Morning Discussion

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  Dude you must be doing something wrong. Nobody is that unlucky. : riptyde
  • I have 2 kids, i RARELY play this thing anymore. Sorry but i take no personal responsibility for these th... : Silent Wolf
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  Jesus... I had it happen once.. You either have very bad luck or the unlucky touch. : Tripps
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    yeah, it's so bizarre, there almost has to be some environmental factor that is making it more likely for... : Halen
    • there is a pool of shackers that have close to me, 8, 9, 7...it's really not as absurd as you think..sadl... : Silent Wolf
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  I think it's time for you to just move on and get a PS3 and/or Wii. Forget the 360 ever happened. : roushimsx
  • I have a ps3 :) : Silent Wolf
• There comes a point where you gotta think that if it keeps happening over and over to you, and only you, ... : Nighteyes
• I can't believe anybody would honor your warranty anymore. : adpalumbo
• Are you going for some kind of world record? : d3tached
• Do you live somewhere extremely hot? I don't know, that may be a factor. : quadeh
• Is the Xbox inside your oven? : obiquatro
• I think you are secretly Electro-Magnetic Man, you just don't know it. : mmogger
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  once is happen stance twice is coincidence thrice is enemy action 10 times? it's you dude. : Clay
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    Had it been any other piece of electronics i'd agree with you. : Silent Wolf
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      But for some reason the 360 has nothing to do with your house, you, etc.? : Arcanum
      • Nah i've moved every year for 5 years now. : Silent Wolf
  • there was a time when you could find 10 shackers who had their 360 die within the same week. how is it ha... : pyide
• Only 10? I really thought you were higher than that by now : reign27
• Your kids must leave it running 24/7 : ju$tmon3y
• the legend continues : thekidd
• I just sent out my 2nd one! I can't wait to get to 10! : Shivawn
• the never ending storiiiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeeeee : packav
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  Hahaha. Rename yourself to Silent Killer. : spazzium
  • Make that Silent But Deadly. : spazzium
• Is it plugged in to a power strip by any chance? Plug it directly in to the wall and tell us if it still... : jingletard
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  Wow I've read your rrod posts before, thought you were past 10 but wow. One would think it's your fault ... : dael
  • Yeah,believe it or not I love this stupid box, by far my favorite gaming console. I've tried everything t... : Silent Wolf
• You're doing it wrong. : Cashh
• I have resorted to putting a box fan next to mine whenever it is on. I've actually thought about suspend... : mnsnota
• I'm still waiting for my first failure. I'm pissed that mine is no longer covered under the RROD warrant... : LilCrypto
• USER ERROR : gmd
• but the soul still burns : Rich McNinch
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  In the 25 years I've been an obstetrician, every single birth has been a girl! : pigvomit
  • Ma'am, yes, this baby will have to have the procedure again... : pigvomit

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• What other Shackers have said about Ulrich Schnauss "yessssss the schnausser" - manero "he is awesome... : Vantage
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  I bought a bunch of Opeth albums via your link the other day. I dunno if it worked or not or if you got ... : grendel
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    yeah! Several people actually bought Opeth albums from that link, so now I have a couple dollars sitting... : Vantage
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      I love them! So awesome! Thanks for turning me on to them! Burden is SOOOOOOO GOOD! : grendel
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        I loooove that song. And people say that there isn't any good music today. Opeth is the modern version ... : Vantage
        • Burden: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnD2maKnVBA : Vantage
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  Oh, he's still around? I listened to some of Ulrich Schnauss' stuff back in high school. Thanks for the h... : Link.
  • Back in high school? Yeah, his latest album is 2007, and he releases new stuff all the time. : Vantage
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  Tangerine Dream meets Boards of Canada meets Cocteau Twins?! that is an incredibly enticing description ... : electroly
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    Awesome, I await your verdict! : Vantage
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      Verdict: Awesome. You've never let me down, Vantage. : electroly
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        Which is the best album of his to get first? : electroly
        • Uhh.. Hmmm.. Reviews all seem to favour A Strangely Isolated Place a bit, but all 3 are really good. I p... : Vantage
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  I saw him live a few years back. One of the loudest concerts I've ever been too but it was really awesom... : midgetherder
  • Also, this track just came up on Pandora. I love me some Boards of Canada: http://www.youtube.com/wat... : midgetherder
  • Loudest? Really? Haha, just wall of ambient sound or what? : Vantage
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    Yeah, that's a great track :) Sometimes I wish I could just VSMOTD every song from an artist, but unfort... : Vantage
    • Oops! Meant for the second midgetherder post. : Vantage
  • Hands down Amon Tobin's recent concerts were the loudest i've ever been to. I started feeling nauseous m... : deathofrats
• this is great. : ass-street
• I used to listen to him a lot a few years ago. Great stuff, indeed. : skankcore
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  Yeah, Ulrich is quality listening, I find him refreshing to listen to : niceguynick
  • Yeah, like a fresh burst of... orange juice in the face? : Vantage
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  Oh yea, I just checked out this CDS recently. You know you've heard him before, but I didn't know of him ... : askedrelic
