Morning Discussion

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  We already have super-strong carbon nanotube tech, we just can't manufacture them in large quantities yet... : MagicWishMonkey
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    On top of that, the logistics of getting the first elevator up, would be crazy!!. It'd be pretty epic if ... : ShadowRam
    • would they send up one spacecraft with a whole spool of nanotubes attached to some kind of anchor? then ... : kokujin
    • The idea is that we'd have to move a fairly large asteroid into a stable geosynchronous orbit, then build... : Gonzo
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    oh cool. got any links to said nanotubes with proper strength/wt ratio? and any info about future product... : kokujin
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_nanotube : MagicWishMonkey
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  what would we do with space elevators? : spiderfill
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    move things into space cheaply : Psigun
    • Yeah like really, really cheaply. It's like $2M / ounce or something to put something on the space shutt... : SqueegyTBS
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    Create an entirely new genre of music? : DarkWolf5
    • Subtle, but genius. : Clasifyd
    • Big lol for this one. : Gonzo
  • Transport heavy things into space, so we can build things faster. : MagicWishMonkey
  • Go up : kikilupo
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    Orbital Defense Platforms : SenorSpine
    • didnt barack obama pass some shit outlawing space-based weapons? totally baller status btw. : kokujin
  • Be a bastard and hit the 32,736 buttons to stop at every floor. : ant_hillbilly
  • transport stuff into orbit at a fraction of the cost, making a launch platform from space much cheaper an... : busdriver3030
  • lots of chicks at the same time : Downforce
  • militarize them : silent prophet
  • Hit them with our planes. : punchdog
  • not get frustrated with taking home groceries. : zebosausamite
  • Assemble shit in space for cheap. The mining ship Red Dwarf. : theghostofsmdever
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    i think I read somewhere that you could launch things into space from them by using the centrifugal force... : jvox
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      The centripetal acceleration would overcome gravity at about 42,000 km from the center of the earth. ht... : Nali4Freedom
      • thank you for correcting his use of terms, and thank you for doing it in a classy way : biskits
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    Win the game. : ass-street
    • It's impossible to win the game. : noodleboy723
  • Allow Aerosmith to revisit one of their classic songs with a new twist. : ]aratex[
  • Press a lot more buttons when you get off in the lobby : rosewood
  • Could you imagine the skydiving from up there? : pancake humper
  • watch terrorists blow them up : DapperDan
  • space dildos : askedrelic
  • Fart in them, making for a very long and uncomfortable trip. : NastyJack
  • listen to space elevator music : ninjase
• lol agreed! : jvox
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  Graphene > Nanotubes : acidnynex
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    I for one, welcome our diamond overlord : d fluke
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      graphene is not diamond-like bond structure : ]pm[chem
      • I meant diamond > * : d fluke
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  How do the carbon nanotubes prevent from being destroyed in the hotter parts of the atmosphere? : hussdelrio
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    Good question, maybe their high heat conductivity would be good enough to distribute it along the length?... : d fluke
    • OK, wiki says they should be (yikes) stable up til 2800 C in vacuum / 750 C in air, thermosphere temps sh... : d fluke
  • I presume you're thinking of shuttle re-entry? it's not that the atmosphere is hot up there, it's that t... : ]pm[chem
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  nanotubes will not be a panacea; there is no way to protect from catastrophic failure (small meteorites h... : ]pm[chem
  • Space Ninjas. : DarkWolf5
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    there should be a ring of lasers around the tube, so that anything that gets near the tube gets fried : papaskot
    • Controlled by monkeys playing Missile Command / Asteroid : d fluke
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  My carbon fiber handlebar arrived today. http://www.flickr.com/photos/vectorbug/3923596377/sizes/l/ ... : not work safe
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    that's crazy. so what's the benefit you get from the lightness? : get_navi
    • well... lightness for one. Aluminum handlebars aren't heavy... but they're not light either. This one wei... : not work safe
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  h[poop ]h : kokujin
  • giodjgdg : kokujin

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• I've been playing Advance Wars: Days of Ruin, Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and now Scribblenauts, the DS is... : DM7
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  Gamestop got 4 hats in and I was the 5th person to preorder :( Also it's awesome that almost every in... : Lionhart32935
  • the people that made it are in bellevue iirc, and are.. very from the internet :D : xsoulbrothax
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  fuck it. i'm not buying it if you compare it to braid. With braid, and finishing professor layton 2 right... : mindmann
  • don't get me wrong. i enjoy both braid and professor layton 2, but my brain feels like it's going to melt : mindmann
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    these puzzles seem a bit easier than the Layton puzzles because there is a million different ways to solv... : Galadriel07
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      do the Layton2 puzzles get harder? i've done about 30 and they've all been really really simple. But I ... : dignan
      • not sure how far into the game I am, but some of the later puzzles are pretty damned tough. Essential sto... : Supine
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  What's with the thinly-veiled Nintendo hate? : Atma Weapon
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    Well, my DS has been gathering dust since the first professor Layton game and I love my DS, so his review... : BlackCat9
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      hmm, when will DS games become consistently good quality? its already been years and years. I know its ... : dignan
      • Portability is a big thing. Before I had my iPhone, I carried my DS anywhere that I knew I'd be waiting f... : BlackCat9
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  it's really not that great. it's repetitive and the novelty wears off kinda quickly. the controls are fuc... : JINKY
  • Yeah, I get the feeling it's not for everyone. Like I said, Braid was designed better and the entertainme... : locater16
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  I'm enjoying it, but it feels almost unpolished at times. Maybe it's because of the ridiculous amount of... : mikecyb
  • the whole spawn item and then try to use the item or select it instead of Max is annoying!!! : dignan
• I will do so and then I will sell the DS. : CrustaR
• i was weak and grabbed it. I got bored after an hour, after typing in everything i could think of, beat ... : dignan
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  I don't know if I'd describe it as a simple puzzle game. The puzzles are different than what you may be e : Gonzo
  • my absolute favorite solution so far was in world 1 - being asked to clean up the park. idly, on the l : xsoulbrothax
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    i used a tractor beam : dignan
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      oh fuck. i've been spawning grappling hooks and trying to drag things around with that :( : xsoulbrothax
      • i've tried those but i only get fish hooks :( : dignan
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        also try, pegasus & hoverboard : dignan
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          i used the first one to try to jump off the ramp. but the second.. omg. how have i been so dumb. i wonder... : xsoulbrothax
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            i won that one with a sled :) : dignan
            • Skis work well, too. : DianeOfTheMoon
  • I admittedly have not played it, but this one post makes me feel like the OP hasn't really got the whole ... : mwasher
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  over hyped game. tried it for awhile and went back to M&L:Bowser's Inside Story instead. : gdestiny
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    is that a standard mario game? i hadn't heard of it till last night but didn't look it up : dignan
    • it's a RPG type game. previous games were M&L: partners in crime for DS and superstar saga for GBA. : gdestiny
• For the 'Trick or Treat" one, i typed the word Jerk and it spawned a dude who ran up and hit the kids, wh : MrBig0
• Only for today, you get a $15 gift card with purchase at Toys r Us. : Vegtro
