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• holy fuck that's depressing; but I can't really argue with him : Perturbation
• Judging from what I've been selling, I would say this is pretty acurate. : SirX
• tldr; Desktop PC's will become a niche market(If they aren't already). Meh, seems about time. : Danny5225
• I miss having a desktop but it wasn't very feasible while I was in college. Now that I graduated I canno... : the rizzo
• until laptops are cheap and I can upgrade them easily, fuck em : jonin
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  It's only accurate because that's what Best Buy and the stores like it sell. Laptops are garbage compare... : redfive
  • Also Best Buy can ship these at a far cheaper rate and store them at a far lesser stock levels in terms o... : redfive
  • now that I finished college and I have my own place my laptop just sits there lonely and alone. Big bad d... : boomstickah
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  Hahahahahaha. : MercFox1
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    I'm about to build two more machines (one for myself and one for another) and convert my current desktop ... : MercFox1
    • If you're turning your desktop into a server you aren't a regular consumer. : synapse19
• nice troll but desktops aren't going to die any time soon : gyokuro
• Kidding themselves. : abrasion
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  So much of that article is based off of NPD's numbers, which I don't think tell the real story about PCs ... : deject
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    NPD #s are all they can go off of that are somewhat legit. There have to be plenty of PC builders out th... : sukabljat
    • You can't dispute that NPD's numbers leave out a massive chunk of the PC gaming market sales though. I h... : deject
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  HAY GUYS, PC GAMING IS DEAD!!! : Matt Burris
  • ^^^ about it : disposition
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  Heck no. Sales of everything are down due to the economy, so of course PC sales are down. Besides, buildi... : yacoub35
  • The article mentioned that laptop sales were up 10%. : GreatGooglyMoogly
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  I don't see HD4890s in laptops, so no : Downforce
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    I'm sure there will be, of course, and laptop makers would LOVE more laptops out there because if you bre... : Downforce
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      Yeah, especially if they aren't comfortable with the keyboard. Usually laptop keyboards are flimsy and h... : Matt Burris
      • yep. the screen/bezel/keyboard lifespan is probably cut into half of a desktop. then there's the preload.... : Downforce
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  Is anyone like me and views desktops as "real computers" and laptops as "the computer you use when you ca... : Schnapple
  • Yep : mechanicalgrape
  • ya pretty much, I see laptops as (considering u spend about 2-3g's on one) a portable computer for when u... : technotica
  • exactly this. : NexusOne
  • Yes. : CRasterImage
  • Yep. : pigvomit
  • Indeed. : node
  • My laptop is for browsing, movies in bed and downloading without using as much energy as the desktop - th... : abrasion
  • I used to, but starting in 2006 (when I got my first Mac), I got rid of my desktop and just play exclusiv... : pgharavi
  • Absolutely. : Vincent Grayson
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    Yep. I hate laptops, can't stand the things : Mr. Goodwrench
    • I'm with Mr. Goodwrench on this. : GreatGooglyMoogly
  • Yes. Laptops are never as good as desktops. They are handy but they fail on so many levels. : spdon
  • Absolutely. : Link.
  • I'm on this boat. : disposition
  • yep. : master_disaster_17
  • Yep. I use my laptop for text editing and facebooking. (Essentially what my iPhone does now). : davantalus
• I'd hate to look at John Herrman's email inbox in two days. : the archvile
• My hope is to have a laptop that can game like a mofo at a docking station, plugged into a good monitor,... : sixfoot6
• This reminds me of "OMG YOU GUYS! 20XX IS THE YEAR OF THE LINUX DESKTOP/LAPTOP/ETC!" : EricZBA
• Not in my world : Mondo
• Of course DELL wants you to buy a laptop instead of a desktop - you can't upgrade a laptop. The people... : Schnapple
• There will always be a place for a powerful and configurable general purpose computer. Thats what a pc is... : johnlocks
• meh. People have been saying this for years. Don't get me wrong, it doesn't invalidate the legitimacy of ... : halophoenix
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  Haha, can't wait until all those laptop owners try and upgrade the components of their systems. : loboca
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    Like they tried to upgrade the parts of their systems before? I consider myself pretty computer savvy,... : Deathlove
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      I tend to slowly replace one part after another, and then finally the case, and then reassemble the forme... : Schnapple
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        Do you honestly believe yourself to be in the main core of computer consumers, though? That's what the ar... : Deathlove
        • Oh, no - I just felt like sharing. And giving you ideas if you think that replaced computer parts are ... : Schnapple
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      Same, 3 years later the standards for components have changed and I'm left with no desirable upgrade path... : Barnahog
      • It's only been about 2 years for me and if I want to upgrade my CPU the only things I'd be able to carry ... : synapse19
    • I've noticed alot more people hang on to their desktops than their laptops, especially if they've sent th... : moe6
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    they won't. they'll wait until their machines are painfully slow and then wholesale replace them : EvilDolemite
    • ^^ exactly : deject
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    Upgrading is not a strong selling point I think. Because changing CPU + MB + Ram + CG doesn't leave a l... : guigr
    • The monitor is a pretty big thing to keep. Case + PSU (if it's still powerful enough) can cost a signi... : nudel
• Not until netcraft confirms it. : dmason
• I thought this was going to be a Dvorak article, but it might as well have been : kill9
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  Having a separate keyboard/mouse/monitor will never go away. Laptops have horrible ergonomics. Extremely... : electroly
  • Yeah. I have wireless KB/mouse combo with my laptop next to me hooked up to my plasma via HDMI. I doubt I... : nevlos
  • Agree. Also, fuck paying to replace a perfectly good monitor just because the CPU/GPU/HDD are too slow. : nudel
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  i know full well that i am in a shrinking minority because i own a full desktop. it's really becoming le... : EvilDolemite
  • Some day I should let myself spend more than 600 bucks when building my desktop. 1,200 dollar computer w... : unjustend
• Someone tell the author of that article that the economy is in a depression..... "Sales down 8%" pfft... : GoodBoy
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  I bought a netbook. For me, a desktop/netbook combo is perfect. Netbooks are so much more portable ... : hawke
  • I was thinking how in the future you'll basically dock your iPhone/equivalent when you get home, and it I... : nevlos
• PC Gaming dead? Dying..not...dead....yet! : Porkasaurus
• Heh, I only really use my big silly gaming desktop when I want to sit back and watch some movie/anime or : Cliffzorz
• PC Gaming might be dying off but people will always create mods. I'm just glad that technology like crisi... : Rodeoclash
• I think it has more to do with computing power not needing to be so massive as what new systems provide, ... : Halen
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  "since total PC game sales amounted to just $700m of the industry's $11b take." then " Luke at Kotaku p : filthysock
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    same silly story every 6 months. yawn. : vitaminzach
    • grr... thought i had op selected for reply. dang, i'm on a roll with these mis-replies. : vitaminzach
• *yawn* : d fluke
• This is a really dumb article. It reads like a PR piece trying to sell Dell laptops or bullshit from a so... : Link.
