had no idea wha... : Evil Benius
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  I have taken pictures in the metro no problem. You only get yelled at if you are near the pentagon stop. : gmd
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    why were you taking pictures at the pentagon stop? : mrtony
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      I haven't I never go that way. : gmd
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        then why do you have pictures of the pentagon on your hard drive? : mrtony
        • Are you trying to get me in trouble? 9/11 MOSSAD PENTAGON HIJACK BOMB, because it won't work the governme... : gmd
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  Saw that this morning on the way to work - the ads were getting a lot of looks, and I think some people w... : AisfortomAto
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    I dunno. Shots of a ruined Krispy Kreme would really turn some heads here in Atlanta. : porp
    • ahahaha : feek
    • Depends on whether the sign was lit or not! : AxeMan808
    • Thanks. Now I want hot Krispy Kremes... : MorrisatCNN
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      Big fat heads. : CapnChaos
      • Don't be silly, fat people can't turn their heads. : avatar_58
• From what I've seen of the game, they did a really nice job copying Metro Center in game.... : Gonzo
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  wow, I forgot fallout 3 was taking place in a ruined washington D.C. I am so pumped for this game now tha... : Jackass1233
  • I really, really hope I get to snipe people from the top of the Washington Monument. >:D : Arcanum
  • Jackass. You can't play. You don't have a computer and you've sworn off video games. : Trips
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    wtf are you doing in DC? Haven't seen you on CoH in forever... : dedgecko
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      I moved to DC for grad school, i left behind my gaming computer, my hdtv, my consoles, pretty much anythi... : Jackass1233
      • you need to quit the shack if you really want to eliminate any distractions... : dedgecko
      • But yet you are here all the time. lol. : phil_mckraken
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  Nice. I'm going to DC on Friday, it'll be nice to look at subway ads that don't have anything to do with ... : yoonix
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    where in DC? : gmd
    • omni shoreham : yoonix
• They got posted to joystiq: http://www.joystiq.com/photos/fallout-3-metro-ads/1083946/ : TimeDoctor
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  This entire thread scares me, speaking as a brit. I've been shouted out on loudspeakers for taking shots ... : T-900
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    That's why you push back when you can, and where you can. ;-) Awesome ads, by the way. Bethesda ... : Legolas5
    • Aye- Even if it's only taking pictures where they tell you you shouldn't ;) : T-900

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• meh : mnok
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  so ugly : Maarten Goldstein
  • It has a certain Texas Instruments calculator styling that hardcore nerds must pine for. I guess you are : Lightzout
• I'm totally not impressed, it's clearly an iphone wannabe with what seems to be a less intuitive interfac... : boarder2
• This is pretty terrible. : jingletard
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  It's plain looking but I don't mind it. I can't stand trying to use an iPhone, while my LG Rumor has been... : pauk111
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    what's so bad about the iphone ? : qwpeoriu
    • Slow network and responsiveness at times, virtual keyboard is nowhere near as reliable as an actual keybo... : pauk111
  • Hey, I'm an Apple hater myself but that phone is damn sweet. iTunes remains a retarded product on a Windo... : Mad Brahmin Disease
• ass ugly : qwpeoriu
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  was hoping it was an actual emulator, this is just a crummy flash simulation : GloriousCow
  • I could zoom into my house from gmaps :D : liqker
  • Yeah, it's basically just a simulation to show how the interface works, and it's not complete. Nice and a... : zehh
• That's what he said : Delaric
• they should have sent a poet : synack
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  Lotta haters in here. : deadhorse
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    While its not exactly beautiful people need to realize its a fucking phone targeting the unwashed masses ... : Hoax
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      The iPhone is competitively priced against all other smartphones out there, and it looks way more intuiti... : jingletard
      • It has a keyboard which is a big plus in my book of intuitive use and more so i'd probably recommend neit... : Hoax
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      what gave you the impression that android phones "won't cost a fortune"? the cheap ones cost the same as... : electroly