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    This CDS? Are you talking about Schnauss? haha : Vantage
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      His CDs, plural, sorry! : askedrelic
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        Oh yeah, On My Own is a great song. :D Still searching for cheap flights to thailand. :( : Vantage
        • lol realistically, I'm guessing you won't find them :( My roommate here in Rochester is from Hong Kong... : askedrelic
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  I agree, his stuff is amazingly mellow and sweet. : Matt Burris
  • I should have used those descriptors in my original post! He's really great. I attribute at least a sma... : Vantage
• This guy is awesome. : flagg209
• i've been a fan of his shit ever since i heard it on nick warren's gu release in 2003. His was probably ... : dopeman
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  Vantage what are your thoughts on Susumu Yokota? : deathofrats
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    My thoughts are as follows: "Hmm, he expects me to know who this artist is. Oh no, do I quickly loo... : Vantage
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      oh sorry, his stuff is very diverse but mostly ambient, like Ulrich's stuff. There is a completion of hi... : deathofrats
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        Sweet! I love new music. What song should I search out on youtube or whatever first? : Vantage
        • Here are a couple from the comp: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GemQVvqxBE http://www.youtube.com/watc... : deathofrats
• This sounds great upmixed into DTS on my new $150 soundcard. Its the kind of experience that re-assures ... : Rich McNinch
• This song is pretty incredible. I like US for a while now... his stuff popped up all the time on my Pand... : Jobos

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  who is this slut? and why should I care? : g0nk
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    has not knowing & never caring ever stopped you before?! : Phil
    • man's got a point there g0nk : Awun
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  The posted picture does not exist any more? Maybe we reduce the followers every time she nukes a picture : Awun
  • already lost one. : Turd Ferguson
• goddamit phil : askedrelic
• tell her to get nekkid : burningpantsman
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  phil what are you doing? : mikecyb
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    I'm trying to make it until 6pm so I can leave work - also reading Modica's story while trolling hot chic... : Phil
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      well I was asking you what you were doing and then I read your post and now I'm writing this one, thanks ... : mikecyb
      • update: i'm here until 6:15 waiting on the pizza to done. : Phil
  • Why are you asking that now? : brickmatt
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  Twitter is Phil's new WoW : Godhatesfatpeople
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    Probably has a faster gratification time : Awun
    • hahah this is true! : Phil
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  WHAT'S HAPPENED TO YOU MAN????!!! : spazzium
  • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=19930378 : Phil
• Phil hit me up when she actually posts something I want to look at..... : hashd
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  Is this her? http://foxyfans.ugo.com/sexy-halloween-costumes/Gallery.aspx?cid=anna&qid=3932&page=1&ima... : humbleone
  • indeed. : Phil
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  Gah! http://twitpic.com/58v7j pointy elbows! ok, so I don't really have a problem with that... : Awun
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    YES! would hit. also booya! http://twitpic.com/58x4y/full : Phil
    • That is pretty hot : deveus1
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  "hot chick"more like phil alias : Downforce
  • don't make me show you her penis. : Phil
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  this is sad. twitter is like fucking myspace, man!!! GET A HOLD OF YOUR SELF! : minigomp
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    i'm trying to deliver some hottie you flaming homersexual. get an account and add her ffs. : Phil
    • i already have an account :/ : minigomp
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    twitter is like myspace but without the depth. : steelsamurai
    • it's like myspace's retarded cousin with limited VOKABULARY. : Phil
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  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maui_Fever LOL? : minigomp
  • haha she's the next Meryl Streep. : Phil
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  I feel like I am gonna regret following her. : TreMetal
  • TreMetal, you're not going to regret this. I'm passing the torch to you son. Make me proud. : Phil
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    I figure I'll end up unfollowing her in pretty short order. : Arcanum
    • She will get 1,000 post pics and then be back to like 850. : TreMetal
• Alright i gotta go pick up some pizzas and do my family thing. See you kids Monday. bump : Phil
• tits or gtfo : dmason
• Jesus Christ Phil : pancake humper
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  I deleted my twitter, and my myspace, they just seemed redundant. : packav
  • but i'll create a new one to follow your e-girl. maybe she'll slip ya a nudie. : packav
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    Wait you deleted them both? What were they redundant of, each other, or something else? Life? : Endymion_
    • oh, facebook. : packav
• This reminds me of myspace too much : Lord Grey

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  What is Evony and How Do I Get Started? Evony is a web-based MMO with a slick Flash interface. It looks : Ride-My-Rocket
  • These posts really boost my vanity search results. Thanks! : Vantage
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  Who's Playing Already & City Coordinates There are 96 members of the Shaqnews alliance right now. kpxkr : Ride-My-Rocket
  • I'm even4 in the game as well. : even4
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    I have cities at (693,255) and (692,256) : Haxim
    • Got it, ty : Ride-My-Rocket
  • signed up under darcspeed (Burgtown 741,338). Put in an application for the shaqnews alliance. : darcspeed
