Morning Discussion: Water Curses

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  all this from a single piece of concept art. : not work safe
  • what do you mean? : K1Bond007
  • And a few bullet points. Impressive eh? : Godhatesfatpeople
  • he said he read the article? : mikecyb
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  Do you think cover systems are uniformly bad? This impacts how much weight I give your opinion. : derelict515
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    All of them? No, not really. It's good for certain games. Not ones like Max Payne. The thing about the co... : K1Bond007
    • I can live with that. also the rage engine should allow pretty good visuals if gta4 is any indication. th... : Hoax
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      Also Payne cant take cover by taking hostages and using them as human shields. That doesn't sound too bad... : K1Bond007
      • err can take cover by taking hostages. : K1Bond007
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    For me, Max Payne is about jumping head first into rooms. : Haku-Jin
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      Why can't you do that and also take cover? There are times you need to reload/get health/consider who to ... : derelict515
      • I never once thought I didn't have enough cover. If anything I just wanted more shit to jump off of. I ... : Haku-Jin
      • You don't need a dedicated "press X to slide to the closest cover point" system to do that. Let the shitt... : freshyk
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      that was about one of my gripes about the original game. room, 7 guys in it, no fucking way to get them a... : Hoax
      • I do not share your gripe. I fucking loved diving into a crowd in both games. After you picked yourself... : Haku-Jin
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  The voice made the game. Hard to image they are getting rid of it. It's almost like Condemned 1 to 2 all ... : FirstPersonCooter
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    Did Condemned 2 0wn or what? : CrustaR
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      They changed voice actors because the original wasn't gritty enough for the sequel. : FirstPersonCooter
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        What'd you think? :| : CrustaR
        • I thought it was an awesome game in many parts but lost its way at the end. I think it deserved way more ... : FirstPersonCooter
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  I want to be excited for it...i mean, the guys did Homeworld: Cataclysm and Bully... but hrml.. I don't k... : roushimsx
  • ok, and this game looks awesome, too http://www.mobygames.com/game/disneys-treasure-planet-battle-at-p... : roushimsx
  • Just so you know, I don't think anyone is left that worked on Homeworld, and 3/4 of us that world on Bull... : bakanoodle
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  I really dislike the direction Rockstar is taking the game. But since all the media that's out for the ga... : Dontdrop
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    It's not concept art. I can see the screenshots from the game right here. It's balded / bearded Payne wit... : K1Bond007
    • Heh, I bet they count that as a feature. : midgetherder
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      My mistake, that has me a little more worried then. He's dual wielding a shotgun and a desert eagle? : Dontdrop
      • I guess. There's two screenshots like that - two different shotguns. Looks like you can mix and match wha... : K1Bond007
• i think bruce willis would take me out of the game too much from hearing him : oHnOES
• If it's bad I will add it to the list of things like the Star Wars Prequels, or Deus Ex 2 of not existin... : Crimsonbeak
• wtf is their problem with the original max payne? I mean they can make a new shitty game about some brain... : thebigbeefsandwich
• thankfully you can just go back and play the first two. personally i'd rather see sequels that attempt... : gokart.
• http://forum.alanwake.com/showpost.php?p=41817&postcount=350 : notd665
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  so who are they getting to do the voice? the guy that played marcus fenix? : Dave-A
  • They don't say. All they do say is that it won't be a big Hollywood name. McCaffrey was perfect though. I... : K1Bond007
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  Here's a thought ... how about we just never have a Max Payne 3? How about we create new characters inste... : Toth21
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    Technically this is all "new" compared to the older titles. : Godhatesfatpeople
    • It's a reboot! : phate81
• They fucked the series when Marky fucking Mark played him in a movie. FUCK. : jingletard
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  The new 50 cent game was fun! : sigpro
  • This is true. But there wasn't enough chopper boss battles. : bakanoodle
• It's tough when someone takes a character design that you love and then disfigures it. I hated the chang... : Makenxero
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  WHAT THE FUCK, how can you replace the voice of Max Payne?! : Bamtan
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    He probably wanted too much money, so they concocted this BS, thinking that the fans wouldn't care so muc... : deathofrats
    • Max Payne has one of the most memorable gaming voices, like Solid Snake. : Bamtan
  • seriously, his voice made the previous games! : adsriordan
  • seriously : carmainp
  • That alone is insane to me. : tomservo
  • Easily. With someone who sounds 12 years older. : TaintedSyringe
• Oh what the fuck. <sigh> : freakynipples69
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  Why even bother calling it Max Payne at this point. So fucking stupid. : Conan
  • M4xx P4yn3 : FirstPersonCooter
• It's going to be amazing. : nodebug
• waaaah waaaah how about we just wait and see what comes out? : moe6
