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  NOT OUT YET : jason bergman
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    but i'm buying it : jason bergman
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      yeah, that's what I'm leaning toward. And really, just 30 bucks to upgrade, not that bad. : Grimace233
      • I don't see anything in there that I really want or need, but it's Apple. In six months it'll be mandator... : jason bergman
• I'll tell you on Aug 28th! :/ But in seriousness, just from the notes on it it's clear that it's a sol... : terath
• Apparently there are two people on the Shack that use Apple Products. Haha! : Grimace233
• HELL YES! : jermm
• Once it's confirmed what version is running then I will decide whether or not to make the jump. The newes... : ryuuseki
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  If anyone says 'im not paying 30 dollars for a service pack!! lololz' then punch them in the face. If... : squigiliwams
  • I'm not paying $30 for a service pack. I paid $29. : walker270
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    I wonder what internet forums would be like if microsoft charged for the 3 XP packs and the 2 vista packs... : Downforce
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      I wonder... how come microsoft charges extra for 64bit versions and has multiple tiers blah blah blah ... : ryuuseki
      • When do they charge extra for 64bit anything? : rosewood
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      the difference is that Apple is actually changing significant things under the hood, not just slapping on... : Postal
      • Yea, XP SP2 was like nothing. : rosewood
    • Nice troll, thanks. If you're really that clueless, you should realize MacOS point updates (read: serv... : Fayk
    • Are you really trying to claim that Apple shouldn't have charged for an OS upgrade since 2001? : vigilante
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  I know someone running the latest build (probably the final build?). He says it's a lot faster, and hasn... : foo
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    Also all of your SIMBL plugins will not work. However you can tell SIMBL to load the plugins in 32bit mo... : foo
    • Does this mean Glims for Safari? Come on Chrome :( : SqueegyTBS
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    From what I read the 64bit setting is really only important if you have more than 32gb of ram. Which you ... : ryuuseki
    • Yeah its not like the 32/64 bit versions of Windows. : opengl128
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    If you grab the latest open sourced version of Quicksilver it works (mostly, it's still a little crashy).... : hawkeye
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      This alone would make me skip 10.6 until Quicksilver is 100% fixed. I'm not going to leave 10.4 though... : pres589
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        Quicksilver will never be fixed. The group that manages is now is trying to switch everything over to us... : foo
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          http://code.google.com/p/qsb-mac/ Not quite as good or flexible as quicksilver, but O think one day it... : SqueegyTBS
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            Yeah, that's what he's working on now, supposedly. It's funny, because it is _nothing_ like Quicksilver : foo
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              Wonder if someone else will step in and create a true Quicksilver replacement then. : pres589
              • I'm sure someone will. Quicksilver is insanely popular : foo
        • That is awful news. : rudds
• It will be shiny. : Vangoghs Ear
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  I'd wait until 10.6.1 comes out or possibly 10.6.2 for a computer that you use to make money with like fo... : pres589
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    Generally yes, however since this is more of an optimization/enhancement update, there should be far less... : SolrFlare
    • In this thread alone people are talking about Quicksilver being broken. You know how pissed I'd be if I ... : pres589
• Here is what I can say about it: From the consumer visual standpoint you won't notice much different o... : SolrFlare
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  I preordered. Really curious as to how OpenCL is going to change things. : crimrOw
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    I don't think OpenCL or GCD will have any effect on end users until developers start taking advantage of ... : ventro
    • Yeah, from what I can tell that's part of the reason they're really pushing the low price of an upgrade: ... : sgtsanity
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  Was able to get my $10 price since I bought my MBP recently, so I'm stoked. : MaxPete82
  • how long is the cutoff? (please say nine months ) : mankeroo
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  Does anyone know if the stores are going to have the little launch parties they had for tiger and lep? My... : squigiliwams
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    or just walk into fry's that day and buy it with no lines, no crowds and no rush. : adev
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      the point being they enjoyed the experience... : disembodied potato
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        We got free t-shirts for Leopard. : BlackCat9
        • IM WEARING MINE RIGHT NOW!!! (didnt plan for them to announce snow leopard today at all, it was just onto... : squigiliwams
  • From what I hear there will be no launch party, they will have Snow Leopard available when the stores ope... : ovrlrd
• worth 10 bucks : Hoax
• Bought a Mac Mini last month, so I'll be upgrading all my Macs for $10. I'll probably install it the m... : BlackCat9
• Great song! http://www.monstunes.com/2009/04/shearwater-the-snow-leopard/ : Vantage
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  Been using it for a while... nothing revolutionary on the face. Good stuff under the hood. Lots smaller... : boarder2
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    Is it noticeably faster? Does it multitask better with less general lag under high load? This is some... : SqueegyTBS
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      No, not really. I haven't noticed much of anything being faster. So far the coolest thing is that Expos... : boarder2
      • Ya. Including the fucking useless status bar text. TELL ME THE TOTAL SIZE OF THE SELECTED FILES KTHX. : node
• Wait for the next release. : not work safe
• Buy buy buy I can't wait for it : askedrelic
• It's good, but a fair few things broke during the upgrade... Software like InsomniaX (which prevents O... : hankyJR

