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  I might have to do some co-op with shackers too. I don't know if my normal gaming group is going to both... : DinK
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    did you do the 'clear everything from your queue' trick? i tried it once a month or two ago and it didn'... : FrayLo
    • Pretty much. I don't think it's ever failed to work for me, but I always have my queue ready with an ope... : DinK
    • They sent me Wet the day it came out, and I resent them for that. it's not good I had a few things in my ... : Rauol Duke
• I can't get it until this weekend. My wife's medical bills trump my entertainment...for now... : RomSteady
• I'll be on Firefight for a while on Tuesday. GT: cyclonebee : cyclonebee
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  i haven't decided if I want to get this at launch or not... Halo 3 was just average and this looks to ... : Shadowdane
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    I rented Halo3 and pulled an all-nighter playing through it co-op. I played other online modes like two ... : DinK
    • yah I made the mistake buying Halo 3 : Shadowdane
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  Can normal Halo 3 players play with ODST halo players? : pun][sher
  • The MP comes on a separate disc from what I understand. So it's a Halo3 MP disc : MrLobo
  • For Halo MP (Slayer, CTF, etc...)? Yes. The 2nd disc is Halo 3 minus the campaign content. : jake
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    ODST MP is on disc 2 and it's every Halo 3 MP map and mode (even the dlc packs). ODST disc 1 is just the... : EvilDolemite
    • disc 1 is firefight also. : jake
• The Ars review wasn't too great, but I'm still too hyped to care. I'll have it on Tuesday and try to pow... : umcpwintermute
• If it came out 2 months ago I would have bought it without question. But it coming out now with Brutal L... : Crimsonbeak
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  they were pretty favourable for halo 3 too and look how that turned out : dantastic
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    Yeah it was awesome : cfalcon
    • yeah i guess awesomeness in mediocrity should count for something :D : dantastic
  • fantastic? : burning eye
  • maybe i'm an anomaly on the shack but i really liked halo 3 and thought the value packed onto that disc w... : EvilDolemite
  • It was great co-op fun? : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • halo 3 was spectacular : maulla
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    It was terrible, everybody in this sub-thread is wrong. : zombie man
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      Invert that and you'd be right. : Fred Garvin
      • It was wrong, everybody in this sub-thread is terrible? : nutrient
  • I'm going to disagree with everyone above me and say mediocre. Some very memorable moments and great fun ... : Head Rush
  • it was no Halo, but I still enjoyed it. The MP isa lot of fun too. : pandastrong
  • I don't think the single player did anything brilliant or new but it was mostly a lot of fun. I think ... : mikecyb
  • Yeah Halo 3 is the most over-rated game that I can remember. Fucking glowing reviews everywhere and it d... : kill9
  • lol what. it's another good installment on a great platform. I realize it suffers from the "matrix syndro... : Downforce
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    What, an amazing game with a huge amount of content that is has a huge online community where you can alw... : cyclonebee
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      what ruined halo 3 online is that i just simply wanted to play straight up Deathmatch, every now and then... : -=kodiak=-
      • This seems to happen to every multiplayer game. Certain game modes become so popular it's all anybody wan... : thecray
      • that's why the first one on the pc was much better, you pick what mode you want to play and go for it : X-GOUKI
  • i know halo 3 gets hate on here, but a lot of you must be playing. Is there another online FPS that has ... : ultramega
  • It was good. If it was JUST released on PC, you probably would have never heard of it. : freakynipples69
  • uh, awesome? : biskits
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    haha dantastic look what you have done. : mwasher
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      He needs to follow this up with his feelings on Gears of War 2. : Head Rush
      • ugh don't get me started on that you fuckhead... you should get gears 2, you should get gears 2... bored ... : dantastic
  • I liked it a lot. : marmite
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    Best console FPS yet? : Dave-A
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      Let's not get carried away. : freakynipples69
      • More realistically, it was when it came out. It comes down to opinion, but I'd put the newer Call of Duty... : Entity
  • big and blad with weapons that look like squirt guns. : Boxelder
  • I'm not what you call a Halo fan and even I got a lot out of Halo3. : pyide
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    Speaking of Halo 3, I still need to finish it lol I think I've only played like 20 mins of it. : prime8
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      Get some coop going. Lots of fun! : pyide
      • I'd like to if I can find some time. The other problem is finding someone to play with lol : prime8
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        have they fixed it so that the coop screen isn't stuck in 4:3? I remember when it first came out and havi... : kevp
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          I don't have the game anymore so I can't check, and I only played coop online so I don't really know what... : pyide
          • http://www.joystiq.com/2007/09/25/halo-3-split-screen-wastes-16-9-hdtv-edges/ : kevp
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      my favourite part is when you get to the last level of the trilogy and its a shitty driving level where t : dantastic
      • When the game finally ended I told myself "Wait, that's it?" Big let down. : freakynipples69
      • That 'weak ass eyeball robot' was something I wanted to destroy for 2 games running. It's death was one ... : critch
      • That level made me really question why the Halo franchise is so highly regarded. The online aspect may be... : LilCrypto
      • exactly, I was hoping the trilogy to go all out with a bang level, but we ended up with that? : X-GOUKI
      • The thing that made me angry was when they took control away from you to do the final jump. I hate cutsce : PointlesS76
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        Sweet thanks I made that level! : dmiller
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          Stop sucking. : Rampancy
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            But dad, I learned it from you! : dmiller
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              IWHBYD : Rampancy
