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• Nice. : NFXFSX
• Haha. : ventro
• Excellent. : Wyvern
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  i want this deer hunting game http://www.easyscreens.info/gallery/20090824/1.jpg : [fry]
  • lol : Godhatesfatpeople
  • hahahah wtf : orgcaptainnemo
  • Hahaha : ventro
  • ROFL. zeus cannon deer hunting : Downforce
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    Exceedingly unfair! : Rasnowl
    • haha best part. : ass-street
    • this just made it for me :D : halophoenix
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    Tetsuooooooo!!!!!! : cap n KRUNCH
    • Come on! Fight like a man! - Kaneda : Zombie Vonnegut
  • The Crossbow Project: Because the best defense is a good offense : riptyde
  • I love that it's only on PS3 and the box quote is from PC Gamer. : abrasion
  • hahah oh god that's funny. : RogerDandy
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    give credit where it's due..that was from a somethingawful photoshop thread.. : deathofrats
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      sherlock holmes is on the case. was it the somethingawful.com in the photo that tipped you off or somethi... : [fry]
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        where's it say that? : edgewise
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          you'll shit bricks : [fry]
          • I'm a tard. I was looking at the original GTA/District 9 pic. : edgewise
      • detective deathofrats is always on duty, fry! : mikecyb
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      It's not like he was claiming the image as his own. Please remove the stick from your anal cavity. : bRAINsick
      • it wasn't meant to be an anal post..sorry. : deathofrats
    • Bottom left dude. : Godhatesfatpeople
    • I'd have thought the same thing by looking at the SA icon in the bottom left corner. : Entity
  • Ion Cannon Ready : Thisispol
  • that's fantastic : halophoenix
  • hahaha, that's excellent. : ShoCon
  • PEWWWWWWWWW! 12 point rack! : MercFox1
  • hahaha I'd buy that for a dollar! : sanchez
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  playstation 2 what the fuck, that is for babies : mikecyb
  • poor people in the ghetto : dantastic
• love it : trOmblyj
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  I don't get it. :| : CrustaR
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    congratulations on not having seen district 9 : Deathlove
    • Oh, I see. I was planning on seeing it on Friday and was trying to avoid any spoilers. : CrustaR
• lol : nodge69
• haha that looks awesome : das_runt
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  Oh man, that kicks ass. : Wikus Van De Merwe
  • What the hell? Nice. : MercFox1
• The rifles in that movie were XM-8s, weren't they? : Ride-My-Rocket
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  Mild spoiler warning for District 9 : OverloadUT
  • Thanks! : CrustaR
• hahaha very nice : Begawkiness
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  Aww, bandwidth exceeded. Anyone have a mirror? : Dechter
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    still works, just gotta drag and drop : sanchez
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      drag&drop produced the same bandwidth exceeded image : proclone1
      • Not if you refresh it after dragondrop : OverloadUT
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    http://www.la.gg/upl/GTA5.jpg : Godhatesfatpeople
    • lolol very clever : Maddog_Delphi97

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• I definitely preferred the Dallas storyline to the Maryanne one, so I'm just waiting to see what happens ... : Halen
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  they have to wrap up this season's story line. although i do wonder how sam's going to explain shit to pe... : dahanese
  • no one is going to remember anything - the only person to explain to is jason who is dumber than a doorna... : multisync
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  I felt the whole bit with the zombie crowd interacting with jason was way too goofy. : Dave-A
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    that part was hilarious. god has horns!! : mikecyb
    • Bullshit! God has horns! I'm glad he's getting more lines. : brickmatt
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    i fucking loved that scene. i like that the show is campy and not serious. : dahanese
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      That scene was so hilariously awesome. Jason Stackhouse was really turning it up to 11 in that episode. : SockMonkeh
      • i loved that scene. i liked it when he was getting all geared up and they played the hilariously cheesy : jenisthebest
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    This is the wrong show for you then. It's not trying to be too serious. I found it awesome. : thrallie200
    • ok, i'll stop watching it. thanks! : Dave-A
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    Yes, how dare they put a dude wearing a gas mask and holding flares standing on top of a car in my show a... : notd665
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      The end of that scene saved it. I didn't mind actually what happened, but something seemed a little off a... : Dave-A
      • SMITE ME MOTHERFUCKER : moe6
      • It did feel a tad bit off. Is it just me or has the running time shortened for this show? It seems to end... : steauengeglase
• What? How? : SenorSpine
• I thought it was awesome! Crazy things are going down in Bone Temps! : SockMonkeh
• I thought it was brilliant that after a serious couple of episodes they went all lol up in here. I loved ... : brickmatt
• I kinda like the whacky direction it's going in. Jason is hilarious lately. : cygnus
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  Hell no, we don't need to see more bullshit between SOOKEH and Bill, we had enough of that in the first s... : shortbuscaptain
  • At least SOOKEH and Bill aren't questioning their relationship every 4 minutes, that was getting pretty o... : steauengeglase