      • its priced at 179$ if i recall correctly. and while i won't get it for free i'm pretty sure that i can ge... : Hoax
    • It is for a totally different sub-bracket of the fourth division of the middle class. : vigilante
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    i really like it :( : cygnus
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      same, real keyboard ftw : gmd
      • yup. i love my itouch but if i type anything half long on it my fingers get cramped :( : r4wk
    • Me too. :( I think the shack loves teh apple. : pap26
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  do i gotta wait for WimMo 7.0 for someone to outclass the iPhone? why do all these phone companies and OS... : Dave-A
  • because it's not platform specific? the iphone OS (which is just a version of OSX) only has to work on o... : mikecyb
• their flash isn't working. : manero
• lol : Serpico74
• wow, ugly as sin. : geneshifter
• ok, i think it's cool : manero
• Hardware not so great looking. But the Android OS looks promising. Being able to run multiple apps at onc... : pap26
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  http://www.stonedonkey.com/Uploads/awesome.png This is what's going to make this phone so much more aw... : stonedonkey
  • Love the name "ShackDroid". Its clever as hell. : pap26
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    I will make a ShackApp where you can shackload it from my shackhost on your shackphone, what is your shac... : gmd
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      Shackpinion is the worst thing ever : tomservo
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        quiet, shackservo! : Dave-A
        • my little shackpanion! : Dave-A
      • It is very shackravating : gmd
      • ok haiku : virus
      • it's true : mikecyb
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  Yep - thats exactly it. lol : virus
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    did they not take notes from the brown zune? srsly. comon. : Antilles_Prime
    • You will see other hardware soon enough. : virus
• I'm not saying anything about the functionality or ease of use, but that's absolutely horrible looking. : devi| dog

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  this is a stupid idea hirez : Jackass1233
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    no u. you dont get a say b/c you dont love me anymore play TF2 anymore. : hirez
    • Ill never let go jack. : Jackass1233
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  I understand wanting fewer shenanigans, but that seems like a bit much. : antareus
  • wel, the flip side is, I just start playing WAR instead and pubbing it up for my TF2 fix. which is where ... : hirez
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  Sounds like a lot of work but there should be control measures I agree. I like the three strikes rule ... : Sailor of Fortune
  • yah, this would also be the case. 2 map minimum required. good suggestion. : hirez
• WTF My streak of Shackwest attendance :( : H@rvester
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  It sounds like you are moving towards a pick up game type system. Why not just do that and have it be alw... : terath
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    Something like this: http://www.tf2pickup.com/ I was incidentally looking at this just last night. I ... : terath
    • hmmm. interesting. I'll check this out. : hirez
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      so ... this is a mod? where is the mod dowloadable? : hirez
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        oh nevermind. its an IRC thing. blah. if there was a magical mod to help with this... : hirez
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          We may be able to build a web based version in very little time. It doesn't seem like it needs to do too ... : terath
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            that would be awesome, make it so #1! : hirez
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              Ok, I'll see what I can whip up in a few hours this weekend. : terath
              • sweet. you will be named in the server title if you do it. : hirez
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    um. explain more, I'm not following... : hirez
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      Basically someone proposes a game. People sign up via an automated system (in this case on irc) and then... : terath
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        While I love playing pickups, I think it's a little too much serious business for ShackWest. I'll be cur... : FlamingGimp
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          I dont know really. I just 1) would like to make sure the teams are evenly match 2) get stuff going quick... : hirez
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            As much as I agree, I think that with the inevitability of the teams not always being even, it would be g... : FlamingGimp
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              Just don't let dummies be captain : H@rvester
