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  I'd love to take some classes, but there's no way I could take 2+ courses and still work. Doesn't seem li... : Audhuml4
  • There's a "professional" program with one class a day in the evening, I think. Supposed to be for full-t... : sumo-hacker
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  yes. I have a friend who is also a consultant and he laments the number of times he has been passed up f... : grandmasterlee
  • Really? I've never once been asked about my education. Most clients just want to know about my past pro... : sumo-hacker
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    I don't buy it. Not many computer people have Master's degrees. : peter
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      Probably 75% here have MSc or higher. : uncleanmonkey
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        LOL : Nation
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          Not on the shack, at my work place. Point being "yeah, loads of computer people have MSc". : uncleanmonkey
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            I expect your sample size is too small. : Nation
            • but aren't you the guy who always comes in these threads honking and rambling about how degrees aren't ne... : the city
      • I do. : kaddar0
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    Majority of top flight programmers I've known have had B.Sc. I used to work in a lab with a bunch of PhD.... : steelsamurai
    • Were the phd guys older? It's weird how spending 8 years or whatever studying computer science won't... : sumo-hacker
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  you read "The E-Myth: Revisited" yet? How about Good To Great ( especially this concept: http://tkn.b... : Nation
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    you mean "the time and energy i put into a masters degree is probably not the best"? : sumo-hacker
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      yes, because of opportunity cost initially & the likelihood that you will continue to build yourself as o... : Nation
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        I don't have anything close to a business that could run without me. :( I need to start in that directi... : sumo-hacker
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          those two books I mentioned above are must reads for anyone attempting to build a business - at least in ... : Nation
          • I think I have the e-myth book, just got the Good to Great one. Thanks for the recommendation. : sumo-hacker
  • good to great is executive fodder : MoreVespeneGas
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  I dunno. What classes are there? What would you learn? I'd think once you hit BS in CS and BA in Bu... : manero
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    I dunno that I could put myself through some of that advanced stuff without the motivation of being in a ... : sumo-hacker
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      it's over my head, but frankly, I don't care ;) It depends on what your goals are. If you want to inv... : manero
      • Learning about compilers and languages would give more insight into how to properly use existing language... : sumo-hacker
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      0*(1(0*10*1)*)0* [a-z]?(_?[a-z0-9]+)* ... Seems strange for a masters level course. This is stuff ... : steelsamurai
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        You were taught regular expressions in the undergrad? I wasn't. : sumo-hacker
        • yep. I think second semester, first year, was when we did Lexical Analysis and Finite Automata Theory, wh... : steelsamurai
  • and list of classes: http://pmp.cs.washington.edu/courses.shtml : sumo-hacker
• Go for it. There's so much stuff that you don't know you need to know before you learn it, so taking univ... : uncleanmonkey
• you already have a lot of doors open for you. read books instead if you really want to learn IMO. : Pantene Pro-V
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  I did, I start my job in july. It's good for people who are jobless and want to enter a company as high ... : kaddar0
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    My eventual goal is to have some cool software (probably web-based) that just earns money on its own. ... : sumo-hacker
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      these are all things you can grab a book and refer to. The list of grad courses here are actually all goo... : steelsamurai
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        Mine certainly seemed water downed, but it was from a liberal arts school. I had to take a lot more non-... : sumo-hacker
        • well I will say that this M.Sc. will probably be very good for you because these are all pretty useful co... : steelsamurai

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  Riedlos, add meh (Whiteshack) ill be around a lot this weekend. get us our game on! : theWhite
  • yoou be added broseph : riedlos
  • very GG's man. You can tell i'm sloppy with anybody but my main :) your chun li is badass! : riedlos
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  SF2 car bonus stage in real life: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4n_9Nd9bhco : mechanicalgrape
  • haha fucking hell that's great : SiW.
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  Fuck you Balrog hard challenge #4! : mechanicalgrape
  • Of course, after I post about it, I beat it. Fuck you Josie Maran! : mechanicalgrape
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    Woo! Cleared all of his trials. : mechanicalgrape
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      you charge-character-knowing bastard! lol, i keed, i keed... I can't wait to get my stick, I think I am g... : AroundTheFur1380
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        Hah, well I'm trying to do the shoto trials as well. Just got up to Ryu's last hard trial, I think it's g... : mechanicalgrape
        • There are certain trials I just cannot do with a controller. I plan on attacking those when the stick arr... : AroundTheFur1380
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  Someone post more SBO qualifier videos. I can't find 'em! : jayacheess
  • I don't think they're up yet besides the finals and one of the mike ross/keno matches. : mechanicalgrape
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  I just won my first g2 tourney. Damn the level of competition in g2 is so fucking good. I got lucky and f... : wtf242
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    Enjoy your stint in G2. G1 is so boring since there is almost no one available to play. : herradura99
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      jesus. how many points do you need for g1? I see g1-a players with over 10k. I can't imagine playing that... : wtf242
      • errr g2-a i mean : wtf242
      • 15k gets you into G1. : mechanicalgrape
      • I usually get 300-500 points a day. Around an hour's worth of playing. It adds up. I've played again... : herradura99
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    I think I was one of the akuma's you fought. I need to learn to fight honda. He's a weird matchup. O... : doozer667
    • GGs last night man. : bcyde
• Hey gegtik you up for the match sometime monday afternoon/evening? : TrptJim
• What's the deal with players that spam low kick and punch nonstop? I played some g2 dude and that's ALL h... : wtf242
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  championship mode update G2-D with 3025GP : eeeealmo
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    nice! you are climbing up there. Takes a while, though :( The way I have started looking at it, to reach ... : AroundTheFur1380
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      7.3k here. : r3ckless
      • sweet, that is equivelent to 73 tourny wins! much less of a mountain than I face, I am hoping to cross 4K... : AroundTheFur1380
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        We need to play again. I think we've only played once, and I definitely need some Gouken/Akuma practice. : mechanicalgrape
        • Are you available now? : r3ckless
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        Wow you're climbing up fast. I haven't been able to play in around a week because I've been out of town,... : bcyde
        • I play way more than I should... : r3ckless
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  So today I made a conscious effort to forget everything I have been trying to learn in the last month, as... : AroundTheFur1380
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    that low slide move by blanka just kills me. the range is crazy. : wtf242
    • yeah man, and his cross up double knee. I know it's coming, but I don't guard it like 75% of the time :( : AroundTheFur1380
