Morning Discussion: Robot Dinosaurs

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• I havent used a dedicated soundcard in years : Jinxplayer
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  Funny you say that, I'm selling my sound card today since I haven't used it for nearly 2 years from my ea... : shirif
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    Have you noticed missing much? I'm really debating if EAX is worth it anymore. : baronzemo78
    • I'm not sure if it even works in Vista without using ALchemy : melkore
    • To be honest, I don't run my speakers at a high enough volume to notice any big difference, but when I di... : shirif
• EAX is about the only thing you would use it for. : one random winner
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  Onboard sound isn't very good, especially when it comes to interference from stuff like hard drives. I've... : aggressor
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    Optical out : WhatIsThisFor
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      My speakers don't have optical out. : aggressor
      • out in : aggressor
• If you have a soundcard like the x-fi keep it, of course - however don't go out and replace it if it brea... : abrasion
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  EAX is totally worth it for any gaming... so long as you have more than 2 speakers. OnBoard sound sucks,... : brainchild420
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    Onboard sound has been fine for years dude and barely uses any more CPU (1% vs 2% is not the end of the w... : abrasion
    • some onboard sound even have their own little processor to do the work, shit my on board sound does DD li... : CoRDS
    • it's fine for playing back music, and maybe basic movie playback. anything else is better off with a ded... : brainchild420
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  doesn't onboard sound still eat up ~10% of performance? i remember reading reviews back in the day that ... : atom519
  • How many games use all the cores in your current system? You can spare one for some sound processing on a... : dafugg
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    CPUs have progressed so far that the number is probably closer to 1%. Unless you throw in some serious DS... : enyakk
    • good to know. : atom519
• I unplugged my Audigy 2 month ago and I'm glad I did. : guigr
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  This will be to hook up to a 7.1 surround sound home theater system through a receiver. I want to get the... : baronzemo78
  • I have done exactly this so I am speaking from experience. When I got a 7.1 receiver I looked into the be... : Arken.ca
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  EAX is dead.. I haven't seen any newer games using it ... : ShadowRam
  • thats because EVERY new game uses it, it's just not advertised anymore. : brainchild420
• Sound cards no. Creative yes. I don't give a damn what anybody says. Sound cards still sound better t... : Wombat Woo
• I know onboard "sucks" but I haven't cared enough in the last 8 years to actually spend the extra $150. ... : boarder2
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  I actually just removed my x-fi from my system because I couldn't get the optical out to work in win7-64.... : SolveChrist
  • Same here. Onboard sound seems to be improved with each new iteration of motherboards and chipsets while ... : Sailor of Fortune
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  "Your sound card works perfectly." : Dschinghis Khan
  • Enjoying yourself? : xjdrake32
  • "stop touching me" : mrwolf710
  • It doesn't get any better than this. : Marrbe
• I keep buying sound blaster cards with each new computer I build and it's always a waste. Next computer I... : freakynipples69
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  I think the only reason you'd want a dedicated soundcard is if you need a faster ASIO interface for music... : enyakk
  • There are a lot of other aspects * If you're using optical out you're relying on the DAC in your speak... : factor27
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  you guys are deaf if you think onboard sound is just as good as an x-fi. Its night and day difference in ... : gyokuro
  • What speakers are you using? : abrasion
  • This is what I've always thought, but apparently people don't care that much :( : aggressor
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    yah I noticed a HUGE difference between my X-Fi and onboard. Specifically higher frequencies were cleare... : Shadowdane
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      I think everyone who says onboard is just is good must be using optical out : aggressor
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        Yes, onboard + analog = shit due to the amount of noise/interference from other hardware on the motherboa... : Rehevkor
        • I've stated this at least a dozen times around here and we'll still get someone that says some codec driv... : pres589
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        I use optical on my onboard and compared to analog it really is NIGHT and DAY in terms of quality differe... : chilln
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          what do you send the optical signal to then? : hamachi
          • logitech z5500s. : chilln
      • I use analog and I'm more than happy with onboard and have been for years but I use a proper 600$ home th... : abrasion
  • it really depends on what speakers/headphones you're listening to : nova_x
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    I used to own an x-fi before selling it and getting an m-audio. I don't think the card makes a noticeabl... : WhatIsThisFor
    • The card makes a big difference if you are running analog from the card to speakers. It does not make a d... : Goncyn
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      When you use digital out (optical or coax) can you use the Creative DDLive and DTS connect pack to play g... : baronzemo78
      • I don't remember. : WhatIsThisFor
      • Yes to the first, dunno about the second : aggressor
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    Actually I am partially deaf in one ear. Hooray for onboard sound. : mrwolf710
    • that's what happens when you pipe in onboard sound into your ears : RikiTiki2
  • Don't bother, the shack won't believe you. : moe6
• I wouldn't trade my Auzentech X-Plosion DTS 7.1 for anything. Except when they something better. I remem... : yacoub35
• i have a emu-0404 usb waiting for me to get my shit together and purchase some active monitors, once i do... : wetard
• i think for gaming, onboard is fine, but if you're building a media center PC then get a sound card : RikiTiki2
• Onboard sound SUCKS OUT LOUD (literally) for production work. : AxeMan808

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• Just because I hope someone at nintendo is paying attn: I would hire Square to do an MMO for the Wii. Wor... : lacker
• Here's my long-running game idea (I've been kicking it around since the late 90s, just never done anythin... : umcpwintermute
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  I would want Bioware to do a Mass Effect game but in a near-future cyberpunk setting. Actually this wou... : peanut-
  • A Bioware made Blade Runner RPG with a bunch of shadowrun style hacking bullshit thrown in. That'd be pre... : systatic
  • KOTOR3, plz : mathyou
• Infinity Ward - Modern Warfare 2 : spiderfill
• I would hire the old Troika to do anything they wanted, and make sure they had enough time and funding to... : Supine
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  I want a Valve RPG :D : breadsticks
  • L4D MMO : .Jayson
  • Man, Action-RPG in TF2 world would make me a happy boy. : bakanoodle
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  X-Wing vs. Tie Fighter: The Old Republic. : Ride-My-Rocket
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    This. It'd be like printing money and yet they refuse to do it. : tboomer2
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      agreed. logitech could make a special joystick and sell 8 trillion of them. : Downforce
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        I've got VISA in hand right now ready to punch in my numbers. : tboomer2
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          I'm still shocked this or a Wing Commander haven't come out. : Downforce
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            Why is the industry afraid of flight simulators? : dirge23
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              It's not. It's that final frontier they're afraid of. Tons of new flight sims coming out. : tboomer2
              • yeah, space flight sims is what i really meant. i miss these. : dirge23
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              I really don't know. in BF1942/BF2/BF2142 people ZERG all the flying equipment even if they are horrible.... : Downforce
              • i think people love flying as long as there's other people on the ground to fuck up. if it's all flight a... : xsoulbrothax
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    They could release this game every 2 years and people would buy it every time. : systatic
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      I'd buy two copies just in case the one I played every day eventually broke. : tboomer2
      • Just think of the absurd tournaments and stuff they could hold for this... assuming they, you know, didn'... : systatic
  • This or Freespace Online. I'd settle for freespace 3 actually. Urge to replay fs2 again rising... : twifosp
  • TIE FIGHTER REMAKE FOR FUCKS SAKE! : thetangent
  • :: pant pant pant :: :: moan :: : squigiliwams
• I'd hire the original Looking Glass Studios team members to do a sequel to Terra Nova: Strike Force Centa... : Matt Burris
• The Total War team to make 2121: Total War, with mechs. OR The guys who made Mechwarrior 2: Mercenaries... : Finestaut
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  necro the fuck out of Black Isle and have them make a Shadowrun game : Majuju
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    I should have posted that you have to use a currently-existing studio, otherwise I'd do this as well. : Captain Loco
    • Out of current studios I guess I'd settle for Bethesda or Bioware (though I think Mass Effect was a rare ... : Majuju
• I would make Starcraft into a game like Planetside. Planetside was done great, it had a massive feel to ... : Scotty22
• I'm dying to see what Armature Studios has in the works (Jack Matthews's company, for you old-school Shac... : Xevo
• Deus Ex 2. : Marrbe
• I would do the same. Let's buy it together! : Albemuth
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  THIEF 4 : jvox
  • Don't you mean Thi4f? ;) : Iazu
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  I'd make Blizzard do EVERY GAME IN THE WORLD. : FlatlineDixay
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    Great, they'd all end up looking like WoW. : Rehevkor