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                ok, h@rverster you just banned yourself from being captain. WTG! i just get tired of the "who wants to be : hirez
                • I hate being captain anyway! : H@rvester
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          I agree. If I play its usually because a game happens to be on and I want to jump in and fuck around. You... : Serpico74
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            uh... we'll always pick teams. people like it too much to stop. at least for the first map or two. : hirez
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              I just hate waiting. Shuffle teams three times and go, I'm a-ok with that. : Serpico74
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                I dont mind it either. but lots of people have expressed they like playing shackwest because we pick for ... : hirez
                • That's cool, I understand that. I play there for the connection. :) : Serpico74
• !trivia : re4ctor
• Fuckin Shackwest: Colonization : proclone1
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  tonight: everyone spawn as scout. meet in the middle. fight. last blue/red standing are captains. : hirez
  • Pistols only. : ann thracks
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  i think we just need to set informal ground rules about moving just a bit quicker in terms of teaming up ... : kainen1
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    Yeah I think the main issue is teams not being balanced well. That simply comes down to picking captains... : dkrulz
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      if you show up to shackwest, I think you should expect to be captain once in a while. PL maps 4ever&ever. : hirez
      • I'm captain from time to time, but generally would rather let others have a shot at it. Sometimes it's i... : dkrulz
• I think I'm against this. I would rather just find a way to get the captains and teams picked in a faste... : ant_hillbilly
• Hmm... I agree with some of this but I still think its to much. : Chip Munk
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  You need a mod to randomly assign two captains. That would speed things up. Although I'm not sure that wo... : Alco23
  • Some people should not be captains. Most people, I would wager. : omnova

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  sadly none =-( : kbnerd
  • http://www.somethingweird.co.uk/imgs/pandaWHAT.jpg : PoopStewart
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  NHL09. I just haven't had much time to play. :( : FormerHPB
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    For me its a nightly battle between nhl 09 and warhammer :( : chungathebunga
    • NHL09, Duke3D, and Rock Band 2 for me. I need a week off from work to catch up on my gaming. : FormerHPB
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  mass effect ..I'm purposefully not advancing the storyline cuz I think I'm near the end and just doing si... : cptstern
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    O_o? I never got that side quest I don't think :O : DM7
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      it's part of the main storyline ..shepperd get grounded and his former captain punches out the human lead... : cptstern
      • Oh wow, yeah I remember that. What a ride. :D : DM7
  • The ending is awesome, but yeah your nearing it. : locater16
• Mount and blade. : hirosushima
• Karazhan resets tonight. highlight of my week : electroly
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  ATTN: UK PS3 SHACKERS Anyone game for some BF Bad Company 2night? did the red work? :S : Vincenoir
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    are there any UK peeps with a PS3 aside from silentbobuk? He doesn't have any mp games though iirc : marmite
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      Marmite is this an attempt to taunt me.... : Vincenoir
      • kinda, but also a genuine question. buy a 360 : marmite
      • don't worry, when Killzone 2 comes out we can play that and marmite wont be invited in the meantime buy a : silentbobuk
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  mega man anniversary and nhl09 : JINKY
  • I just picked up the MM Anniversary Collection because I'm a lowly primarily-PC user and do not have a pl... : CasbahBoy
• WAR : Tommy Toolbag
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  The Witcher: EE : pukerat
  • Me too. Well, not hooked. Finally did CoD 4 and getting into this now. Reminds me of a fantasy deus ex - ... : node
  • Same here. Game finally picked up for me. : Malku
• WAR :( : OverloadUT
• Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway. And it's making me want to play the first two again as well. : Haxim
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  stalker clear sky. epic post-apocalyptic fps rpg hybrid ftw : datoo
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    how far are you? I'm at Chernobyl NPP. Stopping Strelok is hard stuff. :( : deject
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      haven't gotten that far, I'm almost through limansk. I might start over because I started with the 1.504 ... : datoo
