Morning Discussion

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• I don't think PC exclusive would be necessary although that would be the platform I'd want to play it on.... : bcyde
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  One thing I don't want... colorful space. Yeah, things look more dynamic and pretty, but c'mon, most of s... : shyguy74
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    Real life is pretty boring. Space is pretty black, also no sounds so all your familiar Star Wars sounds, ... : Chod
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      Yes but I believe most "modern" games were bad received in part because of the purple nebula syndrome. : guigr
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        It actually makes space interesting. Pure blackness gets real boring real fast. It's fine to have it some... : Chod
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          It also gives the user a point of reference so they can figure out which way they're going. : timmie
          • but so does a compass and a mini map. : dedgecko
  • This is why I like Sins' graphics so much. All of the models look great and the 'space' is always differe... : skankcore
• Random Mission Generator. Endless Replayability. EOT. : NeoMoose
• don't get your hopes up like this :( : TwiLyght
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  You need to be able to join squads. One of you is the squad leader, and they talk to the commander for y... : elwood00
  • That would actually be really awesome. The possibilities for online play are infinite. : cptn.peachfuzz
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    TieFighter indeed is a genre of gaming like FPS's.. theres no reason to think Tactical, Team Based gamepl... : sludge vohaul
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      I just want to be able to say "Red Foxx 5, standing by!" : elwood00
      • "Mom where's my chocolate milk!??!?" "Cut the chatter Red two" : Haxim
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    And give the commander a Star Destroyer or something. There is nothing worse than when people tried to b... : riptyde
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      I really like this line of thinking. Make it possible to have a human commander for all the large ships.... : DinK
      • "ALL WINGS RETURN TO BASE" "PREPARE TO MAKE THE JUMP TO LIGHT SPEED" All the pilots are players and... : Scotty22
• Tie Fighter 1 re-imagining with modern graphics / AI / HUD / controls / etc, on 360 plz. : Dave-A
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  I want the feature of having another developer make it. Fuck Lucasarts in the ass. : pancake humper
  • I was going to ask what Larry Holland is up to, but then I remembered Secret Weapons Over Normandy. :( : cptn.peachfuzz
• I just want to zoom across the surface of a super star destroyer in glorious HD:( on a PC : pieman
• Look.. those are well thought out ideas but if you look at past implementations of multiplayer in XWingvs... : sludge vohaul
• I want to be able to spin. I heard spinning works. : Rauol Duke
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  the X-Wing / Tie Fighter control scheme was great. pulling the stick right didn't merely yaw you right. i... : cpt_gloval
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    I would hope MANY of the mechanics would be intact. There was a lot in those games that worked well, not... : DinK
    • that particular yaw+bank mechanic worked so well, it pretty much ruined other space sim games for me. :( : cpt_gloval
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  I would want to be able to fly the U.S.S. Enterprise! (hehe, seriously tho..they wouldn't need to much... : jimvolk
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    It really doesn't take a lot of graphical power to do a space sim. You're environment is black space. I... : exigence7
    • The graphics would just be a bonus. Any TIE gaming coming out in the future would probably look ridiculo... : DinK
  • kill yourself : loboca
  • +10 for self-referential self-depreciation : ShekkyBoy
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  I agree on those except maybe PC exclusive (though I WOULD be playing it on PC) and I'd like to add co-op... : DinK
  • Co-Op would be freaking amazing. Good call. : Haxim
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    I honestly don't mind if it's on other systems, as long as it still retains the complexity of the origina... : cptn.peachfuzz
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      With analog sticks standard it would play just great on consoles, but yeah as long as that doesn't ruin t... : DinK
      • Yeah I could see on-screen radial menus for stuff like wingman commands selected with the right thumbstic... : Haxim
  • ^^ This is what I was going to say. These games are perfect for coop, they really wouldn't have to chang... : Begawkiness
• Make it like Team Fortress 2. Seriously. 1) Team based, with short objectives (capture a point, steal... : exigence7
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  Single player focus, a lot of missions, solid story, mostly basic ships from the original trilogy and no ... : razorblade79
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    What was so weak about Alliance, other than it was the youngest one and so maybe might not be as nostalgi... : DinK
    • late answer but whatever; I thought Alliance wasn't on par with the other _3_ when it was released, to... : razorblade79
• MMORPG : electroly
• Full HOTAS support! : mroizo40
• I loved doing things like balancing shields front/back and shunting power from one system to another, tha... : intangir21
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  i wish i could relive the first time i played xwing / tie fighter. : FrayLo
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    agreed : jonin
    • third'd... tiefighter ran well on my parents Win95 machine and playing as the bad guys was just...awesome : sludge vohaul
  • I played the TIE Fighter demo so much I have the Dodge Neon ad burned into my retinas : SatansFist
• Developed by totally games. : baron calamity
• They should play Starlancer and figure out why exactly it's so awesome and start there. - Good story ... : Dorf
• - Support for multiple monitors. - Support for Track IR - Pilotable Capital ships - Atmospheric combat... : Sailor of Fortune
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  64-player multiplayer. Preferably Co-Op or mission-based scenarios. : Enkidu
  • fucking hell this would dominate : royalally
  • A Star Destroyer with 63 players trying to hit one player flying the Falcon? : Ride-My-Rocket
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    and capital ships, big ones, with lots of details : dael
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      yea, that's what I was saying - 1 v 1 capital ship battles with the two teams being able to spawn from ei... : dedgecko
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        Not the same but reading write ups from EVE Online fleet battles always makes me want to play, they have ... : dael
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          yeah, the stories that come out of that game are incredible, but the learning curve seems so ridiculously... : warpdude
          • yea, also the time required to invest in it is also ridiculous. I want instant action or near-instant ac... : dedgecko
        • just noticed that steam has a 21 day trial of EVE... downloading away! : sludge vohaul
• How about quality? : Phunk
• New boxers. : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
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  Oh, under no circumstances should I be able to take out a Star Destroyer by myself. There's no way in hel... : shyguy74
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    No, but if they turned it into a type of DOTA where you have 16 vs 16 and you are all in charge of your o... : dedgecko
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      Say what you want about the prequels, but if they could recreate the opening scene of Ep III as a game (m... : shyguy74
      • yea, the closest I've experienced anything like that would either be in Homeworld, Sins, or Free Space 2 : dedgecko
• What has prompted this thread? Why are you getting my hopes up? Why are you teasing us all? : coyoterys
• 60 fps. : grandmasterlee
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  I want to be able to pimp out my fighter with reverse decals and anime bitches and shit bro : Vangoghs Ear
  • Dude, check out the sick spinnaz on my Y-Wing : Haxim
• Online QuakeLive style would be nice. : systatic
• Custom spray decals like Counter Strike. So I can spray pornography on the face of the death star. : systatic
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  make it a 32 player MP only xbox live game and bundle it with an awesome joystick. : MikkleThePickle
  • no, no, no : senor135
• MOUSE CONTROLS! Just not like they did it in the original dos games, that sucked. Privateer 2 had the per... : sanchez

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  do you really mean techno or are you saying techno because you're not familiar with the genre? : AlexXdude
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    im not even sure what techno is : spaceless
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      http://techno.org/electronic-music-guide/ : nomaad
      • im just agreeing with alex, techno is pretty generic term for people who dont know about all the types of... : spaceless
      • sites really cool, thanks : podizzle
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        that site is a good base to be able to learn about the various types of electronic music, but I find it g... : AlexXdude
        • yeah it's basically ridiculous but it's fun to explore it. : nomaad