    • Well, if they're doing every game in the world, there might be a few accidental deviations from time to t... : FlatlineDixay
  • So we would be gameless for 5 years at a time? : Sailor of Fortune
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  I'd have Irrational make a new X-COM with a huge polished multiplayer component. And it'd include the who... : systatic
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    It really is time for an updated version of X-com. I even think they could do a console version without l... : FlatlineDixay
    • Yes. It is. With multiplayer. Even if it's super slow paced. : systatic
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  Here is parts of something I wrote a while ago: ¤¤¤¤¤ ...|Disclaimer - i'm tired.. so not sure i : humbleone
  • This kind of sounds like how Derek Smart described his battlecruiser games. : Iazu
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  A mix of GTA (sandbox 3D world), Nethack (you die very easily) and The Sims (people in the town have 'rea... : Geoffrois
  • Or Blizzard's Starcraft MMOFPS ala Planetside. : Geoffrois
  • this sounds awesome : dirge23
• I would have Relic make a persistent world MMO RTS/FPS game. The actions of the conflicts would shift the... : NFXFSX
• A remake of (with the ability to switch to first person and back from 3rd person) of the Crusader No Remo... : Wolfanoz
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  Planescape Torment MMOG; my prostate pumped so hard I tasted shit slurry. : massdev
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    I'd settle for planescape with updated graphics. : chrisschutz
    • nah, the original is still awesome, but I want new stories and personally I love the gi(r)th. nom nom nom... : massdev
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  An MMOFPS like Planetside with Tribes combat, updated graphics, carrying the Halo badge for mass market a... : egg5hen
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    that would be cool. it's a shame the MMOFPS has been a big failure so far. : thebigbeefsandwich
    • Yeah I'm interested to see how MAG will do. Too bad it's limited to the PS3. I'd love to see a dev/publ... : egg5hen
• I don't know what company I would want to make this, since most MMO devs are woefully inadequate. Maybe C... : Modica Sol Solis
• id software to make Doom 4 and an FPS/racing hybrid with cool new tech called Outrage or something. : afo
• I'd get someone, somewhere, to do a modern remake of SimEarth. And it would be awesome. : Vincent Grayson
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  I'd get the Ultima 7 team to finish Ultima 7.5 and remake Ultima 8 and 9, without EA corporate involvemen... : dirge23
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    instead of this we'll get a mickey mouse game. could be good but still. : razorblade79
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      i have no idea what you're talking about, but you reminded me of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_of_I... : dirge23
      • I played the shit out of that game when I was younger. that was a pretty fun game! : zerog83
      • Warren Spector is working on one. : razorblade79
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    Fuck I need to replay Ultima 7 again. What's this 7.5? : Bull
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      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultima_VII#Part_Two:_Serpent_Isle : dirge23
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        Oh. I have that but never finished it. (Actually never finished either.) Why do you say it's unfinished? : Bull
        • The main storyline of Serpent Isle wasn't quite completed and a lot was left on the cutting room floor. ... : dirge23
      • Oh, the Silver Seed thing. I have that (I bought the Complete Ultima VII) but never made it that far. : Bull
• I would have Infinity Ward remake the HL2 mod, Resistance and Liberation. : Wisp!
• I'd get Looking Glass Studio back together to make an RPG. I'd like the character classes you play to ha... : Rag and Bone Man
• Infinity ward makes a new dark forces game. Marinate on that. : chrisschutz
• I want Rockstar to make some kind of super hero open world game. Something that sort of mixes Wolverine ... : ThomW
• KOTOR 3, TIE Fighter 2, Homeworld 3, and a decent X-Com sequel. I don't care who does them, as long as th... : thetangent
• I would get Bioware to make BALDUR'S GATE 3. EOT : Vantage
• i'd like to see another isometric Fallout game. : ass-street
• I would hire both Sega and Relic to make World War 2: Total War. : Marauder IIC
• I would get Volition to make Freespace 3 while at the same time as having Relic create a tie in Homeworld... : Beady
• Nintendo SMBG team -> Sonic The Hedgehog : buzzbat
• planetmoon studios: Giants 2 (or just finish Giants) : Fredrik S

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• lenovo tablet : Downforce
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  I think rosewood had a woody for the Dell XPS m1330. Update: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=2026... : mafu5150
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    This looks close to what she wants (even with the lowest specs). Trying to find info on battery life now... : mtgDoofy
    • http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=3898 : mafu5150
    • The 9cell has great bat life : rosewood
  • I have one of these too and also like ti very much. I've had very good luck with the Dell Outlet Store g... : mathyou
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  Dell Mini 12? : aggressor
  • For some reason I thought the largest was 11. I will point her to this one as well. : mtgDoofy
  • This, ultra portable shit for 400 bucks. Can't beat it. : kainen1
• What will she do with the laptop? Anything intensive or just email/web/Office? : afty
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  I would push the MacBook with the student discount. : topkatz
  • I was looking at these as well (and they were one of the first ones I thought of), but feeling that they ... : mtgDoofy
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  Get a 13" MBP : digital_d
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    This. The $1199 one should be plenty sufficient for academic work. : rudds
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      im getting annoyed by people using "this." in forums I don't know why : Chandler55
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        It's more elegant than "I agree with the parent post" ? : umcpwintermute
        • I preferred that, actually, using 'this' has annoyed me for almost a year now : Halen
      • This. : omnova
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        Agreed. You have to include a couple of ^^ to make sure that it's clear which post you're agreeing with. : mafu5150
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          Why? On a regular forum they'll quote the relevant post, and here, if you can't tell what post is being r... : ArcKnight
          • ^^^^^^ ---- This. : umcpwintermute
          • HUMOR! : mafu5150
      • These? : delataur
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        ThoSE!!! : askedrelic
        • Shoot the antenner : yonderboy
      • Thusly. : indosauros
      • ^^^ IAWTA"T"P : zerog83
      • I concur with the lovely gentlemen's assessment above this one. : orgcaptainnemo
      • sick epic lulz : deviantpaul
      • At least nobody here uses x2 : fishbone
  • I just got a 15" a few days ago and I love it. : umcpwintermute
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    If you can afford it, and aren't anti-Mac, this is the best choice, IMHO. Small, light, solidly built, g... : genom
    • I agree completely with this. But I like Downforce's answer as a second choice. : davantalus
• This is a fun thread to replace the words "laptop" and "netbook" with other things : Lunaran
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  Refurbished MacBook Air 1.8GHz Intel Core 2 Duo $1099 http://store.apple.com/us/product/G0ER0LL/A?mco=Mj... : not work safe
  • I don't really get the value of the Air, other than reduced weight. In terms of size it's got the same di... : rudds
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  I glanced at this post and read: My girlfriend is looking for ... but felt that anything 10" or under was... : epit
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    And I tried to write it to reduce posts such as these. Clearly I needed to throw the word "computer" in ... : mtgDoofy
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      so that's what she calls them? subtle. : digital_d
      • yea, the woman and I have code names for different devices. I dont think thats all that uncommon : epit
• pix of gf? : X-GOUKI
• Lenovo Thinkpad X200s : d fluke
• The Samsung NC20, isn't amazingly powerful but the battery life is excellent http://www.pcpro.co.uk/revie... : afo
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  progress update: she is now looking at a refurb Dell Latitude E4200. ANyone have anything specific to th... : mtgDoofy
  • Not specific to that model, but I have an older off-lease Latitude D410 and I've been happy with it. : swampangel

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  Shackhyped, Hashd. Only the truly hardcore remain. It happens to everything, I usually just login to queu... : AlexXdude
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    I am all alone in a wormhole :( : hashd
    • Yeah I remember you mentioning that last night :( On the plus side I got some free Hobgoblins that someon... : AlexXdude
• I still play. I've just been hanging with the girl and playing ArmA2. : NFXFSX
• I am moving to Seattle and thus haven't had time between work and job hunting and traveling back and fort... : ejectorpod
• i've put in about 6 hours since sunday. work got hectic, then i went out of town, then 4th of july happen... : cpt_gloval
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  I have noticed some of the NWS people have been in our area lately whats the word on you guys? Sounds lik... : hashd
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    IRC turned into a bunch of pussies. the MIGHTY RUSSIANS had been sacked into submission! : m0rfus
    • So did you guys drop out of xxDeathxx ? and check your sm's : hashd
• i am still playing and will always play. this is all. : m0rfus
• House-hunting is like having a night job. No time to play internet spaceships anymore, it sucks. I try ... : Finestaut
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  You all logging in once a day to train skills is not helping my pew pew itch I may have to go join up in ... : hashd
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    i am working on opening the L3 agent in hiso, so i'm milking a less-juicy agent like 12 jumps away in Fin... : cpt_gloval
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      I was working the l2 agent in his today and got bored so I went and found a WH to mess around in and nobo... : hashd