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        Oh god getting up to the construction site was fucking HARD. They AI is way too good at throwing grenade... : deject
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          Yeah that's the part I'm at right now. I just realized that the new patch is save-compatible so I guess I... : datoo
          • I just had to use my Vintar (modded with 50% more flatness, 50% more accuracy, and 50% less recoil to get... : deject
• I capped out Sacred 2's demo so I am playing the original now. Its nowhere near the upcoming prequel gra... : Lightzout
• WAR has me by the snuffles : cpt_gloval
• Company of Heroes and Xcom: UFO Defense : dedgecko
• De Blob! : locash
• Goldeneye 64 : father_crown
• Colonization but not anymore. : Mad Brahmin Disease
• Lost Odyssey : Wadmaasi
• Mercs2 and TW09. Treading water til Fallout 3 and L4D. : Fyunch Click
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  Pure. What a fun little game : bagelcc
  • Oh yeah, this too! How could I forget, so much fun. : node
  • I love this game : Head Rush
• Brothers in arms HH (in authentic so hard) and Siren blood curse : silentbobuk
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  I got sucked back into Guild Wars again. : shyguy74
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    I've only beat Nightfall. I need to go back and finish Prophecies, Factions and EotN. : PoopStewart
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      I enjoyed Prophecies & EotN, but man, Factions has some of the worst voice acting in recent video game hi... : shyguy74
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        what's your ign? we should play some time. I'm Poop Stewart. : PoopStewart
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          My name character now is Vyn Mistborn. : shyguy74
          • *main character. wtf typo. : shyguy74
  • once i get a mic, i'm seriously considering getting back into competitive play. it was so much fun to be ... : mindmann
• Fallout 1. : CrustaR
• Still TF2. The claws are in pretty deep with this one. : Dusty_Slim
• Max Payne 2 : contentious roy
• I JUST received a notice that I'm getting this game in the mail. Except I have little interest in MP, jus... : pgharavi
• TF2 : locater16
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  Metal Gear Solid 4 : tomservo
  • Mostly I just watch Naomi cutscenes over and over : tomservo
• Rock Band 2 : Cobaek
• all I have really have time for is DoD:S twice weekly, even last night I had to bail for a while for some... : .Jayson
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  I'm playing Stalker: Clear Sky on all my days off. It has such a great atmosphere. : DM7
  • I'm getting a bit frustrated with this one. I just got to the red forest and I was killed by one of thos : Horn
• The usual, Company of Heroes : Toth21
• Resistance, WipEout HD, Company of Heroes, and Mega Man 9. : mittense
• Crysis Wars and CoD4 MP. : Dynotaku
• Rock Band 2. The drum charts are much, much more interesting than those of RB1. : DonkeyPopsicle
• Call of Duty 4. Just picked it up on the weekend, and I've been playing multiplayer nonstop. : cptn.peachfuzz
• i thought you said cock : jokemon
• Supreme Commander : Code RedBeard
• Oblivion : get_navi
• Also just hanging on until L4D, Fallout3, FarCry2. Bouncing from CoD4, Stalker:Clearsky, and COH. : IHATEDUST
• Just finished Castle Crashers, now I need something new. Maybe go back and finish GTA4, or readdict mysel... : khaosman
• Currently moving between playing COD4, Halo 3, and BF:Bad Company. All spectacular online games :) : bam87
• I am getting sucked back into Bad Company myself. I have fallen in love with playing Spec Ops and just de... : Evil Benius
• FF4DS. God, I remember like none of this game but then I do something and it's like OH RIGHT AND THEN THI... : Deathlove
• GTA4. : five_percent
• spore. : dahanese
• Company of Heroes (comp-stomping with my friend) : trOmblyj
• New Computer == CoH addiction : geneshifter

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  At this point I would settle for even mediocre new Sci Fi : indosauros
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    Don't say that...you'll get stuck with shows like Sanctuary... : deathofrats
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      You're right, I'm just bitter and want ST:TNG to come back :[ : indosauros
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        >:| If you make TNG come back I'll pee on your federation dress uniform. : cerealSAM2
        • DATA > TUPAC OR WHATEVER HIS NAME WAS : indosauros
        • Bah. I want more DS9, dammit! : mn3m0n1c
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  Caprica is coming out before year's end. Hopefully it'll have the FIRST CYLON WAR. Other than that, th... : Sailor of Fortune
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    The trailer for Caprica looked so, so incredibly bad. I'm still holding out hope for it though :/ : Ovate
    • I thought it looked good. Completely opposite of BSG, and not in a bad way. : Wisp!
