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  give me 5 mins, i'm pretty sure i have one i can shackmsg you : qwpeoriu
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    sorry, i thought i had one w/ Halo Wars, but I don't see it in the box :( : qwpeoriu
    • Darn :( : Blackdawgg
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  i have a 48 hour one if you want that : Dave-A
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    That would be great. : Blackdawgg
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      one min, will SM : Dave-A
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        Trial codes allow you to play online but I don't believe they give you access to Gold member exlusives li... : Haku-Jin
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          well, blackdawwwwwggg can test your theory for us! : Dave-A
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            He can always sign up as a new user on live and get a free month of gold with a new silver account. That... : Haku-Jin
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              Doesn't it remember your xbox? I had live since it came out on the original xbox but I let it lapse a yea... : Blackdawgg
              • You can do it a few times per xbox. I think I got four months free by creating new users with new silver... : Haku-Jin
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          well, blackdawwwwwggg can test your theory for us! : Dave-A
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            I love how since this one was posted more recently, it's in bold, like it needs extra emphasis. : Shadsy
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              The latest post in a thread is bold. This one is no longer bold. : Entity
              • No, THIS one is no longer bold. : MercFox1
          • i just discovered that stutterclicking the "Post" button creates double posts! : Dave-A
          • Thanks for the code! : Blackdawgg
        • I'm hoping it does :( I really want to play Forza tomorrow : Blackdawgg
        • This is correct. : sigpro
        • Yeah I remember being able to play online but not have access to a lot of other features. : Shadsy
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          just reading the trial card it says "Xbox Live 48-hour trial allows access to online multiplayer gaming, ... : Dave-A
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            I'm not interested in your 'facts' you double posting son of a bitch. : Haku-Jin
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              you can't handle da troof, Fucku-Jin!!! : Dave-A
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                shit i tried to doublepost that and failed :( : Dave-A
                • Fair enough. : Haku-Jin
• I would love one too :( please anyone : posito
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  i think dignan has a few for sale : dantastic
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    i dont know if i should lol or be sad : oHnOES
    • i gave them away for free... : dignan
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    I used those : pancake humper
    • rofl : FrayLo
• If anyone else needs a 48hour code, I have one that came with ODST. First to PM gets it. : pun][sher
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  Update: The codes don't let you download demos early. :( Haku-Kin's suggestion of creating a new XBL prof... : Blackdawgg
  • Haku-Jin* : Blackdawgg
  • Don't ever doubt me again dawgg. : Haku-Jin
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    That's pretty funny. 48 hour trial, isn't a FULL trial, but a month long trial IS. : slickdoody
    • Yeah the 48 hour trials don't upgrade your account. It unlocks a feature but still registers as silver, ... : Haku-Jin

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  5870 is out now. I got one last night. : Lightzout
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    Now you can play DoD:S at like 200 FPS! : AlexXdude
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      and still hold down the bottom of the scooreboard! Actually I want to play Arma2 in double digits. : Lightzout
      • I'm looking forward to OFP2 in a week and a half, should be good, ARMA2 was kind of disappointing :( : AlexXdude
      • From what I understand from reading "tweaking guides" Arma 2 is more CPU limited than GPU. Which has pro... : Derringer
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      You already could, I can play it at 200 fps on my 4890. : kodt
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        Then this would likely be closer to 300 fps. : one random winner
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          I admit the Eyefinity demo got me really stoked and I want a tri-screen display. : Lightzout
          • I was able to get triple screen half life 2 going with an 8800gtx and a 8600gt with this http://www.ke... : mroizo40
• nvidia's stuff comes out in a few months iirc. there will be more price competition at that point, but of... : dirge23
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  Everything I've heard says that Nvidia are a tad fucked this round, GT300 is having yield issues and is j... : Toraz Chryx
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    Hmm, this really is sounding like the days of the 9700/9800. : Longinus00
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      I've been an nVidia fan since day 1... with the 48xx and 58xx series at the prices they are selling at, ... : ShadowRam
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        still can't run their cards in anything less than a very well cooled system. fuck ati... : brainchild420
        • lol wut? : stgdz
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          uh... what? You think a GTX295 is cold running or something? : Toraz Chryx
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            Apparently, it's cooler than the 285. And much, much cooler than the 4870X2. http://www.bit-tech.net/h... : AlexW1203
            • yep, it's cooler and uses less power than any other chip on the market right now: http://techreport.com/... : dirge23
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            no, but it doesnt raise the ambient temp of a case by 15-20 degrees when it's idle in windows either. a f... : brainchild420
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              You clearly missed the part where the 5870 draws 27w when it's idle, that's better than any of the last g... : Toraz Chryx
              • yeah 13w less than the 4870, or an 8800gts... big difference there. it replaced an 8800 in the same case ... : brainchild420
            • the ATI 4870 had a slightly higher idle temp than most other chips, but iirc this was mostly due to early... : dirge23
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              Your friend was either doing something wrong, or looking into something that wasn't there. : atom519
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                why does everyone just assume no body has a clue how to work with hardware. lol 3 ati cards burnt them... : brainchild420
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                  everybody listen to brainchild420, his shackname says he is smart and does drugs : dirge23
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                    what the hell is your problem? : brainchild420
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                      that's a pretty good question : dirge23
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                        it's pretty awesome of you to debunk everything i say with "hur hur drugs hurhur". : brainchild420
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                          to be fair he also said you were an idiot : veras
                          • in which he would be correct : ShadowRam
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                          i could debunk you with reason but that takes more effort, and deject already did it. sorry, nothing agai... : dirge23
                          • he's too aggressive to be a hippy. probably a gangsta who loves to 'smoke weed every day' : MrBig0
                      • I thought it was funny : rbjester
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                      because your personal anecdotes are worthless especially since there are thousands of people that run 48x... : deject
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                        so does that mean it's against the rules to dislike ati? if you had a bad experience with something, do y... : brainchild420
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                          He's just saying that because you had some bad experiences with ATI does not mean that the majority of bu... : one random winner
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                            so... because i felt like sharing my experience with you fine gents, i'm a liar, an idiot, a druggie, and : brainchild420
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                              you turned your friend's experience into a blanket assertion that all ATI products suck, thus implying th... : dirge23