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    I AM COMING ONLINE! : r3ckless
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      you went offline :( : r3ckless
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        Maybe you scared him off. : mechanicalgrape
        • sheeeeeeeeeittt. I will be on in a minute. That's all you had to say! I don't get scurred. : AroundTheFur1380
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  Someone play me. going downstairs. xbox name: wtf242 i'm not very good : wtf242
  • Can't play tonight, but I'd like to get some matches in with you sometime if you're a Honda player. I so ... : jayacheess
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    Accept my invite f00 : r3ckless
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      thanks man... I've never played a better gouken : wtf242
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        I feel bad when i play other shackers because I seriously don't know how to play any of the other charact... : wtf242
        • i dont know about other people but i have absolutely no problem playing someone with the same character o... : eeeealmo
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          You are one of the best honda's I've played. The only two guys I know are akuma and gouken...the other... : r3ckless
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            and even there...I think I learn from AroundTheFurl1380...he see's what his enemy does (most people repea... : r3ckless
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              You have gotten a lot better. To beat you tonight, I basically had to counter the counters you have broug... : AroundTheFur1380
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                my wife was distracting me! : r3ckless
                • lol, mine too. I saw boobies. : AroundTheFur1380
      • I need to fight you more. He's no blanka, but Honda is a sore spot for me at times. I would love to fight... : AroundTheFur1380
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  Come on PS3 menz. :( : smackpiece
  • I promised myself I wouldn't buy SFIV until it's under 20$ AUD sry. : abrasion

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  Works for me. : Sailor of Fortune
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    Yeah, that looks pretty decent. Interesting that it's available for the PC as well... looks very much lik... : five_percent
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      What kind of statement is this? What makes something a "console" game? : DrillBit
      • It's what all the cool PC gamers say nowadays. About any game that happens to be on any console as well a... : Omega Blue
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  Do want. I wish I had a console :( : Modica Sol Solis
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    it's for PC as well. : burning eye
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      But not for OSX :( I hate booting into Windows. : Modica Sol Solis
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        No console or PC? Get out. : Geoffrois
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          I am poor :( : Modica Sol Solis
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            Think of all the money you would have had if you didn't buy a Mac. You could have had a gaming PC and a c... : MeestaNob
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              And you could afford to hire someone to make your posts for you so that they didn't all suck. : SockMonkeh
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                You spelled Monkey wrong in your username. : MeestaNob
                • I was referring to Modica Sol Solis, you goofball. : SockMonkeh
      • So you'd rather just sip on your latte while not playing it at all? : _jon
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      Hot damn, I wonder how it controls on PC. : delataur
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        it's honestly pretty damn good. The default mouse speed is way too low, but you can change that :) : burning eye
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          So the excessive number of combos doesn't force you to play Twister on your keyboard? : delataur
          • In a way it's better. All the "powers" are bound to the function keys, so no need for a crappy radial men... : Beady
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        It does quite well. I have no trouble stringing combos together. Honestly it feels like it would contro... : spazzium
        • ^^ this ^^. : chilln
  • It's $48.50 on Impulse and they sent an email to demigod owners today with a 20% off coupon for anything ... : Sailor of Fortune
  • it's on steam : Cheeziologist
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  tldw? : retarded talking dinosaur
  • 8.6 : retarded talking dinosaur
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  Too many other games right now. Infamous was great, Ghostbusters next week, and Overlord 2 this month. : byorn
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    Who ya gonna call? : phil_mckraken
    • sadly a doctor to get this version of the GB theme out of my head :( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPNJj... : byorn
• That review summed up pretty much how I feel. : uncle slappy
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  I love Gametrailer's reviews, plus their site just works. : niceguynick
  • Agreed. They are my number one site for reviews now. : freakynipples69
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    Their reviewer is a good speaker and he's working from a script, so it makes the experience much more enj... : slax0r
    • yes, GT TV is the best : magicfucker
  • agreed, always enjoyed them : AlexXdude
  • Yeah, I try to catch every one of them. : Greymatter42
  • yea they are my go-to source for reviews now : eeeealmo
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    They are ok but I much prefer Giantbomb for video reviews. : razlebol
    • GB just seems too nit picky for my tastes : byorn
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      They seem to get shorter and shorter. Also, what is going on with their resolution? When clicking hig... : humbleone
      • No one having the same problem? Using FF 3 here. : humbleone
  • It's well edited too, they do a great job of illustrating what the reviewer is examining at that moment. ... : Barnahog
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    really nice to have followed the site from just being a collection of just... game trailers. it was gre... : cruel dem
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      I remember how it was organized too by game companies. And they were the only site with decent speed. I w... : Sailor of Fortune
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        yeah... that is kind of strange when you think about it. how did they manage to do that? : cruel dem
        • They got bought by MTV. : notd665
        • They are owned by MTV so I'm sure large amounts of cash flow freely. : AgentPothead
        • Wow, I would never even have guessed they were owned by MTV. So, um, good job MTV on not fucking up Ga... : slax0r
  • Agreed. They do good work. : Dr_Cube
  • Wow, yeah. I honestly hadn't paid attention to gamtrailers in awhile, but the whole time I was watching t... : braaains
  • Their intros are very nice too : sikander
  • I think a really big part of the reason I love gametrailers reviews so much is the guy that narrates them... : boarder2
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  I'm going for InFAMOUS instead. :) http://www.gametrailers.com/video/review-hd-infamous/49517?type=fl... : Sylvanus
  • The more I think about it, the more I'd like to get it anyway. ;) : Sylvanus
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  I'm completely having a blast with Prototype. The story isn't great, but I love just messing around, blo... : Matt Burris
  • I had a three helicopter strike team attack me and I hi-jacked one, and jumped from that one to the other... : Derringer
• I'm probably going to nab that game tomorrow. : mittense
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  Prototype PC is ridiculously fun. Might want to wait for a patch or go console though, there's widesprea... : smax
  • Bummer, although I'm lucky as it doesn't seem to happen with me on Windows 7 (Beta 7058) : Matt Burris
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  I'm really surprised at the > 8.0 reviews because to me the controls are horridly unresponsive due to the... : Shai-Tan
  • Begone foul Satan and no longer befoul my current loved one! : Malku
  • Unresponsive to the extent that you won't get used to it? With the tons of enemies attacking you at the ... : humbleone
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    The controls are not unresponsive. It totally feels like Ninja Gaiden in that iIf your guy does something : AgentPothead