• Replacing his voice? fuck that, his voice was awesome. * N O T B O U G H T ' D * : MurrayTheSkull
• I think it's the game rockstar wants to make. Because of the new intellectual property gamble, they can j... : kingdepork
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  Is it a reboot? Are they doing those for games now? : pigvomit
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    All the time. Fallout 3 is a recently prominent example. : OverloadUT
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      How in the world was FO3 a reboot? : Modica Sol Solis
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        *shrug* because it wasn't isometric? : bakanoodle
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          I would think it would take more than that to be a "reboot". Maybe if they had the same story, but the... : Maddog_Delphi97
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            yeah, that or they completely ignore all previous stories and just start their own. Star Wars reboot p : bakanoodle
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              Well, even Star Wars kind of, sort of kept the same story. Just told it with different characters. An : Maddog_Delphi97
              • Well I guess Ninja Gaiden and Bionic Commando could be considered to be reboots. Maybe all it takes is... : bakanoodle
      • You couldn't reboot Fallout anyway... Because war... war never changes. : Toraz Chryx
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        Because it completely ignored the events of Fallout 1 and Fallout 2 and just did its own thing? : OverloadUT
        • It was on the other side of the country, there'd be no events to know of. There's a lot of small hints he... : Modica Sol Solis
• I don't know, it could work. I hope it does. : melt_core
• fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck! Rockstar - why must you do this to me? whhhhyy. this upsets me greatly, shack. : choppp
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  why pay money for a franchise if you're just going to change everything? : GloriousCow
  • Because the name still sells : tomservo
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    It's still the story of Max Payne.. They are not changing everything too. People are really over reacting... : razlebol
    • but we do it so well. : dahanese
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      how are they not changing everything? max payne is about new york detective who loses everything and s... : Maarten Goldstein
      • Well said : Makenxero
      • It's the story of Max Payne. For all we know, he might sound similar to the actor who did the first 2. He... : razlebol
• Why did he need to change in any way? The old voice was gold. : abrasion
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  Seriously, some of you whiny dumbasses need to remember that Rockstar was also behind MP2, and a critical : TaintedSyringe
  • I hope they start a petition about it like L4D2. 2009 - Year of the Q_Q : Godhatesfatpeople
  • Those that haven't seen City of God, watch it. It's incredible. : TaintedSyringe
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    What did Rockstar do for MP2 besides publish it? : pyrogen
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      When I started at Rockstar my first job was localization for MP2. :D : bakanoodle
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        Do you know what other work Rockstar did? : crummynz
        • I mean, out of curiousity. : crummynz
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          a lot of the audio production and visual actor stills i think : Maarten Goldstein
          • yeah, this. : bakanoodle
  • Rockstar "wasn't behind MP2". They published it. It was a Remedy game through and through. No Remedy inpu... : K1Bond007
  • I think you're confused... : electroly
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    ...if you can call mastering some CDs and slapping them in a box being "behind" a game. For the record : mn3m0n1c
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      that's distribution, publishing is a bit different and can be more involved depending on a number of fact... : mikecyb
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        True; I was oversimplifying for effect, though I su8spect that in the case of MP2 there (probably) wasn't : mn3m0n1c
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          Max Payne 2 actually didn't sell very well at all, which is why it's taken so long to make a third one. ... : mikecyb
          • That's a damn shame too; I thought 2 was better than the first. : mn3m0n1c
          • Bingo. Their input and $$$ helped make the game the incredibly tight and polished AAA title we know toda... : TaintedSyringe
• Yeah... :/ : timaste
• First thing I thought of when I saw the cover was Carl from ATHF. : the archvile

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  Haha I still do that from time to time. : hoov1185
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    To actually contribute, I have a terrible habit of trying to point enemy locations but not talking to any... : hoov1185
    • Hah I do that too. It must have sucked to be on my team during the TF2 tourneys : melkore
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  I overthink things and then twitchily overcompensate and end up shooting near someone for a splitsecond b... : Dave-A
  • same problem : BCFire
• I used to have a habit of firing at the biggest target, even if that meant switching from the person I wa... : ejectorpod
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  Why's this a bad habit? Gives away your position? I never like to use grenades/molotovs. I'm always te : Anastomosis
  • i do this in single player games always : MrBig0
• Installing and uninstalling the same game10 times in a year. : Cashh
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  Another bad habit I have is not engaging the immediate threat. As in, I'll be chasing person A while taki... : hoov1185
  • I've done this too :) : mafu5150
