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• *Valkyrie : action wombmate
• Hey I posted something very similar today as well! http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=18924875 I... : pigvomit
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  Yeah, I never followed all this drama about his Oprah appearance or Scientology or whatever, but I've nev... : Attica Blue
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    Well, what a lot of people don't realize is that Tom Cruise plays almost everything straight. I don't me : action wombmate
    • After Tropic Thunder no one should be capable of hating on Tom Cruise. : esecasco
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      Most leading men don't do historical set pieces, either.... for a reason : riptyde
      • Eh, I fail to see how that's relevant. Did you see the movie, anyhow? Though Cruise usually plays thing... : action wombmate
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  I didn't like it because none of the characters seemed to have enough depth to make you give a shit. Tha... : umcpwintermute
  • That's a fair assessment, and I'd wager that the first 3rd of the movie was originally supposed to have m... : action wombmate
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  The review I read said Cruise's performance was "distractingly bad". : riptyde
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    I don't get how that can be possible. They must not have been able to separate his real life from trying... : action wombmate
    • I also thought his performance was well done : Thomas Hace
• My girlfriend and I liked it a lot. I thought they built up the suspense well. The only thing that got to... : hoov1185
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  His best role was Tropic Thunder : gmd
  • He was also awesome in Vanilla Sky : MagicWishMonkey
  • Yeah, he was excellent in Tropic Thunder : sikander
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  Haiku pointed out to me that Cruise doesn't have a German accent in the movie, so I've had a hard time ta... : not work safe
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    Not even a slight one? Like "zee bomb, it meesed." : Phil
    • cruise played a frenchman? : reverend~heresy
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    Why? None of the other actors have German accents, either. Portrayals of real Germans speaking English : action wombmate
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      Because it sounds like the other actors are speaking with an accent. This isn't a community play here wit... : not work safe
      • I've also been to busy watching videos on netflix360 to see a new movie. : not work safe
      • You can't be serious. "He got millions of dollars and isn't doing an accent just like all the other acto... : action wombmate
    • I suppose for some it helps suspend the disbelief. Fake accents in movies involving people of a common ... : Saman
  • eh, not a big deal imho. it starts out with cruise actually speaking german then it gently transitions in... : get_navi
  • He *gasp* does not speak German either! : Evil Benius
  • That's the way Enemy at the Gates was for me. : c0bra
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    I think it would be pretty retarded if they would speak english with a german accent in the movie. either... : JohnnyDanger
    • actually, german doesn't exist, we really just speak english with a german accent : xxx2xxx
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    I like how they handled this in Hunt for Red October: It begins with the crew of the sub speaking Russian... : Bold
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      I'd much rather have had the whole thing in Russian (or German in the case of the OP's movie). Despite ru... : bostrov
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        Yeah, but most Americans also don't like to. The only way you can get masses of Americans to see a fully... : action wombmate
        • Sadly, yes. : Arctic Fox
        • I know of some people who love to read, but don't read fast enough to keep up with subtitles. They invari... : David Craddock
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      Isn't this what they did in Valkyrie? : Slowtreme
      • This is exactly what they did in Valkyrie. They even did it with the text. I don't see the problem wit... : pigvomit
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    so let's say a movie takes place in the USSR and everyone speaks english in a moscow accent, it feels lik... : reverend~heresy
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      This is why it would be better to have them just speak Russian. When I hear accented and broken English, ... : bostrov
      • haha, exactly. i remember watching a korean movie where it was trilingual (korean, chinese, mongolian). e... : reverend~heresy
  • Nothing worse than a fake accent throughout the entire movie. : Pettytheft
  • You know when it gets strange though? When in a foreign movie that's been overdubbed into german(all movi... : xxx2xxx
• I'm going to see it this weekend, thank you for not spoiling the ending : pancake humper
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  I agree, who cares about his real life, i think he's a sweet actor : sreyes22
  • It's not even really that he's such an OMGUNBELIEVEABLE thespian or something, because he's really not. ... : action wombmate
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  The hate is because in most every movie since, I dunno, Born on the 4th of July, Tom Cruise hasn't tried ... : Arctic Fox
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    http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=18926276 : action wombmate
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      How is this acting then? I might as well get a robot to read the lines and *insert emotion where appropri : Arctic Fox
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        But you can't get a robot to read lines and *insert emotion where appropriate*. Tons of actors attempt t : action wombmate
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          I haven't seen Valkyrie, nor was my comment directed at that. You asked why people think Cruise is a bad ... : Arctic Fox
          • I don't think it's fair to say that he just "phones it in" these days, but you're entitled to your opinio... : action wombmate
    • Furthermore, he didn't always used to be like this. Cruise has some subtle, even nuanced performances in : Arctic Fox
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    Probably true, but Robert De Niro plays the same character in the vast majority of HIS films, too. Same f... : Bold
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      I never said I was entirely fond of De Niro, either ;) The one part he does play he does well though. ... : Arctic Fox
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        Perhaps, but I do respect his willingness to try artistic films instead of the usual popcorn-movie crap. ... : Bold
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          You make a good point. Re: De Niro, I'm also quite fond of big name actors that will alternate big-budget... : Arctic Fox
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            Like The Incredible Hulk? :D hahaha : Q-ball
            • I said pretty much anything. : Arctic Fox
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  I enjoyed the movie as well, but the criticism that I've read generally states that Cruise was miscast. ... : dopeman
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    He actually does have a surprisingly close visual resemblance to his character, though. You could argue a... : Conan
    • visual likenesses only really matter when the subject is well known to the public at large. : dromo5
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  I am simply unable to divorce the actor from the character, no matter how hard I try. I keep seeing him ... : The_Archon
  • I feel sorry for you. : action wombmate
  • probably hard to read books too : Slowtreme
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  I loved it. It was very intense. I do think Cruise didn't seem quite right for the role or he just played... : Pettytheft
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    http://valkyriemovie.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/valkyriecompare.jpg : pigvomit
    • Damn, that's a pretty good likeness. : Pettytheft
• it was alright. I liked 7 pounds alot more : rektify7

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  very happy with my new sapphire 4870 1gb, my first ATI card : ]pm[chem
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    same, ive been a 3dfx and then nvidia person for such a long time but ATI really did a good job this past... : handofthrawn
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      Also, Assassin's creed I had settings all the way up and it performed so perfectly. It was like watching ... : handofthrawn
      • My computer runs it wonderfully, with no slowdown or anything, and good quality, right up until the momen... : Chris Remo
  • this is a damned good card. :D : halophoenix
• you should go into IT! : dahanese
• I think the Radeon HD 4870 is a pretty good deal. : omnova
• but my card alwa i think the 4870 1 gig card is still near top of the line : Mr.SEX
• uggh IT people : two50six
• From what I understand the Radeon 4800 series is hot shit. : freshyk
• He looks really surprised and goes, "Whoa, what is that screen you just brought up?" and I say "You mean : Attica Blue
• who's the manufacturer on your card? if its BFG Iyou have a lifetime warranty and you can RMA it - someti... : hirez
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  Your IT guy depresses me. Also I always assumed that your work computers would be reasonable respectable ... : Jonathan
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    hahahahahahahahahahahaa (also I think I am literally one of two guys in my entire company who plays PC... : Chris Remo
    • i'm sorry for your loss :( : Slowtreme
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      wait your company is Gamasutra isn't it? : marmite
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        Yeah. You'd be amazed how few game journalists plays PC games. I constantly am! : Chris Remo
        • (although I'm sure shit like this is one reason why) : Chris Remo
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          The same thing is true of game developers. The number of people who play games in our office is depressin... : mittense
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            How do they expect to make good games? :( : Goncyn
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              I'm guessing this is why there are bad games. How can you excel at anything if you don't enjoy the medium... : Modulus
              • Why would you make videogames if you don't enjoy it? :/ : crummynz
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                Lots of movie directors and television personalities don't watch movies/TV. It's a lot harder to enjoy a ... : uncleanmonkey
                • So it's not that you don't like games per se, it's just that making games causes you to play less than yo... : uncleanmonkey
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                  I'm not sure the analogy to directors/actors really applies whatsoever; they're different mediums entirel : mittense
                  • Not that this is really applicable to this thread at all. : mittense
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            Really, almost everyone here plays, some more casual ofcourse, but everyone plays. It's pretty hard to ev... : imperator
            • I'm only in customer support for my company, but ya alot of us play. You can sometimes tell when a team ... : Senate5000
          • Same here. A lot of people don't need to in order to do their job though. : bakanoodle
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          So what you're saying is that the majority of game journalists have no business being game journalists? : AgentPothead
          • Most of them just don't write about or cover PC games. : Chris Remo
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    what if his it guy had only ever run linux? why would he know about dxdiag? : ibrokn