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      Wow, two opinions as far away from each other as is even possible. Who do we trust? : humbleone
      • Trust me. Pothead's has it right. : Syrek
      • Controls are responsive. It feels really natural to run up a building then leap off while charging your n... : Beady
    • This is true, jumping is pretty much the one thing you need to get used, you charge your height before yo... : Derringer
• In case anyone is interested in purchasing this for PC, I have a 20% off code for Stardock's Impulse. It... : Penis Brittle
• Looks like an excellent game : sikander
• I'm playing it right now and my fuck it's too fun :D! : Malku
• So earlier today, I nabbed up some pedestrian and took him to one of the taller buildings in the city. Se... : Greymatter42
• picked up a copy for the PC, i highly recommend it to everyone, it's quite fun : hanged_man
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  Is there any multiplayer in this? : peetabix01
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    nope : trelain
    • :( : peetabix01
• The opening video for this game is one of the best I've seen for a while also. : trelain
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  mini review in reply : entropy
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    Prototype (PC version) the game opens with a simple, but motivating, theme. Alex wants Revenge. the ... : entropy
    • limes of the lamps : humbleone
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  Is that guy a hunter from L4D? : DM7
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    OH WOW THATH COMPARISON IS NEW AND FUNNY MWAHAHAHAHA : Syrek
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      First time I heard/saw/said that comparison so eat it please. : DM7
      • same here, i find it funny as well :D just ignore him : hanged_man
• I picked this up on Friday but only just played it this afternoon. Holy fuck is it entertaining. Its n... : Beady
• Pc version... Acheivements? : baron calamity

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• Couldn't blame her, I wouldn't want to work with that Jim Raynor guy again either. Pig. : DrFlammable
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  Maybe they just thought she was bad? Or wasn't a good fit for their vision of the character? : peanut-
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    That is absoloutely not possible, I've heard the new chicks voice and the old chick - she's a very talent... : abrasion
    • Yes, old Kerrigan is much superior. : Smirks D
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      There was a SC2 Zerg trailer which came out about a year ago, and I think Kerrigan spoke in it. It sucked... : code-e255
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        http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=20158816 See this post, one is real actor one is the bad one. : abrasion
        • meh no biggie : dantastic
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  Maybe her voice has changed, it has been a while. : dissembler
  • It hasn't she did do one SC2 trailer! :/ : abrasion
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  The latter is the only reason I can think of not to hire Talken (Kerrigan) or Clotworthy (Raynor) again. ... : Marrbe
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    Wait, what? They're having someone else voice Raynor? : Robotic Puppy Eater
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      Yep Raynor and Kerrigan changed! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zq0-OfmfOiw Proper kerrigan voice htt... : abrasion
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        wow the original voice actor sounded a lot better : Modulus
        • and she wanted the job and original fans recognise her! smrt!!! : abrasion
      • Ugh, yeah, the new one's shitty... : code-e255
      • UGH yeah that new girl is horrible. : catman1027
      • Thats stupid. Bring back the original voices Blizzard! : Tincan
      • sounds really amateurish :( : GloriousCow
      • Wow the new voice is simply awful, made the whole thing seem like a joke 80's movie. : Toth21
      • Man this new Kerrigan voice is terribad. : LordHellMaX
      • haha wow that does sound terrible : Anti_dentite
    • I don't mind the new Raynor. But the new Kerrigan is terrible. : Crimsonbeak
• It does bum me out that the original VA isn't returning. I figure it's Blizzard stupidity personally. : RevRaven
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  If Michael Bay can get the original Optimus, Blizzard can surely get the originals too. : Sailor of Fortune
  • Blizzard actively rejected the originals..... http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=20158816 : abrasion
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  Based on what I know about the way Blizzard projects are budgeted within Activision and Blizzard itself, ... : Chris Remo
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    So why on earth would they do such a thing? : abrasion
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      No idea, guess they just preferred someone else. I think the number of gamers who would actually be aware... : Chris Remo
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        I bet they didn't change the voice actors who do the Korean versions. : Gonzo
        • Yeah that's all we need, have North AND South Korea pissed at us. : o0JediBeavis0o
      • When you say aware do you mean before purchasing? Or after? 'Cuz I think any fan of the series would ... : MoreVespeneGas
    • A design decision? They didn't feel her voice fit with Kerrigan's new persona? : walker270
  • She probably burned the wrong bridges or something : RikiTiki2
  • It's just so stupidly unnecessary. I mean, sometimes actors are dead when a sequel is made, or they're do... : Marrbe
  • this is what I was thinking. Just more elegantly put. My version. Blizzrd makes phat lewt and voice acti... : edgewise
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  I don't really care honestly. : razlebol
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    ^^^^ that. new one sounds fine. get over it. : barichnikov
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      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xONWaZ0CqF4 Really,.... fine? ok. : abrasion
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        the point is: who the fuck cares. you don't buy and play sc2 for a fucking voice. : barichnikov
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          Since I would have bought it for the SP campaign, yes, I do. : Marrbe
          • so don't buy it, im sure blizzard is missing out : MrBig0
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          I play 99% of my games for single player, Starcraft 1 is especially good because the characters are so li... : abrasion
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            you're the loud minority when it comes to this. the biggest audience for starcraft 2 doesn't care about t... : RikiTiki2
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              I'm pretty sure you're wrong. : Anti_dentite
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                i'm pretty sure millions of south koreans really don't care who the english VA is : RikiTiki2
                • I'm pretty sure millions of south koreans would prefer a 2D 640*480 game with no singleplayer campaign wh... : Tchest
        • Uh, yeah. Part of what made SC, D, D2, etc so memorable was the great voice acting. Maybe you ignore ... : MoreVespeneGas
      • Yep, it does sound fine. I didn't even knew it wasn't the same voice actress before this thread. : razlebol
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      Since there no rainbows in SC2, something has to be torn apart about it. : Derringer
      • are* no rainbows : Derringer
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  They did it so people could start an online petition. : Godhatesfatpeople
  • And boycotts! : RikiTiki2
• or someone getting laid : Marauder IIC
• Whatever makes the game come out quicker I'm all for. : DM7
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  Does it really matter? : mittense
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    I am the only one out of 6 billion people who thinks it's stupid, just me - I am the one. : abrasion
    • I think it's dumb too but I don't get my panties in a wad over it : AllYourBase
    • Is a voice actor in a PC game a deal breaker for you? If you are worried about the lore/storyline perspec... : DM7
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    nope : dantastic
    • i think it's because the old voice was sexier and now the faboys sexual fantasies to do it the centre of ... : dantastic
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    I didn't play SC1's SP campaigns for the gameplay (which was your typical build army blob throw at enemy ... : Toth21
