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• This is nice, but you should contact Nick Breckon, Chris Faylor, or Alice O'Connor with more details. : trOmblyj
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  MysteriousStranger I want your leitmotif as a ringtone! : Dave-A
  • Holy fuck Bethesda makes some good games. I mean I love Valve n' all, but Oblivion and Fallout 3 both kno... : Dave-A
• Don't shoot me : moe6
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  please don't make it multiplayer. : fluke
  • ^^^ agree ^^^ more hero of kvatching, more fighters guild is hiring, etc. DEPTH. : Downforce
  • Seconded! : thetangent
  • What about low number of player coop? 2-4? : AgentPothead
• Ahh the publicity cycle has started. : vezatron
• Released this year would be better. : baron calamity
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  Tell me where it takes place and I'll start getting excited. : Sexpansion Pack
  • Summerset Isle please. Black Marsh is an acceptable alternative. : Sexpansion Pack
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    Vegas : kallanta
    • lol : whistletits
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    I agree with the Black Marsh suggestion. Elsweyr could be cool too. Supposedly has both deserts and jun... : bninja
    • ++ Elsweyr. I don't want Black Marsh - I hated the marshy parts of Oblivion by the border. : ArcKnight
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    In a world where scrolls are old... : filthysock
    • I totally heard this in <movie preview voice> : davantalus
  • Fucking Skyrim, man. SKYRIM. : king_darius
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    It's pretty much confirmed to be Skyrim, after all Bethesda did buy the rights to the 'www.skyrim.com' do... : Mr. Goodwrench
    • So then...Morrowind = water, Oblivion = forest, and Skyrim = snow? I wonder what kind of crazy ass snow-r... : ArcKnight
  • kvatch : DrFlammable
• See now this is how you make an announcement. : uncle slappy
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  Please make it more like Morrowind and less like Fallout3livion. : Matt Burris
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    Please no... Morrowind is the only Elder Scrolls I couldn't stand and never could finish. : baron calamity
    • Yeah it was ok but I lost interest after awhile. : Dave-A
  • no way. oblivion was way better : jonin
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  Wait, what? Wasn't there just a no more Elder Scrolls for a while article on the front page not long ago? : hoov1185
  • Rumors point to some sort of Elderscrolls MMO last I checked. :( : terath
• I love bethesda because they make games that are actually worth 60$ : mnsnota
• FUCK YES. : erotic sock
• I hope they include some sort of VATS system in it, because that made the combat fun for me in F3. : Geoffrois
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  Let's hope it's not a step down in gameplay like Oblivion was to Morrowind. : Mr. Goodwrench
  • I'd settle for the PC not floating awkwardly over the ground. : davantalus
  • Exactly my thoughts. However, with Bethesda trying to make their games more mainstream-friendly, I have ... : Matt Burris
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  I hope wandering far into nowhere will get your horribly killed. Hated the oblivion leveling. : kingdepork
  • Yeah, it blows. :( : davantalus
  • +1. I couldn't get into the game as shipped because of this. Applying a few mods to fix it made the gam... : Admiral Crunch
• Excellent : megarust32

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• hahahaha : Godhatesfatpeople
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  My favorite was when rapidshare had the captcha with the tiny dogs and cats. http://www.labnol.org/int... : abunch
  • what the fuck : Godhatesfatpeople
  • OH I fucking HATED that shit. I could never get it right. I hope someone got killed over that ridicul... : Phil
  • fuck I remember that. That was godawful : aux7
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  This one's got my vote: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3007/2601071930_62be3a5b3e.jpg?v=0 : Home Nugget
  • lol : indosauros
  • That's one way to get people to pay for downloads. : abunch
  • That is awesome : Godhatesfatpeople
  • is that real? haha : buzzbat
  • o_O : Mmmmmoo
  • Hahahaha! : ieGod
  • hahaha what : My Documents
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    This is Unix. I know this. : Sailor of Fortune
    • hahahah : AlexXdude
  • hahahah, that's fantastic : zakazi
  • Fucking foldies! I did an online IQ test thing with those that sucked my brains out. : cerealSAM2
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    it's E, right? seriously : burning eye
    • They all seem to fit to me, actually. I don't see any one that wouldn't work. : Conan
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      Yeah... I stared at it for quite some time (more than 29 friggin seconds), and it's E. : Ormsbee
      • E works. http://conan.shackspace.com/e.png : Conan
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      I think it's C. : Flying h4x0r
      • I did too, but it's the shading hiding a light line. It works. I'm pretty sure they all do. : Conan
    • i think it's A : erotic sock
  • hahahaha : action roommate
  • Wow. That is insane. : Ormsbee
  • I did this with a gun to my head while getting a blowjob : egg5hen
  • omg that was great. I'm guessing A. : Karnov
• hah. i've gotten that shit too. : dirge23
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  I can one up ya there: http://www.shackpics.com/viewer.x?file=Jiggawhat_dywyi0m7158kfivw9w7t.png : Lunatic Angelic
  • I wished they used that on youtube comments. That place would be fucking barren. : Godhatesfatpeople
  • That would actually be fairly straightforward if you didn't need to derive it! But, jesus. : Paranoid Android
  • That is awesome. I want to go to that website now. : Felraiser
  • Haha! : Link.