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      Well all of our office computers run Windows and this is the guy who handles all the upgrades for at leas... : Chris Remo
      • well, i was just trying to give the guy a way out. i dont think our guy knows about dxdiag, but i dont t... : ibrokn
    • Pretty useless IT guy if he's answering phones for help and doesn't know windows. : avatar_58
• amd 4870 1gb : feek
• Haha your IT guy is kind of dumb :( : OverloadUT
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  No shit Remo. I thought about switching to ATI myself. I mean I love my 8800GTX, it's great - but I canno... : avatar_58
  • This is true, Nvidia's drivers have been a little spotty recently. The Left 4 Dead stuttering being the m... : Modulus
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  You should get a kitten and ask it to display 3D graphics. : mittense
  • And I see everyone in this thread recommending the 4870 but god dammit I've never liked a single ATI card... : mittense
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  what you described can happen when the video card overheats. and if your video card is overheating becau... : Luminair
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    Okay that's true but it's always seemed pretty goddamn coincidental to me that whenever I search for this... : Chris Remo
    • it's common for overheating and bad ram. but a newer, cooler card could fix the problem too yeah? : Slowtreme
    • the 8800's generate too much heat and either the HSF dies or is just poor at removing the heat. My EVGA ... : dedgecko
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      lol sure there is a shared factor. the card is hot and most computers suck and overheat and break things... : Luminair
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        I didn't say all 8800s are broken. I said there is an absolutely overwhelming proportion of 8800 users af... : Chris Remo
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          and I'm saying your ability to assess that as a casual googler is not good : Luminair
          • Yes, his point about a certain card being prone to certain faults based on a meager amount of empirical d... : mittense
          • Given the amount of time I have spent looking into this as well as the unbelievable volume of similar acc... : Chris Remo
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      its heat... i went through 2 of them before I swapped out the heatsink for a better one and didn't have ... : Shadowdane
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        It bothers me that we've reached an age where video cards come with inefficient heating solutions. Any ot... : avatar_58
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          well the GTX200 models seem to resolve this I have yet to see my GTX260 get above 56C. My 8800GT would c... : Shadowdane
          • This is an encouraging and tempting post : Chris Remo
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            sounds like they tried to hard to make them single slot cards when they really needed to be dual slots. : RetroRedEyeJr
            • yep hell later eVGA released 8800GT models with Dual-Slot coolers, hell they even sold the Dual-Slot cool... : Shadowdane
        • XBOX 360'D : RetroRedEyeJr
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    If your videocard is overheating it's probably because of the video card's cooling solution : EvilDolemite
    • I don't think so. most people don't clean their computers. the large front or back fan or filter will u... : Luminair
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    With my personal experience my card gets no more hotter now than it did back when I first bought it. It r... : avatar_58
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      ^^Exactly the same for me, even down to those exact games. : Chris Remo
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        It's probably just a bad card. My brother's 8800 would play a bunch of games fine, but then in TF2 it wou... : Modulus
        • I endorse this post as the first and last answer to the original question : Luminair
      • I don't know what to say. It's pretty much killed my apetitie for PC gaming lately because I'm not able t... : avatar_58
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        An easy (and cheap!) test would be to just leave the side off your case and run a game that usually crash... : SenorSpine
        • er I mean DO have the problem, if you don't then it's heat. : SenorSpine
        • I've done this before, made no difference. : Chris Remo
    • Bizarre. I've been using two 8800GT cards in SLI for a year now, and knock on wood I haven't had one sing... : Serpico74
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  It's most likely a hardware failure of your graphic card. Probably either heat and or memory related. I'v... : Modulus
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    Also Nvidia has some other advantages, such as PhysX support, and CUDA. I don't know if you place any val... : Modulus
    • lol @ CUDA. wtf would a gamer care about that : Shai-Tan
• Well, guess you're not interested in hearing from me then, young man. I'll just go sit in the corner. Har... : Dave-A
• I'm enjoying my 4850 and it was only $150 when I bought it about 2 months ago : Begawkiness
• my 9800 GTX is rock-solid so far. 100fps in Dead Space at 1920x1200 and it's a $160 card. : baconisgod
• Never had a problem with my 8800GTS 512, but I hear the ATI 48701gb cards are fantastic. : baronzemo78
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  I've been into IT almost 20 years now and I've noticed a bell curve in the general quality of those who w... : baron calamity
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    It used to be more for the people who had a genuine interest in it as it was so small/off the radar. Now ... : d fluke
    • ^^^ This. : d0gbert
• Radeon HD 4870 1gb : Godhatesfatpeople
• Brand? You could RMA it. You might even get a better card. : Whistler77
• i have an 8800gt too and it's overheating. when i play wow too long it slows down my game to a snails pac... : AMikaboshi
• I upgrade from an 8800GTS due to the issues you are facing. I went with a 1GB 4870 : hamachi
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  Chris Remo, ATI 4870 1gb or GTX 260 216. : pancake humper
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    How hot do these cards run btw? Just curious if they are more efficient than the 8 series. Also the 4870 ... : avatar_58
    • I dunno because I've never had a problem that has lead me to check on my temps of the 4870 1gb. I'm sure ... : pancake humper
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    1Gb? I that necessary these days? : chazums
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      yes, if you're a real man. : pancake humper
      • I agree with you, flapjacks. : mittense
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      I looked at benchmarks yesterday and the performance difference is negligible. : omnova
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        the peen difference is huge : tashtego
        • Oh, that's right. : omnova
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        $50 is worth double the ram and for 'better future proofing' (god I fucking hate that saying). : pancake humper
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          The extra ram isn't worth shit if the card doesn't have the beef to do the rest of the work - which it mo... : chazums
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            .......what. Are you saying the 4870 won't run games well in 12 months? LOL : pancake humper
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              I think he's saying: the extra RAM does nothing now, however in X amount of time when that much more ram ... : Drakoniac
              • That's a little absurd and I completely understood what he meant. : pancake humper
      • Higher VRAM is pretty necessary if you have a large monitor and want to run games with anti-aliasing/high... : mittense
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      didn't GTA IV need a 1GB card in order to use the higher settings? : Modulus
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        yep! only does medium textures with my 512mb 4870 : feek
        • feek yeah, it does!!! : CrustaR
    • It probably will be in the future. : freshyk
    • It makes a difference in a small handful of games. Some racing game in particular showed a huge bump in F... : Perturbation
    • Definitely. : Rice-Rocketeer
  • Very happy with my Zotac GTX 260 AMP2. http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2008/10/22/zotac-geforce-gtx-260... : Boxelder
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  speaking of 8800GT I have both a 512MB BFG 8800GT and a 320MB 8800GTS for sale. $25 for the GTS and $50 ... : sludge vohaul
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    i'll take the 8800GT! : SockMonkeh
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      so long as it's not busted like Remo's :D : SockMonkeh
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        sold! you two send me SM's! : sludge vohaul
        • i think you'll find theyre just one : imperator
  • I'd be interested in the GTS : Thomas Hace
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  The eVGA 280GTX SC for ~$210 (or $190 AR) would have been the card of choice, but that deal seems dead no... : Alco23
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    Has anyone gotten a shipping confirmation or order cancellation from that yet? Mine still says Processing... : freshyk
    • A few people on the Hard Forum have received the shipping confirmation. : CrustaR
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      A few on [H] and SDs have said they got a tracking number while a few got cancellation emails. I haven't ... : Alco23
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        Nah, some have done the free shipping as well. The ones who had canceled orders had unverified paypal ac... : CrustaR
        • That sounds promising but I don't want to get my hopes up. : freshyk
        • Ah K good to know. I chose the free shipping option knowing that I'd get it within 2-days of shipping ... : Alco23
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      Nothing here, I paid through paypal and I don't have a buy.com account. My paypal account pulls from my ... : stgdz
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        http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1383572&page=32 : CrustaR
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          crap http://www.fileden.com/files/2006/11/10/366856/cancellation.jpg : stgdz
          • note this isn't my card or account. I haven't received word of it yet. : stgdz
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      I got a confirmation email. Going to sell one of my 8800GT cards, keep the other one for Physx. : Serpico74
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        Arrr, mine is still processing! When did you order yours? : CrustaR
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          Are you a buy.com member or did you pay via third party like Paypal or Google Checkout? : freshyk
          • I'm a buy.com member. : CrustaR
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          I ordered it 10am PST, right around the time the post was made (I was like, third response in the thread)... : Serpico74
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            Ah, from looking at the thread, it looks like I ordered it like 15 minutes after you. : CrustaR
            • I ordered mine around the same time too. And yes I do have a buy.com account and just paid through CC. Go... : Alco23
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          Based on the replies at [H], it looks like they oversold and are currently trying to find another supplie... : Alco23
          • I'm in no hurry, I guess. : CrustaR
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  8800 Cheap and affordable, powerful, and if you can SLI buy two. : deathofrats
  • did you even read the thread? : pancake humper
• Where are my games. Are you ducking me? : .ka`boom.zZz.