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      starcraft didn't really have much else to convey the story with other than sound. the scripting (at the t... : RikiTiki2
      • What does that have to do with what I said? Your telling me there is going to be 100X the CG driving the ... : Toth21
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  This makes me angry. Blizzard just lost three sales. Get it? : herradura99
  • osnap : MrBig0
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  Do you have some links where the original actor said she wanted to return? I don't know if this matter... : Tincan
  • http://www.google.com.au/search?q=%22Glynnis%20Talken%22%20%22Starcraft%202%22&hl=en&meta= : abrasion
  • http://www.blizzplanet.com/blog/comments/starcraft_-_robert_clotworthy_jim_raynor_interview/ "Would yo... : Marrbe
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    Hmm, good question. Definitely sounds more like the original voice actor in the 10/08 vid. : David Craddock
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      "Glynnis: Blizzard just gave me my Dear John phone call. Basically, it was "We can still be friends--we j... : Marrbe
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        Yeah that seems to be the most up to date info, http://sclegacy.com/editorials/6-speculation/349-the-voic... : Tincan
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          Mengsk isn't in SC2 IIRC. He's being replaced by a son. : Modica Sol Solis
          • Ah, the only thing I heard of him was a short flashback clip here http://www.gametrailers.com/video/blizz... : Tincan
    • Meanwhile the new voice lady is priming her vocals on some executive activision cock. How do you expect ... : doomed
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  I do prefer the original voice. The new voice doesn't bug me TOO much, but it's nowhere near as charismat... : David Craddock
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    It could be the best voice actor in the world, doesn't matter. You don't change the original voice unless... : Marrbe
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      so amateurish is the only reason you're can change voice actors? : RikiTiki2
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        Correct. : abrasion
        • thanks! I can cross off: death of the voice actor incapacity of the voice actor, by illness or otherw... : RikiTiki2
    • Actually, IIRC, that is blizzards' explanation. They had no budget for good voice acting in SC1, and now ... : Tchest
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  yeah, i guess the original is better, but i really don't see what the big deal is. i'll still play the g... : pandastrong
  • So will I and I'll damn well love it, I'm really looking forward to it. Doesn't mean it's not an idiot mo... : abrasion
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  They both sound fine, QQ more. If anything, the new one is better because it's not just a regular human v... : wasylm
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    "QQ more" really? QQ more. ok. : abrasion
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      I guess all the whining in this thread made me think I was in the WoW forums again. : wasylm
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        I'm sorry, I'm being a dick, I haven't had any coffee yet. Honestly, the fact that they're changing it... : wasylm
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          I think the new one has a filter applied to the voice and that could be done to the old one :/ I just... : abrasion
          • Yeah I'm sure the filter could have just been applied to the old one. How much time is supposed to have p... : wasylm
  • You're right its not just a regular human voice, its a REALLY REALLY bland human voice. : Toth21
• the new one sounds too butch : Unleashed
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  I'm boycotting this now. Please sign my pointless petition. : soggybagel
  • haha I know, petitioning a computer game, ESPECIALLY a Blizzard game is akin to putting your hand up and ... : DM7

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  Dognose : shavenewok
  • he's ok. I like the work helvetica's been doing lately. and mikecyb isnt too shabby either. : hirez
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  Desert Combat followed closely by AQ2. : uncle slappy
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    Yes, DC is my second fav. This is why I love Frontlines Fuel of War because its the same guys that made ... : Wolfanoz
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      They also were hired to help with BF2. : uncle slappy
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        DC was better than BF2. At least, I put more hours into it. : AgentPothead
        • DC was better than BF2. only thing it really didn't have were the squads and mics...that would have been ... : gyokuro
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    DC was totally unbalanced, but the helicopters were cool. : code-e255
    • I loved the tanks in DC. Fast, laser like shells with flat trajectory. Shooting heli's out of the sky was... : edgewise
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  It has got to be Natural Selection for Half-Life. I'm so excited for NS2. : DrWaffles
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    When all is said and done, NS really is the best mod I've ever played. : Moonbase Commander
    • Agreed. : ShekkyBoy
• Natural Selection, DotA (if it can be called such), and... I think it was called Spec Ops for UT2004. : mittense
• I have fond memories of Jailbreak for Q2 but I'm too lazy to think enough to pick a favorite. : delataur
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  RA2 for Q2. Accept no substitutes. : mechanicalgrape
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    This. RA3 was alright but RA2 was amazing. : ConfusedUs
    • Right here. I played RA2 for almost 8 straight hours when it came out. : zerog83
    • Never played RA2, but I liked RA3 quite a lot. : code-e255
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  The Doom mod that had porn playing on a movie theater level. Pretty awesome at the age of 12. : devi| dog
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    I remember Duke3D having a level like that played Closer by NIN all throughout it. Like a huge XXX strip... : Wolfanoz
    • Was it the "penthouse" level? : SigENeaT
• LMCTF, QWTF, Counter-Strike : _jon
• So many to choose from. Umm.... Rocket Arena 2. No wait Counter Strike. No wait Alien Swarm. ... : ieGod
• AQ2 still holds a place in my heart - even though it's very dated. : abrasion
• Favorite ever? I'm torn between Headhunters for Quake, and Chaos Quake 2. : Arcanum
• The one I've played most was the original tactical ops for UT. It was my CS. : opengl128
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  Still Natural Selection or Tribes 2 Renegades. : Link.
  • Urban Terror 2.3 I 0wn3d : doomed
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  Desert Combat. I discovered the mortar bug and also was a super kick ass Black Hawk Pilot. My buddy becam... : Sailor of Fortune
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    You keep mentioning griefing. Why would you admit to being "that guy"? =/ http://www.shacknews.com/sea... : GrimmyD
    • Because it was hilarious and most of the time I find the bugs on accident. You have any idea how many tim... : Sailor of Fortune
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  Quake: Team Fortress / Eraser Bot Quake 2: Holy Wars / Lithium CTF / Chaos DM Quake 3: Bid for Power / ... : GrimmyD
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    Bid for Power? Really? What the fuck : ConfusedUs
    • I had a dbz fan thing when I was younger =/ It was still one of the neatest mods on Q3 for me. : GrimmyD
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  HL: Day of Defeat Quake: AirQuake Quake2: ActionQuake2 : skizl
  • God, Action Quake was such a terrible mod. It's basically instagib with a drab background. : tedv
• Threewave v3, QWTF, Loki's Minions : Sapiens
• ra2, ra3, counterstrike, desert combat my 4 best. but ra2 and counterstrike definetly the most played ... : chilln
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  quake kart : MoreVespeneGas
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    quake rally? : Ziggurat
    • yeah good times : MoreVespeneGas
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  q1 ctf. threewave though, not thunderwalker. threewave was superior for competitive stuff. : Ziggurat
  • oh fuck yeah. threewave ctf was the first i played. so good. : barichnikov
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    i like when q1 ctf first came out and the flags were the key models and it had the best grapple gun ever.... : esmokah
    • I still have this mod avaialble. Server-side threewave CTF, so the clients didn't have to have it instal... : thekidd