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• Well spoken English people are a treat, but 99% of the population here make your ears bleed to listen to ... : theghostofsmdever
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  Imagine that but happening with every 'a' sound, not just those at the ends of words. That's what America... : nudel
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    Your culture will adapt to service ours. : trove
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      I didn't know you were Chinese. : theghostofsmdever
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        Pfffhp, Chinese are the Japanese are the Chinese are the Russians are the Germans are the Americans of th... : trove
        • I see 0_o : theghostofsmdever
  • Somehow I doubt Americans would say "artarvistic." : Lone Swordsman
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    You mean 'culturally arseimulated.' : lolpatrol
    • arse-immolation sounds painful :( : c0bra
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    Of course! All these years people always called me "Mart" and I never understood if they thought I was li... : invisible_kid
    • In New Zealand they'd call you Mett. : nudel
• nothing could be finer than tea from caroliner : spiderfill
• Gor blimey, wasn't me guv, honest. Weren't even there. : Snuffles-
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  What about when t's at the end of words are dropped? "Hey, can we get Dorito's here?" "You caugh. Th... : Omaha
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    Insert Snatch quotes about the English not being able to speak their own language. : Lone Swordsman
    • ^^ True story. : morsxcessum
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  "well if i'm going to go out, i'm going to go out speaking the kings" : whereiwannab
  • Now that's an accent. : Lone Swordsman
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  I think this is a component of some New England accents, too. : action wombmate
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    we definitely say Yaaah. we most definitely do NOT say Yaaaarr. : beastrabban
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      What about like "law enforcement" or stuff like that? I seem to remember hearing JFK talk like that. : action wombmate
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        law becomes laaah way more than it become laaawrrr around here. You'll almost never here anyone on the s... : beastrabban
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          Ok, so that kind of confirms what I said though (some New England accents). And usually it's only when t... : action wombmate
          • law on its own becomes laaaah. like most other words that end in R or A or AH. I suppose you're correct... : beastrabban
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        37 seconds in: http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-july-20-2009/moon-landing-anniversary : the archvile
        • No audio at work =/ : action wombmate
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      what if you're a pirate? : retardhumper
      • yaaah haaaah fiddle dee dee Bein' aaah pyrit is aight wit me yaaah haah fiddle dee dee you aah a... : beastrabban
• Well since we're being so awfully frank i've often found American accents effeminate .. not so much deep ... : disembodied potato
• I hate how morose some of their reporters sound on BBC when doing stories from the field. Good stories, ... : stump
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  I usually like English accents, but there are a few that I absolutely cannot stand, like that bitch from ... : thecray
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    I think Knightley's is the more scummy, lower-class "cockney" style accent but I'm sure some UK shacker c... : action wombmate
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      Cockney? Keira Knightley has the poshest accent this side of the Queen. The bitch from Dexter has the ... : peanut-
      • She spoke like that on Hustle as well : d fluke
      • I didn't claim to be an expert, just thought she sounded a little rough. Doesn't she use "f" in place of... : action wombmate
• The word "go" is intriguing. American pronunciation is "goÊŠ", but British is "gəʊ". There are... : the archvile
• I'm watching silver spoons on hulu right now and the kid says idear every episode and I want to ragequit ... : fathertime

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  I knew I shouldn't have added that last exclamation point. : manero
  • So close. Better luck next time! : Rehevkor
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    i think you did quite well. it's pretty. : kbnerd
    • pretty GAY :P i love it : Korban
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  You should post that TF2 trailer from years ago, it looked like it was still in the original HL engine. I... : jingletard
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    Good call. Here's some footage of TF2 from the first iteration: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiJCS-m... : manero
    • Haha yeah, here it is. I'm glad this wasn't released. : jingletard
• god damn 13 years : strandgeck
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  Do people still play QWTF? I spent a ton of time playing that game via QuakeSpy (later GameSpy). Its to... : Horn
  • I would if there was a huge following. There are only a few servers these days and it looks like they're... : guido anchovy
• Ah that brown backpack.. QW was so much fun : sikander
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  detpacks >:( : maulla
  • I miss detpacks soo much. : guido anchovy
• Demomen shitting detpacks is one of the best things : pancake humper
• Such class. Starring VomitGod... that's not who I think it is is it? : cdbeckman
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  Wow, Quake has not held up well. : Saman
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    I can't tell - was that video 3d accelerated? I'm not even sure 3d acceleration was out in 1996 : Schnapple
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      The video was. And yes, there was 3d acceleration in 96-97, but it was uncommon. I bought my first Vood... : guido anchovy
      • Actually, I was wrong on when I got mine. I got it at release, so that would have been late '96! : guido anchovy
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        i remember being so excited for that orchid righteous 3d card. I think I threw it away last month : manero
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          I gave my Monster 3D card to a friend when I got a Pure 3D (another Voodoo 1) card. I still have that on... : guido anchovy
          • Yah I had the Canopus Pure3D card... i remember loading up Quake and Quake 2 and being amazed at how go... : Shadowdane