  • I once started following Person A, chasing him with the intent of knifing him. Then, out of the sides of ... : ejectorpod
• A newly developed one for me is in L4D - for some reason, even though I'm a huge fan of head shots, I wil... : mafu5150
• i don't side step or circle when i get flustered (which is often) in MP games. I walk forward or back but... : dahanese
• Also: TANKS people keep telling me to shoot the ground near the enemy, but I never listen and instead go ... : PapaBoo
• http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=20131608 : amrbean
• quicksave quicksave quicksave quicksave quicksave : chazums
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  Reloading while advancing. This has gotten me killed so many times. : dirge23
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    Yeah I have FPS OCD with reloading....it's stupid, clip of 50 bullets I reload obsessively after 2 shots. : kainen1
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      The guy showing off the E3 Modern Warfare 2 gameplay was driving me crazy because he kept doing this. : hoov1185
      • I like how Rainbow Six 3 handled this, you could do it, but eventually you would go back to that magazine... : sigpro
    • I've made a conscious effort over the years to stop doing this. : skankcore
    • Same, HL MP caused it :( : abrasion
    • I am the exact same way, but I'm actually pretty decent and knowing when I really shouldn't, but I have t... : Derringer
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    Not reloading while in cover : ? : Anastomosis
    • yeah, it's a dumb mistake : dirge23
  • I do this sometimes. So bad. : aggro crag
  • I do this all the time in TF2 :( : action wombmate
  • Yah, I do this too :S : Arctic Fox
  • Pro Tip! Weapon switching is faster than reloading: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOAPKxqutv8 see segm... : graah
  • there should be an achivement for dying 50 times while reloading : MaverickOrig
  • yeah :-( : opengl128
  • This one has come up quite a few times in these kinds of threads. I think I've finaly stopped doing it t... : MacemanInTW
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  I bound knife to all my mouse buttons!!! that way in a OH SHI......panic, I always knife first :) : ShadowRam
  • But BAD Gaming habits?? assuming that when I have 3 teammates behind me, I won't get shot in the back...... : ShadowRam
  • how would that transpose to console gaming? I only have one knife option on the 360 game pad : PapaBoo
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  I have to always go do and collect every little thing in the world before I can do the main mission in an... : nandu666
  • me too, but i play it for so long i usually dont finish : MrBig0
• It takes time. I wasn't much of a melee person in Bad Company myself but over time I realize it as an opt... : Sailor of Fortune
• Jumping. I always jump around like a retard. : midgetherder
• Play on the 'BOLT rifle only' servers in WaW. When ur close up and miss with the shot it turns into a fig... : nrgXs
• I'm unwilling to expend "heavy" firepower. In most cases, if I think I can kill the enemy (or enemies) w... : Arcanum
• Relying on my teammates. I assume that they'll go a certain way, or at least cover behind me only for the... : PointlesS76
• After playing L4D so much, I now think I can melee in every game with the right mouse button : niceguynick
• I have this habit of playing far too defensively. In sf4 I always get my ass handed to me by overagressiv... : getfrisky
• I have a terrible habit of calling people a faggot in a post win lobby. j/k : ghostmac
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  My bad habit lately has been buying games and then: A: Not finishing them (ie DoW2, Assassin's Cree... : coyoterys
  • I defeated DoW2 the other day since it was on my spreadsheet. It was a fun game. : CrustaR
• Shacknews. : ThomW
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  masturbating to in game cutscenes of effeminate men. : baronzemo78
  • Oh shit. i need to change mine to this. : ThomW
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  Not finishing games is my number one bad habit. I still have RE5 unopened in the wrapping. : Defacil
  • I have the same problem! I keep buying the cheap sale games on steam each week and play until the next on... : matt518
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  I have this problem with reloading. I'll kill someone hit reload even though my clip is 2/3 full and then... : rhuntley12
  • yeah, this happens too. Or I get shot with a betty in my hand :( : PapaBoo
• my good habit is that i dont play fps on console : toiletducky
• Ever since COD 1 on pc I have almost always cooked nades before I ran around a corner, it works 9/10 but ... : hirosushima
• Constant reloading, to the point where I'm reloading as I'm advancing and I run into an enemy while I'm d... : Serpico74
• I forget to use secondary weapons. I have to remind myself often that I have them. : Link.
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  I'm a chronic jumper in SF4. : David Craddock
  • Me too. I practically invite the dragon punch. : SiW.
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  I still tend to shoot at opponents feet. The is called "Rocket Launcher Syndrome" I blame Quake. : Wyvern
  • +1...thousand. : one random winner
  • yeah I do this all the time : Old_Fart
  • Me too. Now this often works to my advantage as a pyro in TF2, but more often than not I get myself kille... : Corvus orru
  • I do this quite often as well. : MacemanInTW
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  after installing a new game, I always have to into the Options menu before just jumping in and playing it : vynn
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    I do this too...even in console games. Fuck I even do this with DVDs. : Saman
    • I do this on PC and console games as well. : one random winner
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    haha, same. Usually it's to turn on captions though. : SiW.