  • I'm with you on this one. : thekidd
• Quake Runes ! : barichnikov
• Action quake was so much fun! : cruel dem
• all time fav? AQ2 QWTF is a close second. CS third. : mindshot
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  Quake 2 Weapons Factory, the reason I started playing PC games online back in 1998 RA3, Classic CTF and ... : botch
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    Renegades WF for Tribes was a hell of a lot of fun, too. : MercFox1
    • I had a freakin blast with the shields/sniper rifle/turrets : vezatron
• Omfg I don't see a PVK reply. What is wrong with you people D: ? : Malku
• Q2 headhunters was awesome : anhero
• Dystopia of course... but I'm bias : VencieraX
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  Plugging the underdog HL mod Firearms :D : rossimo
  • I heard firearms was the best. : bluey25
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  counterstrike! : Juno
  • Nothing beats a good rush to A on dust. : pieman
  • My favorite. Played since beta 1. It just got better and better. : code-e255
  • I honestly can't remember playing any others. : thejm4n
• I think I put the most time of any mod into Gloom for Quake 2. That's my all time favorite. : Syixxs
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  Action Quake 2 which is why I'm supporting my buds on rq3.com : TimeDoctor
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    AQ2 was one the best mods ever. : Robotic Puppy Eater
    • I loved AQ2. [UN1] represent! : h0cake
• Action Quake 2 and TF for Quake : Penis Brittle
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  Team Fortress for the original QuakeWorld. Good times. : Maddog_Delphi97
  • ^^ totally agreed : Toth21
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    This is my pick as well. It's what turned me on to the repeatability of the online gaming experience. Y... : spazzium
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      Sniper air strikes, jetpacks....pyro lava nades? I totally remember this. : arsonide
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        Hahaha yes. It was towards the end of the peak of the popularity of TF, not too long before Quake2 was r... : spazzium
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          Wasn't that in TFC? But yeah, I didn't play MegaTF very long, it was right when I started gaming actua... : arsonide
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            It only took you 30 minutes to download MegaTF? Man... that woulda been nice. : spazzium
            • Thirty minutes... you are a patient man to wait to join a server like that. Probably would've been fas... : Maddog_Delphi97
• of course in their respective eras: natural selection Weapons Factory (Q3 i can't remember playing the ... : DrFlammable
• Half Life 2 SMOD : bigexplosions
• Ricochet for HL1. : Cliffzorz
• q3cpm, cs, dod, ...dota? : synapse19
• Priss Nukem. : RevRaven
• Counter-strike : [7]kami
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  Devistator for Quake 2. That was some fun ass stuff. : MacemanInTW
  • Or Capture the Chicken. So much fun at lans! : MacemanInTW
• Future vs Fantasy. I mean, I could name CTF or the few CTF variations I played a lot back in the day, but... : Vincent Grayson
• TFC hands down for me : niceguynick
• The original Enemy Territory doesn't really count so I'm going with Natural Selection. : datoo
• Thunderwalker CTF for Quake 1 : Thresher
• weapons factory by far : fathertime
• Quake 2 Expert CTF : JT
• Aq2 Qball : LSnoop
• Counter-Strike! Oh wait, Rocket Arena 3. : legato17
• Zerstoerer (first mod to incorporate a storyline/cutscenes) Classic Doom for Doom 3 (probably because I ... : CrustaR
• Quake FvF : Marrbe
• I have a softspot for Gloom and QPong for Quake 2. QPong was hilarious fun. : ConfusedUs
• CS, it was a half life mod no? : conandan
• Alien Swarm for UT2k4. : galewind
• Q3F : lowpoly
• Top 3? 1. Team Fortress (Quake) 2. Counter-Strike (Half-Life) 3. Natural Selection (Half-Life) : stelth
• not enough love for The Specialists in this thread >: : Modica Sol Solis
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  Jailbreak for Q2 : eldiablo01
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    Jailbreak was pretty awesome, just never enough people to play it with. :( : stelth
    • There were a few servers that were constantly full, but yeah it was a pretty small community where most p... : eldiablo01
• Quakeworld TF : preacher
• Generations Arena : Vorlonesque
• I don't remember its name, but there was a Tribes & Tribes 2 mod that involved strong vehicular combat (t... : v7ek

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  Pocky, and lots of it. : Thresher
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    My wife started shopping at the local Chinese market because they have good produce, and that's the only ... : weaselmeister
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      You have a good Pad Thai recipe? I've tried a few that turned out really shitty. : systatic
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        It's delicious. I don't have a recipe (a lady down the street just came over and showed her how to make i... : weaselmeister
        • Pad Thai, good Pad Thai, is ridiculously hard to make. There was a place in Orlando, forget the name, th... : Thresher
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          Man, that'd be awesome. I've made more than one inedible dinner from bad pad thai recipes. : systatic
          • This one is apparently authentic and different from the recipes I've tried. I'll give it a shot. http://w... : systatic
    • To tell you the truth, the plain Pocky is kinda boring. I love the different varieties they have, especi... : Thresher
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  used panties from a vending machine : Penis Brittle
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    i am already on this. : vikramwillrock
    • You'll spend a long time looking for them :) : MrLobo
• Facebank! : abrasion
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  where in japan are you ? : qwpeoriu
  • i'll leave tomorrow night. i just caught a connecting flight, will have to catch another to reach delhi. ... : vikramwillrock
• Raw Denim! *gets out of thread* : aaarrrgh
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  1) Green Tea, deserts and creepy snacks. Im not sure it its possible but I wanted to bring back wasabi... : MrLobo
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    so nothing much eh? thnaks for the tips though...the funny thing is, i am carrying green tea for the peop... : vikramwillrock
    • hmmm, i was looking at the canon eos1000d a few weeks ago, would it make sense to get one from there? or ... : vikramwillrock
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    103" plasma TV, its on display at the big store just as you get out of the train station in Akihabara. I... : retardhumper
    • smuggle it home in your butt : veras
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  oh man that's exciting, i hope you have a good time! i'm going with a couple of friends next summer so i'... : MrBig0
  • thanks man, i'll try to do a write up once i get back : vikramwillrock
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  I'm curious how Japanese women will react to a brown guy like yourself. They fawn over white guys but I'v... : freshyk
  • I don't know about middle easterners or indians, but when I was in Japan about 8 years ago black guys wer... : qwpeoriu
  • they'll get one whiff of those fingers and its game over : opengl128
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  1. Portable ashtrays. They're little cylinders that you carry around with you to put your cig butts in. E... : Shivawn
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    thanks for the awesome list. i will keep on the lookout for kimonos, i want a good one to wear when i per... : vikramwillrock
    • If you do want to get buy clothes in Japan (and it's not a bad idea, as Shivawn said, they have some -nic... : aaarrrgh
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      A real kimono costs upwards of 10 000$. And they are for girls only :) You might rather buy some summer ... : MrLobo
      • nah, kimonos are not only for girls, the male version is just a bit different and not very elaborate. ... : vikramwillrock
      • Yukata are the summer garments. You can find them at Uniqlo. Uniqlo has some pretty cool clothing. I... : yonderboy
• Check out their cell phones. They have some of the most amazing designs. : Modica Sol Solis
• buy some fresh Gyokuro green tea. It's like the king on green teas. very very expensive :( : wtf242
• I got some limited edition Ghost in the Shell DVD's for myself, but I brought back some lacquer (urushi) ... : BongSlayerB
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  well, i'm off for the night; i might connect over the next few days if i get the time. thanks for all the... : vikramwillrock