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        Verite Rendition V1000, punks. I had Quake running in hardware 3D before GLQuake was even a word on anyo... : Postal
        • er, Rendition Verite V1000 : Postal
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      yes, it was 3D accelerated. : dopeman
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        you can tell from the lighting effects that just weren't possible outside of a 3d card back then. : baron calamity
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          This was filmed using a more modern source port because the stencil buffer shadows that are being cast as... : guido anchovy
          • yup, i was thinking the same thing. the rockets definitely did not look like that back then. : dopeman
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  Thanks for posting that. I lost many a night to QWTF back then. I wish TF2 was as fun as QWTF or TFC but ... : baron calamity
  • i'm havnig way more fun with it than those two : EvilDolemite
  • So did I. I spent years on QWTF and TFC. And I find TF2 to be as much fun if not more than those two comb... : Godhatesfatpeople
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    tf2 is more fun , theres no argument for tfc/qwtf other than nostalgia. I dont see how the classics are b... : Chandler55
    • iawtp : Dschinghis Khan
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      TF2 is team deathmatch where everyone has an equal chance at killing everyone else and skilled players ca... : Beady
      • Beady, you're funny. : Godhatesfatpeople
      • I'm convinced that you are either playing TF2 completely wrong or playing the wrong TF2. : omnova
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        if anything, tfqw and tfc are much more deathmatch-oriented where a skilled DM player could dominate rega... : EvilDolemite
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          in fact the removal of conc grenades is pretty much an admission of this. with conc grenades every class... : EvilDolemite
          • People who think a gametype is overly simplistic liken it to straight team deathmatch as if it were the m... : omnova
        • And thats specifically why TF2 is perfect for me. The main problem that always bogged down QWTF and TFC i... : Godhatesfatpeople
        • I'm more of strategic player than a deathmatcher, and I find in TF2 that you dont get anywhere near the r... : Beady
  • I had way more fun in QWTF than I ever did with TFC or TF2. I think it was the crazy interesting communit... : Toth21
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  and now the best QWTF video ever made. http://www.vimeo.com/3468008 : HisKillSkill
  • I love that vid. Makes me miss QWTF even more. :( : guido anchovy
• Holy shit I watched that so many times working tech support at fwi.com. : zebosausamite
• Conc jumping :( : Judecca
• I remember staying up until 4 am on a weekend playing this mod for QuakeWorld. Such awesomeness. : Maddog_Delphi97
• shit brings me back. : dopeman
• I thought it was a sniper at the end taking the shot. My memory must be fading :( : Reavers!
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  I saw the ballons and party stuff in the game today :D : Godhatesfatpeople
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    I was just playing as HAPPY BIRTHDAY TF and there were party hats and springs and hamburgers :D : manero
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      I love when someone explodes with this mode on. Bike wheels, springs, cogs, an presents come out of their... : Godhatesfatpeople
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        it's like Spongebob: The FPS : manero
        • Totally. I love it :D : Godhatesfatpeople
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  How is it 2009 and there isn't a single good FPS to play online that uses a grappling hook awesomely? The... : geedeck
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    I think I was telling someone at Quakecon this and they just looked at me as if I was insane. : Jonathan
    • *silently stares at Jonathan with a bewildered look* : The Grolar Bear
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    Agreeing with this post. Grappling hooks and jetpacks (a la Tribes) are sorely missing from the video ga... : hawkeye
    • They made that game (Tribes Vengeance) but nobody bought it. : omnova
• http://www.shacknews.com/profile/vomitgod ??? : moe6
• good times, good times : thekidd
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  WATCH THIS NOW http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnXIH3s5DUw&fmt=18 : niceguynick
  • Ah, team fortress classic, good times. : Maddog_Delphi97
• You're half the man he is. http://www.shacknews.com/profile/makenxero : ieatpubes
• Happy Birthday Team Fortress! : irrerno
• I kind of miss those older days where most new mod concepts were smaller extensions of the core game -- t... : DrWaffles

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  Spoiler that shit plz : MagicWishMonkey
  • there's a thought for ya. : RogerDandy
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    uhm i dont think i said anything revealing did i ? Unless its a suprise brad pitt was in the movie, or th... : disembodied potato
    • I didn't know there was a cinema owner in it, I stopped reading at "exploits of the female cinema owner" ... : MagicWishMonkey
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      All the advertising I saw only featured the Basterds, not a single thing about what was the more central ... : Vincent Grayson
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        i didnt mention the plot i mention there was a female character and a cinema in the movie. If you conside... : disembodied potato
        • I'm not spoiled, I've already seen it. I'm just saying, the advertising seemed pretty well geared to m... : Vincent Grayson
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  a lot of people have commented on how it feels like two movies in one. personally I think they fit togeth : re4ctor
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    Yeah i got that, like i said i felt both the angles were interesting, it just felt we didnt see enough of... : disembodied potato
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      there were rumours that 40 minutes had to be cut, so its possible the rest of the basterds and more of sh... : re4ctor
      • the blu ray will be insta-purchased. : jcrockerman
• I thought the Basterds part of the movie was by far the best part of the movie, though that opening scene... : Dynotaku
• I thought it worked well. Everything clicked with me and I loved every minute. : NFXFSX
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  I loved every scene, and if a longer running time meant more scenes as involving the ones already in the ... : Serpico74
  • Totally agree. : NFXFSX