• Dallas and the elite vampires were cooler, but finally there will be some closure to this Maryanne thing ... : gakera
• Only thing I didn't like about last night was Suhkee's hand zapper...looks a bit too cheesy for the show.... : FreshlyShavenGreasedAndAngry
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  I haven't watched the show very much but I've gotten the impression from seeing it at my GF's house that ... : action wombmate
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    I haven't watched the show very much.. Thanks for the expert analysis! : brickmatt
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      I just said it was my impression, and I have seen several episodes, so calm down, Kojack. : action wombmate
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        So you have watched a few episodes but don't really follow the show and felt the need to weigh in and say... : brickmatt
        • he has a habit of throwing around uninformed, snap judgments. nothing new here! : mwasher
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          The statement in the OP was "I thought the show kind of jumped the shark. It went a bit too far I thought : action wombmate
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            I'm also welcome to say so while being snarky! I'm glad your experience was worth sharing! : brickmatt
            • You snarky snarker you! : action wombmate
• as long as they kill off that annoying middle-aged woman and never get a villain that crappy again I thin... : thebigbeefsandwich
• I think you jumped the shark : MoreVespeneGas
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  the books have Fairies , Werewolves *****Spoiler******* In the books sookie is part Fairy and so : quadalupeupe
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    they may never go in that direction though, if he diverges from the books. those characters are rad so i ... : dahanese
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      Sookie used some of the powers lastnight and the unaired pilot had some lady in the woods helping sook : quadalupeupe
      • unaired PILOT? where do I get this from? : nevlos
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        oh she was in an unaired thing? awesome! (i've read all the books so i know the mythos. i've been a f... : dahanese
        • What did you think of book 8 (the latest in paperback)? I feel like each book has less of a coherent plot... : Goncyn
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    My wife has read some of the books and says season 2 is way different than book 2, none of the supporting... : quazar
    • yeah, there are large threads of story from the books now, but i have a feeling they are going to start m... : dahanese
  • I'm glad I read spoilers. : unjustend
• I've decided to intend it to be corny, and I enjoy it more now. I don't want to find out if that's actua... : tree8
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  Hey guys I like the Maryanne stuff so suck a fart out of my ass.! : SockMonkeh
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    I learned from the shack yesterday that that is called "bumping" : MoreVespeneGas
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      Sucking a fart out of someone's ass? : SockMonkeh
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        yup : MoreVespeneGas
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          what do you do after you get the fart, uh, out? : mikecyb
          • shack hasn't taught me that yet http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=20730097 : MoreVespeneGas
  • I'm about done with her. : hanfeitzu
• That entire episode was a waste. : massdev
• ........sooookeeehh : Milleh

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• wow, looks awesome. : pancake humper
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  to be fair, anything would be an improvement. the water in WoW is horrible : electroly
  • was* OH YEAH : Confrustrating
  • especially between Teldrassil and Darkshore. There's this hideously obvious pattern of wave squares. : Cihte
• so great, makes me want to dive in. : atom519
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  I can't belive the rumours were right on this one. What's the excuse for the worgen? : RogerDandy
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    There is an interview some where on Gamespot with one of the guys from Blizzard that said they figured it... : Confrustrating
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      Have they announced the Worgen and Goblin mounts yet? I'm not seeing any mention of it. I think it'd b... : drhazard
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        goblins have some kind of gocart type thing and the worgen have some type of 4 legged man bear pig : kek
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          worgen: http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/images/news/2009/august/cataclysmpreviewpanel_011.jpg gob... : kek
          • Oh thx for pics. Goblins definitely won in mounts though. : bolneze
        • man-bear-pig! SWEET! : RogerDandy
  • http://www.wow.com/2009/08/23/know-your-lore-world-of-warcraft-cataclysm-worgen/ : Home Nugget
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    "Excuse"? If anything, they make way more sense than the Goblins. : action wombmate
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      Agreed. The goblins seem like "ehhh, we need a tiny race so Horde will stop crying about gnomes in PvP, ... : electroly
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        So I imagine your head is exploding right about now. : action wombmate
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          The part that blows my mind is that people actually want a Tauren paladin. Why wouldn't you want a Blood... : electroly
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            oh, electroly Though what I was really talking about was all the changes. As I was reading over the s... : action wombmate
