Weekend Discussion: Blinded by the Light

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  raz: what mods are there for War 3 and are they 'legal' without being banned? I don't want to cheat I ju... : abrasion
  • I really have no idea :/ Maybe this server supports some of those features http://www.garena.com/supp... : razlebol
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  that sounds like fun, I'll be there. I'd be a 2 on the skill level chart (a low, low 2). : Grumbeld
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    I might be worse than you. : VectorJKL
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      Than prove it tomorrow! :D : razlebol
      • You may see me. Depends on how my wifi holds up. : VectorJKL
  • That's where I am :( : abrasion
• Sure I'll be there, been quite some time since I've played though. : dkrulz
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  Forgot to add that you can buy the game for 3.95$ here http://g2buy.com/index.php?gOo=goods_details.dwt&... : razlebol
  • ^^^^ You can 'double up' in subscriptions into the beta. Oh fuck I need to register my new i7 as my rig ... : abrasion
• Ok, this gives me a reason to install Starcraft on this new computer. It'll be a nice break from the FPS... : DHAvatar
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  What time? it's 02:57am here now and I figure i'll be in bed for 8 hours shortly. : abrasion
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    Ugh I was sure I put it in. 8pm EST/5pm PST That's 10am for you if I'm not mistaking. It's in 31 hours... : razlebol
    • I will be at work :( : abrasion
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  (1) ...and by that I mean I own the game but know very little about it. : sm00v3d
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    Cool :) The best way to learn it is to play it :D Strategy tips here http://wiki.teamliquid.net/star... : razlebol
    • excellent. Installing now. Hopefully I can make it out. : sm00v3d
• ill be there but iv not played in years : okellyc
• yeah sure, i'll try to make it. I would be a very low two, i'veplayed Starcraft for years but never multi... : Dschinghis Khan
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  Can someone please tell me how to beat the computer in 1v1? I so want to stop sucking at this game... : SqueegyTBS
  • Build more workers. then more production buildings to spend what you collect. You can outproduce th... : MamiyaOtaru
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    read this http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft/How_to_practice : razlebol
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      That is very helpful, thanks. : SqueegyTBS
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        Test : SqueegyTBS
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          Test : SqueegyTBS
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            Test : SqueegyTBS
            • Test : SqueegyTBS
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  is this SC only or is it gonna be SC BW? : okellyc
  • I'm hoping for SC BW, though I've never played it. Luckily, Blizzard is giving it away if you put your S... : Grumbeld
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    SC pretty much implies BW. There's a community of SC demo players out there, but otherwise it's all BW. : MamiyaOtaru
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      i prefer vanilla SC : dignan
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        Why? : razlebol
        • just seems more fun w/o the extra units and spells. played more vanilla than BW. : dignan
  • BW. Get it on the site I linked if you don't have it. Blizzard may give it for free now though if you re... : razlebol
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  I've never played Brood War multiplayer before... anyone want to do a scrimmage this afternoon? : Grumbeld
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    I'll play if you want. : razlebol
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      I'm sitting in Battlenet East: Shacknews right now, though you (or anyone else) should probably send me a... : Grumbeld
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        I'll be able to play in 30-45 minutes. : razlebol
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          I'm going to go take a nap now... my breakfast of chicken and potatoes is starting to catch up with me :... : Grumbeld
          • haha ok :P : razlebol
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        i checked East and West, both were empty. : dignan
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          anyone wanna play Blood Bath map? i like small maps : dignan
          • Haven't played a lot of bloodbath lately, but could be interesting : MamiyaOtaru
          • After supper, I will. Add me on steam http://steamcommunity.com/id/RazLeBoL : razlebol
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  I'd do this, but no Steam. I have no idea how to integrate SC into Steam and didn't think such a thing w... : MamiyaOtaru
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    yea, how do we add non-steam games to steam? : dignan
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      under the games tab there is a button "Add Non-Steam Game..." : sm00v3d
      • Thanks. This of course requires me to install steam /luddite, mostly accidentally : MamiyaOtaru
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  WINDOWS 7 COLOR fix. For those who are running Starcraft in Windows 7, the colors will be fucked. : razlebol
  • This works for me. Only I also had to have the Personalize window up as well, and you cannot launch it fr... : VectorJKL
  • Thanks, this works. That shit was bugging me. : midgetherder
  • What the fuck! I just assumed it was my ATI card being 100 years newer than SC and it was some kind of wa... : abrasion
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    That's weird. In order to get it to display properly in Vista you have to have to go into properties and ... : Serpico74
    • Didn't they patch the game for vista? I think those options are available in 7 as well so it would probab... : razlebol
    • These options are in Windows 7, but have no apparent affect. : VectorJKL
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  MAP PACK All the most popular maps for ladder play in one zip file. Unzip them in \Starcraft\maps\ICCup_... : razlebol
  • oops, the correct iccup map pack is this one http://www.iccup.com/files/view/iCCup_Season_7_Full_mappack... : razlebol
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  FINE. I'll buy the $4 key from http://g2buy.com/index.php?gOo=goods_details.dwt&goodsid=20101&productname... : RevRaven
  • Haw haw, mostly my fault! Also, I would rate myself a 2 and will be playing. :) : DanaCrysalis
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  what time tomorrow? : shotgun1
  • 8pm EST/5pm PST : razlebol
• Bleagh, I'd love to, working unfortunately : Serpico74
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  Hey neat, razlebol. I guess i'm a 3 by shack standards. :P : miasma(&)
  • yes, you can 2vs1 99% of us : Lionel2b
• I am a 1.5 :( : abrasion
• I`ll play. I used to be very good at it 10 years ago. Now I am below average and have not played in y... : r3ckless
• I can play now, no other time really. : abrasion
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  I refuse to install Steam for now. I would be interested in playing tho. Should I just sit in channel tom... : Lionel2b
  • Why? : abrasion
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    Sure. Doesn't really matter but it just makes it easier to find games for the other days. : razlebol
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      See it's bed time now you dick :( : abrasion
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        I just woke up :P : razlebol
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          Considering how poorly locked down the proxy is at work I could probably play from there, but Monday morn... : abrasion
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            What's your job? : razlebol
            • I'm a desktop support guy but I do ministers, politicians and regular users. So on Monday which is busy ... : abrasion
• I may have to go to burger king so I can use their free wifi and table. Having no furniture is killing my... : VectorJKL
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  Vent info: incoming, just waiting on confirmation that I can use the vent server. Install ventrilo if ... : razlebol
  • We'll use Happynoodle vent server for the event. He let us use it for Dawn of War 2 so I don't think he'l... : razlebol
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  So this thing is officially at 8pm eastern? Is that not a bit late for Sunday afternoon? SC games can tak... : Lionel2b
  • Yeah, I was sort of surprised that it wasn't earlier in the day too. Since I don't have anything to do t... : Grumbeld
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    A game usually takes 20-30 minutes or less if there is no turtling. I guess we could start earlier if peo... : razlebol
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      welp I'm in the channel (shacknews @ usEast) if anyone wishes to play : Lionel2b
      • Gonna eat and come play a bit after. : razlebol
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        I'm there : Grumbeld
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          haha doh come back! turns out it was just that map that was crashing me :( : Lionel2b
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            k, headed back in : Grumbeld
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              bah! now it's hanging up when I try to connect to battle.net : Grumbeld
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                can you connect to battle.net Lionel2b? : Grumbeld
                • Battle.net East seems to be down for me, so I'm sitting in West if you want to try to get this to work. : Grumbeld