  • Right there with you. : Godhatesfatpeople
  • Don't get me wrong, i really enjoyed it, i just felt it could have been phenomenal had tarantino had the ... : disembodied potato
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  I agree with you. I actually had a long discussion about the movie this morning w/ my SO. The Basterds s... : Megara9
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    Yeah agreed, i felt both storylines had really great potential, but because they were fighting one anothe... : disembodied potato
    • Yeah.. they either needed to do a LOT more with the Basterds, and make their participation in the climax ... : Megara9
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      yeah. I didn't get the Mike Myers scene either. I didn't find him necessary at all. It felt more of a "o... : jcrockerman
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        I couldn't help but crack a huge smile the whole time MM was onscreen. I couldn't take him seriously, I f... : Navy Spitfire
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          YES! Plus I couldn't stop staring at the moustache :D : Megara9
          • haha, and the eyebrows. those were freaky : re4ctor
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          yeah. I giggled every time he "Basterds" : jcrockerman
          • *he said "basterds" : jcrockerman
      • it's amazing how much Mike Myers' serious characters are like his spoof characters. : Megara9
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    Well.. I liked how they introduced the BearJew and the other guy they broke out of prison and turned him : jcrockerman
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      You don't expect it? I do. Especially in a Tarantino film. Also he didn't do anything between the introd... : Megara9
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        the bear jew is eli roth's character. he's one of the italians at the end who blows up the theatre : re4ctor
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          really?? I didn't recognize him at all. except that he doesn't blow it up. He has explosives on his l... : Megara9
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            true, but the basterds didn't know what shoshanna had planned. added insurance i guess. : re4ctor
            • Yeah at first when the Basterds were going to visit an unknown women in the bar i assumed it was her, and... : disembodied potato
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              I know. It just made it seem like there was no point for their chars to be included in the film. I would'... : Megara9
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                To be fair, the Basterds have a huge effect on the plot by being at the theater during the finale. Had L... : action wombmate
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                  On the contrary. - the actress wouldn't have been there and suspicions would never have been raised. ... : Megara9
                  • No, he was clearly suspicious of her from the moment they met in the restaurant to discuss the change of ... : action wombmate
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            use spolier text please I thought the film just caused the fire. Didn't the bombs on the basterds' l : jcrockerman
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              They did, but earlier in the film there was a line that she had both the film and the explosives : Megara9
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                I disagree, she told her significant other that they wouldn't need explosives because of the Nitrate Fil : jcrockerman
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                  I'm pretty sure the line was "there's hardly any need for them considering the film" but I might be wron... : Megara9
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                    ...thus implying that she had some, I mean : Megara9
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                      but we never saw any explosives. The plan was to kill them Carrie style. Lock the doors and let them a : jcrockerman
                      • I know you didn't see them. The line indicating she had them was enough to be taken on face value. Bu... : Megara9
              • She had no explosives other than the film. The explosives were from the basterds. : Conan
          • Not really, the fire was Shosanna's, the Basterd's blowing up was just added oomph and awesomeness on top : Serpico74
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        I guess I worded it wrong. I don't expect main characters to die that quick without even a good fight. No... : jcrockerman
        • exactly that has always been one of tarantino's tricks, as much as he glorifies violence and torture, he ... : disembodied potato
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        Dude, the Bear Jew was present in nearly every scene with Brad Pitt : Serpico74
        • yeah. He had the bomber jacket standing to Pitt's left when Pitt was recruiting the Basterds : jcrockerman
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      Well at least he went out stabbing the fuck out of that obnoxious Nazi guy in the back of the head. That : dirtboxer
      • That was crazy, haha : Serpico74
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    Judging by what I've read/heard there was a lot of stuff left on the cutting room floor. Which is not ev... : soggybagel
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      Yeah that was the first thing that occurred to me : Megara9
      • Check out the scripts online. Lots of random exposition/backstory on those. : soggybagel
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    This was a serious weakness in the film. Especially because I thought Brad Pitt's character had the poten... : Jackass1233
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      I actually felt Pitt's character was the most two dimension in the movie, sure he had a lot of wity one l... : disembodied potato
      • yeah it felt like a caricature. A fun one, but still.. once again it speaks to the fact that more time ... : Megara9
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    I disagree, the movie was all about the tension in the dialogue scenes and seeing if anybody that had som : Serpico74
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      uhh... I agree with you. My point is there should have been more scenes like that one w/ the cards. : Megara9
      • Gah! I got you confused with one of the people that said it should have been more about the Basterds hunt... : Serpico74
• Less shoe horning and more that he had a ton of stuff already in the script that he dropped. I liked the... : soggybagel
• I just saw it, too. I liked the individual parts, and appreciated the acting, direction and dialogue, b... : cerealSAM2