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  I've played Scribblenauts for all of 5 minutes and it's locked up on my twice over two different sessions... : BlackCat9
  • LOL@"gamestop employee's R4" : crummynz

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• Happy Birthday... yah I'm 31 and I doubt I'll stop playing anytime soon. : Shadowdane
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  Why would you? Can anyone give me a reason to stop playing games? Sure beats the hell out of TV. : sheepraper
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    Never too old for films, nor for books. Why are games subjected to this treatment? : Marrbe
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      Because half of them are teenage power fantasies? Kinda contributes to the image that games are kids stuf... : zakazi
      • Good point, and now I feel sad. : sheepraper
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        Or because the masterpieces of gaming are not accessible to the general populace. Most anyone can watch a... : Marrbe
        • This is also true. : zakazi
        • Good point. : Nitrium
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          And what does that say of the general populace? While I enjoy all forms of entertainment - no film has ev... : NickDelios
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            Anyone who's literate can "read" a piece of literature but there are several dimensions of appreciating o... : robosextoid
            • Technically it's still just reading. Video games of the non-Mario style platformer or whatever is alien t... : Marrbe
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            Definately. It 's just, it'd be nice to be able to showcase "our" magnum opi to the general crowd. Not th... : Marrbe
            • I should add that I'm perfectly happy with their being esoteric. It's part of what makes the best videoga... : Marrbe
          • On my last Deus Ex playthrough I had my younger cousin watch over my shoulder and give me advice. After r : crummynz
          • Let's snuggle : tomservo
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          Good point. Even from the standpoint of just getting the game to run, most people don't have the knowledg : beanman101283
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            Good post, exactly. When you're talking about the general populace, and really general, the lowest common... : Marrbe
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              Yeah pretty much. There's this huge divide between gamers and non-gamers. So-called "casual" gamers are a... : beanman101283
              • I was always highly sceptical of the claims that "gaming is becoming more mainstream". Casual gaming is. ... : Marrbe
        • Agreed. Mass Effect took me about 40 hours to clock through; a single book I read recently took probably ... : Shadsy
      • Just means you'll have fewer games to play. (Which is an awesome coincidence, because you'll have less t... : Johnny Law
  • I don't know. A lot of people here has extreme prejudice against "old" people (post-20) that play games. ... : Nitrium
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    i like to use my spare time either learning something from a book, working on a pet project to create som... : biskits
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      well maybe some of us who play games are happy with ourselves and don't necessarily have to produce or in... : mwasher
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        i'm glad you're happy with yourself. enjoy your video games. : biskits
        • you didn't answer my question. what is the "substance" you are looking for that games do not provide? w... : mwasher
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          I'm curious to know what do you mean by substance. : Nitrium
          • we shall never know nitrium. :( I feel so hollow now. : mwasher
• OMGHND!!! :O : dognose
• I think the utterance of the expression "stop playing games" should provoke a temporary auto-ban (for dis... : milkychic
• L4D is not a game, it's training : MoreVespeneGas
• Happy birthday! : Mmmmmoo
• Happy Birthday!! The day i stop playing video games is the day I'm dead. I look forward to playing video... : pukerat
• Happy Birthday Nitrium! : Dschinghis Khan
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  You're that old? ahh no wonder you micro is a little lacking! : Klebold
  • hahaha : Nitrium
• There can only be one, and the quickening is near. : one random winner
• People don't stop playing games because they get old. They get old because they stop playing games. - ? : Anastomosis
• Happy Birthday Dude! Join the ranks! : RogerDandy
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  i posted about a game on facebook and my first response was "aren't you a little old for video games?" : EvilDolemite
  • Yeah, I guess that's the type of people that I was referring to. : Nitrium
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    isn't that just neat? when someone our age says they like pop music, tell them they are too old. or PG-13... : Downforce
    • I would add college girls on that list to and see what they think. : one random winner
  • Hahahaha, nerd : sevogajre
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    Aren't you a little old for facebook? : StriderNL
    • facebook is like menudo, you're kicked out after you reach age 16 : FrayLo
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  Congrats! I am Level *32* myself today :) : SirX
  • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=20910297#itemanchor_20910297 : one random winner
  • congrats buddy! happy burfday! : Nitrium
  • OMGHSXD!!! :O : dognose
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  Welcome to your 30th year! : LeapingFool
  • fuck I didnt think about that :( : fathertime
• Didnt you hear only old farts DONT play games. : podizzle
• Happy Birthday! : c0bra
• that would be like saying people could get too old to watch movies : vynn
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  Happy Bday! *balrghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh* *BARRFFFFFFF* *NOM NOM NOM NOM* : sanchez
  • haha good game indeed : Nitrium
• Happy Burfday! : helvetica
• Happy birthday Nitrium! :D : razlebol
• Happy birthday! : Arctic Fox
• HAPPY BIRTHDAY : megarust32
• Happy bday man : thejm4n
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  Happy birthday! I hit Level 42 on Saturday and I'm still playing - so take hope from that! : MorrisatCNN
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    I hear the boss fight on level 40 is intense : Arctic Fox
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      Yeah. Even if you win, you lose your metabolism. : MorrisatCNN
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        that sucks, that kind of boss sucks. at least he didn't take all your magic items : Nitrium
        • It's this kind of conversation I love the shack for :D happy lvl-up everyone who had one recently :P : phil31
• happy bday! : pyide
• Thanks guys, I appreciate it. : Nitrium
• happy birthday nitrium! :) : arcane_

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  Isn't that really the case with all these loot whoring kind of games? : Vincent Grayson
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    well I figured this might be different because it's a hybrid shooter instead of top down crawler/click fe... : kainen1
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      I dunno, think about D2s AI. There's 3? Rush players. Stand in place and fire at players. Run away when a... : AxeMan808
      • Well you can't really compare a 2d crawler like diablo where it's all monsters basically out to bumrush y... : kainen1
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    But they can still be addictive and draw you back even afeter 100's of hours or even years later. See Dia... : Sgt_Boomstick
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      Oh yeah, I'm not discounting that at all. Diablo and its ilk always felt kinda empty and meaningless a... : Vincent Grayson
      • You must find that exact type of gun again for more ammo. Ug, how bad would that suck? :P : DM7
      • enemies drop ammo that you pick up (or you can buy it), per weapon category, ie: shotgun, pistol, sniper,... : dopefish
    • Yeah. They have a certain amount of leeway in game time with me. I'm willing to give them 5 hours or so. ... : LoioshDwaggie
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      Except Diablo II had character aesthetics customization, PvP and a trading system. Not saying Borderla... : kpxkrnjc
      • is getting old* : kpxkrnjc
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        This has a lot more PVP than Diablo, and does have character customization.. Although it is not nearly on... : Reeves
        • Er what? I have heard 0 about PvP in Borderlands. Only thing I've ever heard is "coop coop coop". And ... : kpxkrnjc
    • Since the levels aren't randomly generated, I doubt it will have the same amount of replayability as Diab... : pyide
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    not fallout3. you dont even have to do any of the quests and it's not repetative : cptstern
