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  You think the XMB UI is busy?! : SiW.
  • lol : abrasion
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    really? really? really? and yes, it's full of stupid crap like view your pictures and surf the net and... : [fry]
    • Thank fuck someone else understand what I am saying. The settings menu on it is a fucking disaster. : sigpro
    • Yeah there has been speculation of a UI re-design annoucement for E3, but I'm not going to hold my breath... : Dave-A
    • I'll give you the random outburst of the settings menu, but personally I spend less time in settings and : SiW.
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      Users | Settings | Pictures | Music | Video | Games | Online stuff | Friends list That's off the top o... : abrasion
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        Should be Users | Settings | Media | Games | Friends | Online Then in the damn settings menu it sh... : sigpro
        • Sigpro, as long as it navigates in the same quick, simple way then I completely agree with you. XMB isn'... : abrasion
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      They need a way to hide that bullshit. Who the fuck looks at pictures over the network on their PS3? If y... : Rauol Duke
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        it is useful for goatse'ing large groups of people on your big screen. : gmd
        • That's why I have the 360 camera. : Rauol Duke
      • I use it sometimes to show pictures to my family and it works great. It's better than showing them direct... : razlebol
    • Yeah, the layout is fucking terrible. If you dare have a bunch of things in a folder, it shits out and... : Beady
• Flower is great, pixel junk monsters is another fantastic game. : Ulfie
• lol : MoreVespeneGas
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  You should try Burn Zombie Burn, it's great coop fun : m0nkz
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    Also, Ragdoll Kungfu and Worms :D : m0nkz
    • ^^^ Ragdoll is free on the US PSN store until tomorrow : Daggoth
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    ohh thanks. yes. emphasis on co-op games is good because we have people over almost every weekend and pla... : [fry]
    • ragdoll kung fu should still be free : .Jayson
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      Okay, I worked on this game so DISCLAIMER!!! but if you want a fun co-op game try Supersonic Acrobatic Ro... : icking fudiot
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        Also it's soccer with cars.. I know, gut reaction might be "wtf?" but we released it because it was so fu... : icking fudiot
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          I was looking at that game. Now that I know a shacker worked on it, i'll have to go buy it :D : m0nkz
          • Cool! We have another free DLC pack coming soon with lots of bug fixes, a new map, and some other new fe... : icking fudiot
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  Little Big Planet is the best console Co-op gaming experience I've had in 3 years. Perfect! : kgargs
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    What game was it before that? : GodZilly
    • Gears of War probably : kgargs
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  XMB is the worst thing about the PS3. It's such a piece of shit UI. : pancake humper
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    You and your face are wrong. : lolpatrol
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      As long as people like him don't tell Sony they think it's bad, for the love of god - if Sony pull a Micr... : abrasion
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        Update 3.0: You will now be logged into Home as your default UI on startup. Delays may occur when booting : 60days
        • If they make home the default UI with no XMB .... I ... .. I don't know what I will do. : abrasion
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        When I go home tonight I am going to count how many sub-menus there are total in that god forsaken UI. It : pancake humper
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          I am sorry you do not like the UI, you are welcome to count what you like or dismiss awards - so be it, I : abrasion
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            Pardon the interjection but what awards has the XMB won? : Endymion_
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              'Shittiest UI Ever' -pancake humper 5/2009 : pancake humper
              • LOL : Endymion_
  • Agreed. If I could have Xbox live on my Ps3, I would love it. PSN and this menu both suck compared to Liv... : bozer
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    I don't like it either. My problem with it is that there are too many options, and things like syste... : ThomW
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      I would like if I can remove useless folders too. It still shows 2 Pc's of mine that are no longer even o... : bozer
      • It's not supposed to show PC's that are not connected. Mine dissapear as soon as I turn it off or when I ... : razlebol
    • They really need to hire an ergonomics and UI person to come in and really look at the UI and figure out ... : pancake humper
  • coming from a person who has never used xbox live, i find it pretty awesome. : dopeman
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    Why can't it just log into one account I set to primary gods damn it. Browsing music is a pain in the ... : Sailor of Fortune
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      I hate how the game demos take over the background of it with music and stuff. Fucking motorstorm demo go... : sigpro
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        I kind of like that feature, and I don't blame the PS3 for its abuse. That's the devs being obnoxious, th... : qwpeoriu
        • The background picture I think is ok. It's the abuse of the music that I hate, which unfortunately a lot ... : sigpro
  • It's so much better than the piece of shit NXE is. : razlebol
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  This post is several weeks too early, I was hoping you'd really have a full in depth analasis (and still ... : abrasion
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    i'll do a followup post abrasion i just found a lot to hate and like in the first night : [fry]
    • I am not sure if I'm happy or sad that it looks like you took it seriously, I mean you really did make a ... : abrasion
• I agree with most of your points, except that I hate the controller as well. It works, but it aggravates ... : beanman101283
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  I have a ps3, and I think LBP looks shallow. I don't have plans on buying it. : CrustaR
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    It's really great. Here in the UK you can get it for a tenner, it's totally worth it. : marmite
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      Maybe I'll pick it up someday. It just doesn't look interesting at all to me. :[ : CrustaR
      • Do you have friends that come over and play video games? Do you guys drink and/or smoke dope? If so, bu... : kgargs
      • Do you like Super Mario Brothers, because LBP is the worst marketed game in the last decade. : abrasion
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        http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=19843364 :[ : My Documents
        • I watched the gameplay videos and everything. It just looks so bland to me. Maybe I'll rent it or somet... : CrustaR
    • I wish it was that cheap in the US now. I would buy it for 10-20 at most after having rented it and not e... : sigpro
• Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, Folklore, and Wipeout HD (PSN download) come to mind. Infamous is also lookin... : Rehevkor
• flower and pixeljunk eden on PSN : 60days
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  What's your psn id? : maulla
  • I also agree with just about everything you said. Killzone 2 is decent, give it a try : maulla
• Super Stardust HD is still my favorite arena shooter. It's just more satisfying blowing the fuck out of ... : SiW.
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  Do you think the 360 is ugly? Because I find it the PS3 to be much more compatible with my entertainment ... : ieGod
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    yeah the 360 is kinda ugly. especially the white one. and i fucking HATE the external power brick bullshi... : [fry]
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      I think the PS3 just needs less curve to it, it's over the top, the colour scheme is fantastic for an ent... : abrasion
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        The chrome accent on the PS3 make it look like some 80s bachelor pad shit. And the fucker loves dust :( ... : SiW.
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          The Wii doesn't look nice in the loungeroom / entertainment centre due to it's colour - if it was black, ... : abrasion
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            It depends on your decor. I have a lot of silver/grey and light birch floors so white looks good in my li... : Fred Garvin
            • Stupidly I purchased the wrong coloured TV cabinet and a white one would also almost be ok in mine now :(... : abrasion
      • The glossy finish is stupid. I knew something was amiss when Sony reps where holding the thing with white... : Sailor of Fortune
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    At least you can change the faceplate on the 360. : Beady
    • How does that make it fit into my entertainment center any better? In fact that does the opposite? All th... : ieGod
    • Yeah, you can put a car bra on a kia too. : vigilante
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  So, when are you going to have a ps3 party? I could definitely go for more gumbo, but no more crownies! : Just A Girl
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    you guys are welcome to come over on saturday. we're having the whole crew over. : [fry]
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      Hmm, we might be able to make it over there late in the evening. We are hosting a party for my parents t... : Just A Girl
      • well if you guys are just bored or whatever and have nothing better to do text me and just stop by. we'll... : [fry]
• i agree mostly, except the controler sucks. its a bit too small and the trigger and shoulder buttons are ... : QMS|superdave
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  ^^one day review : Luminair
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    you dont need a week to tell that the interface sucks : maulla
    • I was used to it after using the psp so long. Seemed fine to me. : Pneum0
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  my ps3 annoys the fuck out of me. i can't even stream shit to it without issues, whereas my xbox is flawl... : xxiv
  • except it seems to randomly decide it'll show files in my video folder sometimes, and other times it'll j... : xxiv
  • I'm in the same boat. I was kind of looking forward to streaming to the PS3 because it's so quite (and I ... : Dave-A
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    really? i keep hearing that the streaming is better on the ps3 : Mr.SEX
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      For me they are 100% equal, but I use my ps3 for it as it's in the front room as a dvd/br player and the ... : sigpro
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        i feel like my 360 barely supports any codecs =/ : Mr.SEX
        • There's a reason for that :) WMV, MP4 (with super shitty 2 channel audio only), & Xvid. For anything ... : mafu5150
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          It supports the same codecs as the ps3. As far as I know they all play the exact same file types now. : sigpro
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            maybe ti was the containers then, ps3 supports mkv and the 360 doesn't. anyway it's upsetting, i will ha... : Mr.SEX
            • if you are using .mkv containers you still need a 3rd party program to make it all work for ps3 or 360. : sigpro
    • from my intense and detailed analysis of the streamy-related posts i think it basically boils down to whe... : Dave-A
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      Over wired connection it is, much much better, PS3 media server is awesome. : abrasion
      • both are wired to the same router. : xxiv
    • yep. i really really wanted to make my ps3 the media console too. : xxiv
    • I beta tested Playon and it worked better on my XBOX than with my PS3, which sucked because I liked brows... : WadeMcLain
    • The 360, for me at least, seems to be able to handle xvid a hell of a lot better than the ps3. I have ple... : Beady
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    Something is terrifyingly wrong with your setup then, wireless the tripple is piss poor - sadly I can now... : abrasion