• Looking back at the movie he definitely introduced the Basterds then really didn't too much with them. I : Navy Spitfire
• I liked it a lot more than Kill Bill & Deathproof/Grindhouse. : timaste

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• haha fucking awesome. I want a Canned Koala : pancake humper
• cute. : ass-street
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  that's not what I was expecting at all :( : mikecyb
  • Same here : tinfoilhatter
  • I was expecting beef jerkey. : MercFox1
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  oh my god whose dick did you suck to get a canned koala? : dahanese
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    I can arrange a caned koala for you. What color do you want ? : Cashh
    • the cute color! : dahanese
  • i have been sucking dicks for years and i don't even have one canned koala : Mr.SEX
  • I somehow found one in my suitcase when I got home. I still have an unopened canned koala... bidding star... : devnullgt
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  there's a tit in the picture on the can. : edgewise
  • I see it now : Godhatesfatpeople
  • Lol, I thought the same thing. Also requesting canned Koala. : devi| dog
  • oh haha good find : MrBig0
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  what is that bigger koala holding onto? it looks like a womans naked torso. : get_navi
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    never seen a knothole on a tree? : riptyde
    • is that what they call it now? : get_navi
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  Now I am afraid to open a can of this: http://www.snarkhunting.com/images/Spotted_Dick475.jpg : riptyde
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    hide that quickly alice will try to open that with her teeth : snidely sid
    • I can chew through an engine block : foo
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    i suspect Brits go crazy over spotted dick like they aliens go crazy for cat food in District 9 : pukerat
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      I used to consult for Heinz and they considered it a red-headed stepchild even thought it was their own p... : riptyde
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        I can't imagine it's a big part of their business compared with baked beans and ketchup. : rock elf
        • Certainly not internationally. None of their puddings in a tin seem to be sold in the US (outside of cert... : Jonathan
• oh man so cute! : RogerDandy
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  That is not fair I want one of those! : OverloadUT
  • Blame Felecia, she hogged all the canned koala apparently. : Visceral Monkey
• Cute cute cute! : helvetica
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  ah man, i was expecting the background to be clouds again. : Dschinghis Khan
  • haha....I thought about it. : sparkly
• awesome!! : Megara9
• "Oh Hai!" : two50six
• awesome : Mmmmmoo
• !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : mmaster_pw
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  Australian meat in the can : drucifer
  • Sounds like convict prison story. : abrasion

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• oh god yes... i hate dealing with Printers. : Shadowdane
• Seriously, I don't think I've ever owned a printer that I didn't think was a complete piece of shit. : notd665
• i hate ben franklin, that dirty mother fucker : dirge23
• client rant: MY EMAILS NOT WORKING. WERE NOT GETTING EMAIL. OMG!!! *sends test email to their accou... : fotografico
• Yes, yes they do. : one random winner
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  PC FUCKING LOAD LETTER!!! : RogerDandy
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    insert paper, problem solved. : BongSlayerB
    • nice try. : RogerDandy
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    load letter sized paper into paper cassette! : harold.johnson
    • nice try. : RogerDandy
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  Invest in a laser printer. After years of what were essentially single-use inkjets (which always clogged ... : nudel
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    The only catch is that buying a networked laser printer (even just a B&W one) is expensive as hell. They... : umcpwintermute
    • Are there cheap networked non-lasers? Never looked for one myself. (I'd just share it via my always-on... : nudel
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      They're getting much, much cheaper. A B&W networked laser printer can be had for less than $200 now. ... : electroly
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        Brother has good driver support compared to many other printer manufacturers : Goncyn
        • what amazed me the most about mine is that the printer driver was only a meg and a half. the HP shit I un... : Joseph
      • got a brother 2170w (wireless networking ready) for 140 at staples last week. School papers were going to... : Joseph
    • black and white laser printers are actually pretty cheap, and most have a network interface -- look at De... : Goncyn
    • I got my Dell network color laser for $150 bundled with something else. It was worth every penny. : ThomW
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      If money doesn't matter, you shouldn't bother with a laser. Xerox solid ink printers are the best fucking... : laurgasms
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        Money is a consideration, sadly. In my apartment, I have my OpenBSD machine (which probably wouldn't sup... : umcpwintermute
        • Many lasers will work just fine with Unix's CUPS. You might be able to use that BSD machine. : Conan
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      Depending on how many people you need, get the cheap B&W Brother one. It has wired and wireless networki... : zebosausamite
      • Yea, I'll look at that. Thanks for the tip. : umcpwintermute
      • I use a brother B&W here at work and it works great, but I did have to replace the drum about a year in a... : WadeMcLain
    • Nah, I got my HP color laser early last year for $300 and it's great. : Chod
    • $119.99 - brother HL Series HL-2170W Workgroup Up to 23 ppm Monochrome Wireless Laser Printer - Retail ... : x4nth3
    • You should check on this before posting. I'd try looking on the Internet for starters. : pres589
    • My color samsung was like $220, including wireless and wired. : Conan
  • Know anything about pro photography-level laser printers? : Lone Swordsman
  • My 1993 vintage lexmark 4039 laser printer is still going strong. Back from the days when printers were ... : retardhumper
• Yes fuck printers fuck them all to hell!!!!!!!!!!!! : .frame
• fucking printers. : moe6
• fucking printers -xian : trOmblyj
• For some reason they seem to get worse, while every thing else get better. : WadeMcLain