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                                i've been dealing with ati cards for years, it's not like this is the first time i've seen them overheat : brainchild420
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                                  your anecdotes are completely counterable by... other anecdotes. : Toraz Chryx
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                                    inconceivable! : brainchild420
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                                      to you, apparently. : kaddar0
                                      • hey, thanks for chiming in. : brainchild420
                            • The "liar, idiot, a druggie" things were personal attacks that had nothing to do with it. Fact of the ma... : one random winner
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                          still can't run their cards in anything less than a very well cooled system. fuck ati... OPINIONS : MrBig0
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                            We should laugh at him more... http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/23415-sap... : ShadowRam
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                              Oh shit lol, that's fucking awesome. 420 got owned. : MrBig0
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                                yeah, that test is done open air on a bench with a controlled ambient temp. what part of this is supposed... : brainchild420
                                • the test includes a HD4870 : StolenNosferatu
                                • yes you fucking did: still can't run their cards in anything less than a very well cooled system. fuck at : MrBig0
                        • You didn't just state your opinion. : OmegaRed59
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                          no, but some people are little bitches about everything, don't you dare insult their precious ATI. : Jackass1233
                          • oh drop it jackass, I'm not being all white knight for ATI, this is about statistics. : deject
                        • I am saying is that your opinion is based entirely on personal experience, but your personal experience i... : deject
                      • ^^ : MrBig0
                • The Anandtech review covered how older ATI cards could overheat and crash under load. : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
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          ?? I've got a 4870 sandwiched between an x800xt and a sound card and i've got nothing but stock cooling i... : MrBig0
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            consider yourself lucky? i don't know what to tell you. i'm sure one out of like 100 of them work fine in... : brainchild420
            • I don't know how to tell you this, but it's far more likely that you're the 1 out of 100 unlucky one dude... : deject
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              and you know 100 people whose cards died then for my one that's working fine? No, you know one. Do you th... : MrBig0
              • also my fan is running at 55% speed on the video card so it's not like it's having a hard time at it : MrBig0
              • i know about... hrmmm. 20? but yeah, one, whatever you want. : brainchild420
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              And you wonder why people are getting on your case? : Longinus00
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                because they take sarcastic statements seriously? yeah, i wonder... : brainchild420
                • Okay, you need a timeout. Go post on the frontage for 20 minutes and then you can come back to Latest Cha... : MrBig0
                • And here I though it was because you make intentionally inflammatory remarks! You sure showed me. : Longinus00
            • Hey, hey. That's a little ridiculous. Now, if you cited NVidia laptop chips being defective, and then ... : Rice-Rocketeer
          • What does the extra GPU do for you? I have an old x800XL laying around now, just to run an additional mo... : mlev
          • it's an x1950xt actually : MrBig0
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    Are there are concrete specs on the GT300 chips? I haven't seen anything yet. : Shadowdane
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      Nothing yet, they sound of it is they're trying to push really hard this generation on the GPGPU side of ... : one random winner
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        I honestly think we're in for a repeat of the R300 / NV30 generation here ATI have a very strong part,... : Toraz Chryx
        • Entirely possible, I'll be excited for the next Gen (or maybe the one after that) for Nvidia though, opti... : one random winner
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  /Nothing/ is worth getting when it first comes out. All you are paying for is your e-cock enlargement. Ho... : ryuuseki
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    I have been planning a buying a card for months anyway so I bought the one that was the best deal. I jus... : Lightzout
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      I think the best bang for buck might actually be the 5850 this holiday season, assuming you can wait a we... : one random winner
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        I would have if I saw it. The price of the 5870 is already $50 more than it was when I went to bed. : Lightzout
        • The 5850 comes out next week, and looks like it'll be $260 at release (although some are saying $299), an... : one random winner
  • So not true. 9700 Pro - best fucking card EVER. : Rice-Rocketeer
• After reading a few reviews, if Nvidia can really keep the die sizes down I think they'll be decent compe... : one random winner
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  Having seen how awesome the PhysX stuff in Batman: AA is, I'm going to wait for nVidia's 300 series. : Rehevkor
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    Isn't it just like paper being kicked up when you run around and lots of laundry hanging on lines that yo... : Dynotaku
    • The biggest and best implementation I've seen so far is the implementation of fog, which helps very much ... : one random winner
    • it's a bunch of subtle stuff that goes to make the atmosphere that extra chunk more immersive. : Toraz Chryx
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      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GyKCM-Bpuw starts at 1:15 or so : Smitty
      • That is really, really cool. Way more than I thought it would be. : skinlab133
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        Wow that was really dumb of them to show 1:15 of regular footage of the game before starting with the Phy... : Dynotaku
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          But still, all the "massive amounts of rigid bodies" looks like it just amounts to extra particle effects... : Dynotaku
          • I think my other problem with the extra physics is, at least at the moment, they're trying to hard to pus... : Dynotaku
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    I don't think that PhysX has a bright future... : Milleh
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      It will get absorbed into DX13 or something eventually. : one random winner
      • DX11 with Compute Shaders, I think... I could be wrong. : Goblin au
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    physix is nice gimmick but batman is the only good game beside the minimal stuff in mirrors edge that is ... : Hoax
    • here the video from quakecon 2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQSnXhgJ4GM : Hoax
  • Yeah, the open standards that AMD/ATi and a bunch of developers are lauding SHOULD give us hardware physi... : Rice-Rocketeer
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  So we wait a week to see nVidia's pricing reaction? Too bad the nVidia 300 series is going to miss the Wi... : Dynotaku
  • According to Techreport the GTX 285 should drop to about $295 and the 295 is dropping like $100 too. : one random winner
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  Also, I'm going to lol very hard indeed if Nvidia end up getting pwned by 5800 series graphics cards. aga : Toraz Chryx
  • Yeah, it will be pretty funny. : one random winner
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  has anybody seen any overclocking numbers on the 5870 yet? : dirge23
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    so you can run crysis inside crysis so you can kill aliens whilst you kill north koreans???? : Toraz Chryx
    • just so i can run crysis : dirge23
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    Guru3D has some, they got to 925Mhz Core and 5400 (effective) on the Memory, not a major overclock (being... : one random winner
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      thanks : dirge23
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        What can I say? I love hardware :D : one random winner