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      So I need to get a gigabit router? : Sailor of Fortune
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        No, you need PS3 media server on the PC and a 100mb WIRED connection, the PS3 will stream fucking brillia... : abrasion
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          hm ok, i won't rule this out. it streams sometimes for days without issues, like all of s1-s4 of lost and... : xxiv
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            What are you using to share your media? PS3 media server is the absoloute bomb diggity, it's simple and e... : abrasion
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              i thought i was running ps3 media server, i'll google it up and figure it out. : xxiv
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                oh nope. looks like i'll be installing this when i get home. thanks! : xxiv
                • ps3 streaming. : xxiv
        • Not to say your wrong, but I use wifi only because some games wouldn't download updates when using a wire... : rlc:tk
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          ^^ While it is convenient to not tear up your walls or have cables dangling down halls, honestly, any equ... : Endymion_
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            Powerline adapters work great, IME. : uncleanmonkey
            • ^^^ That's what I'm using to connect my PS3. It is fantastic. : skinlab133
        • I've been streaming 720p mkvs from a PC running PS3 MediaServer over 802.11g. Works surprisingly well. : piser
    • My PS3 is connected via WiFi to my router one floor up and it manages to hit about 5-6mbit out of my 7mbi... : AlexXdude
  • Try turning off UPNP on the router and PS3. That helped tremendously. The wireless shouldn't be on there ... : Rauol Duke
  • Use PS3 media server instead of Tversity. I used to have the same problems with the latter. Switched to P... : razlebol
• What a wind bag. I'd love to see what you think is a good UI if you think the crossbar design is complic... : zippynipple
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  Infamous comes out next week and is getting really good reviews, sandbox/superhero type game. : aethyr
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    inFamous is getting some shining reviews. I don't remember an Ars game writeup that praised a game so cle... : CasbahBoy
    • Not bad so far http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/ps3/infamous : razlebol
• MGS4 if you dig the franchise : zverozyab
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  You should have waited a week or two before making this post. : Pneum0
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    yea, potential E3 price drop. I'm holding out myself... : aethyr
    • I meant he should have spent a little more time with it. The UI is very easy once you use it a couple of... : Pneum0
• lol : Downforce
• I don't see how the ps3 could possibly be considered uglier than the original xbox. Good God that thing i... : Makenxero
• I think it's an awesome system, better really than the 360. Only the lack of community really that does ... : dael
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  Hey other than God of War 3 what are the other BLOCKBUSTER exclusive titles coming out for this thing? : [fry]
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    ff13? : xxiv
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      that's not exclusive, the first two that come to mind are Uncharted 2 and the new Team Ico game : qwpeoriu
      • FF13 Versus. : XSilencedXDream
  • Uncharted 2, Trico. : abrasion
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    Gran Turismo 5 in a few months. : Nitrium
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      You misspelled years. : adsriordan
      • yeah :( : Nitrium
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      In only 2 games, Turn 10 have caught up to GT, I shudder to think what Forza 3 will do to GT 'living in : abrasion
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        Sorry wait, mods nuke this post ^^^, it's not pro Sony and I won't get my cheque this week if someone see... : abrasion
        • Too late : Makenxero
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        Honestly Turn 10 caught up to them in 1 game and surpassed them in 2. : sigpro
        • You damn straight sigpro! Forza for life, yo. Best controller rumble ever and the tyre squeel is actuall... : abrasion
    • it seems totally absurd that GT5 isn't out yet. : dirge23
    • Where'd you here that? : bozer
    • I want to believe you but I know it will just lead to hurt. :( : mittense
  • Uncharted 2, Trico and Infamous are ones I'm looking forward too. I think MAG could be great but I'm extr... : marmite
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    Uncharted 2 Ratchet and Clank Future 2 inFAMOUS (in like 4 days) Final Fantasy 13 new team ICO game : grendel
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      Why do people keep saying FF13? : WhatIsThisFor
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        According to Square-Enix they had to make some compromises for the 360 version. Plus, FF13 Versus is only... : Rehevkor
        • compromises like, four discs vs one. that's about all i can imagine. : EvilDolemite
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          The only compromise is that the 360 version won't be multi-lingual, hardly anyone cares about that. : WhatIsThisFor
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            Tell that to all the people I constantly see whining about JRPGs with English-only audio (Star Ocean 4 fa... : Rehevkor
            • Tell that to all the people I don't see complaining about English audio... *sigh* : WhatIsThisFor
            • Idunno, over the past 25 years of life I've become pretty decent at reading, I'd prefer subtitles. : socksta
      • Looks like oldschool marketing has worked wonders here. : abrasion
      • I'll probably get it for the ps3 since the 360 version will no doubt be 45 discs : gmd
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        Because I think it will be awful on the 360. Have fun swapping discs. : grendel
        • RE4 sucked because I had to swap discs. I just stopped playing at that point. Not even worth the effort. : derelict515
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          Qualify your argument beyond "swapping discs". I remember swapping discs for many games in the past, on ... : WhatIsThisFor
          • Also, I own a PS3 so I have no emotional attachment to whether or not it is an exclusive title or there i... : WhatIsThisFor
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          Oh no I have to swap a disc every 15-20 hours, woe is me! : Evil Benius
          • lol should have gotten a PS3 lol look how dum u r!!!!!!!!!! : pancake humper
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          What about how ever PS3 game I download I have to first install? That shit is super gay : bozer
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            it takes 30 seconds : gmd
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              And disc swapping takes more time than that? : WhatIsThisFor
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                you have to move for that : gmd
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                  Every 15-20 hours requires a single movement and that's a big deal? You're not doing a very good job of m... : WhatIsThisFor
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                    You know, this is all beside the point and I don't know why I persist on posting about it. The original ... : WhatIsThisFor
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                      changing discs is the same as manual labor, I should have servants doing it for me. : gmd
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                        Emotional and exaggerative arguments are a waste of everyone's time. : WhatIsThisFor
                        • not a big of waste as changing discs : gmd
                        • You obviously need to get to know gmd better. : Evil Benius
                      • this is fucking america. i don't work 80 hours a week to change my own discs. i'm writing to congress... : xxiv
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                      Actually I don't give a flying fuck whether XBOX can play FF13. I guess I forgot it was coming out for 3... : grendel
                      • That contradicts your earlier response. : WhatIsThisFor
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              more like 5-10 minutes. Certainly more time than switching discs. : derelict515
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                downloadable psn games do not take 5-10 minutes to install. : gmd
                • ok, games and demos do though, and we're talking about a normal game : derelict515
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              hell no it doesn't. Some of them take like 5-10 minutes. Try some of the Gran Turismo downloads for insta... : bozer
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                you do that once, quit bitching bozer : gmd
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                  Hah. Well when you're sitting there staring at that progress bar for 10 minutes it really sucks. Like if ... : bozer
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                    son arcade games don't take 10 minutes : gmd
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                      Noby Noby boy sucks too : bozer
                      • Noby Noby boy sucking doesn't keep it from being awesome. : Boxelder
                      • I don't download games with uber japanese titles : gmd
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          Or you could install the game to the HD and never have to swap disks again. yes i know you will need at l : sigpro
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            I think you still need to swap discs even if they are installed. : Evil Benius
            • This is true, at least it was for Lost Odyssey. : WhatIsThisFor
            • interesting. Oh well still not that big a deal as like you said you play for 15 hours take 20 sec to get ... : sigpro
        • Swapping discs, the horror! How dare they ask gamers to get up once every 10 hours and walk two feet. : ColoradoCNC
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    Heavy Rain for it's ambitions. : Boxelder
    • This is probably the title I want most for my PS3 : WhatIsThisFor
  • Why didn't anyone mention Fat Princess? I'm so looking forward to that game. : Bamii
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  I'm new to the PS3 TOO!! Get Uncharted, it was pretty awesome. Flower, Eden, you already have LPB, Ragdol... : Rauol Duke
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    I would pay lots of dollars to have ps3 controller hardware put into a gutted 360 controller shell : maulla
    • And then I would kill you and take it as my own. : Rauol Duke
    • Not exactly what you wanted, but I saw this in my PS3 mag and it seems like it might do the job. http://... : UselessHack
• God Of War III, once it comes out. : Ride-My-Rocket
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  Dudes I have a PS3 and think the same shit as fry and haiku have mentioned, but have not played LBP. What... : royalally
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    It's the best Mario game I've ever played and you collect tons of shit in too that you can use in the gam... : Rauol Duke
    • My brother was a fucking idiot. I think I will buy this. : royalally
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    Its probably the best co-op in the same room game ever made (besides goldeneye) : bozer
    • Agreed. It's the ultimate girlfriend game! : treefingers1
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      will somebody explain LBP co-op? i didn't even see the OPTION for it yet. : [fry]
      • You have to unlock the online community by doing a few sp levels, for local coop, simply turn on a second... : Milleh
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  i had a ps3 for 3 days, took it back after. controller is way too small for my hands, and i had the same... : foo
  • So you never had a PS2? That's fucked up. : Boxelder
• ZEn Pinball is so good that it injured my forearms. If you like pinball. I mean, it's just pinball, but... : Boxelder
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  I believe Siren is on sale. That is, if you enjoy good Survival horror games unlike that run and gun shi... : Malku
  • RE5 is great, but it isn't survival horror. : Rehevkor
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  /i think the menu system sucks. it's overly busy and complex and oddly organized. was it haiku that said ... : ColoradoCNC
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    I honestly believe anyone who hates the UI is retarded and should be euthanized, it is so clean, sterile ... : gmd