• Yeah, it sucks getting a more comfortable powerful computer for the same amount of money. I'm going to... : Vincent Grayson
• I think practically speaking, for most people a laptop makes way more sense than a desktop these days, It... : disembodied potato
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  Let's see how it goes after Starcraft 2 and Diablo 3 just for fun. : razlebol
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    Those games won't require uber hardware to run Blizzard has never been top of the line hardware requir... : quadalupeupe
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      Doesn't matter. It will still sell lots of desktop, either for those who don't have the hardware required... : razlebol
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        i disagree both games were low/mid range when they came out for system requirements and high detail : quadalupeupe
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          You are wrong... : razlebol
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            you are wrong World of Warcraft came out Nov 2004 World of Warcraft ran awesome on my Athlon XP 250... : quadalupeupe
            • I really doubt that. I had a radeon 8500 (which was faster than a 9100) and a athlon xp 2400+ and it woul... : razlebol
• I've been reading this same article every year for the last decade. : johnny rotten

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• Humiliating is Homeworld 1 mp beta: I was trying this crazy minefield idea. Put down thousands of min... : bld
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  Humiliating: the first time I played Quake with my new clan, on DM3, the first thing I do is spaz and dis... : Ovate
  • Xen made me quit the game for months. I found that slightly bullshit hard. My fault for having this "I ... : bld
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  can only think of epic atm. Was playing GTA:LC. I was coming off the bridge to the first island into m... : mojo the helpr monke
  • haha pausing the game with the friend next to ya makes this. I have definitely had those moments, genera... : ant_hillbilly
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    Humiliating is probably at any fighting game. I'm so epically bad at fighting games that back in the ... : mojo the helpr monke
    • 2d fighters I am OK at, 3D fighter I have been beaten by friends and girlfriends so drunk they literally ... : bld
  • and then??!! did you guys kiss or what? : spiderfill
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  Half-Life 2 - The entrance to Ravenholm. There's a ladder with a lock on it you have to shoot off to ... : synapse19
  • Here's an epic moment from back in the day. NHL 2004? on PC (It was something like that) Playing online w... : synapse19
  • Another epic failure moment - 2002ish. CAL CS match, de_cobble, playing on the Terrorist side, trying ... : synapse19
  • Hell yeah, I hear you on that one, - spent a fucking hour trying to climb cabinets to get up there.. : Kolpath
  • hahaha traffic lights. : senor135
  • Your most humiliating moment should be when you decided not to finish HL2. : Sapiens
  • He thought he was playing Mafia -.- : LoioshDwaggie
  • I tried to set up some contraption where I would stand on a metal plate and fire the gravity gun downward... : nurglich
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  are we including WoW? I'm sure hundreds of gold have been spent on repairs as a result of me being retar... : electroly
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    BWL - Vael - We're all just standing off to the side swapping some pieces of gear out for FR stuff and ou... : synapse19
    • After a Vashj wipe I got a little too close to her trying to resurrect someone who died in the middle and... : electroly
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      I think any member of GCR will remember the infamous Vael Evian wipe. : nurglich
      • lol i remember that. : AMikaboshi
• Humiliating: Getting totally raped in BF2 for a death streak of 13. Frustrating: Having my artillery p... : deject
• Trying to play the original Unreal online. : socksta
• Humiliating: I played action quake 2 with a joystick.... Frustrating: It actually worked OK for a fe... : TimeDoctor
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  first time i played q1 mulitplayer, playing for ages but only lasting 1-2 seconds after spawn the whole t... : filthysock
  • This was normal :( : bld
• Humiliating: Also Homeworld, I built a vast array of capital ships and some fighters. My friend in the... : Sailor of Fortune
• Every time the door handle is right in front of me, but I don't see it. : thekidd
• Humilating - Not knowing any short hand MMO speak when i first started playing WoW (my first MMO) and had... : Excacheon
• Humiliating: - Mistakenly bidding 20,000gil for a 2000gil item in FFXI's auction house and got it. - In... : slacko
• Humiliating: I couldn't figure out the very early on "secret code" for a door in Chrono Cross and kept mi... : Link.