    • Turn on captions and set resolution to widescreen on PC games. : baronzemo78
  • yup. i do this without fail every time. : dopeman
  • i do this too... even with dvds : nova_x
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    This isn't a bad thing at all. : Trips
    • for some reason it annoys my wife :) : vynn
  • Every. Single. Time. : legato17
  • is that PC or console because there is no way I'll play a PC game before i adjust my setting/controls. : Cashh
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    Me too, if only to invert the Y axis for looking. : Rasnowl
    • ^^^Communist kidding, of course! :D : mn3m0n1c
    • I did this for years and years, but after playing WoW for quite awhile I cant seem to play inverted anym... : MacemanInTW
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  I have a problem of always aiming at an enemy's chest. I guess it's my military training, "always aim fo... : Nuxes
  • I do this in FPS games and have even offset my crosshair to compensate. Then I shot them in the neck. : obiquatro
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  I just never seem to play a game to completion. maybe 1-2 a year, tops. My backlog is so huge, I will... : .Jayson
  • This is my biggest problem. : skankcore
• The older I get, the easier it is for me to just quit & walk away from a game if shit doesn't go my way. ... : jingletard
• I'll play a game non-stop for the first couple days, and then never touch it again. : Ellissd
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  I'll play a game long into the night, even if I'm not having any fun at all and am insanley tired, I'll j... : Gore87
  • You're a gaming machine!! : CrustaR
• Buying console games I never play. : Lightzout
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  i tend to horde the good pickups and not make very good use of them. haha : purekillforce
  • +12 : one random winner
  • Yeah I tend to use pistols as much as possible so I can conserve my shotgun ammo that I never use. : Turd Ferguson
• also, running into a gunfight with teammates, only to empty a clip after 3 shots and end up reloading whe... : purekillforce
• reloading at bad times in cs:s : feek
• ammo pseudo-conservation attempts. that nearly always gets me and teammates killed. : Downforce
• I have a soft spot for rushing when I'm alone or things stagnate/near stalemate. If I'm going down in a g : pharoah mike
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  Slight Sidetrack Who else finds themselves feeling guilty over owning non-gamers or close friends at f... : pharoah mike
  • Yeah I've done that before to try to keep it even. I have to say that is one great thing about Mario Kart... : zakazi
  • I had my friends in Iraq quit playing AAO because I was too good. We went back to SOF2 MP and I held back... : Sailor of Fortune
  • It's the opposite for me. The one person I know who really plays fighting games absolutely destroys me an... : Shadsy
  • Yeah you have to kind of let them win occasionally to keep them interested. Back when I was in college, ... : LemonJoose
  • yes, with non gamers. but i've become secure enough in my ability to really suck and make it not overt... : PlanetPerfecto
  • No. I follow the Conan mentality about what is best in life. : Poor Yurik
• my bad habit is fucking quick save compulsion. Hell, i even used it in fallout3 to constantly force locks... : Klebold
• I'm rush enemies that don't see me and usually end up giving away my position by accident. : Shadsy
• I cant press a button lightly. :( : Degenerate
• In shooters and RPGs, I hoard ammo like crazy and then never use it. I also compulsively save my game ... : MaxPete82
• I buy too many games and I don't have enough time to play them all. : LemonJoose
• Buying iPhone games I think will control well but dont and I end up playing them rarely. (does not includ... : Phunk
• "I wonder if friendly-fire is on?" and "This teammate will understand that I only shot through him to kil... : Cliffzorz
• I wish I new. I'm knew to this as well. : i am the baker
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  I don't do either of these anymore, but the two worst ones I was guilty of: 1) Saving up all my ammo f... : Poor Yurik
  • Packratting is a big problem for me as well with games like Fallout 3, Oblivion and Morrowwind. There is... : LemonJoose
• I still ignore weapons in my FPS arsenal even when they'd be the ideal choice for a given situation or bo... : mn3m0n1c
• griefing people who whine :( the first person who complains about c4, knives, grenade launchers, shotgun... : sweetnutz
• in quake games i enjoy strafejumping around too much and this often ends up with me rushing into situatio... : Mansmells
• Hi, my names Thomas Stucky, and... I'm addicted to the auto-save hotkey. : Stucky_101
• Constant quicksaving even though I only load when dead. : ZaldronGG
• I always turtle in RTS's. I turtle until I can build the biggest, most powerful unit, and I concentrate o... : thetangent

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  West We fought the dragon and the dragon won. : hbalce1
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    Man I have a lot to say about the session last night. I'm writing up a long post now. : OverloadUT
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      I think as an object lesson we learned that we can probably beat any single encounter (at least at this l... : hbalce1
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        at one point I remembered someone had a healing potion, but I couldnt remember who (I just knew it wasnt ... : hirez
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          Like I said, I see it as an object lesson. All of us are new to playing 4e and clearly don't have a stron... : hbalce1
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            And I thought we were doing so well when we took out the spinning blade trap. : hirez
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              Oh man I am sorry about that encounter. Did you guys like it? I hated it. I had not read enough about tra... : OverloadUT
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                hah, it was fine. I thought I was being so clever using my positioning strike to throw it into the pit. A... : hirez
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                  Yeah I wasn't happy with that one. I should have just had it fall, because really that was an awesome ide : OverloadUT
                  • It would have been pretty cool if it fell down and woke up the dragon, and while we were all patting ours... : BlackCat9
  • I hope it doesnt eat me. : hirez
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    Anyone dead dead? : zebosausamite
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      Total Party Kill. Except for the barbarian who ran away when he was the last one up. : OverloadUT
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        Wow, what kind of dragon was it? : zebosausamite