    • if you love it so much maybe you should marry it (is your ps3 a chick or a dude? not that it matters to y... : derelict515
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      The UI is too minimalistic for it's own good. It looked somewhat decent on the PSP (still didn't like it ... : ColoradoCNC
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        gmd can't see it because he has gay dicks in his gay mouth and gay balls are obstructing his view (he's a... : [fry]
        • gay view : gmd
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      It really isn't a well-designed UI. It's a good-looking UI certainly and once you know how it works it do... : peanut-
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        it is a straight forward as possible, you go left/right then up/down god damn you people are retards : gmd
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          It is pretty unbelievable to me when people throw around words like simplicity and intuitive and cluttere... : haiku
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            I still laugh every time I turn my 360 on and forget where I have to go and what I have to do TO PLAY MY ... : haiku
            • maybe if you did less heroin you'd be able to remember where things were junkie : [fry]
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              my xbox/game library. And all your games are right there. with the Ps3 you have a long list to scroll dow... : bozer
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                You play your 360 all the time, so of course that is easy for you to say. When I turn on my PS3 it just d... : haiku
                • You can sort your game list by last played date so when you turn on your system and hit X it'd launch the... : Rasnowl
              • ? No you don't. You have Games and then folders under that. Yes, you can create folders for your Demos... : AndyGoin
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              You press UP once and then you press the A button. So damn difficult. : sigpro
              • That does sound pretty complicated : Godhatesfatpeople
              • Why are you confusing the function required for use with the principle? It doesn't matter if all I have t... : haiku
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                I believe he's referring to finding arcade games which are more buried within the My Xbox. While this is... : Begawkiness
                • Yes, sorting through arcade games is a PITA. Just finding it the first couple times was tougher than it s... : Serpico74
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                  press up, and go to 'game library' to the right a couple windows, hit A. bam, all your games right the... : -=kodiak=-
                  • You guys are missing the point. That GAMES should be front and center. Not menus away from where you st... : ThomW
            • I agree with all of this, this perfectly sums up everything I hate about the new dashboard. I honestly c... : Begawkiness
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              Take either UI, rotate 90 degrees, and you have the other one from a functional standpoint. They're basic... : qwpeoriu
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                The emperor's clothes thing is just some superfluous metaphor which doesn't actually make any sense in co... : haiku
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                  That's really the thing, Microsoft adopted the superficial structure of the XMB but completely missed the : Serpico74
                  • To me it's more like the Zune interface but with pictures. : Sailor of Fortune
                • The mere fact that Sony bases their hierarchies on Icons and not vague text labels is a drastic differenc : abrasion
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              Why is it either/or? The NXE being shit does not by extension make the XMB good. : peanut-
              • ok? I'm well aware of that. I'm comparing them because they're both mass market game console UIs that are... : haiku
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              Yeah the Xbox 360 interface change was fucking horrific. Actually playing the game in the tray isnt that ... : Maarten Goldstein
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                It took me forever to find out how to redeem a code earlier this week. Unless I am wrong, I don't think ... : pandastrong
                • Yes. Then you hit the guide button and what comes up? A totally different interface! Know what comes u... : AndyGoin
                • god I had to fucking look up how to redeem a code. I spent like 20 minutes looking through every fucking... : mikecyb
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              The XMB is a trainwreck. A good test for it is to the hand the controller over to a non-computery person ... : Dave-A
              • "I'd love to see some sort of Spotlight search for these UIs. Just type in something - a game, someone of : Serpico74
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                I can't comprehend anyone being confused by the XMB, if any of my friends were that fucking stupid I woul... : gmd
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                  Yeah I just don't get it either. A "trainwreck"? What on Earth is so hard about it? You want to watch ... : AndyGoin
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                    Wait, there are ADS in the Xbox 360 interface?! : Rasnowl
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                      Ads for content on XBL, here is an example: http://www.lotech.co.nz/images/360nxe1.jpg That is the ... : Begawkiness
                      • Ok that's not as bad as I originally thought, but still...annoying. I like how PSN's content ads are onl... : Rasnowl
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                    No crap flashing at you? You're moving down the list of games or videos and this fullscreen animated bull... : Dave-A
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                      It doesn't slow your movement through the list of games when it attempts to load the game background and ... : Begawkiness
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                        No it's confusing and an unwelcome assault on your sensorium. I just want to tell the thing to chill the ... : Dave-A
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                          I see your point, while I don't really mind it I do wish there was an option to disable it. My biggest c... : Begawkiness
                          • You know I never had that freezy problem until lately. The worst is when you pop up the guide and go to t... : Dave-A
                      • It's not really about whether it slows you down. The problem is that it is an obstruction of experience. ... : haiku
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                      I definitely agree that game info splashes that happen when you're scrolling through games are completely... : haiku
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                        Why do I feel like that whenever there is a discussion like this that people are coming in with a team of... : Dave-A
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                          I'm not sure what you're getting at. Microsoft has a long, long history of poor UI. They have also done s... : haiku
                          • Oh, I think you're pretty sure you know what I'm getting at. I know you're not one of those bustas that p... : Dave-A
                      • Even the game scrolling splashes are on a timer, so they don't slow down the UI unless you wait for them,... : abrasion
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                I refuse to acknowledge a design argument based on what happens when someone who doesn't know what the f... : haiku
                • Very true, but I've been using the XMB for months now and still find it annoying. It doesn't become famil... : Dave-A
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                  I agree with you but there is a fuckton of menus I don't even need to see in the XMB. Also, with the Xbox... : bozer
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                    well a lot of the things you mentioned aren't the UI, they're features of the platform. I agree Live is ... : mikecyb
                    • I'm really looking forward to the next version of Xbox Live. What I'd like to see is switching between ga... : bozer
                  • Don't tell me there isn't anything in the NXE you don't need to. It's even worse. Ads all over the place,... : razlebol
              • I think they're both somewhat failed attempts because the concept behind the UIs doesn't really work when... : qwpeoriu
            • It doesn't help that Microsoft has apparently decided that charging for Gold isn't enough, so your entire... : Vincent Grayson
            • Up and press A. Or to the right a bit for you XBLA games. What's tough about that? : Sailor of Fortune
        • ^^^^^^ : ieGod
        • hahah seriously : AlexXdude
        • No kidding. I play on the 360 way more often but its UI is a piece of shit compared to the PS3's. Hell... : Serpico74
        • + inf this so people can learn how to use XMB : walker270
      • (Though the NXE is probably even worse). : peanut-
      • The NXE is even worst... : razlebol
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      I agree with this.. people talking about it being cluttered and full of useless junk.. UHHH HAVE YOU SEEN... : AndyGoin
      • I think both interfaces could use a lot of work. I get lost in them both very often. I wish I could jus... : WhatIsThisFor
    • gmd, what is your phone # so I can call you and tell you how wrong you are on the phone : pancake humper
• this is still going, lmao. I mean really, fry??? REALLY ??? the controller charging thing we all agree : Downforce
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  So I take it you don't like it so far? XD : Godhatesfatpeople
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    little big planet is awesome enough that i'm still very happy with the purchase : [fry]
    • Well that's good. One day I'll get one of these modern consoles. : Godhatesfatpeople
    • The narration is so awesome in the early parts of LBP, Stephen Fry was the perfect choice : grendel
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  Ditto on LBP. Glad to hear you're happy with things overall, but I'm not sure where the UI hate is comin : My Documents
  • Also, dollhands? I assumed it was, but it says it hasn't been reg'd yet. :[ : My Documents
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  Haha I'm not reading this thread. : rock elf
  • word : boring gegtik
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  [fry], quit playing your fucking space console and come back and play CoD4 like a real man. : coldfusioncs
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    and none of htat hardcore garbage. : FormerHPB
    • It's only garbage if it's NOT hardcore. : Haku-Jin
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  Get InFamous next week, it's excellent. : rudds
  • Did you already or are you going to review it? : pyide
  • I definitely will, ruddsy! Also I just wanted to say your twitter pic is a teensy bit creepy. : Dave-A
• Which version exactly did you get? (HDD size etc) Apologies if this has been written elsewhere in the ... : humbleone
• gaystation : Mr.SEX
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  Whats with all these people reviewing the ps3 lately? : doctorbfunk
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    http://www.yearoftheps3.info :[ : My Documents
    • 2050 days if I'm seeing that right :( : abrasion

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  I know this is a little late and maybe I just need to watch the movie again. But I thought I just remembe... : bstrad
  • Yes. The scene was apparently shot then cut for the theatrical release. : Crimsonbeak
  • Yes they did say that. : DarkWolf5
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    The context of why they were blowing them up was taken out. Nero apparently was imprisoned on a Klingo : Sailor of Fortune
    • Ahh, thank you. That makes much more sense to me. I hope they include all of this in the Blu-Ray release. : bstrad
    • I loved how in the Maru test, the enemy ship explosions were very "videogamey". : riptyde
    • So supposedly Nero got captured but his ship didn't? Considering his crew could blow up a fucking planet ... : Dynotaku
  • http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/241633/abrams_discusses_deleted_scenes_from_star_trek.html The Klingon... : SpaecKow
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    Probably waiting to unveil the Klingons in a more spectacular manner in a sequel. : pigvomit
    • Or in an extended edition, that comes out a few months after the theatrical cut DVD release, to make sure... : Finestaut