  • My reply would be "Fuck you!" : kallanta
• LOL : marmite

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  Who's Playing Already? There are 40 members of the Shaqnews alliance right now, and there are a few othe : Ride-My-Rocket
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    Sacrilege in game, server 5, could use an alliance invite. : graceofdragons
    • Do you have Town Hall 2 and an Embassy yet? : Ride-My-Rocket
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    applied - riptyde (riptyde) : riptyde
    • I think you're invited : ]pm[chem
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    Applied - Sanityjr (Sanityjr) : Sanityjr
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      approve'd : kpxkrnjc
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        we're at 49/60 members now. still growing at a decent clip! : ]pm[chem
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          one more and we'll all get some prestige : dissembler
          • bling bling, got it, 50 members now : ]pm[chem
• Noob Guides & Helpful Info Here's a few links to help get you started. As always, though, feel free to ... : Ride-My-Rocket
• Chem's additional guides and notes 1. reminder / warning: do not upgrade your Town Hall past level 4.... : ]pm[chem
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  I'm going to take over my first flat today, as soon as my stupid troops get trained. : CapnChaos
  • Yeah, I'm ramping up to L5 Beacon Tower and L5 Informatics before I begin scouting. But that's what I'll... : Ride-My-Rocket
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    Just got my 2nd city going, trying to rush an academy in there to get some more tech. : Haxim
    • me too, going to have my second city focus on my resource techs and my main city everything else : buzzbat
• I'm seeing pending alliance applications from Shameless, mo13 and LokiO. Are these any of your toons, ar... : Ride-My-Rocket
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  the marketplace is just fun. someday I will exploit this for major profit :P : ]pm[chem
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    I don't see how...it looks like constant undercutting to me. : CapnChaos
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      the bidding/offering seems to work like a primitive version of the real stock market; there are lots of f... : ]pm[chem
      • i love the marketplace, it's speed makes it awesome, and yeah you can totally work it. : graceofdragons
• Paging Slowtreme, get your ass in this game. : stonedonkey
• Please post here to let us know who you are: Mo13, Shameless, LokiO : kpxkrnjc
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  if you ever have excess resources, yikes, build cottages and troops. it consumes them so fast : ]pm[chem
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    yeah, troops use tons of food and iron : dirge23
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      too much >:[ : kpxkrnjc
      • I am thinking of boosting my iron production just so I can make troops easier. Stone seems to be less va... : ]pm[chem
• If you're bored at work, play this. I've spent my entire work day playing. : CapnChaos
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  Got room for one more? Name in-game is hiloopy of Loopyville. : hiloopy
  • I think someone invited you : ]pm[chem
• c'mon people. this game is fun! :D : ass-street
• mybrute sucks, evony rules : vov1n
• I am a Knight!! We need more loyal shackers to join up so we can fill our ranks. : ant_hillbilly
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  Throw me an invite. fuel of Fedic. : fuell
  • Invited. Just remember, you'll need to build an Embassy to join, which requires Town Hall 2. : Ride-My-Rocket
• I love this game, if someone will Remake Earth 2025 with this engine, I will give you any sexual favor yo... : graceofdragons
• Final bump before ER... I won't be home until ~11pm EST, but it'll go up eventually. : Ride-My-Rocket
• Slooben from Durgenslab application sent : jdmSlix

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• lol, it's already the #8 replay. Oh well, it should still be there for a while. : AroundTheFur1380
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  G2 fucking rules. The competition is so much better. No more zzz matches with scrubs. : Foxhawk
  • oh and I will check out your replay in a bit. : Foxhawk
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    I still see a few lame things. I'm convinced at this point that a few (very few) people are using lag ... : Fayk
    • the shoryuken is a beautiful thing, but can so easily be both overused and countered. When I play a shoto... : AroundTheFur1380
  • I noticed that. Every fight required strategy, not dumb luck. And nobody messaged me after beating them c... : AroundTheFur1380
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  Nice job. I wish I could manage that kind of upper tier play. : getfrisky
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    thanks. do you play? : AroundTheFur1380
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      Yeap! UponAnEnd on xbl. Just got my TE stick so I've been playing nonstop. : getfrisky
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        Cool, I will add you when I get back home tonight. : AroundTheFur1380