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              i've already decided to quit the game when cataclysm comes out : electroly
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                hahahahahaha : action wombmate
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                  So you really don't want to play any of the new raid/dungeon stuff? At all? : action wombmate
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                    no, i'm done. i needed an exit anyway. i haven't even touched the new raid we've already got, nor most ... : electroly
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                      Oh ok, then that makes sense. From the way you always talk about it I'd assumed you were pretty ravenous... : action wombmate
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                        I still love raiding and I wish I could raid more but it was ruining my life. Not healthy at all. I cal... : electroly
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                          Good for you. I think a good part of the reason that I've managed to enjoy WoW for 5 years yet don't hav : action wombmate
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                            I played for three years (starting with release) and was very competitive, played in a high end raiding g : umcpwintermute
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                              This pretty close to my experience with WoW. I haven't played WotLK yet, and now that Cataclysm is announ... : TrptJim
                              • I created a DK and got like six levels then quit him, then leveled up my druid to 80, then quit Lich King... : umcpwintermute
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                          Being in a casual raiding guild, the new feature to extend instance lockouts has been fantastic. Most of ... : Home Nugget
                          • That's what my guild was planning on doing, but for some reason they keep resetting it so we can get more... : Vincent Grayson
              • I guarantee this wont happen : fishbone
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            I play a Belf pally right now, but as soon as I can, I'm going to switch over to a tauradin. I feel like... : Clasifyd
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              Not to mention tankadin + endurance racial. : Haxim
              • They're changing all of the racials for Cataclysm. : electroly
              • Yay for +500 health. : Marrbe
          • I'm sorry electroly we don't all play with dolls and collect dresses. : Chod
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      You mean the Goblins who were allied with the Orcs in previous Warcraft games? : Evil Benius
      • Exactly. : RogerDandy
      • They also run the zeppelins for the Horde in WoW, while the Alliance has to run their own boats. Still a... : electroly
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    I was pretty bummed about this to start with, because goblins are cool, but the worgen sound like a good ... : dfay
    • hahahahaha : RogerDandy
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  Tauren Paladin confirmed! Now they just need to roll out the faction switch thing at the same time. : Haxim
  • I need a Goblin alt to go with my BE Priest and Orc Shammy :D : breadsticks
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  Where the fuck is my Pandaren?! : notdeadyeti
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    They're pretty much never going to make those, I'd wager. : action wombmate
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      Is the model in the game? : kgargs
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        Not that I'm aware of. : action wombmate
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          They looked so cool in WC3 though. :( : notdeadyeti
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            The Chinese players would make implementation of the Pandaren a nightmare. If I were Blizzard I simply w... : action wombmate
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              How so? : Ebu
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                The Chinese people are very particular about Pandas and how they are portrayed, because Pandas are cultur... : action wombmate
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                  What's possibly offensive about a drunken anthro panda breathing fire? : Ebu
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                    they can't even have exposed bones on the Undead in China. they're offended by weird things. : electroly
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                      Sounds like their problem. : Ebu
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                        it's Blizzard's problem if they want to sell in China : electroly
                        • And they do. : OverloadUT
  • China won't allow it : breadsticks
  • Pandarens were always just a joke that started thanks to Samwise. If anything, they're totally the final ... : Frozen Pixel
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  Is Worgen pronounced with a hard or soft g? : underground banana plantation
  • I've always said it with a hard g in my head why does this post sound so sexual : action wombmate
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    It's a hard g, definitely. : Grumbeld
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      I hear it in my head as a soft g, like warg. : ttyRazor
      • You made me look up hard and soft 'g's just to make sure I'm not crazy... and I'm not. Warg is a hard 'g... : Grumbeld
  • With a hard G, according to the people speaking on the Blizzard panel. :) : SilverSnake
• I can't wait to make a goblin! This is something I've wanted for a long time. I like little races, but ha... : superhoss
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  Eh? There have been games around for ages that do better water than that... As in actually simulating the... : uncleanmonkey