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  I have an unrelated question. If it only takes a drop of red matter to make a black hole, why does Spock : hbalce1
  • It was logical. : Frozen Pixel
  • Why the heck not! : r3ckless
  • Because otherwise he wouldn't have a use for the collection needle thingie. : FlatlineDixay
  • It also gets you really drunk. : DarkWolf5
  • Duh, it's because the important characters get all the big balls. Gosh! I can't believe you didn't know t... : bstrad
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    It is possibly the only supply in the galaxy and it is too unstable to seperate. : Totenjaeger
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      But you see them separate it several times in the movie. Also, wtf, the word "movie" isn't in the Fire : SwiftyPants
      • Yeah, right before the small separated part fucks shit up. : walker270
  • what if he needed more than what he used? : mo13
  • ball envy : eldiablo01
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    It just really tied the room together. : Barnahog
    • lol. ^^^ this : ThomW
  • Maybe in theory the vulcan scientists didn't know how much red matter it would take so they sent a ton of... : bRAINsick
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    Speaking of, does the solar system now contain a black hole? I mean, real black holes take billions of ye : shyguy74
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      The black hole wouldn't be in the Solar System. After Spock destroys the drill, he warps off to some oth : riptyde
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        Yeah, but I assumed he warped to somewhere else within the solar system, like perhaps between Earth and S : shyguy74
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          It could also be the black holes the red matter makes will fizz out, I mean if the ones used to travel th : Sailor of Fortune
          • Or the warp core explosion collapsed the black hole. I don't remember what happened after they got away s : K1Bond007
  • because he missed his mom : pancake humper
  • i was also wondering that. seems like a big risk. : mindmann
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    I like how so many people seem to have an issue with why Spock's ship is carrying far more Red Matter tha... : riptyde
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      It is a Star Trek movie. People are okay with goofy physics and technobabble. This giant ball of black ho... : scottv7
      • They actually said something to the effect that it pulled matter through time to get the mass it needed t... : Dynotaku
      • That's one of the worst things about Star Trek, though -- the unnecessary need to come up with a bullshit : walker270
  • he had a bunch of it because he was trying to stop a giant super nova or something like that : Clay
  • Because you want to make sure it works. They build a fast ship because time is of the essence. However I : byorn
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    Because they fell for the "Super size it" option for a little extra. : Sailor of Fortune
    • Costco membership : Endymion_
  • THROW MORE DOTS aahahahahaha /wrists : Downforce
  • Well it's almost the same price to make 400 gallons as it is to make 5 oz once you get the big red matter... : Dynotaku
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  another unrelated question the kid that young kirk passes on the road when driving the running away from : EagleSweet
  • I've heard some speculation that it's Kirk's older brother. : Finestaut
  • I just kinda assumed he was Gary Mitchell. Unless he was in the movie elsewhere? : shyguy74
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  I noticed a lot of interesting moments. Like how the Captain of the Kelvin takes an elevator down to the ... : Sailor of Fortune
  • well not a lot but there are some. Also someone mentioned firewood which was lol. : Sailor of Fortune
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  This is neat in case you haven't seen it before... http://www.fukung.net/v/6565/comparison.gif : bstrad
  • Newest one here as of May 19th: http://www.st-minutiae.com/misc/comparison/comparison_large.png It ha... : Sailor of Fortune

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  Works great on both platforms (as I have said over and over.) Hunter tricks are actually almost easier o... : Fyunch Click
  • Perhaps I just suck at the 360 controls? I walk out of a normal game of L4D on my PC with 100+ general in... : kershner25
  • Also, have you played L4D fully maxxed out (16 AF/AA, max resolution) on a nice high end PC with a decent... : kershner25
• man I can't wait to be playing this game max'd out at 1680x1050. playing at 1024x768 stretched out and ... : mwasher
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  14 man survival sounds fun. : ass-street
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    Sounds like mass grieving and friendly fire! : Edges
    • Part of the fun, I suppose. I wouldn't mind getting tagged a few extra times just for the fact that I hav... : kershner25
• I'm waiting for them to release their matchmaking system so I can finally have custom maps on the LA serv... : Alco23
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  I want someone to take the ideas from Zombie Master and implement them into l4d. Ie, having a human cont... : deathofrats
  • Like having a DM for a co-op FPS game, I like it. : kershner25
  • Is that mod still in active development? It showed heaps of promise when I checked out months and months ... : GilesH
• someone should come out with a mode where most players play as the generic zombies on 32 man servers. : kaddar0
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  You know what would be cool, a SPACE HULK conversion. Where 4 Space Marines in Terminator Armor fight... : CRasterImage
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    This sounds simple enough if all it requires is a re-skin without changing character mechanics. What w... : Alco23
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      That doesn't sound simple at all given that those Tyranid creatures aren't even humanoid. I think they'd ... : Attica Blue
      • Yes, it would require new models with animations. Not just new textures for the existing models. But... : CRasterImage
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  How about a slow zombie mod? : ieGod
  • Plants 4 Zombies : Rich McNinch
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    It's called Killing Floor. We still need to run Sandbox mode and do just Slow Moving Hordes. : AxeMan808
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      What does the sandbox mode entail in Killing Floor? That sounds interesting if I'm imagining it right. : kershner25
      • I haven't messed with it yet, but apparently: "sandbox mode lets you customize it down to how many monst... : AxeMan808
      • Sandbox is not as in depth as I'd hoped. It lets you change the starting cash, respawn cash, max zombies ... : AgentPothead
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    slow moving but 4x as more, all walking towards you no matter what. We also need a way to build barricad... : deathofrats
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      Door welding FTW! : AxeMan808
      • Imagine Urban Dead done with L4D resources. Holy shit. : ieGod
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      omg yes, I would want to play that : melt_core
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        oh, and no machine guns/auto shotties..only melee weapons, like katanas and chainsaws, and pistols..you h... : deathofrats
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          No. : melt_core
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            Yes. Effective melee weapons though, ones that slice and dice zombies like a slap chop. And pistols wit... : deathofrats
            • Ok, make that a yes. But also sniper rifles. : melt_core
    • Barricades here: http://tinyurl.com/qleytt Video on the page. Impressive. Could use it with the mod... : GrimmyD
  • http://tinyurl.com/ptk833 from that site. I don't like the idea of a fast tank, but it works I suppose. : GrimmyD
• I play couch co-op on the PC and my friend uses the 360 controller. Its a bitch to set up splitscreen in... : Rich McNinch
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  Sounds like a mess : Godhatesfatpeople
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    Survival mode is already a mess, in my opinion. : kershner25
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      seeing the number of exploits, I'd say yep, it is. : melt_core
      • Exploits aren't really factor in an average game, in my experience. It's just not that fun, for me perso... : kershner25
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        how many exploits are there? i only know of two and some weird physics bug where you can push forklifts a... : Mmmmmoo
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          There are spots in the maps where the zombies don't see you, on top of some objects, or on some ledges. Y... : melt_core
          • on pretty all the maps. : melt_core
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  I can't wait for 10000 mall maps! : Snuffles-
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    I've been brainstorming some map ideas while on long public transit rides to class. I think coming up wit... : Ziggurat
    • Well ok, i just want someone to make my upside-down cruise ship map :( : Snuffles-
  • i'm sure at least one will be really good and that's all that matters. : ass-street
• Playing thru HL2 maps with properly timed scripted events like horde/tank spawns at certain spots would b... : harvord

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  i'd like to, but i fear you may be on the losing end of a steamroll and then quit again : RikiTiki2
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    I just want to play tonight and have some fun. Hence my inquiry. : tomservo
    • I was in the tourny one time. I got tired of the penis smacking pretty quickly. I play casually, as do ... : Rigor Morts
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      Why don't you play a REAL GAME with REAL ZOMBIES and REAL SHITTY TEAMMATES like http://www.youtube.com/wa... : Ajax
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        I want to but you dudes are never around this is why I hate PC games :( : tomservo
        • Oh whatever I ain't scared we can thrown down tonight sheeyit! : Ajax
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          there's some super secret mod gaming assembly. get on THE LIST : Downforce
          • Nah, that just consists of brickmatt masturbating to haiku's voice while haiku yells at his dog and calls : tomservo
      • hahaha : freshyk
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        I tried talking tom into getting graw 2. We should bring that back. : sigpro
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          I would rather run my testicles through the pistons of a small combustion engine than play a piece of shi... : tomservo
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            You know what you're really afraid of? You're afraid of playing it and liking it and feeling like a fucki... : Ajax
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              hahahaha I've played the PC and PS3 versions and hated it. But those were singleplayer! Plus I am boun... : tomservo
              • So what you are saying is you haven't played the good version yet. : sigpro
          • The co-op is a lot of fun. Also TKing Ajax w/ grenades is even funner. : sigpro
      • hahaha that video makes me laugh every time I see it. : tomservo
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  I don't do anything casually : genjuro
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    I don't do anything casually fixed : Ajax
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      I am tired of this. : genjuro
      • You should buy a 360 and get on XBOX Live to shut me up once and for all. : Ajax
• I'm down for playing tonight and I pretty much play casually. I'm terrible. :( : Gary the Llama
• Speaking of tournaments... TIME FOR A HIGHLANDER TOURNEY! : zebosausamite
• I will be returning to play some casual TF2 over the weekend. yay : midgetherder
• That's one reason I play on the 360. The other is that source games lock up on my PC. :( : FormerHPB
• you know what? I do drunken engineering. that shit is awesome. running around like a fucking moron redoin... : Downforce
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  I play for like 4 hours a month. Fun game but people take it way too seriously. : Ebu
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    I think you take people taking things seriously too seriously. : omnova
    • wut : Ebu
• I play every once in a while. : NFXFSX
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  yes. mostly on 24/7 2fort maps : manero
  • Same here you can find me most nights on the sourceop server. : TheArtMan