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                STFU NOOB : dmiller
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                  Trench run, more like stench run! LOLZ : Rampancy
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                    What's that? Awfully quiet, aren't you? I hit a nerve, didn't I? Don't get all teary-eyed. We don't need ... : Rampancy
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                      You haven't hung yourself have you? : Rampancy
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                        wat. : dmiller
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                          BTW shack, Rampancy works for Bungie too. I'm sure you'll have some fun playing his levels in Reach! : dmiller
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                            Oh fuck you. : Rampancy
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                              Lol. It's cool- you'll be in my hell soon enough. : dmiller
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                                I already am -- I sit next to you. BAZING : Rampancy
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                                  Don't you forget it. : dmiller
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                                    Don't touch me. : Rampancy
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                                      Sometimes when we touch, the honesty's too much... : dmiller
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                                        And I have to close my eyes and hide. No, seriously. : Rampancy
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                                          When are you ever gonna stop eating QFC chicken tenders? Seriously. : dmiller
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                                            Why can't you love me for who I am? : Rampancy
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                                              BECAUSE I DON'T LOVE MYSELF!!! CAN'T YOU SEE THIS!??! : dmiller
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                                                Well we don't love you either. Just like your mother. : Rampancy
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                                                  Hey how about some Red Bull, you fucking junkie? YEEEAAAHHH! : Rampancy
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                                                    Drink more whiskey. : Rampancy
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                                                      ur drunk. gtfo : dmiller
                                                      • Not yet! Working on it. : Rampancy
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          I really liked that level :( : Dave-A
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            I did too - it was fantastic in coop. Turning it from escaping to a death race made it so much more fun. : ArcKnight
            • PointlesS76 has a good point (ironically) above, but otherwise I had a blast w/ that level too. Great ca... : Johnny Law
    • Those who know me, know I don't finish many games. Halo3 was one I couldn't put down until I finished it.... : Entity
  • A bad singeplayer campaign with some decently fun multiplayer they gimped overtime by almost forcing you ... : locater16
  • one of the best FPS games i had ever played on a console : jedi_27
  • the best XBLive game to date? man what a fuckup. : gokart.
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    Halo 3 was awesome... Anyone who hates halo hates fun, innovative multi player and features. The only ... : podung
    • The gameplay was hardly innovative. It could be fun but it was a pretty derivative and uninspired shooter... : OverloadUT
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  This is the one place where Arstechnica fails. They keep letting Ben, who I otherwise respect, review Hal... : LoioshDwaggie
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    http://arstechnica.com/gaming/reviews/2009/09/the-60-expansion-pack-halo-3-odst-underwhelms.ars Pretty... : ThomW
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      I'm betting this review is correct. : retarded talking dinosaur
      • Me too but I'm still buying it just for the three new maps, firefight and Reach beta : bozer
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    I thought he really liked Halo 3, then I went back to that review and saw that another person did it, so ... : beanman101283
    • I discount any FPS / Halo review if Ben does it. Sometimes you just know how things are going to end up. : LoioshDwaggie
• I would have probably picked this up for the cheaper price point. : ghost in my shell
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  Is it full price in the US cos here in the UK it's about 3/4 the price of a normal game in most places. : marmite
  • I got it from amazon.co.uk because of this. : Mad Brahmin Disease
• from what i gather, it's different from the other halo games but also features similar scenarios. you : EvilDolemite
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  But seriously no matchmaking in Firefight mode?! c'mon!!!! : Ulfie
  • This :( : cyclonebee
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    Wait...so you have to have a group of friends or otherwise you can't play? : pun][sher
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      Probably better that way. It sounds like the matches can go on for a bit and require really good teamwor... : exigence7
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        This seems like Horde mode, with a Halo skin. Maybe I've been lucky, but Horde mode doesn't seem to attr... : UselessHack
        • Same, i'm disappointed in Bungie for this :( : pun][sher
• Ars didn't seem to like it and I find they're pretty good with their reviews. : Horn
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  I heard it's like Halo 3 with guns. : MuteMode
  • Halo 3 with a health meter : cfalcon
• Mine shipped this morning from Amazon. : bozer
• I really hope there's a good deal for it in Canada. I just can't justify full price for a game where I kn... : Tincan
• Anyone gotten their copy shipped from Best Buy yet? : kagath
• I'm gonna pick up ODST for the campaign, it will be nice not to be playing as God. : graceofdragons

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  i'm confused, bw caps are good? : xxiv
  • (i read the rest, maybe i need to read it again) : xxiv
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    i think it's that they'll have to make their caps explicit, instead of just fucking with your connection ... : dirge23
    • yep. no supar sekret QOS/throttling shit. metering will be enforced, but that's fine. : Downforce