• Despite all these suggestions, how cool is your system? How many case fans? Do you have decent and corr : jingletard
• You would be surprised at how many IT guys don't know much. I work with a guy that doesn't know how to u... : melkore
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  I had heat problems with my EGA 8800 GT until I updated it's firmware. There was an issue with the fan no... : vynn
  • Read this, I had the same problem and it brought the temps down about 10C each card. : IgnoramusSA
  • Thanks, I'll look into that. I've updated drivers plenty of time but I don't think I've updated the firmw... : Chris Remo
• I RMAd my 8800GTS and got a GTX 260 with 896MB RAM. You might should do the same:) The 260 seems to han... : .frame
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  I must have low standards, my 8800GS SLi setup works great, and I don't feel any need to upgrade. : RookieCAF
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    I don't understand what this reply means in the context of my post : Chris Remo
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      How do you expect him to write anything in context to a post he didn't read ? : imperator
      • I read it. : RookieCAF
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      It was just a comment, not a suggestion. As for your situation, I'd suggest looking into warranty service... : RookieCAF
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        I don't understand your comment in the context of my post then. It sounds like you're implying I have hig... : Chris Remo
        • Buck up and take those artifacts like a man. : freshyk
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          WRT the need to upgrade. I play current releases on my aging system 4400X2, 8800 GS SLi with 2GB of RAM a... : RookieCAF
          • The quality of the outputted graphics is not the issue, as I indicated in the original post : Chris Remo
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            His shit is broken and fucking up. What does that have to do with standards????? : pancake humper
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              Nothing, If his shit is broken and fucking up, he should RMA it. I'm not pissing in anyones corn flakes h... : RookieCAF
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                did you even read the OP? especially this part: And just as a note, I'm not interested in hearing from pe : OrkO
                • Yes I did, but I missed that part. I bet I lose sleep tonight. *yawn* : RookieCAF
        • it's pretty much bullshit. he's making a judgment about you rather than providing any technical support w... : carnivore
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    Mine's been rock solid for a year, no artifacts or crashes or anything. Wonder what's up. : Serpico74
    • I'd say his vram is dying. Generally when you start getting weird artifacts or textures that start going ... : sigpro
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  I used to blame video artifacting on videocards, too. Then I realized (like others have said) that 90% o... : PenicillinX57
  • I would put some credence into this as well. : RookieCAF
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  Have had a 4850 for a few months now and love it. Previously tried an 8800gt but I kept getting the fun ... : Dr Van Nostrand
  • This is actually the same problem I have. I forgot to mention that part because in the majority of cases ... : Chris Remo
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  Sounds like your card is overheating. Which could be a case airflow problem if the card is in fact getti : GoodBoy
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    oops bad formatting oh well leat I know that /s] Make me blue. : GoodBoy
    • or not. (grrr) : GoodBoy
• you can get 4870 X2s for about $400 today. If that's too much, I'd look at the GeForce GTX 260 core 216. ... : Gonzo
• I just upgraded to a gtx 260 core 216 from a 8800 gts 320 in early December and I have had no problems wi... : RetroRedEyeJr
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  Wait, so I'm a programmer applying for IT positions, and I know all those "fancy" tricks, and I can't get... : esecasco
  • to be fair, in general IT at a company isn't going to deal with DirectX at all if they're supporting regu... : electroly
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  My 8800GT is an amazing card, but lately I hear the fan going crazy when I'm gaming. If I had to guess, I... : Dynotaku
  • i tried that I only got a 2-3C temp drop... it really needs a larger heatsink to make a difference. : Shadowdane
• Didn't you ask this three months ago? : coraldayton
• i have a evga 8800gt sse and i had to underclock it to stop the artifacting : oHnOES
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  /!\ just a note - the 8800 GT may be affected by the same GPU failures that have been hitting 8400M/8600M... : Postal
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    The Register has had a whole bunch of articles on the subject :( : Postal
    • The Register sucks. It gets its information from rumors, not facts. : GoodBoy

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• History is an effin' godsend! : Korban
• I can already see all of the rotating pictures of giant vagina girl on your desktop : zerog83
• oh nice, finally a programmer's calculator in the OS, like OSX! : SiW.
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  Will those that bought Vista be able to get Windows 7 at a discounted price? : fishbone
  • I don't think they've announced any pricing yet, but traditionally, MS always has an upgrade price. : suqur
  • they should do, but keep dreaming :P : steve_o
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    It is M$ you pay for everything. : DrillBit
    • whereas with new products from anyone else, you just get them free. iphone1 to iphone2 was free right : Downforce
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      incoming : Korban
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        $o, $up Korban? What'$ going on in thi$ $ubthread? : mrvandelay
        • hey there mrvandelay! nothing much going on here! ...DAMN IT! $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ : Korban
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      that dollar sign is witty. I get it! : Slowtreme
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        * M I C R O $ ~ 1 ' D * : Phil
        • lol'd : zerog83
        • lol : two50six
        • See, this is clever. : Helter Skelter
        • loldos : deathofrats
    • (except for service packs) : Agrona
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      is it hard to type with that macbook pro shoved up your asshole? : Jackass1233
      • Because Macs haven't had 6 new OS upgrades in the past 6 years. : Crimsonbeak
    • Unlike your mother, with which everything is free. OOOOOOOOOH. I dunno. : d fluke
    • Yeah, because those iPod touch 2.0 updates totally didn't cost me $15! retard : disposition
    • "What do you mean $5 for this meal? I ate here yesterday!" : melt_core
    • Unless you're 12, using the term M$ makes you look like a huge retard. : ColoradoCNC
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    Did everyone who bought tiger get leopard at a discount? (PS - Upgrade license) : rosewood
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      Aren't all OS X purchases upgrades since everyone -- except 1337 h4x0rz -- must already own a Mac, and th... : nudel
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        Nope. You can install on a blank hard drive. : dopeman
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          of a mac that originally came with os x : extrahappyturtle
          • Exactly. You can't install OS X on anything but Apple hardware -- that came with OS X -- without hacks. S... : nudel
  • Ya I heard it's free if you own Vista. Just send Microsoft a certified letter stating that you own Vista... : slickdoody
  • Sure you can buy the upgrade edition! : cltcprd
  • You get it free if you buy Vista after July 1st : OmegaRed59
  • Well I'm sure they'll have the upgrade versions of it, right? : ninjase
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  See here's the crazy thing. MS puts stuff into OS. People sue them for it because "they're leveraging the... : mroizo40
  • ^^good point....needs more attention : SlingBlaze
  • Testify. That whole 'you cant include applications in the os' was such a load of bullshit. : trevis
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  I was pleased to see the calculator finally improved but then sad to think that it's still pretty poor. ... : nudel
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    turn on history : Korban
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      Ah, I missed that. It cannot be turned on in Programmer mode though so it's pretty useless to me. :( What... : nudel
      • oh stop pretending you know how to program! just stick with typing 5318008 and looking at it upside down : Korban
  • apparently they've been upgraded the calc with every version, just nobody noticed since they didn't "wast... : Agrona
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    http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/Downloads/powertoys/Xppowertoys.mspx : Nali4Freedom
    • I remember trying that but not liking it for my purposes. I basically want my 15-year-old Casio multi-... : nudel
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  Does the wallpaper fade between images if you have glass enabled? I have only tried Windows 7 under VMWar... : nudel
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    yah it crossfades between wallpapers : Shadowdane
    • Cool. Might try that when I eventually install Win 7 on real hardware. : nudel
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  Is it possible to remove the extra verbose search hits from the start menu? In Vista, searching for "Mou... : DrWaffles
  • I noticed that too. Also a lot of stuff in control panel seems to have rather verbose names now. I guess ... : nudel
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  My favorite Windows 7 feature so far: 1. Open a bunch of windows. 2. Mouseover one of the icons on your... : OverloadUT
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    Is this the window preview in vista? (sorry haven't checked out windows 7 yet) : SlingBlaze
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      Looks like it is : mroizo40
      • It is not the same : derelict515
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    What happens? That stuff is all disabled on VMWare due to lack of 3D hardware. :( : nudel
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      http://www.shackpics.com/files/vistawindowpreview_a86ex5leqjzg1c3dzz1o.jpg All other windows fade into... : DrWaffles
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        Yeah, this. It's especially useful for when you have an application with lots of open windows (like Windo... : OverloadUT
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          Yea this is in vista. : SlingBlaze
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            I don't know what version of Vista you have because it's not in any I've ever heard of : derelict515
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              i'm running Vista Business and the thumbnails-on-hover is definitely in there : electroly
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                The live thumbnail previews are there, but he's specifically talking about the full-size window previews ... : DrWaffles
                • Goddamnit stop beating me : OverloadUT
                • Exacty. The more useful way to preview them is only in Win7 : derelict515
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                  Right. But that's not what OverloadUT was referring to, which is what SlingBlaze was replying to. : electroly
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                    (Unless I'm mistaking his post? That's what it seemed like he was talking about.) : electroly
                    • Well my reply was to Waffles which was saying that his screenshot accurately represented what I was talki... : OverloadUT
              • That's not the feature though. Look at Waffles's screenshot again but look at the center of the window, n... : OverloadUT