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        if i see you on, let's hunt some sleepers : cpt_gloval
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          I am on now with a wh and a site inside it bm'd! : hashd
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            where did you find a wormhole :( I've looked daily through several systems and 'ain't found shit' : Joseph
            • I knew it, I'm surrounded by assholes.... : Reptile
            • Hahda is where my current find is. : hashd
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  Reptile's not logged in!?!?! Someone check the hospitals! : loboca
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    Yeah I think this is the first time I have been online and one of his alts hasn't been on...... : hashd
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      I swear, I logoff to play another game for a couple hrs and people throw a fit... : Reptile
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        don't log on anytime soon, i'm having hookers and blow in the corp hangar : Joseph
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          You might want to get some fresh hookers, I already messed with those last night. : Reptile
          • motherfucker! : Joseph
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        Maybe for once someone wanted to talk to you? ;-) : hashd
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          details details : Reptile
          • Sm'd : hashd
• Eiro and I did some awesome messing around in W-Space, and TrivialReject and I cleared a Guristas complex... : MercFox1
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  didn't you all get war-dec'd and put up for open space rape? : Downforce
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    wardec situation is pretty quiet right now. i think partly because we're less active and aren't sucking d... : cpt_gloval
    • yeah there's no war decs going on atm : AlexXdude
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    Haven't you heard? The war's over. Browncoats lost. : Sailor of Fortune
    • Today is an auspicious day. : cpt_gloval
• homework keeping me busy. i'm idling, just on a different than normal pc and don't have the character in ... : Joseph
• I've been busy studying for WOCS and I have essays to write. So I only ever log on to EVE to keep agents ... : Sailor of Fortune
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  im training, and debating on if i should continue. got like 5 days left on Mining Barge V.. : g0nk
  • Always continue! : hashd
  • I just got my Hulk last month and I'll have an Orca by the end of this month. WHOO! : NFXFSX
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  money is tighter than usual right now and I had to shelf EVE for a while :( : MisterPhoton
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    right when I'm supposed to get my final payout, huh!? HOW CONVENIENT! :D : zerog83
    • Hit me up in game if needed. : hashd
    • As in I can probably take care of the payout. : hashd
• I'm still playing, just usually late at night, and most of you pussies are sleeping. : kelbane
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  I've been really busy with work/vacation stuff the last weekish. But Starting tomorrow night I should be... : SolrFlare
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    Get your 360 back yet? : Reptile
    • Just came in today. I'll hook it up again probably thursday or friday since I'm off those two days. : SolrFlare
• I was on this afternoon and if I weren't having to work right now I'd be on shooting down rats. I was on... : melkore
• found a girl, took summer classes, bought a 360 game or two. : cdbeckman
• Been pretty busy + honestly a bit less interested, but I'm still active and training, my drone skills are... : geedeck

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• This is great ! : Cashh
• wow, cool site : vassili_zaitsev
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  i'm pretty sure a lot of those people don't even know what the moonwalk is, they seem to think it's just ... : lja83
  • yeah, its dumb. : Pacalon
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  hey lets just walk backwards : GloriousCow
  • I can forgive the cute girls who do it though. : bakanoodle
• I really hate people that say they can moonwalk then pull that shit. : magistersmax
• the chattering teeth toy did it the best : tinfoilhatter
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  Hey lets hate on people from all over the World. Fuck this fuckers they cant even walk back. : Cashh
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    Search for 572 lol : Cashh
    • it's Maarten lol : askedrelic
• Cute! : Miresse
• I keep waiting for the goddamn song to start : mwasher
• 96 WAT : Freon
• Horrific. Destroy this site now. : virus
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  87 is the only guy I saw who could really do it : OverloadUT
  • 318 isn't bad : Freon
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  You need to be able to review the quality of the moonwalk and they show the highest rated ones first. Bec... : ventro
  • yeah, some sort of voting system would be fun, but it would spoil the randomness you get every time you g... : bakanoodle
• look for 1081 LOL : r3dn3ck
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  810 is obviously the only decent one in the whole bunch : proclone1
  • ok 121 was kind of hot : proclone1
  • I hope you skipped ahead... : fishbone
• wait.... Is 1081 a walking dong? : bakanoodle
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  31 wasn't bad! : felicia
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    332 Too! : felicia
    • Big fan of 287 : felicia
• 1066 made me lol : Slowtreme
• 364 does it rather well.. : deathofrats
• 754 is good : mrvandelay
• Haha theyre mostly pretty terrible. : bolneze
• 787 nice : historyinthemaking
• I like 222 : ColoradoCNC
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  686 can do it! And she's cute! : magistersmax
  • 367 WTF OW. : magistersmax
• 269 ftw : michael walker
• 774, lol. makes me laugh every time :| : gornl1
• #96 I really shouldn't laugh at that. : pulse2115
• 395 lol : OrkO

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  Uninstalled HoN : pancake humper
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    So you rolled fgt. : [7]kami
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      Yeah, totally. : pancake humper
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        Why? :( : [7]kami
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          I dunno, what the fuck am I supposed to say to your reply? : pancake humper
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            WHY DID YOU QUIT? :) : [7]kami
            • I haven't played it since before the move and haven't gone back to it. I have Trine to play and Monkey Is... : pancake humper
            • I also uninstalled. I'm too much of a n00b for the game. : code-e255
  • I haven't bothered yet - I was gonna give my account to someone else. I wish it wasn't so pretty, it's ... : abrasion
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    QQ !!!! : Iwannaacura
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      YEAH I AM CRYING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ : pancake humper
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        QQ is awesome, it makes me laugh when someone types it to me. You have to add me on uswest for SC1 and W... : abrasion
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          I don't play on US West. Also I don't play stupid War 3 : pancake humper
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            OHHHHhhhhhhhhh .... ... burn :( pure burn :( I'm also on east and I have SC1, I need practice but I ... : abrasion
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              i'll give you a rape dollar if you can beat me on SC1 : m0rfus
              • I can't beat the computer. : abrasion
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              I tried watching some of the Norton War3 vod's last night. I can't understand ToD or Rotterdam :( : pancake humper
              • If you play War 3 much eventually they make sense, I won't deny it took me a few games to get in to the m... : abrasion
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    What a helpful and useful reply. Thanks for adding to the discussion! : Sexpansion Pack
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      What the fuck are you talking about? It's relevant to the thread, he asked what I did in regards to HoN y... : pancake humper
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        I think it's like ~230 meg download so the install couldn't have been that big. You must've really not e... : kgargs
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          I uninstall games I don't plan on going back to. I don't get what the big deal is. : pancake humper
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            I don't see anyone saying "it's a big deal". I'm curious on why you don't plan on going back? Are you a... : kgargs
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              I've expressed my distaste for the game for the past few weeks. I gave it a fair shot. The player communi... : pancake humper
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                Great, there's a real answer. I agree, the community is terrible. Amazingly horrible. They seem to hav... : kgargs
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                  I just really don't get the games sometimes. I dunno if items make that much of a difference but I have t... : pancake humper
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                    You should really keep playing. You're putting more thought into it than most others and you'll be a goo... : kgargs
                    • I already logmein'd to my home pc to reinstall it :/ : pancake humper
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                      Learning in this game is very difficult because sometimes when I feel like I do everythign right I lose a... : Jimb0v2
                      • They are working on a concede/surrender vote option. s2Jason is the lead I think. It will hopefully be i... : kgargs
                • this is like any game there will always be people who excell better than other : Iwannaacura
        • Maybe he was never in to DOTA in the first place? I know that's why I haven't run it since I got it. : abrasion
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    sup pancake humper, what's going on with your subthread here? : azenmaster
    • another great abortion by me. : pancake humper
• I just did a quick game with the AI before I went to bed last night, I also gave the scout a try. I'll jo... : shadebane