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    I guess in an "at least you know what the limit is" kind of way it's good. : deject
    • Pretty much this. No surprise overages or abuses just because they think it's good business practices. : geedeck
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  wow when did the FCC become awesome? : lordlobo
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    elections have consequences. : NexusOne
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      Wait...so this democratic-republic voter system we have in place here...actually works? : devnullgt
      • It's been less and less functional overtime, but a broken clock is still right twice a day. : one random winner
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      it actually started last year believe it or not. : stgdz
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        Did Bush fill the FCC with a bunch of unqualified cronies or is that something generally not too closely ... : MagicWishMonkey
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          It's really not a left-right issue. It's an "who contributed to my election fund" issue. Telcos and f... : trove
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            this is true of everything in politics, it's all about making the people that put you in office happy eno... : lja83
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              I don't really think so. Both parties have broad philosophical underpinnings that they waver on sometime... : trove
              • if you got into politics and you can't keep your constituents happy, you will not last long in politics : lja83
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  But I download a lot of linux ISOs. : TreMetal
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    You can easily eat up several GB/day in bandwidth without doing anything illicit. (I know you're just ... : MagicWishMonkey
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      yeah I probably use up 40gb a month just installing steam games because of their fucking god damn weekend... : SenorSpine
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        I watch lots and lots of streaming video, I like having it on in the background when I'm doing shit like ... : MagicWishMonkey
        • Yeah I have last.fm going all the time, which adds up pretty quickly as well. : SenorSpine
      • I know what you mean bro. : deject
    • I do not disagree. Netflix on my 360 eats a ton of bandwidth. : TreMetal
• Yea, I also love how AT&T and everyone where trying to get broadband defined in a way as to exclude any p... : mancide
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  Hopefully the CRTC will follow as well. : Dave-A
  • it had better : ShadowRam
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  whats awesome is how big name news spots still get stuff wrong, http://stopthecap.com/2009/09/21/wall-str... : smacknca
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    fyi The Wall Street Journal is Fox News in text format : fishbone
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      thats become much more apparent with the last few articles ive paid attention to. re-tah-ded : smacknca
      • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_Street_Journal#News_Corp._purchase : fishbone
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  This is awesome, and the part about extending it to wireless communications is huge, but remember that we... : riptyde
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    They want that to happen too! http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/21/fcc-chairman-argues-for-o_n_293667... : geedeck
    • Anyone who ever questions the idea of net neutrality should just be pointed to wireless companies as an e... : riptyde
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  Legally compelled to get you an answer ... in four to six weeks. : ThomW
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    I hear there's co-op in net neutrality?? : Downforce
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      I'm going to fucking : ThomW
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        Isn't that a town in Germany? : deject
        • When I went to post "plz nuke" I hit the PRL so I went back to work. : ThomW
    • I'm going to fucking EMAIL THE SHIT OUT OF YOU if it doesn't. : ThomW
• Comcast already has a 150 gig cap I'm quite happy with. I can be a heavy heavy user and still not hit it... : spazzium
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  I wonder how this affects things like Netflix, Steam and anyone else streaming a lot of data over the int... : ThomW
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    Yeah. but then some other ISP will offer much low caps and steal away a large percentage of the customer ... : dravalen
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      rather much higher caps. : dravalen
      • For cable users, there aren't alot of competitors in a big portion of the country. : trove
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      That's not realistic though because there isn't enough competition. Until a year ago if I wanted cable T... : ThomW
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        Keep in mind that wireless broadband is here and getting better. You can do a 3g connect too, but 4g/WiMa... : geedeck
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          How many options do you have in terms of broadband ISPs? : ThomW
          • -Time Warner Road Runner -Wide Open West (cable) -ATT uVerse (wacky DSL) -ATT DSL (crappy DSL) -Earth... : geedeck
        • Or you could live in a metro area with over a million people and still be limited to a single broadband I... : Fyunch Click
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        Yeah, this initiative is too far advanced for the country as a whole. I can understand why most of the c... : trove
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          And we're verging on wireless broadband. That will address this and then some for the people who have non... : geedeck
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            More likely it will cause service providers to think twice about expanding their wireless broadband netwo... : trove
            • Didn't I dismiss the conservative issue with telling them how to run their business in the first place? ... : geedeck
  • That's a huge question. I think the idea is that the people who really do use 5gb will pay much less sinc... : geedeck
  • For one, it seems that net neutrality will kill any agreements between service providers and content prov... : trove
  • ^^^ This is what I most wonder about. : theangrywaffles
  • Hopefully there's still enough room for competition in the marketplace so we don't end up in a situation ... : MagicWishMonkey
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    I would gather they are going to hit the speed limits now on line speeds. : stgdz