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    But this is an MMO with an engine that's more than 5 years old. : action wombmate
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      I don't see how that's relevant.... Why do you care what excuses they have for the game looking like crap... : uncleanmonkey
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        the game doesn't look like crap, you must be playing something else. : grendel
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          I don't play it. I have spreadsheet program already, thanks. But looking at this video and other trai... : uncleanmonkey
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            I was thinking "beautiful" also. I think the game looks good, especially maxed at 1920x1080. : Confrustrating
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              Do you play any other games? In no way does it look like something that belongs in 2009. : uncleanmonkey
              • Of course, I play a ton of games. : Confrustrating
          • so your problem is that you don't enjoy the art "style" they are going for with WoW. say whatever you li... : grendel
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        Not relevant? Have you ever played an MMO? The target market for these games are pretty much anyone w... : atom519
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          Yeah, 'cause it's totally impossible to have one water effect for high end systems and one for low end sy... : uncleanmonkey
          • Crysis engine wouldn't be able to handle WoW even if you tried. With the sheer number of players your fra... : Chod
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            What? Where did I say that was impossible again? You said it being an MMO, (an older one at that) was : atom519
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              Your logic hinged in it being impossible, since if it wasn't impossible the fact that it's an MMO is comp... : uncleanmonkey
              • haha what? I never said the word impossible, and we aren't talking in absolutes here. you were impl... : atom519
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        Is there something wrong with taking things in context? No, of course it's not cutting-edge water effect : action wombmate
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          Sure, but my point is that the appropriate reaction is "yay, they're finally up to 2004 standards of grap... : uncleanmonkey
          • Yes, the tech is dated all-around, but Blizzard has fantastic art teams and their art direction is among ... : action wombmate
          • Tens of Millions of people don't give a shit about "graphic fidelity," to them this is a ohhh pretty upda... : stonedonkey
      • don't forget to shit up the KOTOR MMO : Downforce
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      There have been MMOs using older engines with better looking water. : Evil Benius
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        Such as? : Confrustrating
        • The LotRO engine is pretty old since it dates back to AC2 with some improvements thrown on. Hell I think ... : Evil Benius
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          DAOC went from http://www.rpgfan.com/reviews/daoc-si/ss-02.jpg to http://cougar.kniggets.org/Knarr.jp... : devi| dog
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            That LOTRO water looks great. : atom519
            • The problem with LOTRO's water is that it tends to look more realistic then it's surroundings. : Frozen Pixel
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            That is not what the DAoC water looked like when it first launched. That's a pic of the first upgrade to ... : Frozen Pixel
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              That's the first picture and why I state that? The issue is that Shrouded Isles was before WoW, why have... : devi| dog
              • No, that first picture is not what the water looked like at launch, and that was what I was talking about... : Frozen Pixel
              • Oh, you mean it was worse than the original picture I have. I always remember it as I linked, if it was ... : devi| dog
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        The water in eq2 is awesome. : Visceral Monkey
        • Yeah WTF EQ2's water is way better than this at high graphic settings, and I thought it was pretty much l... : Toth21
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      Except that every expansion, I think you have to reset that age at least somewhat. They've done so much t... : Ebu
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        I can't really agree with that. Yes, they've made improvements, but the core of the engine that everythi... : action wombmate
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          But why did they start with such a horrible setup for water to begin with? It was a step backwards to ma... : devi| dog
          • I can't answer that question. Apparently they had a reason of some kind - time constraints, tech concern... : action wombmate
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            Would you expect Warcraft 3 when it released to have water like that? I ask because WoW's engine started ... : Frozen Pixel
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              I doubt target min spec had much to do with it as DOAC released in 2001 had better water on a MMO. You c... : devi| dog
              • *Sorry Shrouded Isles in 2002. : devi| dog
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                DAoC did not have better water at release then WoW did. I don't really think you read my posts. Shrouded : Frozen Pixel
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                  So you are telling me that a game released in 2004, based off the engine/art released in 2002 should not ... : devi| dog
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                    It doesn't make sense to you, because you obviously don't understand game development; especially at the ... : Frozen Pixel