  • Requesting an invitation for hamanu (676,277) - long time friend of mine. Reads the shack but won't regis... : fuell
  • Umbr (cini @ 709,311) : Umbr
  • I got a third city up at 734, 299 Now to see how long they all last :[ : d fluke
  • lapskaus (724, 229) : lapskaus
  • UPDATED I got all of the updates in this subthread above this post. : Ride-My-Rocket
• Noob Guides & Helpful Info (Updated 2009-05-15) 1) Do not upgrade your Town Hall to Level 5. Doing so wi : Ride-My-Rocket
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  War Zone If you've been attacked, reply here with the in-game name of the person who attacked you, their : Ride-My-Rocket
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    Is there gonna be a united assault on these guys? Are we evaluating the greatest threat? I'm building my ... : cheeseman162
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      Build up your resources first. I think it'll be at least a couple days before we coordinate anything, and... : fuell
      • If you're far away from the action, building a ton of archers can make a huge difference defensively. Si... : Agrona
    • In these kinds of games, it's best to dominate your area first and then send aid, otherwise you'll be wis... : one random winner
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    2 notes about alliance wars: 1. a problem in helping each other out are the long travel times between ci... : ]pm[chem
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      haha. I just got done saying #1 above =) http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=19928077#itemanchor_1992... : Agrona
      • yeah, L5 embassy is something to add-in to that too. :) : ]pm[chem
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    Well I guess I am the First Casualty I was attacked by Kimber, (his base is Shinedown @ 681,214) who is a : Sanityjr
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      Jesus how did he manage to completely conquer? I thought that takes days? : OverloadUT
      • He attacked me thirty times in one night, which reduced my loyalty down 5% each time. He had a city spot ... : Sanityjr
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        Once you create a second city, your primary is open to attack. You're allowed to have a minimum of one c : Ride-My-Rocket
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          Really? then I'm killing my 2nd city. It's practically useless anyway. No way do I want to give up my ma... : slickdoody
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            I'm heavily fortifying my capital and then, once it's secure and I'm able to crank out war machines, I'll... : Ride-My-Rocket
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              yeah, I'm leaving my second city undefended and using it as a farm for resources. Shuttling workers back ... : edgewise
              • Accidentally inf'd this post because I was impatient while waiting for it to load. :| : fuell
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    I have been formally threatened. Player Giantfish of alliance Horde sent me a mail "Do you want me to ... : OverloadUT
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      how much gold? : CalibanX
      • 260k : OverloadUT
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      Okay I threw 1000 warriors at the guy so I could find out what his army is. http://battle5.evony.com/def... : OverloadUT
      • I guess his gates are open... : edgewise
      • Start stashing your resources. Queue up tons of archer towers etc. hide stuff in the market so you'll mak... : edgewise
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      And The Threats Keep Comin' From: Daddicus Re: Welcome to the hood. Out of courtesy I will inform yo... : edgewise
      • I can't wait to stomp the shit out of these clowns. : fuell
      • I should write back to him, "I don't want to talk to you no more, you empty headed animal food trough wip... : edgewise
      • hah, I found him and scouted him out. battle5.evony.com/default.html?logfile/7d/57/40/c4/7d5740c4074a262... : edgewise
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      god, I will go fuck up this guy later. upgrade your embassy and relief station to make this easier for m... : ]pm[chem
      • Embassy is upgrading to 4 right now and then I'll up the relief station : OverloadUT
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  I applied - Cyclonebee (764,350) : cyclonebee
  • Approved -- welcome! : Ride-My-Rocket
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    added you, build an embassy! : CalibanX
    • oops welcome! : CalibanX
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  A lot of people are coming out of protection today, so here are some things to keep in mind: * Make su : fuell
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    Make the people around you rage quit if you can by plundering them of all their gold and resources! Unles... : fuell
    • I am basically doing that to my neighbors right now : ]pm[chem
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    these are good tips. can NEVER have enough archer towers. I have them queued for the next 22 hours : ]pm[chem
    • ^^ this man knows wtf. : Agrona
  • Here's some more NPC raiding stats. For NPC villages level n = [3..6], and probably a wider range, you... : Agrona
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    also, regarding making your castle look big: sometimes this backfires in that it draws the attention of ... : Agrona
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      I hadn't considered that. Oh well! : fuell
      • I think though that there may be few enough bigger players that the intimidation factor is bigger than th... : Agrona
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    is it possible to completely lose your main city? or are just your resources plundered? i'm about to co... : dromo5
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      If you only have one city, you can't lose it. The attackers get a message like "Have Mercy, Lord, this i... : Agrona
      • so they're just limited to whatever resources, including gold, that is not otherwise tied up in the marke... : dromo5
    • You can lose everything but 1 city as I understand. Whether it's your "main" or an expansion does not mat... : fuell
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  can someone scout this guy? (626, 216)? He's the one who attacked me and I can't scout him because I'm st... : edgewise