• At work we have these 30 year old dot matrix printers hooked up to one of the mainframes which automatica... : phate81
• There's no end to the hatred I hold for printers. : avatar_58
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  whoever thought adding WIRELESS to PRINTING was a good idea... should be drawn and quartered : Downforce
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    Let's see. I can put my printer anywhere I want and print to it from my laptop from anywhere I want in t... : dirtboxer
    • It's having to use a cable to configure some of that's a pain : sludge vohaul
• Indeed, indeed. : Milleh
• It's pretty sad that it's a cheaper to just buy a new printer for $50 than to buy replacement ink cartrid... : MagicWishMonkey
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  I hate working on printers so much. There's nothing worse. : stump
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    oh hell yeah there is. tech support via the phone. I'll take working on a machine that can't talk back ... : beastrabban
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      one-up: tech support about a printer via the phone : electroly
      • Calling lexmark support makes me want to die. : stump
      • Better: When you're an ISP, and the customer thinks you have to fix his printer. : Conan
      • been there for sure. When I was at Corporate Software back in the windows 3.1 days, I used to be the "pr... : beastrabban
• I've been working on software that talks to a dot-freaking-matrix printer via http. Indeed, it doth blowe... : nodge69
• I hate it when people at work print stuff out and give it to me. Why can't they just email me the pdf? Th... : dooberzoo

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  gamefly is in a "contract" with the ad company and "has no say" : indosauros
  • Does gamefly's web site has these ads? I imagine customers would drop their service if they couldn't mod ... : baron calamity
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    i can't tell if you're serious : Sapiens
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      Someone asked about it at Quakecon and that's the answer they gave : melkore
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        well that sucks : Sapiens
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          Before you get the pitchforks and torches out, what indo left out is that they're aware its unsatisfying ... : geedeck
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            this is true my post was intentionally misleading i'm just caught up in the hate fever : indosauros
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              you should "jump around", "jump up" "jump up" and "jump down" : geedeck
              • :( I think that might be stuck my head for the rest of the day : Jonathan
              • goddamnit : CRasterImage
              • your fired : jonin
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            When will it be over? Will we have rocket boots by then? Because I want me some rocket boots. : c0bra
            • I was promised flying cars years ago. : RogerDandy
          • i don't get ads either way so i really only care on general principle : Sapiens
          • I'm curious as to how long the contract is? As I stated in another post on this topic, I completely under... : thetangent
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        That's a terrible answer (if true), Steve always found a way to keep the ads sensible. : slickdoody
        • ^^ This. : Ride-My-Rocket
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  Seriously.... I thought I was at ign.com for a second.... : saunders45
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    at least we don't have sponsored skins. : Klebold
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      That'll be in the next ad contract they sign. : Haxim
      • McShacknews : indosauros
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  It pisses me off too but I imagine gamefly gotta eat. So long it is just for reasonable stuff like adobe ... : baron calamity
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    entire screen flash ads are off limits no matter who the company is : indosauros
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      Well adobe and some university is doing that right now on the shack/ : baron calamity
      • i mean it's not acceptable just because it is an upstanding company doing it, they are just as bad as fla... : indosauros
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  That's exactly what Shacknews is. We host ads. I think there's something else we're supposed to do, but m... : Alice O'Connor
  • You're a liar. Not enough squid ads. : c0bra
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  I'm glad I haven't seen a single one of those. I guess targeted ads avoid Canadians or something. : ieGod
  • They know your feeble minds would break if you saw one. : c0bra
  • I did not know you were Canadian! : Moonbase Commander
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  you know what I love? Boobs. : DonkeyPopsicle
  • Really who doesn't? : Jonathan
  • I was just thinking this. : RogerDandy
  • Full screen Evony ad. Bam. : MercFox1
• thank god those ads are region based because from Spain I don't get to see that bullshit at the shack : ErneX
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  Finally Canada doesn't get something the US does and we're happy about it. : tboomer2
  • Still 100% Shaiya ads in both spots all the time! : veras
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  Lightningbolt! : Lightzout
  • Magic missile! : bcyde
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  What adds? /me looks to his right ;-) : hashd
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    What's funny is that I used to leave the ads on despite my mercury membership, since the ads weren't too ... : gimpi
    • err... sheck = shack : gimpi
• stop whining. : ass-street
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  As a side note, back in the day I was a subscriber for a few months & never once did I get the lightning ... : goatjc
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    Did you turn on the lightning bolt and disable adds on the mercury tab in your account settings? : hashd
    • Like hashd said, you have to enable that stuff, so that might have been it. As for billing, its much easi... : geedeck
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    it only gives the lightning bolt to cool people : GloriousCow
    • how true this is : c0bra
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    Sounds like you didn't edit your Mercury settings. : Conan
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      Yea, I vaguely remember something like that. . .I may have not even been able to see / edit mercury setti... : goatjc