• Humiliation and Frustration go hand in hand for me: Playing Quake 3 or any of the Halos online. Epic: ... : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  Frustrating - watching my roomate play the Star Destroyer bit of Force Unleashed. I never even picked up ... : TastyWheat
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    what's this about? i never saw it but now i'm intrigued. : xxiv
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      It was epic, but then started to loose its appeal about the 15th time you do it. : chungathebunga
      • yeah i just youtubed it and feel like i played everything that game has to offer from those 6 mins heh. : xxiv
      • yeah i just youtubed it and feel like i played everything that game has to offer from those 6 mins heh. : xxiv
• Most epic video game moment : First time i got the chance to play an early build of mario 64 at epcot... : disembodied potato
• Getting stuck at the one of the level bosses in Ikari Warriors for NES. Stupid hidden staircase that I on... : MisterClaw
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  Most frustrating would probably be Halo 1 at the end, that drove me fucking nuts (the car section) or Kil... : abrasion
  • the balcony at the end?.....so frustrating! : glory hole
• Humiliating: Playing my first CS 1.6 clan match and gettin ruined, i bottled hard i was so embarressed.. ... : Vincenoir
• Most epic: played 3v3 starcraft at a lan party on the mode where each side controls a single start locat... : johnwissinger
• Humiliating: Last night, playing HoN : Clay
• first CAL-i match in CS 1.3 got completely hosed : _jon
• Raidleading Firemaw (WoW) wipes for days on end, ignoring all comments and just kept pushing the raid to ... : [7]kami
• Humiliating? The one time I fell asleep while playing WoW and died to a campfire. And the second through ... : Modica Sol Solis
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  Frustrating: Dragonball z Budokai. I could not beat this one boss. It wasn't even in the later stages of ... : AMikaboshi
  • tank, not take. : AMikaboshi
• I had a shit ton of both epic and humiliating CS matches back in the day since I played it so much, but f... : Begawkiness
• Frustrating: COD4, Mile High on Veteran. Only veteran level I haven't finished and I've tried so many ti... : UselessHack
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  Humiliating: BF1942, during the Great Shackbattles of Old. Taking a tank on Appelflappen, capturing a fla : Enkidu
  • I want so bad to have another BF1942 shackbattle. : ventro

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  no no THEY'RE FUCKING US. LAN is the most important feature in all of gaming. What if my 8 friends are ov... : derelict515
  • ya man blizz (or should i say Bli$$) totally sold out with WoW now then don't even like their old fans. : nakor_
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    You may not buy it, but there will be several of your friends that will. At some point you'll cave. L... : sukabljat
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      I was being sarcastic. People who conplained about it were being ridiculous since 99.9% of the time a pri : derelict515
      • Haha their sarcasm meter is totally broken. It should have twigged when you said 'biggest market'. : bryanvlo
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    no internet? wha? : Lionel2b
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      yes people seriously made that argument. Multiple people. No Internet or not enough bandwidth is apparent... : derelict515
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        typical Roadrunner upload bandwidth is 386k, not very much for several people to use simultaneously for g... : Old_Fart
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          it only uses it to matchmake and then you connect via TCP/IP. No bandwidth is needed. : redfive
          • Is that actually confirmed? It makes sense, but I haven't seen it officially reported so far. : Felraiser
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            Not according to rudds who went to the event, that is still unconfirmed. : abrasion
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              but that would run contrary to how bnet works now right? For WC3, D2, etc it's essentially just a matchma... : derelict515
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                Well we are talking about 2.0 - rudds specifically said that he doesn't think it works that way anymore. : abrasion
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                  right, I just don't get why they'd want to. It doesn't seem necessary. Halo 3 gives you all the great sta... : derelict515
                  • Perhaps they plan to have the game record EVERY game and store it server side? I can't imagine them wanti... : Fayk
            • As I said in the previous post. That would be completely unnecessary and make games horribly inefficient ... : synapse19
      • what's also concerning is for tournaments. that would be silly to not have LAN, for many obvious reasons. : Lionel2b
      • It is a problem - not all LAN parties are held in some nerd's basement. : Zek
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    lol @ the jump to conclusions mat. : RetroRedEyeJr
    • its his friend matt : oHnOES
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    Has anyone on this site actually said stuff like this? There have been some reasonable notes that certain... : Felraiser
    • yes they have, I really wasn't that hyperbolic besides mashing all the best of them into one post (and th... : derelict515
  • You dont own a company that loses millions to piracy. Quit crying. : Techpriest((Thc))
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    Then you are a loser for inviting 8 friends over when you know it won't work because you don't have inter... : GoodBoy
    • oh, you were being sarcastic. well lol then @ us : GoodBoy
• After reading that, their decision is completely understandable. : Ajax
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  They should sell a version for 20$ which is LAN only, no SP game at all or something. I think we all kno... : abrasion
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    Blizzard should sell one version which costs $50 then go home and drink long island iced tea. : Alice O'Connor
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      As much as Shacknews, moderators and even some of us don't want to admit it, piracy happens a lot - I've ... : abrasion
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        Out of all the online communities I visit, shacknews and /. are, by far, the most stubborn when it comes ... : nakor_
        • We have actual developers posting here, condoning that kind of chat would be stupid, hell my post is prob... : abrasion
        • In regards to recognizing as a real issue? Or discussing? Software piracy really is the global warming... : Porkasaurus
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        Of all the reasons there are to support LAN play, raising StarCraft 2 awareness is surely the very least ... : Alice O'Connor
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          Some games are LAN favourites for decades. Quake 1, Quake 3, SC1, War 3, CS - all of these are played fr... : abrasion
          • I would be very interested to see numbers on that but suspect they're trifling, especially in this day an... : Alice O'Connor
          • I want to meet the guy at a LAN party who doesn't know what Starcraft is. : socksta
      • but you can still play it on a LAN : EvilDolemite
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      Or better yet, break it up into 3 versions that cost $60 each, cut features anyway, charge $15 a month fo... : capt tripps
      • Captain Tripps I hope you have been enjoying Blizzard's delightful long island iced teas. : Alice O'Connor
      • Bnet is remaining free, rumours of microtransactions coming though. : abrasion
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        You stole my jump to conclusions mat I see >:( : derelict515
        • Sorry, just trying to brighten things up a bit. : capt tripps
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  Hamachi Kali Haofang (crap, there was another one I can't remember) : hawke
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    Hamachi is just a nice way to fake a game into thinking you're on a LAN though. They didn't set up a gian... : derelict515