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          me too, me too. probably be a few months before i can upgrade to this card for no reason other than my lu... : dirge23
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            I've been wanting to upgrade my whole system for about a year now, and (expensive) things have kept getti... : one random winner
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              Heh, no wonder we keep posting in the same threads, I'm in about the same situation. Looks like my upgrad... : mn3m0n1c
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                Lolz! I'm hoping for the same, but I may have to wait till after Valentine's day. : one random winner
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                  I was in the same financial boat, but then my trusty P4 3Ghz with ATI x1900xt (AGP) died and forced me to... : Goblin au
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                    I was wondering if I was the only gamer running such an old rig: amd 4600/1950xtx here. I might jump s... : MeestaNob
                    • yeah, that was the card. I started with the trusty Radeon 9800xt. But of course, all the new cards after ... : Goblin au
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            I'm gonna wait till 2010 before I think about any video card upgrade... : Shadowdane
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              And your pocketbook will like you for it, 1Q 2010 should be a wonderful time to buy hardware. : one random winner
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                yah not to mention my GTX260 does just fine for now... I'd probably wait till the 2nd gen DX11 stuff h... : Shadowdane
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                  If I didn't need a total system overhaul, I'd probably do something very similar. : one random winner
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                    yah my C2D E8500 is fine for now... I figure I'll be fine with my system for a little while longer wit... : Shadowdane
                    • The differences between the 1366 and 1156 sockets should be much more profound at that point too, which w... : one random winner
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                I've been out of the loop on hardware for a while, can you elaborate on why this is the case? : FlamingGimp
                • Sorry to be so late. GTX 300 cards should come out then, which will put (hopefully) some competition o... : one random winner
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  Gosh, really sorry I don't have time to read all the replies.. Short answer, yes. one random winner ha... : unholydonuts
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    Hehe, the 5870 is a pretty big card this time around (an inch longer than the 4890) actually, just so you... : one random winner
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      Hey dude, sorry it took me so long to reply.. Thanks for the info about the 5870, guess that *might* n... : unholydonuts
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        You really need to look at GPU's in terms of shader operands per clock so a Radeon 5870 is 1600 operan... : Toraz Chryx
        • here http://images.anandtech.com/graphs/gf9300_101408230507/17634.png 30FPS in Crysis, LOW quality at 1... : Toraz Chryx
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          Wow, this is detailed yet simple, thanks a bunch Toraz, really puts the whole stream processor thing in p... : unholydonuts
          • the 8500GT is actually slower than the 9400, although the 9400 has to contend with using system memory, s... : Toraz Chryx
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          Also to put that into perspective, the 4870 does 800 operands/clock at 750Mhz, which, vs. the 285 as orig... : one random winner
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            Yeah, there are other things that factor in to the performance, I was mainly wanting to show the gulf bet... : Toraz Chryx
            • Well yeah, there's going to be an enormous difference there, but I think that last comparison really help... : one random winner
      • It's just a change in the market-speak. Apparently, Nvidia has decided that what they used to call Stream... : mn3m0n1c
      • I think you confused hybrid-SLI with multiple IGP's. It allows you to use a low end either 8xxx series o... : one random winner
  • FWIW the HD5870 is just as big as a GTX295 - it's more efficient and cooler while pushing more pixels, th : mn3m0n1c
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  I'd be tempted, but then I would lose physx. :[ : CrustaR
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    are you pushing physx out of a single card or did you buy a 2nd one finally? : riedlos
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      It works fine with a single card right now. I plan on getting an i7 setup pretty soon here with a heavy ... : CrustaR
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        You can do that? If that's an option I'll go for it. : LoioshDwaggie
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          Yup, I'd recommend at least an 8800GTS 320 if you're going to go that way though. I think they need to b... : one random winner
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            I'd recommend an 8800GTS512 or a GTS250 for dedicated physx purposes, high shader clock (particularly ... : Toraz Chryx
            • Yeah, that's one of the benefits of a newer card, but if he's got an 8000 series card lying around that's... : one random winner
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        damn it, you can do that? I gave my 8800GTS away :/ : ShadowRam
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          Yeah, as long as you aren't running an ATI card as your primary. NVidia locked out physX support for ATI... : CrustaR
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            Oh, I run ATI primary. Fuck nvidia. Does the dedicated PhysX daughter card still work? : LoioshDwaggie
            • I believe it does, but it's starting to show its age in terms of performance :/ : Toraz Chryx
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              I don't want to defend the green team too much, but it has more to do with Windows not allowing you to lo : mn3m0n1c
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                Except that Windows 7 lifts that restriction... then Nvidia actively block physx hardware acceleration... : Toraz Chryx
                • This is fucking ridiculous :( : pancake humper
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                Not 100% true anymore, Win 7 is back to being able to load multiple video drivers, but Nvidia still won't... : one random winner
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                  Yes, (this goes to Toraz above too) but Windows 7 is not publicly available yet (technically speaking), s : mn3m0n1c
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                    Yeah, we posted at nearly the same time. That's what I keep saying, but Nvidia won't listen to me. I'... : one random winner
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                      Have you driven out to Santa Clara and camped out on their doorstep yet? No? Well, get on that! :D : mn3m0n1c
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                        I'll even call them fags if that helps. :D : mn3m0n1c
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                          You hear me, Jen-Hsun? FAGS, the lot of you! : mn3m0n1c
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                            Quick, I need a one-way ticket to Taiwan, some Twinkies, and harem of sleeping bags. : one random winner
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                              If you're going all the way to the fab in Taiwan, bring back a GT 300 eng sample while you're at it! : mn3m0n1c
                              • Of course I would steal get a GT 300 sample. : one random winner
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                              I've emailed them directly before, and they replied an hour or so later. They do customer response on occ... : LoioshDwaggie
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                                They never answered my plea for them to keep SoundStorm alive the heartless bastards :`( : mn3m0n1c
                                • It took 4 years for another company to offer that too :( That's actually what I emailed them about, L... : LoioshDwaggie
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                    except that it DID work in drivers that ran on Windows 7 and then they turned it OFF ? : Toraz Chryx
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                      Well that I didn't know, and it's shitty that they disabled it - does rolling back to an older driver hel... : mn3m0n1c
                      • yes, but at some point the physx stack will need newer forceware and then you'll be SOL : Toraz Chryx
          • So lame. : kaddar0