        • Seriously. Every genre I like is just this website telling me I'm retarded and not underground to apprec... : Blucklesworth
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    could be a generic term : I7 SilverFox
    • yeah that's why i ask : AlexXdude
    • Should be dance music. Techno is horrible :( : TastyWheat
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    I thought techno was the big blanket work for electronic music. : Sebastian-TEC
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      Nah, Techno is a specific genre of electronic music, like House, Trance, D' n' B, etc. Anyway, check o... : AlexXdude
      • Learn something new every day. Thanks! : Sebastian-TEC
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        Cut Copy - So Cosmic \m/ : mXENO
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          I saw Cut Copy open up for Simian Mobile Disco earlier this year, but they were sort of disappointing liv... : jessipoo
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            Have you heard their new album? I thought it was pretty awesome. : AlexXdude
            • i still love the new album! it was just the live show. going to a dance show is such a huge leap of faith... : jessipoo
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              what do you think of this tune? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzUu4PaslKg ignore the video : spaceless
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                it was okay until the vocals kicked in, they're awful. : AlexXdude
                • i thought that was one of the best parts. :/ : spaceless
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        ^^^^^^^^ This. Also Alex my MBP runs traktor fucking awesome and my mixer doesn't even need to have drive... : TastyWheat
        • Buy me a MBP and we can rock in unison. : AlexXdude
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  Strongbad. : Juno
  • tha system... is DOWN.. tha system... is DOWN : beastrabban
• Jeans team! : extrahappyturtle
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  Moritz Von Oswald : filtersweep
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    Seriously the man is a genius: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2A6f36IZls http://www.youtube.com/watc... : filtersweep
    • needs more phylyps trak : Mansmells
    • reminds me a lot of richie hawtin! I like it. : dealie
    • No joke (~10 years ago) the M Series compilation pretty much got me hooked on minimal and the and more r... : dael
  • I'll add my signature to this : dael
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  bt, hybrid, pendulum, a bunch of djs : spaceless
  • HYBRID!! Also, Rob Dougan, BT, Prodigy... : antareus
• techno died a while back. But if you are looking for something similar, I just found these guys, sleaz... : nomaad
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  new electronic artists I'm digging: Teenage Bad Girl Sebastian (check for songs called walkman, ross ... : mojo the helpr monke
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    ive heard deadmau5 is kind of a dick, says his music is shit, and hates his fans. this was in a mixmag in... : spaceless
    • I dunno, I saw him at coachella and he put on a good show and seemed to be into the crowd and stuff. Coin... : mojo the helpr monke
    • I saw him live and fell asleep in the club. 'Nuff said. : Moonbase Commander
    • I saw him live and it was fucking fantastic, he was really into it as well : nomaad
  • oh, and definitely Justice if you haven't heard of them yet. I'd be surprised if you hadn't though. : mojo the helpr monke
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    SebastiAn rocks. Really wish i could find a good copy of this track: http://hypem.com/track/651875/The+Wh... : AlexXdude
    • haha damn, hadn't heard that. He was so fucking sick at Coachella. : mojo the helpr monke
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      He was pretty awesome live at the Daft Punk concert. Shook his hand and thanking him for a great mix ... : SirX
      • yea, forgot about that haha. Saw him when I saw daft punk in Berkeley. I didn't realize him and Kavinsky ... : mojo the helpr monke
      • Aww, The Who remix isn't part of that CD :( Would have totally got it if it was : AlexXdude
    • The Kavinsky Testarossa Autodrive mix is good too. : bombay
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  techno/trance: armin van buren, tiesto, dj doboy, paul van dyk house/dance: david guetta, junkie xl,... : askedrelic
  • Ill add BT, William Orbit (doesnt do much now) and even Moby you can say : Iwannaacura
  • Other good trance artists: ATB, Ferry Corsten, Deep Voices : SMBYourFather
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  Mad Mike : Mansmells
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    hello friend : filtersweep
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      on a jungle note, does this bring back any memories? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s17U_i__2VE a frie... : Mansmells
      • Oh shit this song was on one of the 360bpm crews compilations years ago!!!! : hashd
• Also! Ben Sims and Alex Downey have a pretty fucking good (albeit sporadic) radio show/podcast: http:... : filtersweep
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  mstrkrft http://ca.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=401387 , http://www.deathfrom... : Dusty_Slim
  • JFK has some excellent solo remixes too outside of MSTRKRFT : AlexXdude
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41LtGvMaBx0 : mojo the helpr monke
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      holy fucking shit it's been a long time since I've listen to some good beat like that : Utopia
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        Dude, get the MSTRKRFT Essential Mix, it's basically 200% awesome. : AlexXdude
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          http://www.newmixes.com/mstrkrft-essential_mix-sat-05-24-2008.html : AlexXdude
          • seriously, I love that essential mix. so fucking good. mstrkrfts songs are good by themselves, but the... : askedrelic
  • I can't believe that one of the guys from death from above 1979 started MSTRKRFT. : Ellissd
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  oh yea, enya, but im sorta gay like that :o : spaceless
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    some derlerium too : spaceless
    • delerium is always an A+ : reverend~heresy
• Aqua : Utopia
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  Scooter is an absolutely horrible guilty pleasure of mine. : NeoMoose
  • ban worthy. : niceguynick
• Thanks for this thread, there are tons of replies and I've been needing new artists to listen to. If y... : windowpane
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  right now... Fake Blood Herve Soulwax Crookers Busy P Sebastian Computer Club Mr. Oizo Oh Snap... : Break
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    Finally! Was wondering where you were! Have you seen "Part of the Weekend Never Dies" btw? The Soulwax do... : AlexXdude
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      haha no im trying really hard to stay away from hearing too much stuff... gonna see these people on hal... : Break
      • That's damn awesome lineup : AlexXdude
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        OOO that show is gonna be soooooo sickkkk. I hella wanted to go, but I'm broke and it'd be quite a drive.... : mojo the helpr monke
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          i live in texas, but i got 2 of my hot girl best friends and taking a trip up there just to see them i'm... : Break
          • wow, that's definitely going to be a longer ride than mine would be. I'm sure it'll be worth it. Craz... : mojo the helpr monke
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        Sweet another shacker will be there. : deveus1
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          sweet! yeah we'll be staying at the standard in downtown LA, just in case we get too wasted we'll have a... : Break
          • The Standard is a pretty neat hotel. Be sure to hit up the pool area on the roof =) : deveus1
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    and Proxy dunno how i forgot about him = ( here's a live mix thanks to the bbc and their awesome In Dj... : Break
    • http://vimeo.com/1191803 another awesome video of him playing live (Proxy that is) : Break
• DERB-DERB OMNIBUS i like those tracks : podizzle
• Wow that's a huge spectrum... My vote goes to most of the people involved in freak recordings. Robyn Cha... : hashd
• Jody Wisternoff, Nick Warren, Shiloh, Way out West (which is Jody Wisternoff and Nick Warren together), a... : Cheeziologist
• Underworld! new album has the best opening set I've heard from them in years. : Postal
• Moby : rosewood
• Rustie, burial, boards of canada, drexciya, solvent, xela, japanese telecom, modeselektor, ladytron, moun... : niceguynick

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  I'm stuck with Wimdows Mobile :( : drucifer
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    what kinda phone you got? i'm trying to decide between a Touch Diamond and an iPhone... : Dave-A
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      HTC Mogul : drucifer
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        and I don't like it : drucifer
        • i figured. you're not much of a liker :) : Dave-A
• an app that asks for peoples ideas on small web apps which can be made in two days work! : bawbeh
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  final fantasy tactics iPhone edition : Demius
  • Less lawsuit-friendly ideas please. :) : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
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    shacknews tactics. : Iwannaacura
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      I'd play it : Demius
      • the only way to win is not to play the game : Postal