        • Sounds good. I look forward to an ass whooping. : getfrisky
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  Where do you go to view replays?? : Skoal^Fyfan
  • go to the leaderboards, left scroll the catagories to Replays or Friend Replays, it is in the area next t... : AroundTheFur1380
• Good shit man. It's going to be a little bit before I'm playing online again. I came to the realizati... : doozer667
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  I bet you have a joystick, asshole >:( hehe I want to play :( : Downforce
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    nope, I probably have the shittiest pad amongst any of you. I use the worn down analogue stick on my chea... : AroundTheFur1380
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      www.fletch-studios.com/internet/bringit.jpg =( : fletch_
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        lol, that may be slightly worse. It's at least in the same ballpark to the shit that is the 360 pad I use... : AroundTheFur1380
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          feel like playing a few matches? i imagine you are going to kick my ass though : fletch_
          • Sorry, getting ready for work. I will be down for some games around midnight EST, though. : AroundTheFur1380
    • Is it the one with the pointy handles? Rip it apart and use it for an arcade stick PCB! :D : TrptJim
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      Have you considered getting parts from lizardlick or modchipman and just making your own stick? The case... : doozer667
      • I forgot to mention that modchipman also sells some pretty decently priced cases, along with joysticks an... : doozer667
      • ACtually, I would love to do that. I will look more into it. : AroundTheFur1380
      • One thing is that once you start buying parts, you may not stop. I have 4 sets of Sanwa buttons, 2 sets o... : TrptJim
• The cool thing about the earlier three tournies, feeling that I was getting stale with Ryu/Dan/Sagat/Akum... : AroundTheFur1380
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  I still have yet to play you. Maybe sometime! : mechanicalgrape
  • That's crazy that we have yet to play. : AroundTheFur1380
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  G2 is making me a better player, though I still don't have any muscle memory for even simple combos. I h... : TrptJim
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    We should play, I need to work on my Blanka mirror matchups. Apparently I don't know how to defend agains... : mechanicalgrape
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      all blank users go to hell : Foxhawk
      • seconded! : xsoulbrothax
      • no u : mechanicalgrape
      • I agree entirely. : getfrisky
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        I win 2/3 of my fights against blanka. It's all about out-turtling him. : dravalen
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          Odd that you mention out turtling. I've found that the more successful blanka players are ridiculously a... : doozer667
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            I play a really defensive bison so I can usually manage to punish really aggressive players :). : dravalen
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              Good stuff. Just make sure that blanka players dont cross you up and screw up your charge with their lea... : doozer667
              • Yeah, I usually bust out the teleport if someone's trying to cross me up :D. : dravalen
          • I see both. There are some really good turtlers. : Foxhawk
      • Along with all Balrog and Guile users! : r3ckless
    • I'm up for some matches. I'm usually off work around 11EST. I'm pretty easy prey once you figure out my t... : TrptJim
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  Will check when I get home. Also thread jack. Who likes getting random invites to games from other shac... : bcyde
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    I don't mind although I'm really quite rusty. I've been spending my time playing fable ii and snk games ... : doozer667
    • Cool adding you to my friends list. : bcyde
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    i don't mind the random invites, unless i'm in the middle of something else MP (i.e. mid-RB2-with-others)... : xsoulbrothax
    • Yeah I saw you jump on last night, but I was already in a game with TrptJim and his buddy, otherwise I wo... : bcyde
  • i enjoy shackfights. usually the most enjoyable. havent fought a whiner yet, and that makes it that muc... : riedlos
  • I don't mind at all. Last night's fights were pretty fun. Next time I'll have my mic. :) : TrptJim
  • If I'm just in training or challenge mode I'd much rather play some real games. : eeeealmo
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    If I'm listed as playing, I'm always up for an invite. Depending on my mood I'm either terrible or can w... : SiW.
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      I invited you last night when you were in challenge mode and didn't hear back. That's actually why I pos... : bcyde
      • Oh, my wife came home from work and I left it on the menu screen, didn't see a request :( : SiW.
