Morning Discussion: Post-Its From America

After nine hours sandwiched between two people in a metal tube I was anxious that we might get off to a bad start, America, but there can be no better way to say, "Howdy y'all, well shure ain't that a dang whoosit, dude, let's start over cleaner than a pastor's linen!" than Reese's Peanut Butter Cups and a Philly cheesesteak. Thank you... friend.

And Comedy Central has commercials for prescription medications and Girls Gone Wild DVDs. What a curious bird you are.

From The Chatty
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    August 27, 2009 7:01 AM

    Battlefield 2 v1.50 is almost ready.

    They are also making the 2 booster packs free now.
    also, widescreen support finally!

    http://planetbattlefield.gamespy.com/fullstory.php?id=159814

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      August 27, 2009 7:06 AM

      god if that is true we should play nothing but spec ops. BF2:spec ops is the best MP game ever created. EVER

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      August 27, 2009 7:06 AM

      holy crap

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      August 27, 2009 7:06 AM

      If only they could patch in tiny trees that aren't stronger than tanks.

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        August 27, 2009 7:09 AM

        yeah playing BC and 43 kinda spoiled me.

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      August 27, 2009 7:07 AM

      holy fuck, nice update

      2gb+ size!

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        August 27, 2009 7:31 AM

        Time to get Mercury! lol

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        August 27, 2009 11:09 AM

        and it isn't a standalone patch either, you also need the 550mb 1.41 patch

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          August 27, 2009 11:28 AM

          hahaha I certainly hope not

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            August 27, 2009 4:42 PM

            :(

            To install Battlefield 2 Update v1.50 you must have Battlefield 2 updated to version 1.41 or Battlefield 2 Complete Collection from EA Store installed.

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      August 27, 2009 7:09 AM

      Wow. I'm up for shackbattling after this releases.

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      August 27, 2009 7:09 AM

      I think I will reinstall the game for this. I've been wanting to play BF2 for a long while now anyway.

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      August 27, 2009 7:09 AM

      Yayayay! I didn't bother with the boosters but I've heard good things

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        August 27, 2009 7:10 AM

        spec ops is all city maps with grappling hooks and zip lines. it is fucking amazing

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          August 27, 2009 7:36 AM

          specs ops isn't included, only the booster packs are

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      August 27, 2009 7:11 AM

      WOOHOOO!!

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      August 27, 2009 7:11 AM

      Wow. This will be awesome until Battlefield 3 hits.

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      August 27, 2009 7:19 AM

      You know, for all the "God Damnit DICE"ing that gamers do, DICE does fucking awesome stuff on a consistent basis. WOOOO 1.5!

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      August 27, 2009 7:22 AM

      >Added Battlefield 2142 style prone deviation (going prone will now cause reduced accuracy for a brief period)
      YES NO MORE DIVING!!

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        August 27, 2009 7:30 AM

        THIS^^ is what I've been waiting for, a little less dolphin is always great, its what killed the game for me

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        August 27, 2009 8:43 AM

        This a good chance also. Now just increase the spawn time for jets and we are set.

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      August 27, 2009 7:23 AM

      Holy shit! Hey, how did the bf2 shackbattle go last weekend? I couldn't make it, but I would definitely make time for the next one when patch 1.5 hits.

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        August 27, 2009 7:26 AM

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          August 27, 2009 7:28 AM

          I think if we got rid of some of the maps, and upped the ticket count on all the others, it would be a better experience.

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            August 27, 2009 7:29 AM

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              August 27, 2009 7:30 AM

              I need you fags to learn how to fly choppers so I can TV missile the shit out of Zaun and Chepito. :[

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                August 27, 2009 7:32 AM

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                  August 27, 2009 7:34 AM

                  I know you like how I'll just roll up in a tank and start bonking the ground troops.

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                    August 27, 2009 7:35 AM

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                      August 27, 2009 7:37 AM

                      You should go Medic as SL, and just hide behind corners so we have a stable spawn point and you have a steady stream of corpses to revive.

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                August 27, 2009 10:19 AM

                I used to be an OK chopper pilot, if I had time to practice I could probably decent again.

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              August 27, 2009 8:16 AM

              Yea jets ruin maps especially with good pilots and my shitty ability to take them down.

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                August 27, 2009 8:21 AM

                seems like they've buffed AA sites though...

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      August 27, 2009 7:24 AM

      We need to get one going because we all know css shackbattles and dod shackbattles suck in comparison.