              • This is more than that. It also hides (bar a transparent border) all other windows on the screen except t... : nudel
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                I think in Vista you can't click the thumbnails and not sure if hovering over them has the same affect. : vynn
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                  Correct, it has just the thumbnails but not the part where it highlights the actual window on your screen... : electroly
                  • Yeah that was my problem. The thumbnails were cool at first but in practice every window looks the same w... : OverloadUT
                • You can't hover over them in Vista, they disappear when you move your mouse : Dave-A
          • I am running Vista right now and I can say for sure that it is not : OverloadUT
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        Why does OverloadUT have the greasemonkey icon next t his name? : Dynotaku
        • It's part of Troz's Friend/Foe greasemonkey script. Oh, and for some reason this just reminded me to dis... : DrWaffles
        • There is an awesome Greasemonkey script by Troz that can put special effects including icons by people's ... : OverloadUT
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        All these features that are basically worthless for us multi multi monitor folk : rosewood
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          Why so? Is it because the advanced taskbar features won't work on Ultramon's taskbars? Because if that is... : OverloadUT
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            I actually don't use Ultramon. Never found any use for it / found it buggy. I mean, I don't need black... : rosewood
            • It's still highly useful if you have 2-3 monitors. Obviously it becomes less useful if you're in the smal... : derelict515
            • Ah, that makes sense. However, even with my three monitors at work I find that I often get a lot of Windo... : OverloadUT
        • Even with multiple monitors you can still end up with a desktop covered in windows. It just takes being i... : nudel
        • Maybe for you as you usually have 5-6 monitors running but for people with 1 or 2 monitors they are still... : sigpro
        • Even with two 24" displays I end up using things like Expose and Spaces in OS X all the time. I know I'll... : Serpico74
        • iirc don't you have like 7 monitors? I think that puts you in a slightly different category than most mul... : ColoradoCNC
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    that was in linux first : ]pm[chem
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      Oh well now I hate the feature? Life has taught me that every feature ever was in something else first. : OverloadUT
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        I guess if you only use windows : ]pm[chem
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          I don't understand this at all. The feature is only cool if you only use Windows? Why? Even if I used bot... : OverloadUT
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            God forbid microsoft learns what people like from community operating systems and implements their own ve... : avatar_58
            • * A P P L E ' D * : Korban
        • This makes no sense : ColoradoCNC
    • Too bad they were like 10 years late implementing cross-application copy-paste... : uncleanmonkey
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  Does anyone else find that Windows Defender crashes as soon as you boot and crashes again every time you ... : nudel
  • A few seconds after I log in, the action center says that Defender is not running. But when I start the ... : DrWaffles
  • I turned it off personally, never used the thing. : avatar_58
  • I disabled it so I couldn't tell you. : sigpro
• SWEET!!! I cant wait for new CALCULATOR TO ROCK MY WORLD! im not really being sarcastic either! : mojorisen1117
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  oo, i also like that "Show Desktop" is now a button all the way over to the right of the bottom taskbar a... : Korban
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    windows button + D : grandmasterlee
    • But if you roll over the button, the preview desktop feature kicks in and reveals the desktop without min... : DrWaffles
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      Too bad the first thing I do with every windows install is disable the windows button. Okay, not the ... : Dynotaku
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        Other than not wanting to get dumped to desktop while playing a game why would you want to disable the wi... : sigpro
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          Because I constantly get dumped to desktop when I'm playing games. That's like asking "Besides dying,... : Dynotaku
          • Do you have that problem a lot? I honestly can't remember the last time I accidentally hit the Windows k... : electroly
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            Why not get a keyboard like the g-15 then that you can set to game mode and disable the windows key just ... : sigpro
            • he does have a g15 : RikiTiki2
            • The problem is that I have a G15 and the first thing I did was click off the windows button, so I've neve... : Dynotaku
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        Why? Show desktop, run explorer, the run dialog, etc are all just 2 key presses away with it : derelict515
        • And of course the start menu search : derelict515
        • Windows pause is insanely useful also. : sigpro
  • You could move that button ever since win98 as far as i can remember, just right click the task bar, new ... : mroizo40
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  Here's all I want to know: have they even touched the "Install New Font" dialog window? : Home Nugget
  • That window was removed. Here's how the new Fonts control panel looks like: http://www.shackpics.com... : DrWaffles
  • ahhahahha word : XchumpoX
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  Hello? All this sexy calculator talk and no pics? : Goncyn
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    http://www.shackpics.com/files/yoiherdyoulikecalculators_7kplks4d50udnh6r0c1m.jpg Standard layout (lef... : DrWaffles
    • hmm nice. thanks. : Goncyn
    • oooh that's hot! : Flying h4x0r
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      http://blogs.venturacountystar.com/dennert/archives/oh-my-word.jpg : Rotten Deadite
      • hahahahah WTF : Utopia
    • awww yeah, let's multiply. : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • Bah, stack with reverse polish notation owns history functions every day of the week and twice on Sunday. : spazzium
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  How do ya turn off the slideshow? It only lets me select 1 day it doesn't have never as a option. : Ziz
  • Hit the "clear all" button to deselect multiple backgrounds. : DrWaffles
  • just select one background : Korban
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  i like how they say its so streamlined and then proceed to say it takes up ONLY 8GB of space! : podizzle
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    OMG TIME FLIES post aside - why does it really matter? I mean I don't know about you, but my games and po... : avatar_58
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      agreed to a point... linux will load a fully loaded OS (with an office suite and MUCH more than windows c... : epit
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        my last linux install was closer to 6 gigs and it didn't have a lot of features installed. : ibrokn
        • that's a lot, which distro? current ubuntu is about 4gb for a typical desktop plus apps : jcupitt
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        OS X can be quite large depending on the install options and drivers you pick. Anywhere from almost 7 gig... : sigpro
        • i believe with the developer tools it's over 11GB : electroly
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      because my dell mini has a 8gb ssd. although im planning to upgrade to a mini pci-e 64gb ssd with 80MB/s ... : podizzle
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        Well come on now, you can't expect things to adhere to a drive that clearly stepped out of the 90's. It's... : avatar_58
        • yeah actually i think 16gig SSD will be minimum by the time 7 goes RTM so it shouldnt be a big deal. mayb... : podizzle
  • some games take more space than that.. and you're talking about a whole operating system, also the instal... : OrkO
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  Is windows 7 the final name? Because it sounds old, especially after XP and Vista. : deathofrats
  • I always wondered what MS would do after the year designation, they chose a descriptor. Now they chose a... : Xin Jing Client 1a
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    I like it Just call it "7" : synack
    • WHAT'S IN THE BOX?! : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  Windows 7 Media Center I already know they added h.264 support out of the box but what else is there? ... : Degenerate
  • it is good : Luminair
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    This is what I want to know. What does 7 have that Vista doesn't? : baronzemo78
    • soul, man. it's got soul : zerog83
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    divx/xvid iirc. : sharkII
    • and the TV Pack for Vista OEMs. : sharkII
  • Does this actually work with the media center extender on the 360 now? : uncleanmonkey
  • I fired it up and poked around but unfortunately I have never really used it in Vista so I don't know wha... : OverloadUT
  • what audio codecs does it support? : Richese
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    What? Really? Can it do matroska or just mp4? : spazzium
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      Link me to a legit .mkv sample and I will tell you. : sigpro
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        http://www.matroska.org/samples/matrix/index.html : uncleanmonkey
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          Nope .mkv won't even show up in the MCE video list unless you rename it to .mp4 and even then when you cl... : sigpro
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            Do you have an appropriate splitter installed for .mp4? I got .mp4 streaming to my 360 to work by install... : Goncyn
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              Not on my win7 install but by default media center in 7 is supposed to support h.264 so that's why I name... : sigpro
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                You still need the splitter. Also, renaming files will not magically make them work. You make need to dem... : Goncyn
                • Then natively they aren't supported if you need the splitter and or have to demultiplex them just like vi... : sigpro
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            The PerceivedType registry file from here should make .mkv show up (though you may still need a splitter;... : nudel
            • I've done this hack and you can also use Haali's as a splitter. : Merconium
  • Details here: http://blog.retrosight.com/WindowsMediaCenterInThePDCBuildOfWindows7.aspx I really like ... : nadasurf2
  • MS really need to put Blu-Ray in that motherfucker. I tried to play WALL-E on my HTPC a couple of days ag... : nudel
  • yeah im not really sure since i never used the vmc much because it was so frustrating. the setup seems... : feek
  • has anyone successfully linked Windows 7 with their 360? i had problems when i first tried but it was pr... : Korban
• how is it compared to the OSX calculator? there are things i like about both calculators (XP and OSX), b... : dopeman
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  How exactly does Touch Screen work on Windows 7? Works w/o a touch screen monitor??? Can you use iTunes w... : Skoal^Fyfan
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    Say what? If you don't have a touchscreen it won't be a touchscreen simple as that. Windows 7 isn't magic... : avatar_58