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    I hope you brought a phrasebook. that saved my ass a few times there, since my Japanese sucks ;) : BongSlayerB
    • i have been learning japanese for a few months now and passes the jlpt 4 exam and am gonna take the jlpt ... : vikramwillrock
• Flavored Kit Kat (Grape and Red Bean are good). : bcyde
• lots and lots of sake. : steelsamurai
• buy any magazine at a convience store. go to a purikura booth and take photos of you and your faggy fr... : kokujin

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  Go Tom K and Audi! You can doooo it again. : humbleone
  • Fingers crossed! : aaarrrgh
• Aaaaaaaaaand it's off! : aaarrrgh
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  is there a feed somewhere :( : moe6
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    It's live on the Speed channel : riptyde
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      yeah I'll just tune in to the Speed channel OH WAIT I DONT HAVE THE SPEED CHANNEL COS IM NOT IN THE US :'... : moe6
      • OWNED : gmd
• Go Audi! : riptyde
• I'm following http://thomasbaekdal.com/mini-sites/lemans2009/#, listening to Radio LeMans, and watchihg S... : gimpx32
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  Yikes, and one Audi car is already off the track. : riptyde
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    Not the Tom K one though, which is arguably their best card. : aaarrrgh
    • lol yes. If K went off the track, I think the entire Audi team would die of a heart attack instantly. : riptyde
• Pit drama :O : aaarrrgh
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  lol 2 Peugeots running into each other in the pits and 8 miles to go before one can be fixed. : Lunatic Angelic
  • Holy shit the safety crew is darting in and out of 180mph traffic to pick up massive tire destruction off : Lunatic Angelic
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    That was such an insanely idiotic screw up by one of the guys in the pit crew. : aaarrrgh
    • Radio LeMans was going apeshit over it. : gimpx32
    • Yeah I fully expect a fist fight. Did the other car get back out on the track yet or is it still in the ... : riptyde
  • Wow the car is just shredded now. It'll be a miracle if they can finish the race with this car. And ... : riptyde
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  lol at the Audi R8 driving through Maranello commercial. : Lunatic Angelic
  • Yeah. I saw that last night during Speed's airing of "Truth in 24". I lol'd. : gimpx32
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  I'm going to do a full conversion to a C6R : gmd
  • the r's always look so badass : kelerian
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    it's too bad they didn't have the GT2 car ready to go this year: http://www.autoblog.com/2009/04/15/corve... : cltcprd
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      I love the corvette logo skull : gmd
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        you should get it tatooed on your ass : cltcprd
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          I already have it as a tramp stamp : gmd
          • pics pls : FrayLo
    • would I be a huge faggot in before you already are for ordering these ? http://www.globalwebcart.com/b... : gmd
• Ok, I went out for 40 minutes to do some shopping. How's the broken peugeot doing? : aaarrrgh
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  Stupid fucking Speed Channel. They are showing Nascar. Any decent streaming feeds of this? I found a... : Rag and Bone Man
  • Speed.tv is running an official one. : Lunatic Angelic
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  http://stream.speedtv.com/24-hours-of-le-mans/ : moe6
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    why do they keep showing the same few cars? this porsche is getting passed by everyone : maulla
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      They don't control the feed, the feed is selected by a world production broadcast and tailored more for t : Lunatic Angelic
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        As must as I like Audi, I don't want to watch the R10 go around and around all day. :( : mwasher
        • oh, Audi is the big sponsor. makes sense. : mwasher
  • awesome. thank you : mwasher
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    is this the second nose change on that audi : eldiablo01
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      Also did anyone notice that the Speed tv guys weren't actually at the track, but somewhere in the US? : eldiablo01
      • That's very common. It happens all the time for soccer matches overseas that the commentators will be wat... : sigpro
  • tx for link : x[sliver]
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  That was a nasty crash. : aaarrrgh
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    So nasty I had to post about it twice! : aaarrrgh
    • A phrase so nice you said it twice. : Rotten Deadite
• That was a nasty crash. : aaarrrgh

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  don't skimp. get a bed that feels good to you. : EvilDolemite
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    pro muthafuckin' tip right there. I was "conned" by my wife into downgrade from our California King to... : hoopfam4
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      Why did she want to downgrade? : Clay
      • so she could get hoopfam4 to sleep on the couch : Cheeziologist
  • This!!! There are a few things you should NOT skimp on, a bed is one of them. My bed is old and I'm st... : Demius
• If your cheap, get the cheapest bed that's comfortable for you and is not actually the cheapest bed. Tha... : adpalumbo
• cheap really isn't worth it, really. But I don't think you have to go dump 1200, we got a decent bed tha... : boarder2
• Get a cheap bed and put an IKEA mattress pad on it. I bought a full-size bed off craigslist for $60. It w... : underground banana plantation
• Yeah, I bet you can fit a queen in. : Sacred Sperm
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  splurge as much as you can. I did and there's nothing better than having an awesome bed to crawl into at ... : Megara9
  • Definitely. Considering how much of your time you spend in it it's worth every penny. : mactu
• Costco. When it breaks down in 5 years, you can be a dick and return it. : TaintedSyringe
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  DONT skimp on your mattress either. : SigENeaT
  • Don't get a sleep number, whatever you do... Fucking hate ours : foo
• Bed goes up, bed goes down, bed goes up, bed goes down, bed goes up, bed goes down, bed goes up, bed goes... : woddemandred
• You can fit a queen in, huh? : Maddog_Delphi97
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  I am co owner of mattress store focusing on organic and more natural alternatives.If you want super cheap... : mcpstoner
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    organic beds, eh? : boarder2
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      The Gravel, Sand, Moss, Etc. Store : cerealSAM2
      • elephant dung, hemp, etc : skryte
  • There was no pause - he just kept talking in one long incredibly unbroken sentence, moving from topic to ... : bipolar
  • I'll vouch for organic latex matresses. A++ its very comfortable, doesn't hold dust mites, and holds up ... : malloc
• fuck ikea. : tinfoilhatter
• never skimp on the mattress, i got a memory foam one, and spent close to a grand on it. worth evryt fucki... : ghost hacker
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  Check out places like Sam's Club, Costco, etc. Don't skimp either. Figure on paying at least $600-$700 to... : Arcanum
  • Talking about the mattress of course. : Arcanum
• buy the frame at Ikea, get the mattress anywhere else. : Pantene Pro-V
• A bed is one thing you don't want to skimp on. You're going to spend a 1/3 of your life in it so spend t... : silent77
• I buy the best non-pillowtop mattress I can afford, then I spend $200-300 on a featherbed to go on top. ... : Gonzo
• Har har I can fit a Queen in. I appreciate your suggestions. I'm definitely going to err on the side o... : h0cake
• If cheap is it, hit Rooms-to-Go. : freqq28
• I bought a mattress from Denver Mattress here in Austin. They custom make the mattresses. I think it wa... : CrustaR
• I have an Ikea Hogbo and it owns for the price I paid : Utopia
• Well as someone who went all out on his current bed after trying out IKEA garbage here is my story: Sp... : ghost in my shell
• Be careful about getting something too soft because it will soften up quite a bit after a couple months. : c0bra

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  nvm, LoD is asking for a 26 letter key but my disk has only 16 :( : whistletits
  • buy one online for $3. : mwasher
  • If you're using the Blizzard Account version, there should be a key in your account. : Link.