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    Looks like Lrd_Cujo is near there. Try sending him an in-game mail so he doesn't miss it. : fuell
    • I thnk he's slowed down alot. I've caught up to him and maybe even passed him. : edgewise
• I'm now pummling my AFK neighbors.. awesome.. : stonedonkey
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  Can I have my second and third cities to the map? 770,333 769,334 : re-verse
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    Done -- it's go up with the next post. : Ride-My-Rocket
    • Maybe by next post i'll have another city :) : re-verse
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  Damn, just started, gonna take forever to do this 10,000 pop quest. : darcspeed
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    Don't try for that one right now. Do all of the ones that are easy (require only one thing to build) beca... : OverloadUT
    • ^^^ this. By the time you're done with all of the easy ones, you'll be at least halfway to 10k, and it w... : Ride-My-Rocket
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      Good advice thanks, should have my embassy shortly in 10 mins, who do I talk to about joining the allianc... : darcspeed
      • Post under the "who's playing" subthread with in-game name and I'm sure rmr or someone will sort you out. : daedraug
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  Are fortifications worth it? When I was attacked, the attackers walked all over my traps and towers. The... : slickdoody
  • Like with everything, you have to produce en masse to get the best results. : fuell
  • What was the size of the attacking army? That's a pretty small number of traps and towers : OverloadUT
  • They are worth it, but you need thousands of them. I killed 80+k warriors with 9k towers, losing about 2... : Agrona
  • you just need more. about 30x more. : ]pm[chem
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    I havn't got any wall defenses since coming out of noob protection, cause some thread i read said they we... : dissembler
    • army is good but I like archer towers too. and logs, if wood is avail to build em : ]pm[chem
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      wall defenses have the advantage that you don't need to feed them. Also, they'll always work even if you... : Agrona
      • Also you look like a huge target. More so when your army is out of the gates attacking something. : Agrona
• If you're going to start purging idle accounts, I recommend something like (3 days + 1 day / 10k prestige... : Agrona
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  I scouted out my attacker. What's it going to take to roll him? http://tinypic.com/r/9zsemt/5 : edgewise
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    More than any one of us has I think, especially if his gates are open. Could be a tough nut to crack righ... : fuell
    • Oh, I'm going to make it my personal mission to crush this guy. His town isn't all that special. He's jus... : edgewise
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      hmm. he's only got a lvl 1 embassy, but is part of an alliance?... something's fishy. : edgewise
      • all you need is a lvl 1 embassy to join an alliance, you need lvl 2 if you want to create one though :D : buzzbat
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        just means he can't get much help from friends. You can use this to your advantage, especially since his... : Agrona
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          how does the embassy help? : edgewise
          • the embassy allows allies to station troops at your city. if it's only level 1, he can only have 1 group... : Agrona
          • For each level of embassy, you can have one allied army stationed in your town. : OverloadUT
  • I'd say a minimum of 20k archers. Might want a few extra just in case. 5-10 Warriors if you want an ext... : Agrona
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  Crash? : fuell
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    Yay back. : fuell
    • I still can't get in. : edgewise
• Server go boom? : stonedonkey
• this game's server crashes are so goddamned annoying : edgewise
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  Agrona: What does "camping" do when setting up an attack? : OverloadUT
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    It's just a delay before they attack. I'm not sure the game is sophisticated enough to have a "march fat... : Agrona
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      Oh I suppose you can use it to delay a second group from reaching a target before the first. We normally ... : OverloadUT
      • Well, the delay costs food. You'll see your food carried and capacity go down as you add camp delay. I ... : Agrona
    • nice trick. check SMs : ]pm[chem
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  Agrona: What's the best way to deal with traps and abatis? I've found a target ( http://battle5.evony.co... : Ride-My-Rocket
  • Send a wave of meat.. then follow with your big guns. : stonedonkey
  • What's your goal here? To sack the city's resources, or capture it for your own? : Agrona
• Do we have any web programmer types? I'd love a redirecty url that let me view battle reports. The ev... : Agrona
• For those of you refreshing this like a doofus (e.g. me): there's a ER up - http://www.shacknews.com/lar... : Agrona
• well Ogame fizzled out like hell, but I shall try this. : jigstah

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  Looks very Mass Effect inspired. : ArcKnight
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    Which was mostly a Syd Mead ripoff. This map was actually inspired by Mead directly. : Fred Garvin
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      So then this map is a Syd Mead ripoff as well. : ArcKnight
      • No, it's an explicit homage. He even says it in the readme. : Fred Garvin
  • I was just thinking this too. : Koral06
• That looks pretty cool! : ThomW
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  So hold on, is this with the new global illumination lightmap stuff or is he just a fucken ace with the l... : SpaecKow
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    It's the GI solution his company makes. He did this on his own and hacked it into UT3. : Fred Garvin
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      does this guy work for Beast? : dopefish