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      I figured it was a retarded question. I was reading adverts and info about it though boasting about it an... : Skoal^Fyfan
      • its just designed around it, the taskbar buttons and such. : re4ctor
  • Does this also work for touchpads in any way? : TrptJim
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  so when is win7 realistically expected out? : RikiTiki2
  • Tomorrow. : mancide
  • I'd say Oct 09 - Jan 2010 is a realistic time frame. : sigpro
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    Given that the beta is pretty stable, I'd say we won't see a Beta 2. RC1 is probably the next step from ... : IndigoAK
    • Alot of components are not in Beta 1 yet. I imagine alot of the visuals will see an overhaul, the system ... : retarded talking dinosaur
  • I think XP expires, finally, in June so probably around then would be my guess so they can put it on Netb... : baconisgod
  • sooner than MS is promising - between July and October : Postal
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    up until beta 1 turned out so well, the end of 2009. it could be months sooner, now. I expect they've m... : Luminair
    • That would be very nice. I would love to get rid of Vista ASAP. if I didn't sell my XP copy, I would down... : Nitrium
• Posting from XP because my network connectivity for some reason stopped working when I booted today. :( : DOOManiac
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  Has anyone tried Quake Live in Windows 7? It sort've works for me, but its not very playable. : lonepie
  • works great for me, both video quality and performance was good. : vynn
• it should be a full fledged calulator, like for everything. EVERYTHING : ghost hacker
• Does it do RPN? : sukabljat

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  A game like Warhammer showed that people are willing to try something new. Yes, WoW is the 800 pound gori... : Entity
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    Oh yeah? How many active are playing WAR? AoC sold a mill as well, but no one stayed after failed promise... : Slowtreme
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      I think that's the point of 'willing to try'...willing to stay is another story, and WAR dropped the ball... : rt702
      • I played WAR for a few months... there is no incentive to experience the game. All anyone in the game ... : first2di3
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    I wouldnt really call Warhammer something new. I love the Warhammer IP, and I like Mythic as a developer ... : jad3d
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      In the fact that its an MMO with a grind, but it's more of a DAoC clone than a WoW clone. PvE isn't the ... : valael
      • That's like arguing about how different coffee ice cream is from mocha ice cream, when all I want is a pi... : jad3d
  • A game like Warhammer showed that if released right before an WoW xpac people will try it. It also showe... : SeanJuan04
  • Getting people to try something isn't hard at all. The problem is getting them to stay. : Porkasaurus
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  good...this MMO band wagon shit need to tone the fuck down. : m0rfus
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    I don't think Funcom can be accused of getting on the MMO bandwagon... : Jonathan
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      you are correct. but i like seeing the failure to discourage them so not to make more of these types of g... : m0rfus
      • what bar? the one set by WoW? no other company can afford to sink $40million into a mmo ..that bar is art... : cptstern
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  that and the fact that Age of Conan sucked : electroly
  • I was so hyped for it - then I actually really enjoyed it until I ran out of quests and they expected me ... : jbury
  • I loved AoC until I hit the 40+ content gap. : Derringer
• CROM! : jonin
• Wheres my Kotor 3 then : Mondo
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  I hope not. Its not a game I play but it looked fun. : baron calamity
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    Age of Conan was great up until level 20. The Tortage stuff is awesome. It's like they forgot what they w... : pancake humper
    • Is it weird that I didn't really like the Tortage stuff? I much prefered it when I got to leave there : jbury
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      I wonder if they could repackage that stuff as a single player RPG and make some money? The fact that it ... : baron calamity
      • You could probably get a trial account and do the Tortage stuff. It's not worth spending any money on. I ... : pancake humper
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  Looks like they are just merging servers, where did you see anything about them shutting down? : stonedonkey
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    I think he was just reading between the lines... but yeah server merges happen all the time for a lot of ... : jbury
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      Ahh.. I wonder if they merged any Warhammer servers, as they seem to need a good population to really mak... : stonedonkey
      • I think they're about to merge a few servers - I think I read something along the lines of some of the lo... : Jonathan
      • Hmmm not sure, my sub ran out and I couldn't find any timecards to renew it so I didn't really keep up w... : jbury
      • They offered free transfers from low pop servers. The "new" high pop servers are fun :) You get a wa... : Nihil ME
      • they planned to split wow servers to like a tichA and tichB but did away with that idea : Iwannaacura
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  incredibly unfair? One MMO raising the bar in terms of polish and accessibility doesn't seem unfair. : fishbone
  • i agree. the game is so polished i can sit my girlfriend down and teach her 3-5 things and she got to le... : handofthrawn
• Before Wow came out I was a Runescape addict... Those Were the dark times. Then 3 years of my life went t... : lordvampy
• WoW has nothing to do with the fact that Funcom's development team is incompetent. They had almost no co... : kpxkrnjc
• this is premature speculation dont you think? I mean Anarchy online is still going strong 10 years alter ... : cptstern
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  EVE Online is doing well, but it predated WoW by a full year, IIRC. : Ride-My-Rocket
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    EVE & LOTRO seem to have carved out a niche for themselves. Beyond that it doesn't seem that much can st... : Horn
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      Warhammer was really the biggest hope for that kind of change but well... Maybe Aion will change all th... : kpxkrnjc
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        Warhammer really needed another few months of tuning. From what I read there are still major, game-stopp... : walker270
        • I wouldn't be surprised if Warhammer is BETTER in a year, after they've patched in a lot of content they ... : sreyes22
    • Ah, nice one! Yeah, LOTRO launched in 2007 and is doing very well, AFAIK. : Ride-My-Rocket
  • i dont think Eve will ever close down. way to many russians playing. : m0rfus
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    Eve is an anomaly in the MMO scene unfortunately. I play it but it's not fer everyone. Eve has a very... : melkore
    • There's nothing wrong with niche MMOs, so long as they're profitable. : Ride-My-Rocket
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      EVEs not the anomaly, WoW is. : Modica Sol Solis
      • They're both anomalies but for different reasons. : Jonathan
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    I have a character in Eve that is as old as the game is and another character that is 4 years old. And fo... : Melignus
    • It seems that maybe this game Darkfall might be on to something, I really think that those style of MMOs,... : Melignus
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  as long as LOTRO stays afloat, I'm happy. : Supine
  • yep : jonin
• Heh that's a great reason. Please explain the logic behind how WoW makes it unfair for other companies. : Senate5000
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  I don't get the 'unfair' comment. Business is unfair. You want to unseat WoW, build a better mousetrap.... : trOmblyj
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    I don't think a mousetrap MMO can compete against WoW, trombles. : c0bra
    • fuck! : trOmblyj
  • I always thought of MMOs as roach motels. : badspot
  • "I don't get the 'unfair' comment. Business is unfair." Answer your own question much? : Sturmrabe
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  unfair? Raising the bar substantially for what a consumer expects in no way should be misconstrued as ... : rmjackson
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    Exactly. WoW managed to go far beyond the competition when it comes to polish (at least where they're at ... : SilverSnake
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      no other company can compete with wow because they dont have the budget to get that level of marketing pe... : cptstern
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        Blizzard has that budget because WOW made so much money, because it's so good. The game was literally an ... : rudds
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          blizzard had the budget before WoW was released... they know what works, and their formula worked well fo... : Demius
          • Why not? Wow was released full of bugs and unfinished. It is polished these days. But it took lots of... : CRasterImage
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          no blizzard had that budget before WoW was a hit, did you forget starcraft, world of warcraft and diable?... : cptstern
          • world of If a game came along that was as polished and well made as WoW, it wouldn't need the huge mar... : SilverSnake
          • Exactly, where is a startup MMO dev team going to come up with enough money to delay release till they ar... : Sturmrabe
• What's sad is that A lot of people I know who Play wow Crave something new to take it's place. : lordvampy
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  MMOs have always been an extremely risky genre, even before WoW. Any die-hard MMO fan can probably rattle... : deveus1
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    Actually that is not really true. The only MMO I have played that I can think of that has died is Asheron... : Evil Benius
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      It seemed like more MMOs used to fail in development than now - Sony had a MMORTS (Sovereign) they canned... : Jonathan
      • Yeah that is a good point and might explain why we did not see it happen as much back then. These days co... : Evil Benius
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      Earth and Beyond says hello. : deveus1
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        My point is that it is not easy to rattle off fifteen (or even five) MMOs that closed down before WoW. : Evil Benius
        • And my point is that seeing an MMO close its doors is just as common as it was pre-WoW. MMOs continue to ... : deveus1
• Let us ponder this. Do we really want more MMO's Like wow? Last I checked 11 million people played and pr... : lordvampy
• They are more than likely just merging servers. Why have 5 servers with 1000 people on them when you cou... : Crimsonbeak
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  I've been told that this game is really called Oregon Trail. T/F? : ateam311
  • "Here lies: Your dick stinks!" : freakynipples69
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  I want Guild Wars 2. : SlingBlaze
  • I hope this game is good. : Fish_Bulb
• AoC wasn't killed by WoW. It did that job fine all by itself. Now, Warcraft has made the environment ... : geedeck
• OK I don't disagree that WoW has made the MMO business extremely risky but how is it unfair? Its a : Lightzout
• WoW is like the Ferrari of the MMO industry, but at the same price of a Honda. : freakynipples69
• lol : Luminair
• It does have an edge(now) in that the revenue from the massive subscriber base really helps fund content ... : semaphore