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      It's the same technology. Just different marketting. : hawke
      • But hamachi isn't profiting off of advertising from people using their site all the time. HaoFang is. It'... : anhero
  • I don't think you can use Hamachi & Co without there being LAN capability coded into the game first (whic... : nakor_
  • Iccup : razlebol
• Yeah, I was disappointed too but it doesn't kill the game for me. This is strong justification as well. : Sailor of Fortune
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  That completely speculative explanation isn't very convincing. It would only matter if the Chinese gover : adpalumbo
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    I was under the impression that the chinese don't give a rats ass about IP enforcement. and how can you ... : nakor_
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      But removing LAN support doesn't do anything about that. It only would make a difference if the Chinese ... : adpalumbo
      • Reverse engineering Bnet will take longer and likely be easier for Blizzard to prosecute. They are cho... : Sailor of Fortune
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        the simple VPN is only possible because the game allows LAN play. If it requires bnet authentication then... : derelict515
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          That's exactly what I said. Which is why I also said that Haofang would have to clone battle.net, which : adpalumbo
          • "Did Blizzard do anything about it: Yes they did but failed. A few year back Blizzard sued Haofang but lo... : nakor_
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            So your argument is that because it'll get hacked eventually they might as well not bother trying to make... : derelict515
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              I really don't think a few months will matter with that market. So yes, my argument is that Blizzard had... : adpalumbo
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                Previous developers have said months is huge. I believe a couple Starforce using titles were cited (a Spl... : derelict515
                • I figure Blizzard in all their wisdom will be proactive on countering pirates by changing shit up preempt... : Sailor of Fortune
              • A few months is massive, even more so when it comes to a huge title like SC2. : synapse19
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  All the people who are crying will also just need to download "bnetd 2.0" in about 3 months after SC2 rel... : abrasion
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    It's going to take much longer to get "bnet 2.0" up without LAN gameplay. If *everything* goes to the re... : sukabljat
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      Well the one which worked with Warcraft 3 was pretty bloody quick. : abrasion
      • I think that was because someone leaked some of the Bnet code or something. : Sailor of Fortune
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        The leak of bnet code was the key (thanks SoF). The other "simple" piece is: LAN play allows for complet... : sukabljat
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          I didn't know there was a leak of bnet code, what is SoF? I thought it was packet analasys? :( My awesom... : abrasion
          • SoF---Sailor of Fortune...the OP of that post : nakor_
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            That was me, I leaked the Bnet code. I sent in my buddy disguised as a Pizza deliveryman and he faked ... : Sailor of Fortune
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              damnit, I know this movie. The pizza delivery guy is some Italian guy and he says it's a Denuzo's pizza o... : Cheeziologist
              • Ok, I think it has the governator in it, and all I can think of is the guy in Eraser who makes a comment ... : Cheeziologist
        • yeah this was my other argument previously but I wasn't familiar enough to cite examples. I was pretty su... : derelict515
• It's not like this will stop me from buying the game, but I am saddened that it ultimately boils down to ... : fleabug
• I wonder if this kind of software is used a lot in Korea too. And I wonder if the ease of piracy might be... : Geoffrois
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  they're still taking features away from legitimate users because of pirates. : AllYourBase
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    and? A minor feature that if included makes it easier for millions of people to pirate it. You're going t... : derelict515
    • Probably never but it's fun to rant about it. : Pettytheft
  • They aren't taking features away from legitimate users because no one is using the software yet. : Porkasaurus
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  We don't even know how they are going to do hosting games, anyways. Their No-LAN, Only-BNet could be ... : MercFox1
  • yeah exactly. If this is the case I don't know why they haven't clarified it already. People are shitting... : aeg1x
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  Isn't LAN 20th century? Shouldn't this be a non-issue? : romulan
  • pretty much : derelict515
  • Not at all, people do still play at LANs - I go 3 or 4 times a year to a LAN with a 5/1mbit connection - ... : abrasion
  • useful at work behind the company's firewall. : Enigme
  • Seems rather useful when you have multiple people in a house who play together. There has been many a tim... : Stoned Gargoyle
  • *sigh* no, no it isn't : Halen
• I said the same thing just like Garena, bunch of people playing DOTA there all the time. Garena/Kali/... : Iwannaacura
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  really good interview just got posted on the front page: http://www.shacknews.com/featuredarticle.x?id=11... : aeg1x
  • I agree with a lot of what he said. Especially, if you judge Blizzard games on what goes on inside thei... : nakor_
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  This is 2009. People need to suck it up. Business is business. : darkT
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    This is 2009. Business need to suck it up. People are people. : Enigme
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      This is people. 2009 needs to business it up. Suck is suck. : SockMonkeh
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        This is suck. People need to 2009 it up. People are business. : Marrbe
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          This is lame, it ends here. potato : abrasion
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            This is potato, it ends lame. here : jasoncrowley
            • Potato, lame. : Lightbulb
• I understand the decision, but I still don't like it. : PointlesS76
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  I think people here bitch more about games than actually play them. : walker270
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    then they'd have nothing to feel smart about : RikiTiki2
    • they could always branch off in to talking down to other shackers : aeg1x
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  I'd much rather have no LAN play than some bullshit copy protection that will just be cracked in 20 minut... : Gonzo
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    It will still be cracked in 20 minutes anyway. : slacko
    • Exactly what will be cracked? What copy protection method are you referring to? : nakor_
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  Everyone will have to simply log-in to battle net. Modern networking should be smart enough to know you'r... : imcompa
  • I've already done this many times behind a router with WC3 and DOTA. It always works fine. : synapse19
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  This is also why there will be work-arounds and hacks for it sooner rather than later. Only onse who will... : d fluke
  • Note that I think the requirement is fine, it's sort of like the online thing with steam, it's a nice com... : d fluke
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  All this no LAN stuff is just smoke to distract from the real issue. http://www.petitiononline.com/sc2ip... : nothigh
  • LOL : electroly
  • Haha lol : Dontdrop
  • Well done. : nakor_
  • hahaha : derelict515
  • Haha, seriously? : node
  • lol! good one :) : melt_core
  • Sad. : abrasion
  • wow, throwback. : dopeman
  • signed. : socksta
  • Oh god I'm dying here ahahaha : Link.