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      But Fallout 3 isn't a loot-whoring game, it's an RPG with a long storyline, copious exploration, and tons... : Vincent Grayson
      • Dude. I got 80 Tin Cans. I got 40 Pencils. etc. : AxeMan808
• the more i hear about this game the less excited i'm getting :( : ass-street
• The review while pointing out the flaws of the single player experience, still seems positive near the en... : ryuuseki
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  Which system is everyone picking this up on? Since I think co-op is going to be a big component for my en... : Dunwich
  • The prospect of mods seems ok but really since it is only 4 player co-op, I will be getting this on 360. : ryuuseki
  • PC all the way. : AxeMan808
  • PC : DM7
  • PC : poporitze
  • I desperately need a new PC game, so probably PC. : jahulio2
  • PC : Home Nugget
  • PC : noodleboy723
  • PC : Reeves
  • I'll be playing on my Xenon! : Dave-A
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    Cray. : omnova
    • PDP-1 : DrWaffles
  • PC : freqq28
  • PC : sanchez
  • PC : Techy007
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    PC. And I expect an experience something like Hellgate: London, which is to say that it'll be fun as hel... : Rotten Deadite
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      I got to lvl200 in PSO:BB, I can stand grinding : Old_Fart
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        Crivens! PC version? You still playing? : Rotten Deadite
        • they shut it down a while ago. I never had my characters transferred to the outlaw server. I wish I had b... : Old_Fart
  • I'm a PC : Klebold
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    Mac Hahahah! Get it? You can't play games on a Mac! LOLOLOLOLOL : MagicWishMonkey
    • Will it have a mac version? : SqueegyTBS
  • PC : Old_Fart
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    360 people, post here with gamertag. Gamertag: FreakyNipples69 : freakynipples69
    • I'm definitely playing. You see me playing Borderlands on live, you are always welcome to join up. Its go... : silent prophet
  • ps3 or pc if i build one : jayares
  • 360 More friends are playing on the console. : silent prophet
• "but I've spent the past few weeks playing through an introductory section of the game " : cptstern
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  There are a lot of previews/reviews, filled with videos and 12-hour hands on sessions from the past coupl : Reeves
  • I couldn't have put it better if I tried. : noodleboy723
  • Correct. Let's wait for the real reviews, or just pre-order like I did and hope for gold. : Mad Max Dugan
• That's what I figured the game would be like based on all the other info I've seen. Lots of weapons, lot... : WhatIsThisFor
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  i'm going to go play some borderlands. : dahanese
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    You evil, evil woman. : AxeMan808
    • i'm back now! i got hungry and i am too cranky when i'm hungry to play shooters. : dahanese
  • Which system? :o : breadsticks
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  The videos gametrailers just put up are not very exciting in any way as for as gun battles go http://w... : mwasher
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    I saw another video where a guy gets thrown to the ground from a shotgun blast, too lazy to find it right... : Reeves
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      yea maybe there is more to it and more to the reactions from the enemies, but the videos so far don't rea... : mwasher
      • Personally, in a game like this, I don't expect the enemies to be very intelligent.. But in any game I do : Reeves
  • ugh that doesn't look fun. : Lawgiver
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    I just watched the video for a second time and I really see what you mean.. The bruiser dude is just ... : Reeves
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      maybe if there were damage decals on their bodies, or you could blow limbs off or something it would give... : mwasher
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        Blowing limbs off and punching off heads is one of the coolest features! :D : Reeves
        • oh ok. i didn't see any of that in these videos. that may change quite a bit then. : mwasher
• Any news if this will be on Steam? : breadsticks
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  In Diablo I clicked the left mouse button to win the game. Can't get much more repetitive than that, and ... : silent prophet
  • You forgot spamming the 1,2, 3, and 4 keys. : Reeves
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    No, you customized your character build and gear to win the game. : WhatIsThisFor
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      This. And this is why Borderlands is nothing and will never be close to what Diablo II is. : kpxkrnjc
      • Except you can customize your character build and choose what weapons to bring with you to win the game. ... : noodleboy723
    • ... which is exactly what you do in Borderlands. : silent prophet

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  Tour not gonna stain it up with you boogers before you ship are you? : DogDharma
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    Whatever happened to that story? 242, did you resolve that dispute? : jcrockerman
    • he e-mailed me a photo of the stain. I showed him a 6meg super high res photo of the exact same shot wher... : wtf242
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  That Nick Cave print is badass : Drewus
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    i agree. but i wouldnt want it hanging on my wall : i poop from there
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      Why? : Drewus
      • too much going on. i like a more simple picture on my wall. dont get me wrong, its a great print. but ... : i poop from there
• I love Daniel Danger's stuff. I picked up a "so how can we hope to float" after you linked it on your ... : thekidd
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  Gah I really want them but I really don't need them. I've probably asked you this before but do you ha... : NastyJack
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    I sold all my Tyler Stout prints to CrustaR : wtf242
    • What a jerk. : NastyJack
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      I'm going to frame 'em next month. I have 4 Stout prints so far including the most recent Inglourious Ba... : CrustaR
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        But do you have The Thing? I have Big Trouble and Total Recall. Tried to get Inglorious but didn't get lu... : NastyJack
        • I wish. :[ : CrustaR
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  I just bought a 7/10 art print from Tara McPherson in person at DragonCon: http://www.dieselfuelprints... : phokz
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    for $500? @_@ : bawbeh
    • $200 at the convention, it's extremely rare and she's gaining some major momentum in the art scene, it's ... : phokz
  • I have a Death Cab for Cutie Tara McPherson framed print I would sell for $150. I need to take a photo of... : wtf242
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  Yeah, framing is the most expensive aspect. I love my framed McCarthy print (Squid and the Whale). I'm ... : CrustaR
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    well I hope I sell them soon because I currently have negative money. thanks Austin Energy! my gas tank i... : wtf242
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      I'll give you $10/week for the next 40 weeks for the Sink or Swim print. :) : mwasher
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        I'll sell it to you for $200. It cost me more to frame it. I am at the point now that I am selling absolu... : wtf242
        • Why are you selling everything? : sumo-hacker
    • Are your credit cards all maxed? : underground banana plantation
    • how did you end up in such a shitty situation dude? : MagicWishMonkey
  • Still waiting on that $500 refund :( : fufux
• Wow man, you're selling some really nice prints. I would be interested if I didn't have a few of my own h... : shakybonez31
• damn i knew i should have mounted sink/swim on black. yours looks much better than mine with a white bor... : smacknca
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  how much is it to get a 'print' printed? can't you just get a high res image and print them instead of s... : dignan
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    artists will never give you a digital version. i tried a bunch of times because i wanted to print things... : smacknca
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      pictures are all over the internet, i wasn't meaning getting a digital copy from the artist. as long as ... : dignan
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        yeah.. you're going to be able to print a 14 x 24" image from a 72dpi 640 x 480 compressed JPG... : wtf242
        • dignan only has one monochrome eye. : mwasher
        • i wasn't talking about printing 1:1 im not that dumb, refer to my reply below : dignan
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    haha absolutely not. That's not the way printing works. You would need a 200meg+ 300-600dpi version of th... : wtf242