• I've only played once, but everyone was really nice even though it was my first time playing, but maybe i... : mysled
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  I'm in the exact same boat as you. I can't handle this pros only nonsense. : pandastrong
  • And I'm sure my view of it all is a bit unfair, but it's all I've seen because of the 2Forts Of Our Lives : tomservo
• Best idea ever. : Rethius
• oh sure you want to play now that you can throw jars of pee at people. so predictable. : mikecyb

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• It depends on your tastes. Most of us that live in SoCal like it best, as do most of those in Austin, an... : adpalumbo
• If I could afford to live on San Fran, I would. But Austin is nice just the same. If you can get past t... : Anastomosis
• Not much of a city dweller myself. : pigvomit
• I can't wait till I live in Austin, as oppose to North Austin / Round Rock *cry* : mwasher
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  you are from New York? don't live in LA. people in the bay area drive me fucking nuts and apparently pe... : mikecyb
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    Haha. I've never been so hurt for being called laid back? Clearly, its the pseudo-judgmental quotation ... : adpalumbo
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      i bitch about this all the time to mike, so i'm going to jump in to this subthread. i dislike west coa... : dahanese
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        CA drivers do suck and drive way to slow in the fast lane, I can agree with this. : hirez
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          Most of the time in Socal it's not bad at all alot of people go at least 80, alot go faster than that. : Senate5000
          • yeah... i don't really mind driving in the LA area if you didn't have to do so damn much of it. i can say... : cpt_gloval
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          Just say "asians". You know you want to say "asians". Come on, just say it. : Godhatesfatpeople
          • Especially ones that drive BMWs. : TreMetal
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          Never found that to be the case in San Diego. People in the fast lane on the 15 regularly do 80-85. Bay A... : esad
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            never been to San Diego. driving i am talking specifically about the bay area. attitude stuff pervades mo... : dahanese
            • Driving in the Bay Area has broken me. I now tootle along below the 65 with the rest of the people on the... : esad
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        argh the not getting out of the way thing drives me crazy! san francisco has like 1/4 of the people walk... : mikecyb
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          Funny, I get both the bumping and the umbrella-face things happening to me a lot in Boston. Maybe it's be... : Teiresias
          • I have been to Boston and it's not too bad though I've never been there while it was raining. I think in... : mikecyb
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        Well, as far as all that goes, they're all non-existent problems down here where we don't pretend to live... : adpalumbo
        • This too. The Bay Area and the LA area might as well be on different continents. : Teiresias
        • Sounds like those two need to do a little introspection. : TreMetal
        • haha nice : Godhatesfatpeople
        • she probably should have said 'bay area' and not 'west coast' but the points still stand! also I was in ... : mikecyb
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          most of the driving i hate takes place off the highway. i have to deal with these people because i am... : dahanese
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            walking's not much of an option with the urban sprawl we have around here. :-/ : thetangent
            • yeah i don't think i could handle that. the biggest reason we moved downtown is because living in the sub... : dahanese
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          hahaha Actually I have to say I don't like CA roads/highways. Too often signs are either obstructed or... : qwpeoriu
          • haha oh man the sign thing was the most amazing thing I had ever seen when we moved here. how the fuck a... : mikecyb
          • this cracks me up. San Jose is awful for that. When I first moved up there for college (coming from AZ) I... : Megara9
        • The one bad thing you can say about drivers down here is that they're fucking terrible with any type of w... : Senate5000
        • This is all true. : thetangent
      • respect +10! (but I'd move to the Bay regardless) : Postal
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        I agree with the slow walking - when I'm walking I like to get shit done. Even when I'm just going for a ... : Megara9
        • that's the viking in you : EvilDolemite
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          Man, some of you guys get bothered so easily by some of the dumbest shit. Real-life rage-quitters! : Godhatesfatpeople
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            yeah but it's not like they're punching out strangers - they come here to vent, as we all do, in a safe r... : EvilDolemite
            • If only real life had an F10 button. : Godhatesfatpeople
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            it's not really any more bothersome than any cow-brained inconsiderate thing people do. I'd put it on par... : Megara9
            • I'm starting to realize why the guys from Jackass are so successful. : Godhatesfatpeople
          • Vancouver folks fresh out of China in town for some shopping make me want to ragequit sidewalks so bad. G... : cpt_gloval
        • When I went to London people were practically sprinting : dirge23
        • I hate slow walkers so much. Getting stuck behind a group that decides to take up the entire hall sucks ... : Danny5225
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        "they also seem to freak out over little problems, and make big deals of things that aren't really big de : TreMetal
        • ha : Godhatesfatpeople
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          you must be a west coaster if you think walking slowly is not a crime that should be punished by being pu... : dahanese
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            If only it were possible to walk around people... : TreMetal
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              As an east-coaster she doesn't have time for such passive behavior! It's much more blunt and fast-paced t... : esad
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                SEE! if you were from boston you would tell me i'm being a stupid elitist fuckface rather than make this ... : dahanese
                • Sorry, you're right! Let me try this again: Fuck you and the horse you rode in on. That's what all my ... : esad
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              imagine a sidewalk, and there is say, a trash can on one side, and three people walking shoulder-to-shoul... : dahanese
              • chillax bro : Godhatesfatpeople
              • A. Wait until they walk past the trash can [unless it is like 40 feet long or something crazy] B. Okay. ... : TreMetal
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            Where the fuck are you walking that this is such an issue? I walk fast, my friends all walk fast, and the... : jessipoo
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              i live on fillmore, so if i walk north from there i get into that awful pacific heights stretch of fillmo... : dahanese
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                You mean lower Pac Heights? With all the million dollar condos and fucking shitty ass fake boulangeries a... : jessipoo
                • yeah. i live there. dipshit central! : dahanese
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            You've got to be fucking kidding me. There is way more walking slowly in NYC than there is in SF. This is... : itsjames
            • hello fellow slow walker hater. i didn't really go to touristy places in NYC. except my old office wa... : dahanese
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        never come to Seattle if the passive-aggressive annoys you haha : cpt_gloval
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          we lived in Marin county for a year holy crap talk about passive-aggressive. every day some old douche i... : mikecyb
          • You have to admit that's pretty funny. : Godhatesfatpeople
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        Chicago is the perfect happy medium. People here know how to exist in a cosmopolitan landscape, but it is... : haiku
        • i've heard there are only two true american cities left: new york and chicago. everywhere else is either... : EvilDolemite
        • lolol @ "corn plasma" : Megara9
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          I liked Chicago a lot both of the times I visited it, but some of you guys have a weird inferiority compl... : mikecyb
          • lol mikecyb is the NY version of haiku : askedrelic
      • GET OUT THA WAY DAHANESE IS COMIN AND SHE'S ANGRY!!!!!!!!!! : datoo
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        *yawn* is someone rippin on west coasters again? MEH. what were we talking about again? passive aggr... : Downforce
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          i would love to meet one of these mythical beasts of which you speak! they are crumple around here. : dahanese
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            most of what you say is true. a lot is weather based, seattleites often are totally melancholy on the ex... : Downforce
            • downforce i think you would have fun visiting here : EvilDolemite
            • attitude-wise, i'm also weighting this heavily based on my work life. because really, i don't have a life... : dahanese
          • Go to Compton : soggybagel
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    you are just an angry east coaster. you'll eventually surpass your shortcomings and relaaaaaaaaaaax. : hirez
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      I am relaxed! everyone here is too relaxed! : mikecyb
      • Its been almost 13 years since I moved to LA from NYC and I still walk and drive as if I lived back there... : Serpico74
• Move to SF so I can see your freaky nipples. : Ooghijmiqtxxa
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  LA. Lots of great food, always something to do. If I wasn't here I'd go back to NYC or Vancouver. : Serpico74
  • Maybe you should go back. Know what I'm sayin'? : Godhatesfatpeople
  • Way to passively stay in LA, you west coaster. : TreMetal
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    I hate LA. The traffic is horrible. The cement doesn't end, and you can be in a poor area of town prett... : spazzium
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      It can certainly seem that way to an outsider. Its honestly like anywhere else in that there are good are... : Serpico74
      • Serpico74, I like you. It's why I'm going to kill you last. : Godhatesfatpeople
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        From my short stay in LA a few years ago, the sprawl and concrete was overbearing, the only escape was th... : Floppygrandma
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          The sprawl is exactly what lets their be pockets of awesome for you to miss on a short stay... and also w : adpalumbo
          • Dude, 1000% : Serpico74
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        LA is a hard place to grasp for someone who doesn't live here. It can take a long time to find out what ... : midgetherder
        • Spot on, especially re: the motherfucking pigs : Serpico74
    • I'm born and raised here and I'm starting to hate it for all the reasons you just listed, plus I fucking ... : thetangent
    • Been here since 93. The traffic is really my only complaint. i Love most other things about it. : Cygnus X-1
• all totally different : EvilDolemite
• They're all pretty different, so it's going to depend on how you define best for yourself. : Ely
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  Boulder, CO : mechanicalgrape
  • that's probably a viable alternative, actually. : EvilDolemite
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    I live in Boulder. Love it. But this article is very true: http://outside.away.com/outside/destination... : rt702
    • Yeah, I went to school there. Wish I was still out there. : mechanicalgrape
• Austin >>>>> Bay area > LA : cpt_gloval
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  LA is a big fucking place, so it really matter WHERE in LA you are talking about. : thetangent
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    where you can breathe? oh that pretty much rules out the whole place : cpt_gloval
    • Nah, we've all evolved lungs that can breath smog. : exigence7