        • It was a young black dragon, with stats reduced to bring it down a couple levels plus a bit of adjustment... : OverloadUT
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      3 people captured, 1 person ran off like a little girl. I think its up to Overload as to what happens nex... : hbalce1
      • it should be a campaign restart. go in with a new group having heard the tales from the now bonkers barb... : Sparticuse
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        That is partly going to depend on what you guys want to do. I need to come up with some options for how t... : OverloadUT
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          I'm down with sticking with Kai, since he's not dead, but I could go either way, honestly. If everyone el... : Vincent Grayson
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            Hahah "Oh shit THAT'S what adventuring is? Fuck that I'm gonna go be a farmer." : OverloadUT
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              But no I figured you're sticking with Kai for sure! I mean you can change if you want to but even if ever... : OverloadUT
              • Kai's already a reboot of an old character, so yeah, I'll probably stick with him. : Vincent Grayson
          • I don't think any of us are dead yet. We were captured. Maybe Hama and Kai could attempt a cunning rescue... : BlackCat9
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    My crazy longwinded thoughts on last night's session: http://greglaabs.com/2009/06/death-of-a-player/ : OverloadUT
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      by this telling, i think you did nothing wrong as the DM. in fact, i think you would be doing a diservic... : Sparticuse
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        Well, identifying a monster just from a roar is outside of the standard rules, but one of those things th... : OverloadUT
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          they dont but i think its a no-brainer house rule to basically make every skill fall under that. its the... : Sparticuse
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            PHB p. 179, the DM might also use your passive check result with skills such as Arcana or Dungeoneering t : Goncyn
            • there we go. i guess it wasnt a genius home brew rule. in any event, i used that in every encounter i r... : Sparticuse
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          i was going to add this but im at work and i had a line of customers. i also think it is actually VERY... : Sparticuse
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            Oh for sure it's possible! But it's definitely going to be harder than looking at it so I would set the D... : OverloadUT
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              but that was the whole point of my post. its not harder. : Sparticuse
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                I don't buy that at all. Could you as a person right now look at a tiger, lion, and some other large cat ... : OverloadUT
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                  eh, i can't force your hand for your game. : Sparticuse
                  • Well, you can usually tell the genus from the sound, but to correctly identify the species would usually ... : one random winner
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                    Well okay let's pretend that we're not talking about a game at all for a second. Do you really disagree w... : OverloadUT
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                      I think it also boils down to a little bit of accidental meta-thinking on our part. I'd wager most of us ... : Vincent Grayson
                      • The idea behind the knowledge checks (DC 15 to get the name and keywords, 20 to get the powers, and 25 to... : OverloadUT
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                      yes and no in my opinion. we grow up in a visually educated world where schools teach us through books... : tomatoactivator
                      • That's a point I failed to consider and a very good one. :) : OverloadUT
                      • ^^^ this. if im a ranger trained in nature, im gonna know an animal just as easily by its calls. : Sparticuse
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      That actually sounds pretty freakin cool. It would suck a lot more if these were higher level characters... : Delaric
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        yeah, it wouldnt bother me terribly (ok it would bum me out a bit) if I had to make another character - b... : hirez
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          I guess I am in the same boat. I would probably just make an improved 2.0 version of my warlord. He would... : hbalce1
          • i just like the idea of using the old party as a prelude adventure. something that was done before the "... : Sparticuse
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      Level 1 characters? I think you should have warned them about squeezing rules, and about going deeper. ... : grandmasterlee
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        He mentioned the squeezing thing, but we kinda ignored it. Also, my bad on the forgetting to mark ever... : Vincent Grayson
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          iirc, he mentioned the squeezing thing after everyone was running down the hallway to the un-opened door.... : hirez
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            did he tell you he lowered the stats on it? If not running was probably a good idea. : grandmasterlee
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              not specifically; there was mention of adjusting stuff to have us advance quicker. then he went and kille : hirez
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                Yeah, it was pretty fun. I liked how desperate the battle was, and how close it seemed like we got to mak... : Vincent Grayson
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                  You guys bloodied the damn thing, and I had not expected that to happen once you opened that door. You gu... : OverloadUT
                  • oh yes! i loved that my Handspring Assault was Reliable and the second time hit for a crit! absolutely my... : hirez
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              I disagree. Knowing what the stats of a monster are is total metagame thinking. If you wanted to asses th... : OverloadUT
              • Yeah, it's a little weird for me, because it's a new edition and you guys are the only group I've ever pl... : Vincent Grayson
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                So wait, you expect your players to roll a knowledge check against any encounter? To see if the creep ha... : grandmasterlee