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                      Ohhhhh pulling that card. Fine, I'm sure I don't, I'm happy being a consumer and have different intere... : devi| dog
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                        Two reasons. One it's probably been in the development pipeline for awhile now, and two this expansion is... : Chod
                        • I guess I'm having a hard time coming up with anything that is comparable. Where if anything over the co... : devi| dog
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                        I'll make this simple for you: WoW in 2004 was made with restrictions that were created years before. : Frozen Pixel
                        • Calm down there Tom Cruise, I don't have time to read this as I'm at work, but assuming this references t... : devi| dog
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  So what kind of XP boost heirloom items exist now? I have a level 80 shammy, but abandoned him at the end... : nevlos
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    There is also a 10% chest now. For example: http://www.wowhead.com/?item=48677 : Clasifyd
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      And these stack? : nevlos
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        Yup. 20% XP boost. : Confrustrating
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          Didn't the original shoulders only give the xp boost to monsters killed as well? Now I think it applies t... : Haxim
          • I don't recall about when they first came out, but they've been monsters + quests for as long as I can re... : Clasifyd
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      Champion seals are pretty easy to get with the Argent Tournament quests, correct? I stopped playing befor... : nevlos
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        Very. If you're exalted with Sunreavers/Silver Covenant, you can get 10 in less than an hour for dailies... : Clasifyd
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          What about if you are not exalted with them, =( : nevlos
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            If you're the champion of at least one faction, you can get up to 5 from dailies (plus the 3 from the Her... : Home Nugget
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              You can't buy the chests unless you have the Crusader title, though, which means you have to have champio... : drhazard
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                FALSE. You can buy them for Badges of Heroism in Dalaran, same as the shoulders. : Goncyn
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                  yeah, honestly you'd have to be a retard to spend champion's seals on that when the emblems are so much e... : electroly
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                    I didn't realize until the other day that heirloom items had to be bought with bullshit token things. I ... : action wombmate
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                      emblems are super easy to get, though, just run some heroics. if you're going to level an alt it's worth... : electroly
                      • Ugh, maybe. I'm so burned out on dungeons right now, also my sub has been canceled for about 4 months no... : action wombmate
• Why did it take so long for decent looking water? I think I remember DAOC doing this exact thing, althou... : devi| dog
• It looks like the water from Wave Race 64. Awesome.... errr. : orgcaptainnemo
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  wow..only 4 environment artists? That is pretty impressive..I always assumed Blizzard had a whole battal... : deathofrats
  • no joke, I'm surprised + impressed as well. : atom519
• hooray? : Godhatesfatpeople
• I can't wait to play this! My goblin hunter wil be owning ragnaros just like my Orc hunter five years ago... : D45hiz
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  I'm a bit surprised there were no new Hero classes announced. DKs almost seem like an experiment now. : das_runt
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    Adding a class every expansion will fuck with balance every time. They are doing a lot of other changes t... : Evil Benius
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      Yeah, trying to add another new class would have made it a huge clusterfuck, and especially with the ongo... : action wombmate
      • Yeah. I guess it's just hard for me to imagine them releasing another expansion in 2011 or 2012 and it st... : das_runt
  • Nah, I think it makes sense what they're doing. This expansion will revamp the leveling while adding some... : Vincent Grayson
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  Watching them create the world gave me a huge hard on. I've always wondered how they built the world. If ... : stelth
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    I was just thinking this as well. It would be awesome if they would let me make my own zones! : mysled
    • Yah, even if I can't really do anything with it. Just the ability to play with it would be incredible. I... : stelth
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  So they've finally caught up to the water rendering that we saw in games a few years ago. WoW indeed! : dante2010
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    Welcome to the thread. This has already been discussed 10 times over. : action wombmate
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      yeah but to get throught to the WoWheads, it NEEDS to be repeated. : ghost hacker
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        Does it? I'm not sure that any "WoWheads" are trying to say that it's the greatest water EVAR, just that... : action wombmate
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          fuck the whole MMO is cartoony as hell, why try to make anything realistic looking in this kind of enviro... : ghost hacker
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            Ok, nevermind. I'm not going to try talking to you about it because you're clearly biased. : action wombmate