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      i know i was being somewhat faceious... not knowing much about printing, what would be wrong with taking ... : dignan
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        it would look absolutely horrible : wtf242
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          open that image in photoshop and change the size to 14" x 24" or whatever and see what it looks like : wtf242
          • "printing it at twice the size of the image displayed on the monitor" would make it about 7-8" tall. i d... : dignan
        • ok, just curious. my printing experience is limited to plotting engineering blueprints, i don't even own... : dignan
      • you could make a copy, but any good litho/silkscreen/etc will always blow that copy out of the water. : dahanese
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  Also selling all of these prints: http://turnofthecrank.com/wtf/for_sale/death_cab.jpg http://gfmorri... : wtf242
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    Wow, you have a lot of prints. When you're more financially stable, are these things that would want to r... : underground banana plantation
    • i HATE selling them. This makes me very very depressed. I've collected these for like 5 years. There are ... : wtf242
• That Daniel Danger print looks amazing. I think I saw it in another picture you posted not too long ago ... : DrWaffles
• shane I am really really tempted to get Sink or Swim but I don't feel like spending money right now due t... : gmd
• /shackmsg'd for a few of them : dol3mit3
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  how much for dinner with 242? : dignan
  • if you bring whiskey and the ingredients i'll do it for FREE : wtf242
• Nick Cave makes great music : MoreVespeneGas
• Damn the Nick Cave one is super tempting.................. : Yabrodan
• Do you know what your wall looks like? : not work safe
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  I uploaded a few more. blonde redhead http://turnofthecrank.com/wtf/for_sale/blonde_redhead.jpg $10... : wtf242
  • frame on the built to spill has a few dings it from moving. you can see them in the photo : wtf242
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    Pixies http://turnofthecrank.com/wtf/for_sale/pixies.jpg $100 : wtf242
    • I'm out of cash for the month or I'd buy that from you. : CrustaR
  • that McCarthy one is spectacular, i love trees : dignan
  • Man, it hurts me to see you selling these. Can't you get a personal loan from a bank? : CrustaR

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  That whole MaryAnne arc drug on for waaay too long, I'm glad it's over. : darcspeed
  • agreed, it was lame and the resolution was predictable. : dirge23
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    Do you think Bill's maker kidnapped him? Why is the Queen selling her blood? What kind of trouble will Bi : MoreVespeneGas
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      Eric said he would "take care" of Bill when he was talking to the Queen. Vamps can sense/affect humans wh : tashtego
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        Way too obvious for Eric and that's what Im thinking on the other thing except what could be learned from : MoreVespeneGas
        • Well, the other person you mentioned is just as obvious, so we're probably both wrong. : tashtego
        • Find them all and kill them? : Evil Benius
    • I just hope Hoyt gets a cool storyline, he's awesome. : darcspeed
  • I agree with you darcspeed. i was really hoping her god would come and destroy her rather than sam : mayooms
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  It's my favorite show that I hate. It's a riddle wrapped in a puzzle stuffed in an enigma. : Rauol Duke
  • Don't forget deep-friend and filled with cream cheese. : steauengeglase
• meh - I still like the show, but meh. : trOmblyj
• boooooooooooooooooooooooring. everyone but me fell asleep during it. : gokart.
• At the beginning I was thinking, hmm, well, that wrapped up quickly, what will the rest of the episode be... : tashtego
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  I thought this whole season was corny as hell. I dunno how to use spoiler tags but basically the whole s... : Defacil
  • reality=realism* : Defacil
• praying that i manage to never watch an episode ever again. thank god the new tv season is starting, i ca... : Hoax
• Also, if you think the show is poorly written, don't read the books. They're fucking terrible. They manag... : tashtego
• It was pretty lame. Unlike some, I did like the story arc but it was completely predictable. Never real : kgargs
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  I got about 5 or 6 episodes into Season 1 and said fuck this romance novel soap opera bullshit. : Phil
  • You missed a bunch of Tittays. : K0LM
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    i'm so glad the new dexter season is starting. i still have to catch up on breaking bad of which i've onl... : Hoax
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      Breaking is great : MoreVespeneGas
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        i was really surprised why it was not hyped on the shack. i even explicitly had asked for good series in ... : Hoax
        • yeah I need to check out breaking bad. also, i watched S1 & S2 of Dexter last year. it was awesome. go... : Phil
      • ^^ THIS : zeke
  • Exactly the same as me. : dearjamie
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  Is this the series with Anna Paquin in it? My wife just started watching whatever's available on Netflix... : boarder2
  • That's deep brah : MoreVespeneGas
• It was very weird and felt rushed. Hopefully the next season is a little less wacky. : WhatIsThisFor
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  I like how you can have read the entire series and still not have any clue what's coming in the series. : mrwolf710
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    much like LOST?? : cjcharv
    • But.... : mrwolf710
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  They should have stuck with one main storyline instead of two. The Mary Anne plot was stupid and the Godr... : Psigun
  • you're good you silly little rascal! : kgargs
  • I don't really think they realized how good the Godric plot was. I think they thought they were going to : laurgasms
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  it's weird how they essentially wrapped up the season in half the episode and spent the second half just ... : mikecyb
  • i thought it was a big ripoff to rush the ending like they did. that's what put me off the most. the re... : dromo5
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  Has it jumped the vampire shark yet? Hearing other describe the general plotline is pretty nuts. : byorn
  • The show is sort of designed to jump the shark every episode multiple times, so yes, it has. :) : Psigun
  • It's really a corny/stupid show, but its highly entertaining. At least its not corny like Twilight and ha... : bozer
• Took a whole season to shift into a Cow... LAME. : zeke
• I thought it sucked and I am glad there are no more episodes to watch for awhile, and I am a fan of the s... : grendel
• I love the smell of nail polish in the morning. I was pretty much thoroughly disappointed. : Prototype

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  I say it's epic as hell - a departure from Black Holes, and in a good way. Not that I don't love them all... : Deathlove
  • agreed! : mwasher
  • I actually prefer it if a band evolves their sound somewhat each album. Beats having 5 albums of the same... : Arctic Fox
• Epic Rock Opera ! : gummijoh
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  I hear they are an awesome live band, hope I get to see them one day. : timaste
  • They hammer out the songs live without much jibber-jabber. : mattavius
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  Muse is the best live act I have ever seen. With that said, I have mixed feelings about the new album. ... : c_man_tmt
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    I've listened to it quite a lot now and a lot of the songs that I initially wasn't so keen on have grown ... : marmite
    • That's the case for me with most new music from bands Iove. Initially, I'm skeptical, but once listen thr... : Goncyn
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  Ever since they were in Guitar Hero they've just exploded in popularity. I personally bought Black Holes ... : jingletard
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    they've exploded in popularity outside of the US... I wouldn't say they have become *that* popular in the... : mwasher
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      I'd argue they're probably the most popular rock band in the country. : Vincent Grayson
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        I'd argue you're wrong. But maybe I'm skewed because the local big-name station here has agreed on many ... : mwasher
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          Muse is huge. Austin is weird. : cltcprd
          • they are big. they have not "exploded" here. in europe they sell out 100,000+ capacity venues on a regul... : mwasher
      • I disagree. Foo fighters for one are a bigger draw. : soggybagel
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        pearl jam, foo fighters : FrayLo