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                  Well, yes! Of course! The assumption that you described is complete and total metagaming. Some groups lik... : OverloadUT
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                    I mean maybe if it were like... a particular species of bear you could assume that all adults in that spe... : OverloadUT
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                      I think one of the few problems I have with D&D is the assumption that the characters and players are equ... : Vincent Grayson
                      • This is probably true, and I've thought about this a few times. I as a player won't remember which room a... : BlackCat9
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          Somebody said something about combat advantage, but I didn't know what it meant. I wasn't sure if it mean... : BlackCat9
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            We also would've had to work some kind of weird system out for attacking it, since there's only two space... : Vincent Grayson
            • I think Overload just wanted to kill us >:) : hirez
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            In this case your assumption was correct. A monster squeezing grants Combat Advantage meaning you get a +... : OverloadUT
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              -5 i believe is the penalty to the squeezing creature : Sparticuse
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                Yeah which is pretty fucking huge. If you can force a monster to squeeze in combat that is a Very Good Th... : OverloadUT
                • NOW YOU TELL US. jerk. just kidding! : hirez
    • From your write up, you did the right thing. PCs are better than the average Joe but not invincible. imo... : kbnerd
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      Oh btw, a nitpick that will come up in later games when you start throwing bigger monsters at the party: ... : Sparticuse
      • Oh that's right. I knew in my head that it "reduces the size category by 1" but for some reason I wrote i... : OverloadUT
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      Ok, in my head this already sounds kind of critical, but let me see how it sounds once I run through it f... : BlackCat9
      • You know what would be a nice touch (if you redo the same module)? Finding your old characters bodies (o... : one random winner
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        I think you have brought up some excellent points that are worth addressing: 1. Stealth and trickery c... : OverloadUT
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          I think the situations you describe where the kolbolds might hear a ruckus and go out and explore makes t... : grandmasterlee
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            Immersive, yes. However, if I had had that whole group from the south room come north when they heard the... : OverloadUT
            • If we had a chance to hide, maybe they would have assumed the orc got free and ran off chasing after it. : BlackCat9
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              I think in a situation like that, that perhaps one or two kobolds would have gotten curious and come out ... : DianeOfTheMoon
              • This is definitely the best solution. I should have done that. :) : OverloadUT
        • Given that information, I think that locking the door we shouldn't have gone through would be entirely re... : BlackCat9
        • btw, your wife was awesome with the Dragon 'smack talkin' during that battle! : hirez
      • By the way, I think you should buy this RPG. It's one of the best RPGs I've ever looked at, but it's enti... : BlackCat9
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  Forum link please? I'm on a different computer : indosauros
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    http://shackdnd.greglaabs.com/forum/index.php : hbalce1
    • ty : indosauros
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      :( this website is ultra gay and non-responsive : tomatoactivator
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        Is it still being bad? I'll reboot the server if so. I was getting a 500 Server Error earlier but it seem... : OverloadUT
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          all i got was 500 server errors. then I stopped going there. : tomatoactivator
          • Okay server rebooted, the 500 errors seemed to keep reappearing so this should fix it. : OverloadUT
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  whatever this game is, wait for 5 sunders from Raknar or he will beat you : Downforce
  • always sound advice : Sparticuse
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  what guild tag should I put in? : Nation
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    What do you mean? : OverloadUT
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      I am signing up for an account and see this box: Guild Tag/Promo Code I did not know if putting "shac... : Nation
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        or am I confused .... and this is not a http://content.turbine.com/pages/www.ddo.com/beta_signup/index.ph... : Nation
        • No this thread is for the D&D that MEN play, as in the actual paper and pencil role playing game. We play... : OverloadUT
• So bummed I missed this thread today. =( : Wadmaasi

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• holy shit : thekidd
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  lol why is this marked NWS : Clay
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    because of the cock : thekidd
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      you love it. my post that is. : Clay
      • hahaha : Downforce
• this is awesome : Megara9
• I do that with my conure sometimes, but only if he needs to be transported somewhere. : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
• yeh and? everyone here does that : CoRDS
• There's a dude that sometimes shows up in my neighborhood. He's this itty bitty Mexican dude who is alway... : jessipoo
• I hate bird people. Bird ladies are the worst. There was a bird lady at a bookstore that I worked at that... : tinfoilhatter
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  Which swashbuckler is this? : pharoah mike
  • Captain Jack Cockatoo? : Clay
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  It's a Service Parrot. : trove
  • Green Light! SQAWK! : Clay
• ILTCatoo : cjcharv
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  there's a lady who works in this building who always has a cockatoo with her! : mikecyb
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    and she always drives in the middle of the fucking road by your offices like a stupid cuntface who thinks... : dahanese
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      whoa whoa whoa what just happened here : Clay