  • Wouldn't bother me. : kallanta
  • I'm generally up for some games if I'm in challenges or arcade. : Head Rush
  • Send me invites for sure. : r3ckless
  • If I'm in game after around 10pm EST, I'm usually down for some games. Anytime before that I generally wo... : mechanicalgrape
  • if you see me on, message me. : AroundTheFur1380
• I'm going to send you a friends request, add me because I want to see this : boomstickah
• It's #4996 :) You're going by the newest replay #. Welcome to G2, where 3/4ths of the players don't k... : MeenMunky
• I'll be picking it up next week when BB has it for $40. I played a bit at the Microsoft Musuem when I was... : Prozium
• Damn nice replay! I have a replay ranked around 9xxx or so. One of these days i`ll beat you! : r3ckless
• I finally started playing Online. Jesus christ - seems everyone is able to easily block me everytime, yet... : Skoal^Fyfan
• Just won me a G2 Tourny as well with around 43k Championship points. Didnt ask me for a replay save unfor... : r3ckless

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  Love the guitars and the atmosphere. Really great stuff! Reminds me of Dredg and Isis. You need to do ... : Vantage
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    Thanks, Vantage. Drums have always been my weakness. I play a sampled kit with a midi keyboard and I feel... : sparkly
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      Don't know what software and stuff you are using, but check out some drum VSTs such as Battery, iDrum, et... : indosauros
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        I'm using Battery 3 for drums. : sparkly
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          Might be the syncopation then -- it seems like half of the hits are spaced apart (rolled), and it's kind ... : indosauros
          • pretty soon here I'm going to be moving in with a real drummer and we'll just record his kit...but until ... : sparkly
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      They just sound clumsy and awkward. There is some inspiration and fitting passages, but overall they det... : Vantage
      • The groove quantizer in Reason is pretty good. That said there are a lot of good drum plug-ins out there ... : Fred Garvin
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  That was 3000x better than anything pancakes put forth, a good job for an amateur sparks. Too much drums : Lunatic Angelic
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    Too much as in I should turn down the overall volume of the drums? I don't try for any style, really..I j... : sparkly
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      The hi-hat and cymbals were incredibly distracting and overly loud, the bass drum was about the only thin : Lunatic Angelic
      • I played everything : sparkly
    • i would turn down the volume, mute the hi hat, and at the end of the measure do a quick but very quiet tw... : EvilDolemite
• Pretty good sparkly. I like the guitar tone. : Fred Garvin
• I am awaiting Haiku's opinion. In the meantime I will say it's been nice knowing you sparkly. : Skoal^Fyfan
• i picture that being played during a hot and heavy love making session in a film : EvilDolemite
• I really enjoyed that. If you love doing this I say keep playing man. : warcrow
• I've loved all the stuff you've posted on the shack so far. Don't stop posting em! : ventro
• wtf, i actually like this? nice job! : supersonic potato
• hmm i like it! : re4ctor
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  Nice atmosphere! I put some stuff up yesterday as well but not as good. Might as well keep all the amateu... : timaste
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    This is actually really good stuff, man! You sort of remind me of Celldweller. : sparkly
    • Thanks sparkly! :D : timaste
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  i really enjoyed this. your choice against lyrics was EXCELLENT. vocals could have really fucked this up : retarded talking dinosaur
  • i've got this on indefinite repeat. great background filler music. : retarded talking dinosaur
• Ask Haiku the guy will tell you if its shit or not : posito
• Very nice Sparkly. Great post-rock vibe. : Ormsbee
• not bad at all ! : qwpeoriu
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  new version ... turned down the drums/cymbals a bit ... also fixed the master -- didn't realize the compr... : sparkly
  • aand updated again with the bass 5db lower...it was a bit much on the house speakers ! : sparkly
• Sounds decent for that chill post-rock feel. Keep up the good work. : Link.
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  Not bad dude, drums sound a bit frantic in places, I think it'd probably have been a little easier on the... : boarder2
  • it's always the friggin drums :/ : sparkly
• Good stuff. Love the syncopations and postrock feel. : davantalus

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• That was a horrible explosion. : pigvomit
• Awwwww yeah! : loboca
• hehe that was cool : Ziz
• Amazing what can be done now with computers and video - it's awesome. : abrasion
• goddamit Jim, that's no moon!!! : cptstern
• pretty good until it exploded. : c_man_tmt
• The longer clip down the page is also awesome. Nice detail work on the Death Star closeups, too! :D : mn3m0n1c
• fuck those bitches...they were told to GTFO...BOOYA : m0rfus
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  that was worse than the CGI in LOST : two50six
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    Lost is one of the most expensive shows on television. I can't find precise details as to the cost of eac... : MrBig0
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      Most of that money's on the sets and actors, I'm pretty sure. There's no denying the CGI's abysmal. : Arceihn
      • Season 4's electric smokey was pretty good. I think it's just based on the ep, timing of the season, and : Bamtan
      • no, true enough, heroes was fucking terrible as well. what i mean is that they had tonnes of money and st... : MrBig0
    • That plane they crashed wasn't cheap. : Sailor of Fortune
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    Christ that sub was bad. : Rich McNinch
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      It wasn't that bad. : Fred Garvin
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        It was that bad. It popped right off the screen like it was sitting in front of my tv. : .sticks.
        • For people that are used to playing games or even making them or 3D modeling it was obvious, but to the a... : Fred Garvin
        • I think the problem was it came too close to the camera. It looked passable at a distance. : ventro
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  lololol every nerd knows star trek > star wars. : Edges
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4ijDlbvAxw : Endymion_
    • Haha, well done. : SqueegyTBS
    • Hahaha, that was awesome! They should have fired more torpedoes once Vader started choking some bitches t... : thetangent
    • Brilliant! Check out the much better HQ version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4ijDlbvAxw&fmt=18 : MatzL.E.