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        Hope you figure your game problems out for tonight :) : Grumbeld
        • I had some crashes earlier today too. I think it was some chaos launcher plugins. Works fine now with onl... : razlebol
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  alright so i've forwarded my ports : miasma(&)
  • ggs Miasma, thanks for the tips. See you later tonight! GGs to Grumbeld too! You'll get your revenge l... : Lionel2b
• Back to page 1. : razlebol
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  can we play 4v4s? : ]pm[chem
  • This is the only way I will stand a chance.....I'm so pathetic. : VectorJKL
  • I don't mind, we'll try different match-ups. : razlebol
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  Starting in less than 3 hours now. : razlebol
  • my peepee just got hard : okellyc
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  shacknews on useast gogogo maybe early but I'm bored : MamiyaOtaru
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    I would but I have some stuff to take care before. I see that Venguard is in the game right now though. : razlebol
    • yeah. seems afk though. I'll be in there : MamiyaOtaru
  • well, lunch for an hour and a half. will be on after that : MamiyaOtaru
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  I hope this slow ass Blizzard downloader will finish before it's time to start. I'm gonna get the map ... : RevRaven
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    vent if you don't already have it installed. : razlebol
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      I don't, and have never used it before. Noob alert! : RevRaven
      • It's pretty simple to use. Add the server info which you'll find in the steam group and bind a key to voi... : razlebol
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    Update: The downloader has been on 99% for a long ass time. It says it's working properly, having downloa... : RevRaven
    • Close it and restart it. It should finish the remaining 1% : razlebol
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  Okay, so how do I find the shacknews Channel. seems it is always non existant : VectorJKL
  • /join shacknews on USeast. I'm going to hang there right now. : razlebol
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  STARTING IN 30 MINUTES! I'll be in the chat channel. /join shacknews : razlebol
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    20 minutes! : razlebol
    • 8 minutes left!! Common people, 5 of us in the channel right now. : razlebol
• Starting a hunter game in a few minutes! Join the vent server if you don't make it for the first game. : razlebol
• My life for Aiur! : miasma(&)
• http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft/LatencyChanger : razlebol
• woot! 10 strong in channel : Lionel2b
• GGs everyone. It was a lot of fun even though we had a lot of problems at first thanks to bnet shitty net... : razlebol
• Miasma took me out. GGs : MamiyaOtaru
• That was highly enjoyable, ggs everyone, let's play again next weekend. :) : DanaCrysalis
• yea that was a blast. we'll have to do it again next Sunday. ggs :) : Lionel2b

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• Is the Turok? : melkore
• wtf, obviously someone has a lot to learn about gaming history : g0rmanat0r
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  lol : Godhatesfatpeople
  • and it's been that way for weeks no less! : askedrelic
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  [citation needed] : magistersmax
  • [weasel words] : cerealSAM2
  • [weasel words] : the archvile
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  Slight hijack: What would you consider to be your favorite atmosphere/setting in a game? : magistersmax
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    I don't know if I have a favorite necessarily, but I think the first Silent Hill and both Manhunt games h... : tomservo
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      On second thought, System Shock 2..... probably wins for me. : tomservo
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        What about Deus Ex: Invisible War? You can, like, walk around a dorm and stuff. : Dave-A
        • I wish that game had more outfits : tomservo
  • It's a toss up between TF2 or Half-Life for me. : Godhatesfatpeople
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    I never played it through, but I loved the feel of Dead Space (or at least the parts I saw). : magistersmax
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      Actually, STALKER had some good stuff too. The underground stuff was perfect. : magistersmax
      • The labs were good but the blowout freaked me out also. : dooberzoo
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    Thief : get_navi
    • agreed : AMikaboshi
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    Bioshock. : bld
    • Yep, definitely Bioshock. : Modica Sol Solis
    • Def. one of my top picks : chiisu81
    • Loved this setting. One of my favorites. : RogerDandy
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    System Shock 2 - loved the feeling of isolation and the ghosts and voice logs Thief - the tension that t... : mrwolf710
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      Thief is too scary for me to finish :'( : roushimsx
      • Thief is definitely scary as shit sometimes, especially the cradle in thief 3 : peat
  • Tron 2.0 has fantastic atmosphere. Undying was good for its day. Most of Valve's stuff excels at atmosphe... : sgtsanity
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    Deus Ex without a doubt. : disposition
    • stepping out into the market in hong kong : MamiyaOtaru
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    Aliens vs Predator. It's an atmosphere thick with 'oh fuck I'm going to die'. goddamn that game was gr... : thecray
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      THIS. No game draws you in as much as a Marine campaign. So tense and you actually care about dying. : Bamtan
      • ^^ Marine campaign fom AvP : AlexXdude
      • You care about dying because you couldn't save middle of the level :) But yeah most tense game ever. Stu... : bigpig
  • all metroid prime games and the ico series : jayares
  • Shalybridge Cradle. : Beady
  • the world of full throttle, post-apocalyptic / wild west / mars / 70's biker gangs all combined into one : EvilDolemite
  • Any game by TTLG. : phate81
  • System Shock 2 hands down. : Link.
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    Vanilla EverQuest hands down. : skizl
    • This deserves another nod. Vanilla EQ will always be some of my fondest gaming memories due to the fact t... : eoladis
  • Morrowind : nakor_
  • The underground labs in STALKER, followed closely by the first AVP. There were moments in both where I w... : fen boi
  • Duke3d.exe : CrustaR
  • Doom. I guess you guys have just forgotten the impact that game had atmosphere wise. : Frozen Pixel
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    Midgar in Final Fantasy 7. I never wanted to leave :( : Juno
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      Ewww god. I couldn't wait to leave. I hate Midgar. : pigvomit
      • Haha same here, I must have my world map dammit. : DinK
      • I agree. The first three hours or so of Final Fantasy VII are the worst in the game in my opinion. : IndigoAK
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    Grim Fandango's 2nd year : Mecha Tofu Pirate
    • agreed 100% the intro to that section still gives me goose bumps : disembodied potato
  • dystopian like half life 2 : feek
  • Fallout. : Spookyman-X
  • The first two Oddworld games. Nothing's ever come close to that again, ever. : Shadsy
  • duke4e.exe :'( : NodTerrorist
  • WoW Howling Fjord. : Pneum0
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    Pyschonauts! : Masem
    • Holy shit, how could I forget this? Lungfishopolis!! : magistersmax
  • Xenogears or Final Fantasy Tactics. : ArcKnight
  • Multiple areas in Zelda: OOT : fishbone
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    Metroid Prime. Phendrana Drifts END OF THREAD : Yanks
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      Seriously guys it's over everyone can go home : Yanks
      • yea prime is probably my pick too. : fluke
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      goddamn amazing music in that game. phendrana and the ending credits : Draugluin
      • fucking tallon overworld! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6Ky2BMVWfs&feature=related : Draugluin
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    Myst : Cheeziologist
    • alternatively, I remember being pretty scared playing 7th guest, but i was pretty young : Cheeziologist
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      myst had pretty killer sense of atmosphere at the time : zakazi
      • Uru still does, especially when you get to exploring the city itself in the Path of the Shell expansion. ... : IndigoAK
  • Thief Without a doubt : Rag and Bone Man
  • Deus Ex. : Marrbe
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    Stalker definitely. : DM7
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      This ^ The Stalker games pull off an atmosphere i've never experienced in a game before. : Mr. Goodwrench
      • I agree, it was excellent, but I don't know if it's my favorite setting. Certainly ultra-quality though. : Rotten Deadite
  • I've just been playing Oblivion, maybe not the best atmosphere, but nothing beats standing on a elevated ... : matt518
  • Stalker is up there. : deathofrats
  • Deus Ex or Outcast/voxel (visuals and consistency of the world including different regions,caste system,l... : Hoax
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    City 17. : Magus
    • this. my fav game world/atmosphere is definitely HL2 universe. : i poop from there
  • The original everquest, back when i first played, blew my mind. So completely sucked me into the world. N... : digweed014
  • Final Fantasy 4 : _jon
  • Deus Ex : MercFox1
  • Kingpin. Production design was awesome. : afo
  • Doom, Deus Ex and Half Life. : spdon
  • The first LBA (Twinsen) game, Doom, and Alone in the Dark : freak!