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  such a steep learning curve i repeatedly get assraped :( and lakren is a piece of shit who i'm glad is... : multisync
  • hahaha he deserves it : askedrelic
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    oh come on, he makes me laugh. : m0rfus
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      and DrFlammable, fuck that guy too : multisync
      • dude, that is ON FIRE with his ZING! : m0rfus
      • i'm cursed with a winning disease i think. i tried to lose 3 pub games last night with lakren so my recor... : DrFlammable
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    lakren is banned? : Slowtreme
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      he's so mean in HoN they banned him on the Shack :( : kgargs
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        I'm still mad at H@rvester :( : Slowtreme
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          H@rvester is drunk/high 99% of the time I think : kgargs
          • hahahahahaha : sposh
      • Now, Lakren can be mean, but banning him? Really? Not sure I get that. : Lexicon_Leidun
      • Good riddance. : Techpriest((Thc))
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    you just need to read up on how to lane, push, and gank. Problem is sync is that you need more experienc... : kainen1
    • oh kainen you make me so proud. i almost lol'd at the 'sense danger' just cuz its true. when you hear oth... : Xanthos
    • It's a beta and already like every player except me is some guru at the game. I just got pwned left and r... : code-e255
  • What time are you nubs playing tonight? I think I'll take a break from losing to ken in SFIV : boomstickah
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    I think this post best describes the two most important facets of dota-types. : azenmaster
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      ass raping and raging? I'm confused. : zakazi
      • it is difficult and lakren is a piece : azenmaster
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  Tried to get more information on a recipe by clicking it a bunch of times. Then realized it wasn't a rec... : Barnahog
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    If you sell back quick enough you get full cost refunded : kgargs
    • Oh nice, thanks for the pro-tip. : Barnahog
• playing with a friend and trying to get my skills up a little more before getting destroyed publicly : Audhuml4
• did pretty good with swiftblade. until i got ganked while i was at the shop. i was desperately trying t... : botch
• I loves me some Moon Queen, and the dude with the Wolverine Claws : Slowtreme
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  im a whiny whore. the abusive players keeps me from playing. i have no ambition to play what-so-ever. ... : m0rfus
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    play with shack only - it's great : multisync
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      I'm pretty much the best shack player so if you need any advice let me know : kgargs
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        like i said, i hope to pick this back up this week. : m0rfus
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          Didn't you play with all of us regulars during our first game? Haven't seen you on in awhile : kgargs
          • i believe the last last game i played was with you, the 3 previous were rapetrains. i should be on tonigh : m0rfus
      • best worst... Fixed. : Xanthos
  • i was in the same boat as you. i was something like 3:60 K:D. but i kept trying other heroes and stuck ... : botch
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    Join the shack channel and grab a game, get better, become an abusive player. : walker270
    • become an abusive player - you speak such beautiful words to me...<swoon> : m0rfus
  • thar be peeps in the shack channel. all added to buddy list. maybe 1 more game before bed... : Supine
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  Holy crap I have 11 invites. some people gimmie your addresses and i'll give invite you. : Thud
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    lekkerhoor@gmail.com : Drankje
    • sent. 10 left. : Thud
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    cptstern at gmail.com : cptstern
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      sent : Thud
      • you are a scholar and a gentleman :) : cptstern
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    I would love to try it out if you got a spare. : jay-ay
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      this post needs more email address. : Thud
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        Oops, it is mrfirestarterus@yahoo.com : jay-ay
        • sent, 8 left. : Thud
  • klm_mccarthy_@hotmail.com : Techpriest((Thc))
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  i ended up raping faces with scout the other day, he's kind of weak early on but mid-late game he's kind ... : Mr.SEX
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    I recommend Nighthound, Scout, The Madman to noob players b'c they are either invis or can invis and it h... : kgargs
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      pretty overpowered classes, I think. being able to do massive dmg, slow your opponent, and go invis is ki... : Supine
      • But they're fragile if you can disable them. : zakazi
      • they're exceedingly fragile. They're great lategame, early on they are only good if played by experienced... : Xanthos
      • not if you put a tank in the same lane : [7]kami
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      I think nighthound got screwed, permanent invis isn't better than the other two's ultimates. 100% crit ra... : boomstickah
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        i almost never used the scout ultimate but i might have totally been playing it wrong. i didn't like how... : Mr.SEX
        • I advise using it! You can cast from stealth - can be a pretty good initiator for a gank or a kill steal... : kgargs
        • The Scout ultimate is fucking ridiculous. You really should be using it as often as possible. It has an i... : pancake humper
      • permanent invis is a great ult. If you have an advantage on the other team, it forces them to spend money... : Xanthos
      • haha, no. Nighthound is serious business, trust me. With any hero, you have to know their optimal build... : kainen1
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      you may know how to play, but you still don't know jack about newbies. Give them strength heroes so they ... : Xanthos
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        I still get cocky and push too far once every 2-3 games. It typically results in a death for me as well ... : kgargs
        • you'll learn that not having to shake off the deaths is generally better than taking the gamble. But yeah... : Xanthos
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          The problem is, you can shake the death off easily but the person who getting the kill is advancing at a ... : pancake humper
          • Doesn't mean you can't catch up, and levels aren't always decisive in games - smart team play decides gam... : kainen1
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            If I have to choose a death, give it to me before level 6. The respawn time is low, the towers are still... : kgargs
            • this is true. also getting kills by level 6 or earlier tends to be exhaustive on the killer's resources (... : Xanthos
            • I never come close to level 20 :( : pancake humper
    • I started with them, they are pretty nice since you can escape and still do a nice amount of damage. Thou... : zakazi
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      here is my problem with this: *most* games are draft and you DONT GET TO PICK any of those. : m0rfus
      • host a game? : kgargs
  • Ugh, your Scout raped me the other night. Repeatedly. : Adm.Snackbar
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  Is the NDA up yet? I would love to talk about this game with other Shackers. : byorn
  • oh sorry, not talking about HoN here, this is all DOTA talk. : askedrelic
  • Mods say they are only nuking video/screenshots and have talked to S2 about it. : pancake humper
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    geedeck made a post aslong as no screenshots vids its ok i think : Iwannaacura
    • Woot! : byorn
    • Yeah we have an obscene amount of invites too, so I imagine anyone really interested in the game who is r... : OverloadUT
  • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=20339920#itemanchor_20339920 : [7]kami
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  Been playing random lately. Figure I suck with most anyone so might as well try lots of people to see who... : zakazi
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    She's like my favorite support hero to have on my team. Get good with her! : kgargs
    • She really is crazy great as support. Took a second to see which way would be a good way to play her but ... : zakazi
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  anyone still need invites? got 9 : Break
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    FOR THE LOVE OF GOD please give me one. please. : JohnnyRey
    • duh SM me your email = ) : Break
  • yeah so im off to school if you guys want an invite, (8 left) just SM me your email and i'll send them o... : Break
  • wooo hook me up! : x[sliver]
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  They REALLY need to improve the store somehow. Waaay to many items and I still have no idea what to go f... : Thud
  • Read the items and descriptions when you're not in game. You don't have to know everything in order to ge... : Xanthos
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  I see a few replies in this thread discussing the bad DOTA / HON community and I also see people wildly d... : abrasion
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    I posted about it above with pancake humper. It's related to the type of game. In Team FPS (i.e. TF2) y... : kgargs
    • That does make sense, I guess a good matchmaking system may help for sure. : abrasion
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      i know where you're coming from, but when this game comes out a shit load of people are not going to know... : Break
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        They are building a tutorial for retail. A lot of beta players are just DoTA players or know about DoTA e... : pancake humper
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          denying is not that important. Yes its a good thing to learn, but i half-ass every game in my denying. Th... : Xanthos
          • we were using a buddy system last night in a game \m/ : askedrelic
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            Denying is important if the lanes are fairly close. It halves the XP rate of your lane opponent. It also ... : pancake humper