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  Hardcore in diablo always scared me. I just know i'm going to die to lag soemwhere and punch something. ... : Senate5000
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    The whole point of hardcore is eventually dying. But oh, what a story you'll have to share with your fell... : Alice O'Connor
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      I know i'm going to die but I don't want to die to random lag. : Senate5000
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        I've played hundreds of hours of HC Diablo 2. I've died to PKers, overconfidence, pindle minions, Duriel... : bipolar
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          I guess if I go about it playing cautious as fuck it may work out. I'm pretty much going to end up try... : Senate5000
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            The true test is your first death. I'd say 90% of people say FUCK THIS after they die the first time in ... : bipolar
            • Ug Duriel, I know I've delayed more times going into his lair. I always want to try to get one more level... : DM7
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      I completely agree. One of my favorite gaming experiences is the life and times of my level 89 hardcore ... : Jimb0v2
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        Wow, level 89 Necro? How'd he die? :< : DM7
        • I suicided my last hc character. Late 80s light sorc with CTA, shako, +3 Eschutas, Griffon, CoH, merc wi... : bipolar
    • I DIED TO A CHEST TRAP AT LEVEL 90 : DrFlammable
  • Hardcore is amazing. Also a lag death is significantly less frustrating than a skeleton fetish explosion... : Wombat Woo
  • Hardcore is way rogue-likes are meant to be played. : SockMonkeh
  • It's been a while, but I haven't had any lag related deaths in Diablo 2 in a long time. And I play Hardco... : DM7
• I wish I could start a hardcore character.... but I fail at diablo... : cruel dem
• I'll do hardcore with you : wtf242
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  Diablo 2 Median XL http://modsbylaz.planetdiablo.gamespy.com/ http://d2maniacs.org/ http://steamcommun... : ]pm[chem
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    4 shackers playing atm : ]pm[chem
    • I am going in! After 10 years I am making a pally. : Lightzout
  • Any of you that are thinking about playing Diablo again join the Shack group he linked above. http://s... : Senate5000
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  too busy owning shit in median xl : kpxkrnjc
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    played it until 5am with senate5000 ;/ : ]pm[chem
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      Fuck diablo in that version. And evidently for those challenges I was too far away when they were killed... : Senate5000
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        man that is a short range requirement then. stand in and chug pots, necro!! haha : ]pm[chem
        • Haha I still haven't spent any stat points. What makes it better is I can hardly see how much health is ... : Senate5000
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  waiting for ladder reset and then i'll be all about hardcore : bipolar
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    i think trapsin will be my first char. Not as good at mf as a sorc, but very very safe and has 3 forms o... : bipolar
    • plus they are much less item dependent than most classes. Decent claws can be shopped from Hell Anya, so... : bipolar
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      I made a Zeal/Fanatiscim Paladin and I have life leech so as long as I'm hitting them, I'm getting my hea... : DM7
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        does ll work on doom mages (or whatever they're called)? I refuse to melee in HC because the few times I... : bipolar
        • where IM = iron maiden : bipolar
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          With the Aura that takes away curses quickly, I don't have that much trouble with Iron Maiden. : / : DM7
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            If you hit hard, only takes one blow unless you have crazy dr or are doing really crap damage. Plus that... : bipolar
            • er, melee assassin not sorc : bipolar
        • This is why I don't play HC. IM is fucking bullshit : Patch-e
    • But Dim Vision is so overpowered! : JarEme
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  im up for this ive got my diablo box sitting next to me, can you play it in a window? as my laptop monito... : Excacheon
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    I think -w in the shortcut does it ("c:\diablo2\diablo2.exe" -w) A word of warning - if you're not pla... : bipolar
    • its a 18-20 inch i think, ill give it a whirl. cheers : Excacheon
  • yeah -w parameter, also a Resolution unlocker that works well so you can play above 800x600 : graceofdragons
• If you are reinstalling Diablo 2 and have formatted your hd since your last installation, you probably wo... : bipolar

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  I would love another Soul Reaver game, Kain is one of my all time favorite characters. I'm sure wikip... : MoreVespeneGas
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    Those games also have probably my favorite voice acting ever. : mechanicalgrape
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      Yeah it was great : MoreVespeneGas
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        Did you ever play Blood Omen 2? That was sweet to play as Kain : MoreVespeneGas
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          No, I haven't. I think the reviews turned me off of it. Worth checking out? : mechanicalgrape
          • I really enjoyed it, it isn't like a soul caliber game, no two world bullcrap to deal with. Straight forw... : MoreVespeneGas
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            It's the worst of the series, but that by no means makes it bad. Yeah, I'd say it's worth it if you're a ... : Arceihn
            • It was a side-story of sorts, only works if the timeline wasn't changed. : Mentor
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              Let's be honest. Once the time traveling was introduced the continuity got screwed. Pretty much impossibl... : Delithio
              • True enough. I'd say BO2 is the worst offender, though - you have to look harder/have a very good memory ... : Arceihn
          • It was good, it has one of the best levels ever in it : Mondo
          • Not really... : walker270
  • They could pull off some brilliant scenes with the current gen hardware, as well as have some awesome non... : Bamtan
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    Pfft, Kain blew. Raziel is where it's at. : Modica Sol Solis
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      Why tarnish a perfectly good thread with your drug induced ranting? =( : MoreVespeneGas
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        Yes, I think speaking bad about Kain should be nuked. Please apologize Modica. : Delithio
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          Time to admit something. I only played Soul Reaver. Never any of the others. All I knew was that Raziel k... : Modica Sol Solis
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            Modica... I can't believe this. As a writer, I'd think you'd adore the interplay between kain and raziel... : Delithio
            • Yeah, I'm going to have to. I just tried to read the article on Kain on Wikipedia and I am so fucking con... : Modica Sol Solis
• Holy shit I remember Soul Reaver for the dreamcast. No load times! Everything was streamed in off the dis... : AgentPothead
• Soul Reaver on Dreamcast is an all time classic. A next gen sequel could be excellent if they can get the... : ReservoirD0G
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  An Afterlife sequal would have to have the Max city destroyer easter egg in it : shavenewok
  • I still have my Afterlife CD here somewhere. : capt tripps
• the writer of legacy of kain was director of uncharted and creative director of uncharted 2 so probably n... : Shai-Tan
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  I'd love for that to happen, but man - the way Defiance ended it seemed pretty clear the Elder God was go : Arceihn
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    You mean Tony Jay? "That Guy"? : Mentor
    • When someone says "that guy" I think Tony Jay. Who else could it be? : Delithio
    • I didn't know his name! I'm sorry! :( : Arceihn
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  I fucking loved soul reaver back in the day. One of my favorite DC titles. That ending is also one of the : AroundTheFur1380
  • You have a pc I'm assuming. Go ahead an finish them all! : Delithio
• One was in production by someone other than Crystal Dynamics, but got canceled after lackluster sales of ... : RomSteady
• The last one ended so epic, I need the story to continue : gmd
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  Never played any games in that serie. : razlebol
  • You need to remedy this as soon as possible. : Link.