  • Sopwith. It felt like I was right in fucking WWI! : TwiLyght
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    Diablo (1) : biskits
    • I could get behind this one. Especially the earlier levels, it lost a lot of it's atmosphere when you got... : thecray
    • This as well. Lovely area in the first dungeon and lots of creepy looking areas in town even. : RogerDandy
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    Myst or Thief. Myst is practically all atmosphere, in fact. I wish I could visit some of those ages in ... : Lone Swordsman
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      realMYST comes close to pulling that off. I pretty much feel like I've been to the Selenetic age at this ... : Shadsy
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        I've been looking for this for downloadable purchase for awhile. : spazzium
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          It's available on GameTap, but unfortunately only as a premium download. :( For some reason it has bette... : Shadsy
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            I'm not entirely sure there's any relation in their tech at all. They both have totally different feels ... : spazzium
            • And developed by two totally different companies. realMyst was developed by SunSoft. : IndigoAK
            • RealMYST was essentially an open beta for the engine they used for Uru, which they released a couple year... : Shadsy
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    A full server of Wake Island and everyone on Team Speak : rosewood
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      We're due for another one of those, it's been 6 months >:( : ArcKnight
      • You punks should be playing L4D. : Lone Swordsman
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        Make a post about it so maybe we can get one going. I've never played BF1942 with the shack. : Mecha Tofu Pirate
        • Sorry, it's UtilityMaximizer 's decision. : ArcKnight
  • Fallout : ass-street
  • Silent Hill : chiisu81
  • Fallout. : Rice-Rocketeer
  • Deus Ex or Fallout. After that Final Fantasy VII had really weird, yet cool atmosphere. : droveri
  • Planescape and Stalker : valael
  • a tomb, or city 17 : evilpriest18
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    Blade Runner but thats cheating because its blade runner : spiderfill
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      There was a video game? : disposition
      • an awesome one at that. : NoCopy
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    Interstate 76 and Syndicate : midgetherder
    • interstate 76 was awesome. i'd love for someone to give this an update. : hirez
  • Gotta be Thief. : Conan
  • Guess Deus Ex leads... followed closely by Fallout : Anir
  • Ultima Underworld or Thief, but strange that no one has mentioned Wheel of Time - great atmosphere in tha... : NoCopy
  • Doom 3. I disliked the game but I have never been so riveted and pulled into a game by the surroundings, ... : invisible_kid
  • Doom 1 E1 (for its time) or HL1 not 2, not even close Ultima Underworld quite good too. : abrasion
  • DEATH : Goblin au
  • Bioshock by far. : Snipergen
  • This is an easy, easy answer for me - BioShock's Rapture under the sea. Totally creative and fully intri... : wytefang
  • Myst. Easily... : HHHawk
  • All of The Curse of Monkey Island. Particularly the Goodsoup Hotel on Blood Island. : Ohvee
  • Deus Ex, Stalker, Riddick. : qwplayer
  • From a video game, it would be the Monkey Island games and Fallout. For any game, it would be from the pe... : punkrawkacademy
  • "Villi People" from Earth Worm Jim 2!!! : SerratedDrums
  • For me Half-life and its alone in a Military base was always my top favorite.. Then again Dead space h... : scernos
  • Oh and Resident Evil 4 the castle setting with cults was fantastic! : scernos
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  oh jesus, that opening level is so awful. :( : roushimsx
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    roushimsx, the atmosphere in it: hot or not : tomservo
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      Well it is true: You don't play, you volunteer. Because this shit is pretty fucking unplayable :( But ... : roushimsx
      • you can throw grenades at nazis and watch them kick them away. towards the wall right next to them. then : tomservo
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        Come on Roushimsx, tell us how you REALLY feel about this game. : Masem
        • glad that it's over! : roushimsx
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  That game was alright, but as soon as Call of Duty came out it made Medal of Honor look a bit shitty by c... : Dave-A
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    God of War II does a good job of kicking you right into the God-of-War-ness. : sgtsanity
    • I never had a PS2 :( : Dave-A
  • HL1 & 2 really have fantastic intros. Can't think of anything else that approaches them on that level. : midgetherder
• It's true. MoH: Frontline was the first game to simulate the effects of the small amounts of argon in the... : rock elf
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  Whatever it was is gone now :( : jet-poop
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Medal_of_Honor:_Frontline&oldid=299186324 : drazz
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  It's gone? : slacko
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    yeah, can some one fill us in on what s funny? : silentbobuk
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      http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Medal_of_Honor:_Frontline&oldid=299186324 : Big Luke
      • lol : silentbobuk
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      "The atmosphere in the opening level of Frontline is considered one of the best in video game history." ... : skunk_ape
      • I believe that's Call of Duty : Marauder IIC
      • Because of the [citation needed] (and [weasel words]), see link above. : Mad Brahmin Disease
      • Because the opening level blows but it was the one notable thing about the game back when it came out bec... : roushimsx

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  wtb beta key >< : Defacil
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    :( they haven't given me any to give out yet : Juno
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      yes we have, as of about an hour ago :) : s2jason
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        sweet jesus rodriguez! I guess I have three to give out! first three to use the word "undulating" in a se... : Juno
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          The anime heroine shivered at the sight of the hentai monster's undulating tentacles. : Kiyohime
          • :) SM me your email : Juno
        • I'm undulating in pleasure at the idea of getting a beta key =( : GrimmyD
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          S2 Jason's undulating appendage was both horrifying and alluring at once. : ihya
          • sm your emails! : Juno
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        How much longer until there's a 2:1 HoN Beta Invites:Population of Earth ratio? :) : walker270
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          Well, assuming a linear rate of growth (which I know is inaccurate but I'm feeling lazy), based on our cu... : s2jason
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            Linear or exponential? Are you giving all people in the beta invites, or just a select few? : walker270
            • We give out invitations to all the testers, so it isn't linear, but i calculated it that way because it w... : s2jason
      • Pretty soon there'll be enough testers to segregate the noobs from the pros! : omnova
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    SM me your e-mail. Have two more to give out also -- first two to reply to this message get it. : walker270
    • Whoa, I'm interested : protmind
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      ME! : Mecha Tofu Pirate
      • ^^ You and protmind, send me your e-mail addresses... : walker270
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  I have 2 invites to give. First 2 replies that can identify what job i have/had get the key (lol lurkers ... : Iwannaacura
  • i dont know but i have more posts than you ;) : dantastic
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    Manceptionist! : Porkasaurus
    • WINNER SM YOUR EMAIL : Iwannaacura
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    HR department? Working in Comcast too? : Defacil
    • Winner #2 close enough sm EMAIL addy. : Iwannaacura
  • Comcast for the win. : PenicillinX57
  • ... I don't know this and i'm no lurker : graceofdragons
  • Lexus salesman : bipolar
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  I have 3 keys. Reply and send a shack message with your email if you are in the first 3 who replied. : razlebol
  • shwah?;) : bigjb
  • hey! :D : Frozen Pixel
  • i'll take it :) : Mikuya
  • Me? Please? : Porkasaurus
  • All sent to the 3 first reply. : razlebol
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  i have 2 keys to give out, first two to reply get it. : michael walker
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    heyo : dantastic
    • sm me your email : michael walker
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    reply'd : SynthetiX
    • sm me your email : michael walker
  • still got one left ;( : Techpriest((Thc))
• I am looking for a key if any Shackers have any of theirs left, thanks! : Xevo
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  First three to reply here should send me a Shackmessage with their e-mail address. : fishbone
  • Replied : rkmurph
  • me pls : d3pr1ved
  • Me 3 : Dontdrop
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  I have SEVEN invites to give out. First seven replies here get them, if you are one of them sm me your em... : c0bra
  • hi : skizl
  • id love one : mugwet
  • I'll take one off you, if you still have them :) : yemeth
  • hook me up! : darcspeed
  • meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! : dewdman
  • SMd : freakord
  • HERE : JINKY
  • Sent to all but mugwet because he didn't give me an email. Once you do I'll send that one. : c0bra
• Whoever replies and sends me their email will get one in ~ 1 or 2 hours! : bongturbo
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  I have ZERO invites to give out, first one to send my nude photos of their girlfriend WINS!!! : askedrelic
  • sent : DrFlammable
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  I'll be there, as soon as I get my key and download the client. :D (Not a request, bipolar was kind enoug : skankcore