      • i've been doing this ever since i realized that i bought into gimmick tech w/ SLI.... puts that 2nd vi... : riedlos
• waiting for it drive down the prices of the current nvidia cards so i can pick one of those up instead : synapse19
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  I voltmodded my 4890 through Riva Tuner and have it OC'd to 950/1100 from 850/975. Pretty pleased with t... : Wolfanoz
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    What manu for your 4890? bfg? : loboca
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      XFX : Wolfanoz
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        Cool, thanks, I'm very much considering one. : loboca
        • Yeah, XFX has by far the best warranty for the Radeon's right now. The other manu's will have to follow ... : one random winner
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        *drool* My XFX 4890 just showed up in the mail today with everything else I ordered from NewEgg except... : Zakko
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          You don't need the case! set that shit up now! : loboca
          • hehe, almost said the same thing. : one random winner
          • :P : Zakko
  • yah i o/c'd my GTX260 from 576Mhz to 729Mhz, that is the highest clock speed the drivers would even let m... : Shadowdane
  • Yeah I probably wouldn't upgrade if I had a 4890 right now. : deject
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  I'm holding off on playing Batman AA so I can buy a new nVidia card to play it with PhysX. It just looks ... : Sailor of Fortune
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    It kind of makes me sad you can't interact with physX directly, that they are just visuals. They still l... : kaddar0
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      (That's one of the reasons I wish hardware accelerated Havok had gotten a bigger push). : one random winner
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        Isn't AMD/ATI sitting on Havok? : Lightzout
        • AMD is working with Intel (shockers!) on hardware accelerated Havok, but it is most definitely doable in ... : one random winner

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  @ilrosewood : rosewood
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    are you sick? : kbnerd
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      Like mentally? : rosewood
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        you called yourself "ilrosewood" which sounds like you chose your name when you are sick. : kbnerd
        • TheRosewood : rosewood
• www.twitter.com/nitrium : Nitrium
• @clay_mitchell : Clay
• http://twitter.com/kikilupo : kikilupo
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  there are 7 other papaboos? : Slowtreme
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    it's the same as my X-Box live name : PapaBoo
    • there were 7 xbox papaboos? : Slowtreme
• http://www.twitter.com/erikdared : ErikTehRed
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• @harpersmomisatire : ieatpubes
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  @thomw @superthom : ThomW
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    still bitter : PapaBoo
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      Fucking right I am. : ThomW
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        wait did someone else take thomw? : deject
        • @therealthomw : Slowtreme
        • Yeah. I didn't start using Twitter until pretty late because I didn't really see the value of it. O... : ThomW
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  @laurgasms but i think you follow me. or i follow you. : laurgasms
  • yes : PapaBoo
• @mwasher : mwasher
• http://twitter.com/mmmmmoo : Mmmmmoo
• http://twitter.com/funnyhatsonly : -sk-
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    ^^ I wondered who you were : PapaBoo
    • haha i was going to change it to match, but it's more fun telling people IRL that i'm sammy hancock on tw... : vov1n
• @c0brac0bra is me, I guess, but I never use it :( : c0bra
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    @glaucomaussie more like : c0bra
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  @faggetfaggetfagget The worst part about following shackers is that we all post and talk about the sam... : askedrelic
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    and those lame fags that have their twitter feed as their facebook status I hate that gay shit too : PapaBoo
    • god i fucking loathe that : Deathlove
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      Why you gonna call laurgasms out like that : Slowtreme
      • also pup : thekidd
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        laurgasms and I are not facebook friends : PapaBoo
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          also: notd665 does it too : PapaBoo
          • also me. Facebook is stupid and I don't update it anymore. Meh. : askedrelic
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        My Twitter updates my Facebook. Most people don't follow me on both. You, on the other hand, have to have... : laurgasms
        • I dont really use twitter. I mean I've only made 4 tweets and 3 were in the last day. I don't follow it, ... : Slowtreme
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      i have a friend that does the same message on Twitter, facebook, and AIM at the same time, every day : pharom
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        Auto-updaters are significantly easier than updating everything separately. I think people who get offend... : laurgasms
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          That's interesting, as my twitter and facebook followers are wildly divergent as well, but I want to say ... : Deathlove
          • Sometimes I'll say something on Twitter that I don't want to put on Facebook or vice versa, but I don't e... : laurgasms
    • fuck you, i do that. : nyranger66
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    facebook/twitter integration is annoying. whenever you update your facebook you're spamming all your frie... : wtf242
    • Sidenote: Digsby now has a global status updater with handy checkboxes. : Rich McNinch
  • not me! : dahanese
• @RiceRocketeer : Rice-Rocketeer
• @brickmatt : brickmatt
• @jasonepowell : jasonepowell
• @clasifyd : Clasifyd
• @bashildy : bashildy@speakeasy.net
• @b0zer (with a zero) : bozer
• @jimmy_legs : jimmy_legs
• @nzeer : rmjackson
• @jbaut : nyranger66
• @omahamh I don't use it yet but I have plans to in the future. : Omaha
• @thekidd142 : thekidd
• @wendigoTX : wendigo
• @MaJeStu : MaJeStu
• @bcyde : bcyde
• @whatfor : WhatIsThisFor
• @arc_verse is arcane_ and me. : re-verse
• @gemuwosuru : Vincent Grayson
• @spiffyhardcock : RogerDandy
• @edfreemen : DrillBit
• @kaddar , I have a personal one, but this one I use to flame wizards of the coast and penny arcade : kaddar0
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  • So you are a drummer - your handle makes sense. : Nitrium
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  @DrWaffles I haven't twittered since July because I never really have anything of value to say. : DrWaffles
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    I think you're missing the point of Twitter. : Haxim
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      K GUYS GOING TO BED LOL BORING DRIVEL HMMM WHAT SHOULD I MAKE FOR BREAKFAST IM WAKING UP : DrWaffles
      • I use it hear what interesting people have to say and then pretty much just retweet that. : Rich McNinch
  • Then you're doing twitter wrong. : Deathlove
• @dflukey why are prefixing names with @'s now? :( : d fluke
• @ouscotty : Scotty22
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  • When I look yours up it says "Blocked". : Vincent Grayson
  • ^ Angriest tweeter. : omnova
• @excite_mike : Whistler77
• @MathieuBedard : melt_core
• @hax3d : hax3d
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    ROFL: @PerezHilton Twitter is 140 characters for a reason, u fat greasy queen. : royalally
    • lol I loathe that flaming douche chill. : Phil
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    They unbanned you phil? I am going to bookmark the page because you had the only twitter I liked to read.... : thrallie200
    • Yeah they finally lifted the hammer after about 45 days. They make Hitler and the Shackmods look like Sa... : Phil
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      Just did it today. The giant Transformers Penis Mountain icon wasn't getting me any dates. Also the Mega... : Phil
      • that icon was just so awesome. I was mainly laughing at the wallpaper lol. Looks hilarious @ 1920x1200 : pancake humper
• http://twitter.com/DracoNocturnus : DracoNocturnus
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• @malevolenc : malevolence
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  • Remo, you haven't posted anything in a while, whats up? : bakanoodle
  • Sir, I have to say, I'd never listened to IdleThumbs before, but a few days ago I listened to the latest ... : foo
• @tastywheat WHAT A SUPRISE : TastyWheat
• @CoRDieS : CoRDS
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  #FollowFriday - Who's on your radar? http://twitter.com/BillCorbett/statuses/4326547944 : Rich McNinch