        • metallica, u2, and on and on and on. muse have not reached super popularity here. :( : mwasher
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          Are both bands largely on their way out that haven't made a good album in years. : Vincent Grayson
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            You can argue about whether they made good albums in recent years but neither are even remotely close to ... : soggybagel
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              I can't remember the last time I heard people talking about a popular rock band in the US that wasn't Mus... : Vincent Grayson
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                why doesn't Muse do their own tours then? Why barely play any shows over here, and when you do, be the o... : mwasher
                • Why, when you finally do tour, do you miss out some of the largest cities in the country? I mean seriousl... : Arctic Fox
              • Perhaps you are traveling in different circles than I but I can definitely tell you that there are a shit : soggybagel
              • 3 Doors Down. Nickelback. Creed. : Cihte
              • If we are going by anecdotal evidence then fall out boy s the biggest band because by golly I sure hear a... : FrayLo
    • Given the type of music that's popular here, I wouldn't say that's a bad thing. : Ride-My-Rocket
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    I love that they've exploded. They totally deserve it. : marmite
    • Definitely. After I heard Black Holes I wished I had heard of them sooner. : jingletard
  • thats how i discovered them. : jayares
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    nah, they exploded in popularity in when they released their last album after releasing a few albums in n... : Shai-Tan
    • I didn't start hearing Knights of Cydonia on the radio until after it was in GH3. : jingletard
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    This is crazy to me. I've been listening to Muse since Absolution came out (2003 or so). : cltcprd
    • I've been listening to Muse since Showbiz and this is still crazy to me. : Arctic Fox
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    They really exploded in the UK in 2001 with the single Plug In Baby and their second album. I think they'... : rock elf
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      Also, no-one ever talks about Showbiz but I think it's still a great album. Sunburn is one of my favourit... : rock elf
      • Catchy tune. I never really gave Showbiz a chance. : Whistler77
      • Showbiz is, next to Black Holes and Revelations, pretty much my favourite Muse album. : Arctic Fox
  • They are fucking AMAZING live. : magistersmax
• i heard the whole album and my first impression was not great (I love muse for the record)... but i'll b... : skelom
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  I didn't particularly like their last album and I like this one even less :/ : Shai-Tan
  • that song sounds better there live than the album though : Shai-Tan
• They're awesome and I personally love the new album! : hax3d
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  Is this a cover of some kind because that starting riff sounds really familiar. : melkore
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aH3Q_CZy968 : drucifer
    • slow this down... it's the same song. : drucifer
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      also http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LF2x5IKxmAQ : rock elf
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        it's a mash-up :P : drucifer
        • I am Elmer J Fudd, Millionaire, I own a mansion and a yacht and Pro Tools. : drucifer
      • Yeah, Doctor Who is what I was immediately reminded of, but I dig the song. : Conan
• I'm picking it up on the way home tonight : nodge69
• I'm pretty underwhelmed by this one. It lacks the epicness that Black Holes and it's precursors had, but... : FlamingGimp
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  I want to fucking kill MTV after what happened to my friend and I on Sunday : zerog83
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    I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE IN THERE FOR THAT FUCKING PERFORMANCE GODDAMNIT : zerog83
    • Not pretty enough? : Ellissd
    • We told you that you didn't know how to dress "hip and young" : Utopia
    • speak! i was wondering what your experience there would be like. : mwasher
    • Yeah what the hell happened? : soggybagel
    • They oversold capacity by 30%. : antareus
• Just downloaded it w/the zune pass and I'm loving it. I only found out about this band a year or less ag... : lefthighkick

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  i'd really like for this game to be fun but that did not look fun at all. more tedious. i hate games wh... : dantastic
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    omg is this the "enemies stand and take point blank shotgun blasts" game? : spiderfill
    • ahaha i never even noticed that part until you said it. there were some that ran right at you though : dantastic
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    What's the point of a leveling system if every enemy takes a realistic 1-5 bullets to kill? You have to r... : silent prophet
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      Which is why an FPS doesn't mix IMHO with a leveling style of gameplay. Leveling is kind of a BS concept ... : Toth21
      • You make a valid point. I think fans of RPGs are going to be much more content with Borderlands then FPS ... : silent prophet
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      i'm just basing it on the videos here. i dont know how high level it is but there are multiple people sh... : dantastic
      • I'm talking about the power curve. Just like all the other game examples you listed, Borderlands can easi... : silent prophet
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  wait a minute, is that splitscreen on the same console? : Milleh
  • Yeah it's vertical splitscreen : Reeves
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  You guys are getting way too excited about this game. I see disappointment in your future. : Haku-Jin
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    Only if all the reviews and previews lie. And there are a lot! : Reeves
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      Post some reviews for me. : Haku-Jin
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        Google is an awesome tool. : Reeves
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          Yeah I agree. Now post some reviews of this game that isn't even out yet. You said there are lots. Post... : Haku-Jin
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            lol. Wow. seriously sorry i said reviews. I should have said previews and 12 hour press demo previews. : Reeves
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              previews usually aren't very critical. most i've bothered to read were like handjobs to the devs for let... : dantastic
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                To a point that's true.. But they can't just outright lie and put their credibility on the line. Even if ... : Reeves
                • Nobody said they were lying. The previews for Hellgate: London were generally pretty positive as well. : Haku-Jin
          • He meant previews you bubbly friend to shacknews. : Mad Max Dugan
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            i think he was diferentiating "previews" (meaning saw it, or played a very short amount) with "reviews" (... : dahanese
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              The 'reviews' I've seen have been pretty mixed then. : Haku-Jin
              • You know how I know you haven't read more than 2? : Reeves
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              While I'm looking forward to the game, I always have trouble trusting any kind of preview/review from peo... : Vincent Grayson
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                I'm looking forward to it as well but I'm a little skeptical about it. I'm sure it's fun but I'm not sur... : Haku-Jin
                • I agree, Gearbox has to deliver this time, or else! Wait, no they don't, they're still in business cuz th... : Mad Max Dugan
              • yeah, i hear you there. i got a request for a review copy today and the person said they would give a pos... : dahanese
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        EOT: http://borderlandsguide.com/forum/article-and-video-compilation-thread (It's okay not to like what y... : Mad Max Dugan
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          I don't see one review. Point it out, I'm slow. : Haku-Jin
          • You're a lot more than slow : Reeves
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    I don't mind that the game might really suck. I like the concept and I'm willing to take the chance. : Mad Max Dugan
    • I hope it's awesome but I don't have a lot of faith. I'll wait for reviews. : Haku-Jin
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    i get this impression too, everyone seems to be going ballistic about it and it doesnt seem that great to... : disembodied potato