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    sent! : bipolar
    • Got it and installed. Thanks, dude! Based on some first impression horror stories, I think I might read u... : skankcore
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  Three more invites if anyone needs one. If you're one of the first 3 to reply to this post, sm me your e... : bipolar
  • woohoo! : fsck
  • let's do this! : dael
  • me!! : yautja
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  Yay more beta keys. I just sent myself an invite so I can make a new account and play with noobs again. : Nighteyes
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    lol haha : Iwannaacura
    • Their system to determine who can join a noob only game is horribly broken. It just goes by your level (... : Nighteyes
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  Need beta key here, just finished Mass Effect, need something to play :( : FiReaNG3L
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    check your sm : dissembler
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      Dont see a message, maybe the shack is having problems? : FiReaNG3L
      • hmm, sm me your email instead : dissembler
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  Same :( : Techpriest((Thc))
  • check your sm : dissembler
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  Ok I'm all set up and in game as Dudeman. Any shackers want to play? Is there a steam group or anything? : dewdman
  • PS thanks c0bra! : dewdman
• Fishing here. I would like to see this. : fleabug
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  Okay I need an invite please! : thekidd
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    thekidd i guarantee you will ragequit your first game and never ever play again. : DrFlammable
    • All the more reason to hook him up. I want to be there when it happensl : omnova
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  TOO MANY F'ING NOOBS IN THIS GAME!@#!@ : Skoal^Fyfan
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    p.s I have 3 beta keys to hand out. First 3 non-lurkers to reply and SM me email addy's get 'em. : Skoal^Fyfan
    • What is this game? I think I missed something. : Duffman8369
    • oh HI! : fleabug
    • Yo ! Can I have one please : te[R]ror
• Anyone else have an invite to give out? I'd like to try this. : forgottenzero
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  Is there going to be a mac version of this game? Cause this would be a great interoffice game and we're a... : zakazi
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    they have a linux client :( : Iwannaacura
    • oh really? We do have one guy on linux, that's sweet. : zakazi
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    Yes. We just released the linux client into the beta a few days ago, the mac version is coming soon. : s2jason
    • SWEEEET! Going to be amazing for 2v2 games (maybe some day 5v5). : zakazi
    • Mac client? Kick ass! : taronish
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  Got 3. reply to this then pm me your email : freshyk
  • replied : sharpie
  • ok! : forgottenzero
  • Done! : JarEme
• Bah, I got on thinking there'd be a lot playing and it looks dead right now. : Grumbeld
• I need an invite please!! :D : MurrayTheSkull
• invite prx. : chrisschutz
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  3 invites, reply and then PM e-mail : intothefray
  • me! : byorn
  • Why the hell not, I'll try it out. : Duffman8369
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    all gone : intothefray
    • Thanks! : Duffman8369
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  3 here as well, reply here and of course if you're in the first 3 SM me your email. : devi| dog
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    me! : Sakashi
    • Thanks! : byorn
  • Murray and chrisschutz you guys still need one before the rest are gone? Since you guys asked up top. : devi| dog
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    me plz, : Smirks D
    • you are now my bff : Smirks D
  • 1 more lonely HON key for the taking! : devi| dog
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    I wouldn't mind checking it out! : Haxim
    • Thanks!! : Haxim
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  i have 3 to the best 3 furry pictures that reply to me : spaceless
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    I'm desperate so here's one: http://www.flickr.com/photos/14359698@N07/1465338670/in/set-7215760221311... : Derringer
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      There's no furry sex going on in this pic, what gives? : devi| dog
      • I thought kling-ons vs furries was better :/ : Derringer
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        Is this better? Very not work safe for the overnight shift people. http://morgothan.com/images/Trut : Derringer
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          Haha, I'm sure after spaceless gets done he will send you a key for that one. : devi| dog
          • I hope so, I violated myself for even finding it haha : Derringer
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    This one still cracks me up http://2nddeath.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/furryhumano.jpg (right one ofc) : Bamii
    • Actually, it's the left one. I wonder how I mixed up left and right... :/ : Bamii
    • There are so many things wrong with that picture :[ : Perturbation
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    Thanks for they key, I appreciate it. : Derringer
    • the key...ugh : Derringer
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  this game makes me feel so frustrating and depressed. I sucked at RTS and I played a lot of CoH and now I... : crummynz
  • don't run at 3 enemy dots by yourself, especially when they are multiple levels higher than you : fletch_
  • I had a teammate earlier who yelled at me for getting flanked. It was a pretty terrible first game, but d... : GrimmyD
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    Don't feel bad crummy. I've been playing DotA for quite a while and suck just as much now as I did when I... : Cliffzorz
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      yeah, unfortunately you are going to get pounded on for awhile, oh well gotta learn sometime : fletch_
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        And sometimes the learn seemingly never comes at all. It's been a year and a half and I can only properly : Cliffzorz
        • cliff you are the best don't even kid around like that man : DrFlammable
• names zuffdaddy on there. hit me up! : zdiddy85

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  tribes, hands down : JohnnyRey
  • uppercase next time! : pieman
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  TRIBES : twifosp
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    ^ yes! Not T2 because T2 was so horrible, though : Cihte
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      I don't really understand this sentiment. I really enjoyed Tribes 2! : Yanks
      • Because it sucked. It only got halfway decent when they released classic. : uncle slappy
  • Fucking A. goddamnit I miss those days. : DasCracky
  • YES! : Ctrl-Phreak
  • Tribes/T2, yes! : Link.
  • Definitely. : hoov1185
  • This had a resurgence on Something awful a few months back. My spinfusor skills have disappeared unfortun... : Greymatter42
  • Jumpin' on the TRIBES train. : MercFox1
  • This, a million times this. : Vincent Grayson
  • Sa ftw : scapin
  • Tribes with proper support for modern 3D cards. : Sapiens
  • definitely : riptyde
  • great times. this too. : nevlos
  • I want another one :( : OmegaRed59
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  Star Wars Galaxies shut up dont laugh it was cool : spiderfill
  • Pre NGE, hell yeah. : tree8
  • I'm still waiting on a MMO that does the "living universe" thing better. I had tons of fun just hanging a... : yemeth
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  Asheron's Call : Link.
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    needs Asheron's Call 1.5. Updated engine please, but keep the slide casting and hit choices. : JuffoWup
    • Yes! I'd play a modernized Asheron's Call in a heartbeat. : Link.
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    I would love to see them start a new server from the beginning without adding all the stupid shit. By stu... : uncle slappy
    • Oh but keep the essences, because carrying all those comps was an ass pain : uncle slappy
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  quake (not quakeworld, just regular quake w/ rune mods and stuff) its not dead, but its not as lively ... : X-GOUKI
  • people play Quake not QW, online ?? : doomed
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  hunted >:( : pieman
  • HUNTED : pieman
• I was in the beta for Monster Hunter and had a lot of fun with it, always wished I had picked up the full... : Begawkiness
• The Realm Online. : freakynipples69
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  Motor City Online. One of my favorite racing experiences online despite its laundry list of flaws (mostly... : roushimsx
  • Yeah, I'd love server emulators for some older MMOs that don't suck that died. : Link.
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  Wolfenstein: ET It's still pretty popular but most of the servers are xp-save with terrible custom map... : datoo
  • Actually either that or Natural Selection when it first came out and before everyone figured out how to b... : datoo
• Tie Fighter Descent 2 : watcherxp
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  UT '99 : dognose
  • I was going to post this. So many games of CTF-Face played. : slax0r
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    This. The group on the ina-community (later infogrames) forum, and which later moved to tournament.com, ... : bipolar
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      Haha, yeah. That forum may have been the first one where I could be considered a regular poster at. We ... : slax0r
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        I remember MWA, and it was grim, but I can't remember the rest of his name either. Other names I remembe... : bipolar
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          Holy Shit, I remember all those names. I remember competing in a DM tournament with the people from that ... : Iazu
          • I was the one who set up that tournament :D I know a lot of people were upset because they were matched ... : bipolar
    • I kinda wonder what ever happened to all the people on that site. : Iazu
  • Fun game, but the modles were ugly as hell. : capt tripps
  • This would be my third choice. So many awesome memories. : Link.