    • Did you see the bit after the credits? : abrasion
  • This is true. Phasers > Lasers Matter/Anti-matter torpedoes > Conventional explosive torpedoes etc. :... : thetangent
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  That makes no sense. They used a modified Klingon bird of prey to capture the whales. : trove
  • Dude... you have a point but... : baron calamity
  • This is the Paramount / LucasArts Alternative Universe Crossover series when the Pre-Palpatine Galactic R... : loboca
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  at the same time this clip was made everyone involved in the production was praying for goerge lucas to j... : Hoax
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    I would think that comparatively, the SW franchise is worth more than ST. I can tell you merchandising-w... : Xin Jing Client 1a
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      This is true, as an IP Trek has only declined in the past 20 years. Glad the new flick is changing that, ... : Endymion_
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        20 years? I don't think so. When did DS9 leave the air? Ok wiki says 1999 so its been in decline for 10 ... : baron calamity
        • Trek's been in decline since the end of TNG. DS9's best episode was the last one (not because it was ove... : Moonbase Commander
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      At the same time, ST also has twice as many movies and 6 seperate tv series (including the animated serie... : mroizo40
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        Look at the relative ticket sales between the two franchises. SW has 4 movies in the top 100 grossing mov... : loboca
        • The real numbers are opening weekend box office sales. Over time, sales figures can get skewed by foreig : Xin Jing Client 1a
• haha - that was pretty awesome : virus
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  this is better - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwyrNmrO-NE : whistletits
  • best one ever I say. : baron calamity
  • hahah : Mmmmmoo
  • Awesome!!! : chungathebunga
  • ahahahahahaha! : thetangent
  • hahahaha : delataur
  • cannot stop watching. : fluke
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    Oh god, you've made my day. : Greymatter42
    • i had to post it. : whistletits
  • that is awesome : johngloid
• ding dong, hahaha : ateam311
• LOL, A for effort! : cjcharv
• hahaha the end was the best with the knuckle bump : Begawkiness
• that explosion was lame :( : Mmmmmoo
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  Hahaha I found this while browsing that site: http://current.com/items/90028353_star-trek-that-jean-l... : phate81
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    there's like 21 of those http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=gazorra&view=videos : AllYourBase
    • http://www.jandrewedits.com/ : Majuju
  • omg I cant stop laughing : conandan
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XB4FwDnhmw0&feature=related : shyguy74
• the Ding-Dong makes the entire video work. bravo : shyguy74
• that was really badly done, but i love the fist pound at the end : Korban
• It was funny because the shaky-cam reminded me SO MUCH of Cloverfield. : AxeMan808

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  :( : jonin
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    It fucking blows. I'm gonna hope it's a PR trick. I will give up hope if there's nothing from take-two ... : kingdepork
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      I think Dnose gave you all the proof you needed today. The webmaster taking donations to pay his bills i : Lunatic Angelic
      • Shit, didn't see that. Link? : kingdepork
    • It's over. :( : Mmmmmoo
    • It's not a PR trick - too many developers from 3DR now looking for work, also concept stuff is leaking. : abrasion
• Oh cool they kept their 'We're Hiring' link up. : Lunatic Angelic
• Who's the beast in the middle? : Geoffrois
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  Since their site hosting sucks http://www.shackpics.com/viewer.x?file=team_DNF_fdjwbzxpnjvxh7g6fsvy.jpg d... : smacknca
  • Also got it up at http://agentpothead.com/teamphoto_050809_large.jpg A picture for the ages. : AgentPothead
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    I would think more people would look visibly unhappy all things considered. They all look to be in pretty... : Ellissd
    • Considering it sounded like 90% of them had the rug pulled from under them. : kingdepork
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      That's most likely an old picture dude.. : melt_core
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        I guess that makes sense. : Ellissd
        • Wait a minute, if I'm not wrong, their network guy that died a few years ago is still on there... Yep, de... : melt_core
      • The file name is dated today, but that just might be a tag for when they post it. : kingdepork
    • I assumed that picture was taken before the shut down happened. I could be wrong though. : Mmmmmoo
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      taken about 3 hours ago, and there's no crying in baseball game development ;) ... although 'Baldy Mc : eskimo spy
      • I'm so sorry dude. : kingdepork
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  Do you think GeorgeB and crew would want it\allow DNF to be finished by another team if given the chanc... : jonin
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    Funny thing is, if another dev finishes it and it sucks, george will blame them for ruining his dream gam... : kingdepork
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      What? : Bamtan
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        I just picture anyone else finishing it would end up with 3dr bitterness. : kingdepork
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          I got that. But you've been here 8 years and think George would do something like that? He seems like a p... : Bamtan
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            Granted, just seems odd they were acting cool while funds were bottoming out. Maybe he will be cool in ... : kingdepork
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              Simmer down, hoss! You can't go telegraphing impending doom if you're running a business. It would be a s... : Dave-A
              • I hate all of this. I want my fucking duke already. : kingdepork
  • I hope so, as long as it's the right kind of team, and not a blatant land grab from Activision or EA. Wi... : the archvile
  • if anyone, it would be Human Head : grifter
  • That would never happen... The 30 million offer made it pretty obvious that Take Two wanted the project k... : melt_core