            • yeah pruning the creeps is a great skill to have. even if you're in your lane alone. (maybe even especial... : zakazi
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              I'm not saying it isn't important at all, i'm saying if you can force your opponent out of the lane then ... : Xanthos
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                Yep, this. Denying really only matters when another hero is in the lane. A kill is definitely more valuab... : pancake humper
                • yeah denying towers is significantly more effective than in DOTA. : Xanthos
                • no it's always useful. it's not just about denying xp, it's also about keeping your creeps from advancing... : synapse19
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              denying helps yes, and gives you something to do while waiting to last hit the enemy creeps. Just DONT au... : kainen1
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                Yeah, me not taking regen items in the beginning always seems to fuck me. I never do it and I should. ... : pancake humper
                • denying with soulstealer, devourer, bloodhunter is kind of critical as your passives gain from it! : kgargs
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                How do you shut off autoattack? : DrZettl
                • You micro your hero to prevent auto-attacking OR bind a better key to the 'Hold' button and spam the shit... : pancake humper
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                  i just click back and forth in place kind of like a swaying / patrol thing. It's kinda like in boxing wh... : kainen1
                  • this is really the most effective and best way, it keeps you active and forces you to pay attention to wh... : synapse19
                • It depends on the hero's attack animation. If it's long... you can go S-S-S-S-S spam stop before relea... : miasma(&)
                • Swap your binds for Stop and Hold. Stop is rubbish. : omnova
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          The auto-attacking thing is so retarded. If you should pretty much always never auto-attack, THEN IT SHOU... : OverloadUT
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            submit a suggestion. This is what the beta is for. If you don't want your guy to autoattack and you want ... : Xanthos
            • Yeah as I said I bound spacebar to hold position. I find it too difficult to constantly move and also las... : OverloadUT
            • Like I said, they REALLY need a Beta suggestion forum. The Beta general forum is filled with bug reports ... : pancake humper
          • I think my favorite thing about last-hitting is that you pop up in every thread to complain about it. : Delusional
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        Haha every time i join a NOOB game ppl are speaking dota-ese that I can't even comprehend. I guess I nee... : egg5hen
        • Blocking is the method in preventing creeps from moving forward in a lane. It's actually pretty hard to d... : pancake humper
    • makes me think of enemy territory where you had xp being a general you had pro items of rape and medics g... : Iwannaacura
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  since we're on it... anyone any good at playing the Tormentor? He seems really, really good at taking ... : Supine
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    torturer, sorry. : Supine
    • Torturer is for initiating combat in groups, not for soloing other heroes. They are awesome at creep kill... : pancake humper
  • farm your ass off early. kill lots of creeps, get money, then get the staff of the master or the bloodsto... : Xanthos
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    Fragile heroes that have aoe ults are best used with a portal key or the assassins shroud. The portal ke... : Konquest123
    • these aren't great choices for torturer as his is a persistent damaging effect taht he needs to stay near... : Xanthos
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    With a lot of Shackers playing now you're going to get a lot of different opinions. But Torturer is bad ... : kgargs
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      under 1100 1200 or less. And you call yourself a pro. : Xanthos
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        I am a fucking noob. Uninstalled : kgargs
        • SUCCESS!!!! : Xanthos
• I have 8 invites left to give away SM your email : SynthetiX
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  I played my first game last night and I was completely lost and the other players are not very friendly. ... : c_man_tmt
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    Play War Beast, he's very straightforward. Also, Pharoah is pretty simple as well. : Xanthos
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      McPants, what is with the hate on Warbeast? I <3 him. He's so strong at the beginning of the game with ... : kgargs
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        I can't speak for chepito because i don't know him too well, but lakren's an idiot. War beast isn't as go... : Xanthos
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          war beast is useless until he gets farmed up. he offers nothing that a strength hero should and plays li... : kpxkrnjc
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            i would fucking drop you so fast with warbeast vs anyone 1v1 let's do it : kgargs
            • don't even make me donk on yo head kgargs : kpxkrnjc
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              Good Warbeast build please (in DOTA terms). I usually go treads - vlads - s&y. Or something like that, ha... : Dontdrop
              • I like getting Helm of the Black Legion (Vanguard) on him to start out simply because as a strength hero,... : Psigun
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        Well I think it's only decent at best - but that's because he has no disables, stuns, or AOE damage. He ... : kainen1
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          He's not amazing mind you, but he has great potential with items. He is an item-driven character like nig... : Xanthos
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            You are talking to one my friend. Right here, let me know what questions you have : kgargs
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              how does babby formed??? : kpxkrnjc
              • shiat nukka - take da penis and cumb , thaz it, bam, babby : kgargs
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      I wouldn't suggest Pharoah as he's a combo hero...you have to jump in, mummy, and then battery and that's... : kainen1
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        i saw multisync do the pharoah combo once yesterday. that was after he walled himself in with mummies wit... : DrFlammable
        • that's like a cracka donk : kainen1
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    doesnt get easier than the Moon Queen. : Thud
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      Except when you cast her ultimate and only the first beam hits the hero and the other 6 hit the creeps. S... : pancake humper
      • you have to use it when creep waves are gone, don't dare use it otherwise. if you see someone in the fo... : kainen1
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        pro-tip: don't use swiftblades ult near creeps either. So you get your ult with moonqueen and swiftblade... : kgargs
        • Swiftblades Ult pisses me off. There is that 1sec cast time where he doesn't move and screws up the timin... : pancake humper
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      Moon Queen is strong, but you need to know how to use her. Commonly people dont' get any hp with her and ... : Xanthos
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        I go helm of black legion, power treads, slash, wingbow. I don't think I ever get hp items on her and I'... : kgargs
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          reread your post. stop at the comma before slash, then skip to the next sentence. : Xanthos
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            i use the agi on the treads! touche : kgargs
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              also: Razzle/Psigun/ McPants http://www.shackpics.com/files/LatestPics232_h0fi9n30urjv2tlyl120.jpg I am ... : kgargs
              • i'm taking you down to browntown. : Xanthos
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                can we do it without pants : kpxkrnjc
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                  well this subthread is surpisingly gay : kgargs
                  • not if the balls don't touch : kpxkrnjc
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                wow that is one gigantic water fire pit : Psigun
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                  Yeah dude, ~19 foot across. I'm letting it dry out now and laying the foundation for my retaining wall : kgargs
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                    So what are you going to burn in that thing? It's for bodies isn't it. You can tell us. : Psigun
                    • Well the pit itself is only ~3 foot round. I'm building a patio around it. Basically this with the ... : kgargs
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          A Helm of Black Legion may be a bit overkill with Moon Queen. I'd just go for a fort. bracelet or two and... : Psigun
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            Wait I think I meant whispering helm.. wtfever Helm of the Dominator is : kgargs
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              god you are so nubby. whispering is dominator, black legion is vanguard. you don't need dominator on her ... : Xanthos
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                dude you are out of your mind!!!! how else you gonna have health/regen?!!? also see above, I will greco ... : kgargs
                • Whispering gives you 15% leach It's good IMO : Slowtreme
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                ahhh....so wrong. A dominated creep can net you a lot of kills. : miasma(&)
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                  I like getting the Wolf Commander for the 30% damage aura. I set him to follow me around all over. McPant... : Psigun
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                    please let me play against you when you do this. I'll follow you around midgame with your whispering helm... : Xanthos
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                      as opposed to a quarterstaff? : miasma(&)
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                        and jungle creeps have disables: stun/slow/net : miasma(&)
                        • Like you said luna is quite gankable, so she should spend at least some time in the jungle. HotD just ... : miasma(&)