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      The beach areas have very clean air throughout, and the western San Gabriel Valley does until you hit abo... : adpalumbo
      • It's not as bad as it was 15 years ago too. At least that's my perception. I remember in college I refe... : exigence7
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  You have to be more specific for "LA". There are extremely different areas in Los Angeles. If you live ... : exigence7
  • oh Pasadena, you blue-haired bitch! : Godhatesfatpeople
• if you move down here, stay out of the Austin voting precincts until you've been here two full years. liv... : biskits
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  You don't have to live in SF to enjoy SF. Same can be said for LA I'm sure. : Sailor of Fortune
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    yeah, but you have to NOT live in the bay area to avoid suffering for it. : biskits
    • No In-n-Out for you : Sailor of Fortune
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      Millions of people around me have been suffering so badly, and I had know idea. : MaxPete82
      • NO idea, damn that's a bad mistake : MaxPete82
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        the bay area is a highway-laden suburban hell. : biskits
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          If perfect weather, lots of open space, beaches, huge job market, and San Francisco is hell to you, well ... : MaxPete82
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            http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suburb this is hell to me: Many post-World War II American suburbs are... : biskits
            • The entire Bay Area is not a Suburb. Live in Downtown San Jose. I'm sure Zero|DPX can tell you about it. : Sailor of Fortune
            • I agree that sounds pretty awful, but that describes probably 90% of America. I guess I avoid the norm... : MaxPete82
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              but biskits, we have plenty of those areas here. they exist everywhere : EvilDolemite
              • Seriously. I didn't realize he was coming from Texas and saying that. If anything, the most obnoxious s... : adpalumbo
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              i think the bay area, for its size, for the most part is pretty fucking not suburban : JINKY
              • the way you're describing it anyway, as some bleak wasteland : JINKY
            • most of the suburbs in the bay area don't anything like those pictures. Yes its sub-urban, but do a flick... : not work safe
            • Dude, you're in Texas and saying this? WTF : Serpico74
            • You're up for a rude awakening when you see the real Hell. : freshyk
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              i dont know, i prefer that shit. i love living in basically farm town. but then have fun stuff to do le... : papaskot
              • one thing that is different here is that there is not that cul de sac shit, and houses all over. basical... : papaskot
            • So living somewhere that allows you space and doesn't stack you nearly on top of each other is hell? : phate81
• New York City, Chicago or San Diego : Korban
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  Portland baby : historyinthemaking
  • if i were forced to leave here, i'd be in portland - instantly : EvilDolemite
• i enjoy that all the controversy in this thread regards LA and SF i'll just hide out here until i'm ol : EvilDolemite
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  Not LA. The pollution was too much for me, personally anyway. SF is a lovely place, and as you said, very... : michaelleung
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    Where/when did you live with all this pollution? Most of the nice places to live/be in in LA are cleaner... : adpalumbo
    • Yeah, it's true. Hell, I live in Playa Del Rey, right next to LAX and I have no complaints about the air.... : thetangent
• Dont come to LA. There are enough damn people here already! : mr.thing

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  tomorrow : zerog83
  • I mean the daily update with new info. I want my fix. : Geoffrois
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    whens the update on the update? : papaskot
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      hasn't been posted yet i guess. i wonder if they'll preview the hats. : ass-street
      • I want to know if I can put a doo-dad in my hat. : zerog83
      • they should : sikander
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  We'll just have to soldier on until its updated... : niceguynick
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    thats like, heavy, man : trOmblyj
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      I'll do some scouting on the Valve forums for more info : zerog83
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        I hope someone goes pyro on this subthread before it gets out of control. : pigvomit
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          Demoman engineer medic sniper spy. THESE PUN THREADS ARE IDIOTIC. : Felraiser
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            Someone call Felraiser a medic, he's having an aneurysm. : NastyJack
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              It'll take sentries before hes well again : niceguynick
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                Where did you get that intel? : NastyJack
                • he stole it from the ambassador of valve : Chandler55
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        let me know if you happen to spy anything : trOmblyj
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          did you check out the zeno clash demo, man? : zerog83
          • someone help me wheres the pun here : Chandler55
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            No I haven't. It looked... weird. : trOmblyj
            • http://mattplays.com/ Check out a video of matt playing it. The voice acting is horrible, but the art... : Nighteyes
          • booooooooooooooooo : r3dn3ck
• Not soon enough. :( I've refreshed that page so many times today. : lplasmatron
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  The sniper is throwing his pee at the spy : Rag and Bone Man
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    Hrm. It's not there anymore. : Rag and Bone Man
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      http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/9219/ohlolifkingloveyouvalve.jpg WHATS GOING ON HERE : Chandler55
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        piss grenades! I love it! : manero
        • someone finally gets grenades? : RikiTiki2
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        Hmm I don't see this. : lplasmatron
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          Keep refreshing the page. it pops up : Godhatesfatpeople
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            I've refreshed it tons of times, and tried different browsers, definitely not there. I think they put it ... : lplasmatron
            • I just got it in a rotation. :P : Godhatesfatpeople
            • Oh snap I finally got it. :O : lplasmatron
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    INCOMING! http://img3.abload.de/img/wtf5g65.jpg : manero
    • Love the look on his face. : Geoffrois
    • lol!!!! : Godhatesfatpeople
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  They announced a TF2 free weekend on Steam now. "Starts Thursday" http://cdn.store.steampowered.com/publ... : Godhatesfatpeople
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    i think they already said there'd be a free weekend : RikiTiki2
    • oh :( : Godhatesfatpeople
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  Hahaha, anyone notice in the "Meet The Spy" video near the beginning where the "Meet The Spy" intro text ... : jamesray
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    I think all of the Meet The Team videos has that. : evildanish
    • Probably, i didn't notice it until now. : jamesray
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      I don't think the Heavy or Demoman video had that; came out way before they determined the "style" of vid... : zerog83
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        The Demo video does have it. The Heavy doesn't have a title screen like that, however the Sandvich is Cop... : reign27
        • (actually I found a version of the Heavy that did have the title screen, and it is indeed LOLOLOL) : reign27
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  Have they announced all of the upgrades for the two classes? : WhatIsThisFor
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    There is no sniper update. : skinlab133
    • lol, it's a double update. : OmegaRed59
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  It's dropping now, it forwarded me to http://www.teamfortress.com/spy_vs_sniper/ but it's a 404 atm. : lplasmatron
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    http://www.teamfortress.com/sniper_vs_spy/ Jarate! : exigence7
    • Looks like a "grenade" that splashes on people and causes 35% more damage and shorts out spy's cloaking. ... : exigence7
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  ITS HERE: http://www.teamfortress.com/sniper_vs_spy/ : papaskot
  • JARATEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEe : Scoots06
• Are we going to play some n{TF2}n tonight? : Gary the Llama
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  Friendship is Golden : An achievement involving throwing pee at your teammates. This is the apogee of gam... : Geoffrois
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    The servers are gonna be epic tomorrow: jars of piss will be flying all over the place. : Scoots06
    • it's going to be epic fucking TF2 mayhem this weekend. I can't wait. : Downforce
    • lol jars of piss flying all over, that just made me proper lol. great mental image : niceguynick

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  puts out fires! NoooOOOOO! : IcomeINpeace
  • "Friendship is Golden" http://www.teamfortress.com/sniper_vs_spy/images/AchievementIcons/sniper/tf_snipe... : Godhatesfatpeople
• Nice. I could see myself using that unlock. : dmason
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  Haha WTF : bolneze
  • Haha "Jarate will haunt every waking moment for the REST OF THEIR LIVES." : bolneze
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  I thought the Jarate was revealed awhile ago, but I don't remember when. : AlexXdude
  • april fool's joke : RikiTiki2
• Jesus Christ this is hilarious. : zehh
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  They should release the achievements we can do now rather than have people wait for them and grind them a... : Sailor of Fortune
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    You've made this exact post before, and it still doesn't consider Valve's perspective: http://www.shackne... : Felraiser
    • They still release the updates so they still have incentives. Also, when people hear about these updates ... : Sailor of Fortune
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  lmao holy shit. I wonder what the "AMMO" is on that baby : Downforce
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    I Can't wait to see the reload animation. : SolveChrist
    • lol : niceguynick
  • I wonder if you have to stand still to... reload the thing. : DHAvatar
• I love it! this is a monumental update! : SolveChrist
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  preemptive first "this update ruins the game" post : Luminair
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    It's the Pyro's fire effect in liquid form! : Godhatesfatpeople
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      pyro does damage : RikiTiki2
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        "When splashed on enemies, they take 35% more damage for a period of time." Well the whole gradual dam... : Godhatesfatpeople
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          It doesn't do damage. When SOMETHING ELSE does damage, it amplifies that damage. : reign27
          • Ah, damn. I thought it was giving them the damage. Well that's nice too. : Godhatesfatpeople
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          No, I read it as being prone to 35% more damage. Throw the jar and shooting them will be 35% more damagin... : K1Bond007
          • having the sniper involved before a kritzkrieg will be hilarious : Downforce
          • Yeah I first took it as slow damage output like being set on fire. I'm dumb. : Godhatesfatpeople
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    this update is making me want to play the game again. I haven't played since a week after release :( : pancake humper
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      What is wrong with you? :( : DOOManiac
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        I honestly have no idea why I stopped playing to be honest. I don't even have any Medic unlocks and that'... : pancake humper