      • clearly the code is broken for you and only you : boarder2

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  WoW stuff 'weak'? It's completely changing the game. Most of the classes are getting completely changed a... : pancake humper
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    "weak" as in I don't care about WoW give me Diablo 3 now >:( : pukerat
    • 2011 bro. :( : smax
    • ^^This. : RogerDandy
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    Class changes, like what? : mace
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      Hunters no longer have a ammo bag, locks no longer need soulstones to summon pets, and will have three in... : stonedonkey
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        More importantly on hunters is they don't even use mana anymore : invisible_kid
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          Really? crazy! : RogerDandy
          • Yeah, they're moving to a rogue-like "Focus"-thing.. : walker270
      • Warlock soul stones are being replaced entirely to be a per-fight resource display on the HUD. So you get... : Zek
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        Basically a bunch of mechanics that made sense before people were forced to sit in raid instances for thr... : FlatlineDixay
        • (although I will admit that the reliance on soul shards for many skills combined with the bag space requi... : FlatlineDixay
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      Druids? Gone. : Frozen Pixel
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        what say it ain't so i'm a druid : Cihte
        • He's full of shit : sludge vohaul
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          nah they're not gone, you're just restricted to moonglade only. both horde and alliance guards will surr... : electroly
          • maybe you can get elune to save you : electroly
          • They should at least do this for an in-game event. : The Grolar Bear
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      you get epic mounts at level 1 for 1 copper. : smax
      • And you trade XP points for gold. Level 80 is worth 500 billion gold. : nevlos
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    What's the Path of the Titans stuff? Is there a link to the summary? : kgargs
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      There's a bunch of stuff on mmo-champion.com, but basically it will take all the "boring stuff" from the ... : SilverSnake
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        That's Mastery. Path of the Titans add ancient glyphs that are separate from the inscription glyphs and a... : Frozen Pixel
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          I thought they didn't say anything really about Mastery? Shows how much I paid attention. :P : SilverSnake
          • Mastery is going to affect your gear per class. It will determine what you have specced your talent point... : pancake humper
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      Path of the Titans •Character progression slows down drastically at level 80. Players will impr... : nevlos
      • More: Path of the Titans Path of the Titans is another great new feature we covered that encompasses ... : nevlos
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    I dunno I stopped playing it years ago(WoW). I say weak beacuse it didn't seem to be generating anything ... : RogerDandy
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      So did you not actually watch the panel videos? The Raid panel was awesome. Character panel was awesome. ... : pancake humper
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        Alright sweet. I just wanted to hear more that's all It seemed like unless you paid for the channel to st... : RogerDandy
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          I am going to try and rip the replays to get them uploaded. Was just waiting for them to get uploaded. I ... : pancake humper
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            Hey pancake thanks, do you have the diablo 3 stuff as well? : RogerDandy
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              Yeah, only panel was the Heroes and Monsters one I believe. Was pretty blah overall. The SC2 panels were ... : pancake humper
              • Yea my buddies are really into SC so I'll be hitting that up I'm sure. I've never really touched any map ... : RogerDandy
    • I watched most of the live stream and was really excited and happy about everything I saw : Goncyn
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      • hehe : RogerDandy
  • I'm totally with you. Huge class and world overhauls in addition to new content areas. Yeah, it's more ... : action wombmate
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    Reusing Rag and Nef as end game bosses again is pretty weak. : NukemFornever
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      You'd be surprised how many people want to see old/classic content/bossed reused in some way. Players ha : action wombmate
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        I laughed when i heard rag was beating on the world tree in hyjal. but come on Nef again? : NukemFornever
        • Nef is weird, Rag is easy since we all knew we never killed him but just banished him. : Chod
        • You don't think Nef makes sense when we're going up against his father in the expansion? I'm sure he'd f... : Senate5000
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        I think it's fun to have recurring villains, so long as the encounters are substantially *new and differe... : FlatlineDixay
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          Have they said anything yet about what the encounters will be like? : action wombmate
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            No! I mean, I hope they have the sense not to just copy encounters. They may have come really close with ... : FlatlineDixay
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              Well I think it was quite intentional with Naxx because of how few players actually went in there before ... : action wombmate
              • Yeah, I don't think it's indicative of any larger strategy on Blizzard's part. : FlatlineDixay
    • With the ability turn off XP now in-game, there was some talk in my guild of starting a level-60 reroll g... : lordlobo
    • Hell I know plenty of people who wish we were getting Level 85 BWL instead of a new Nef dungeon. : Evil Benius
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      The big majority of people probably never had a chance to experience them. : razlebol
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        those people should go run MC and BWL right now, then. considering it's still there and always has been ... : electroly
        • The bitterness is strong with this one. : action wombmate