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      actually the government is probably going to setup up a test for line speeds, lets say its a youtube vide : stgdz
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        and of course this all leads to higher costs for the consumer ;) : stgdz
        • The very passage of time leads to higher costs for the consumer. : silent prophet
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        It's simpler than that. Net neutrality is about content providers trying to get access to consumers w... : trove
        • The internet is one of the examples of the most heavily regulated services around. But that heavy regula... : riptyde
      • The politicians will all get big checks from lobbyists representing the big cable/phone companies and 28.... : ThomW
  • Wont the network caps be directed by a system of competition though? I mean if one company (att or whate... : sKetchflow
• Fuck yeah! Awesome stuff all around, nice to see something good come out of the government for once. : dravalen
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  Funny how people don't realize that this will be the dawn of usage based billing for those who don't alre... : stratedge
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    Why pay for bandwidth you don't use, though? : MaxPete82
    • This is the thing. Until bandwidth is unlimited (or gives an appearance of it), I don't understand why it... : Dave-A
  • What people? : geedeck
  • It will also prevent time warner from degrading netflix streaming and vonage connectivity to "encourage" ... : Clay
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    I don't think this is going to happen with Internet usage. There is far too much 'usage trickle' that no... : cetra00
    • Also what about spam? You'd start paying to download that and good luck trying to stop it before the Int... : cetra00
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  I'm not a fan of caps. Anyone who uses Netflix or Hulu streaming is going to burn a bunch of bandwidth e... : silent77
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    But then people are paying for the resources they actually use. It's arguably a lot more fair. Also, if i... : geedeck
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      I've been perfectly okay with those parents subsidizing my internet usage. and you're assuming they will ... : DarkWolf5
      • hahahaha : geedeck
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        That's the problem with caps, they're single-ended. It would be one thing if bandwidth was a fully met... : DinK
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          But economics don't work like that. They can only do that if they have a monopoly. So Crim is SOL, but he... : geedeck
          • Thats a pretty big IF. More than likely they will collude and price fix the fuck out of it. : NexusOne
          • I think that's plausible if we had a ton of broadband options nationwide. I think many areas don't, so y... : DinK
          • You assume there's competition in most markets, I don't think that's the case. : MagicWishMonkey
    • When working at a large ISP, I discovered that their $19.95 and $39.95 plans actually cost them $1.71 and... : AxeMan808
• hell yeah! : anthonybean
• Now they need to make it so we can get more than 1 cable company in a given area. : Crimsonbeak
• Completely awesome. Make this shit official plz. : DinK
• very interesting. : AMikaboshi
• http://www.optimum.com/online/ultra.jsp : NukemFornever

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• lol holy shit : GloriousCow
• This is what gmd does at night. : eldiablo01
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  Mayor Mike Haggar! : ArB
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    Totally. http://gaygamer.net/images/haggar_performs_piledrives_a_s/HaggarSharkPink.jpg : ashkie
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      forbidden. cry : i poop from there
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        dragondrop my young padawan : filthysock
        • i have seen the way. pile driving a shark he deserved it. : i poop from there
  • I was thinking the exact same thing. LMFAO! : Wolfanoz
  • That does look like him. o_o : DM7
• hahahahahahahha : filtersweep
• that was fucking upsetting. : hax3d
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  why is his face so white compared to the rest of his body? : fatman
  • Probably afraid to use the artificial tanner on his face : fishbone
• is that mace ? : skelom
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  Can you imagine being that turned on by YOUR OWN BODY. That's some sort of fucked up disorder. : fishbone
  • it would be pretty fucking awesome. You take your porn with you whereever you go : GloriousCow
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  bs, thats not 285 lbs of pure muscle, he needs to drop fat. Fatty. : filthysock
  • haha holy shit "I'll look at myself till I cum" : filthysock
  • Yeah that dude really isn't THAT big. What a fucking weirdo. : h o s t i l e
• best video ever, thanks for posting : arizona bay
• took me about 20 seconds in.. I'm scared now and I've only reached 1 minute : Reeves
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  creeps you out in a good way? : arcane_
  • oh hell no. : i poop from there
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  THE COMEDIAN?? : lodit
  • Lmao, that's what I thought too. : zombie man
  • =) : r3dn3ck
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  Saw weirder yesterday. I went to Dicks sporting goods to get some shoes and this dude in front of me ha... : Turd Ferguson
  • you generally don't inject into the shoulder for steroids : filthysock
  • those are stretch marks : fishbone
• HGH FTL. : michael walker
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  god damn thats gotta be a parody of something : mega man
  • nm theres a ton of them man uuuuuuuuuggggghhhhh so many videos of himself man urrrrrrrrrgggh look at all ... : mega man
• This has to be a joke : ruckboos
• It moved. : mofo
• he should've lived in classical greece. : miasma(&)
• that's a fucking sweet stache. He gives all sorts of rides. : pancake humper
• Would you fuck me? I'd fuck me. I'd fuck me haaaaard. : jingletard
• WHERE MY FUCKING PROTEIN : Utopia
• I'm not into the bulky guys, but he's not bad looking. : LoioshDwaggie
• hahahaha, whoa there : delataur
• lol ok i see the funny in it now. who would hit? : posito
• this has to be a joke, but i wonder if he grunts with every other breath in normal conversation. i'd hate... : skizl
• This is amazing. "So fuckin big and beautiful man" : krym3
• So did he cum or what? : CapnChaos
• wow. : bakanoodle
• whoa it's white vasseli! : whodares

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  I really thought it was going to hit Joan and the episode would have been super sad, but instead it was h : Barnahog
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    All the jokes about it from Roger were the best part : historyinthemaking