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      Not getting into Diablo is a sure sign you will not get into Borderlands. It's okay, you don't have to ge... : Mad Max Dugan
      • i like diablo but this so far is just not doing it for me. i really don't see the greatness in this yet : dantastic
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      It seems like either you really understand the game and are ballistic about it, or it's just not your thi... : Reeves
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        That's deep. : Haku-Jin
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          It's really not. : Reeves
          • ok : Haku-Jin
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        Borderlans is not like a MMO. It's not massively mutliplayer. It's small co-op games. I doubt many hardco... : Mad Max Dugan
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          You must not really understand the game. Like you think you do but really you don't. : Haku-Jin
          • This is funny. I lol'd this cuz you made me laugh out loud, and not because I know what the fuck I'm talk... : Mad Max Dugan
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          It has a lot of MMO features, like leveling, loot, and skill trees, and even a lot of the quests are very... : Reeves
          • 4 person, drop in drop out, no "end game" i really am not seeing the comparison : mwasher
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        Definitely. Borderlands is not Call of Duty with a million guns. Its Diablo in a first person perspective... : silent prophet
        • This is the truth. I feel bad for any COD players that try it out and right away think "WTF, Where are al... : Mad Max Dugan
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        dude this kind of game IS my thing but the combat just looks so generic and boring : dantastic
        • Just like Diablo. WHY people like it so much will remain a mystery to some. : Mad Max Dugan
  • Agreed. Nothing about this game seems exciting to me. I don't see it having legs. : senseimoron
• i love seeing the shack negative hype...that means it MUST be GOOD : gyokuro
• I'm sort of excited for it. What I didn't like is that it took like 6 clips to kill something and enemies... : PointlesS76

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  Intellivision. Best games: D&D Treasure, D&D Mountains, Astrosmash and Mission X. : LoioshDwaggie
  • I remember that Intellivision racing game where you could go cross-country to bypass the track. Awesome ... : Spoetzl
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    BURGERTIME, motherfucker! : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • HELL YEAH!!!! : skelom
  • All of the TRON games, B-17 Bomber, SHARK! SHARK! : leadgold
  • Those paddles were awesome. : Rich McNinch
• My very first console was the Atari 2600. I still have it too, though I think it's broken. :( : Iazu
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  the Atari "video computer system" in 1978 (not NOT the Atari 2600 - that moniker came much later) http:... : beastrabban
  • er that first not should be note not not. : beastrabban
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    the name of your .jpg says atari_2600. : Sole.exe
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      Also your picture is of the one that released in 1980 that has 4 switches, the orginal ('77-'78) has 6 sw... : Sole.exe
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        I knew something looked off. I couldn't find a shot of the original : beastrabban
        • its all good. Alot of people think they are different consoles, but they aren't. All are 2600's, just sli... : Sole.exe
• Atari 2600, Pac Man, Tank, and Jet are the only games I remember from then, I played PC games on a black ... : one random winner
• Atari 2600 : industro
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  ATARI 2600 : tunis5000
  • this one http://www.atariage.com/2600/systems/sys_Atari2600.jpg : tunis5000
• Sega Master System I think. Although the first one that I really wanted my parents to get me, and they di... : moe6
• NES. i wanted an atari 2600 because i had friends who had ataris, but i had never heard of the (brand-new... : dirge23
• NES. : Marrbe
• Intellivision. : hatelull
• I think I got an NES about a year after they came out, and same with SNES. Or maybe it felt like a year b... : not work safe
• Atari 2600 Sega Master System Turbo Grafix 16 Sega Genesis Sega CD 3D0 Sega Saturn Sega Dreamcast ... : mankeroo
• Atari 800. If that doesnt count as a console? Gamecube. Get off every lawn there is. Get completely out ... : confuseatron
• Intellivision was the first thing I remember ever playing. I would've been about 5 or 6 at the time. I do... : Entity
• NES - for christmas one year, rather than a PC/ : SirX
• ATARI 2600 baby! : shyguy74
• Nintendo Entertainment System : shakybonez31
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  Coleco Pong/Lightgun and then Odyssey2 (which you could actually program on, if you bought the BASIC Cart... : AxeMan808
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    hehe Odyssey2 was my 2nd system! K.C. Munchkin (yeah Pacman knockoff!) , Pick Axe Pete (yeah DK knockoff... : Spoetzl
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      Did you ever do the rapid on/off until you got a "corrupted" game started? That was kinda neat. UFO was ... : AxeMan808
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        Yes the green screen wasn't it? I had a game that wouldn't seat well and got this all the time. : Spoetzl
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          Nah, you could actually do it do most games, and walls would be in different positions or gone altogether... : AxeMan808
          • ...do it TO most games... : AxeMan808
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  N64 heh : mysled
  • Me too :( unless you count the GBC. : Nali4Freedom
• the first console that i owned was the original Gameboy. the Family had a NES though. : kbnerd
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  My parents owned the ATARI 2600, but the first system I bought was the NES with the gun. : Totenjaeger
  • Correction: ATARI 2600 : Totenjaeger
• I think it was a Grandstand TV sports collection thing (think PONG knockoff). Next was the Intellivision... : SiW.
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  Coleco Adam, which was a computer attached to a colecovision. I think I was the only person to ever own o... : vov1n
  • Not the only one. I remember that big ass printer, and games on cassette tape. The only games I think... : loboVT
• Atari 2600. : kevp
• atari 800 : dopeman
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  also had one of those intellivisions lol : dopeman
  • shit, i guess those were my dads. the first one i purchased for myself was a PS2, and it was on a whim. ... : dopeman
• Atari 400 I think. Unless there was another Atari console that had a similar keyboard. : Zakko
• Atari 2600 : Shadowdane
• one that i bet none of you had: sega muthafuckin' master system : EvilDolemite
• Not technically a console, but an Apple II with binders full of pirated games on floppy disks. I grew up... : gnomish
• \m/ Magnavox Odyssey \m/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnavox_Odyssey : hashd
• Atari 2600 then Atari 5200 : bozer
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  N64. : dahanese
  • my mother hated me and wouldn't let me have one so i had to wait till i moved in with my dad. : dahanese
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  if we are really going to say "one that YOU actually owned then I never had a first console. I only did c... : Cheeziologist
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    Parent purchased = ok. : Spoetzl
    • NES, then : Cheeziologist
• Intellivision on my 7th birthday, : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  Sega Master System. : RogerDandy
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    yes, a sacred brother! no one i knew had one and the only reason i did was because it was affordable. : EvilDolemite
    • ya it sucked never being able to trade or rent games : mankeroo
    • I still have mine somewhere. I'm pretty sure. I loved Fantasy Zone and Space Harrier. Tons of my friends ... : RogerDandy
• super nintendo. if its own money only, then its gamecube. : barichnikov
• Atari 2600 : WadeMcLain
• texas instruments ti-99 : cptstern
• SNES. Played a lot of Super Mario World, Mario All Stars, and borrowed games from friends (first time I ... : DHAvatar
• The NES and Amiga were in my house when I was born, although the Amiga isn't really a console. : Mecha Tofu Pirate
• ATARI 2600 : SolveChrist
• Atari 2600 then an Odessey. : whistletits
• Atari 7800 : godwit
• NES was the first. My mom actually purchased an Atari 2600 about a year after we got the NES, because she... : Sole.exe
• Atari, then a lot later Nintendo, then a Sega Genesis, then a Dreamcast, Xbob, PS2, Gamecube, Wii. Al... : cerealSAM2
• NES. Came with two controllers, one zapper, and Super Mario Bros./Duckhunt combo cartridge. : Mmmmmoo
• Sega Master System : kelzmelzer
• Atari 2600, Atari 800XL. : mikefr24
• Intellivision! Casette tapes for games and downland!! : devi| dog
• BSS 01 - The GDR rip off of Pong. http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/3/3249/3249_1.jpg Hours. Hours! : MatzL.E.