  • lol @ socksta's comment on the petition : Ovate
  • FUCKING SIGNED : TastyWheat
  • Nice Kali reference :) : LoioshDwaggie
  • fucking lol : feek
  • hahah : das_runt
  • Blast from the past, hahaha. : ieGod
  • Why the hell is this not INF'd : TastyWheat
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  Man, the Chinese market would probably hack the shit out of SCII anyway, LAN support or not. The Chinese ... : basharhassan
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    the point of the post is that removing LAN support makes Haofang unusable for the purpose of playing onli... : senor135
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      forgot to add, they will hack the shit out of it a lot less because people mostly want to play online and... : senor135
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        I understand what you're saying, and assuming Blizzard can truly stop the Chinese from playing online wit... : basharhassan
        • how many beta testers does china get? I bet they have a workaround for battle.net-less multiplayer before... : goatboy
• Fuck Starcraft! Give me my Diablo 3. : lcizzle
• Whats TL:DR : GoodBoy

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  Wow smurfs didn't make a new account solely for the purpose of beating you? I'm shocked! : boomstickah
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    I felt guilty man! The dude I beat was a level 15 and I'm a level 8 but I play UD and he was NE and I've ... : abrasion
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      Uhhh your i7 will run that game at 1900x1200 max settings and not break a sweat. : dkrulz
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        I run in 1024x768 32bit colour! All details set to the lowest option except model animation. : abrasion
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          Why, abrasion? Its not that graphically intense of a game, it came out in 2002 : boomstickah
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            I'm beginning to take the game seriously firstly, 1920x1200 is the wrong aspect ratio (stretch) Also hig... : abrasion
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              you are such a fucking weirdo : SockMonkeh
              • I concur with this postulation. : Toraz Chryx
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                So in other words you've either never played War 3 or you don't know what pro quake 3 players do to their... : abrasion
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                  pro quake 3 players are all weirdos : SockMonkeh
                  • Yeah well look ok fair call - but seriously dude, when you're actually playing an intense match and you c... : abrasion
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                  I know this is lame and that Q3 exploits should be fixed. : guigr
                  • what are you talking about? I'm not using exploits, I'm simply making things look more simple so stuff st... : abrasion
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          Wow, why would you do that? I could run the game back in 2003 at 1600x1200 with all options on high and g... : dkrulz
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            High resolution = bad mouse tracking. : abrasion
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              lol, you're delusional. : dkrulz
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                What, no - you just look stupid making posts like that, why would you sully your .... well you don't ha... : abrasion
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                  I don't have a name here...oh noes!!! I run War3 at a higher res than my desktop specs and have never ha... : dkrulz
                  • The mouse moves significantly slower at higher resolutions. : abrasion
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      If you're running low, I don't understand why you would be surprised that an i7 is running a game from 20... : Dontdrop
      • I was kidding with that line :( mannnnnnnnnnnnn : abrasion
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  Probably because a lot of people are lame and do a lot of bullshit griefing in that game. : Evil Benius
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    Yeah if you play RT, you deserve to be griefed. It's all about solo or finding an AT partner : boomstickah
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      What's RT :( : abrasion
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        Random Team : boomstickah
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          Oh god of course - fuck AT and RT - 1v1 is where the heart starts pumping, although AT is good with a fel... : abrasion
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            A good 2v2 can be just as rewarding. My alias is bongturbo on east if you wanna 1v1 an Orc! : bongturbo
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              I bet you're a nasty BM user >:( : abrasion
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                Yeah but to be fair I played before he was over powered and still love to use the farseeer here and there... : bongturbo
                • I used to be an Orc player when it first came out, I didn't know anything! Farseer and TC was my combo, t... : abrasion
    • we should play again. i'll contact you soon when i'm all set in my new appartment :D : barichnikov
  • Define bullshit greifing? It's all tacticts, I beat a tower rush fag the other night and I felt like I'd... : abrasion
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  you should try company of heroes and dawn of war : EvilDolemite
  • I like both in SP - DoW2 MP was ... pretty meh though - it's not even close to a blizzard game for rock /... : abrasion
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  do you play frozen throne? I was thinking of reinstalling but I cant find my FT disc : maulla
  • I am abrasion on uswest and I play FT, I like boomstickah used to hate FT and prefer RoC becase I just ne... : abrasion
• If you like VODs with commentary, QuadV (www.quadv.com) just finished a 30-days of Warcraft thing, where ... : walker270

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  http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/1999/11/19/ : drucifer
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    That is one of my favorites. : Colleton
    • That's what I'm talking about! : AgentPothead
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    It's crazy how much better of an artist he is now. : Vincent Grayson
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      I think the comic was funnier back then though... : drucifer
      • It still has it's moments. The first year or so worth of comics were funnier than most of the current cr... : bRAINsick