    • Can I be the NPC that keeps screaming PIX+DIVX? : disposition
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  but what about its 3dmark score?! : ]pm[chem
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    It's crap compared to a PC, but I didn't get this for PC development. :) : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
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      You could have bought a regular Macbook for that. :) The GPU in the MBP is actually pretty good. : Serpico74
      • It's okay, but its 32 SPs leave much to be desired. : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
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    os x is the best system i've ever worked and spent my time on. but gaming is still (sadly) a windows thin... : naabster
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      you are missing the boat, I am referencing an old thread with TCBOOC ripping on the MBP GPU. also: MBPs ... : ]pm[chem
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        Does BootCamp resize/move partitions easily? I might as well install it. : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
        • thats really a piece of cake. You can resize bootcamp partitons with the bootcamp manager : naabster
        • yeah it's easy. : ]pm[chem
        • It is sooooo easy. : Serpico74
        • My bootcamp partition's 5GB - Steam's on my portable USB drive. : TastyWheat
      • I play(ed) TF2 and older games as well on my MBP (2007 model) - but i had really bad -really bad - fps dr... : naabster
• I DO TOO. JUST GOT ONE. SO EXCITED I HAVE TO TYPE IN ALL CAPS. Now I just have to find the thread with al... : tums
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  I would say an OBD-II scanner app but Rev Lite is already out and the full version should be out soon so ... : Katarn3279
  • This is a lot more complicated because you'd have to find a way to interface with it wirelessly, which is... : boarder2
• port iperf to the iPhone so you can test network latency and loss from your handheld. : fatman
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  make a Uniracers clone and millions of dollars will fall into your lap. : sharpie
  • that'd be a good one! : kallanta
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  YTMND app plz : pheral
  • hell yes : crummynz
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    creation or viewing? flash playback seems hard/impossible? : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
    • Viewing. The flash is just a preloaded. Maybe just make something for "classic" ytmnds that don't use th... : pheral
  • It seems like it would be easy enough, the links to the image and sound are in the page, just gotta find ... : pheral
• copy/paste : naabster
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  A universal IM (AIM/gTalk/yahoo/MSN/whatever) client that doesn't auto log-off for 15 seconds of inactivi... : kallanta
  • I would pay money for it. Seriously. : kallanta
  • Jailbreak it and then background the app. Or wait until Apple releases their Push stuff. : spazzium
  • i've heard good things about beejiveIM : erotic sock
  • Already is one. Beejive. Keeps you logged in on their server and Also uses push mobile me or exchange to ... : historyinthemaking
  • There's also MobileChat, which supposedly works now after two months of promises since they put it on the... : BlackCat9
• A music visualizer (Geiss?) : kallanta
• Sup fellow MBP buddy? : TastyWheat
• Star Control II Melee! : sergeon
• Work on LatestChatty. : sumo-hacker
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  why have like a billion shackers bought macbook's in the last week? it's odd considering the new ones wer... : erotic sock
  • I'm guessing a lot of people were holding out on a laptop until Apple announced their new shit. I know I ... : Ellissd
  • I got the impression they were received well except for the glossy screens, and I think people have gotte... : cdbeckman
  • I was under the impression that the new Macbooks/Pros have been very well-received. At least from all the... : zuga
• Something that will map out the location of grocery items in the store and re-order my list so it minimiz... : dealie
• write me an iphone port of keepass. : Clay
• At Blizzcon, I had an idea for an app that could be really useful and potentially make some money. The id... : BlackCat9
• GiantBomb.app when we get our API finished. :( You'll be able to pull all our wiki data, eventually wi... : rudds

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• Not really. All will be quiet until Left 4 Dead has been out for a few months, me thinks. : dmason
• Sniper. : DrFlammable
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  What is the least popular class in TF2 right now? : Maddog_Delphi97
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    most hated = spy : fufux
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      Ok, let me rephrase that question... what is the class least likely to be selected by people playing TF2? : Maddog_Delphi97
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        I'm going to say engineer. He's chosen all the time, but people rarely stick with him more then a few m... : exigence7
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          3 second recharge upgradable teleporter? yes please. : DrFlammable
          • Needs an EMP to disable demoman stickies!! : Flying h4x0r
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            how about giving some points for teleporter usage. It just seems like engies don't get the credit they d... : SolveChrist
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              you get half a point for each teleport use that wasn't yourself. : DrFlammable
              • Yeah, it's really surprising how quickly you can rack up points with that thing. : Flying h4x0r
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                really? I guess nobody uses my teleporters enough for me to notice :( : SolveChrist
                • The key is to put the entrance not right out of the spawn but a bit ahead. Your teammates will see a tele... : Flying h4x0r
          • What about group teleporters? Or maybe portals (that can be walked through both ways by each side) : exigence7
        • honestly i would trade a sentry gun for a upgradable teleport entrance (3 sec recharge) and a dispenser t... : DrFlammable
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          flame turret! : Fish_Bulb
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            That would be awesome. : windowpane
            • I'd rather have dispensers that tell the engineer that built it if there is a spy nearby the dispenser. : Maddog_Delphi97
        • Most will disagree. I will not. : dmason
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          Whenever there is a class update everyone chooses that class for 2-3 days and the servers are saturated w... : Sebastian-TEC
          • More people should just hack in the achievements using one of the many utilities available then? =P : SigENeaT
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          Jeez you guys seriously do not know how to play engineer. : sanchez
          • ^^^ PRO's up in here : eeeealmo
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          the problem with engineer is that it's way too easy to own people on pub servers. i mean retards would l... : kill9
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            I vote for a spy detection tower! : ifallible
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              aka RADAR! : ifallible
              • kkk, make a 4th level for the sentry, which would provide radar for the engineer only : ifallible
        • I like the engineer :( : ifallible
        • shoulder mounted sentry gun.. : jaga
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      scouts and snipers are the gayest classes. I'm trying to have fun and some faggot is running all around m... : DrFlammable
      • scouts die if you look at them and snipers rarely notice you unless you stand out in the open and wave at... : fufux
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      I think sniper is starting to get up there. Especially when the other team has three of them standing nex... : Flying h4x0r
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        I actually don't mind it when the opposition has too many snipers. Make the match so much easier. Suck wh... : Dusty_Slim
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          If their snipers are decent it can be very annoying. They're all at the other end of the map killing you ... : Flying h4x0r
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            I guess you're talking about 2fort (the only one that the sniper posts can sort-of see near where you lea... : Dusty_Slim
            • haha, awesome I'll have to try that :D : Flying h4x0r
  • I dont see many Soliders on Aus servers thes days... : SigENeaT
  • According to the official TF2 stats page, it's the Scout. http://www.steampowered.com/status/tf2/tf2_s... : DrWaffles
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  Not until next year when absolutely no one cares anymore. Just give me some more ammo for the soldier an... : dkrulz
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    The decrease in ammo AND the close range splash damage was a a terrible thing to do at the same time :( I : yosemiteclimber
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      That was pretty much when my desire to play the game started to take a nose dive. Soldier was a fun clas... : pyide
      • Because...the class was actually challenging? : Wisp!
    • Same here. I used to be durable as a soldier but alas... :( : chungathebunga
    • This change initially killed my desire to play soldier, but I eventually got back into it. You just need ... : Dusty_Slim
    • It wasn't at the same time, it was about 6 months apart. : Wisp!