  • haha pwned again indeed. : Phil
• Ratalon what is with all the @?! : Ratalon
• I just barely got my facebook up again. I'm so against socializing. :( : Koral06
• @cheinara : felicia
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    • lol, apt desciption : drucifer
    • woof : dognose
    • i think you are my favorite person to follow. : dahanese
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  http://twitter.com/monstunes (I keep it mainly music related). : Vantage
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    • goddamnit, misreply : foo
• @drewmarlowe : sammyl
• @morgin : Goalie
• @infobiter : InfoBiter
• @Jayx77 : .Jayson
• @jonfingas (how original!) : Postal
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  i did a combination assassin / defense for dual-wield, super-fast attacks + poison drain, and good defens... : EvilDolemite
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    you can only Dual Wield with the Warfare mastery. : deject
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      ah, so that's what it was. warfare / rogue. i enjoyed that class. : EvilDolemite
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        rouge is pretty fun to play. I have a Rogue\Hunting character and combining Lethal Strike with Study Pre... : deject
        • Do this for bow insanity. : mathyou
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  If you want to make a bow build, you can mix Hunting with pretty much anything. I made a Hunting/Nature ... : deject
  • i been looking at bone charmer but i think i will wait til i play through it once on your build : kanix
  • Yeah once you get puncture shot and scatter shot on the Hunter side, the second mastery is really just a ... : riptyde
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  It seems like the best bet is to go with a Physical/Magical setup, with Physical being Warrior, Hunter, R : AxeMan808
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    Spirit gets a Liche King. : ArcKnight
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      My main character was a summoner & healer. The most beneficial things about the summons IMO was that the... : DinK
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        I dunno, right now (level 8) my Life Drain makes a great nuke + heal. I'm playing around with the tale... : ArcKnight
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          That won't last unless you put points into debuffing resistances. TBH, you're better off finding gear wi... : deject
          • That's what Necrosis is for! : ArcKnight
  • Those are fine in normal, but beyond that you'll struggle to stay alive if you don't do it right. You'll... : deject
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  this is probably completely unnecessary, but a friendly reminber - play with Immortal Throne from the get... : xsoulbrothax
  • I just figured this out when dream wasn't a mastery option. thanks for confirming it though! : kanix
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  The only build you should ever use: Dream/Warfare It is easy mode for everything up to the final di... : mourningstar
  • and yes, there is literally NO reason to not get Immortal Throne and play through it from the start. Thi... : mourningstar
  • ^^^ This is the truth. Dream pairs well with just about everything. : ChibiJosh
  • Dream/Spirit rocks. Combining Deathchill Aura and Trance of Wrath makes enemies die incredibly fast, eve... : deject
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  I wish Steam had blowout sales and selection like this. There are a number of those games I wouldn't mind... : ieGod
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    what is stopping you? If your machine crashes i am sure you can do something to get the game again from ... : kanix
    • Honestly? The convenience and familiarity of Steam. It sounds dumb but I don't want to bother signing up ... : ieGod
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    Steam has their weekend deals (which are sometimes very large discounts) and sometimes has the big blowou... : crummynz
    • The weekend deals are ok but let's get real, they're nothing like actual bargain bin shopping of days lon... : ieGod
• I did Warfare + Defense on my first run through and it worked out ok but not great. Second playthrough w... : riptyde
• I love titan quest, but I wish the maps had random layouts, even if it were just some of the areas, it wo... : kaddar0
• if you are doing warfare, DON'T do warrior + rogue, the guides say it is a good idea, but your character ... : kaddar0
• Question! If i grab a copy, could i still lan with a friend? : StolenNosferatu
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  Is this game fun? I played it and felt I'd rather be playing D2. Since I'm burned out on D2 lately, sho... : Blucklesworth
  • You've played it and are asking this? The answer is, make sure you get immortal throne, and yes. : kaddar0
  • It seems to depend on what aspects of Diablo 2 you liked. If random dungeons, extreme specialization, an... : omnova
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  You can weld shit in this game? : ieatpubes
  • two doors at once : crummynz
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  What does everyone do with the stats? I have no clue how to distribute them. Do you put them only in th... : Rag and Bone Man
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    You should put most of the Attribute points into your main stat (Melee->STR, Bows/Spears->DEX, Magic->INT... : deject
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      Just to make this clear, if you're melee with a spear, put your points into dex for piercing damage. : mathyou
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        Well that and spears (and fast/very fast swords for that matter) require DEX more than STR, which is why ... : deject
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          What about Bows? Do they require Dex (like Diablo)? Also, thanks for the tips. : Rag and Bone Man
          • Yes. To put it another way, anything that does piercing damage requires mostly DEX. : deject
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    See, this is why Diablo 3 is doing away with this. People just end up confused. : SqueegyTBS
    • This is why I hate replacing gear in WoW, at least while I'm leveling. My mage is level 74, and is still... : slax0r
    • Well, they'll still ultimately have to choose gear and character customization options that are suitable ... : FlatlineDixay
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  We should really get a scheduled shackcoop going with this game iirc it has 12 player coop(?) : RetroRedEyeJr
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    I believe it caps at six. Honestly, though, any more than three starts creating problems because you are ... : omnova
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      well if we could get 6 shackers together to start a character to only play with that group on a specific ... : RetroRedEyeJr
      • I wouldn't be functional after 6 drinks (I'm a lightweight), but I would be happy to play with people. : mathyou

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  you really need to play Versus :( : zerog83
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    I have! : dognose
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      once, and not with me :( : mysled
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        I do not like versus! : dognose
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          you're a giant gaping vagina! : zerog83
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            That is possible but I am also too busy enjoying coop to want to play a game mode I do not like! : dognose
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              but what does kaninesnout not like about Versus? : zerog83
              • The part where I am not killing zombies : dognose
        • Yes! I thought I was the only one :( : -JLN-
• I would love to but I don't have you on my Steam list : pancake humper
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  Buy left4dead2 then twice Your money should make up for the people boycotting it. : stgdz
  • i'm boycotting it but i'm still gonna buy it : gyokuro
• fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck I cannot wait that long. Dying for my fix noowwwwww : LoioshDwaggie
• Of course! I'm looking forward to playing the new stuff. : Mmmmmoo
• I will again! : RogerDandy
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  Dognose when are you doing all of this L4Ding? Every time I'm at my computer, you're not in a game! I w... : wendigo
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    Around 8-9pm CDT. : LoioshDwaggie
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      Yeah and I am good for one campaign per evening, it wears me out. : dognose
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        Dognose, I have played this game in 6-8 hr stretches before. You should eat a big bowl of sticky grits b... : wendigo
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          I play when I get home from work and I am usually busy at work so am tired. Also I tend to play with my ... : dognose