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      I dunno, I miss some of his older work. Not the oldest... maybe year 2+. :/ : cerealSAM2
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        Really? It seems like even as he got better, until a few years ago it was still pretty bland backdrops an... : Vincent Grayson
        • Mainly the characters, they just seemed slicker in the old days. Otherwise, yes, I agree. : cerealSAM2
        • He started painting recently and I'm sure that helped considerably. : Ebu
    • That one is from March! : SockMonkeh
  • Lol, actually funny... that's strange! :D : devi| dog
  • that is a classic right there. : c_man_tmt
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  http://penny-arcade.com/comic/2001/9/28/ : bRAINsick
  • hah, i've always liked that one. pretty accurate portrayal of the game. : mindmann
  • I do in fact still use the line "I don't speak 'Crazy Bitch,'" in applicable situations. : NexusOne
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  Infidels! My Favorite: http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/1999/12/15/ : graceofdragons
  • another classic : drucifer
  • haha one of my favorites was about to post this : cap n KRUNCH
  • Good one! : MacemanInTW
• in before webcomics aren't funny i like that one too : halophoenix
• http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2000/09/22/ : DJ Clipdat
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  I haven't played games on a pc in a long time so I don't find the quake/unreal tournament ones appealing ... : shwortdogg
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    Quake/UT flame wars were a long time ago. : bRAINsick
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      The war still lives on today. It has just gone underground. : rosewood
      • I thought the UT people finally admitted they were wrong. : asylumn
• http://penny-arcade.com/comic/1999/1/20/ : bRAINsick
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  I still call them wang clips http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2000/5/5/ : rosewood
  • http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2000/05/26/ : pharom
• http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2003/9/5/what-the-girls-call-murder/ : sabadog
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  I never understood Tycho. Does he have, like, a bowlcut; or is his hair just died at the bottom/back? ... : Cihte
  • I always took it to mean his hair was lighter color on top. : king_darius
• my favorite. http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2003/04/11/ : AMikaboshi
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  Still my favorite (poor Romero): http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/1999/11/22/ : newek
  • There was another Romero one that always cracked me up. I don't remember what it was, but one of the fina : prime8
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  This is by far my favorite: http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2006/04/10/ : tomservo
  • Without question. : Ebu
  • yes, i agree : baconisgod
  • as a warhammer geek: HELL YES : hamachi
  • I've always wanted to see a visual depiction of what he describes in those last two panels. : Lone Swordsman
  • hah, i knew what that was without even clicking. by far the best writing ever to grace their comic. : dopefish
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    This and the Fucktard one are my favorites ever. They make me giggle thinking about them. : zakazi
    • Best title too. : zakazi
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      Err Fuckwad. http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/03/19/ (And the only one to be cited in academic pape... : zakazi
      • I would like the fuckwad theory as a bumper sticker. : bld
  • I agree, that one was fucking inspired : Arctic Fox
  • This. : randomposter
  • Absolutely my favorite but I don't really think it's funny. Just AWESOME. : LilCrypto
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    Lol I actually made that mistake in a DoW2 lobby. Said they really ripped the orcs from Warcraft but chan... : jigstah
    • I will kill you and give your skull to Khorne to use as a chamber pot. : CRasterImage
  • It's cool, but not funny. : ieGod
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  How does anyone find a PA strip? Their search thing sucks. My favorite is the one regarding Xbox Live ... : Sailor of Fortune
  • yeah, their search is beyond awful : filthysock
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    http://penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/4/21/ Pretty much have to rely on a google searching yielding peopl... : JHelgie
    • lol : hankyJR
  • Google penny arcade search, there's a good third party engine. : Zek
  • Right here! http://pennyarcade.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page : c0bra
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  I have relatives and coworkers like this http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2008/9/3/ : Schnapple
  • I love the guy with the pacemaker having issues. : Awun
• I would say this one is my fav: http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2005/6/27/ : SolveChrist
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  http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/10/15/ : SwiftyPants
  • Hah, I love that it's a fucking battleaxe : plunkymeadows
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  http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2003/12/3/ : smax
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    Haha. If blue screens just said that all the time, my job would be less stressful. : PointlesS76
    • wtf the comic changed? : PointlesS76
  • Fuck I love the blue screen. : dafugg
  • why are you guys commenting on this http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2008/9/3/ and not the one smax post... : OrkO
• http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2003/6/30/ : andrew``
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  The only Penny Arcade link I have saved: http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/03/19/ : AxeMan808
  • And now I see zazaki beat me to it....And thank you tomservo for reminding me; now I have TWO PA links sa... : AxeMan808
  • It's a good one to have saved - soooo useful. Even in work situations! : zakazi
• http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2003/06/20/ i dont know why, but it just makes me laugh every time. : the_doctor
• I printed this one out: http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2008/11/10/ : yacoub35
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  http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2008/3/7/ : PointlesS76
  • hahaha I've always liked this one too : Begawkiness
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    Yeah, I liked that one a lot. : TShandy