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      He is such an awesome character and the actor plays it perfectly : pancake humper
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        Just read that he's playing Howard Stark in Iron Man 2. There is something awesome and fitting about thi... : Barnahog
        • Hahaha that is going to be great. : pancake humper
        • I concur. That is fine casting. : Deathlove
        • OH FUCK YES : notd665
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  Which character is that who gets their foot mulched? I just started watching it. : Rice-Rocketeer
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    Brand new character... ... From the London Branch. His first and last episode. : historyinthemaking
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      I think he's been in a couple of episodes. Can't tell for sure from your clip and I've not watched last n... : Jonathan
      • It's a new character : pancake humper
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        Nope he's brand new.. youll see. : historyinthemaking
        • Huh, he looks like the male secretary from London. Oh well I'll find out soon :). : Jonathan
• Ummm... Green bouncy... : ShadowRam
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  slight hijack - ive been pretty disappointed in Season 3 so far. It has no exciting story going on. The e... : mrvandelay
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    I actually agree... the first few episodes have sucked. Some episodes were cool It seems to be getting a : historyinthemaking
    • The Hilton thing has my interest piqued : Halen
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    I was disappointed there was no Duck wrapup other than just "welp," : rgoer
    • There's going to be a lot of fallout from that, I think, especially after his meeting with Pete and Peggy... : Deathlove
  • I don't know, I think the show has matured and progressed in staggering ways, especially if you go back a... : notd665
• God, that was so hilarious. It was one of those things the audience can see coming but then you doubt it : das_runt
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  I have never seen this show wtf just happened : gmd
  • parent company comes to visit. Earlier in day account guy signs John Deere. They give him a lawn mower an : pancake humper
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  Am I the only one that can't stand this show? It's just a set-piece with boring characters. This is ex... : Rooster Cockburn
  • Yes. : pancake humper
  • I agree. Lots of either boring or reprehensible characters; lots of self-congratulation because we're no... : DonkeyPopsicle
  • It's a fantastic period piece that is boring as shit. : Bamtan
  • Yes, it has some of the most complex and interesting characters on any TV show today, in my opinion. : MaxPete82
  • I find all of the characters both layered and interesting... and far more so than characters I see on oth... : das_runt
  • get out of here. : moe6
  • It's kinda boring, yeah but also really cool at the same time somehow. I also love how Don pretty much... : invisible_kid
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    While I feel the same way about it as about the Sopranos (story going nowhere and really slow at that but... : Mad Brahmin Disease
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      I agree with this MBD. I can talk at length about how brilliant the writing and dialogue are, how masterf... : notd665
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        Yeah, it's utterly magnetic in a way only few other movies/TV shows are (Michael Clayton, There Will Be B : sgtsanity
        • There Will Be Blood is an excellent comparison. : Deathlove
  • I've been watching a couple of episodes so far, and it's kind of hard for me to watch because of how much... : Rice-Rocketeer
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    Maybe you don't like slow developing stories but the characters are far from boring and the complexity is... : historyinthemaking
    • And therein lies the problem. People in advertising are the lowest form of scum ever to salt the earth. M... : Rooster Cockburn
  • Yeah, you're missing... a lot. : sgtsanity
• haha wtf I think I need to check this show out : pukerat
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  Also Betty is turning into a gigantic gaping cunt. Can't stand her anymore. : pancake humper
  • She's exactly the same as she's always been. Arrested development what the fuck up. : Deathlove
  • shut your fucking mouth : Halen
  • She should just walk around in her slutty lingerie all the time like in that one episode and I could be o... : invisible_kid
  • Her life sucks, I can't really blame her. : das_runt
• Thanks Eddie! I've been looking for this all day. : notd665
• What the hell? That can't be right. : NFXFSX

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  The first generation of Shackers have kids graduating High School this year. : Phil
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    Holy shit i'm young. I don't like that. : Mr. Goodwrench
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      I believe Iack wisdom. : Mr. Goodwrench
      • I* See what mean? : Mr. Goodwrench
  • For the most part this is true :( : Phreakin
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    lol gtfo the internet old man : pancake humper
    • I'm the KING OF THE INTERNET fkr. : Phil
  • Not if they started young, I'd have an 11 or 12 year old if things were different. : abrasion
  • Only because you were already an old man when you started here. I remember this place from when it was la... : Vincent Grayson
• /me shakes fist : drucifer
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  it will be an odd moment when shacker's kids become shackers. Without each other knowing for a while. Aft... : filthysock
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    Hhahaha, oh man. Just thinking of Phil's kid reading up on his post history. HAHAHAH : LoioshDwaggie
    • LOL...I look forward to this : Mr. Goodwrench
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      for all we know, Phil's kids are already shackers : electroly
      • I suggest we investigate which shackers are most likely a child of Phil. : LoioshDwaggie
  • This probably works across the web, really. Usenet was too nerdy to really have that effect, but sites fr... : yakz
  • I look forward to Phil sending his kid a lightly used dildo as a White Elephant gift. : riptyde
• i feel bad for my parents. neither me or my two sisters plan on having kids. : i poop from there
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  the oldest shackers are like 40+. the first "generation" is probably early 30's. a lot of shackers disc... : EvilDolemite
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    I agree for the most part.... But looking at posts that talk about general wife/kids/house stuff reall... : Mr. Goodwrench