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    Forgot about that. I'm looking forward to that, too, actually, even if only for Eric Stolz. He's one cree... : Marauder IIC
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      Have you seen BSG: Razor? Classic Cylons in it : Sailor of Fortune
      • Bah, overlooked your youtube link, but yeah, I don't see why they won't. : Sailor of Fortune
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        That youtube video was from Razor, wasn't it? That's all I've seen. Was there more, and was any of it not... : Marauder IIC
        • They pretty much used them in place of the current cylons in that movie. I think that was the only time t... : Sailor of Fortune
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      Another note, I found it strange that the first cylon was a human model in the new series, it seems too f... : Sailor of Fortune
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        I don't understand this post : Thomas Hace
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          BSG seems to have it set that the first Cylons were merely robots, the Centurions from the original serie... : Sailor of Fortune
          • I doubt anyone knew about the first humanoid cylon (I think she's called Zoe-A). : Wisp!
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  Star Wars Live Action? : bam87
  • Star Wars died in 1999, with Tartakovsky's cartoon being the only great thing after that date : grabbie
  • 2010 : g0nk
• fantastic. I've only red the first book it's really really good. : nomaad
• This is really exciting : Thomas Hace
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  Doctor Who, but that's not coming back til 2010 or something... : deathofrats
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    ^^ Not until next fall. But if you haven't seen Seasons 1-4 of the new Dr. Who, you need to check it out.... : mindmann
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      Seasons 1 & 2 are really good. 3 & 4 vary wildly. : cerealSAM2
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        i like all four for different reasons. Donna is definitely my favorite companion. Martha was good in seas : mindmann
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          I did not like Donna at first; Rose is still my favorite, but Donna did grow on me eventually. And yeah, : mn3m0n1c
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            yeah, i hated donna in The Bride but she really grew on me. i really liked how she wasn't all star struck... : mindmann
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              I blame Mickey, that wanker! ;D : mn3m0n1c
              • he, also, was so much cooler later on. god he was annoying in the beginning. i mean, even jackie was kind... : mindmann
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          Yeah, I was pleasantly surprised by the companions. I don't think Martha got much from the writers, whi : cerealSAM2
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            man, when the episodes were on, they were on though. I think seasons 1 and 2 were consistantly my favorit : mindmann
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              You forgot The Girl in the Fireplace. :) Also, they should give the Doctor's Daughter her own show. O... : cerealSAM2
              • yeah, that was good, too. i really wish jenny would show up again. she had a lot of interesting potential... : mindmann
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                by the way. any word on who's the next companion? i'm pretty curious as to what kind of character it migh... : mindmann
                • Casting spoiler link, obviously: http://www.gallifreyone.com/news.php#newsitemEkkFFkpllunbyvjgSP : cerealSAM2
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  Atlantis has been good last 2 seasons, and this season has been great too. just sayin. : hirez
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    It's good when they're doing plots that advance the overall story, but they have a real penchant for 'pro... : mn3m0n1c
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      Some of the 'problem of the week' episodes are great though! like the "The Daedalus Variations" episode a... : hirez
      • Yeah, that one was pretty damn cool. And the one where McKay lost his mind was good as well. And the one ... : mn3m0n1c
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    I like Fringe a lot and can't stand Atlantis, so there's really no accounting for taste. : Marauder IIC
    • Heh, I like them both - ohnoes, what does that say about me? : mn3m0n1c
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    i stopped watching after the killed off or removed my two favorite characters. fuckers : jedi_27
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      awww somebody liked Carson. : hirez
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        YEP!!! and Dr. Weir!!!! So you can kiss my ass : jedi_27
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          Carson is still alive actually, well sorta : RobFlinn
          • well the last one i watched of the show . . . yeah it did not go well for him so i stopped watching after... : jedi_27
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        His death was so random, too. The whole thing took me by surprise. Maybe I just missed the "and a belov : walker270
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          from a fan stand point it just did not make any sense. he was more popular then some of the main cast me... : jedi_27
          • Yeah, I think that was part of the shock... I did not see it coming -- at all -- and it didn't make an... : walker270
        • see i knew that Jewel Staite was coming on board to be the new doctor so I was only taken by surprise by ... : hirez
• please don't fuck this up please don't fuck this up please don't fuck this up please don't fuck this up p... : mn3m0n1c
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  i thought last night's episode of terminator was pretty badass. especially with the whole wizard of oz... : -=kodiak=-
  • same here. Im gonna be kinda pissed if they can this show. If anything let someone else carry it. : ant_hillbilly
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  RDM's Virtuality sounds pretty good. : Ellissd
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    I was about to mention that. It's a good premise, but it might get tiring after a while and with such a s... : Wisp!