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  How does Guild Wars do these days? It's the only semi-successful MMO I can think of that uses a differen... : PenicillinX57
  • gw is a normal game that costs a normal amount of money to make and buy, so they made their money and are... : Luminair
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  I really don't have any sympathy for MMOs that crash and burn in WOW's wake. The community no longer supp... : Noobler
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    It's going to be a lot harder for Developers to polish their titles. Open Beta tends to be too damaging t... : Jonathan
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      I don't know why I implied this is new. It's always been hard for developers to polish their MMOs we've j... : Jonathan
      • I dunno, "beta" has definately become increasingly synonymous with "demo" to people these days. Such a mi... : Noobler
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      I don't believe this. No one cares if there are bugs in open beta as long as its not released. I remembe... : handofthrawn
      • I've never played an MMO but I think there's some truth to that. The Hellgate previews based on the beta ... : nudel
      • lol. the reason incomplete tests have limited enrollment is so that the amount of damage done to the cus... : Luminair
      • If you're curious, the WoW beta was fantastic. It was already polished in terms of storylines, quests and... : LoioshDwaggie
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  Merging servers != closing servers : Lukiopimp
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    what : Downforce
    • The phrase "closing servers" generally refers to all servers, and is used when the mmo is shutting down. ... : walker270
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  Thank god, maybe they can get back to making good games now, like another sequal to TLJ. I need to know w... : Cheeziologist
  • I agree with you 100% WHERE THE FUCK IS DREAMFALL CHAPTERS FUNCOM????????????? : deject
• Wow, so soon? Has that game even been out a year yet? I've heard that the first 20 or so levels are p... : phate81
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  And maybe everyone isn't taking in what I'm trying to say. Let's say that Company A is able to create ... : freakynipples69
  • Here's a question, how long did it take blizzard to build up to 11.5 million WoW players including develo... : unsound
  • I still don't see your point. Company C and B still have inferior products. INFERIOR! Are you some h... : kpxkrnjc
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  Need more sci-fi and superhero MMOs anyhow. : cerealSAM2
  • Well Champions is coming one of these days : jonin
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    I loved the concept of CoH but absolutely hated the environment. Cityscape, abandoned building, park, ci... : Wombat Woo
    • I liked Company of Heroes' Environment...o wai...... : SlingBlaze
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      I got up to about lvl 20 or 22 until that game just got too grindy for my. I liked the combat, I liked t... : action wombmate
      • Yup, this was my problem. : node
    • Yeah it was way too grindy and way too repetitive. : Dynotaku
    • It's supposed to be modern day... not a whole lot more choices than that. Villain-side gets silly with ... : cerealSAM2
    • Yes, it got tiresome after a while. Although, the combat was really fun - I loved watching enemies go fl... : atom519
  • I agree 1000000000% : freakynipples69
• unfair? ahhahah what : JINKY
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  Haha it's all WoW's fault! Unfair? Probably not the word you wanted to use. : pigvomit
  • Hehe, that's what I was thinking. So I guess Blizzard should probably do some quality reduction on their... : Zakko
  • You, and everyone else, look a few posts up. : freakynipples69
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  That's good because we need less MMO's. It's not WoW's fault. It's people not being able to create someth... : Godhatesfatpeople
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    valve is the only company that could compete with blizzard. WoW is untouchable : cptstern
    • i think the star wars MMO could have a shot. Depends how they do it. They're not just "cloning" MMO, they... : Demius
    • Heh, that would be interesting to see. : Godhatesfatpeople
    • knowing valve, it would take them about 20 years to come out with an mmo. : dromo5
    • I think Bioware has a shot at dethroning or at least equaling WoW with KotorO (sounds like a miyazaki cre... : deathofrats
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  I'll be extremely pissed if Blizzard eventually get accused of monopoly and have to remove features like ... : mnok
  • This won't happen. The situation isn't even comparable. Microsoft was a platform for other things and fin... : Xanthos
  • Remove World PVP. watch the whiners QQ and eleminate most northrend lag in one shot. : Hizzow
  • If we ever got to the number of subscribers needed for WoW to be seen as a monopoly, then our world will ... : Whistler77
  • Microsoft didn't get hit by legal troubles because it was a monopoly; it got hit by legal troubles becaus... : sgtsanity
  • It's not illegal to have a monopoly. It's illegal to use unfair business practices to maintain your mono... : qsylvr
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  There is nothing that can dethrone it, unfortunately, and I do think it is kind of unfair, because no oth... : Modica Sol Solis
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    I fail to see how it can be construed as unfair that another MMO can't get the same recognition. They don... : Xanthos
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      The reason Blizzard's numbers are so high is because their global market penetration is off the fucking c... : Modica Sol Solis
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        But as to why I think it's unfair, I think as much control and sway they have in the genre, they sure are... : Modica Sol Solis
        • This happens in every market. There are tons of great underappreciated ideas out there that never get fun... : Xanthos
        • I've already pointed out to you in the past why WoW can't and won't do the sort of innovation you're talk : action wombmate
        • There is so much wrong with your post I don't know where to start. And from what I've seen, people have ... : slickdoody
      • This is part of the issue. The problem is that WoW's numbers have changed expectations. With WoW having... : johnny rotten
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    Modica WoW post. : electroly
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      I tried to stay out of it but I just can't :( : Modica Sol Solis
      • You should just link to your previous WoW posts. They're all the same at this point. ;-) : electroly
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    Blaming WoW for damaging the MMO market is like complaining that Nintendo is destroying the console marke... : pigvomit
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      If you're inferring that I'm one of the people that play it and still complain, I'm not. But I agree, ... : Modica Sol Solis
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        No, I'm not implying that you are one of them. I was just relating what I've come to here from many WoW ... : pigvomit
        • I agree with this assessment. : Xanthos
        • You can't ask the consumer to put up with crap, because they just won't continue buying it. They'll go wi... : aldraek
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    Its funny, the only way i can see another MMO making a run for it is offering 6 months free with the purc... : krym3
    • Guild Wars is still going. : Slowtreme
  • No one has come close to producing as good a MMORPG as WoW 1.0 since WoW. That's the real issue. Blizz... : jayacheess
  • Damaging? WoW single-handedly put the word "MMO" into the public consciousness. : aldraek
• lol um no : japoneez
• it's all WoW's fault! : grendel
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  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sand_Giant_-_EverQuest_-_1999.jpg : yAak
  • NO ONE CAN DETHRONE EVERQUEST!!!! ... Oh shit, whats this WoW thing? : yAak
  • ohh memories. the oasis SG who spawns on the hill where all the twinks with fungis and dual lams would ru... : jane911
  • Hah. I've got a screenshot somewhere of my Jedi taking on a giant Ewok. They spawned it on Tatooine at on... : loboca
• I was going to post in this thread but I think you guys have more or less covered it. : Goncyn
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  I feel like Wrath of the Lich King could be World of WarCraft's last hurrah. Yeah I know that sounds o : Ajax
  • Whatever they do next as far as MMORPGs I hope they continue to evolve their story telling. Some of the ... : mojorisen1117
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    I think you overestimate the degree to which the storyline drives participation. I think raiding guilds w... : Goncyn
    • Yeah, let's be honest here. I have no idea why we're killing any of the bosses in Naxxramas. I just kno... : electroly
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      Yes, but I think you underestimate the size of the casual population. : yAak
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        True. And I was being slightly facetious for the sake of argument, I do actually enjoy the lore. I like t... : Goncyn
        • Forgive the chain posting. Actually, I find it at least a little odd that there aren't really any quests ... : Goncyn
    • Up to this point, the quests and dungeons that you've done in WoW have been largely static. You might hav... : Ajax
  • it doesn't seem to me that people play wow for the story of old warcraft villains it seems to me that ... : Luminair
  • ^^ that's exactly how i feel. they could bring deathwing back or something lame but there's a feeling o... : Mr.SEX
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    I'm willing to bet the majority of people who play WoW haven't even played WarCraft III and so won't care... : pyrogen
    • Don't remember how many copies of WC3 were sold do you? : Sturmrabe
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      I would fall under this category. Have never played anything from Blizzard other then WoW. : Phreakin
      • But. Why? : the_burd
  • I don't think I've paid attention to the storyline(s) in Warcraft 1,2,3, or WoW. I just paid attention t... : kgargonmagrix79
  • There's a story in WoW? : boarder2
  • I wanted a Murloc race! That would have been the only thing to draw me back into the game. :( : deathofrats
  • Perhaps I'm reading into it, but doesn't it seem like Garrosh could be the next villain? His actions agai : the_burd
• if there was something that was as good/better then it wouldnt die within a year of starting. it owns the... : maulla
• Take money from blizzard to give to other mmorpgs that cannot compete against it. It's only fair. : conandan
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  too bad there aren't any S's in Blizzard that we can turn to $'s : RikiTiki2
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    bli$$ard works i think : feek
    • b$ is a bannable offense? : Xanthos
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  I do think it's tough that new MMOGs are judged based on WOW today and not WOW at launch. WOW at launch w... : baronzemo78
  • It is tough, because it's a high standard, but it's the reality. "WoW today" is what they are competing a : Goncyn
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    If someone would come out with a decent non-medieval-fantasy MMO, then it wouldn't get judged to strictly... : riptyde
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      CoH? Matrix Online? SWG? Tabula Rasa? : electroly
      • I don't think being medieval fantasy has anything to do with being judged harshly against WoW. : electroly
• ...and this is news? : dedgecko
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  Yeah I'm gonna join the ranks of people claiming no foul by Blizzard here. I bought Age of Conan pre-orde... : Marlin
  • Free for all PVP with no consequences is nothing but a a clusterfuck of griefing. My god this is so tr... : Rotten Deadite