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        dahanese has a lot of rage : mikecyb
        • But at least she stylish road rage. : obiquatro
        • Apparently. : dudehoyt
    • you should bite off the lady's head in front of the bird. : Sailor of Fortune
    • You need a nap. : jessipoo
    • low blood sugar, eat a cookie. : cerealSAM2
• sometimes I drive with my dick over my shoulder : Luminair
• I had a friend who was blind and use a parrot as a guide. : Utopia
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  Oddly enough, I have seen this many a time here in AZ. I like birds and all, but I could not see driving ... : Stoned Gargoyle
  • I will concede that most king parrots are. I caught one of mine chasing a quail while the parrot still ha... : dafugg
  • I saw a guy coming up from Canyon Lake on a Harley a few years ago. He had a corgi on his shoulders. No l... : Satyric0n
• what's more dangerous? taking pics while driving or driving with a bird on your shoulder : dantastic
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  So how does one train a bird NOT to poop on them? : Jobos
  • i doubt you do : dantastic
• bird people are worse than cat people : kill9
• Mum, what the fuck are you doing in the states :( : abrasion
• Hahaha! Nice! : pturvz

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  There's already more than 100 replies. : deveus1
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    ugh my bad. Either way, interested players could check out the artwork to get an idea of the game : kgargs
    • Oh yeah, I hadn't seen any info about the game yet, so I'm glad you linked it. I was just letting people ... : deveus1
  • I'm going to cry : phokz
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  Nice. I think the beta needs more players so I'm happy to see this. : kainen1
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    Yeah, I played all day yesterday and sometimes you'd have to wait 10-15 minutes for a game to pick up. : kgargs
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      Also, you did not fake the funk in the game last night. We got schooled!!! : kgargs
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        Hey now I was 7-5-5 in that game. :) But yeah, we did - the other team was very fuckin good. If you... : kainen1
        • 7-5-5 is a lot better than my 0-3-5 :\ I think we got owned because of our team selection vs their team... : kgargs
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    goodolkgargs killstealer : Iwannaacura
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      that title really belongs to lakren or mcpants. They don't even try to hide it. : kgargs
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        i loved killing lakren last night, he was 4 of my 9 kills. felt soooo good : sesmaster
        • lakren's skills didn't translate well from the other game to HoN if you ask me. : kgargs
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        hahaahahaha I don't KS. If i get a kill, its because i worked for it. Its extremely rare that anyone real... : Xanthos
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          Dude I've been a witness to you saving a DD or attack until the very end of a fight! A WITNESS!!!! You'... : kgargs
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            I've done that like twice ever. If i'm attacking a hero that would not otherwise die, I have no compuncti... : Xanthos
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              man i've seen you stay in base with zeus with refresher and just ult to steal all of our kills : kgargs
              • DOUBLE KABOOM MOTHERFUCKERS : Xanthos
    • kgargs and plat2on1 always ks, makes it hard for C-level players like myself. ah well, lol : sesmaster
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  I want an invite :( Never played s2 tho :( : boomstickah
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    I see a lot of shackers on there : asponge, straddle, mittense, faluzure, re_verse, etc. so when they do ... : kgargs
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      My roommate is playing (Lexicon Leidun) but I don't get to :( : c0bra
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        I had no idea Lexicon was your roommate. You never played the *other* game with us though.. : kgargs
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          Yea I lost my Warcraft 3 keys and tried to buy new ones but it didn't work :( : c0bra
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            Wtc - where did you buy them from? : kgargs
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              I believe I tried months ago and they were all sold out. And now I actually just got them today from c... : c0bra
              • I'm still planning on checking out the latest release so it might not be dead. : kgargs
          • You don't need keys to play on garena. : miasma(&)
• But I don't have a Savage 2 account :( : c0bra
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  since this is my first beta, let me ask vaguely, when if ever will they open up more of the content? is t... : sesmaster
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    check out the forums here: http://forums.heroesofnewerth.com/ One of the s2 guys may comment here but ... : kgargs
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      nda sir!! : Iwannaacura
      • I haven't said anything specifically about the game other than "they will release more content" wtc : kgargs
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  gd it, I want play so hard. : graceofdragons
  • sm me your email address in case something magical happens : kgargs
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  I have an extra invite, who wants to touch me? : D45hiz
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    me : Vincenoir
    • plz :) : Vincenoir
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    Are you going to give it out or are you just showing off? : c0bra
    • oh that's a good way to get shiz to give you one : kainen1
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    Hook up graceofdragons or c0bra please. I played with grace before and if c0bra plays as much as his roo... : kgargs
    • I don't know if that would be possible. The guy is a machine. : c0bra
  • I will touch you : deveus1
  • give it to me : boomstickah
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    Pick me pick me : H@rvester
    • sm me your email : xjdrake32
  • I will love you long time! : aaarrrgh
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    Im sorry guys this came off as attention whorish and I really hate those kind of posts. With that sa : D45hiz
    • Please let that one be me! : aaarrrgh
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      aaarrrgh wins. Gratz bro : D45hiz
      • Holy shit, Thanks a ton :D : aaarrrgh