• Engineer + Spy together : manero
• Haven't played since the Heavy update. I'm waiting to see what they do to scout, or if they'll keep doing... : taronish
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  It's kinda sad, but I care more about the next "Meet the..." video than I do about the next gameplay upda... : Arcanum
  • Yeah, I'd be happy with that. : dmason
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  http://www.fortress-forever.com/ : the city
  • no one here is good enough to play it without complaining. I think it's really fun though. : DrFlammable

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  http://forums.ubi.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/1521068375/m/6911036696 : Jobos
  • Oh, why WHY. I'm patiently waiting for it to download and to play, and I get hit with this. Damn it all t... : FirstPersonCooter
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  Basically what's happening is the top and bottom of the screen are being chopped off, which means the cam... : Jobos
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    LOL at unplayable. I haven't seen it mentioned in any of the numerous PC reviews that I have read. : MaxPete82
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      LOL at "I've never heard of it so it can't be true" :-P : Jobos
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        Well somehow these PC game reviewers were able to finish this "unplayable" game on the PC and give it a g... : MaxPete82
        • Were they playing in widescreen? I'm not saying the game is bad at ALL. It seems great! Widescreen gam... : Jobos
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      According to the last steam stats I saw there weren't very many widescreen gamers at all (~2%?), so chanc... : FirstPersonCooter
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        I find it hard to believe that people who make a living playing PC games on upgraded rigs don't have a wi... : MaxPete82
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          Or maybe you're having a hard time believing that game reviewers are as infallible as anyone else. Some p... : TrptJim
          • Thank you. There is no controversy regarding widescreen. Once you understand the problem it becomes very... : Jobos
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        Closer to 25% http://www.steampowered.com/status/survey.html : mroizo40
        • whoa damn, you just SCHOOL'D FirstPersonCooter : Korban
        • This is way more than I thought, nice data. : jigstah
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          Is 1280x960 widescreen? If so then these numbers show 50.9%. What really surprises me is the 30,000 peo... : Jobos
          • 1280x960 isn't widescreen, it's 4:3 just like 800x600. 1280x1024 is even more square (5:4) : factor27
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    Goddamnit. Didn't we go through this with Bioshock? : Arcanum
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      these threads are always split between people who are sensitive to low FOV and those who aren't. those w : electroly
      • my wife had the motion sickness so bad she had to leave the room while i played until the patch was deplo... : cpt_gloval
      • It doesn't make me sick, but it does feel very "off", and it sometimes interferes with more restrictive j... : Arcanum
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    It's not unplayable to console folks, they are used to this crap and don't even know it. Sucks they did... : pyide
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      update: looks like blizzard finally came to their senses and patched wow to do proper widescreen: http:... : pyide
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        But... it's a controllable zoom for a third person game.. can't you get the same effect by zooming out a... : walker270
        • that just moves the camera backwards, it doesn't change the field of view which is the angle between the ... : electroly
        • Unfortunately, Far Cry 2 will probably forever be without proper widescreen. With Bioshock the FOV was '... : Jobos
        • I remember testing this myself and the answer was no. I think you could come close to matching the lost v... : pyide
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          moving the camera back has a different effect than zooming. the contra-zoom camera technique, or "Vertigo... : cpt_gloval
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            i really butchered the grammar there but i hope the idea gets through : cpt_gloval
            • argh. those are moving the camera back AND zooming in simultaneously. COMPLETE YOUR THOUGHTS ASSHOLE : cpt_gloval
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      I'm not sure if it's a problem on the consoles, they output at resolutions I'm not too familiar with, com... : Jobos
      • Most console games these days are made for 16:9 widescreens. The problem with FPS games on consoles is th... : pyide
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    No. It's 100% playable. I didn't even notice this when I played this first time today on my PC. Guys, don... : -sk-
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      What widescreen resolution are you playing it in? : Jobos
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        native 1680 x 1050 : -sk-
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          Yep, you're experience is being gimped, too... you just don't realize it. : Jobos
          • what : Downforce
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            Does this affect both 16:10 and 16:9 resolutions or just the former? : TrptJim
            • It would have to be both. : Jobos
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            So if he does not realize it does it fucking matter to him? : hirosushima
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              If it doesn't matter to you then why the hell are you posting in this thread? : Jobos
              • Not YOU, personally hirosushima, I mean in general :-) : Jobos
          • Well, glad I don't realize these things and I just go on having fun with it. Sucks to be on the other end... : Pettytheft
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    JESUS FUCKING CHRIST DO WE HAVE TO FUCKING GO THROUGH THIS AGAIN THIS DOES NOT MAKE THE FUCKING GAME UNPL : mwasher
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      It does. : A Sponge
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        OH MY GOD I'M LEAVING THIS THREAD GOODBYE : mwasher
        • YOU ALREADY DID, THE FOV IS TOO NARROW FOR ME TO READ YOUR POSTS >_< : xsoulbrothax
        • Bye :( : virus
        • mwasher, you have been very angry lately :( : Thomas Hace
    • I agree with you, Man Washer. I'm glad you made this post. : mittense
    • Hopefully that post came with a tampon : Bruzilla
    • Yo bro I support you 150% : ateam311
  • don't be fucking ridiculous : moshman
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    You sure are making a name for yourself around here. : walker270
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      Well, it's my mission in life to fight ignorance. : Jobos
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        oh fuck lol. maybe start in the mirror : moshman
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          heh, good one. Maybe you can step on my bag lunch and call me a poopy-head and I'll cry and run away. : Jobos
          • Is that all it would take? Well then, step on over here for a second... : ateam311
          • poopy-head! : moshman
      • I don't think "fight" is the word you're looking for. : walker270
      • Rock on, Che. : Rauol Duke
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        This is the most self-important post I've seen on the shack in quite a while. And that's really saying so... : ColoradoCNC
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          I'm sorry you can't bask in my brilliant glow, but you can simulate it by lighting your monitor on fire. : Jobos
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            Can I have hot, unprotected and lubeless gay sex with you? Raw and unhinged, total monkey sex. In the a... : IndigoAK
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              Wow, you're so shocking. I'm SHOCKED. : Jobos
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                Was a serious question. I'd like to tap your ass. Geez, why you have to be hating on gay people too? ... : IndigoAK
                • You're like a taser to my heart. I can't take it. : Jobos
      • you misspelled "spread" : zerog83
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    If a game is designed around having a certain horizontal viewing angle, the change between WS and 4:3 wil... : FlamingGimp
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      The argument is laid out here for you to read: http://forums.ubi.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/1521068375/m/151... : Jobos
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        oh yeah, totally unplayable : moshman
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          it is unplayable for some people though : Luminair
          • yeah, there is the motion sickness thing, you are right. : moshman
  • don't pay attention to the pileon, these guys would tell a paraplegic to take a walk : Luminair
• oh what the fuck :( : zerog83
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  Save some of those for next summer, when there are zero games coming out : phate81
  • dammit i suck : phate81
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  oh come on, this crap again? I get that QA is tough but do none of these people check for this kind of t... : smacknca
  • "Working as intended" : Arcanum
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    +h widescreen should be a mandatory standard set by MS for all games published on the 360. : cpt_gloval
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      console games are really bad about fov, but ive just accepted that will never change. watching them try ... : smacknca
      • it seems like such a simple consideration. doesn't MS mandate certain standards for X360 software? mandat... : cpt_gloval
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  WoW does the same thing and it bugs the shit out of me. : Dynotaku
  • Zoom out a little more? : walker270
  • lol what : Downforce
  • but it's played in a 3rd person view rather than a 1st person view so it's not really the same thing at a... : vynn
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  Bad as Bioshock? Bioshock's FOV was designed around WS displays, it looked perfect that way, people just ... : FlamingGimp
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    "- Instead of cropping the FOV for 4:3 displays and making all 4:3 owners mad in doing so, we slightly ex... : Jobos
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      why are you telling us something everybody here knows? why do you think there are 20 replies to your post... : moshman
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        Hey, what's up your ass? Chill dude. : Jobos
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          nothing is up my ass, but one of the most ignorant posters on the shack saying he is fighting ignorance j... : moshman
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            The problem with the widescreen debate is that there IS NO DEBATE. Some games just don't do widescreen p... : Jobos
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              No, it's not just about politics, it's how you go about getting your point across. you are right, everyon... : moshman
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                The problem is that I get attacked PERSONALLY when I try and make a point that you don't agree with. I s... : Jobos
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                  No, your right. My judgement of this topic was clouded by your comments on unrealted subjects. : moshman
                  • and also, I apologise. : moshman
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      "The result is essentially the same as cropping the top and bottom of the image. " Either you are illi... : MrLobo
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        Yeah but the actual FOV was significantly lower than something like the quake series - it was like 85-90 ... : mroizo40
        • Actually, I think it was closer to 60 in Bioshock. IIRC. : Arcanum
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        they released a patch that allows you to change it up (if it wasn't a problem why did they patch it?). an... : cpt_gloval
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          That is not my point. I am saying that the intended FOV and screen resolution is the one that is found i... : MrLobo
          • It's not just the added content. It's the fact that the chosen fov is very narrow for a widescreen displ... : Arcanum