          • Unfortunate post preview :/ : dognose
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  If I could just shovel money at valve for more content I be broke. Oh wait, L4D2! I actually went to slee... : nevlos
  • That was well done thanks/ I love L4D haiku/ Middle line shortest? : dognose
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  I have L4D but I'm a Steam n00b (big time). How do I join you guy's and play the game with other Shackers... : fatman
  • if you are fat you will make excellent zombie bait : MoreVespeneGas
  • You need to be a part of the Shack L4D group. Someone can invite you. : Lone Swordsman
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    Either join another Shacker's game from your friends list or join the Shack L4D group to have the Shack s... : Mmmmmoo
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      i think the group is invite-only and I'm a total spaz who doesn't know who to ask for an invite. :( : fatman
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        post your steam id page here. if you don't know how to get to it, click community > view my profile. : pyide
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          http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197994422369 : fatman
          • Looks like someone has invited you. You might have to quit the game + accept before the community servers... : pyide
• dognose, i installed l4d on the new (old) computer, so i could play coop with you. I had to delete titan... : papaskot
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  You need to get a 360, they're happy to take your monies! : Dave-A
  • they microsoft : papaskot
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    No I want to be able to play the games that I buy : dognose
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      hey now, don't complain and then throw up all these "rules" and "obstacles", maaaan! : Dave-A
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        I was referring to "red rings" : dognose
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          there is that issue, granted, but the controller is probably the mean ol' hound standing between you and ... : Dave-A
          • You are exactly correct yet again : dognose
        • In Microsoft's defense, I think the newer generation of xbox 360's are getting better in terms of just no... : Maddog_Delphi97
• You could gift me L4D2 on steam when it comes out if it make you feel better about giving Valve more mone... : OmegaRed59
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  so just wondering. Would you say that L4D is more fun than Duke Nukem? : gyokuro
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    One cannot safely compare brilliance to different brilliance : dognose
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      dognose, that is a modest answer, but we all know the true answer to this question. : CrustaR
      • L4D.exe????? : wendigo
      • We will know the true answer if the day comes that I have an L4D tattoo over my heart next to my Duke tat... : dognose
  • HEH, there's no way! : CrustaR
• Buy me L4D and feel better about the free stuff you get! : hashd
• i would play it more with shackers but the netcode blows. where i can play tf2 with you guys with a 150+p... : Hoax
• Argh. Why must I be without internet at home. : PointlesS76
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  Hye dognose, are you playing Zuma's Revenge? : Nitrium
  • No I played the Zuma demo and did not like it. : dognose
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  Dognose after this comes out we need to play a game of it with maddog and romsteady. :) : thrallie200
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    I want to do this so bad! I will hopefully be well by then and not all Ny-Quil'ed out, omg I sucked last... : dognose
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      I thought it went better than some of our other games. The night before last was just awful, when we coul... : thrallie200
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        Did I make it on to the plane at the end? : dognose
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          I have no idea. I don't think you made it last night. : thrallie200
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            I should get Fraps or something so that I can record my games and watch them the next day to see what hap... : dognose
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              Pretty sure L4D has demo recording like all the other source games. In the console, type: record fil : pyide
              • The plus side to this is it will take up way less space on your hard drive compared to FRAPS and won't hu... : pyide
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              Dude, you can record demos right in the game! Here's a link: How to record a demo: http://developer.valv... : mn3m0n1c
              • Thanks, you and pyide! Now I will find out whether or not I suck :D : dognose
  • Most definitely! :D : Maddog_Delphi97
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  Valve really goes above and beyond. To still give out major free updates to the PC crowd, despite some of... : Dr_Cube
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    I am reminded of Epic handing out a whole bunch of free map packs for UT '99 well after the game was init... : dognose
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      Dognose, did you get to play a more recent UT like UT2004? : Maddog_Delphi97
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        Yes I have 2003, 2004 (from lacker) and I bought UT3. Never completed any of the ladders : dognose
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          Cool, I thought about downloading and installing (for the free weekend) the Unreal Tournament 3 game. Ho... : Maddog_Delphi97
          • They are all good, but they are trying to improve upon perfection imo. : dognose
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  I'll play coop with you when it hits : sm00v3d
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    I will be there : dognose
    • My kids will be in bed by 8pm Eastern so I should be able to make your usual playtime. I've just been pla... : sm00v3d
• Late to the party. Interested just waited a long time. Do I have to have a headset in order to play thi... : TempusT

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  my precious excuses :( : Deathlove
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    hahahaa, I was more referring to the Shackers that live out in the 'burbs -- they keep promising they'll ... : Arctic Fox
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      I live in a suburb :( : Deathlove
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        lol@wheaton : kbnerd
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          Now with a temple!* *temple is five miles away : Deathlove
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            Is it in the city proper? I know it was in the GBoWR for having the most churches per sq. mile, I wonder... : one random winner
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              Nah, it's actually on the ass-end of Downers Grove. Or at least, that's the only one even remotely nearby... : Deathlove
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                Hehe, my parents go to FBC, they have that huge hot dog thing every 4th of July at the parade. We may ha... : one random winner
                • Probably not, I've only lived in Wheaton since I gradumicated college. I lived downtown growing up. : Deathlove
      • Well now you have NO EXCUSE*! *children, bereavement, exploding hamsters and testicular torsion will s : Arctic Fox
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        You should come out so i can forgot that I met you a second time. : re-verse
        • I put it on the Google Calendar so it's pretty much required that I show up now! : Deathlove
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          was the first time at my old place?? : Mr.SEX
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            Yeah, it was the night you hit 60 in WoW, when that was a thing! : Deathlove
            • i have the screenshot somewhere of when my old room mate iltc'd me in WoW!! : Mr.SEX
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            Yes it was! : re-verse
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              that was a fun night! i got super drunk i think : Mr.SEX
              • Yeah that was a good night. I used to have photos from it but they got lost somewhere along the way. : re-verse
• Would help if I put the date in the OP: OCTOBER 17TH, 2009 : Arctic Fox
• FMITA, not going to be able to make it this time. : one random winner
• Pay for my ticket and I'll come. : c0bra
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  i am going to be pregnant that weekend : Mr.SEX
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    you mean get pregnant : mikecyb
    • with worry! : Mr.SEX
• Sounds, good, ill mark it on my calendar. : ashkie
• I'll try to attend, I have yet to meet a shacker. : jingletard