      • Nope. It's a product called pureLIGHT. They are just announcing a deal they made with an engine developer... : Fred Garvin
    • Ah okay, that's pretty cool. : SpaecKow
  • That's almost assuredly a baked lightmap. Either way he's ace with the lighting. That's a weird question. : gooblerampling
• Woah... totally out of the usual UT3 style. I'm going to reinstall UT3 just to take a look at this map. : DrWaffles
• that is one badass map. looks too pretty to be fragging people in : spiderfill
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  reminds me of the work of Syd Mead, designer extraordinaire http://www.sydmead.com : cptstern
  • Yeah, Andrew is a huge Syd Mead fan. : Fred Garvin
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  By the way if anyone has feedback post it here and I'll see about getting it into the next version. : Fred Garvin
  • Where are all the tits? : CrabsJarrard
• holy shit that is a beautiful map. : halophoenix
• Gawd, that looks good!! : CrustaR
• Definitely Syd Mead meets Halo. (oh no I didn't!) Did I mention Syd Mead? Syd Mead, Syd Mead, Syd Mead... : gooblerampling
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  That looks excellent. I bought UT3 during the sale and will definitely install this map. Hopefully, serve... : Attica Blue
  • Yeah, he's hoping to win a prize in the contest so that it gets spread around. : Fred Garvin
• I really want to look at these but shackpics is blocked at work. Are they uploaded anywhere else? : mwasher
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  Wow, I am going to install this and take a walk around later today. : lowayne
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    Shoot the glass. It's fun. : Fred Garvin
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      I'm going to do this now. Looks incredible. : skankcore
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        Update: Played a quick first to 3 caps with middling bots. The layout is very quick to learn, with some i... : skankcore
        • The shack server died a quiet death months ago. No one was using it, at all, it was a waste of time and m... : Visceral Monkey
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          Wow, they'll be happy to hear this. Hard to tell when you are close to the work if it's actually fun. : Fred Garvin
          • My only concern is the vehicles. The map is small enough that you don't really need them at all. I've har... : skankcore
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    Impressions: Very cool. Open but not too spacious. Needs less vehicles, as skankcore mentioned. One vehic... : lowayne
    • Cool, thanks for info. I sent the problem to Andrew and he'll look at it. : Fred Garvin
• Wow. This looks awesome. : Bull
• That does look sweet : jimvolk
• All that clean white, just begging to be splattered with blood. Very impressive. : Rehevkor
• sweeeet : DJ Clipdat
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  I love the geometry but the textures look bland to me. :( Maybe it looks different in high resolution ... : OverloadUT
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    It has texture, try the map out. : Fred Garvin
    • I will!~ : OverloadUT
• Nice lightmaps : timaste
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  This almost makes me want to buy UT3! : Majuju
  • Dooo eeet! : Fred Garvin
• Oh wow, this looks incredible. I love Syd Mead's style. : Link.
• Oh, and it will work on the PS3 version as well, just no custom sounds. : Fred Garvin
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  so it looks good. ultimately, how does it play? : RikiTiki2
  • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=19927344#itemanchor_19927344 : skankcore
• this reaks of "la dee daa BAM SNIPER HEADSHOT" : brainchild420
• Wow, that's slick. I'll have to fire this up tonight. : punchdog
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  Nice to see more colors in UT3, looks good : Begawkiness
  • You're joking right? It looks beautiful but white pretty much seems to be the dominant theme. : gooblerampling
• Looks like the last cruise ship I was on. : stonedonkey
• That looks damn fine. : Arctic Fox
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  Your friend is fucking awesome (and should try getting a job working on mass effect). : d3tached
  • Funny enough he's part owner of a serious games company and has no interest in entering the meat grinder ... : Fred Garvin
• Wow, that looks gorgeous. : ColoradoCNC
• Very nice! I'll DL later. :) : Sylvanus
• My first shock was looking at how gorgeous the map is. My second shock was finding out that this was a V... : SigmaDraconis

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  I think it means that he's going to be stabbed by another spy, because it only works once. : zerog83
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    So why the secretive way of showing that off? That could be it though. : Godhatesfatpeople
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      They announced that it would only work once per life. : NastyJack
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        Yeah that's in the description. But it's funny is all. : Godhatesfatpeople
        • I bow to you. : NastyJack
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  there's also a huge conspiracy theory that the spy is holding a golden stopwatch, and the revolver is a g... : manero
  • oh wow :O : Godhatesfatpeople
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  Weird, I just got it after I refreshed a few times as well. : Arctic Fox
  • heh, I just got it. i kept refreshing /sniperupdate/ but then navigated back and then forwards to engl... : manero
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  What it really means is that the sniper update really IS the spy update! That sniper isn't really a snipe... : S1ing B1ade
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    haha. that'd be pretty awesome if true : Mmmmmoo
    • It would be brilliant, what a great way to do the spy update. I actually think the razorback is a bit of ... : nodebug
  • I will remember this if you're right. I think it would be a great play on their part, almost no one would... : cyclonebee
  • Sniper update is really DNF : wasylm
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  If you go to the 'Day 2' page for the sniper update, and re-read the post card there are some suspicious ... : transmetal
  • You never watched the "Meet the Sniper" video eh? : alias