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    Yep. CTF-Coret, Face, just great times. : freakynipples69
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      It is the one game I have had the most fun with online for many many many nights. : dognose
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        I remember when it first came out I was pretty much a closet gamer and all my friends were the "popular t... : freakynipples69
        • haha I had to put the bots on the easiest difficulty were they basically just walk around the map and bar... : freakynipples69
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    Hell yeah. I remember getting to college and meeting a bunch of kids that were ridiculously into the game... : zerog83
    • I still remember many exhilarating and glorious and epic Shackbattles in this game, especially when I fir... : dognose
  • I still have this installed, hasn't left my hardrive since it came out. : Iazu
  • I shudder to think of how many late night hours I sunk into this game. Gleeful, happy, awesome hours. : skankcore
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  Subspace/Continuum : indosauros
  • I used to play that all the time, but I was never good at it =( : pharom
  • This but more subspace than continuum : esad
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  Tribes, but if I could have an updated Mechwarrior 2 with a huge net community that wasn't easy back in t... : pharom
  • Now I really want a new Mech sim game, this is depressing =( : pharom
  • definitely starsiege tribes. Although I have to say that TF2 gives me mostly the same experience these da... : Cheeziologist
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  Isn't Monster Hunter big on the PSP? : capt tripps
  • Yeah, it actually is. Unfortunately I don't have a PSP. : Confrustrating
• Descent : scanline
• Tron 2.0 -- but then again, it never had a large community. They should just release the source code, da... : Jobos
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  Myth: TFL : Grumbeld
  • ^^^^ This. Loved Myth and Myth 2. : Duffman8369
  • this is my vite : hamachi
  • No doubt. Great fucking game. : midgetherder
  • Hell yes! I loved this game so much. I remember downloading the demo took all damned day, but it was so... : MacemanInTW
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  SOF2 : ashkie
  • ^^^THIS^^^ The MP in that game was the only game that ripped me from Counter-Strike. Its too bad that... : sukabljat
  • all those fucking piece of shit mods and OSM add ons killed it for me. so i stop playing for 6months a... : X-GOUKI
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  Gunbound : creep
  • hahaha, this ^^^ but back in its prime before all the bullshit. : Modica Sol Solis
• PGR 2 : connor
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  Door games in a hearbeat. BRE, Trade Wars, L.O.R.D, pimpwars, barneysplat, etc. : jingletard
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    HELL YEAH. LORD, Usurper, Exitilus, Arrow Bridge, BRE... So many good memories. : Vantage
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      ever play SRE (Solar Realms Elite)? I never played BRE but i played the hell out of SRE. : dignan
      • Yeah, it was basically BRE with a different color scheme and different names for things. : jingletard
    • Usurper. I knew I forgot one. : jingletard
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    LORD , BRE , TW are still going strong dude. There's one LORD telnet that has like 10k players : dignan
    • Hahaha holy crap? I was even in a LORD guild. [LOC] Lews Therin! Lords Of Chaos represent! : Vantage
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      I think there are some webpage versions as well. : Robotic Puppy Eater
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        Legend of the Green Dragon, but it seems dead now. :( : DOOManiac
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          Looks like I could host a shack version if people were interested. : Robotic Puppy Eater
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            That'd be awesome, I wouldn't mind playing some old school door games. : jingletard
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              I'm looking around to see which doors have been converted to web-based games. So far it looks like only ... : Robotic Puppy Eater
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                doesn't windows come with a telnet client? why is it less accessible? : dignan
                • Most people already have a web browser open. And they may be hesitant to mess with telnet if they never h... : Robotic Puppy Eater
          • (F)lirt with Violet please : DOOManiac
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    Freespace 2 : stuka
    • Yes! And I wish Civ 4 had more online players. : spdon
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  Action Half Life. the most fun i've ever had in MP gaming by far. I was so damn good with those pistols... : dignan
  • Sniper for me. : RogerDandy
• NOX! best multiplayer game I've played : AlbinoSquirrel
• #1: Subspace Now days would be the perfect for a game that is casual-friendly as that was at the star... : LoioshDwaggie
• q2 : fathertime
• Shogo, AHL : n0v4
• Command and Conquer. The first one. Or possibly Red Alert. I just with they both had better network ... : magistersmax
• Tribes and Planetside. : Kerranger
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  Quake 1 - Netquake (before quakeworld) hands down. : Skoal^Fyfan
  • Descent / Descent 2 a very CLOSE second place. : Skoal^Fyfan
• For me it's a tie between Action Quake 2 and TIE Fighter : Full.Bleed
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  Q2LMCTF : ImageOmega
  • I'm right there with you. : h0cake
  • yewsssss : Jackass1233
  • ding. winner. seriously. : PlanetPerfecto
  • Another fun as hell one. I kinda miss swinging around withmy grappling hook and blasting the fuck out of... : MacemanInTW
• KINGPIN : steve_o
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  Half-Life DM : Utopia
  • This is all I could think of. Great times. : thejm4n
• Without a doubt, Action Half-Life. : DOOManiac
• No One Lives Forever multiplayer, hardly anyone plays it anymore. : jjjapan
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  q2 1v1 nights on The Edge : dael
  • i miss The Edge too, quite possible the greatest 1v1 dm map ever : sexydingo
• Meridian 59 - Bring back the good ole days of MMO : quazar
• C&C 2 : bongturbo
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  I miss my Counter-strike clan. :( : ThomW
  • I miss the clan but not the game. After ~5 years (from Beta 1 onward) I'm done with the game. Haven't eve... : h0cake
• Rocket Arena 2. : Omning
• Return to Castle Wolfenstein : Bamtan
• The original Quake game. Man, that had quite a community back in the day. : Maddog_Delphi97
• Quake, no question. Forgotten mines, McKinley Base... oh the memories. I think I blew more hours on Quake... : NoCopy
• I still get all nostalgic about Ultima Online circa 1998 or so, shortly before the first big expansion (S... : Iazu
• Tribes 2 : Priest77
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  A Tale in The Desert because those people fascinate me. : Boxelder
  • Wow, people still play it. http://www.atitd.com/images/t4screenshots/15.jpg This is like an X files epi... : Boxelder
  • I loved that game when I last played it. Maybe I'll give it another go. : Altanar
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  BF1942 bitches. you heard me : beastrabban
  • ^^^^^ BINGO : yosemiteclimber
  • This is it! : MatzL.E.