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      no problem. you just post in other shit. i have nothing to contribute to another bling1bling thread whe... : EvilDolemite
      • no kidding, we need some more Jason Ellis or skateboarding threads up in here. : bongturbo
      • Holy shit...best point of the night. : Mr. Goodwrench
      • I straddle both worlds. I'm in my 30s but I'm skeezy as fuck. : Rauol Duke
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        I have a daughter that's almost 11 now so stories like these are diminishing. I'm gettin old man! : bling1bling
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          you have a daughter? christ : askedrelic
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            they call her "8-ball" : beastrabban
            • HAHAHAHA : vile
            • LOLOL : Mr. Goodwrench
            • hahah : askedrelic
            • hahahaha : Mansmells
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              I don't get it. : abrasion
              • I'd say they call her "snookered" but it doesn't have the same effect : beastrabban
        • so she was pregnant : filthysock
      • Haha awesome. But who says you have to have anything worthwhile to contribute to anything ever? Like m... : invisible_kid
  • I have been visiting shack since 99ish buy never registered until 2002 because I wanted a fileshack accou... : soggybagel
  • Ayep, spot on, mein herr! : Wolfanoz
• Your sanity, playing videogames with your kids is the perfect reason to have kids. : Mad Brahmin Disease
• I swear some of you guys don't play videogames you just post about e/n shit all the time. At quakecon I s... : boomstickah
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  GET OFF MY LAWN. : CoRDS
  • been on both ends of that : flasher 907
• Yeah, we are getting old. That and some of us just don't post as often anymore. : Normality
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xO7rdhreyY This is kid of, relevant..maybe... : Mr. Goodwrench
• yeah what of it, whippersnapper?? : beastrabban
• Get off my lawn website!!! : vile
• When did the Quakeholio start up, 'round '95 or 96? I must have been 23-24 at the time, working at my fir... : Dave-A
• Introducing them to and playing video games with your kids is one of the most awesome things in the world... : mrwolf710
• I can't wait til we get people on here that are so young we can say "I've been shacking longer than you'v... : sammyl
• Shackers either have to recruit their replacements or breed new ones. Lest we let the shack die of attrit... : Sailor of Fortune
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  this made me think, who are our youngest shackers? I've been here since about 2000 when i was 15 or so. I... : disembodied potato
  • This place smells of old people. : DarkWolf5
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    I'm pretty sure I'm one of the younger ones, and I just turned 20. I think there are one or two that post... : mysled
    • Probably. But shhhhhhh you'll spook the gamefly overlords. : trove
  • yeah, there should be a distinction between latest chatty and the front page lurkers in this regard [alth... : PlanetPerfecto
• Are you kidding?! Who doesn't want to train a Battletoads / Supermonkey Ball prodigy? : Grumbeld

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  for about a month maybe : GloriousCow
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    I heard some good things about it though : yosan
    • for about a month maybe : kelerian
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  If by that you mean, a soul-sucking, item-collecting, dear god i've been playing this thing all night kin... : edge198
  • that's what I meant :) : yosan
  • my eyes hurt, it feels good to obsess again. : phokz
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  I didn't like how restrictive it seemed. I could do most things but when you really tried to truly explor... : RogerDandy
  • can't be a furry; don't care about it :( : GloriousCow
  • The starting zone for Elyos is extremely linear (almost a point A to point B sort of linear), I'm hoping ... : sonicstorm
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    That's just the starting zone for the most part. : nukewinter
    • Well I also can't fly whever I want. I don't know it felt like too many restrictions. like I could see th... : RogerDandy
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  I dunno, I got it, fired it up last night for a while. It was very beautiful, and I haven't gotten to any... : Juno
  • But most of the the Final Fantasy games (especially 12) have fantastic sound design. I do agree that A... : Vincent Grayson
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    i'm almost positive that one of the sword-swinging sound effects is the same one used for two-handed axes... : electroly
    • The majority of WoW's sound effects come from stock libraries. : sonicstorm
  • I'm stealing "Sonic boom of suck" for my own uses. Thx! : Entity
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  No. It won't usurp WoW, and it may not even take a decent percentage of its player base, but I think it ... : dmaownsyou
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    only 20 min que eh? we were looking at 4+ hours on the shack server : Slowtreme
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      yeah, i lolled at "none of which to my knowledge lasted longer than 20 minutes though". a 20 minute queu... : electroly
      • Ouch sucks, I made a toon on 4 servers to reserve a name I usually use, and the longest was 20 mins =/ : dmaownsyou
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        I just noticed the servers I made toons on are all low pop too, yesterday when I was making them everythi... : dmaownsyou
        • Yeah, the US market is pretty mercurial. I'm sure this will have its niche like RF: Online. : LoioshDwaggie
        • My new approach to MMO's is to wait at least 2-4 weeks before picking it up, just to avoid the launch-mon... : walker270
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        Hows the game elec? Who you playing with? : D45hiz
        • It's pretty nice. The game concepts are not really anything revolutionary, but it's well-polished and ha... : electroly
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  Aion, Aioff. : Dave-A
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    I got my aion you >:( : RikiTiki2
    • i am aion like lion of zion, rickety-ticketyboo! : Dave-A
• i like it... and will probably play it till SW:TOR comes out... i haven't logged on yet... hopefully ... : inc77
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  I have to say i'm super impressed with Aion. It isn't breaking a whole lot of boundaries in MMO's, but i... : choppp
  • I didn't like Aion at first, but after I played on my brothers account for awhile that changed completely... : Reeves
• I am going to buy my copy tomorrow and join the shack! : jane911
• Two months. : lightly inclined
• My guess is it will be the new WAR, but we shall see. : semaphore