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        She's easy to gank unless her insta-gib ultimate is up which will turn anyone into a steamy chunk of hamb... : Psigun
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          Nah any str hero can walk right through that and bone her. she can only get 3 hits on the ult on you and ... : Xanthos
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            How do you know stuff like this. This is where I get confused/amazed. You are like the rainman of DOTA ... : kgargs
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              I learn things very quickly. A lot of it is just math. If you were ever any good at relative rates for ca... : Xanthos
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                I basically have a math minor. Explain that. Diff eq's what what : kgargs
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                  So what you're saying is you cheated through college because you can't do related rates in a practical ex... : Xanthos
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                    I play on raw emotion. I fill my gas tank with feelings and tears. : kgargs
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                      Yeah we all know about your dearth of tears qqking. : Xanthos
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                        aight, you get a crew together and i'll get a crew together and we will versus. We have a strat that eve... : kgargs
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                          please put together your 'crew' with lakren and gang. I will shit on them and you. also, we should play D... : Xanthos
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                            I still haven't even played pollywog or demented shaman. I ain't bored but I ain't been playing for 6 ye... : kgargs
                            • its rhasta and razzle. they're not different like at all. : Xanthos
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                        That word you keep using; I do not think it means what you think it means. : c0bra
                        • antonym'd! whoops. : Xanthos
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                Also you are a nerd and this is why I will win the war against you. Nerds never win. : kgargs
                • Look at the Illuminati for a past example. : kgargs
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            If you're still laning/farming by late game like you do McPants then maybe you'd get ganked by a strength... : Psigun
            • Anyone who is playing a strength hero and doesn't have 1000 hp by level 10 is doing it wrong. At this poi... : Xanthos
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    Also, this game needs a freaking tutorial offline mode to learn the basics... jumping online is a terrib... : c_man_tmt
    • you can make a private game and not invite anyone. : multisync
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      if you have Warcraft 3, just download the DOTA AI map and play to your hearts content. There is no bette... : kainen1
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        fyi, the AI in this is quite smart. An amazing teacher if you ask me. Plus you can try out any number ... : kainen1
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          This game is not going to be successful and this is why. S2 does NOT know how to make a game accessible. : OverloadUT
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            uhh it's still in closed beta. If it is still missing the features you listed in open beta then you have... : egg5hen
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              My assumptions are based on a combination of S2's track record and what they have said they'll be doing. : OverloadUT
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                If s2 attracts 5% of the current DOTA players it will be successful. That doesn't seem that outrageous. ... : kgargs
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                  Where do you get your 5% figure from? : OverloadUT
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                    Guessing: So.. let's assume that everything we read on the internet is true: http://forums.dota-allstar... : kgargs
                    • I knew that I didn't think this up myself: s2Maliken's (CEO) post claiming that 3-5% of the community wo... : kgargs
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                      I had no idea that DotA was that popular. HOWEVER, my points about S2's incompetence at making games a... : OverloadUT
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                        Read this post as well: s2 Maliken -> http://forums.heroesofnewerth.com/showthread.php?p=3266&highlig... : kgargs
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                          Yeah, I think what they're doing is great. I think it's a fantastic idea and I know there are mods from m... : OverloadUT
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                            I think they're smartly concentrating on the core game b'c they know that their money is gonna be made wi... : kgargs
                            • TF2's tutorial is part of Valve's magic. There is no tutorial but rather tons and tons of contextual in-g : OverloadUT
      • I do not... first time playing anything like this. : c_man_tmt
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  If you're brand new to DotA and HoN here is my suggestion for how to start out and not be overly frustrat... : Psigun
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    Also if you are able to play Dota (i.e., have frozen throne) there is a bot map that is very challenging ... : c0bra
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      I had to play a lot of games against them before I was able to win reliably. That's how I started out lea... : Psigun
      • true, but so many people call HoN items and names by their DOTA equivalent that you will be well-served b... : c0bra
    • Bots would be nice in HoN for newbie training... : code-e255
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    then, others will start kicking you because you K:D ratio is going to be shit, and you'll continue to get... : barichnikov
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      precisely how will your k:d ratio be shit if you're playing alone? Or, if with another newbies, are you a... : Xanthos
      • no not necessarily, but i played a couple of weeks backs, when there was way less players, maybe there is... : barichnikov
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  kgargs i am looking forward to a good time tonight. im buying surf and turf and beer! you better show me ... : m0rfus
  • I'm not that easy m0rfus... or am i : kgargs
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  Alright another night of pwnage on my Shammy, huzzah. When is this game released? I wants it. : [7]kami
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    Honestly I'm not sure why it hasn't been released. Apparently facebook is saying an open beta is startin... : kgargs
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      It hasn't been released because while the gameplay part is amazingly polished, they still need to fix som... : OverloadUT
      • This is definitely the case. Matchmaking needs refining - and a possible team matchmaking option. : Lexicon_Leidun
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  After two game I went back to Demigod. : Sixcos
  • You gotta be kidding me. : [7]kami
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  HoN or LoL? I'm in both betas now and HoN really kicks the living shit out of LoL. League of Legends ... : Durajim
  • Send me a LoL invite! : OverloadUT
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    I didn't know LoL was in beta at this time. Is it a direct dota-clone like HoN or more of "inspired by do... : crummynz
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      LoL is being made by some of the original DoTA team dudes. It's DoTA. : pancake humper
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        Yeah but is it like HoN where it is literally DotA in its own engine or is it a "take the successful form... : OverloadUT
        • I think it's a 'new game' but still very much dota-esque. I think it may have different modes maybe thoug... : pancake humper
  • I would love to play LoL because it looks fun like Fat Princess. : Slowtreme
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  HoN invite anyone? klm_mccarthy_@hotmail.com : Techpriest((Thc))
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    I sent you one :) : Space Cadet Harris
    • Wow thanks man! : Techpriest((Thc))
    • Installing right now. : Techpriest((Thc))
• I have 5 invites left! You guys know the drill by now... : Space Cadet Harris

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  Didn't they move the event across town? : silent prophet
  • Hence The Gaylord.... : ArcKnight
• +INF : TastyWheat
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  Doesn't work for me. : helvetica
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    Call them. : amrbean
    • This worked hooray! : helvetica
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  Hopefully this one counts. : loboca
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    Our room is reserved. : amrbean
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      whoop : loboca
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        loboca has wandering hands, just sayin' : zebosausamite
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          Your girlfriend enjoyed em. oh shi : loboca
          • That was funnier than it should be. : zebosausamite
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  i am shining the concurrent sparkly light : Deathlove
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    I will join you in shining the sparkly light : ColoradoCNC
    • gooo sparkly : askedrelic
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    the website says it's unable to verify the group code? : sparkly
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      called and got our reservation in. Awwww yeah. : sparkly
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        i don't care what anyone says about you, sparkly, you're a good egg : Deathlove
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          thanks....it's $20 cheaper too! : sparkly
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            that's a savings of five dollars! : Deathlove
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              you all owe me a $5 beer. How much is beer in texas anyway? : sparkly
              • I won't buy you a beer, but I'll make it up to you in rape dollars : ColoradoCNC
              • i'll shower you with a lapdance and maybe even get you one at the clubhouse, too : Deathlove