• Did you know that the spy is holding a golden stopwatch, and the revolver is a golden gun? Plus the "feig... : PointlesS76
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  Gotta admit, it would be a cool way to announce a Spy update... : Arctic Fox
  • aaaand valve pulls through again doing cool shit : epit
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  SURPRISE!!!! http://www.teamfortress.com/spyupdate/ : manero
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    haha HOLY SHIT... : Godhatesfatpeople
    • I'll never doubt you again sir! : deveus1
  • LOLOLOL :D : Mmmmmoo
  • bonus points for Mark Twain quote : c0bra
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    Very nice. : Arctic Fox
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      Wow, those are some crazy upgrades. Wonder what the trade-offs will be. : Arctic Fox
      • The gold watch probably replaces the pistol. New watch can't pick up ammo to replenish itself. : MrLobo
  • WHAT IS GOING ON ? : MrLobo
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    Fucking brilliant! : nodebug
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      So is the 3rd unlock the gun then? Ideas for what it could be/do? : nodebug
      • oh, 2 more spaces for unlocks on the order form? : nodebug
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    Is that for real???? : razlebol
    • Yeah, it looks it :D : Godhatesfatpeople
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      teamfortress.com/sniperupdate redirects to /spyupdate, so yeah, looks real enough. Plus the humor is vint... : Arctic Fox
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        aaaaand confirmation: http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=2509 : Arctic Fox
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          "When the Pyro hears about this she'll be inconsolable." Motherfuckers are being cocky about it now to... : Godhatesfatpeople
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            Was about to post that. The pyro does have ladies hips! : nodebug
            • hot : Mmmmmoo
            • the spawn room cubby model in the game has a purse in the pyro's alcove : kungfusquirrel
          • Yeah that made me lol. :) : Arctic Fox
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            om my lol now it reads "Pyro's going to be inconsolable now." lol fucking 'unintentional' slips : Arctic Fox
            • haha fuckers : Godhatesfatpeople
            • http://209.85.173.132/search?q=cache:kMpM0iDfKoYJ:www.teamfortress.com/+teamfortress+2&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk... : yAak
            • I KNEW IT!! : Corvus orru
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            http://serpento.net/home/images/stories/games/117161%20-%20Pyro%20Rule_63%20team_fortress_2.jpg : ecclesio
            • dayumn! : Majuju
        • whoa When the Pyro hears about this she'll be inconsolable. : Mmmmmoo
        • When the Pyro hears about this she'll be inconsolable. : Do_Or_Die
        • When the Pyro hears about this she'll be inconsolable. : pancake humper
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          But how will the Pyro feel when she hears about this? : mmogger
          • inconsolable, would be my guess. : one random winner
          • she will feel badly : c0bra
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          haha they changed the text: "All those conspiracy theorists on the TF forum couldn't have been right all ... : mikecyb
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            http://www.teamfortress.com/rss.xml still has the original text. :D : mn3m0n1c
            • Well played! Thanks! : Corvus orru
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            I dunno why. It's not a secret that Pyro is a female is it? : snuff
            • I hope they make it a ugly male when they finally decide to choose to unveil it's face. : razlebol
  • WHAT!!!!!!!!! : NastyJack
  • gentlemen... : manero
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    The whole Shack was just backstabbed. LOL : Do_Or_Die
    • We were >:( : Godhatesfatpeople
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    ho ho holy fucking shit : Modica Sol Solis
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      this is probably the coolest thing to have ever happened in the history of content updates i mean wow ... : Modica Sol Solis
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        It's interesting now seeing 2 class updates like this at the same time. : Godhatesfatpeople
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          It's perfect for a Spy update, though. : Corvus orru
          • It really is. : Godhatesfatpeople
  • also: lol at the Crab-Walking Kit : Mmmmmoo
  • goddamned amazing : pyide
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    WTF I can't believe I called this. I didn't even believe it. : S1ing B1ade
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      pretty good idea to do them both at once. a lot more snipers playing for unlocks will now be balanced wit... : pyide
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        So it is BOTH getting updated? : askedrelic
        • Seems like it, yeah. Both classes are still missing an unlockable so I guess we'll see tomorrow : pyide
    • well, they DID hint months ago at wanting to do double updates so there wouldn't be 50 snipers running ar... : manero
    • You win sir. : cyclonebee
  • hahaha awesome : smax
  • I love the crab walking kit. Nice acknowledgment of that bug/feature. : alias
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    So flipping cool! That watch sounds exciting! : Snuffles-
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      which one? seems like both of those upgrades would replace his current cloak watch and you'll only be abl... : pyide
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        Oops, i meant gold pocketwatch. I wonder if he's getting the 3 additional weapon changes too. : Snuffles-
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          not sure what else they could do with the knife besides not letting it facestab even easier >:( sapper... : pyide
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            i bet he will get traps instead of sappers and the feign death item will take over the gun : RetroRedEyeJr
            • the feign death item is listed pretty clearly as a spy watch. somehow i doubt they'll let you have multip... : pyide