    • Do you have a good link handy? : Marauder IIC
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  The red/green/blue mars books were absolutely horrible. It figures someone would want to make a TV show o... : Colleton
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    I'm not at all surprised that you didn't like them, fwiw. ;) : mn3m0n1c
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      They are just horribly written, boring books. I'm guessing that you are reffering to the ideological slan... : Colleton
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        They're not at all as bad as you're making them out to be - Red Mars won a Nebula Award, after all. But y... : mn3m0n1c
        • Yeah, and the other two won the Hugo award. "Absolutely Horrible" is probably not the best way to descri... : Vantage
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          Sorry for being huffy, and thanks for the courteous reply. :) : Colleton
          • No harm, no foul. I'd recommend you avoid his latest trilogy, though. It's a bit leftist even for me! :D : mn3m0n1c
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  Fringe is fun. mad scientist type scifi, good times. : cpt_gloval
  • yep its fun, its kinda crappy tho. i wish they would bring back threshold hat was cool : CoRDS
• Fuck yes. I loved the books and always thought they would make a great TV series.. : nurglich
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  And Sanctuary is complete LOL fucking horrible. : GeorgeB3DR
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    No argument there; I was seriously wondering how they managed to make it so bad. : mn3m0n1c
    • practice What do you think all of those Sci-Fi exclusives are for? : walker270
• Time to rewatch farscape. : brickmatt
• While I loved the books ("On Mars On Mars On Mars On Mars On Mars" made me tear up), and would LOVE to se... : Vantage
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  Fantastic series of books, but man, that has got to be hard to translate to television. : ADSliv
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    And do it well. : ADSliv
    • I dunno, I think it's actually a pretty natural translation. Yeah, it will have a pretty large cast, but... : nurglich
• it will probably be another decade before we get scifi as good as we had with bsg sg1 sga running at the ... : Luminair
• Speaking of Sci-Fi...I hope the upcoming Big Three will get people excited about seeing scifi movies agai : Flynn
• I have not read Red Mars but it sounds like a political drama that just happens to be on Mars. Sounds lik... : byorn
• Primeval is kinda fun to watch. : Ride-My-Rocket

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  WAR has very hit and miss art IMO. some stuff just looks awesome, but some stuff looks like an artist put... : cpt_gloval
  • i watch bars though, so i don't pay much attention to the scenery : cpt_gloval
  • I wonder if a lot of the criticism doesn't stem solely from the fact they have such limited char/item mod... : judge
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  IMO, WAR is pretty generic looking while WoW is unique and stylized. I actually wanted to move to the n... : walker270
  • What Ive seen of T4 in WAR has been pretty impressive, especially the keeps. : Tommy Toolbag
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  WoW took a big risk and it paid off with their style, something that is only possible if you somehow can ... : grandmasterlee
  • It's the size of the doors. : walker270
  • mine looked like an oiled up 4 inch tall action figure. : NukemFornever
  • I also felt that. Something about WAR's scale just bugged me. : CapnChaos
  • Interesting point now that you mention it. I've noticed it also, it didn't bother me but I totally see w... : Pneum0
  • Yeah, this was a deal breaker for me with War. I'm a simple guy, I like pretty things. : johnwissinger
• I agree with you : OverloadUT
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  I don't know much about MMO graphics except I just assume they aren't going to be anything that will look... : Delaric
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    WoW looks much better in game than in screen shots. The one positive thing I can say about WoW is just ho... : Tommy Toolbag
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      WoW had really, really good animations. WAR has really cool spell effects, but the animations are shit. : walker270
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        plus they're horribly laggy and there's still lots of bugs in this game. Also, I"m not really in love wit... : edgewise