• Oh sweet I live 20 minutes away. : boomstickah
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  The fuck it isn't working. *reaches for firearm* : TastyWheat
  • *puts firearm down* : TastyWheat
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  MICHAEL CYBER. answer your phone. : hirez
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    i'm getting the room. : dahanese
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      hirez, overloadUT, we are booked. also: do you remember the old rate? this is $129 and i have no idea... : dahanese
      • The Hilton was also $129/day. : amrbean
      • Is it 129 each day, or the first day full rate? : TastyWheat
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        yeah, thats the same rate. were you able to ask for a roll away bed? : hirez
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          ugh, i need to call back. do they have restrictions against that with double beds? : dahanese
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            not sure, figured we should ask! : hirez
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              i shall do that : dahanese
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                man i just got the chattiest bitch. apparently there are fireworks that friday and we can all get in to t... : dahanese
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                  hahah, ok, thanks for checking. : hirez
                  • i booked a car, too. it's pretty cheap. : dahanese
                  • I don't terribly mind sleeping on the floor/couch. Or we could alternate nights or something. : OverloadUT
        • I would like to know this as well. : nyranger66
• So, anyone looking for one more person? I'd be willing to sleep on the floor if necessary. Also OK with b... : Xevo
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  Just called and reserved! Got a Lone Star room facing the Atrium. : felicia
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    Do you bootscoot or buttscoot in celebration? : TastyWheat
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      I believe it's the 'boot-scootin boogie'. : felicia
      • So? Did you dance or WHAAAT? Also, you still playing LOGD? There's a message for you in the Gardens that ... : Xevo
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  surprised the code isn't a-ids09 : pancake humper
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    but isn't sudden infant death syndrome far more deadly? : ArcKnight
    • we all have late-onset sids : Draugluin
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    id-kfa09 plz : loboca
    • Hah that would've been awesome : Rotten Deadite
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  i called and it didn't work, is this online or phone? : Audhuml4
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    I booked a room on the phone. I just asked for the Quakecon and they started booking and I asked if I co... : amrbean
    • call #2 worked and i got my couple rooms : Audhuml4
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  I still don't know if I should go to this sausage fest : gmd
  • I've seen what you eat - sausage would be like going on a diet : trOmblyj
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    you should drive down with the 'vette : AlexXdude
    • This sounds like a good idea until he gets a windshield crack from a junebug. : ArcKnight
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      that is like 500 hours : gmd
      • drive up to Boston and we will carpool together : pancake humper
      • Shouldn't be any more than 24hrs to go from nova to dallas. I bet you could do it in 20 in the vette. : wendigo
  • You probably shouldn't because no one likes you. : Rauol Duke
  • You probably should. Some of us might go to the mall and hang out. : dognose
  • Just go you fucking homo. : nyranger66
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    gmd i am going : EvilDolemite
    • you are lying I want proof : geedeck
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      Yay! lefthighkick and I were talking about Quakecon people on Sunday. You were one of the people I was ho... : helvetica
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        i think finally everything will work out so i can go. money, time, won't be a problem. : EvilDolemite
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          and your wife? : RikiTiki2
          • not a chance : EvilDolemite
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    gmd, drive over to Ohio, pick me up and we'll haul balls down there. It'll be great. : geedeck
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      dont forget me :( : maulla
      • are you interested in driving? The cost and dealing with the TSA makes me pretty much refuse to fly. : geedeck
  • Of course you should : rosewood
  • i will be there gmd : mr.sleepy
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  How much are the rooms? : bling1bling
  • 129/day + 15 convention fee. : nyranger66
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    $129/night + a $15 "convetion fee" or something. 3 nights ends up being $481.72 : sparkly
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      also $12/day for parking. : sparkly
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        Argharghargharghargharghargahrgarhgargharghargharghffuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu : omnova
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          there's also a $5 fee every time you enter the building : sparkly
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            $1.5 toilet flushing fee. : TreMetal
            • You also have to pay water, electric, and garbage for the time of your stay. : sparkly
          • hahaha what the fuck? : mwasher
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            Plus for any staff to talk to you you have to pay them $10. : mrwolf710
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              Plus $30 to smell John Romero's hair : Mecha Tofu Pirate
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                I want to comb it. : helvetica
                • That's another $40. Plus he only allows his hair to be combed with Romero brand combs which you have to ... : Mecha Tofu Pirate
            • ...each sentence. : Totenjaeger
        • I just paid 35 bucks a day for parking in NYC. shush. : Super Sparker
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        Are you or askedrelic driving? I know you guys are roadtripping afterwards. In any case, consider this my... : Deathlove
        • anyone who rides in my car must give me roadhead : askedrelic
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  Called and reserved a room. Nothing mentioned on the Quakecon site, so hopefully my reservation doesn't g... : nyranger66
  • I bet they know about it and haven't updated the site yet or haven't dug through their e-mail to get the ... : Xevo
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  i wanna know what i get my $667USD back from the hilton : CoRDS
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    i actually had to go to the website and cancel it manually. : nyranger66
    • and wtf, they didn't charge me that much when I reserved. : nyranger66
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  On the phone...hope this works. : mrwolf710
  • Hooray! Room booked. Now to go rob that bank to pay for it all. : mrwolf710
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  Anyone from Dallas willing to drive me from the airport? I arrive around 2, and am willing to pay in rape... : nyranger66
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    What day and what airport? Me and MrsWolf have thought about using our mini-van to pick up a bunch of pe... : mrwolf710
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      Wedensday from DFW. Getting back won't be a problem because amrbean is renting a car but he won't be in t... : nyranger66
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        Anyone else flying in to DFW on Wednesday and what time if so? : mrwolf710
        • And who's flying in to Love Field too? : mrwolf710
  • What airport you leaving from? I'm leaving from Newark. Anyways, I'll be in Dallas on the 13 by 9:30am... : freakynipples69
• I am booked! Very Nice. : Jonathan
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  I CAN'T WAIT : OverloadUT
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    ME NEITHER! : mrwolf710
    • the anticipation for me is nearly unbearable : kbnerd
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  how many shackers can fit into a gaylord? : papaskot
  • looks like a lot :o : nyranger66
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  Does anyone actually live fairly close to the Gaylord (lol) ? I need to send a few boxes to be stored unt... : felicia
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    I wonder if the Gaylold has storing services for a fee. : felicia
    • dunno, but boomstickah said he lives 20 minutes away earlier in the thread, and any close by Shacker shou... : Xevo
  • Which company are you at? : ColoradoCNC

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  That would be awesome! And a Civ 5 too if possible... so we can avoid the PC vs Console Civ debate. T... : humbleone
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    I'm pretty sure we already have two great Civ games in CivRev and Civ4. : Deathlove
    • Not saying we don't have that, but there is still room for improvements in both. : humbleone
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    civ5 seems like it would be about due. : re-verse
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      Civ 5 >>>>> Civ:Rev 2 : pyros
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        You just had to do : humbleone
        • it* grr : humbleone
• Also get someone to buy back Alpha Centuari rights. : Sailor of Fortune
• You still playing the first one too? It's pretty damn fun. : ThomW
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  I think you should be yelling at Jason Bergman. He's the 2k guy that works with Firaxis on Civ games. : sigpro
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    Bergman never sent me shit. Dahanese brought this on herself. : Rauol Duke
    • Bergman hooked me up with the x-com pack on steam because he is bad ass. : sigpro
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    Not anymore! : notd665
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      clearly, no one reads his blog. i am your only line of Civ defense now, so be nice to me! : dahanese
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        Guily. I don't really read anyones blog. : sigpro
        • blogs are dumb : AllYourBase
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    he's not going to be at 2K for long - he's going to Bethesda, IIRC : Postal