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  End of an era etc., maybe we'll get a "Masters of Duke" book out of it or something :/ : d fluke
  • They better call it "The House that Duke Built". : AgentPothead
• where are the chicks : boomstickah
• COME GET SOME JOBS : mwasher
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  somebody start a Pay Pal account in 3DR's name that we can donate to and let's get this game released! : Cihte
  • Here is your $300 take-two! Now your exec can have dinner tonight! : kingdepork
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    http://www.playworksonline.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/duke_nukem_3d_06.jpg : jonin
    • haha this is exactly what I was thinking : mikecyb
• Awesome speech balloon placement : Dave-A
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  I hope georgeb3dr is okay. I hope when things settle that he'll post here again. : dmason
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    Maybe under a pseudonym. : Ellissd
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      George-C? : Dave-A
      • George Romero? : capt tripps
  • His user name was company property. They took that away too. : Sailor of Fortune
• Still blows my mind after all this time they had nothing to show for it... fail. : chilln

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• I did like that quote =) : hashd
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  Last night was a breath of fresh air. Seriously. : r_picmip 5
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    I agree and think we are getting back on track. : hashd
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      Public knowledge, or no? I'd like to hear good news. I've been finding a few non-eve related things t... : Clasifyd
      • Things are good and all the people that left PHOTON should now come back! : hashd
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        It's basically Photon 2.0 right now. Straight up reboot. : r_picmip 5
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          Can I ask what security level the HQ/Operating area is in? This is probably where someone educates me on : Jonathan
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            We are not giving our info out on the shack anymore. : hashd
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              Well, under the assumption that the HQ moved, how do we now join? : Clasifyd
              • Convo one of us in game =) : hashd
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              How about a range? 1-3 4-6 7-9 10? : Jonathan
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                We are in security sec ranging from .1 to 1 : mace
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                  Thanks. I'll catch up with you guys in a couple more months then. : Jonathan
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                    Mace is screwing with you. We're newb-friendly again. Contact one of us in game for more information. : Finestaut
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                      Yeah, I just got my tier 1 cruiser and feel comfortable in photn : SolrFlare
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                        ^^^We're in empire space, you can feel comfortable joining us. Please convo one of us in game by yelling ... : ejectorpod
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                          Plus the "initiation" was fantastic >.> : SolrFlare
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                            that was totally my fault. : Lunaran
                            • Well it would have been better if I hadn't forgotten to bring the exotic dancers and hairy oontz oontz me... : SolrFlare
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            .7 space : Reptile
            • .426 space! .821 space π space! mmmm pie space : geedeck
      • My take, having just joined, it sounds like a refocusing of "ok what did we do wrong and how can we learn... : SolrFlare
      • I'll say this much, I was very impressed with management last night. Everything was very professional and... : mace
      • PHOTN is well into phase 2 of it's rocky start. As an old timer, PHOTN still has a long way to go befo... : Finestaut
    • Glad to hear PHOTN is getting back on track. I just want to point out that as an investor, I would like t... : zerog83
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  Hey, if I kill a rat, and there's that little triangle to the left of the 'wreckage' line in my overview ... : lolpatrol
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    No, but you can still salvage it. : silentw
    • I set up a salvaging destroyer and it works great. I fitted it for speed and has 5 salvagers and 3 tract... : mattavius
  • Yeah that means it's empty. : r_picmip 5
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    empty of cargo, but invest in a salvager early as that's where the real money can be made. You can basic... : SolrFlare
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      Thanks! I'm still running through the tutorial missions. I finished the military one last night, so now... : lolpatrol
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        That Tristan will get you through until Cruiser. I know mine did. Hell, with a bit of luck I actually m... : SolrFlare
        • One thing I found is that the shield booster takes much smaller hits on your capacitor than the armor rep... : lolpatrol
• Joined up with the Corp last night and promptly got to experience that which was mentioned up above by fe... : SolrFlare
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  Can someone explain what's changed in the game since around the Trinity expansion (graphics update). Tha... : Thomas Hace
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    A lot. : Poor Yurik
    • just like the big things. I know faction warfare, skill queuing, wormholes, T3 all exist now : Thomas Hace
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    enough to make me resub :( : zerog83
    • I'm thinking about getting back in when school ends : Thomas Hace
  • They fixed nano warfare too. They also redid a bunch of the effects and asteroids and such. : YerMothah
• ATTN: Finestaut Meets your approval? - http://www.photon-ventures.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=137 : mace
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  Hey guys... Just want to say thanks for everyone who answered my inane noob questions last night... : etherboy
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    Just starting focus on the tier 1 skills to level 4. Then buy the tier 2 books as you can afford them or... : SolrFlare