• YESSSS WE NEED MORE SOUL REAVER GAMES : Link.

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  can we spam positive reviews for you on the app store? would that help? : mojo the helpr monke
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    Heh, couldn't hurt. But you do actually have to buy the game in order for iTunes to let you. : SqueegyTBS
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      I don't think the shack is large enough to actually bump you to the top 25 list. Unless we all coordinat... : spazzium
      • I never expected that would be the case. This is a tiny portion of the iPhones/app purchases in the worl... : SqueegyTBS
      • Unless he makes it free for an hour, we all get it, bump it, then he charges again for it... ? : davidc02
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  One thing you could do is abstract and sell your control scheme as a middleware library. You can probabl... : adpalumbo
  • Also, plan a $0.99 sale and use it to get another round of PR. I believe there are feeds that track pric... : adpalumbo
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    I suppose the inertial physics engine is kind of neat, but I don't think it or the control scheme is some... : SqueegyTBS
    • There's a lot of untalented, but funded, developers in the iPhone world right now. :) It doesn't have ... : adpalumbo
• get people to talk about it on popular blogs and also get people to tweet about it? : j0nchan
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  And this is exactly why I won't put a lot of effort into this stuff. If I could whip up a few utilities ... : boarder2
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    Well that is a bit pessimistic. I'm willing to admit I'm not handling the marketing/promotion/business s... : SqueegyTBS
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      Yeah, it is pessimistic but at the same time I really don't want to put a ton of time and effort into mar... : boarder2
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        You've said many times that you wish you had the drive or an idea... Just go for it. I have absolutely n... : SqueegyTBS
        • You do have a point. Might as well, right? At least it's experience in a completely unrelated field to t... : boarder2
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  Have you thought about actual advertising? Like on Facebook or whatever? : OverloadUT
  • That probably wouldn't be cost effective. Facebook is a competitive ad market now, and you pay for many ... : adpalumbo
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  Content is King, if you build it, they will come... : massdev
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    Content is king but if you build it they will come isn't really true anymore. Too many pages and websites... : grover69
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      I think if he does a sale and somehow manages to get it to the big iphone sites, he'll get some drive beh... : boarder2
      • Getting the big iPhone sites is the hard part. I have told them all about how cool The VOID is, but few ... : SqueegyTBS
    • Depends on what we are talking about here. Build a high quality app - I think they still will come (yeah ... : Porkasaurus
• If you're serious about developing entrepreneurial skills I'd suggest you read an article called "What is... : mojo the helpr monke
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  I thought I saw the void featured in the store? Anyway, I wrote a guide on some of this: http://timedocto... : TimeDoctor
  • It WAS featured, as an Apple staff favorites. That particular list doesn't appear from the phone browser... : spazzium
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    It was a staff pick for like 2 days. For some bizarre reason that didn't seem to help at all. I think b... : SqueegyTBS
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      I think #4 is really spot on. : boarder2
      • And a spot where I have failed miserably. : SqueegyTBS
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      Interesting. I ddn't know that more people buy on-device. Let me know if you have any more feedback. : TimeDoctor
      • I almost never buy on iTunes. Hell I might sync only once a month. : boarder2
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        I have a belief that it's a strong majority. If you don't spent on time on a "top list" there's no way y... : spazzium
        • yeah I knew about the top list, I didn't know that people aren't buying in iTunes. That is where I do it. : TimeDoctor
• Awesome4u! =D You made cool apps, keep it up! : MoreVespeneGas
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  It's too bad financially it's not turning out so well for you, but I do think it's awesome that the iphon... : Ellissd
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    The iPhone is awesome. The iTunes App Store... not as much. They do a very poor job of actually pushing... : SqueegyTBS
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      I can see how people get locked into the top 25-50 paid/free apps. i admit only checking it every once in... : hirosushima
      • There's really no easy way to browse through stuff in the iPhone store interface, all I do is check the t... : boarder2
• Speak to John from what theyplay - he does iphone games. : abrasion
• Alot of devs for games post about their games on TouchArcade.com - That's where I go for all my gaming ne... : cyclonebee
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  Did matt burris review this? He is doing the finger gaming site at gamasutra. : mancide
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    from the games that show up in the most popular section, I don't think that the mass market is actually l... : Gonzo
    • From what I've seen there, games sell by word-of-mouth at that site. The right person on that site buys y... : cyclonebee
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  Plan a $0.99 sale and/or release a crippled free version with just a single solar system. Get the Shack t... : Gonzo
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    yeah a free version that gets you about 3-5 min of play. Void Lite. I've picked up a lot of these and the... : Slowtreme
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      he released the lite version before the full version as a sort of 'public beta test' : Demius
      • i never saw it heh, when the app when live I picked it up in support (of latestchatty actually) : Slowtreme
    • oh wait, did you release void lite? It was mentioned in the review, but I didn't notice that before. : Slowtreme
• I get my iPhone next month and I'll buy a copy of it. : Thresher
• when i get an iphone i'll buy it! : kbnerd
• Purchased! I look forward to playing it when I get my phone in a week : losimagic
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  I'm starting my "marketing" very early... in fact the game is NO WHERE NEAR done and I'm driving people t... : Demius
  • oh, and email the podcast that does "IphoneRoundup" ... I'm not sure what kind of exposure they have, but... : Demius
• Honestly I think you're going to have a very hard time selling more units. I'm convinced that with game a... : supersonic potato
• Purchased my friend!!! Always support your fellow Shacker. : RyDogg1
• you are working on another project now though right? Are you any closer to finishing that? I would say wh... : Demius
• twitter : manero
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  $6k is really really good, especially with the amount of apps out there. : CrustaR
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    also i think 6K is amazingly good when there was so little marketing involved. It basically means, your a... : Demius
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      I would be totally stoked if I made that kind of dough off of my Doom 3 mod (hell, even $5), especially w... : CrustaR
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        you didn't make dough but you made friends, right? :( : packav
        • Yeah, I suppose. The team threw so much effort into the mod and it got so little press, I feel like I've... : CrustaR
• tweeted about it and then watched the demo . . . noticed this: http://www.shackpics.com/files/voidwha_... : fuzzydamnit