        • They patched it because the internet bitched incessantly about it. : ColoradoCNC
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        Ok, you're still not understanding. Adjusting the FOV to simulate 16:9 widescreen is NOT THE SAME as tru... : Jobos
        • additionally, i don't buy it, that the majority of 360 gamers are on standard def 4:3 displays. and th... : cpt_gloval
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          It's not so much do it right as do it differently. The "right" is just how people have done it in the pa... : exigence7
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            There certainly is a right and wrong way. The developer makes certain compromises when they decide on wh... : Jobos
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              Way to completely ignore exigence7's post and just keep spouting off the same line despite what facts are... : ColoradoCNC
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                I implore you point out the "facts" that exigence7 threw at me. : Jobos
                • I'd imagine he was referring to other people's posts about facts. But, I suppose you could say that the ... : exigence7
          • I don't agree with this. I mean, I do agree with this, but I disagree that it isn't a question of "right... : electroly
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    Wrong. : TrptJim
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      Wrong? Isn't that what the above quotes illustrate specifically? : mittense
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        Widescreen modes were made to increase the horizontal view vs 4:3. It is "wide" screen not "short" screen... : TrptJim
        • Wrong. Widescreen displays were made to have more horizontal pixels. Widescreen modes were created to f... : exigence7
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          You're right. I'm sure you know what the developers were trying to do better than the developers themselv... : ColoradoCNC
          • And to be fair on Bioshock in particular, the developers said that they weren't doing exactly what ended ... : xsoulbrothax
  • yeah I thought the bioshock problem was the opposite of this. in this they add to the top and bottom to ... : Luminair
  • Just that little wrist tattoo thing made it feel like it was designed for 4:3 displays for me. Out the bo... : xsoulbrothax
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  why do they do this shit? Bioshock looks 10x better after they added the widescreen option. Why is this... : .frame
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    Because having a specific field of view isn't a best-for-everything scenario. Designers decide what looks... : mittense
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      I just don't understand this trend towards such low FOV. Hell even Quake1 let you adjust FOV. I love de... : .frame
      • totally agreed, I want 110fov like I am used to :( : moshman
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        I think it allows console players to aim a bit easier if it's slightly zoomed in? Valve claimed their low... : mroizo40
        • I notice it more on consoles because I can't just look around with the mouse. : .frame
      • low FOVs can be very disorienting for me. i like the standard 90 because it takes 4 full pans across the ... : cpt_gloval
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        You noticed the FOV in Dead Space? Like, you played it and thought THIS IS ANNOYING? : mittense
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          Yes I did. I thought my view was screwed up and zoomed in for some reason for the first 30 minutes. Onc... : .frame
          • yeah a wider FOV has very practical in-game advantages. being able to check corners while keeping what's ... : cpt_gloval
        • I will admit that, while I'm not interested in getting involved with the rest of the argument, my first h... : Syixxs
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          I have no interest in participating in this thread and I know all about designers and these types of deci... : mikecyb
          • Well, that's what I meant. I didn't mean that no one would notice it, but that someone would have a probl... : mittense
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      DESIGNERS ARE INFALLIBLE : retarded talking dinosaur
      • Completely what I said, thanks for the TL;DR. : mittense
      • unlike me : ifallible
  • it's easier to subtract than it is to add : ucanbfuzzy
  • because they are stupid and made a mistake, continue the grilling to prevent further mistakes : Luminair
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  There will no doubt be a hack out within a day or two, I'll wait for that to play it :( : Chepito.
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    many games never get hacks : retarded talking dinosaur
    • The BioShock widescreen hack was out within 2 days of it's release. : Chepito.
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  Look I want proper widescreen foresight too, but who the fuck honestly cares? Unplayable? Give me a fucki... : avatar_58
  • "I couldn't tell you one way or another if a game's FOV is off," Then I don't see how you could understan... : .frame
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    People that can tell the difference care. : Chepito.
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      I can and I don't. : mittense
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        Mittense, I love you and all, but I've noticed we have vastly different opinions when it comes to videoga... : Chepito.
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          This is how rape happens. : Jobos
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            :] : mittense
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              (_/o\_) : dedgecko
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                Is that a gay Portal turret? : mittense
                • your bloody asshole after chepito has finished having his way with you... : dedgecko
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    Yeah, because you don't notice it, that must mean that nobody notices it. : electroly
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      Also, what the fuck else is a game supposed to be if not an immersing experience? : electroly
      • Now this is a complaint with his statement that you and I can agree upon. : mittense
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        Immersive yes, playing as if the game is your own two eyes - no. The FOV in games is *always* off if you ... : avatar_58
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          There are games that allow you to holster your weapon though - Deus Ex does it. Crysis does depth of fiel... : mroizo40
          • Yes but logically this stuff would be happening 24/7 not just using iron sights to your face. Shooting fr... : avatar_58
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          FOV can be "right" and "wrong" if you take your computer screen to be a window through which you are view... : electroly
          • and if you don't believe this to be true, try going into a game with configurable FOV and crank it all th... : electroly
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      He didn't say that at all; he was railing on the kind of ridiculous idea that a wrong FOV makes a game UN... : mittense
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        The motion sickness in Bioshock was enough to force me to stop playing it after 45 minutes to an hour. T... : electroly
        • Motion sickness as a result of a certain perspective configuration is a legitimate reason for you to be c... : mittense
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      I *do* notice it as I said, but I just don't see why it matters. People complain about various issues lik... : avatar_58
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        You know how there's a slight zoom in most game if you go in iron sights? That's what it feels like to me... : mroizo40
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          However is it moving any faster or slower? Is the FOV <75? When using iron sights the fov is drastically ... : avatar_58
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            Default FOV on a quake style game is 90 on 4:3 - that should translate to around 115 or 120 on 16:9 The ... : mroizo40
            • Think about it this way You have a 4:3 screen, 1000 pixels wide. You turn left 15 degrees. 90 degree fi... : mroizo40
      • Well I would offer to play it in front of you and barf but personally I'd rather you took my word for it. : Jonathan
  • It gives me motion sickness. I had to lie down after an hour or so of half life 2. : mroizo40
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    it's supposed to simulate natural vision, and when it does a poor job of that, it's easily noticeable. at... : cpt_gloval
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      Your natural vision is 100+? Really? You see 20/20 on the extreme sides and upper/lower part of your eyes... : avatar_58
      • no but a really low FOV does not take peripheral vision into account... : .frame
      • i can easily see horizontally well beyond a 90 degree cone in front of me. i'd estimate i can easily perc... : cpt_gloval
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  Mad lols at this guy again hating on black. Bars : royalally
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    Don't insinuate that I'm racist. Not cool. : Jobos
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      Internet: Serious Business. : ColoradoCNC
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        what's this i hear about this jobos guy not liking me : xsoulbrothax
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          http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=18232222#itemanchor_18232222 : royalally
          • Oh please. Political incorrectness is not racism. : Jobos
          • i actually expected that to link to two posts above me, but haha.. wow, i had skipped that subthread : xsoulbrothax
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  I would think after BioShock, the FOV for 4:3 and 16:10/9 would have been something addressed in QA by no... : Sailor of Fortune
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    I would wager that a majority of people don't care. Even here, on the internet website Shacknews that has... : mittense
    • Yeah but companies have bent over for far less. And I figure having this on a checklist would be less hea... : Sailor of Fortune
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      In general, I think people only care about FOV when it causes physical problems like motion sickness. Mo... : electroly
      • It never used to bother me. I made it through HL2 with any problem, but I can't play Episode 1 or 2 for ... : Bruzilla
• lol... : ColoradoCNC
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  I picked this up today, and yes, there is something about the game that gives me a headache... wtf :( ... : chilln
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    I'm almost afraid to play it now. I played it for about 15 minutes before I had to turn it off. It seem... : Jobos
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      AFRAID OF IT : Foxhawk
      • lol : cyclonebee
      • I'm glad you asked. I'm afraid that I will play through half the game before a patch comes out, then whe... : Jobos
• Holy crap. Ahhhh hahahaha. : spazzium
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  So, how is the actual game? : Vangoghs Ear
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    ^^ this. Someone speak. : mwasher
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      I AM NOT HOME YET. : mittense
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        :( : mittense
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          I am going to shoot you in the face tonight. : mwasher
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            I'll try, but I may not be able to find you to shoot you through this terrible, abysmal, game-breaking fi... : mittense
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              I'll be standing 76 degrees to your left, shooting you in the face. : mwasher
              • Worst lolcat ever. : mittense
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      50 seconds : SockMonkeh
      • Yes, the FOV is annoyingly tight but the game is otherwise awesome and the mouse feels good. : SockMonkeh
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    Its pretty cool, helps to turn on crosshair in the ~console. Runs fairly well too. Game is kinda a mi... : chilln
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      why need crosshair? COD4 Hardcore 4 life. : Iwannaacura
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        Yes, because COD4 invented it's aiming system... : Wisp!