        • update: lol I don't even have it installed looking at my games list : pancake humper
        • You should play again. It's an awesome game. : Godhatesfatpeople
    • I stopped playing a month or so after release and haven't played since the 1st unlocks were put in. Also ... : sigpro
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    "TF2 PRO FAGGOT PLAYERS BAN TF2 3v3 MATCHES UNTIL VALVE NERFS PEE IN BOTTLE" Fridays headlines. : crazywigga
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      This doesn't look like it'll cause any imbalance or really affect the core game very much. It could assis... : Felraiser
      • indeed. i think the only real use it'll get it dousing spies in the backfield : RikiTiki2
  • well.. if you throw it on your friends to put out a fire, they will take 35 percent more damage for a per... : conandan
• I hope this is a never ending rivalry. : DooBall
• Haha, great parody http://www.tomheroes.com/images/charles_atlas.JPG : Mecha Tofu Pirate
• lol @ Rain on Their Parade achievement. : DOOManiac
• lol I bet they had a great time putting this together, kudos valve :) : yosemiteclimber
• I'm always impressed with the clever achievement names they choose. : freshyk

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• Ray, if someone ask if you're a god you say YES! : metalremains
• At least it'll be better than Sherlock Holmes : ateam311
• These jumpsuits seem a lot tighter after 20+ years. : tboomer2
• This could be neat if it doesn't take itself too seriously : melt_core
• awesome, i hope its live and not 3d. also, I'd slime Alyssa Milano anyday ;) : AMikaboshi
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  Aykroyd still fears the project could "blow up" "at any second" but he hopes the new film will herald in : das_runt
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    A woman ghostbuster!?! THAT WILL BE THE DAY! : pigvomit
    • But who will be the gate keepers? : tboomer2
  • I guess it makes sense. :O : CrustaR
  • Because that would be weird. It'd be like watching Buffy. : Edges
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    I started picturing the Charlie's Angels movies when I read that :( : byorn
    • exactly. They would of course have to be badasses right? They could kick a guys ass and all that stuff. : .frame
  • jessica beil!!!!! : mindshot
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    To be fair women make terrible comedians. : Bamtan
    • hardfl1p, maybe it will 0wn anyway. :[ : CrustaR
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      Hi. Allow me introduce you to a Ms. Roseanne http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M89pTcWq73A&feature=relate... : Cihte
      • This is NOT helping your case : Solstice
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    i think having hot women as ghostbusters defeats the purpose. the ghostbusters were funny because they... : EvilDolemite
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      i mean would ghostbusters have been a classic had it starred dolph lundgren, sylvester stallone, and bruc... : EvilDolemite
      • I'd pay to see this. : thekidd
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        I don't think it would have worked with any other cast. In the other thread I said I think its kinda lik... : .frame
        • i agree. the actors were goofballs without trying. i cannot see the point of making a third one. : EvilDolemite
        • Well Shawn of the Dead, but that was also meant as a campy fun movie. That being said, I liken Ghostbuste... : Solstice
      • It was well before Dolph and Bruce got famous. : sigpro
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      Yeah, they were university research science geeks. On the fringe and not well respected because of their... : pigvomit
      • Yeah they were three dumpy white guys and one black dude who thought they were crazy. Comedy gold. : Schnapple
    • You have a point there, EvilD. You have a point. : CrustaR
    • I agree, this sounds like Charlie's Angels (that silly remake) with proton packs : cap n KRUNCH
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      All-girl ghostbusters? Awesome because we need another movie about how women are awesome and empowered an : GloriousCow
      • I have no doubt this is exactly what will happen. : .frame
      • haha I think you nailed it. : Poor Yurik
      • sounds about right : aurealis
      • That's exactly like that scene in Terminator Salvation one of the reviewers described. : Godhatesfatpeople
      • LOOK AT THAT SHE'S TOTALLY AWESOME AT PROTON PACKS EVEN THOUGH SHE'S A WOMAN. haha. I lost it at this ... : thecray
      • Awesome. : ieGod
      • hahah potw : AlexXdude
      • you are indeed the most glorious cow.. : deathofrats
      • god, that's terrible and scary and probably accurate : das_runt
      • hahaha great : armybob
      • hell even id jerk off to this. : -=kodiak=-
      • Hahah, awesome. : CrustaR
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        I dont know about that second thing you posted there... I mean... have you seen Phil's wife? : conandan
        • I haven't. Pics? : ateam311
      • I didn't want them to make Ghostbusters 3, but now I do so we can applaud your accuracy a year from now. ... : ThomW
      • Perfectly done GloriousCow. This is EXACTLY what I'm afraid this movie will turn into. :( : thetangent
      • bravo, bravo. I am in love with this post : Begawkiness
      • well said. : bakanoodle
      • I want Lacy Chabert in this movie. : eldiablo01
      • Spoiler tags needed! : zehh
      • hahahaahha holy shit lol. charlie's angels with GHOST BUSTIN : Downforce
    • Exactly. : razlebol
  • If I was not so tight on time today, I would write up my fantasy encounter with a hot female Ghostbuster.... : mace
  • get this girl power shit away from ghostbusters : gmd
  • They must use their Proton Bikini's to fire their duel proton beams, and snatch the helpless ghosts in th... : Crimsonbeak
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    From how he described it, I hope it does. : Poor Yurik
    • Blow up, that is. : Poor Yurik
  • That sounds fucking stupid. I hope it doesn't happen. : Godhatesfatpeople
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    Here is my Female Ghostbuster Power Ranking, based on actors that I think could me the requirements which... : das_runt
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      Queen Latifa was extra funny in the old Fresh prince series. And she's aged very well so could be the mat... : Solstice
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        If we're going for older (35+) Ghostbuster ladies, then the Power Rankings is vastly different: 1. Amy... : das_runt
        • Unless this is your grandpa's Ghostbusters. : dmason
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          He also said Milano and she's no spring chicken. I think she's only a couple years younger than Latifa. : Solstice
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            Upon research there is only two years between them. Latifa in 1970 Milano in 72. Hell Dushku is only 10 y... : Solstice
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              Interesting. In any case, while Milano is cool and everything, I can't think of a single funny movie she'... : das_runt
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                Oh come on Who's the Boss was funny as hell. when i was young and stupid : sigpro
                • Mona was the Boss. Just sayin. : Solstice
    • Wow, that's actually the perfect list (if they're really insisting on this new Ghostbusters cast that is)... : thetangent
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      I'd like to submit for your approval Beyonce's little sister, Solange Knowles. http://www.imdb.com/media... : Ajax
      • My penis likes your tastes. : mace
      • i definitely like her more than beyonce : das_runt
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      Kerry Washington would fit nicely in that role. She's also tasty, list mustard on a potato chip!!! : mace
      • list = like, my typos are something of a ass licking : mace
      • you're reading my mind! Meagan Good is also up there, casting on pure hotness : das_runt
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      Rosario Dawson with her uneven nostrils also works. : mace
      • Thank god someone else finally said this. For a long time I thought it was just me with how everyone was... : Solstice
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        i noticed that shit at the end of MiB2. the camera slow zooms on her face for like 5 seconds and she look... : das_runt
        • EXACTLY!!!! again I thought it was just me for the longest time. Too much LSD as a teenager :D : Solstice
      • I hope we get to see them titties bounce like in clerks 2. : Turd Ferguson
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      What, no Summer Glau as a female Egon? : hbalce1
      • I was only considering actors who had done comedy, but I like it! : das_runt
    • Alyson Hannigan won't happen for a while if she takes a maternity leave... : ArtilleryMarker
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  I think the game is going to be much closer to what fans want. This movie is going to be about the new Gh... : byorn
  • agreed and im not sure i think the movie is a good idea. : smacknca
• They lost me at all female ghostbusters. Nothing against a female ghostbuster, but all female, I just don... : hbalce1
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  Has Dan Aykroyd been in anything good since.. I dunno... Tommy Boy? : bozer
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    Grosse Pointe Blank would like to have a word with you. : pandastrong
    • One of the best movies ever. : brickmatt
    • *Bing* *Bing* *Bing* POPCORN : Toth21
    • i think that might be my favorite Dan Aykroyd performance, he really sold it : das_runt
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      Was that after Tommy Boy? : theghostofsmdever
      • If only there was some vast network of computers I could look this shit up on. : theghostofsmdever
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  THE SECOND ONE SUCKED SO WILL THIS ONE. : voodooraze
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    ok sucked is a little harsh, but it still wasn't as great as the first. : voodooraze
    • no it sucked pretty bad : mikecyb
    • It WAS the first one. Just a touch different on the plot points. Tho I did love Peter MacNicol's characte... : Solstice
• Aw hell nah! Videogame is ok but leave the movie side alone. : Mad Brahmin Disease
• Yeah I went from being elated (all original cast) to being depressed (passing the torch to all female cas... : Solstice
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  • awesome : GloriousCow
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    What is this from? : jamesray
    • http://traditionaldanimatio.deviantart.com/gallery/#Ghostbusters Some dudes pet project : Godhatesfatpeople
• "could blow up at any second" is pretty key : MoreVespeneGas
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  Alyssa Milano and Eliza Dushku and...? please god NOT Hayden Panietierri. More like Anna Torv orrr Zhan... : beastrabban
  • no way. all Anna Torv would do is make sad, pouty faces at the ghosts and then wait for Joshua Jackson to... : das_runt
• nooooooooooooooooo : jonin

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  ps it's awesome yes I'm biased : derelict515
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    fuck, i only have 9.5gb left in quota this month and smallest i can make the download is 2.7. I have 17 d... : filthysock
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      lol Australia :( VS is worth cutting back on porn for a week :p : derelict515
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        in a few months, you'll be saying "lol USA": http://www.stopthecap.com : biskits
        • It's going to be a lot more than a few months (if ever) before there are literally no uncapped ISPs like ... : derelict515
    • I thought this happened eariler this week?? : m0rfus
  • tell me why it is awesome : Yanks
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  What does VS 2010 have that 2008 does not? : Maddog_Delphi97
  • it's 2 more than 2008, man. TWO MORE! : zerog83
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    Too many to list in one post: C# 4.0 (dynamic typing and more) DLR is in .NET 4.0 so you can interop be... : derelict515
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      is the IDE reasonable to use finally? : fufux
      • Well I don't know, because I already thought it was :p what are your specific usability complaints? Navig... : derelict515
      • Did you say that the visual studio IDE was not reasonable to use because that doesn't really make any sen... : Yanks
      • What do you mean, "finally"? Visual Studio has been the finest IDE I've ever used for over a decade. : electroly
      • I'm not even a developer and I can tell you that the IDE is reasonable. I spent a total of two hours w... : fleabug