  • Yes, Shackbattles there were fucking legendary. LEGENDARY. : Ebu
  • A-fucking-greed. This or Desert Combat. : Full.Bleed
• Subspace turf mode : Psigun
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  Quake 2 -- Expert CTF, specifically : LemonJoose
  • One thing about Quake 2 games was that the chat was visible but not obtrusive, so people would actually u... : LemonJoose
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    What server did you play on mostly? : JT
    • I never joined a clan, and can't remember the server names but I used to play with a lot of [Stick]s and ... : LemonJoose
• Quake/QuakeWorld and all mods spawned by it (CTF, TF, LMCTF, Jailbreak, Headhunters, Rocket Arena, etc) : sexydingo
• Wolfenstein Enemy Territory was awesome times. : Sailor of Fortune
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  Front Line Force for HL : marmite
  • Pre-1.2, paging DOOManiac. :P : Sapiens
  • Glad to see this get a vote. I played the living shit out of this. Then they updated it with new maps a... : Matt Burris
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  Quake the 1st one. Hardcore as hell, CTF got the grappling hook "right" and skill = domination. : bld
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    Quake World was such a mind blowing experience. : theghostofsmdever
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      Amen, imagine a game now feeling smooth at 120-230 ms ping time. Simply amazing looking back. : bld
      • I used to play that on a local bbs - it was pretty good once you learnt about pushlatency. : abrasion
    • man, this game shaped my mind as a kid. i can almost TASTE how it felt, you know? : nevlos
  • You remember some of the earliest mods created for it... I remember something called Thunderwalker.. I... : Maddog_Delphi97
• Kingpin (Bagman)! : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  QW - Thunderwalker mod. Tho I know they actually have revived a bit lately, and are making new maps fo... : Chunks
  • wait what? revival of TW? i wish there were still servers packed to the gills for this mod :( i loved it ... : vov1n
• Quakeworld, both DM and CTF. : Colleton
• World of Warcraft. It's like a desolate wasteland nowadays. *snif* : cerealSAM2
• Natural Selection... (Hoped to be revived with NS2) : ShadowRam
• Quakeworld Matador mod - Best FFA experience ever. : mc-fine
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  Team Fortress Classic and Jedi Outcast on the pc, laughed so much playing those games : niceguynick
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    I wasted so many hours on TFC, and for those that know who Armen was "Dont shoot, Don't shoot I'm coming ... : pwnjoo
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      who was armen?! : niceguynick
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        he was the leader of CNBL one very very strange indivdual hahaha : pwnjoo
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          Oh god, CNBL. Those were the days. CSI, CNBL, KIN, hahaha the SD fiasco. : ArcKnight
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            Fuck I can't believe that was a decade ago : ArcKnight
            • The AkB server! Shit. So many memories. : ArcKnight
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      Did you play any league (STA/OGL/IGL) stuff in TFC? : h0cake
      • Too many matches across a couple clans in all the leagues you listed haha, but i did have a lot of fun! : pwnjoo
      • Yes they were had a lot of fun but sometime it sucked, but all in all it was a damn good time. : pwnjoo
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      Same, I loved TFC. I remember when it had a larger community than CS, although CS slowly took over. Ac... : Bold
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        I just searched for screenshots and video of Half-Life DM, and MAN I had forgotten about how fun these ga... : Bold
        • I wish valve would go back to pre bhop cap patch, id go hop on a server and have some fun right now! : pwnjoo
• Descent : lokdown
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  fucking descent II. Man i spent so much time online with that thing. I loved it. : mindmann
  • Amen brother : SolrFlare
• C&C Renegade. Some of the best multiplayer action I've had, while the game was still new and somewhat act... : Marrbe
• Q1DM NetQuake ClanRing. : skizl
• Jedi Knight II. I loved playing CTF with force powers. : kek
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  Diablo 2, PvP, pre-1.10. Also, SoF2, although the (european) community was kinda dominated by assholes an... : Stage
  • Pre 1.10 D2, around 1.07-8 was awesome. Whenever they didn't have teleport rings and other silly shit in.... : Link.
• Quake1. It was great to see so many people focused on making one fun game even more enjoyable. : thekidd
• BF1942. : Squirrely

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• ^also features A10 tank busters *fist pump* : niceguynick
• man that looks so awesome, i wish my rig could play it and look good :( : Bamtan
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  Right, you want arma2 videos? Here are some i captured today: http://dl-client.getdropbox.com/u/26301/ar... : Klebold
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    lol first video, I can just imagine 'Macho Macho Man' on in the background : niceguynick
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      you may notice i saluted his display. : Klebold
      • Yep! didn't know you could do that : niceguynick
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  Yeah, that's an excellent video. Shame about the MV-22 at the end though, lol =) : GrimmyD
  • I loved the headshake : niceguynick
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  Fuck me, the vegetation collapses! That's detail. : afo
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    but tree branches don't swing as you run through them. :( f' this game. : Skoal^Fyfan
    • Oh really? That's weak, c'mon BIS fix this shit! :( : afo
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  zzzzzzzzzzzZZZZZZ.... : Fish_Bulb
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    darn bees this time o' year : niceguynick
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      Bees?? : Medster
      • beads? : lonepie
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    That was the most boring video i have ever watched of a video game. wtf? it was you crawling around and s... : imcompa
    • Yeah..I couldn't even finish it..it was just way too boring..I was getting tired just watching it. : Slork
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  Isn't the game buggy as hell??? : slacko
  • Not as much buggy as much as the ai is terrible. Really really bad. And it also is very janky. : Sgt_Boomstick
• lol i love how he's prone, crawling around and his AI partner runs by and ignores his prone command : AlexXdude
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  Dang. The voices sound like an answerphone from 1984. You. Have. Four! New. Messages? : Alice O'Connor
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    Answerphone? You silly Brits and your quaint sayings. : ArcKnight
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      hahaha i didn't even know what she was talking about until i read this post : SockMonkeh
      • I don't know what you're talking about >:| : Alice O'Connor
    • I think most Brits use the term answering machine. : Lone Swordsman
  • ya rather than prerecorded voices they should be using a text to speech software : flasher 907
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    It's badly distracting in game. With all our modern new fangledy technology you'd think they could do be... : mrwolf710
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      I don't think it's one of their priorities and they have a lot of other stuff to worry about. : SockMonkeh
      • Yes, like making sure it crashes constantly. They got that one down good. : mrwolf710
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    Lol too true. I always thought the voices sounded like the odean telephone booking service. "You. Have. S... : Klebold
    • "YES" "You. HAVE. selected. NAPALM. on. yOUR. HEAD" "NOOO!" : nodebug
  • lol, that stuff is really bad. : kainen1
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  I want to buy it now, but I didnt realize my old gameport joystick wouldnt work in vista, so now I need t... : mankeroo
  • there's a patch to use gameports in vista - you won't get force feedback on MS sticks, but the axis/butto... : grimiv
  • I use the Xbox 360 controller. It's a great controller and works fine for choppers. : SockMonkeh
• I played this game last night on some random server completely out of my mind and it was awesome. I loade... : SockMonkeh
• I don't know what's going on but that's too realist for me.. I think I would just hide in the woods until... : Utopia
• That's cause you don't have to deal with the shitty bugs or AI watching videos of the game! : kainen1

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  I bet there'll be new units Broodwar style. : SpaecKow
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    It's a bit of a trend, recently, to create full price new games with as little new content as possible, t... : SpaecKow
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      nathan fillion has a part in the new halo game so im cool with it! : xsoulbrothax
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        I do not know who this person is but he does not belong in my SC2 thread, send this Nathan guy over to an... : abrasion
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          He's captain renyolds from firefly, and he's had nothing to do with the new halo apart from being invited... : batkiwi
          • I heard he voices someone in the game : gideonpower
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    Ok but if they charge 60$ (as rumoured?) instead of expansion pack prices, why should we pay? I mean for... : abrasion
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      We shouldn't. We should force them to suck it up and manage the costs of game development instead of lett... : SpaecKow