• Flying in from Santa Barbara! I'll be there! :D : Alco23
• Evening bump! : Arctic Fox
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  Thread Hijack: Any shackers going to Society for Neuroscience at Chicago? : Alco23
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    is that a club or something? : mikecyb
    • A major conference for neuroscientists: http://sfn.org/am2009/ : Alco23
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    So you really are a doctor? Jesus. Now I will always think you look like this: http://upload.wikimedia : ArcKnight
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      lol, you'll laugh when you find out just how far from the truth you are. : Arctic Fox
      • Does he make gmd look like a twink? : ArcKnight
  • I'm thinking about it, but there's this other neuroscience nerd that's flying in from Santa Barbara that : Arctic Fox
• Awesome! I'll be there :D : Flying h4x0r
• damnit. I wish I could come. :( : RogerDandy

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  Counterpoint: http://arstechnica.com/gaming/reviews/2009/09/the-60-expansion-pack-halo-3-odst-underwhelms... : EricZBA
  • Yea that review has turned me off the game completely. : SlingBlaze
  • I played all six Myst games. I'm going to love wandering around. Sold. : Shadsy
  • That review discouraged me but I'm glad I picked it up anyway. I played about 4 hours last night. Mayb : beanman101283
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    I think it's well known that this reviewer hates the Halo games and FPSs in general so he may be biased r... : prime8
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      That's what I've heard elsewhere as well. : OmegaRed59
      • Mostly from me. I love ars reviews (and reviewers) in general, but you have to know when to avoid a Ben r... : LoioshDwaggie
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  There is a flashlight if you turn the VISR on. : Dave-A
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    I know, I mention it down in my write up, like you said its the visor and it works real well. : valcan_s
    • oh, i just saw the "there is no flashlight" part : Dave-A
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  you're still my favorite reviewer on shacknews valcan : [fry]
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    i quit before i finished the first level so i guess i shouldn't have done that. : [fry]
    • LOL I threw my controller and rolled my chair and was quiet pissed off :) when I played the first section... : valcan_s
  • Cool, man thanks. : valcan_s
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  Please explain this: ...at many points you will feel your back in the 90s playing an arcade cabinet. : pandastrong
  • The reviewer bumped his head on the basement pipes several times going to refill 7-11 Big Gulps and passi... : Sailor of Fortune
  • Ok, back in the 90's I played in the arcade all the time, if you have played arcade games there is no loa... : valcan_s
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  just got it for $45 shipped on Amazon woo : kodt
  • Yeah, I got it when it was $55 then they dropped it to $50 just now for me and I also get $10 credit for ... : Sailor of Fortune
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  I really sincerely hope they make Halo: Reach more like this. Halo 1 was easily the best-playing because ... : Shadsy
  • I'm really curious about what Reach will be. I hope it's a bit more than an FPS! : Dave-A
  • I am praying too, I love this style it should be the way Halo is defined, personally its so great. : valcan_s
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    Halo 1 didn't feel grand in scale? It being a bad ass sci-fi adventure on a ring world was one of the few... : Toth21
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      AS grand in scale. They didn't bring it up to the scale of the Scarabs, Spartan lasers, massive super jum... : Shadsy
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        I thought Halo was the grand one. The massive multi-sided battles that you go into were fantastic. Where ... : LoioshDwaggie
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          Yup exactly, some of those fights had moments I'll never forget. I still remember one of the later levels... : Toth21
          • Assault Room was easily the best battle ever. : Shadsy
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  I really like it too. Its well polished and sort of stream lined. I had the same problem on the first lev... : bozer
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    "A few things: Are there any hidden items? The explorer in me keeps heading to hidden locations expecting... : valcan_s
    • noticed that too. Pretty sure those will give achievements but I have no idea : bozer
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      There are 30 audiologs to find while wandering the city. They're found by activating payphones throughout... : beanman101283
      • Hmm that makes total sense, thanks. I wish it had RPG stuff, maybe reach will add this feature, it wou... : valcan_s
    • It's just the progress bar for the achievement itself, as seen in Gears of War. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    Firefight is on the same disc as the SP : pandastrong
    • oh nevermind, i think i missed your point : pandastrong
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  Who gets pissed and returns a game if they can't figure out what to do? Do stores even take back opened ... : dante2010
  • Nah I wish, you only get trade in value aka credit no one that I know takes it back for a full value. ... : valcan_s
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  My only Con so far: No Matchmaking for FireFight. Yeah, I have friends, but it would be nice to have the ... : pun][sher
  • Glad you mentioned this. I assumed this was a given : SlingBlaze
• If I could do it again, I would wait for it to be $30. Def. not worth $60. : JohnnyRey
• I will buy it when it is $2 : gmd
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  Still doesn't seem worth $70. : UselessHack
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    One thing to note if you have a Rogers Video, they give you with the game a $150 coupon booklet that is p... : valcan_s
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      No Rogers Video that I know of. Nothing local anyway. I definitely want to buy it, but not at $70. I... : UselessHack
      • I only got it for the single player, I don't have time for mulitplayer so I was in the same boat. : valcan_s
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    I think its a great deal for anyone who doesn't have Halo 3. And its a great deal for those of us who lov... : bozer
    • That's my issue. The single player and maybe Firefight (matchmaking should have been included) would hav... : UselessHack
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    You mean $60? I think it depends on who you are. It sounds like the campaign is roughly as long as Halo... : WhatIsThisFor
    • No, I meant $70. http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?langid=EN&logon=&sku_id=0926INGFS10125648&... : UselessHack
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  does it still have the silly cartoony enemies that throw out cutesy jar jar binks one liners? god, i hat... : vassili_zaitsev
  • I'm guessing you mean the Grunts. Yes, they're still in the game. : beanman101283
  • The little dudes do it but not as much, its real well done and add some fun to it since you are playing ... : valcan_s
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    lol you hated it just because of those guys... they are cannon fodder, just kill them! : Shadowdane
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      LOL nice hahaha, I run up to them and hit them with my guns melee move and watch pop LOL. Halo would n... : valcan_s
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        Try it on legendary. I dare you. : Haxim
        • I wish :) it must be insane. One thing you have to say the difficulty setting will make a new game eac... : valcan_s
    • Avatars are like dolls for girls! : two50six
  • Well, they wanted a kind of "cannon-fodder" enemy, so they designed them to be squat and cowardly troops ... : Dave-A
  • They're 'Grunts' FYI. : LoioshDwaggie
  • He's everywhere! : DinK
• great write up. would love to play it but cant justify the $65 to play it : gyokuro
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  I wish mine would get here sooner, I got it from that Best Buy deal. : WhatIsThisFor
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    i waited over a month to get arkham asylum off of a best buy "preorder" deal : dantastic
    • Mine has already shipped so now it's up to the USPS :( : WhatIsThisFor
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  NO FLOOD... and thus i might wind up liking this game more than any other Halo game. I love going back a... : jeffcox111
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    wtf is this FLOOD everyone talks about, is it an anemy? : posito
    • WTF, :| : krym3
    • a pain in the ass : jonin