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  I don't think any MMO can be a popular as WoW unless they license an existing IP or specifically, a kick-... : das_runt
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    a valve mmo would be terrible. all the items would be random time-based drops and you'd get the same one... : electroly
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      are you basing that off of the TF2 craziness? i never liked that addition but i appreciate the experiment... : das_runt
      • yeah i'm just making fun of TF2 : electroly
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  there is no way it has the amount of content that WoW does. : whistletits
  • I wonder why. : notdeadyeti
  • it compares favorably to the amount of content WoW had at release. neither are valid comparisons conside... : electroly
• LOL : Mr. Goodwrench
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  No, but where is the shack legion? I haven't gotten an invite in game yet. : RyDogg1
  • Log in and send me a whisper. : Frozen Pixel
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  We won't be able to decide what is "the new WoW" until at least a year or two following the title's relea... : walker270
  • Aion has been out for more then a year in Korea, and has 3.5 million active subscribers. Not that long ag... : Frozen Pixel
• Who really cares... a game doesn't need to have 10 million subscribers to be good. I swear WOW has do... : nukewinter
• Is swine flu the new cancer? : byorn
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  So, following the information from a RL friend I jumped in the 5 hour queue to create a character on Zike... : MaverickOrig
  • I dont have the patience to reroll nowadays, I'd kill my friend if he did that. Should've rolled with th... : phokz
• nope : jonin
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  I'm hoping The Old Republic will be the new WoW, and it will be so amazing that it's > all star wars game... : jingletard
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    i'm in waiting mode on that one too. : MaverickOrig
    • It looks amazing, that's for sure. The combat looks pretty fluid, but I'd like to hear how the story/miss... : jingletard
  • I think it has a bit more of a fighting chance coming out, based on the amount of Star Wars nerds there a... : Entity
  • for about a month maybe. I really hate people who say this : Frozen Pixel
  • The game isn't even out and I love it. If there was an option to buy it, right now, I probably would, eve... : uglysad
• hahahaha : jedi_27
• i read some previews that stated there is a lot of grinding involved. which to me is an instant turnoff.... : i poop from there
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  I said it in the release thread, I'll see it here. Be extremely careful buying anything based on shackhy... : critch
  • Arthas probably won't be out this year, let alone next month. There hasn't been any word of anything abou... : Entity
• I don't think this game will be that popular in the West. : The Grolar Bear
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  No. Aion is about grouping and end game PvP. Both are almost nonexistent in WoW and have very little mean... : Tommy Toolbag
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    This post makes no sense at all. : mystifier
    • It makes a lot of sense for old EQ, AC, and DAoC players. Almost every design decision in WoW has been... : Tommy Toolbag
  • But...the entirety of WoW's endgame is grouping and PvP. : Vincent Grayson
• This is pissing me off.. I had 2 minutes left in the queue, then get disconnected from server and have to... : Reeves

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  mutli meter im guessing : oHnOES
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    This is the answer. OCZ forums show how to do this. If you have a Harbor freight near you check it out... : Lightzout
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      I checked OCZ forums and cant seem to find a good tutorial for how to check your various rails while unde... : mlev
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        nevermind, found it. http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=7069 : mlev
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          Now, what about the fact that my PSU has multiple 12v rails.. how do i make sure i'm on the right one? : mlev
          • Check them all and make sure they are consistent. Also, thanks for linking to the How-to in case someone... : Lightzout
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  You don't? Short of having a logging oscilloscope how the fuck to they expect a laymen to verify their P... : ShadowRam
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    :'( I don't know, but EVGA wanted me to do the same thing. I ended up just buying a new PSU before they ... : mlev
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      ah yes, support. when you can, throw it over the fence. : xxiv
      • http://www.corsair.com/helpdesk/psu_support_tips.aspx : xxiv
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      Just reply with "Yes, I have contacted them, and they gave me a whole bunch of diagnostics to run, and ev... : famine101
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        ^-- ding ding. They can't verify anything you tell them, so just say what you need to say to get the RMA... : wendigo
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          Like I said, I can get an RMA through newegg now, but I dont know if its actually the GPU that's shot. h... : mlev
          • Well if you're not into dicking over XFX by RMAing perfectly good cards, you could try plugging a differe... : wendigo
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            Here's a thought.. ever wonder if its the monitor? : ShadowRam
            • or did you see this guys post? http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=20950681#itemanchor_20950681 : ShadowRam
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              The fact that I can screenshot the artifacting and send it to you all means its not the monitor. or anyt... : mlev
              • Also, closing the window doesn't fix it. Do you even read OPs before posting? : mlev
  • swapping with a known good is the only practical way really : GloriousCow
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  Your motherboard probably has built-in monitoring and can show you if something's way out-of-spec, but th... : mn3m0n1c
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    ^ Then email the SpeedFan logfile to the XFX dude and tell him to STFU and give you an RMA. :) : mn3m0n1c
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      I think I can get an RMA from newegg fairly easily, the problem is, I don't know if the card is actually ... : mlev
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        Did you loop 3DMark for a while (or run the demo version at least three times in sequence) to make sure i... : mn3m0n1c