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      August 27, 2009 7:25 AM

      Can't wait to get back to school and install it next week, so excited to play.

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      August 27, 2009 7:28 AM

      Oh kick ass...

      This makes up for the muddy release of 1943!

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      August 27, 2009 7:32 AM

      Increased the splash damage of the UH-60 (Black Hawk) guns from 0.25 to 1.5: does this mean black hawks are good again?!

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        August 27, 2009 7:40 AM

        I just saw that - I would take that as a FUCK YEA!!!

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        August 27, 2009 8:11 AM

        Black Hawk Up. ?

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        August 27, 2009 8:13 AM

        i shall be the black hawk pilot of doom!!!

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          August 27, 2009 8:16 AM

          I'm totally hopping on one of those guns. Black Hawks of doom baby!

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            August 27, 2009 8:23 AM

            you just want into the black hawk so that i don't crash a plane into you!

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              August 27, 2009 8:26 AM

              You'll crash the Black hawk with me in it. :X

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                August 27, 2009 8:33 AM

                i will not!! i'm a good helicopter pilot....well i used to be.

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        August 27, 2009 11:31 AM

        They were ridiculously overpowered before the 1.2 patch. The only reason they have splash damage on the blackhawk is because there is no realistic way to model the ~3000 rpm that the miniguns actually fire, but originally it was far too powerful. I wonder how this change will work.

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          August 27, 2009 1:40 PM

          eh - they were not ridiculously overpowered - they were effective, it's just that there wasn't an effective way of blotting them out of the sky. They should have had an unlock for the AT class that made them an AA unit giving them stingers.

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            August 27, 2009 2:07 PM

            nah the splash damage was much too high on the miniguns. You didn't even really have to aim to get kills.

            And yes AA in BF2 has been pretty useless. I've had much better success shooting down aircraft using the TOW emplacements than with the AA ones. Nothing as fun as nailing a bastard Cobra with a TOW up the poop chute.

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              August 27, 2009 2:33 PM

              you shouldn't have to aim with a mini-gun - it's the ultimate spray and pray weapon.

              If they had left it as it was, but added better ways of killing choppers it would have been fine.

              Instead they nerfed it reducing it to borderline useless (both you and the target could not be moving if you wanted even half of a chance of doing damage or killing them).

              the original BF2 UH-60 mini-gun was the closest thing to a true finger-of-god weapon till Infinity Ward did the AC-130 mission in CoD 4.

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      August 27, 2009 7:34 AM

      Hang on a second, are they saying spec ops comes with this? I don't see them saying that anywhere..

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          August 27, 2009 7:36 AM

          FUUUU seriously? i thought spec ops was considered a booster :( that is a blower

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            August 27, 2009 7:37 AM

            Are you talking about the Special Forces expansion?

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            August 27, 2009 7:38 AM

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            August 27, 2009 7:38 AM

            The BF2 complete (including SpecOps and the boosters) is like 10 bucks at a Best Buy, if you need SpecOps.

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              August 27, 2009 7:40 AM

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                August 27, 2009 7:43 AM

                I'd rather not touch anything coming from their service though given the horror stories I've heard.

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              August 27, 2009 7:42 AM

              uhm - almost everyone I see is selling it for 30

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                August 27, 2009 7:44 AM

                Damn I totally should have gotten that at BB when I was there. I remember it had the yellow $9.99 sticker on it in the store I was at, because I was comparing it to 1942 complete (which was $10). :[

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              August 27, 2009 7:45 AM

              i definitely have it. the problem is that not everyone else does and so having a shackbattle with it isnt possible :(

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      August 27, 2009 7:42 AM

      It's been awhile since I've played, but are the expansions must-have for online play? Or can I get away with just buying the original sans exapansions?

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      August 27, 2009 7:47 AM

      awesome, thanks for the heads up

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      August 27, 2009 7:48 AM

      The booster packs were pretty damn great, looking forward to this

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      August 27, 2009 7:51 AM

      shackbattle sunday?!?!?!

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        August 27, 2009 8:14 AM

        Shackbattle Sunday September 6th, 2009

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          August 27, 2009 8:58 AM

          Awww shit - not that Sunday...

          How about this Sunday AND next Sunday. Is your server still up and running anyways?

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            August 27, 2009 8:59 AM

            The patch isn't released until Sept 1.

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              August 27, 2009 9:00 AM

              oh kick my ass and call me a bitch - thought I read it was being released tomorrow...