    • Cool, now he can get Bethesda's old games up on steam. Please get a working version of Daggerfall on Ste : Mecha Tofu Pirate
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    Only for three more days. Then I don't have to worry about getting late-night drunken e-mail rants from S... : jason bergman
    • because he'll still e-mail you : mikecyb
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  I'm fairly sure Sid is walled up in his office making the next Civ as we type. : baron calamity
  • i really hope so, i mean i love civ 4 and civ rev but i really would like to see where he goes with it ne... : RetroRedEyeJr
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  Need Alpha Centauri 2 first. : Lone Swordsman
  • Definitely. I would much rather have this than any new Civ game. : dirge23
  • I love Civ3 and 4, but I would definitely want AC2 before Civ5 : Cheeziologist
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  Hey Rauol! You'll get whatever we make when we're good and ready. Go play Brickmatt if you are hankering ... : dahanese
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    He is a cheating FUCK. I want to play against civilized computer savages. : Rauol Duke
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      i'll play you! : dahanese
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        Fine whatever, I can see you aren't taking my demands seriously. I'll have to kick the woman off of playi : Rauol Duke
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          i'm sorry it too me so long to respond, i was laughing at you. : dahanese
          • Sounds to me like you're not really sorry : OverloadUT
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          I wish the AI in MP was better! =( Still, we should play. : brickmatt
          • OR you can go fuck yourself apparently! : brickmatt
    • I want to play. : ThomW
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  Oh hey and get Henry Rollins to do the trailer VoiceOver again too. I have no idea why the iPhone capital... : Rauol Duke
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    VoiceOver : Mr.SEX
    • weird : Mr.SEX
• With the cessation of Civ Rev DLC and the bongo Civ IV Complete Pack having been released, they're defini... : Rooster Cockburn
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  What happened to that Civ4 Pitboss game??? I want to civilize you barbarian jackanapes at the point of... : Vantage
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    Yes, what happened to it? Lets' get another one going! : SockMonkeh
    • Indeed! Who was running the pitboss server before? Hell, I'd be up for a normal game too actually. : Vantage
  • I was talking about playing Civ4 with a friend of mine today. I think I might actually be psychologically... : dirge23
  • i'm still interested in getting whalloped in a pitboss game : shavenewok
• shut it fatty - no one wants to play with you : jedi_27
• Don't make me rush you with axemen. Rev was bad, we need more PC Civilization. Civ5 or AC2. : Izanaki

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  yay it's not green : RikiTiki2
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    did kermit touch you in a naughty place? : hirez
    • if he did i was sleeping : RikiTiki2
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  ooh, any particular maps? or are we just playing whatever Khan decrees? : SolveChrist
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    i don't really have a preference, list away good man. : Dschinghis Khan
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      balloon race wacky races awesometower : DrFlammable
      • this is first i saw, and this is what we are playing : Dschinghis Khan
      • I second wacky races : thecatinthehat
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      Maybe try to play the map that we weren't sure had auto download working for last week. cp_alpine_stor... : ant_hillbilly
      • going to try to bump for this again. Would like to try it out, if anything have it as the warmup map. : ant_hillbilly
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  More like I CAN'T PLAY MY FAVORITE CLASS WAHHHHHHHHH mode. : omnova
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    just wanna point out that the only whining in this thread is you and frame : boomstickah
    • My guess is there will be a lot of it in the game after a map or two. : xjdrake32
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  By the way, there are cvars to restrict classes in tournament mode without a mod. Also, and you're g... : omnova
  • well, lets just call it an alpha test. : hirez
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  yay i like highlander but man the bitching and complaining will suck : .frame
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    just them to suck it : Dschinghis Khan
    • ok I'll them : .frame
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    Well I'd complain already that 4 medics ruins the whole idea of highlander! Just make the server 18 pl... : pyide
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      khan said to suck it : .frame
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        18 people would be 6 less complainers! More who actually want highlander. The game won't be about the ... : pyide
        • i probably agree : .frame
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  sounds interesting. Is there a way to randomly swap classes mid game? : Sailor of Fortune
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    The usual way is for both people swapping to go spec first, then rejoin the team and take the class. : omnova
    • I just realized that I completely misread your post. I blame Felraiser. : omnova
  • this would be the best! Random class ala DOD:S. : .frame
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  No spy = Ragequit. : Techpriest((Thc))
  • you can be a spy, its not like I disallowed them : hirez
• HIGHLANDER MODE !!! FUCK YEAH : MrLobo
• Awesome. : dmason
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  I'll echo omnova here: medic is one of the worse classes for which you could raise the highlander limit. ... : Felraiser
  • just testing it out. not limiting the server. : hirez
  • (at least you didn't allow 4 engineers or 4 demomen) : Felraiser
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    I think a second medic makes sense if you're going to raise to 12 players. The other classes should be c... : omnova
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      Well, if you allow 2 medics, 2 soldiers, and 2 of another class related to pushing (likely demoman if the... : Felraiser
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        pretty much! hirez's heart is in the right place, but highlander doesn't work if there can be more than o... : pyide
        • this is not the final way tournament 3 will work... this is only a test. : hirez
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        Well, it's no longer highlander the moment you don't have one player per class. I'm just going by what I... : omnova
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          I've always thought the tournament would be 10v10, highlander with an extra medic. : hirez
          • Well, play a PL map to test the worst case scenario. I don't think either team made it past the first st... : omnova
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          Well, my suggestions were aimed at maintaining - or even accentuating - the actual gameplay effects that ... : Felraiser
          • Well, I was trying to compensate for those effects. Also, your dumb. : omnova
    • 2 soldiers, 2 medics, 2 spies (or 2 scouts, either way 2 medic hunters) : pyide
  • I know this is ER'd, but I agree; two meds for a 24 man server is reasonable (as Omnova suggests). : Merconium
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  did somebody say tournament : dopeman
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    I was going to ask that too. Do tell! : .frame
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      oh i always said I'd do a 3rd tournament once all the class updates were done. I have a couple days off t... : hirez
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        The three real classes. : Grumbeld
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          really? : hirez
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            Totally. : Grumbeld
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              now you are making think I dont really want to run another tournament... : hirez
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                Engineer is the only real class. : omnova
                • Heck yea! Sentry only battles are the true test of a warrior's mettle. : Grumbeld
              • I don't want to dissuade you because I think a year should hopefully bury most of the drama, but I do wan... : Grumbeld
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                I'd go with this instinct, you will only get people bitching about things and blaming you again. : Xevo
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                  good point. Its all off. sorry folks, go about your business. : hirez
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                    Seriously? You could deal with the organization hassles and intense criticism of your work, but you're go... : Felraiser
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                      Spreadsheets. : Techpriest((Thc))
                      • That whole ordeal reminded me of the "Inspector 34" episode of The Adventures of Pete & Pete. http://www... : Sailor of Fortune
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                      You obviously are taking this too seriously. All hirez would get out of it would be constant bitching and... : Techpriest((Thc))
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                        I'd just think that would have been clear for months... Hirez has announced that he'd be doing a third to... : Felraiser
                        • the part where you took his sarcasm as truth : papaskot
                      • Felraiser take something seriously? NEVER!!!! : H@rvester
                    • pretty sure that was a joke : papaskot
                    • You fail at humour but I suppose we already knew this : Arctic Fox
                    • not seriously. : hirez
  • Yeah, pen & paper TF2 RPG tournament! : zebosausamite
• My computer is set up and TF2 looks beautiful on it. I'll be there! : Grumbeld
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  REDSTONE : H@rvester
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    ReDsToNe bump for TF2 : H@rvester
    • cp_arctic_storm_b2 .... for warmup map. : ant_hillbilly
• tournament #3? : ]pm[chem
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  Cool! :D Hope I don't forget to come tonight. : Maddog_Delphi97
  • Aw yeah : Techpriest((Thc))
• dibs on scout. pew pew. : mwasher
• Cool : yosemiteclimber