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          Don't know if it came up before but I'd throw some rounds of memtest86 in there to make sure the RAM is w... : DinK
          • Right. And the really weird part is they're actualy a part of the render--like.. the screenshot captured... : mlev
• Multimeter, or swap with another PSU : VictoriouSecret
• You can pull it and plug it into a wall and then probably meter it out. But you'll have to short the PS_O... : hoov1185
• SiSoft Sandra : pancake humper
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  The paper clip pin test worked for me a couple of weeks ago. It doesn't tell you a whole lot, but its not... : Toth21
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    The computer boots and runs, my card just artifacts after being under load for various amounts of time. : mlev
    • Hmm sorry yeah that won't work then. Not much you can do other than try another PS. : Toth21
    • How much airflow is in your case? : YerMothah
• 'Sup XFX, my PSU is fine, please to be fixing my shit!' ? : losimagic
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  Hardware Monitor in the BIOS will give basics and that should tell you anything obvious. : SirX
  • Actually I have had to manually check the voltages with a multimeter for an RMA as it more reliable to co... : Lightzout
• http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=psu+tester&x... : m0nkz
• http://www.cpuid.com/hwmonitor.php : Shadowdane

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  Like any track, it gets easier and more familiar the more you run it. It's in Forza 3 so by then you'l... : pyide
  • Yeah, I've got the first maybe half of it down pretty well : boarder2
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    plus you'll have rewind : red2lucas
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      as much as I hate the idea of rewind, I totally use it in Dirt 2 :( : cltcprd
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        I thought it'd be gay too, but in reality all it does is prevent you from having to restart races. As lon... : edgewise
        • It sounds gimmicky, but the 500th time it saves your ass on the final lap of an 8-lap enduro race after K... : wendigo
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  The car I used for this was an upgraded Saleen. You can crank the downforce way up which will help you go... : Longinus00
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    Yeah, I'm rocking an RX8 which doesn't have much downforce at all, it's pretty easy to get it squirrely i... : boarder2
    • Going fast on the straights wont' help you much if there's a good chance you'll crash each time you appro... : Longinus00
    • BTW, what laptimes are you getting in your rx8? : Longinus00
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      Also doesn't help that I'm using a controller and not wheel. All assists turned off at this level with a... : boarder2
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        I'm way faster in racing games with a controller. : cltcprd
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          Weird, I always find that I can make much finer corrections and tend to not over correct nearly as much w... : boarder2
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            The control inputs when using the controller are actually not like the wheel. Pushing the thumb stick all... : Longinus00
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              Yeah, I know, they use an algorithm to help for people like me that can't use a controller for shit but i... : boarder2
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                I'm 100% sure all the top times on the leaderboards are done using controllers. You can correct quicker ... : cltcprd
                • This was true in the miata.net GT4 'league' and I'm pretty sure it's true here. The wheels were more imme... : xsoulbrothax
        • Really? I was far, far better at Forza 2 with the wheel. : riptyde
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      I just checked and I lied. I actually used the clk-gtr but it's not too different from the saleen. : Longinus00
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        Have to hit level 41 before I can buy a CLK GTR, level 40 now : boarder2
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          Really, any of the level S cars will be fine. Even some of the A cars can kick this races ass. How fast i... : Longinus00
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            Haven't gotten through one yet :p : boarder2
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              Where are you crashing? Can you make it to the karussell? : Longinus00
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                I just knocked my R390 down below 700HP, this may be a little better suited to my driving style, I'll giv... : boarder2
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                  Yup. WAY better. I would have easily won that on the second try except I got a little airborne, locked ... : boarder2
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                    I blame Lunatic Angelic for logging on to XBL and making me lose focus! : boarder2
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                      You might want to work on tuning the car a little. It sounds like you're losing lots of time in the corne... : Longinus00
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                        Probably : boarder2
                        • There we go. Beat it. Messed up a couple time 'cuz I was getting sleepy and losing concentration but 7:... : boarder2
    • I don't know about you, but I've found that I always have problems with cars that just simply should not ... : riptyde
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  I just started Forza 2 today. What's even the point of penalties - it doesn't look like they get added on... : Deathlove
  • They do indeed get added to your time. : Longinus00
  • They are added for leaderboard times. : cltcprd
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    turn off all of the assists, shifting to manual, only way to drive! : pyide
    • I'm by no means a pro at video game simulation racing either, but this is definitely the way to get the m... : pyide
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      all assists off is sorta retarded. Most vehicles today - even racing, have ABS for example. Some even hav... : Skoal^Fyfan
      • and if you're racing, you turn traction control off as it slows you down. ABS is kind of dumb in Forza a... : cltcprd
      • In truth, most of the high end and racing cars in forza are pretty drivable without traction control or a... : Longinus00
  • While you may not lose places due to penalties, you lose time on your leaderboard and best time records. : Lunatic Angelic
• Do you guys drive with the control pad or with a wheel? If you use a wheel, what wheel do you use? : Waverider