• N64, and it sucked! I was all about arcade/PC/Apple ][ before that. The Xbox was the first console I owne... : Dave-A
• We had an Atari 2600 but for some reason we only used on special occasions. We treated it like a board g... : ass-street
• Commodore Vic 20 count? It took cartridges... if not that, SNES.... : ShadowRam
• XBOX was my first : stump
• colecovision - and I still have the thing and it works well. NES shortly after.. : sheepraper
• Atari 2600 : ant_hillbilly
• NES : thejm4n
• the phantom. it's fucking amazing : Downforce
• ColecoVision That thing was the BEST : trebarg
• PC. : thrallie200
• atari 7200 and its weird ass spinning joysticks. : stgdz
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  playstation. i played FF7 and Valkyrie Profile and then i can't remember what happened to it : cpt_gloval
  • we also had a family NES, SNES, and N64 previous to tthat though : cpt_gloval
• NES. : themaestro2657
• Coleco Telstar Colortron. I'm not quite as old as you but I do still have it. http://www.gooddealgames... : abunch
• I had that same exact PONG setup. Kudos sir. : Phil
• I had Pong : drucifer
• NES, EU style : d fluke
• Colecovision : riptyde
• NES : jabuck
• SNES, even though there was no excuse for me not having an NES. : The Grolar Bear
• Although net really a console my first system that could play games was a TI99-4a. My first console was ... : obiquatro
• Commodore 64 if that counts. Otherwise the Sega Megadrive 8bit. : Bamii
• We had that console when I was a kid. : Thresher
• PONG Sports IV : Mad Max Dugan
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  Atari 2600. My parents bought it for us so we would stop asking for quarters for the arcade. : .Jayson
  • Me too, high five Atari 2600 buddy :) : Arctic Fox
• N64, my first system was an amiga though, wasnt allowed a console until i could pay for it with my own ca... : disembodied potato
• Xbox 360 : notd665
• Well, we had an Atari 2600 when I was a kid but the first console I ever bought was a Sega Genesis. : malevolence
• Pong. My dad brought it home some random day and connected it to a black & white TV. (not that it needed ... : nakedsavage
• I had a Sega Master System, which was ultimately supplanted by an NES. : Atma Weapon
• Colecovision. My grandparents had pong. : Prototype
• Gamecube. I wasn't allowed to own video games as a kid :( : Whistler77
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  Intellivision : skelom
  • Intellivision, NES, XBOX, GBA, DS, X360 : skelom
• I'd have to say Atari 2600. Pitfall 2 was amazing. : Derringer
• NES. I remember the day my grandma bought it for me (I think she was over for Christmas). I didn't get to... : ArcKnight
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  Atari 2600 : WhatIsThisFor
  • ^^ Yes indeed good sir. : ghost hacker
• NES : opengl128
• K-Mart Radtofin Pong System S4000 (the Atari 2600 soon followed) : cap n KRUNCH
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  Sony PS2 and Xbox 1, got them new from the same guy for 500$ when it would've still cost me 1000$ in stor... : abrasion
  • Oh I guess 1981 woodgrain Atari 2600 but it was the family console, not mine per se. : abrasion
• Sega Master System II : MaddeningLoop
• NES that my parents bought. Though I think I was playing PC games before we owned a console. : thetangent
• The Channel F http://www.thegameconsole.com/fairchildchannelf.jpg : stuka
• Nintendo Family Computer : fsck
• Atari 5200.. its version of Pac-man was incredible compared to the 2600. : dealie
• PS2 - we were almost exclusively PC-focused at my place until then : Postal
• PONG, although after the first set of six C-cell batteries ran out, I don't think we ever replaced them a... : wendigo
• Atari 2600 (the Sears re-branding) : Awun

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  Now for Mac, please. PLEASE! : Grimace233
  • Mac Dev channel builds are available. http://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/eula_dev.html?dl=mac Getti... : Zero|DPX
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  I love the new tap page. Its got all 9 webpages that I would ever use. I don't need a keyboard anymore : podung
  • tab*.. : podung
  • mine only shows 8 : Slowtreme
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    I wish they would just steal from Opera. 8 web pages is just few enough slots for me. 12 would be awesome... : uncleanmonkey
    • Trivia: Despite most media claiming that we took the "New Tab Page" idea from Opera's Speed Dial, it was ... : Zero|DPX
    • yea, would be awesome if you could actually select which ones are there, a scrolling page of webpages thu... : podung
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  So the Beta and the Stable versions are the same at the moment? : K1Bond007
  • Yes, yesterday's Beta release has been promoted to the Stable channel as well, so they're currently the s... : Zero|DPX
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  Congratulations for having such a great product out there, it has become a lot better since launched, ser... : davidc02
  • The Developer Tools are massively improved over the initial release and continue to get work all the time... : Zero|DPX
  • I'm fine with a user preference, since you're not the only person i've heard make the complaint about the... : Cheeziologist
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  why does shockwave crash my browser on a daily basis while I'm playing Farmtown on facebook? : PapaBoo
  • it's trying to protect you from the evils of being a digital laborer. : kbnerd
• I love you <3 : TheQuad
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  Do you know when you'll have better Windows 7 Taskbar support? This build seems to have broken it. : raeven
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    I don't follow the Windows 7 commits. What got broken, from which build to this one? Can you file a bug... : Zero|DPX
    • Sure thing. I'll file a bug after this and let you know. The crux of it is with v3.0.195.21: 1. C... : raeven
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      Issue #: 21899 http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=21899 Great update otherwise. I re... : raeven
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        I sent the bug to a couple of our release managers so they can try to reproduce. Sounds weird. : Zero|DPX
        • Thanks, I saw. Glad I could help. It's a weird one for sure. : raeven
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    Chrome also borks the auto-hide function of the taskbar. Sometimes the taskbar comes up and sometimes it ... : gummijoh
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      I am the one who fixed the problems we were previously having with auto-hide. Windows' auto-hide code is... : Zero|DPX
      • Good answer, I just press F11 quickly twice and then it works for a few hours :) It´s not that bugging... : gummijoh
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        I've been using auto-hide since Windows 95 and I've never had a single issue with it. : Halen
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          It tends to have more problems in the following cases: * Multiple monitors * Rotated monitors * Taskba... : Zero|DPX
          • well that would explain it, I only use one of those--the multiple monitor setup : Halen
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  hey zero do you have any idea what would cause the history page to take forever to load when I first star... : datoo
  • That is very interesting. It sounds as if maybe your profile is horribly fragmented or you're suffering ... : Zero|DPX
• Extensions for OSX please : foo
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  it seems faster in laryn.x. Should it? : Dante
  • We're always trying to make it faster. : Zero|DPX
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  I hate the new tab page. It decreased my number of frequent sites to eight. Why would they waste the enti... : dealie
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    Indeed. Meanwhile Opera lets you choose. I have 5x4 thumbnails. : uncleanmonkey
    • Yeah, at least they ought to try to figure out the size of your browser window and adjust the number of f... : dealie
• any idea why it might be stuttering? it just started happening the last few days. I redownloaded it to... : Drakoniac

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• super nice! i'd suggest adding more highlighting to their left arm. : heuristic
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  That looks awesome. Good job sir. : K0LM
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    does Diane sound like a sir? : heuristic
    • Not really, my bad. : K0LM
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      Have you ever heard her talk? : riptyde
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        ::sigh:: Several people have, I play online with folks here. : DianeOfTheMoon
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          Play some L4D with us please. : dognose
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            Certainly! I've been playing D&D Online lately, so would have no problem jumping in a L4D game. : DianeOfTheMoon
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              I must warn you that I suck at it and dislike versus mode and sing into the mic but I will help you up if... : dognose
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                If you and abrasion play co op can I come play too? : SpaecKow
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                  You kind of have to : dognose