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      What is it referencing? : fishbone
      • Army of Two : dirge23
  • That game is so much better than the media will have you think : abrasion
• We have our cat We have your cat. Not our cat. http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2001/07/16/ : SeaLlama
• http://penny-arcade.com/comic/2007/10/8/misinformation/ I plan to do this with my son as well. : fadetofunk
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  Pretty much any of them based on video games I enjoy: http://www.penny-arcade.com/images/2005/20051021... : Begawkiness
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    Third one is fucking gold. : vile
    • "I smolder with generic rage" is my favorite line from all of PA : kungfusquirrel
    • what game is that from? : AMikaboshi
  • I loved the Tribes related ones the best. And they didn't stop at just one showing how much the loved it ... : Sailor of Fortune
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    that last one is so fucking true : klearlyunseen
    • hahaha yeah. I was pressing all the fucking keys trying to figure out what the fucking parachute key is. : razlebol
  • The BF1942 one is a favorite of mine. : ErikTehRed
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  This should be the only favorite on the Shack: http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/10/4/ : Masem
  • Ok, that is perfect. : hbalce1
  • lol, ya that one is pretty hilarious. : senor135
• My favorite one, by far. By the way, it invented that catchphrase. http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/... : slax0r
• http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2009/6/29/ Recent but glorious : IncursionZ
• "I don't speak crazy bitch" http://www.penny-arcade.com/images/2001/20010928h.gif : Scrimbo Obeer
• http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/1999/4/21/ one of my old favs : disembodied potato
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  This one typically suits me :) http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/04/30/ : captfarrell
  • I like this one : Ziz
• I love this one simply because I helped contribute to Alex Rodberg's fragile mental state shattering. htt... : Beady
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  http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/12/31/ : genom
  • classic MMO leveling pact brokage. : barichnikov
• One of my favorites:http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2003/01/03/ : Awun

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• I envy you for that. : Deathlove
• its great TV, you will love it for the writing, i am sure : grendel
• It only gets better, really. : pyide
• in a few more episodes you'll think its the greatest show ever made : re4ctor
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  First two seasons are so damned good. I liked the whole series but the first two seasons were the best I... : Freon
  • Season 2 is really much better in retrospect though. The first time through it's kind of meh but it sets... : hawkeye
• I wish I could go back and watch it for the first time again. That said, I should at least go back and w... : khaosman
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  I just watched the entire series with my wife (her first time, my second.) such a good show. : edgewise
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    i think mcnulty has a drinking problem : EvilDolemite
    • haha, there's so much good stuff coming : nurglich
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      I watched an interview with him last night. Hearing him speak with his English Accent is so weird. I : Cihte
      • oh god are you okay? what's happened? Cihte! CIIIIIIIIIHTEEEEE! : randomposter
      • In the first quarter of episode 4 there is a whole 15 second scene where he speaks with his original acce... : socksta
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        Stringer Bell too, that was more of a surprise than McNulty : Baba Ghanoush
        • Yeh was O_O when i saw him in rocknrolla. : dissembler
      • Watch him in 300, that's really weird : Dave-A
      • He's hilarious in Punisher: EXPLOSION : Beady
    • He's got a pretty interesting story arc throughout the whole 5 seasons. : edgewise
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      I like how this ugly ass tool of a cop gets improbable pieces of tail at all hours of the day and night. ... : Caoster007
      • That waitress he pulls after he wrecks his car- hottt! : TShandy
      • The shield ain't just to show criminals only :) : dissembler
• snot boogy? : randomposter
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  wow. it took me 4 full eps before i was interested. then i was like a fucking junkie. i do envy you. it i... : d0pamine
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    Yeah, was episode 4 the "fuuuuck" scene? If so, that's what hooked me. : randomposter
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      Haha, I hated that scene. It really seemed like a fake and blatant, "hey, we're on HBO" moment. : pyide
      • Philistine. It was brilliant. : randomposter
      • Motherfucker. : Afterglow
• its funny.. I was recommended the Wire.. I watched Season 1 Epi 1.. and was like meh.. seems good but wha... : wimpy1
• i was hooked because alan moore said he liked it so i automatically liked it : spiderfill
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  I don't even remember what happened in the first episode, but that opening scene was golden. : nurglich
  • "Ya got to let 'em play...this America" : EvilDolemite
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  I'm 3 seasons in. 2 more to go. Yeah it rocks. The 2nd season is a little less interesting than the first... : systatic
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    Maybe, but I liked Frank. And that scene where he's walking towards the Greek after they decide they hav : valael
    • I love Season 2. The port stuff is very interesting. : Nitrium
• I love that series. So well crafted. So many memorable characters. : SeaLlama
• I just finished the series last night. : Cihte
• the first season was so intricately written, imo the best season : agentlead
• I do envy you this. One of my favorite series shows. : randomjgj
• i just finished the final season. I went in knowing nothing at all and now that its done I consider it ea... : theWhite
• Hooray! Best decision you've ever made. : TShandy
• It took me almost 9 episodes or so in to get me hooked. The part where Rawls tells McNulty how much he ha : Mad Brahmin Disease
• I'm about half way through Season 2 and it really is worth the hype. If you like it now, you'll be in lov... : silent prophet
• We just did that the other night. I was hooked and my wife was hooked. I thought the first episode was ... : mrwolf710
