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Morning Discussion
by Alice O'Connor, Jul 06, 2009 7:00am PDTThis Monday I do hope our American readers enjoyed their festival of explosives and meat, and that our Canadians have finally recovered from their Canada Day hangovers.
Lacking any national celebration of my own this weekend, I played the Source mod NeoTokyo. I rarely enjoy tactical shooters but NeoTokyo has won me with over its fun CTF mechanic, beautiful aesthetic, enjoyable teamwork, and oodles of polish. I must say I'm impressed. It's available on FileShack if you fancy a future Tokyo tactical treat.
Congrats to empathe playing Balrog for winning week #2's tournament.
Clips from the tourney:
r3ckless vs Headrush matches 1 and 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RzGeIv-q-Q
r3ckless vs Headrush match 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nV-1YrWZIR0
r3ckless vs reidlos : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQnvCK2O1dM
r3ckless vs whiteshack match 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJG8ffMMnWM
r3ckless vs whiteshack match 2 and 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLUF0tA2MXU
eeeealmo vs bcyde http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VKmDa9vqnk .
TOURNAMENT FINAL
r3ckless vs empathe : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCjQ1UktF3o
Unfortunately, youtube just pulled my matches vs whiteshack because the video was over 10:00 long Will have to break that up and re-upload :( .
I realize we're not pro-level players but I think these tourneys are really making most of us better players, having a blast with everyone in these things. Thanks to Foxhawk for organizing these 1 night tournaments and eeeealmo for organizing the first SF tourney.
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Saturday September 26, 2009 from noon to midnight
http://www.shacknews.com/shackmeet/events.x?id=6145
I used www.whenisgood.net to find the optimal date that the most people who indicated interest could be there, and while Sept 5 was equally agreeable, it's Labor Day Weekend and I thought it might be a good idea to avoid that. ;)
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But hey, this game has some really pretty lighting and there's some interesting level changes. Currently trying to record a video of the Coliseum bonus level (replaces the bonus level of Episode 3). In it, there's a boxing/wrestling ring in the center of the arena and there's portraits of each monster surrounding the area. The computer picks a fighter and then you pick a monster to fight them. You take on the winner. After 3 wins, you get to exit the level.
It's a pretty neat and original Quake level idea for the time (1997!) and I'm actually kind of impressed by the game's framerate, all things considered.
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Ubisoft Toronto now?
Man, all these studios shutting down and Ubisoft keeps opening them up.
http://www.toronto.ubisoft.com/live.html
(live stream of annoucement)
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1 - Not putting my pants back on
2 - Smoking
http://www.doodysfancydress.co.uk/shop/images/Smoking%20Jacket%20Burg%2029323%5B1%5D.jpg
Phil help me out here.
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I'll just open it right the fuck up, I've seen a ton of movies, I'm looking for more good ones - anything goes, it's just gotta be good in some way. Suggest me a good movie and explain why you think it kicks ass.
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If I move the window to my old 2001FP the colors/contrast change (and I can see the change happen, it's not instantaneous so I know it's not the monitor that's doing it) and vice versa. Whatever setting it's using for the 2001FP looks great on the 24", until the color correction kicks in and it looks high-contrasty and there's color banding. What's going on here, and how do I turn it off?
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I'm getting killed a little more than I'd like, but I'm having so much fun every time. Anyone figured out the optimal upgrade path? I've already gone for both salvaging perks (car + bonus 2). I feel like the game is a strange blend of halo, far cry 2 and boom blox, and I can already tell I'm going to play the shit out of it.
We going to do any shackbattles? I hear the multi is fantastic too...
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Can someone explain this to me? I just read their entire history with Tom Green and all I can surmise is that they're some kind of mob of internet trolls that can be organized at a moments notice? The power in that kind of thing is both hilarious and frightening, I hope someone can enlighten me further.
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http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/kit-eaton/technomix/would-you-tolerate-book-ads-amazon-kindle?partner=homepage_newsletter
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BB is also running PC game clearance and the have many titles at $9.99. The advertised ones are LOTRO, Red Alert 3, and Rainbow six: Vegas 2 and the rest of the selection varies by store.
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http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2009/07/i_am_a_brainiac.html
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHUVYNTiNnw
Still processing, so you may have to wait a bit longer for the HQ version to be ready. Adjusted the contrast a bit to make it a little easier on the eyes. This is the level that replaced E1M8 - Ziggurat Vertigo, which itself was the reason why these bonus levels had to be made. There's just no way in hell that the ol' system could have handled the massive open areas of that level and still remained playable :(
Not a bad level, but I get hosed by the overly sensitive controls more than once. I really should enable lookspring to help with the sloped bits. Aiming up and down is tricky because of how sensitive the analog stick is in the game (and you can't adjust it).
But hey! Pretty colored lights!
Two more bonus levels to go!
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I wish some kick-ass game company would open an office here in Halifax. And hire me to run it. BioWare I'm looking at you.
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So I have my Druid about halfway to 58. I've heard mixed things about whether or not one should go Outland at 58. But I'm bored with Azeroth and I want some decent gear upgrades for a damn change. Is hitting the Dark Portal at 58 very unwise?
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/-drew-/3694182114/sizes/l/in/set-72157621043269426/
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Jesus Christ Mozilla - it's supposed to get better not worse with every new release.
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Looks like they released a big patch today... quite a few changes. Can't post em here, but you can easily see the Changlog from the game when you launch it.
I think I'm going to restart my city to give things a try from scratch.
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and It remains a totally great movie.
is it just me that finds Cate Blanchett "strangely attractive" ? she's not "pretty" but she's somehow extremely hot.... it is confusing!
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Can't wait to see the BR copy :D
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http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/panettiere-to-go-gay-in-heroes_1108796
A source tells British newspaper the Daily Star, "It's just girlie fun at first. But it might progress into something more serious. It depends on how viewers respond."
how viewers respond the show's ratings.
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All my younger friends use text messaging to request information rather than using email, even though they often have a computer or laptop right there or can do email on their phone.
I'd much rather copy and paste this long-ass address in gmail than painstakingly typing it into my crappy phone.
And yea, I suppose I could email it to their phone, but looking the phone's addr up is about the same amount of work :(
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I am pretty sure I remember a hippy telling me about a decade ago that the Mayan calendar only went to 2012, but I don't remember the end of the world being apart of that. I didn't know about Nibiru and planet X stuff until recently...hmm...
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/07/06/warner_bros_buys_midway_game_assets/
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http://www.techbargains.com/news_displayItem.cfm/169873?source=alert-05/19/2009
Someone else snap it up, I'll get to miss out I spose :/
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But my windows partition is gone. =( Wtf, mate.
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Like snow and rain and you could have a slight chance of being struck by lighting, in fact they could make that a perk, or something. I think that would be cool.
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Xcom
Epic Pinball
Duke 3D
civ2 (or 4)/alpha centruai
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We had a 20 man Shack Street Fighter 4 Brawl yesterday. I recorded all my fights (using a crappy camera) and uploaded them to youtube.
Videos in reply...
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