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              you are correct, I can't stand WoW. wont ever play it either. :) : ghost hacker
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                You can't stand it, but you have never played it. 0_o : atom519
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                  OK, i played and enjoyed the game but I still think it's laughable that their new fire and water updates ... : VictoriouSecret
                  • Maybe Blizzard just now feels comfortable in adding these graphical updates and still have the game play ... : pandastrong
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                    You're still not getting it. It's not that they're a big deal in the grand scheme of games. Of course t... : action wombmate
                    • ^^ yes. Stop reading it as 'FUCK CRYSIS WERE UPPIN THE GRAPIHXX SO YOU CAN BE COOLER!' and read it as:... : squigiliwams
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                    FFS ..they never said they were making it life like or "pretty" he actually says.... the old water "n... : stonedonkey
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                      Look how up in arms you couple are! I'm not saying at all that I don't think its a good thing, but I am s : VictoriouSecret
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                        It looks tremendously better than the current water. For those of us who actually play the game, that's e... : Goncyn
                        • Just accept that VictoriouSecret is right and that because you play WoW you are unable to truly appreciat... : Rotten Deadite
                      • Maybe you should point out to me where someone called it a "big deal" or "accomplishment". All I've seen... : action wombmate
                      • for fuck's sake. : dromo5
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                    Art Direction > Tech : locater16
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                      End of thread here folks : Reeves
                      • Also, the notion that they're "all of a sudden" trying to make the game "pretty" is fairly laughable. Bl... : action wombmate
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            YEAH MAN GRAPHICS >>>>>>>>> GAMEPLAY WOOOT WOOOOOTTTT : Downforce
            • I thought we were talking about WoW? : Toth21
    • I don't read WoW threads. I just crap on them. :) : dante2010
• I'm looking forward to it. I'll definately resub and give it a shot. : jonin
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  for WoW, yes, an improvement. for games in general been doing reflective decent water for 5-7 years or so... : thebigbeefsandwich
  • I think the reason they finally decided to do it was because machines have advanced since WoW started alm... : stelth
  • It's funny how Bliz seems to make it sound like they've revolutionized something, when they really just c... : capt tripps
• The amount of smugness in this thread is astounding. : Nali4Freedom
• Fuck the haters and the monster thread; I think the new water looks great. : Entity

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• lol : silent prophet
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  GT5 to be rushed to market in desperate bid to save franchise? : dirge23
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    the superior franchise can arrive whenever it wants. :D : Downforce
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      the superior franchise is de facto the one with games on current gen hardware. (prelude doesn't count) : dirge23
      • er, prologue. i was thinking about hondas : dirge23
      • It counts a'plenty. : Cihte
    • how does it feel to be oh so wrong? Tire-squealing corners! : cltcprd
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      lol. it already did, and it's even more superior sequel is coming out very soon. : thecray
      • I just hope there's a round track with an escudo that I do some cashrape if necessary!!! : Downforce
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  IT'S DNF WITH TIRES : Godhatesfatpeople
  • I think that is the PSP version of Gran Turismo. : soggybagel
• I'll just buy 'em both. GT5 is more arcady feeling to me than Forza. Though neither really touch GTR or... : boarder2
• GT5 the ballad of corky's miata : jigstah
• Gran Delaymo 5 : gmd
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  was GT4 a PS2 or PS3 title? : cpt_gloval
  • urded : Downforce
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    PS2, only GT HD and GT Prologue has been for the PS3 and those are demos more than feature games. : Lunatic Angelic
    • oh hey i actually have that one lol : cpt_gloval
  • PS2, 2004. : metalremains
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  Oh no, Flopza 3 doesn't have pinball physics, wretched multiplayer, and 30 different types of Civic. Tru : Lunatic Angelic
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    Don't forget the damage modeling that doesn't appear to actually effect the cars' driving : riptyde
    • The damage doesn't even look that good. The fender just fell off the front when it bounced off a wall lik... : sigpro
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  new forza screen shots: http://jalopnik.com/5342796/slew-of-new-forza-3-screen-shots/gallery/ : FrayLo
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    Corvette ZR1, the Rahal-Letterman M3 GT2, a Reventon, a '97 Skyline R35 V-Spec, an Audi A4 Touring car an : FrayLo
    • I want to have sex with the ZR-1 : gmd
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      97 R35 ?? lol flopza : Downforce
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        the next person to reply with the word "flopza" is a raging faggot. : mwasher
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          yah i hope this is a bannable phrase soon... it's getting old. : Shadowdane
          • BOTH OF YOU SHUT UP : gmd
          • gmd I called it. It's approaching critical mass : pancake humper