• I loaned Season 1 to my co-worker. He came in Monday and was like "I sat down to watch an episode Saturda... : Clay
• we just finished the 1st + 2nd season, loved them both. : atom519
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  Look at this shack thread with no one shitting in it! : hawkeye
  • People who dislike The Wire are trying to thread-shit but are too stupid to work out how to post. : nudel

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  Currently my 4850 will be powering the screen. Obviously this is not going to do much for me at 1920x1080... : ateam311
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    you'd have all sorts of games to be addicted to if you just played shit with paddy and I. And sometimes ... : valael
    • Well, my room is on the 2nd floor of a 3-story house (basement, first floor, and second floor) and the on... : ateam311
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  Panasonic, 50" Plasma - well under 2k, you can even afford the full 1080p models. Don't consider LCD, do... : abrasion
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    BB doesn't really sell any 50"+ without 1080p, at least not on the site. 1080p isn't a "must" but it's pr... : ateam311
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      I'm actually happy with my 1366x768 '720p' model - the picture is amazing - I always figured non standard... : abrasion
      • Sweet. Yeah, my parents have a 46" Panasonic that they bought at CC a few months before they filed and... : ateam311
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      you won't be disappointed with a panasonic plasma. i have a 50" 85u (last year's generation) and it has ... : kch
      • i play 360 tons and it looks great, btw. i plugged in my laptop and it was ok, though i could never get ... : kch
  • I fucking love my TV. Listen to this man. He will not steer you wrong. : Galadriel07
  • I got a Panasonic 50" Plasma last year for $1300. LOVE it. : swenkcahs
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  Panasonic 42" 1080p plasma. You cannot go wrong. : sukabljat
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    His budget is 2000$!!!!!! why on earth would anyone buy a 40" 1080p plasma for 2000? you can buy a 50" ... : abrasion
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      I probably should go ahead and say that I don't really want to spend $2k if I don't have to. Despite the ... : ateam311
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        I THINK the good panasonics are as low as 1600$ - do NOT buy anything less than 50" - I can't stress this... : abrasion
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          Oh I won't. The price seems very much right for a 50". Only reason I wouldn't go too far up in size is be... : ateam311
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            I really would love a 65" - I sit 6' from a 50" and I'd love 65" - I think that would be basically the ci... : abrasion
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              lol I saw your post earlier about that and I still think it's semi comical that you're already planning a... : ateam311
              • My last TV was a 36" HD CRT and I loved it, it was 4.5 years old when I sold it. Cost 3200$ Sale price... : abrasion
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              At that point why not just get a 1080p projector with an electronic screen and go for 106in. Especially ... : ant_hillbilly
              • My room is tiny and projectors suck for regular TV use. : abrasion
            • jesus christ : EvilDolemite
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              But that pretty much precludes watching any SD content, like traditional DVDs. Size is nice, but I'm very... : Bold
              • Why does it do any such thing? phosphor and plasma = not a perfectly nasty crisp image, it's a tiny tiny ... : abrasion
        • Agreed. I had my wife look at the 42" Samsung LCD I was originally thinking of buying, and she thought i... : Ride-My-Rocket
    • I got my 50" Panasonic Plasma at Costco for $1300 2 weeks ago! : Galadriel07
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  For that budget you can get a Panasonic TC-P50V10 model on sale for under 2k at Best Buy if you hassle th... : ant_hillbilly
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    Problem is none of the Best Buys in Northern VA have the V10 in stock. Aside from that, what in the wo... : ateam311
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      v10 has one sheet of glass design so it looks a lot nicer. It also does 24p correctly without flicker at... : ant_hillbilly
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        I'm pretty savvy but not really TV savvy, so don't laugh at me when I say that I just want something that... : ateam311
        • If you want some more info watch these videos 2009 HDTV shootout. They do a shootout of the newest panel... : ant_hillbilly
        • "Bright" shouldn't necessarily be an important factor for the best picture quality. Do you want super bri... : Bold
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      V10 uses a different filter on the glass for improved picture and blacks and allso supports 96hz display ... : DarkWolf5
      • The S1 is a G10 without THX more or less, and the dudes on AVS Forum claim that while the G10 is better, ... : ieGod
• I have a Samsung LNT-4071F 40" LCD HDTV in December 2007. Great TV. You can get newer models in this r... : Sailor of Fortune
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  I'd get a panasonic g10 or v10 at that budget. If your best buy still has Pioneer Kuros, and you can get ... : DarkWolf5
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    Work was so dismal that I aborted my mission to go for a run and stop by BB, but I will drop by tomorrow ... : ateam311
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      The pioneers are on "clearance" and some stores don't carry it anymore, or are charging way to much. The ... : DarkWolf5
      • I will certainly let the shack know if I find any of these magical Kuro tvs. : ateam311
• Whilst i dont know how to shop well in USA i suggest getting a Samsung LCD. 55" Series 6b (this year's) ... : SigENeaT
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  why spend so much. you can get a 42+" visio lcd for like $800 i believe. we got one for $700 last xmas. t... : prancing_jackanapes
  • because the black levels are not good on vizios : kn1fe
  • Granted stores don't really take the time to adjust them, Vizios always look like shit whenever I see the... : ateam311
• We bought a 52 inch samsung from frys with a protection plan for three years for 2 grand. Love it!!!! : fleabug
• I am super, super happy with my samsung b650 that I bought earlier this year. It's just above a 1000 and ... : Fredrik S
• Look who's Mr. Moneyhats all of a sudden : ieGod