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                    Tonight? :) : LoioshDwaggie
                    • Yes please :) : dognose
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                dognose i want to play with you :( : GloriousCow
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                  What is stopping you? No PC? :( : dognose
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                    it is too late to buy the game, since l4d2 is coming out anyway :( : GloriousCow
                    • Some kind of weird law where you live or something? :( : dognose
              • I prefer co-op myself as well. I'm in the Shack group and the Shack L4D, look me up if you want to play : glio1337
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      It is easy to overlook a username and assume male. I once called Jane911 'Sir'. : dognose
      • understandable, that's the hero of canton. : heuristic
  • Ma'am. : deject
• wow. that's nice. : edgewise
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  Did you ink wash that or just do an incredible job with shadowing? That looks great. : Omning
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    Yep, I used "Devlan Mud" wash on the model itself, doing 2-3 layers in some sections, and used black ink ... : DianeOfTheMoon
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      Ahh good old Devlan Mud... or as I've seen it referred to, "Devlan Magic". : nephilem
      • :) : DianeOfTheMoon
• Very nice! I applaud your great use of washes :) : Derringer
• looks cool : jvox
• Holy fuck, Tuck! You have some tucky talent in those fingers of yours. : Dave-A
• Looking good. And just imagine how great the last few figures will look after all the practice you are a... : obiquatro
• That is awesome. : khaosman
• very nice! i wish i could do that :( : xwer
• that's good work : Goncyn
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  I have a suggestion. Assembly line this shit. Well..not exactly. What I mean is to prime and basecoat ... : OhSnapHighFive
  • Yeah, I'll be doing that now, but I like to test paint stuff before I do. I used to do this a bit when I... : DianeOfTheMoon
  • yeah you could do that for your tactical squads or something, but not for your terminators. : RetroRedEyeJr
  • Aren't Shackers more inclined to "Kathy Lee" it, using skilled children to copy her master figure for jus... : freqq28
• that looks fucking great : Degenerate
• Good good job. : Klebold
• Very nice job! : Dr_Cube
• Awesome job, those things can be tough to paint. : tcxsnoop
• that looks really awesome : Mr.SEX
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  That's awesome. I never painted any models I did because I was afraid I'd fuck it up. Also decals. I wish... : Deathlove
  • the professionally done ones look amazing, since they have been washed, given highlights and laquered - b... : Klebold
• wow, cool! : Mansmells
• i most definitely would break that about 5 minutes into the project. : dahanese
• Looks nice. Keep taking vitamin C. : ann thracks
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  On a side note, does anyone know what I can do to keep the paint from rubbing off? These are pieces from... : DianeOfTheMoon
  • http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/catalog/productDetail.jsp?catId=cat1290211&prodId=prod810902 : Klebold
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  Looks pretty professional to me! How long did that take you? : Lopsang
  • All in all, about three hours. Two base coats, all the color details, touch-up coat, fine details (eyes ... : DianeOfTheMoon
• I kinda want to get one for my desk now. : ADSliv
• Nice work man! I failed so hard at doing that. Mine looked so terrible when I played with friends. I felt... : Mad Max Dugan
• TERMINATOR READY. : thetangent

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  whoa, they just tripled the medic's regen rate : EvilDolemite
  • yea crazy, unless you have blutsauger equipped. neat changes, probably will see more ubering in the long ... : SolveChrist
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  that blutsauger change is very confusing. I wonder if they mean it has to be equipped or just part of the... : Downforce
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    i think it means that when you use the blutsauger you have a normal regen rate, but when you have the old... : RetroRedEyeJr
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      Hmm, so chance for crits and increased regen rate, or slower regen rate but ability to attack for health. : ant_hillbilly
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        The blutsauger can crit now. : TrptJim
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          ha really? Never noticed. : ant_hillbilly
          • that's because it was just added in this patch : EvilDolemite
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      but is it when the blutsauger is equipped or just in your loadout? I can see why they'd make it drain... : Gonzo
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        i prefer the standard gun. better range and it had previously had crits. i rarely use the gun anyway. ... : EvilDolemite
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          well backpedalling and shooting the FUCK out of a pyro or scout with the blut will save your ass so many ... : Downforce
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            i have just as much success with the regular gun as it's a bit more powerful : EvilDolemite
            • well I am obviously referring to countering the incoming damage moreso than killing the enemy outright. ... : Downforce
      • yeah that's what is confusing me. on net, it seems like it could be either you are dying if you aren't sh... : Downforce
      • The only way I can interpret it is that now you lose 2hp per second (meaning it's easier to kill you) and... : AlexW1203
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    whatever it takes to rebalance the guns. i'd have preferred more of a buff to the syringe gun than a nerf... : RikiTiki2
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      It's a massive buff to the syringe gun. You now heal people, at a minimum, at the 'heal-deprived' speed p... : AlexW1203
      • i read it as a buff to medics in general, with a nerf to the blutsauger : RikiTiki2
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  Fixed Halo glow effect not being hidden for cloak/disguised enemy Spies Nooo : ant_hillbilly
  • Seriously, that was my favorite bug ever. : reign27
• Cool stuff. : dmason
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  SANDVICH NOW GOOD FOR TEAM : sanchez
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    I really need to find a way to bind a key to drop sandvich. heavy/medic combos just got a HUGE boost. : Downforce
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      i hear right mouse button might be a good bind for that : RikiTiki2
      • well I mean without switching and such :D : Downforce
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  Wait, goddamn it, I just realised: now Medic-caressed Heavies are going to be even more annoying for the ... : AlexW1203
  • on the flip side,heavies got a huge self-reliance boost enabling medics to keep rotating. but the ulti... : Downforce
• so any class can pick up and use a dropped sandvich? : Mansmells
• wow I don't know what's happening, but Steam is taking some kind of serious dump right now. : Nitrium
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  I... think they just tripled the medics healing power? Umm, Valve WTF? : locater16
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    regen amount..not the power of their healing gun, but their personal regen rate : EvilDolemite
    • oh, ok I get it now : locater16
    • ...OHHHHHH. That makes sense! So syringe gun Medics AREN'T now excessively effective at healing. Just bet... : AlexW1203
• Oh cool : Maddog_Delphi97
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  Anyone want to play? Whoville?!? : ant_hillbilly
  • There's going to be a shackbattle later today on dallas. : DrWaffles
  • Yeah let's RTD right now man, I got the D20 ready. : dkrulz
  • need more player, also details on this later shackbattle : ant_hillbilly
• The one drop I really want that eludes me is the sandvich :( : Tommy Toolbag
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  they fucked with this game to the point where i dont like it anymore :( i also am starting to hate DoW2 b... : mega man
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    I too am not really happy with constant patches that totally change the balance of a game. With DOWII the... : Modulus
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      then you'd have servers on any one of dozens of different patch levels and it would be impossible to find... : indosauros
      • Didn't Counter-Strike have a big following where a lot of people weren't playing the latest patch? Besid... : Modulus
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  Woah with the new Medic changes O_o : Godhatesfatpeople
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    ya, bluttguster has real negatives now. I probably won't use it. : Cheeziologist
    • Yeah looks like the Syringe gun will feel more useful now. Medics definitely need a bit of a beefier feel... : Godhatesfatpeople
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  y'know ive never played tf2 (even though i own it through the orange box) i've been tempted to give it a ... : disembodied potato
  • It's really not complicated in such a way. Just need to mind your environment and think on your feet. It'... : Godhatesfatpeople