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  I've actually got three invites to give out. Anyone who's interested reply here, if I like you enough I'l... : xjdrake32
  • Give one to harvester. : dkrulz
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    I would like one please. : hirez
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      Well well well, if it isn't my good buddy hirez! I'm conflicted because I remember a certain SM that you ... : xjdrake32
      • oh right my bad. forget I said anything! : hirez
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        Look drake he calls em like he sees them. : D45hiz
        • That's it, I'm revoking the original invite I gave you. : xjdrake32
  • I'd love one too : edge198
  • me 2... : LordPall
  • I'll tkae one : boomstickah
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    I'd love one if you can! : deveus1
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      well since you've already SM'd me your email I'll just give the last one to you! : xjdrake32
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        We were owning up scrubs with the ambassador last night lol That gun is fucking hilarious. : D45hiz
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          shiz I don't know if you knew this about me or not, but I'm pretty much the best Spy player ever. : xjdrake32
          • I could tell with you rail gunning scrubs in the head left and right. : D45hiz
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        Thanks!! This will definitely help me unwind from this crunch I'm in. Can't wait to play tonight =D : deveus1
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          add kgargs, lakren, psigun to your friends list and join the shackdotatime group on steam (it's public) : kgargs
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            oh why wouldn't he add me? :( : kainen1
            • maybe you spoiled a tv show that ended years ago. : re-verse
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              cuz you the 6th man .. he dont want no scrub as a friend dog : kgargs
              • you dropped your sweatband man, dont get mad at me : kainen1
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              its been rumored that you don't quite break the threshold on dropping dunks. Sorry, someone had to say it... : Xanthos
              • you crazy man that's all i do lately, every day that passes more donks be served up : kainen1
  • You owe me one : midgetherder
  • i'd like to inform you that i am AWESOME : icking fudiot
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  how can i tell if i have invites : DrFlammable
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    login to the beta site and click on the invite tab : xjdrake32
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      I can't find it on forums.hereoesofnewerth.com . What am i doing wrong? : kgargs
      • beta.heroesofnewerth.com/ : xjdrake32
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    log into forums page and you see the panel : Iwannaacura
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      what panel? : kainen1
      • top of page that says "invites" is a button/panel : Iwannaacura
    • not the forums, you have to go to the beta.* site. : Slowtreme
  • how about you take this sweatband, bottle of Poweraid, and hit the showers with us flammable. : kainen1
  • razzle me up an invite plox : kpxkrnjc
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  I still have no invites to give out :( Maybe I dont play enough. I haven't played for a week because I wa... : Slowtreme
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    nah it's just done in pushes. You don't earn them by playing but I have seen them given out for making e... : kgargs
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      that sucks because I'd love to hook up one of my friends that a nub so I can have someone to rape me less... : Slowtreme
      • Try to contribute on the forums or watch for the s2 guys to play with and sweet talk! We've managed to g... : kgargs
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    I'll take an inv! : bRAINsick
    • Oh I misread. :( : bRAINsick
• if anyone has invites to hand out i'd love to give this a try : grendel
• Still needing an invite if this thread somehow has a massive turnaround. : devi| dog
• I'd like to try this, these beta invites are always handed out in the morning when I'm asleep. Grr. : arsonide
• Where can I check that? I have a savage 2 account. : freshyk
• ill give someone a bj for an invite : icking fudiot
• I would love to try this out if anyone has any invites. I've given out plenty of invites out in the past ... : Visceral Monkey
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  ARGH! i just spent most of the morning reading the forums and bug reviews. This game is going to own my s... : sesmaster
  • Since you are drunk 99% of the time I don't see how this could affect your game skills : kgargs
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    sesmaster please give me an invite : OverloadUT
    • I don't think any of us new players have invites to pass out. We got invited during this second round of... : kgargs
• I thought mercury was supposed to give me betas, waaaah! : Sailor of Fortune
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  I am enjoying HoN, but what is up with the S2 community? There are some hilariously angry internet captai... : Nick Breckon
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    You probably suck? : miasma(&)
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      Yes, that is the attitude I am referring to. I ran into one guy that called himself a "community deve... : Nick Breckon
      • inheritance from the game it was based on. Oh, and people are fucking pieces of shit. Just in case you di... : Xanthos
      • I agree. Thar hardcore Savage2 community is pretty asinine. I'm excited so many more people are getting i... : timaste
      • Ahh... so you both suck. learn some humility for christ's sake. : miasma(&)
  • Need more DPS! : Sailor of Fortune
  • maybe you havent noticed but the people who play these games are fucking dipshits? : Luminair
  • Yeah there are some shitheads but some system will probably be in place to help with this : kgargs
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  beta signups on facebook? end of the world, folks : foo
  • ^^^ this : graceofdragons
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  How similar is this game to dota? I've been playing dota for a long time and it would be nice to play so... : Konquest123
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    The NDA is very specific and says that we cant say anything about this game nor compare it to anything li... : sesmaster
    • How similar is it to a basket of oranges? : c0bra
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  I'll take an invite if anyone's still got one to give! : PenicillinX57
  • So will I, just putting it out there! : c0bra