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      Eidetic Memory is a tier 2 learning skill?? I bought the: -Instant Recall -Learning -Applied Knowle... : etherboy
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        yeah you got a long time ahead of you, but you're in for one helluva ride! : ejectorpod
        • WEEEEEE! I guess a lot more will be clear by the end of the career tutorial... For now I'm going to... : etherboy
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        Here is the ideal learning skill training order: http://www.eve-wiki.net/index.php?title=Guide:Skills_an... : Poor Yurik
        • Thanks... I'll adjust my training regime when I get home... : etherboy
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        Keep in mind evemon plans out assuming you have unlimited resources, which is not the case when you are s... : SolrFlare
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          Right... So I max Frigates, then I can look at Covert Ops I max... Electronics or something, then I c... : etherboy
          • http://wiki.eveonline.com/wiki/Manticore http://wiki.eveonline.com/wiki/Covert_Ops_Cloaking_Device_II ... : AlexXdude
          • oh yeah, covert ops is definitely doable by then. Probably a month to month and a half to be flying one ... : SolrFlare
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            You may have more fun w/ the game if you pluck some lower hanging fruit first. You can be flying a Battle... : geedeck
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              totally agree. before looking at any kind of goal that involves t2 ships, i'd suggest getting into someth... : mindfk
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                Agreed, I've got a nice juicy, T2 goal coming up here in just about 2 weeks, but since our situation has ... : MercFox1
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                  So am I looking at flying something larger--tier1--than frigates, then coming back to CovOps? To be ho... : etherboy
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                    Work on your actual fighting skills first. At the very least, work up to a battlecruiser. You can do le... : korruptedone
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                      Right right... I was under the impression that frigs are still useful in encounters (PvP?) can you run... : etherboy
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                        For pve solo? No. They can be put into pvp situations and be usefull but there is a ship out there that... : fr0x
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                          wrong, assault frigs can take higher missions just fine : MisterPhoton
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                            Sorry, I thought he was referring to just frigates (not their assault brethren). Assault frigs are a dif... : fr0x
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                              I was trying to get to the point of focusing solely on Frigates and their variants... is this stupid? ... : etherboy
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                                Here's the thing. Frigates 5 will take you about a month to train just for that single skill itself. *and... : geedeck
                                • Point taken... I guess I good understanding of various ship classes will be an asset in PvP as well... : etherboy
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            Maybe I read your post wrong, but I just want to tell you a stealth bomber is not a mission running ship. : r_picmip 5
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              I mean like PvPs... : etherboy
              • missions : etherboy
  • I had the same response. Doing level 2/3 mission with salvage goes a long way toward making this profita... : Zhaneel
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    ya know, i used to play trivia in the Shacknews channel. but after getting snubbed, NO MOAR. : m0rfus
    • :'( : hashd
• the lvl 3 agent missions boost your standing right quick! i have almost as much LP with the new agents as... : cpt_gloval
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  So one of the things I've always heard told to new players is "finish the epic quests (the sisters of eve... : tashtego
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    I took a break from the Sisters of Eve epic arc and came back a few weeks later in my drake and flew thro... : AlexXdude
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      apparently I got bad advice, then, as I'm not even close to being able to fly or afford a cruiser : tashtego
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        I did all but 1 sisters of eve mission in my Tristan with this loadout: 2 x125mm rail guns with antima... : SolrFlare
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          thanks this is good info! I'll give it another shot. I had been trying to armor tank in an Incursus but h... : tashtego
          • Yeah, power and capacitor are really a problem for both ships. That's why I went with the above setup in... : SolrFlare
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          The one that's stumping me is the webifier/warp jammer mission in that arc. Mostly cause I'm cash poor r... : randomjgj
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            If I remember right it's a tower that's webbing you? If so, webifiers have a range of 10km. So, pull ou... : SolrFlare
            • towers can web from a lot farther away than 10km IIRC : zerog83
            • yeah and remember to expand the overview so you can see the tag column. it'll tell you who is ecming you. : cpt_gloval
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              No, it's not a tower. There's two or three frigs, maybe four that are doing it. Throw in their buddies ... : randomjgj
              • Mission 27 here. http://keithneilson.co.uk/eve-epic-mission-arc-guide-part-7/ : randomjgj
              • upgrade to a destroyer and pop the 2 tacklers first and you'll have np : brewsterdog
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    they don't give you a destroyer skillbook for nothing. the rest of the arc should be fine with a destroy... : brewsterdog
    • I haven't even gotten that far : tashtego
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    I put a burner on the incursus and speed tanked the fuck out of those bastards. IF you get a 150mm rail ... : conandan
    • solrflare's rig is working well for now, although I must be missing some skills he has because I don't en... : tashtego