          • XBOT LOL, FLOPZA IS SHIT : abrasion
        • lol, failza is going to flop so hard. : Haxim
        • flopza is awesome : mwasher : gmd
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          wtf does it refer to? : stump
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            It took me a while but I think it's making fun of Forza? : OverloadUT
            • Shack search for flopza 3. There was a hilarious paste from a Sony fanboy that was posted here a week or ... : pancake humper
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              That's what I was thinking but then wondering why because Forza owns. I'm so confused :( : stump
              • it's ironic, making fun of the fanboy who said "flopza" more than it is making fun of forza : dirge23
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          flopza is actually a Polish pastry filled with butter creme and blueberries : spiderfill
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            I used to date this Polish chick and they really do have some good food ideas from there, although she wa... : pres589
            • what you dont like pickled herring? get out of here : spiderfill
          • great, now I'm hungry >:( : c0bra
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        Shut your dirty mouth :( best skyline : pancake humper
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          oddly enough, I only like the R32 and R34. the 32, 33 and 34's have really shitty interiors though :(. : moe6
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            Well they are like 15-20 yr old cars at this point :( : pancake humper
            • I know plenty of old cars that don't have this problem :(. It just seems to be Nissan's or early 90's Toy... : moe6
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              The R34 is barely 10 years old. It was first released in the 1998 MY. : cltcprd
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                R32 came out in 89. : pancake humper
                • so you should have said 7-20 years old at this point! : cltcprd
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        I think that's a fuck up by Jalopnik, not Turn 10. : cltcprd
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          praise jeebus someone else knows wtf : Downforce
          • The 3 and 5 keys are close together! : cltcprd
        • That's a pretty big fuckup : pancake humper
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      The Reventon being included has cemented my purchase of an elite and that game. : abrasion
      • Are you guys homosexual? Did you hear me? REVENTON. : abrasion
  • This might finally make me get a 360... : spdon
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  maybe they mean fiscal year 09 and the game is already out. what do you think of that : xsoulbrothax
  • nice try. : hamachi
  • I'm pretty sure they mean 9002 4th Quarter. Stupid Google Translation tools : pancake humper
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  Where does Flozpa come from? It's the second time I see it here. : razlebol
  • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=20697532 : jayacheess
• I want a game simulator, a REAL one, where I am simulating, playing a game : two50six
• Oh that is an awesome way to wake up, Flopza lols : abrasion

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  this gives me hope they'll unsuck winmo at some point : gokart.
  • I'd love for that too happen, but they haven't even come close to getting that working : hamachi
• I hope I can get it in Canada on the 15th. There doesn't seem to be any reliable information about that. : stump
• best. mp3. player. ever. : [fry]
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  Is it out yet?! : Frozen Pixel
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    Sept. 15th, or about 6 days after Apple makes people forget about it (not saying the Zune HD will be tech... : Postal
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      we'll see, if the new touches are just the old touches w/ more storage and a camera I think people will s... : veras
      • they'll have the 3GS' hardware, so speed will be a selling point : Postal
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        are there any rumors to imply new additions to the touch? i really cant imagine it having anything to co... : smacknca
        • They have the App Store. There is nothing comparable and Microsoft is fucked on this point. : Albemuth
• nice.. I think I might grab one of these when they come out. : Shadowdane
• This will be my next MP3 player. Hope they make a phone out of it. : Pettytheft
• Im an apple fanboy, but i say fuck yes MS. More competition for apple. Innovate or die. Works out for all... : squigiliwams
• Good to hear. Need something to replace my 8gb that mysteriously vanished. : megarust32
• Yeah i'm a bit of a Mac nut but i have to agree that thing is beautiful looking. I've always thought the ... : disembodied potato
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  If they can somehow turn this into a phone, and then turn it into a good platform for .net developers tha... : mnok
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    Hehe, good luck with anything managed on a mobile device. : dravalen
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      what's this then? http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/netframework/aa497273.aspx : electroly
      • Last time I worked on .net for mobile it was pretty nasty. 500ms+ startup times, non generational garbage... : dravalen
    • Uhh, there's been a .NET Compact Framework for a long, long time. : boarder2
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    Hell I'd probably buy it if it were just a VOIP device instead of a full-fledged cell phone. I get shitty : qwpeoriu
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      I'll tell you why: AT&T : NexusOne
      • someone tell those bitches to create their own VOIP service and give it free of charge to existing custom... : qwpeoriu