      • I actually find it a bit odd because we both know that an expansion pack for an RTS game will add units, : abrasion
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      It's a little confusing to me as well... Lets say theoretically they update the content of each race i... : SigENeaT
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        So what you're saying is if someone waits, they could buy SC2 "Part III" and get the full content of SC2 ... : abrasion
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          Yeah if you get the 3rd part you get the first 2 parts multiplayer content, not single. : SigENeaT
          • and by that point in time the first 2 parts may be cheaper, so you could pay ... 60$ US on launch day of ... : abrasion
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            I am sure they wil make the first 2 games a requirement. They still haven't said if they will or not thou... : razlebol
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              It just seems crazy, then you'll have people who bought 1 and 3 or 2 and 3 or 2 and 1 etc :/ : abrasion
              • That's probably why they will make it a requirement unlike Relic games. : razlebol
    • where has this $60 rumor come from? Has there been anything from blizzard or is it worst case scenario in... : shavenewok
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  I don't think i've ever bought an RTS and been compelled to try the multiplayer more than once with the e... : Mr. Goodwrench
  • I am a huge huge single player gamer, Blizzard do both extremely well. SC1 and War3 are both what I woul... : abrasion
• They are just 2 expansions like Brood War and The Frozen Throne were. The only difference with those is t... : razlebol
• It is Blizzard so whatever they come up with and charge for it, is usually top notch and totally worth it... : [7]kami
• Starcraft 2, 7 minutes of new HD footage. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YT_0IRNbN14 Old baneling mod... : abrasion
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  Oh fucking YEAH! The final thing I want to mention is the overhauled spectator mode for watching other p : abrasion
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    Oh fuckit, the end part of this is FULL of good info! http://www.destructoid.com/preview-starcraft-ii-mu... : abrasion
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      Here's a better page with everything known They basically added everything from BW chart and Chaoslaunch : razlebol
      • Oh jesus god I want ALL of that for Warcraft 3 SO bad :( Supreme Commander 2? LOL : abrasion
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    Yeah, I was going to post this First Person View You know how sometimes if you're watching an OSL gam... : razlebol
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      How do they do it now for SC1? Capture card? : abrasion
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        People just record with fraps or whatever and then they encode the video. : razlebol
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          No I mean on a live commentary - don't they do the switch to sometimes? : abrasion
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            probably just a capture card because they do show the players screen sometimes : AllYourBase
            • Yep. : razlebol
  • Nice one. : Marrbe
• I hope they don't do shitty little incremental multiplayer updates and then expect people to pay full pri... : aeg1x
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  Interview GOOD for newbies! A leage specifically designed for newbies where all games will be normal spee... : abrasion
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    my great hope for SC2 is that it opens up multiplayer RTS games to a much wider audience in the same way ... : aeg1x
    • I agree completely, done right they could seperate the pros from the nos : abrasion
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  Smurf accounts need to go away; I wish you had one account per key which you couldn't reset (only automat... : razorblade79
  • I swear to jesus fuck I am SHOCKED that the interview with Browder basically said "ughhhhhhh we don't lik... : abrasion
• See DoWII for more info. : Klebold
• According to the FAQ, the 2nd and 3rd parts will have multiplayer additions. They are required if you wan... : ahlee

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  I HATE CAD. Hate hate hate hate. Terrible webcomic, probably the worst. : deathofrats
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    It's hard to throw around labels like "worst", because there's a lot of really awful shit on the Internet... : FlatlineDixay
    • Like XKCD. : abrasion
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      its not so much that its the worst, but that its popular even though i hate them : spiderfill
      • If only others could understand your non-creative genius - then they'd see! : YoYo
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        CAD:Webcomics::Transformers 2:Movies : Deathlove
        • Hardly : Slowtreme
• Aren't they due for another miscarriage misadventure? : rosewood
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  nobody can drive a punchline into the ground like CAD : electroly
  • Waste of a good name for a comic too. : Sailor of Fortune
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  I'm glad they could take time off from making shitty web comics to make a completely different, yet equal... : Ajax
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    I disagree that miscarriage comic was fucking hilarious. : socksta
    • The miscarriage comic was fucking hilarious when the internet decided to step in and intervene. Before th... : Ajax
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  wow, ugh. We won't miss you, Billy. You were in commercials and advertising. : crummynz
  • Christ almighty, I was sick of that dude fucking SCREAMING at me every time he wanted to sell me somethin... : ghostmac
• Maddog do you read ctrlaltdel on a regular basis? : freshyk
• good GOD that is a terrible web comic for fucks sake : datoo
• I'm waiting for the SA remixes : Godhatesfatpeople
• as the californians would say - STUPES : anhero
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  Are you Americans actually worshiping a salesman? It's a bit crazy. : guigr
  • the, not just "a" : rosewood
  • More like I'm amused that CNN thinks Billy Mays is frontpage-worthy. : Conan
  • How do you think commerce works? We need salespeople! : theghostofsmdever
  • I think the internet community is doing it, not americans, he was kind of a meme : OrkO
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    Because mourning someone's death is definitely worshiping. : ieGod
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      mourning for infomercials is fucking stupid. : skryte
      • That's a tall horse you're on. : ieGod
  • Americans : Godhatesfatpeople
  • yes that's exactly what we're doing, us Americans : fishbone
  • I think everyone has got hypersensitive about celebrity deaths after MJ. It's all like AW YEAH WHO'S GONN... : aeg1x
  • We love to be yelled at. How do you think all these conservative talk radio hosts build their audiences? : Rotten Deadite
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    Yeah, but not all of us. I don't know about you guys, but just hearing him made me think of everything th... : freqq28
    • Our penchant to purchase large quanities of cleaning products at 3am? : silent prophet
  • Watch the ESPN commercials first. He was an awesome dude. : hawkeye
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    He's a celebrity here thanks to his obsequious TV spots and the actual documentary show about him and his... : LoioshDwaggie
    • Plus, his catch-line: "BILLY MAYS HERE!" He speaks in RL ALL CAPS. : LoioshDwaggie
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      Obsequious? Are you sure? : lechuck59
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        God just imagining Billy Mays being all subservient and fawning while still yelling at someone is hilario... : Arctic Fox
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          I was trying to write this joke but yours is better. : hawkeye
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            To simplify it for all of you, it's a homonym pun; however, I didn't want to be an internet asshole and s... : LoioshDwaggie
            • I got it, I just couldn't come up with good Billy Mays style dialog in an obsequious tone :( : hawkeye
            • I giggled. : Altanar
            • Or, alternately, you just fucked up your wording and are now trying to back out of it (c.f. the "I was ju... : Arctic Fox
            • Ubiquitous and obsequious are homonyms? : lechuck59
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        I'm obsequious, purple, and clairvoyant. (I think LoioshDwaggie meant ubiquitous.) : Altanar
        • That was too obvious. I wanted something more subtle. : LoioshDwaggie
      • "He's a celebrity here thanks to his TV spots [marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness]" Why y... : LoioshDwaggie
    • I think this is the word you want ---> ubiquitous : ChibiJosh
  • i am worshipping him along with baby jesus and our lord and savior god and also eating a hamburger and be... : Mr.SEX
  • STUPID AMERICANS LETS ALL LAUGH AT THEM HAHAHAHA : walker270
  • Billy Mays, High Priest of Capitalism. : sgtsanity
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  I don't even know who this guy is. : thecray
  • yes you do, or you don't spend much time on the internet : valael
• Gah, what shit. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  I only know him from that Conan spot last week : d fluke
  • his commercials for ESPN were pretty hilarious : zerog83
  • OMG it's available in my region! http://www.tonightshowwithconanobrien.com/video/clips/billy-mays-and-... : Mad Brahmin Disease
• CAD seriously blows, and the dude that writes it is a jerk in real life. : greh kleh
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  This is not a fitting tribute. #wearblue4billy : SiW.