• lol they ran anarchy online for .. what 7 years now, even though there are barely any people playing it, ... : xxx2xxx
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  Is anyone still playing the Matrix Online? : Xin Jing Client 1a
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    You posted this right as I was typing a post about it. XD The game is almost a ghost town now. Since S... : Shadsy
    • Thanks for the info about the game. It's sad, that the only realtime interactive legacy of the Matrix ha... : Xin Jing Client 1a
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  I believe the KOTOR MMO will have a huge following, it will be interesting to see how it plays out. I thi... : shortbuscaptain
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    It looks pretty bad from what I've seen, just sayin' : phate81
    • you haven't seen enough to know if it's going to be good or bad : Richese
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  The typical MMO outline needs to be radically changed. Games like Conan are doing badly because they're s... : Shadsy
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    Live content is exceptional hard to pull off. Chances are it will end in either a lagfest or be seen by a... : Jonathan
    • That's what was so weird about Matrix Online, they pulled it off perfectly for about half a year with onl... : Shadsy
  • I was playin' the Matrix Online like a mad crazy zombie! : Omaha
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  MMOs can compete if they don't try to release the entire package day 1. That is where they are in a very ... : pauk111
  • The problem is that if they don't release the entire package day 1, the word of mouth from launch tends t... : Jonathan
• I'd like to see an mmo with a much better persistent universe. something like in ww2 how the front would ... : re-verse
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  The problem with all of these companies is that they keep trying to build a "WoW killer" instead of just ... : DianeOfTheMoon
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    Considering the Anti-WoW MMOs seem to fail much harder than the WoW like MMOs, I disagree. : Jonathan
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      Which ones are those? All of the major MMO releases I've seen so far have been "WoW in <universe> with <... : DianeOfTheMoon
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        I think you've managed to stretch "WoW in <universe> with <extra feature>." to such an extent that Puzzle... : Jonathan
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          If you think Vanguard was anti-WoW, you're quite far from the mark. That game became one step removed fro... : Modica Sol Solis
          • With Vanguard I don't know how it ended up but their intent (at least from the interviews I read) seemed ... : Jonathan
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          Nope, Puzzle Pirates is a puzzle game wrapped in an MMO, which seems to be pretty successful. The reason... : DianeOfTheMoon
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            Oh I see. I think what your pushing for is almost as radical as evolving from a FPS to a Flight Sim (whic... : Jonathan
            • No, I'm not recommending that...what I'm trying so say is that there is a very large MMO pie which WoW co... : DianeOfTheMoon
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        Um, several of those games predate WoW. EQ2 was clearly a follow-on to EQ1, which WoW is essentially a su... : Fayk
        • The point though is that WoW has become the monopoly in that style of MMO and unless someone provides a v... : DianeOfTheMoon
  • I've always been impressed by how CCP was able to take back full control of their game from the publisher... : deveus1
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  why shut it down? i don't get this. even with a minimal amount of subscribers it can still make money. li... : jonas54
  • ok reading the replies it seems like the OP is jumping the gun : jonas54
  • While I don't entirely get SOE's ability to leave MMOs on minimal life support long term, I suspect that ... : Jonathan
  • Maybe they figure the developers resources are better used on another game? : Wisp!
• You should all try Lord of the Rings. It's increasing steadily in population, at a rate proportionately h... : Juno
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  Its odd, but the success of WoW is a great thing for everyone. It means that companies that should be mak... : wimpy1
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    problem is, they see the crazy mad cash WoW makes and want in on it so they keep churning out shitty MMOs... : Joseph
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      The idea that MMOs are somehow removing resources from single player games is rather bizarre, it's like d... : Jonathan
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        some devs aren't large enough to make multiple game types at once, and if they spend years making an mmo ... : Joseph
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          You're missing the point - most devs don't cross genres to start with. Developers that make MMOs aren't s... : Jonathan
          • He didn't necessarily say it did. If a developer is going to make a game in an undecided genre, they may ... : Xanthos
      • that is true for named companies, but im sure you know that there are new companies all the time. There a... : wimpy1
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  I would play an MMO if it had an actual sci-fi environment like Mass Effect. No one seems to want to make... : mr.sleepy
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    Both the new Star Trek and Star Wars MMOs could be promising. They're about as Scifi as Mass Effect. : Jonathan
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      I have far less confidence in the Star Trek MMO than I do the Star Wars MMO. Star Trek is far less condu... : Arcanum
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        Deep Space Nine would be an awesome setting. : Juno
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          I think the Star Trek setting is great. I just think that, as stupid as "go to <location> and kill <numb... : Arcanum
          • That assumes it's the same sort of game as WoW which does not seem to be the case. Half the game is ship... : Richese
          • Every single planet will have a magnetic disturbance to prevent you from using transporters to complete 8... : Marlin
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        there's also stargate worlds.... if you're into that kinda thing... which i am...shut up leave me alone! : ScubaSteve25
        • In principle, a Stargate MMO could be really cool. It could also suffer from the same WTF quest problem ... : Arcanum
  • God I would play the hell out of a mass effect mmo. : deveus1
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  Good. I'm tired of all these MMOs in development. : CrustaR
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    FUCK NEW GAMES : ateam311
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      I'll take a game over an MMO any day. : CrustaR
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        One games development does not impede anothers... : Richese
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          i dont understand that statement. it means there are people working on one game, and not another. It also... : wimpy1
          • Correct, wimpy. I would rather a team's talents go toward an actual game instead of an MMO. : CrustaR
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  Didn't a shacker go take a job there as a GM? Do less servers mean GM firings? : timaste
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    Felicia quit that job a while ago I think. : sigpro
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      "Quit" huh? You sure she wasn't the GM who was fired for taking a player off to a remote corner of the wo... : Marlin
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        Bahahha that probably the highlight of my experience with Age of Conan. Funniest, most unprofessional sh... : kpxkrnjc
        • wow thats worse than when they moved all the goons out of a zone because we kept telling other people the... : wimpy1
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      That is incorrect. She's still at Funcom and they don't appear to be shutting down. : pupismyname
      • Hmm I thought she had left. Nevermind then. : sigpro
  • I'd hope not since the population isn't changing. They would still need the GMs to handle all the reques... : melkore
• Where will the 18-year olds looking for MMO boobs go now? : halophoenix
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  You're joking, right? If the developers hadn't ignored players and pumped out shit for every patch, every... : DerHuhnTeufel
  • Not to mention failing to deliver on promised things even 6 months after launch. : DerHuhnTeufel
• WoW is no longer a game, it has become a cult. I've lost contact with four friends to that shit, we used : packav

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• opened a box there was a _______ in the box http://www.flickr.com/photos/sikander/3187950511/ : sikander
• Went running in this snow covered city: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3380/3186704762_8ec60098c7.jpg ! W... : helvetica
• A few of my favorite pics from the CES vehicle\car audio section of the show: http://www.shackpics.com... : HojuSimpson
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  Went to a wedding. The happy couple entering the reception to the Imperial March: http://flickr.com/phot... : arhughes
  • Your daughters doing some intense computing there. : zebosausamite
  • Love the picture of the daughter, she looks like she wants to destroy something. : Lionhart32935
  • Your daughter is in an intense fight with WOPR. : coolbreezr
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  Met up with a friend and took some pics near my house: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3396/3189831373_... : DJ Clipdat
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    I wish I had cool places to take pictures like this around me. : arhughes
    • Move to the SF bay area :) : DJ Clipdat
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    omg clean that lens! nice shots, too...but the lens needs cleaning : MisterPhoton
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      hahah.. I will pass along your request to my buddy! In all seriousness though, will a few specs of dust l... : DJ Clipdat
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        not particularly, I don't think - its more that I'm just a bit obsessive-compulsive when it comes to keep : MisterPhoton
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          hah, nothing wrong with that! I had to snap that photo of his lens because he just bought it and was lovi... : DJ Clipdat
          • I don't know a photographer that doesn't love their nifty 50. : Arctic Fox
    • Meh I've noticed that most of my visible crap in photos comes from stuff on the sensor, not from stuff on... : Arctic Fox
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      i was about to say, "Damn, Photon, how can you tell there's crap on the lens? I'm such a terrible photog... : Omaha
      • There's a refraction/photon joke here but I just can't think of it. : Arctic Fox
• http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=kure+kure+takora&search_type= : kramweil
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  Started going through my photos from New York, where I went over New Year's. Also went snowboarding, re-v : Arctic Fox
  • I don't have any pics processed from it - plus they were all inside of diners to and from - next time i b... : re-verse
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    That Liberty shot is great. Also I'm not sure how you're not in my contacts list. Added. : cookblaze
    • uhm, ya, that is an incredible shot. : loboca
    • Thanks guys :) : Arctic Fox
• I stood outside and tried to take pretty pictures of things until I got so cold that my junk shrunk. h... : menkey
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  Zebo that video link you posted is destroying the page for me. : Chepito.