        • It looks as though he's getting both of those watches. Also the Microfilm and Beard sound like off-shoots... : Godhatesfatpeople
      • I have a suspicion that the pocket watch makes it so you can't control going invisibility with alt-fire a... : alias
  • haha... awesome : Shadowdane
  • calm down nerds : JINKY
  • Valve is just so... charming! : bolneze
  • Holy shit thats awesome :D :D : virus
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    this will be a great chance for me to finally do the pyro unlocks :P : Juno
    • hah I was thinking the same thing. : Arctic Fox
  • We sell products and get into fights. new shacknews logo : askedrelic
  • HOLY SHIT! this is sooo freakin awesome!!!!!!! : SolveChrist
  • Valve wins again. : Bamii
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    Valve gets a nloln : Phil
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      how did you screw this up Phil : pancake humper
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        Sometimes it's like my first day on the internet :( : Phil
        • Have you heard about the game World of Warcraft? : pancake humper
  • Payload race? Sounds like something I was posting about earlier -- not to claim originality for a very c... : thief
  • The order form is great. : freshyk
  • feign plus holoduke ftw : Merconium
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    !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wow! I may be playing TF2 again for this. Seems like a good buff. : kainen1
    • Yeah it might drag me back in too. : Arctic Fox
  • haha, Bravo. : dmason
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    I thought the bonuses for the sniper seemed kind of... shitty : Omaha
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      Wait, I'm not so sure those weren't real. Are you saying that neither of the sniper unlocks are real? : kainen1
      • I think people are now thinking the Sniper unlocks were fake to just show off the Spy. But as manero said... : Godhatesfatpeople
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        The sniper unlocks are still there on the previous pages, I would not be at all surprised if they are rea... : Arctic Fox
        • http://imgur.com/m1aur.png : Godhatesfatpeople
    • I like the idea of the bow and a get out of death from backstab free card isn't exactly horrible. : pyide
    • They're probably real. Most unlocks aren't really great to begin with. : dmason
  • Insanity. I love you, Valve. : Link.
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    HOLY SHIT HHHHHHHHHHHHHHAHAHAHHA : DrWaffles
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      It's great that they mentioned the Crab Walking Kit. If you take out the disguise item, look straight up... : DrWaffles
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        I also love the Sniper "humping" animation. : Godhatesfatpeople
        • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hUH4vcK0EU&fmt=18 : Godhatesfatpeople
      • You do not harm the endangered spycrab!! : Corvus orru
  • this is the greatest thing ever : SockMonkeh
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    Fucking awesome, I love how they had this planned all along with the watch hint. Valve rocks : Lionhart32935
    • Yeah the fact that their hint ties in to one of the Spy's new items was a nice touch. : Arctic Fox
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    holy mother of god what is going on aggggggggggggg i don't trust anyone anymore : indosauros
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      *stabs indosauros in back* : Arctic Fox
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        *nails Arctic Fox to the wall* : kallanta
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          *Burns fucking EVERYONE!!* : Corvus orru
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            seriously. anyone that doesn't have pyro unlocks, now is your chance. SPRAY N PRAY. FUCKIN SPIES AHHHH... : Downforce
            • <3 Backburner :) : kallanta
  • holy fucking SHIT AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH : Downforce
  • Oh HELL yes!!!! : Corvus orru
  • that's a little bit genius : thekidd
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    Ha ha, fucking brilliant! GG Wonder which watch will we, damnit! be the most popular. Hope the infinit... : locater16
    • help my bakcspace damn it backspace is broken i cant stop : megarust32
  • nice! : mmaster_pw
  • haha http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=19929294#itemanchor_19929294 : Agrona
  • Hahaha Props to Valve! : yosemiteclimber
• so, sniperupdate wasn't loading for me. a little bit of url maneuvering: http://www.teamfortress.com/sp... : Agrona
• hahahaha. nice find :D : AMikaboshi
• Update: My e-boner for this is still ENORMOUS. : lplasmatron
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  Have they mentioned when this update will be released? Isn't it usually 5 days of updates and then releas... : K1Bond007
  • I'm going to call Tuesday, Maybe Wednesday. : Godhatesfatpeople
  • Confirmed for Tuesday. : pilgrimage
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  Hopefully we'll get a Meet the Spy video now? Those are great. : dmason
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObKulsaHnj8 : Sailor of Fortune
    • LOL I forgot all about this! : RetroRedEyeJr
    • lol awesome : Arctic Fox
    • hahaha : Godhatesfatpeople
    • Awesome. I like rape. : gnomish
  • Pyro! I want a Meet the Pyro video! : Arcanum
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  So, which weapons will Dead Ringer and Cloak and Dagger replace? : crummynz
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    they both look like current cloak watch alternatives to me. one for aggressive spies and one for patient ... : pyide
    • I think this is going to factor in with their new way to get/use items : crummynz
    • this is what i'm thinking. standard regenerates while moving, but can't stay cloaked forever one reg... : RikiTiki2

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  Whoopsie. : Carnivac
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    Carnivac? more like Carnival colours! : Postal
    • I wish I had that nifty TTT button. : LoioshDwaggie
• Lots of improvments coming in combat, lighting and other graphical effects, and story is sound real cool ... : Carnivac
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  I find myself wondering if the texture pop-ins will still be around for the 360 version. That shit annoy : mafu5150