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          I've never ran them... ever. I also doubt SERIOUSLY I could convince a group of people to do so. I ... : mace
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            you only need about 5 level 80s to run it. MC takes like 45 minutes and BWL an hour or two. it's a TON ... : electroly
            • Caveats: - Vaelastrasz will still wipe you if you fuck up. Vael does not mess around. - You still ne... : electroly
          • Hell for MC you can two man the entire dungeon, some people even solo it. You can pretty easily five man ... : Evil Benius
          • MC is actually more fun now than it ever was. Instead of 8+ hours in a dungeon you can be done in under a... : Chod
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      if they named them something different would that matter to you? : AllYourBase
      • nope. Then in the next expansion Deathwing can have an adopted son, Ilidan who helps him take over th... : NukemFornever
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    so are you going to resub - because thats awesome after your ragequit : multisync
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      this joke never gets old : pancake humper
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        look at how stupid you are - so are you? : multisync
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          Who knows. I will probably end up caving. If the Star Wars MMO isn't out by then I definitely will be :/ ... : pancake humper
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            I thought Old Republic was this year and Cataclysm isn't until 2010? Did you watch the OR video? I thin... : multisync
            • OR is going to be 2010, pretty sure it's still fairly early in their cycle. They are still making planets... : pancake humper
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  SC2 plays really well. I'll be writing like 10 pages on it for teamliquid which should be out in 2 or 3 ... : Blucklesworth
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    Sweet. Any pics or divx? : RogerDandy
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      There's this thread: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=100503 But basically I pla... : Blucklesworth
      • No worries thank you. : RogerDandy
  • Good to hear- look forward to your write-up. : Lionel2b
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  What about Diablo 3 any other shackers get a shot on Diacrack? : RogerDandy
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    No one other than nick brekon played diablo? : RogerDandy
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      He wanted to beat it, so he kept scaring people off with "baaboo's" : byorn
      • damnit. : RogerDandy
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    I played for about 40 minutes (they only allowed 20 minutes per turn so i waited in line a second time).... : wurt
    • oh man envy! : RogerDandy
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      What's the deal with mana, do the health blobs also restore those? Or do you just have to keep chugging p... : FlatlineDixay
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        Oh yea, mana.. Mana NOT an isssue at all. It would regen so fkin fast it was not eeven funny. You do go O... : wurt
        • I think that's great! Having to effectively "purchase" a core resource was stupid. : FlatlineDixay
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    I played for an hour, me and my friend finished all of the missions that the demo came with. The timed ca : Serpico74
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      i died twice in that damn cave :D : wurt
      • We made it out with just under a minute to spare, it was pretty close. Splitting up to weed out the dead ... : Serpico74
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  I was there. A lot of fat people all around. The convention center stanked like BO on the second day. I g... : wurt
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    Thank you for the input wurt. : RogerDandy
    • :P I only got to play a little bit of SC2 (20 minutes of single player - got in the wrong line doh). Did ... : wurt
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    3 hot girls, some fat dudes, you played D3. Sounds kickass. : Phil
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      There were actually quite a few hot girls at the convention. And most of them were dressed up as Draenai/... : wurt
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        post the blood elves hotties now. DO IT : electroly
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          you can skip the space goats though : electroly
          • lol, space goats : Goncyn
        • I'll post these in the ER tonight : wurt
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  As a side thread what do you think would be a good final class for diablo 3? I would like to see some kin... : RogerDandy
  • I think it has to be a bow class, I don't see how they can not have a bow class in a Blizzard game! It wa... : FlatlineDixay
  • Space Marine would be a cool ranged class : semaphore
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    There's no way it'll be anything but a bow class, probably some sort of Ranger/Hunter type thing. : Zek
    • I hope so either of these would be fine but they already have a class with pets so a classic hunter might... : RogerDandy
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    I think if there was going to be a ranger class we would have heard about it already. They're saving the... : darcspeed
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      Monk is pretty wild. : RogerDandy
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        i like the monk but it doesn't seem that wild.. more like an improved/re-imagined assassin : das_runt
        • I suppose but his abilities are pretty crazy. : RogerDandy
    • There is no way they are going to do 2 elemental range classes and not have a physical damage range chara... : pancake humper
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    Hard to say -- there are two basic archetypes in all action rpgs not currently found: a knight, and a bow... : walker270
    • That's true I don't see them not including a bow weilder in the base game and adding a knight in the expa... : RogerDandy
    • In Diablo 2 the paladin was fairly similar to a sword/shield barbarian, minus the auras and the magic ham... : FlatlineDixay
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  I was there on Saturday afternoon. I played Starcraft 2 and Diablo 3 for an hour each, both were awesome,... : Serpico74
  • should people shit up the graphics now? maybe we can get it all done today! : Downforce
  • Oh man that sounds so kick ass. : RogerDandy