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    How? Do you have have that embed script running? : zebosausamite
    • Yes. I've disabled it and all seems well now. : Chepito.
    • It's doing it to me too.. weird. : Chunks
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  Finally got the Classic Dungeonmaster achievement. http://homepage.mac.com/brianluft/img/ZZ7FBCFF91.jp : electroly
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    of all the accomplishments this weekend, that's the one you list? what about our 25 man naxx advances! : mwasher
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      I don't have any screenshots of that. I should've taken screenshots of you not seeing the poison on Grob... : electroly
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        hey I learned those fights fairly quickly >:| I did, however, have a hard time staying on that pipe... : mwasher
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          That was funny the first time and HILARIOUS the second time : electroly
          • And if it makes you feel better, I fell off the pipe once too. The walk of shame is having to go all the... : electroly
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  I met mr.sleepy on saturday night. sorry no pics. : mwasher
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    was nice meeting you by the way. sorry you had to see me dancing. : packav
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      hahaha glad you made it back alive. you seemed a little drunk. :) we wound up going home and crashin... : mwasher
      • yea dude, i almost went home with that dude mike who was talking to your girl, i barely anything after th... : packav
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  I found ice on the road. (this is in Southern California, Irvine) http://www.flickr.com/photos/222278... : Senate5000
  • Ahhh.. poor tC!! : DJ Clipdat
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  Went to the Three Floyds Brewpup HQ in Indiana on Sat http://flickr.com/photos/vectorbug/3191295339/ : not work safe
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    yum. Did you have some Alpha King Pale Ale? : DJ Clipdat
    • No, actually! I don't drink beer. : not work safe
• http://www.jenandcraig.com/Alexandra/AlexBlase1/target2.html : riptyde
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  Fire Festival http://flickr.com/photos/cannelbrae/3187934115/ http://flickr.com/photos/cannelbrae/318... : cannelbrae
  • Nice :D : Arctic Fox
• http://www.shackpics.com/files/iPhoneUpload_n2qq9hliw9yguaikvsfh.jpg : radicus
• I went to Banff with some friends. : cptn.peachfuzz
• Made my kid dress like a dork. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ratsinis/3189191101/ : SinistarX
• http://grahamfurlong.typepad.com/work_hard_be_nice/images/2008/05/17/work_hard_nice_2.jpg : capt tripps

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  not if you want to maintain 87 lbs. : Slowtreme
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    I weigh 160 :( : Modica Sol Solis
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      It's not really that bad, but if you don't like being skinny it's not really helping. : Slowtreme
      • I'm not skinny though, I'm pretty much average. As far as I know, anyway. I have more definition than som... : Modica Sol Solis
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  ^^^ This is why people think you're gay. : orgcaptainnemo
  • wait modica isnt gay? i remember him coming out of the closet in some long thread, and posting pics of h... : arizona bay
  • He is gay, isn't he? : fishbone
• Depends on how much you weigh, but almost certainly yes. Unless you're a 14 year old girl, then you're c... : ejectorpod
• Not really. : pun][sher
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  When we were tracking out diet for my nutritional science class I was consistently only eating 1100-1500 ... : mysled
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    You are also missing out on the amazingness of food. Eat more! : Yanks
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      That's the thing, I feel like I eat plenty. I've been eating 3 meals a day this year even. I <3 food! : mysled
      • I think I make up for it some days though. As in randomly one weekend I'll finish a whole pint of ice cre... : mysled
• how are you not hungry, I mean I am 6'2"/180 and I probably eat about 2200. not fat : Yanks
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  are you losing a lot of weight? do you never move? if you are 160 and you live an okay lifestyle, that's ... : dahanese
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    I don't lose or gain weight, haven't in a long time. 5'9", 160, I walk about an hour a day and do some ba... : Modica Sol Solis
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      And by lose or gain I mean I hover between 160 and 170 and never a pound over or under in the past four y... : Modica Sol Solis
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        If you're happy with your weight then what you're eating is fine. If you're not, then you need to change... : randomjgj
        • Yeah, I'm fine with it, I was just kind of alarmed. : Modica Sol Solis
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      How many meals do you eat in a day now? : action wombmate
      • 13 100-calorie packs : guido anchovy
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        I go breakfast, morning snack, lunch (sometimes lunch is just a banana), afternoon snack, dinner, bed : Modica Sol Solis
        • That could be helping you. By eating so many times throughout the day you're taking in less "waste" calo... : action wombmate
    • i think i'm a tiny bit heavier pound-for-pound than you, but i definitely exercise more, so that sounds r... : dahanese
    • you might be bad at estimating your caloric intake. People generally underestimate it by 40 to 60 % : Megara9
  • I run and exercise and probably eat ~1500 calories on average (except lately when I've been trying to gai... : aethyr
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  Are you adjusting for portion size and including beverages? : EvilDolemite
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    Yeah, I only drink water and chocolate soy milk except for when I drink, which is a completely different ... : Modica Sol Solis
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      You are aware that soy makes you produce unreasonably high levels of estrogen right? Might be better off ... : ryuuseki
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        At first I thought you were making a joke based on my old thread but then I looked it up. Man, wtf. : Modica Sol Solis
        • What's worse is that almost all processed foods these days contain an estrogen inducing soy derivative. I... : Bean
        • Well, at least you solved one question... : DianeOfTheMoon
      • Modica is actually trying to grow bitch tits. : Bean
• I've been living off blood packs and crunchy mutfruit : Dave-A
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  eh, I really don't eat that much either and I maintain my weight. I'm skinnier than you though. : aethyr
  • or at least I weigh less, I should say, I have no idea how skinny you are. : aethyr
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  everybody's different. there's no "correct" caloric intake. i routinely eat 5k calories a day and don't g... : gokart.
  • You, yes you!... I envy you : esecasco
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    5000 calories, wow, I don't think I could eat that much in a day. What are you having? : Serpico74
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      it depends, generally for breakfast i have four of those frozen waffles with buttah and butter surup, for... : gokart.
      • You must be dropping off a fucking toddler every time you hit the can. : walker270
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        fuck metabolism, don't you feel sick eating that crap? : dahanese
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          sometimes, i have a tendency to overeat (duh) and occasionally i regret it. there are some other adverse ... : gokart.
          • Haha. You're not healthy. Go get a full work up done at your doctor's office. I bet it'll scare the shit ... : jayacheess
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            i doubt you are healthy. it's actually proven it is better to be "fat" and in shape (i.e. you can run... : dahanese
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              no offense. : dahanese
              • none taken, i do 80 crunches and 50 pushups every morning. i haven't run in a few months, but i did a 13.... : gokart.
      • You're a skinny fat guy. You might not gain weight but god damn you're arteries must be hurtin'. : Haku-Jin
• That's what I eat, no your fine. America is just full of fatasses that pretend 180 pounds and 2500 calori... : locater16