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      August 27, 2009 8:31 AM

      fuck yes, BF2 rules and I would love to play it again.

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        August 27, 2009 8:51 AM

        Is the server still up? I'm down for random games until the next ShackBattle

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      August 27, 2009 8:45 AM

      i've caught the BF2 bug since the shackbattle and have been playing the game alot; the infantry movement is really great compared to 2142 (feels like i'm walking in water in that one)

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      August 27, 2009 8:46 AM

      Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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      August 27, 2009 8:47 AM

      I'd play with you guys except that the shackbattle happens right on top of SFIV and there about 3 things that I'd rather do than play good games of SFIV and bf2 isn't one of them.

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      August 27, 2009 9:01 AM

      When they say widescreen support I hope it also changes the FOV. Currently you can force a wide resolution but can't change the FOV.

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        August 27, 2009 9:06 AM

        I doubt they'll change the FOV myself

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        August 27, 2009 9:08 AM

        from what I remember of the beta patch it was +horizontal widescreen rather than the view being cropped, but the fov isn't adjustable. plus the hud is still stretched.

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      August 27, 2009 9:11 AM

      This is going to work on Win7 x64 right? Anyone tried it out yet?

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        August 27, 2009 9:23 AM

        Yea it works for me. Install BF2, install patch, manuall update punkbuster. Good to go. The only problem I ran into was having to adjust the resolution in the video file so that it wouldn't CTD on start up.

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          August 27, 2009 9:36 AM

          Can you either post here or SM me the details on what config you changed please?

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            August 27, 2009 9:46 AM

            Well let me know if it crashes. For some people it doesn't. However if it does just find the video.con file

            Edit the Video.con file in your MyDocuments/Battlefield 2/Profiles/Video.con

            Change the resolution part to your desktop res. That should fix it.

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          August 27, 2009 9:37 AM

          can't you just rename the video intros so it skips them all? I do that with most games

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            August 27, 2009 9:39 AM

            You can just delete them

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              August 27, 2009 10:03 AM

              easier to rename the folder that they are in to something the game can't detect IMO.

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      August 27, 2009 9:29 AM

      Is this to make up for 1943 not coming out for some time?

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      August 27, 2009 9:51 AM

      they better have given an option to turn off the chat spam over the effects volume ie: "Enemy Infantry Spotted!"

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        August 27, 2009 10:54 AM

        I doubt they will, its a huge annoyance at times

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      August 27, 2009 10:37 AM

      I hope to god the patching process has improved (both in speed of patching and the requirement to upgrade from previous versions first)

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        August 27, 2009 10:51 AM

        Would probably best to uninstall and do a clean install...

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        August 27, 2009 10:58 AM

        that definitely needs to be changed, but with the inclusion of the Booster Packs, it is a lot simpler. When I just installed it I had to do this:

        Install BF2
        Install 1.41 patch
        Install Special Forces
        Patch with 1.41 again
        Install Euro Force
        Install Armored Fury
        Patch with 1.41 again

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      August 27, 2009 10:48 AM

      wide screen, no cd check, free mp pack?


      its like the patch that should have came out 2 years ago!

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      August 27, 2009 11:00 AM

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        August 27, 2009 11:01 AM

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          August 27, 2009 11:04 AM

          Yeah EF and AF never got the play they deserved, especially Armored Fury. Op. Road Rage is awesome as hell, fighting off an attack on the cloverleaf with a squad of a medic, a support, and a bunch of AT guys.

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      August 27, 2009 11:01 AM

      oooooohhh... I am gonna need to reinstall this!

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      August 27, 2009 11:55 AM

      Shit, I left my box in Brazil, I may need to re-buy this. Do they have this on Steam? yeah I know...

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        August 27, 2009 12:02 PM

        not yet - though maybe something's being brewed for this release.

        The whole collection for $20-30

        SF expansion pack for $5-10

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          August 27, 2009 12:44 PM

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            August 27, 2009 1:37 PM

            I don't want to spend more than $10.00 for the Special Forces pack given that I already own BF2 and everything else is going to be included for free very shortly.

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              August 27, 2009 2:00 PM

              if you just want the unlocks you really don't even need to own Special Forces, you just need someone to log in with your account and score a point or two on a ranked server.

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                August 27, 2009 2:57 PM

                ? I wouldn't want the unlocks per say - but the added stuff to the game sounds interesting.

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      August 27, 2009 2:07 PM

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