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          I don't like the route they took in regards to naming spells, especially for Greenskins. It makes it fuc... : fishbone
          • No kidding. Here's how I remember my abilities... 1 is the quick cast moderate nuke 2 is the long ... : walker270
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        Who has time to look at animations when he's beating down a dark elf? : Tommy Toolbag
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          Uhh... everyone who doesn't play like shit? Are you one of those people who focuses so intently on your ... : walker270
          • Wow, thats quite a conclusion to jump to. Actually, Im an IB who plays with a conflag spec BW. I typic... : Tommy Toolbag
        • what are you looking at if not the animations? : electroly
• If looking at art/style was fun then I'd still be playing WoW : chungathebunga
• complete agreement. : edgewise
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  EVE wins. : sanchez
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    Yeah, their black is so coherent and consistent. : Bamii
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      What the hell are you talking about? Have you ever played the game? : sanchez
      • Unfortunatelly I have. Needless to say I didn't like it. At all. : Bamii
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  Screw those lame elf games. the only MMO that has the look is City of Heroes. : trevis
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    just...one...more...hammy...raid... : atom519
    • The safe rock is no longer safe. We now gather behind the safe rock. : cerealSAM2
• I've got to say, while WoW evidently is more stylized than WAR, I just feel that its forests fall complet... : aaarrrgh
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  I really like the look of the Guild Wars games... although they aren't exactly the same type of MMO : Katarn3279
  • They really do have gorgeous graphics... but that's probably because it's much more instanced which gives... : Katarn3279
• art direction is a huge reason i'll check out a game. having a consistent feel throughout a game is sooo... : Mr.SEX
• They nail the character art direction in WAR so fucking hard, and the environments are at the very least ... : Majuju
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  I'd say I enjoyed LoTRo style over WoW's. The DX10 shadows made a huge impact. : Wombat Woo
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    Any screenshots of those? : enyakk
    • The shadows have to been seen in motion. ie: Trees, bushes, grass will move in the wind and will display... : Wombat Woo
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  No way. The Inevitable City > anything in WoW. : Edges
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    big empty warehouses with a couple cool things. : .sticks.
    • He said visual, not content ;) : Edges
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  Guildwars? : Iwannaacura
  • I liked the way Guild Wars looked for the most part : megarust32
  • ^^^ my vote for best visual style : Katarn3279
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    ^^^ my vote for hottest chick toons. : cerealSAM2
    • ^^^^ has not played Lineage2 (mmmbreastphysics) : halophoenix
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  I think City of Heroes did it best overall, because it's the only MMO out there where your character look... : Finestaut
  • This is where I'd like to see crafting go. Tie in craft resources and give players basic building blocks... : Wombat Woo
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    Don't disrespect the world just because it's not entirely imaginary. It's supposed to look real. Seei... : cerealSAM2
    • There's definitely some real coolness in the world, but I find it less compelling than most. For me, t... : Finestaut
  • I wish NCSoft made an offline version COH/V with expansion/episodes. : Xin Jing Client 1a
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    That's one place I've been kinda disappointed with in WoW. Even something as simple as letting you dye yo... : Gnowknayme
    • I have a sad feeling that if they did that you'd have 50% of players running around in red & black armor,... : action wombmate
  • CoH was the first MMO i ever saw and i kind of just assumed that a nice character editor was par for the ... : trevis
• I'll back you up on that. :) : halophoenix
• I havn't made it out of the first zone but Nordstrom looks pretty good to me. I like it better than WoW ... : Pneum0