  • I don't mind if they make a phone version as long as they still make the regular one alongside. I like to... : thecray
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  want 64gb and automatic wifi scrobbling :( : Deathlove
  • Yeah, I need 64 gig too. Other than that, I'd buy it in a second. : freqq28
• tegra + a phone. WHY ARENT ANY OUT YET. also why doesnt MS see how great this platform would be for a ... : smacknca
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  they need to announce an app store, stat. : sharpie
  • yep, to me the app store is what makes the iPod Touch 100x more appealing : vynn
  • pretty close but only in south africa atm http://www.microsoft.com/oneapp/ : industro
  • Zune Marketplace for XNA titles... : Demius
  • Soon... http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/23/zune-hds-apps-menu-item-spotted-in-the-marketplace-still-sho/ : Carnivac
  • YES. : Albemuth
• I'll pick one up eventually. <3 my 80GB Zune and Zune Pass. : wykd
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  In terms of size you should be comparing the iPod touch, which is far thinner than the phone : filthysock
  • But good to hear they're improving, apple needs some serious competition. : filthysock
  • True, but I don't have one around. It's still smaller though, in a good way. : stuka
• Yeah I'm really impressed with it as well. Microsoft did a great job. : irrerno
• They took away a huge share of Sony and Nintendos gamer base so I'm betting they can do the same with mp3... : mega man

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• DRM'ed : EricZBA
• Will it run Crysis? No. :[ : MercFox1
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  is crysis one of those games that doesn't work when you have dvd iso mounting software installed? : QMS|superdave
  • If it is, then that's not my problem - I don't have anything like that installed : losimagic
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  Interesting, can your DVD drive read anything now? : one random winner
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    nothing at all, just sits there making the noise that sounds like the laser sliding back and forth. an... : losimagic
    • Sounds like your drive bit it. Time for a new one. : one random winner
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  This is the first I've heard of anyone having a problem like that related to Crysis. Maybe it's just bad... : Arcanum
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    It's only about 8 months old and doesn't get used very often :( : losimagic
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      It's still a possibility. What brand is it and where did get it? : ShoCon
      • It's a Samsung - bought it from Scan.co.uk : losimagic
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      Age doesn't really matter. A dead drive can be any age. : OverloadUT
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        Age matters. Hardware failure tends to follow a statistical "bathtub curve". Early on, you get more fai... : Arcanum
        • Well yeah of course age modifies the statistics, but what I am saying is don't dismiss the possibility of... : OverloadUT
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  Just updated the firmware of drive - still nothing. Could it be something to do with Securerom? Thoug... : losimagic
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    Try booting the computer from a cd. DRM software won't effect it outside of windows. : Makenxero
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      Just thought of trying that... The "boot from cd" prompt didn't even show up Even when sat in the ... : losimagic
      • yup sounds like your drive died... : Shadowdane
  • I'm pretty sure your drive just crapped out while you were installing Crysis, has nothing to do with anyt... : pukerat
• Well, looks like you're out 20 bucks. : Saman
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  Ok, next question: What's a good brand these days? I'm off Samsung >:( : losimagic
  • I've had an LG or two that have been good. : Arcanum
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    People here seem to like WD and Lite-On a lot. : dognose
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      Maximumpc.com seems to pretty much always like WD http://www.maximumpc.com/article/features/1000_budget_p... : dognose
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        http://www.maximumpc.com/article/features/dream_machine : dognose
        • That's a hard drive. I am so not awake. Hi. : dognose
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    I'll have a look at LG and Lite-On then, thanks :) : losimagic
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      I might actually be thinking of Lite-On. I can't remember now, and I'm at work so I can't check. : Arcanum
      • Nope, I was right the first time. LG. No problems, including with Crysis. : Arcanum
    • Here ya go I've had some coffee. http://www.maximumpc.com/article/reviews/liteon_ihas422 I can't find ... : dognose
    • Yah I have a LG DVD-Burner its been working great for the past 3yrs : Shadowdane
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      Lite-on and crysis don't mx well. It has issues with part of the install. : sigpro
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        wow, really? that's pretty bad : losimagic
        • Yeah it's a known issue I've seen posted here and I experienced it myself. I think I had to copy the cd t... : sigpro
    • I've been having a rough time with my LG Lite-On drive. It just doesn't want to read retail DVDs of any k... : theangrywaffles
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    Pioneer DVD drives have always done me well. : nudel
    • ^^^ I've bought like six or seven of these over the past 8 years and never had a problem. : ShoCon
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  Maximum Piracy : jingletard
  • Would be easier wouldn't it? lol :( : losimagic
• do you have a lite-on DVD burner? I had this problem with my brand new system back in 07 when crysis f... : dedgecko