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    Reading @youngbillymays stream was kind of heartbreaking if you know anyone who's lost a parent and can i : hawkeye
    • :( : dantastic
    • That is some rough shit. : Deathlove
    • I'm wearing a blue shirt today : redfive
• Honestly, when his commercials came on I changed the channel. : Fred Garvin
• AW man I just read about this. Fuck. : romulan
• When I heard that Billy Mays died, I thought it was the baseball player (Willy Mayes). : retardhumper

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  Fuck you are right about #4! : rosewood
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    I find that often it works pretty well to bring a different perspective to things. I generally find "squa... : boarder2
    • Yeah...some of them work with the angle but seeing all of them at once it makes it seem overused. : cookblaze
• These are great shots. You know, I started tilting my camera because you do it so often in your shots. ... : Galadriel07
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  So what gear are you using? : ColonBlow1
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    Canon 50D, Canon 70-200 F4 L IS, Tamron 17-50 F2.8. Almost all of those were with the L : boarder2
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      I am jealous of your 70-200 L been wanting to get one for a while, but decided the 24-70 2.8L would do fo... : pwnjoo
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        Honestly, I'm jealous of yours. I think that would make a much better walk around lens for me. I find t... : boarder2
        • I definately know what you mean about the bag, I'm using a back pack. The only saving grace is that 24-70... : pwnjoo
        • Not sure what kind of bag you have but I have this and it is great for carrying gear. http://www.amaz... : Do_Or_Die
        • This sling works pretty good for me, http://products.lowepro.com/product/SlingShot-300-AW,2036,4.htm : JT
        • I would recommend the 24-105 f/4 L IS. I got one for my wife, it's brilliant and it weighs less than the ... : Arctic Fox
        • This is the bag I'm rocking now and it's fine for just carrying stuff, although I've got it pretty much s... : boarder2
      • That's an awesome lens, I would love to have it. I don't really have a great walk-around lens. I have a... : Tripps
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  TBH those shots do not appear artistically tilted, they appear more "I don't know how to take photos" til... : batkiwi
  • Are there any that you do think are composed well? : boarder2
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    Holy action shots, batkiwi! They look fine to me: http://www.shackpics.com/viewer.x?file=IMG_8225a_2f551... : Bold
    • haha, that's cool, I'll have to show parents that : boarder2
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  Did you have to crop those a lot? Because they're all nice and tight. Unless you're cropping heavily, you... : ConfusedUs
  • Yeah, a lot were cropped quite a bit. Just couldn't get close enough. Really, I probably won't waste the ... : boarder2
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  The real question is why does his team wear batting gloves when they are out in the field? That's dumb. : mrwolf710
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    Are you really making fun of 7 year olds? Really? : boarder2
    • No, duh. I was making a joke. I was actually making fun of their coach. : mrwolf710
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    So you sweat into the batting glove that is $10 instead of your mitt, which is $80-200. Some kids woul... : heatmizer
    • 6y/o kids mits are like 30 bucks. : Slowtreme
    • i think hes talking about wearing a glove on your throwing hand... : mrvandelay
  • yea i was wondering the same thing : mrvandelay
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  I really like this shot: http://www.bit-shift.com/gallery/jun09/Baseball/IMG_8378.jpg.html Too bad the k... : Mysig
  • Yeah, I was shooting in aperture priority which was a mistake, what's worse is I knew it was a mistake bu... : boarder2
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  I don't like tilted shots. drop it. however. this one pic at lest fit the frame http://www.bit-shift.com/... : Slowtreme
  • The more I look at them, the worse the tilted look in this type of stuff. It just looks bad. Oh well. : boarder2
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  So much for keeping your eye on the ball http://www.bit-shift.com/gallery/jun09/Baseball/IMG_8349.jpg.htm... : Ziz
  • It was really pretty funny, he's scared of the ball, he was actually "catching" in the other batters box. : boarder2
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  IMHO tilting only works if it serves a purpose for the image, i.e. creating shapes or following lines and... : jenisthebest
  • I agree with jen's assessment. I use tilting if I see some interesting strong diagonals or something, oth... : Arctic Fox
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  I've been seriously thinking about the Canon EF 2X II for my 70-200 f2.8L IS. I know you lose some sharp... : Tripps
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    Can you do autofocus with the 2x tele-extender still? I thought you could only do autofocus up to the 1.4... : Arctic Fox
    • You can use it on a F2.8 or faster lens, 1.4x is F4 or faster : boarder2
  • I've used the 2x extender with the 70-200 2.8 is quite a bit, I'd say it's usable, but I only break out t... : Creepin_Jeezus

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  You don't re-download everything from the internets, you copy it from the old computer to the new one. : jahulio2
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    Oh wait your RELOADED computer. I hope you had all that shit backed up. : jahulio2
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      negative. i did not back that up. : m0rfus
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        you can call and beg and they will probably give you a 1 time download. but you are supposed to back ever... : dahanese
        • But anything that you bought isn't still on itunes, even if it just changed labels, they won't let you re... : baron calamity
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  You dont. You are suppose to back it up before you format. This is a OPERATOR error not APPLE's fault. ... : Iwannaacura
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    "It just works," why would anyone ever need to read the manual? : nudel
    • Oh shut up : Trepex
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    that's the worst kind of cop-out for bad product design. : biskits
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      What? If you go buy a new cd from best buy and then move to a new apt without packing your shit, why is i... : Slowtreme
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        Because we've progressed to a point where your electronic store can actually remember what you've bought.... : [7]kami
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          And yet. It's in the TOS, same with Amazon. If people would, you know, read the terms before they just ... : boarder2
          • In not sticking up for apple, as much as applying blame to the user. You don't wipe a computer without sa... : Slowtreme
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  I think you have to beg to Apple tech support for them to let you re-download stuff. Apparently they'll u... : nudel
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    what bothers me the most is...my iTunes account KNOWS IVE ALREADY PURCHASED THIS SHIT!! why can i not jus... : m0rfus
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      why should they pay for the bandwidth to correct your fuckup? : gameagog
      • correct.! : unjustend
  • No, they'll send you a few credits to download songs. : snuff
• You can't simply re-download your whole library - but, you can easily copy your library from your existin... : taronish
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  http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/store/lostmusic/ i believe a ton of people I've read from blogs ha... : Chandler55
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    I think its more of a DRM issue than bandwidth cost. Whats to stop me from downloading X song burning it ... : Iwannaacura
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      I thought this wouldn't stop you from doing that regardless? You can burn purchased iTunes albums to disc... : hoov1185
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        I believe there's a limit to the number of times you can burn a particular song to CD, but they may have ... : electroly
        • It should be gone now, with everything being DRM free. : OmegaRed59
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  you need to back it up. if you didnt, email Apple. they let you re-download it like once a year, or a tot... : g0nk
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    thank you Chandler and g0nk. i will try this approach. btw g0nk...im seeding your pron. :P : m0rfus
    • it's all on my shackspace now.. :) : g0nk
• As the others have said, support.apple.com then click the itunes music store link. Follow the direction ... : SolrFlare
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  You can redownload your iPod/iPhone apps though. It will tell you you have to buy them, but once you do i... : Geoffrois
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    That's so annoying. So it makes you think you're paying for it and then it doesn't charge you? : angrytaxman
    • Not really, you click "buy" and it says it won't charge you because you already bought it. It never makes... : ovrlrd
  • ^^^^^^^^^^^^^this. I had a similar thread a few weeks ago on this. : baconisgod
• Same thing happened to me - you just email support and they'll let you re-download everything. The rep a... : jigstah
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  Just steal them, yes Apple is a bitch, but guess what? You already paid for it so don't feel bad about st... : locater16
  • yah, dont go begging to apple. thats like going back to an abusive spouse and asking for help. : mindshot
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  That's a fucking terrible policy. Imagine if Steam worked the same way : kill9
  • like i said, my acct KNOWS ive bought it but wont let me download again. fucking lame. : m0rfus
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  I sucks because this is the way Amazon does it (you can re-download) but iTunes can't get with the fuckin... : Awun
  • have you actually tried to re-download on amazon? because all the links are there, but when you click th... : dopefish
• This is why iTunes bugs you from time to time to back your stuff up. :( : LilCrypto
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  I wish itunes had a monthly deal like the ZUNE pass. That would be awesome. : broly1718
  • I know. Damn. : Trepex
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  You should really just stop using itunes. : Porkasaurus
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    Best answer. Get yourself up on ZUNE Pass. : LoioshDwaggie
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      Owning music is better. : Lone Swordsman
      • You get to own 10 tracks a month. You also can purchase whatever you want, DRM-free. Owning things is... : LoioshDwaggie
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        i could give a shit about owning stuff. I'd rather just be able to listen to it when i wanted to. : broly1718
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          ...as long as you keep paying for a Zune Pass. : Lone Swordsman
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            which is fine, because i'm always looking / finding new bands. : broly1718
            • Do they have much Pete Namlook available? : Lone Swordsman
    • Rhapsody is a nice alternative if you don't have a PC to use the Zune software with. The web-based versi... : electroly
    • Shit yes. Such a good deal. : Helter Skelter
• your supposed to back it up. You can get a one time exemption. Good luck. : topkatz
• I had the same problem. Luckily I had a backup and just copied the apps folder, but yeah it's fucking stu... : Fred Garvin