        • Infiltration 4 lyfe. :/ : Damodred
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      fuck crosshairs that is for women : eeeealmo
      • If I don't use them I get motion sickness in some FPS. : WadeMcLain
  • Combat is fun so far but there's not been enough of it. I've spent most of my time driving and talking t... : spazzium
  • I will be able to tell you in an hour. Plus the amount of time that I actually spend playing the game. So... : DrFlammable
  • Still downloading :( I wish Steam would auto start downloads the second they hit Go : smegmar
  • My favorite moment in this game so far: The weapons arent always reliable, and I had a rocket launcher, ... : NodTerrorist
  • pretty good so far. played about 2 hours and beat the first 'real' mission. looks like you'll have option : re4ctor
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  Played it today. Love the immersion. Didn't know wtf was going on until I read this thread. Yes, the f... : IHATEDUST
  • oh, and it has like mouse accel... thats so annoying. :( : chilln
• I've read some nasty opinions on the repetition of the travel and checkpoints.. kind of a bum. I hope it... : mwasher
• I can't wait to go home and play Far Cry 2 instead of sitting here watching my friends play Madden. : freshyk
• I think game developers just like making people sick. :) First it was viewbob, which made people hurl.... : Beady
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  But does it perform better than Crysis? That was my issue, even with a decent system, Crysis was sluggis... : valael
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    A lot of the reviews have said that the engine performs a lot better than the Crysis engine. : DJ Clipdat
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      I've been too busy at work to read long reviews (no internet access either). So I like quick shack posts... : valael
      • It performs better than Crysis. Shadows look a little weird, but I haven't had any framerate drop yet wit... : MercFox1
    • This is my experience. I'm running the game on max settings and at desktop res, at worst times the framer... : SpaecKow
  • It performs tons better but doesn't look nearly as good IMO. : skinlab133
  • Performs FAR better than Crysis, but doesn't look as good (but honestly, it still looks pretty fucking fa... : zerog83
  • It runs better than Crysis does on my system. No slowdown at any parts. : Link.
• Yeah it is screwy, hard to get a beat on how far away from an object you have to be to use it or to hit s... : SpaecKow
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  wtf this game runs like absolute shit in just the menus 3.8ghz core 2 duo vista 64 4 gigs of ram 4870... : spaceless
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    fullscreen i mean, if its windowed its just fine? wtf : spaceless
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      Gotta be something wrong, E6600, 7900 GS, 4 gigs of ram, it's butter smooth in menus and game at a mix of... : MercFox1
      • yea im trying older drivers right now : spaceless
  • I have a Phenom 9550, Vista 65, 6GB of RAM, and a 4870. This game runs like a champ. Must be a problem wi... : Link.
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  ATTN Curious gamers I just broke off after playing for 3 hours straight. This is easily the most expan : MercFox1
  • Also, fuck you guys, I'm going back to play some more. PAYCE! : MercFox1
  • good to hear. i have faith some smarty pants will figure out a FOV fix so as long as the gameplay is goo... : smacknca
• I'm playing on a stoneage 4:3 lcd aspect ratio and it still gives me a weird headache after a while. I'm... : twifosp
• This is horrible. Why do devs still do this in 2008? Thankfully, I have a 4:3 monitor at 1600x1200, so I'... : Link.

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• Beautiful car : wykd
• damn right! That car is so amazing. : FormerHPB
• ...wow : zerog83
• on my face, in my ass, everywhere plz : OverBurN
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  Yeah this thing is pretty insane : riptyde
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    That car is not meant to be driven by a man that wears crocs. : FormerHPB
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      I refuse to be insulted in a car thread by a Pontiac driver. : riptyde
      • burn : oHnOES
      • ^^^^^^^^ lol : PapaBoo
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      A penis is not meant to be attached to a man that wears crocs. : mwasher
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        a man that wears crocs can't even be considered a man. : zerog83
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          In fact, a woman is that which is a man wearing crocs. : mwasher
          • man law : gmd
      • unless said penis is attached to his butt : r3dn3ck
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  too bad about the tail lights : oHnOES
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    They're Vette tail lights. What's wrong with them. : h0cake
    • everything : oHnOES
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  isn't GM like...about to go bankrupt? : skunk_ape
  • No. : ateam311
  • an American car maker in financial trouble??? NO WAY. : reznory
• very sexy : packav
• But then how would you drive it? : voodooraze
• wowzers. The current Z06 puts up pretty incredible numbers and times too doesn't it? Should be really i... : DinK
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  I really wonder what thing would do with some Hoosiers or similar. With that much torque, those street t... : twifosp
  • the z06 is known to get into the high 10s with drag radials on. : gmd
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  I can't wait to see the Top Gear w/that car in it : action roommate
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    New season starts in November I believe. : ant_hillbilly
    • Yes, on the 2nd!!! : action roommate
    • Sunday, November 2nd : forksalad
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    Jeremy will still hate it. : bRAINsick
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      with good reason : zerog83
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        Didn't take you long to come out of the woodwork. Weren't you a pretty prominent troll the last time we h... : ateam311
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          Or maybe it was someone else. Someone is the culprit and I don't quite remember who it is. : ateam311
          • fletch : gmd
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          no no, not at all. I'm a pretty big fan of Corvettes; always wanted one. But there's a small number of o... : zerog83
          • What would you get in that price range? : Pettytheft
    • Not true, he liked the Z06 for the most part. He didn't like the plastic-y bits thoough : cltcprd
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      Pretty sure Jeremy absolutely loves the C6. : pancake humper
      • “What did you think?” he asked. “Oh,” I scoffed. “Left-hand drive, vulgar plastic rubbish.” ... : ateam311
  • two minutes, damnit. : Hiro
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    Top Gear Review of the ZR-1 TLDR: Clarkson: It's fast and fun and will rip your face off. You might th... : twifosp
    • uncanny! : cpt_gloval
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      the ZR-1 actually has the magnetic ride select suspension and not the stiff z06 one. : gmd
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        I'm just mocking Clarkson. No matter what good things he can find to say about American cars, he will ba... : twifosp
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          it will probably be like this "The Magnetic suspension feels wonderful, but it doesn't say Ferrari, I hat... : gmd
          • Clarkson has actually been quite critical of Ferraris lately. He doesn't really like them anymore, minus... : twifosp
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            It won't have the "passion" of an italian or british car or some such. : DinK
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              And it really wasn't designed. It's a track-slaughtering car and was purpose built to race. As techni... : twifosp
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                That seems to be the norm for FD Rx-7s :) : cltcprd
                • Yea, it's like having an abusive girlfriend. She may be hot and crazy in the sack, but every once in a w... : twifosp
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          Except he loves a lot of them (see Ford GT). : cltcprd
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            Which he returned because it was a lemon and bought a Lambo. : twifosp
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              which was mostly because of the security system IIRC. : cltcprd
              • which was installed by the UK distributor, not ford : xsoulbrothax
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          Didn't he own a Ford GT but eventually come to loathe it for technical difficulties? : ShekkyBoy
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            He said in an interview that it was mainly nostalgia and boyhood dreams of driving one that led him to bu... : twifosp
            • this is exactly why the president of my company spent money on a Shelby GT500KR . : zerog83
        • It's the Corvette Superleggera!!! : ant_hillbilly
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    Top Gear Season 12 Preview! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H99slALLrUg&eurl : ant_hillbilly