      • Rico Mariani, performance guru, is working on it. : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
      • No. Because if you didn't think it was before, you're either doing things that most people don't, or you... : boarder2
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      hopefully the iron ruby team will have got to v1 by the time vs2010 RTM comes out. : filthysock
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        Not sure what their schedule is, or if it's public, but don't be fooled by the .3 version number, it's mo... : derelict515
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          yeah, i saw they're up to 71% tests passing, not bad : filthysock
          • yeah, and that's mostly stadard library compatibility failures, the language compatibility is closing in ... : derelict515
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  We're just about to ship a product built on top of Visual Studio Shell (2008). God, I hope they've improv... : rock elf
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    The shell is all WPF now and uses Managed Extensibility Framework for more, and hopefully easier to use, ... : derelict515
    • Cool, sounds good. I've been fairly well shielded from the shell stuff, since I've been working on the cu... : rock elf
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  VS is such a nice IDE. I wish Eclipse had the same sort of autocomplete : sikander
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    and Eclipse wasn't a giant memory leak dog written in java : filthysock
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      it's really bad on OSX for me. I haven't used the Windows version in years. : derelict515
      • It's better on Windows, although not by a ton. When I had only my Mac, I actually ran Eclipse under a Wi... : electroly
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  wtf. I'm still opening builds in 2003, 2005, and 2008... : mrtony
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    You should at least migrate the 2005 shit to 2008. But yeah, 2003... I'm in the same boat : Schnapple
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      I've upgraded all the stuff I work on to 2008. not everybody else I work with is so nice : mrtony
      • Same here. Upgraded all my stuff to 2008. : Gary the Llama
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    I am using VS 6 at work :( : SenorSpine
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      I'm in the middle of moving from Borland C++ Builder 5 (lol) to VS 2008. Fun times. : Colleton
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        Yikes, Borland : WhatIsThisFor
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          Yeah. I've got ~ half of the applications done, and am ready to be shut of Borland. It worked OK, but it'... : Colleton
          • The executables that Borland C++ would generate... how do they compare to the executable generated by the : Maddog_Delphi97
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  • Truer words have never been spoken. of course you can pretty much put any company in for Microsoft an : Yanks
• yay, thanks for the link! : Enigme
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  vs6.0 4 lyfe : Chandler55
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    We have guys still using Visual Studio 5, or, as the splash screen calls it, Developer Studio 97. They're... : rock elf
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      I'm pretty sure the C++ compiler back then (and in 6) had more than a few issues : derelict515
      • in this past year we had to do 2 emergency releases to fix bugs that would have been caught by a newer co... : electroly
      • They sure did. The broken scoping in for loops springs to mind. The command-line tool we build with VS5 i... : rock elf
  • The VC++ slogan this year is '10 is the new 6' ;) : derelict515
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    This is still my everyday IDE, unfortunately. And we use SourceSafe 6, as well :-( The product I work o... : electroly
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      You can't start isolating those components into their own assemblies and write newer bits with newer tool... : derelict515
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        Isn't Visual Studio a giant legacy C++ codebase? I assume the core of it is still unmanaged C++, directly... : rock elf
        • It was, parts have been updated (like the new WPF frontend). But those old parts still in native definite... : derelict515
      • it was decided that the return on the investment of figuring out how to write parts of the program for a ... : electroly
  • Youngins. When I started college, VS '97 hadn't even come out yet. Us CS majors had to use Visual C++ 1... : riptyde
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  I hope the DLR brings Objective-C and a third-party/open-source Visual Studio-driven Cocoa/iPhone dev env... : yakz
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    lol'd : Cheeziologist
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      Why is this "lol'd"? I'd get a lot of extra productivity out of even a basic language compatibility. For ... : yakz
      • This is part of why I love Flex development. Flash runs on EVERYTHING, and there are remarkably few inco... : electroly
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        objective-C isn't the issue. I lol'd the idea of getting cocoa/iphone libraries in the visual studio thro... : Cheeziologist
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          Oh, sorry, I didn't mean like, GNUStep for .NET or something. Kinda thought that would be obvious. : yakz
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            how do you propose to get an iphone dev environment on windows without reverse-engineered NS libraries? I... : Cheeziologist
            • I don't need them. A platform vendor's API is a starting point, not a mandate. : yakz
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    Ted Neward recently gave a talk at LANG.NET on a similar topic.langnetsymposium.com/2009/speakers.aspx Y... : derelict515
    • Not sure what happened to the www in that link... : derelict515
    • I don't have time to work on my own products as well as the platform. I'll just manage with whatever is a... : yakz
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    hahahaaaaaaaa : Yanks
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      I don't think a compiler, intellisense, and project file support is that laugh-worthy :( It'd be really n... : yakz
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        There's so many things that will never make it to Windows, be it the libraries, all of the bootstrapping ... : Yanks
        • I don't need the parts that will never make it to Windows. The platform-specific shit is either unnecessa... : yakz
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  I heard there's a new manager over the Visual Studio suite and that he was bringing an ass load of perfor... : dael
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    http://blogs.msdn.com/ricom : derelict515
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      Good that they're working on WPF performance, because that whole thing is a fucking joke right now. : boarder2
      • Well 2010 should be a pretty good example of a large scale WPF app so you can see how it's going and repo... : derelict515

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  the weird thing about #1 is that two straps is so much more comfortable and in my opinion, looks better ... : EvilDolemite
  • same here : swoopx
  • That's because only fags go to college. : Polysorbate
  • Yeah, same here. It's also way better for your back and neck to use both straps. : riptyde
  • Same : GBeer11
  • oh yeah. I'm sure I caused permanent damage in Jr. High one-strapping my backpack. I'm sure those bags ca... : Cihte
  • i feel retarded that I one-strapped it uncomfortably for so long because it was supposedly cool. and... : GloriousCow
  • Same here. I've used a messenger bag since high school, and I have no option other than to be gay :( : mysled
  • GAY. : Rice-Rocketeer
  • Hahaha the one strap is way more comfortable in my opinion, but that's probably because I'm straight. : shwortdogg
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  When I was in middle school, it was if you had 2 earrings you were gay. The notebook and backpack strap t... : haiku
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    why did you go to that alternative high school anyway? : EvilDolemite
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      because he is gay : khaosman
      • we established that like, ten years ago though : EvilDolemite
    • I started in a normal public high school, as a freshman. This was in Scottsdale, AZ. If you've heard anyt... : haiku
• know how I know you're gay? : derelict515
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  pretty sure the earring thing is backward. LEFT IS RIGHT AND RIGHT IS WRONG! : ass-street
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    This is what I learned growing up in Tacoma/Seattle/Kent/Vancouver BC. My stepdad made me get one in grad... : jane911
    • pro-tip: your index finger and thumb on your left hand make an L if you look straight down on it. :) : ass-street
  • Right ear, a right queer. : rock elf
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    The kids I'm my middle school burned a kids house down because of this. No shit. He accidentally got it... : jingletard
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      whaaaat? who burned it down? did anyone get in trouble/hurt? : ass-street
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        no but the kid was flaming : GloriousCow
        • terrible, just terrible : mo13
• what about the guys having erections in the showers? : mindshot
• In my primary school it was the fashion to wear backpacks diagonally. So you'd take the right strap, put ... : rock elf
• Never heard of the first two rules!!!! : packav
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  right ear was gay at my school, that was about it. : filthysock
  • I know, right? Riptyde's school was wall to wall queers. : ThomW
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  Since being gay has less of a stigma than it did when we were kids, rules like that are not so prevalent ... : invisible_kid
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    i bet there's still a huge stigma attached : EvilDolemite
    • well there's definitely a huge something attached... : proclone1
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    There was definitely a huge stigma attached to being gay when I was in high school (early 90s). I don't ... : riptyde
    • We had several guys in our class that we all knew were gay, but nobody really made fun of anything except... : mafu5150
    • I graduated in '07, and even went to Catholic high school, and while kids were definitely accused of bein... : mysled
• beeing fucked by the principal in the ass is kinda gay... oh god :( i do not miss school : Utopia
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  It's more simple now. Gay porn on cell phone: gay. Straight porn: straight. no porn: Christian : exigence7
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    Who the fuck keeps porn on their cell phone? Can you really not go 10 minutes without seeing some chick ... : walker270
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      If I had a cell phone when I was in high school, I'm sure I would have done the same thing. : riptyde
      • You would have deep throated a donkey? : mafu5150
    • No, but that has more to do with living in Philadelphia than any personal preference : qaldar
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  Fuck that. My backpack routinely weighs 30-45 pounds. I'll be goddamned if that's going on one shoulder. : coldfusioncs
  • in high school that was one of my first memories of seeing a camera phone : crummynz
• Lol you had your earring in the wrong ear FAG : cltcprd
• I used to chew peoples' gum to be popular. : Cihte
• i thought it was "left is right, right is wrong" : GloriousCow
• I only heard of the last one. The first two are bullshit, especially #1. Fuck that. I go 2 or nothing. : NFXFSX
• People just call everyone and everything gay so there is no need for distinction. : ejectorpod
• If I use one strap in some cases, and two in others, does that make me bi? : steelsamurai
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  Nope. Everything is pretty much gay now. : pigvomit
  • 2018'd : ass-street
• Left ear is strait, right ear is gay. : CRasterImage
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  Holding your books to your chest seemed to be a very feminine thing. All the girls held them against thei... : johnlocks
  • I think you just answered your own question. Only the dirty whores would let their boobies show. : mafu5150
• You messed up the earring rule. No earring: straight. Earring: gay. : capt tripps