  • I'm doing the SoE quests right now, i had no idea they were epic. So far i've been doing them in my pvp f... : re-verse
• oh hai EVE thread. : m0rfus
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  I'm looking to set up a Hurricane for mission running. Can anyone critique this? Obviously I want to fill... : cpt_gloval
  • Oh and I'm like 2 days away from flying a fitted Stiletto HOORJ! : cpt_gloval
  • (well it's not completely passive, but pretty close) : cpt_gloval
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    That could make a nice pvp buffer tank if you added an armor plate. Armor doesn't passively regen like... : semaphore
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      Whereabouts should I target for shield regen HP/s for, say, L3 missions? I pretty much want to be able... : cpt_gloval
      • What do you think about this... it looks pretty good on paper. I'm not sure whether the Invuln Field woul... : cpt_gloval
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        I think 200-220HP/s shield regen should be fine for L3s. My drake has 200, but I haven't tried L3s yet : AlexXdude
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          damn what's the lowest you've had your shields on a L3? the regen comes at great cost to my dps, so i'm l... : cpt_gloval
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            reading comprehension police! : cpt_gloval
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              I had 145HP/s until today when I threw on 2x Shield Recharger II, which bumped me up to 200HP/s, but in t... : AlexXdude
              • I might just buy more modules than i need and play with it. I think I'm fooling myself if I think I'm goi : cpt_gloval
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                oh, do you have any EM resistance on your shield at all? : cpt_gloval
                • Not at the moment, I have Kinetic + Explosion II amps, training to get Invuln Field II amidst training fo... : AlexXdude
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            You'll probably be fine on most lvl 3s with that. I don't recall what my drake has for regen and resists... : fr0x
            • A further tweak - I posted a similar fit to the PHOTN forum... According to EFT: - Peak shield rechar... : cpt_gloval
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    Is it possible to totally armor tank a hurricane? It works a lot better like that with my rupture. : cdbeckman
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      I had a pretty decent active tank for specific damage types when I was hanging out with NWS in the drone ... : cpt_gloval
      • (it has more low slots than mids and more base armor HP than shield HP, which implies good armor tank pot... : cpt_gloval
    • You ALWAYS totally armor or totally shield tank your ships. NEVER MIX TANKS. : Finestaut
• Haha awesome quote. : bolneze
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  Man it has been a long week I am getting drunk and flying internet spaceships tonight! : hashd
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    I'm drinking now too! On my second big glass of G&T :D Not going to be around tonight for spaceship f... : AlexXdude
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      So you will miss my crazy talk porn posting that I always seem to do when I get drunk lol! : hashd
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        better log that shit for me, I missed the pics last time !! : AlexXdude
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          Was that the night the crazy chick climbed up my balcony and broke in? : hashd
          • could be, I don't remember, but I've heard there were naked pics posted! : AlexXdude
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    My plan too. : mace
    • Are you drinking again? : orgcaptainnemo
• Oh hey, what's the best way to get an item exchange contract sold? I have a stack of junk in a 25m isk fi... : cpt_gloval
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  Anyone who is really, REALLY serious about PvE: train for Marauders, I got a chance to take a Paladin out... : Majuju
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    I just can't imagine PvE being someone's final goal in EvE, when the whole thing is so PvP focused. : cdbeckman
    • well I guess I mean more anyone who wants ratting to be their ISK-generation method. : Majuju
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      i love PvE. : g0nk
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        just like in WoW, instead of raiding at lvl 80, i went after all the world achievements. : g0nk
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          Yeah, I think EVE PVE endgame is much richer than WoW too, with wormholes, hacking and plexes : geedeck
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            explain? i am curious. nobody ever talks about EVE PVE, only PVP. : electroly
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              it gives you named and faction modules, better standings with npc corps and factions. much of the pve isn... : cpt_gloval
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                SPACE DRAGON RAID GO!}r : etherboy
                • SHACKTAG FAIL GO! AMIRITE. : etherboy
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      Yeah, but how many million skillpoints do you need before you're ready to do PvP with any seriousness? : randomjgj
      • 6-7 mil i'd guess depending on where you put em. : cpt_gloval
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        <1 million. You won't get to do the glamorous stuff, but you'll be an important part of the fleet. : Finestaut
        • I hope to be flying harassing-tactics in the low-end stuff with you guys ASAP... I miss PvP... : etherboy
• PHOTN guys with clones: Don't forget to move them to a station in our new system from Torrinos! : AlexXdude
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  What skills do you guys have trained up to level V? I only have 3 so far, with about 2.9mil SP: - Dronez... : reelbk
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    Drones Electronics Energy Grid Upgrades Engineering Shield Operation Shield Upgrades Small Projecti... : cpt_gloval
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      Sheeeit. About how many SP do you have? : reelbk
      • only 7.8 mil ;p those were pretty low hanging fruit. : cpt_gloval
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    Here's what I have at Level 5.... Drone Interfacing Drone Navigation Drone Sharpshooting Drones He... : zerog83
    • oh, and Instant Recall : zerog83
  • Drones: Drones V, Heavy Drone Operation V, Scout Drone Operation V Electronics: Electronics V, Electr... : kpxkrnjc