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      was that veyron on the TG Test Track!?!? : OverBurN
      • OMG!! yesssssss! I can't waiiit! : ysbreker
• I can't wait to see the Top Gear review, heh. : Hiro
• you want exhaust in your face? : j0nchan
• So awesome. The C6 is just the most gorgeous design yet, then they go and do this. : zyklonbee
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  at the 45 seconds remaining mark, look at the passenger seat bounce around. that's build quality ;p : cpt_gloval
  • No no no, that is the err Passenger Shock, G-Force Mitigating, and Internial Dampning system. Yea.... : twifosp
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    too be fair that is under maximum brake load and that is a lot of force. : gmd
    • That's not really that great of an excuse. It doesn't take much to secure a lightweight seat for even 2 ... : twifosp
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      the seat should be solid as shit whether it's a corvette or a corolla. : cpt_gloval
      • it just indicates to me that while there is probably a heap of bad ass go-fast engineering in that car, t... : cpt_gloval
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    It's just the seat back, almost any car with adjustable seat backs will do the same thing. I'm actually ... : cltcprd
    • yeah, I was surprised to see that the seats fold forward in a corvette SINCE THERE IS NO BACK SEAT! : FormerHPB
    • ^^Bingo. : Athlon7
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    thats ok, with this engine you can put boost in and not have apex seals rings come out. : stgdz
    • hay at least my 7s had solid seats! ;p : cpt_gloval
• Chevy corvette zr1 testing video brought to you by Mazda o_0 ? : kanix
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  It starts withthat mazda commercial... i was like "hey now, this isnt a corvette..." :D : chilln
  • looks like a damn slick car though : oHnOES
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    I thought I was seeing the Citroen C6 : ysbreker
    • Or C5 : ysbreker
• That engine sounds so fucking sexy though... wish I had 100grand. :D : chilln
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  The numbers sound fantastic but you know what, once i hit that price strata i want a more exotic looking ... : trevis
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    I'm guessing you haven't seen one in person. They look absolutely menacing, and there's no way you're mis... : zyklonbee
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      the way i see it, car people won't mistake it for anything other than what it is. and who gives a fuck wh... : xsoulbrothax
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        When I had my S2000, multiple girls approached me and said "wow nice car. Is that a Ferrari?" : riptyde
        • haha. lotus elise / exiges - they are pretty exotic looking too for a 'low' price : FrayLo
        • "why yes, yes ferrari s2000" wanna ride? : chilln
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        high-five fellow miata lovin' gay man! : cltcprd
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          http://dl-client.getdropbox.com/u/26232/parked.JPG it's not a trap, just a lot of miatas :D : xsoulbrothax
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            I need to start saving up for my supercharger :( : cltcprd
            • iirc the black one up front had an ubercharger u3.. it was sitting right up against the firewall, so he c... : xsoulbrothax
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      *I* wouldn't, but i'm a huge car nerd. I see a Z06 in the rear view poking out on the side of some groce... : trevis
      • I'm the same way, and my wife is the just like yours. She's so not a car person. :( : FormerHPB
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    Agreed, when I'm forking over $100k+ for a car it better come with not just performance, but a top marque... : arizona bay
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      At that price I'd be going for a Nissan GT-R or an Audi R8 : riptyde
      • Same here, the R8. However, I do respect this new vette. : bombay
    • That's pretty much where i'm coming from. If i'm, well when i was, shopping in the 40k range for a sport... : trevis
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      Porsche easily every fucking time : EvilDolemite
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        I'd kill any one of you fuckers for a Cayman S : riptyde
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          i'm more modest: regular old yellow 911 Turbo with spoiler & hardtop: http://damox.com/cars/thumbs/Porsch... : EvilDolemite
          • Uhm, that's a RUF 911. Hardly a "regular old" 911. : coldfusioncs
      • Not a big fan of Porsche. Now if I had a GT2 like the guy in my apartment, that'd be a different story. ... : arizona bay
      • I see so many Porsche everyday that I would take the zr-1 over it. Then again if I had that money I woul... : ant_hillbilly
      • It's hard to beat german engineering. The only porsche I've ever driven was a boxter S on an autocross s... : twifosp
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    i saw a C6 Z06 at a gas station recently, and i can say with absolute certainty that the car looks 100% c... : cpt_gloval
    • and yes i realize this thread is about the ZR-1 - but it only looks more bad ass droolworthy than the Z06... : cpt_gloval
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    I you want exotic get an ariel atom: http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=WaWoo82zNUA : ysbreker
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      Atoms are awesome, but they are more of a track toy than an exotic sports car. : cltcprd
      • true, but still rather exotic seeing one drive down the street :) : ysbreker
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    I would absolutely take this over any ferrari or lamborghini precisely because I don't want to whore atte... : Athlon7
    • "drives like a demon" well put. that's like the best way to describe a fundamentally visceral vehicle.... : cpt_gloval
• i dunno where i got this from but everytime i see a corvette, i assume the person driving has a mullet, l... : vassili_zaitsev
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  HIJACK: Nissan 350Z. (new) Audi TT. BMW Z4. FIGHT! in before miata. : Blake Ellison
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    Wait for the 370Z : pancake humper
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      what is this 370Z you speak of? : conandan
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        Based on the 3.7 litre engine, more power (340hp I think), and I hope lighter :-/ : khaosman
        • it is suppose to be over 200 lbs lighter. : gmd
        • Just in time to get rid of the G : pancake humper
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        http://jalopnik.com/5062567/nissan-370z-spotted-hiding-undercover-in-new-need-for-speed-trailer : sjpeters79
        • Better shot: http://www.autoblog.com/photos/nissan-370z-spy-shots/1085273/ : coldfusioncs
    • wait for the new Z4 : zerog83
  • Z4 M coupe TT/S 350Z : sigpro
  • s2000! : xsoulbrothax
  • The new Audi TTS looks so hot. : twifosp
  • MX-5! : cltcprd
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    bmw 135i twin turbo : sjpeters79
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      ^^If you like your cars bloated with piggish handling! : Athlon7
      • Everything I've heard and read about the 135 is that the handling is a bit better than the current 3-seri... : zerog83
    • ^^^ would be my choice (w/ sport package and sport accessories) : eeeealmo
  • Mazda 3. : orgcaptainnemo
  • Nismo power FTW. : DJ Clipdat
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    Audi TT - it's balanced, it's unique, and DSG (S-tronic) is awesome : Postal
    • I looked a several this past weekend and they were really nice cars. I'd buy one. : Colleton
  • sadly I wouldn't put the newer MX-5s in there unless perhaps they're a Mazdaspeed from what I've heard. T... : zakazi
• haha I got a commercial at first for the new Mazda 3 and I was all like o_O that's not the Corvette : Katarn3279
• BOOIIIINNNGG! Damn, those guys are not fucking around. : Pettytheft

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• Wow. That's so awesome! : boarder2
• brilliant! : Trips
• That might just be the most awesome thing ever. : notd665
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  i have a bookmark at home from about a year ago that does this idea 100x better. they do a color wheel a... : electroly
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    here --> http://www.krazydad.com/colrpickr/ : electroly
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      Unless I'm missing something, this is just a single color thing. The one in the OP lets you choose a who... : DinK
      • Yeah, you're right, this one is only single-color. For some reason I thought you could click multiple co : electroly
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      100x better? Even ignoring the hyperbole, this tool is not objectively better. I'd actually argue that ... : action roommate
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        I don't think 1 or 3 are particularly interesting but 2 is huge. DinK pointed that out and it without qu... : electroly
        • Also you can get around the lack of fine-tuned hue adjustment by putting in any HTML colors you want in t... : electroly
      • read in a high English accent : grandmasterlee
• holy shit, sometimes I love the internet : chazums
• Interesting. : DJ Clipdat
• This is awesome. works so well too : sonicdeathwalrus