  • According to a friend at Bioware they've rewritten so much of the engine code that the pop-in isn't nearl... : icking fudiot
  • just install it to your hard drive. : nyranger66
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  So... it's more shooter less RPG. WTG EA. : Fred Garvin
  • I think it's a bit early to be drawing that conclusion. : Carnivac
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    Huh? They were talking about improving the combat, not putting more focus on it. : Arceihn
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      Mark my words, it will be marketed more as a shooter than RPG. : Fred Garvin
      • Marketing is rather irrelevant to the gameplay. Hopefully they'll remove some of the RPG elements from th... : Jonathan
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        bioware never disappoints! except for mdk2 and jade empire : spiderfill
        • MDK@ was awesome, you're on drugs. : Fred Garvin
        • how can you not like mdk2? : Cheeziologist
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          Bioware never disappoints, bu EA fucks up absolutely everything. : master_disaster_17
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            the battlefield series is on multiple lines with the fail whale sound for you : Downforce
            • Do I really need to bring up their patching? : ArcKnight
            • you tihnk Battlefield is the proof that EA does not fuck on a regular basis? Howzabout BF2 patching? BF21... : master_disaster_17
        • mdk2 was one of the best games evar... go back to your hole : brainchild420
        • Remember though, that this is the first time BIOWARE has actually done the sequel to a BIOWARE game since : Vantage
      • so what? the first one was marketed as a shooter too. : pyide
  • Isn't that exactly what people bitched about before Mass Effect 1? If I weren't lazy I'd dig up the threa... : tashtego
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    the first one was more of an action game then an RPG. : nyranger66
    • Exactly. If anything, I'd like to see MORE RPG elements along with any improvements in the combat. : jayacheess
  • I really don't care about stats for Mass effect. It's all about the story, the dialogue and the choices y... : razlebol
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  i don't have time to watch this at work, but my #1 wish is that they put some freakin' variety in the opt... : qwpeoriu
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    Yeah. The main storyline was more detailed and felt epic, while the side quests were the same old shit. ... : Rag and Bone Man
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      Something like Fallout 3 where the side quests were just interesting, or MORE interesting, as the main qu... : beanman101283
      • Yeah, Fallout 3 is Bizarro Mass Effect since it's side stuff was way more interesting. The end battle in ... : Sailor of Fortune
  • Absolutely something they have to work on. : Carnivac
  • Yeah. There were so many pretty worlds to explore and I would have been very into that if the content of ... : cfalcon
• I like what I'm hearing about combat improvements but I hope they don't neglect the exploration and side ... : Tincan
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  hopefully i won't use this game as a sleeping pill sub. : whistletits
  • I take it you didn't meet sovereign : Downforce
• I have such a raging hard-on for this game. : Cheeziologist
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  those mechanical dogs or whatever remind me of Houndeyes in HL : grabbie
  • I was thinking the same thing : cfalcon
• Just hearing the menu music makes me want to play through ME again. Sonofabitch. : theangrywaffles
• Thank you for making me want to go home NOW! ;) : Sylvanus
• I played mass effect for the first time last week, its was very enjoyable. : HisKillSkill
• UNFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF I want this game all over my face : deject
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  Did they say if this was coming out on PC at the same time as 360? I have copies of both but only played... : megarust32
  • My guess would be x360 first then PC afterwards. : nyranger66
  • It would be the safe bet. Plus, it's an awesome game... definitely worth a replay. : Ormsbee
  • I don't think the save is important at all. I'm sure they will ask a few questions at the beginning of th... : razlebol
• Super excited for E3 now. : ErikTehRed
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  This is gonna 0wn : Godhatesfatpeople
  • HD version http://www.gametrailers.com/player/49313.html : Godhatesfatpeople
  • IAWTTIGO : AMikaboshi
• w00t!!!! I can't wait for this game... I need to replay the first one again. So excited. : Ormsbee
• Oh god <3<3<3 : Link.
• Interview, covers the setting (sounds very dark), how the story will work given choices made in the first... : Carnivac
• This looks so awesome. Can't wait! : Vantage
• me want! : Mmmmmoo
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  If you killed off one of your teammates in the first game, they won't make an appearance in the second. : Lunatic Angelic
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    The decision regarding the council also carries over, apparently. I'm impressed, and very interested to s... : kungfusquirrel
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      I still have to do a playthrough where I don't let the council die. I need to experiment with more ending... : Cheeziologist
      • yeah, I'm going to let them live on my second playthrough. The first time around I was in such a little k : kungfusquirrel
  • lol Carth wasn't so bad : deject
  • You must have totally missed the best dialogue with Kaiden. He basically clams up on you, and when you pr : drhazard
• I have 4 different characters and I have no idea which story progression I took with which character. I n : peanut-
• They confirming PS3 yet or not? : abrasion
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  Was it just me or did Wrex's facial animation looks miles better? That was the only glimpse we really saw... : Bamtan
  • It did. That facial animation clip was amazing. : Godhatesfatpeople
• so if you played on pc and have since uninstalled it, do you start with everyone alive? : re4ctor
• I am assuming you are going to have to have your old save game for all of those changes to happen with th... : pancake humper