• holy shit. </internet> : -sk-
• that is super rad. : ass-street
• whatever you do dont search for more than 10 colors at a time : Patch-e
• That is really fucking cool. : aaarrrgh
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  wow, that's really cool! and really simple to do. : biskits
  • All it takes is a great idea. : aaarrrgh
• I like it. :) : SilverSnake
• Wow. It works fast, too. : Nixx2004
• that is the best thing ever. : thekidd
• Solid white and black give some interesting results. : Horn
• Wow holy crap. : Blucklesworth
• beautiful : liquidlies
• very cool : dromo5
• This is brilliant! : Sebastian-TEC
• Completely awesome. Thank you. : eseiat
• this is really awesome : pandastrong
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  awesome =D : aurealis
  • my first two color combos got me these images =[ http://www.flickr.com/photos/35004203@N00/2068428891 ... : aurealis
• adding my vote for awesomeness : indosauros
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  this ain't bad either: http://tineye.com : SlamDunk
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    omg : aurealis
    • have you signed up and used this? this is incredible. holyshit a ff extension : aurealis
  • wow, neat stuff. : action roommate
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    The potential for porn crawling here is huge. : Bruzilla
    • oh yes. ooohh yessssss : epit
  • So how long until Google acquires Idée : indosauros
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    this is also the coolest thing plus i would like to have sex with this woman : industro
    • the woman in the video? yeah, she's a cutie : electroly
  • this idee group is like a breeding pit of internet awesome : xsoulbrothax
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    seems pretty lame compared to crazy thing microsoft had where it combined pictures from different perspec... : snicker-snack 2
    • also, searching for paintings is a huge cop-out : snicker-snack 2
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    I want something like this where I can hold up a photo of a chick and and it'll show me what porn movies ... : surround
    • i want something where i can hold up a photo of a chick and it will generate porn movies with her in it : electroly
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    neat..but why would I want to find an image I already have? Might be useful for finding duplicate images ... : IcomeINpeace
    • or photoshopped ones : SlamDunk
    • or searching for copyright infringement? Oooh.. I'm gonna search for cloudse.cx : edgewise
• Woaaaah. : chungathebunga
• wow. : Ride-My-Rocket
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  awesome, but I'm having a tough time getting the color for flesh just right. : beastrabban
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    Racist. : Nixx2004
    • ;) : Nixx2004
• holy shit. this is awesome. : delataur
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  Doing my best to emulate the Shacknews color scheme - http://www.flickr.com/photos/scingram/100212098/siz... : socksta
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    pulled the hex colors for the shack via colorzilla, then added them into the URL: http://labs.ideeinc.... : MisterPhoton
    • my favorite from that: http://www.flickr.com/photos/85853333@N00/2289339410 : MisterPhoton
    • Those shack color schemes look "Loud and Proud" : loke662
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      You need to balance it by adding the same color a few times to get the ratios better. : socksta
      • better? http://labs.ideeinc.com/multicolr#colors=000000,000000,000000,000000,f02e01,242825,242825,00bff3... : MisterPhoton
• Very cool +inf : megarust32
• This is fantastic - awesome find! : MaddeningLoop
• thank you for this, I'm trying to sell it now to my bosses as a very interesting way we could present med... : smacknca

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  I heartily support these. I will attempt to pull myself away from Far Cry 2 for at least an hour for this... : Dynotaku
  • If I am pulling myself away from Fable 2, then everyone can! : RyDogg1
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  I think I'll show up again - had fun last time! : PHeeNIxx
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    just out of curiosity how many players did you guys rank up? Also what is the max on the server? I am con... : mrseldowski
    • I think we got up to about 18 players last time which was a pleasant surprise. : Dynotaku
    • We had close to 18 players on last week. Everything from top men to level 1's. We had a great two hours... : RyDogg1
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  cool, i'll be there again, even though last week ionly got to play for 10 minutes on a shitty map then ev... : Dschinghis Khan
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    There are no shitty maps there are only shitty attitudes. though I'm not too fond of that one really : Dynotaku
    • yea, that is a spammy map - but they can all end up that way anyways - best thing to do is toss smoke alo... : dedgecko
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      That map is awesome. Shipment and Killbox are my only somewhat disliked maps, and that's only when it get... : skankcore
      • Wow, that was redundant... : skankcore
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        Killbox is fun with like 4-6 people but any more than that it devolves into lame bullet and nade spam. : deject
        • I've had fun on it with 6v6, but yeah, it can get recockulous fast. : skankcore
• we might come and play this evening - however I picked up world of goo on the wii last night for the wif... : dedgecko
• Bump!!!!! : RyDogg1
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  Update: formatted last night thought i didnt backup properly and it looks like i still have my lvl29 gimp... : Iwannaacura
  • Nice dude, I had lost everything when I upgraded. No biggie, I'm back up to 38 now. : skankcore
• The Manatee and I will be there, callin' that duty all over you bitches. : skankcore
• is voicecom turned on? I want to cyber communicate with my team : Iwannaacura
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  I'll be there, but we need to rotate maps faster I feel, last week we were on that map with the creek fel... : Sailor of Fortune
  • I always get my noggin' sniped on Creek. It's a decent map, but man it bring out the camper in people som... : skankcore
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    yea it was a little long, but it got changed to that from something else, vote was like 10/2 : Iwannaacura
    • I left before that happened. =/ : Sailor of Fortune
  • I dislike Creek. It's much too unbalanced on the PC. It works on the 360 because you can't snipe for sh... : deject
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  no punkbuster? what happens if you turn it on? Im just curious because I have no idea why it would matt... : ant_hillbilly
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    Some people were having problems connecting at all with PB turned on, so instead of configuring a bunch o... : skankcore
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      Yeah I really want to believe that Shackers would not cheat. I've never had a problem in ANY of the serv... : RyDogg1
      • The thing is, if someone does cheat, the consequences would be more severe given that your servers are pl... : Vorlonesque
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  hell yeah I am totally there. : deject
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    Here comes trouble... : skankcore
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      do be intimidated just because I am better than you at it : deject
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        lol, that was supposed to be "don't be intimidated..." but I guess that works too. : deject
        • Haha. Well played, sir. : skankcore
• Oh wow, I almost forgot about this. I might be there, I have no idea what my schedule is for tonight. : cptn.peachfuzz
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  REPORTING FOR DUTY @ 9:30PM! stupid work getting in the way : captain hampton
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    Aquabats fans are go! : skankcore
    • http://www.shackpics.com/files/aquabats_sg5m60gsto4h0f6xjq52.gif : captain hampton
  • and now it looks like i might be able to make it >:[ : captain hampton
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  I'll definitely be there! Really looking forward to this. : Vorlonesque
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    Also, I read that the red-dot lowers damage on the AK, and that this is a concern in hardcore mode...any ... : Vorlonesque
    • Stopping Power on the AK is pointless in HC mode. I use it on the M4 since it deals so much less damage b... : skankcore
    • Hardcore mode is basically one hit kill anyway. Best bet is usually silencer + radar thingy. : Iwannaacura
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      just rock teh kodiak approved ninja class! Silenced gold AK, 3x nades, UAV Jammer, Dead silence. if... : -=kodiak=-
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        sorry i dont have gold :( only lvl29.. since i forgot to back up my original level 55 when the game came ... : Iwannaacura
        • fail........ : -=kodiak=-
      • I may use that for my crazy silencer glass (minus the gold AK, I have a thing for wood and black metal (\... : Vorlonesque
• I'll be there. Lost all my upgrades so i'll try and get some upgrades before then! : megarust32
• PHILLIESMOTHERFUCKER : feek
• fuck yes. DEFINITELY attending. : silentw