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      Halfway through every Halo game, a zombie-like race of creatures called the Flood gets unleashed. Whereas... : Shadsy
      • ohh ok i see now. : posito
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      Yes. You spend the first half of each game fighting fairly intelligent alien enemies that require constan... : beanman101283
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        those little midget alien circus clowns with the pointy hats were not intelligent :( : dantastic
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          They kinda are. They flank, flush you out with grenades, move in packs, follow orders, run away when out ... : marmite
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            Yeah, they can be pretty deadly in packs if you're not paying attention. I usually try to take out one or... : beanman101283
            • Yeah they can be deadly, especially when the "catch" skull is active. : cyclonebee
    • Yeah, they're kind of like the zombies of the Halo universe. Except instead of being awesome like zombie... : Haku-Jin
    • They're an enemy that fights and must be fought differently, and everyone whines about them because their... : Dave-A
    • what : Downforce
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      i played through halo 3 and i think i destroyed flood but i still dont know wtf flood is : dantastic
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        its explained in Halo 1/2 : Shadowdane
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          i don't think i can bare to play another halo game :( : dantastic
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            so you didn't actually play halo 1 then : Downforce
            • i think i played it for about an hour or 2 and got sick of the drop ships dropping new dudes every 10 fee... : dantastic
      • http://images.google.com/images?q=halo+3+flood&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&u... : OmegaRed59
    • Fighting the flood was a lot more satisfying in co-op, with one player picking them off from range with a... : rock elf
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      They are the equivalent of any flying insect enemy in every other FPS. : two50six
      • Except Halo actually had flying enemies that are equally annoying. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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      Flood are the Trigens in Far Cry Flood is Ravelholm in HL2 Flood is any game that decides throw in dumb... : Pettytheft
      • except Ravenholm didn't suck major fucking ass. In fact it was a pretty fucking amazing part of Half Life... : RetroRedEyeJr
  • Fucking hell no flood? Awesome. Those are my most hated enemies of all time. Not in the sense that "They'... : PointlesS76
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    i loved the flood when they were clashing with the covenant and you had crazy three-way battles. just st... : EvilDolemite
    • I love all your Halo 3 posts. I pretty much agree with all of them. : Bull
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      agreed... the flood just by themselves suck. : Shadowdane
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        when they were first introduced, via the recorded sequence in mission 6 in halo 1, that was cool, because... : EvilDolemite
        • The helmet cam replay from Halo: CE is probably one of the top in game cinematics of all time. : Sailor of Fortune
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          Agreed. I didn't know anything about them going into Halo 1, and I found their intro scene to be pretty ... : DinK
          • That was actually very neat - NOBODY knew about the Flood on release date, because Bungie managed to keep... : AlexW1203
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    The Library in H1 sticks in my mind as the worst time I ever had on XBox. : givemesnacks
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      Oddly, it's quite a bit of fun on PC : retarded talking dinosaur
      • It was fun on Legendary too - you were fighting so hard the level worked : Dave-A
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  Off topic - I really want a larger hard drive so I can install this game. But what the fuck I may as well... : bozer
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    Surely there's something you can delete to free up the space? Old DLC or maps for other games? Arcade gam... : beanman101283
    • yeah I can, but still I want a larger drive. Wish there was a trade in your 20 gig deal : bozer
• i'm about half way through on normal. while the environments are huge and look good, they're dead to ... : gdestiny
• Check out this game that a few Shackers played last night - took us 2 hours and 11 minutes to finish, we ... : cyclonebee
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  Played for about an hour. Can't say I liked it.. They've slowed it down a lot, and you die really easily... : uncleanmonkey
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    Headshots are still as effective as just about any shooter. Brutes take more headshots to take down, but ... : beanman101283
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      It's not about centering it, it's about the fact that the spread of the weapon is so big that most bullet... : uncleanmonkey
      • Fire in shorter bursts maybe? (I haven't played it yet) : vynn
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        The pistol, alien carbine, beam rifle, and sniper rifle (obviously) are all excellent for getting headsho... : beanman101283
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          They're too rare though, and as you only get enough ammo for a few guys you're shortly back to the fuckin... : uncleanmonkey
          • The needler is pretty great actually, especially against brutes. There's usually a decent amount of ammo ... : beanman101283
  • Agree completely. Was playing some last night and it seems that the distances they have you engage the en... : Haxim
  • Interesting I know what you mean, you can not Rambo it at all which I enjoy. My tactics have been ste... : valcan_s
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    With Halo, if you find your weapons aren't very effective, try and mix it up a bit. Use energy weapons ag... : Dave-A
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      The problem with that is you can only carry two weapons, and as they're so damn precious and scarce if yo... : uncleanmonkey
      • See, you're frustrating yourself. Don't hang on to the damn things, toss 'em aside like a used stripper! : Dave-A
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    What? They slowed Halo down even more? How is that possible : graceofdragons
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      Since you're not playing as a super soldier any more, you can't move as fast, jump as high, throw grenade... : beanman101283
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        I hate playing as MC. But his movements are already slow and awkward, with the whole game feeling like it... : graceofdragons
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          Thats sort of an illusion in Halo series I think. The game is actually pretty god damn fast paced... REAL... : bozer
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            I think the maps and combat spaces are huge, which make it seem slow. If you're in a huge firefight it se... : Dave-A
            • The master chief doesn't sprint worth shit. Hes a super soldier with biological tampered muscles, and an ... : Toth21
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  Is it as good as Killzone 2? At first I didn't enjoy that but now that I'm halfway through its mighty imp... : scernos
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    Killzone 2 was one boring ass game. Killer graphics, the controls didn't bother me that much, but fuck w... : IndigoAK
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      Agreed. It was a tech demo at best. : Bamtan
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        do you know what "tech demo" means? people need to stop calling games "tech demos" because it's fucking r... : JINKY
        • looks good, showcases your hardware, but no point to it? i dunno, im just saying : X-GOUKI
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          No, I really don't know what "tech demo" means. Could you give me some more guidance on how to formulate ... : Bamtan
          • It really seems you don't. : abrasion
        • Doom 3 was a tech demo. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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      The gameplay in Killzone 2 was great, the story and the characters were some of the worst in gaming histo... : Haku-Jin
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        I liked the characters as well, except Rico, he's a dumb fuck. : abrasion
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          Yeah but you liked the characters in Heavenly Sword and they were the second worst characters in video ga... : Haku-Jin
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            There's something wrong with you, seriously there's something wrong with you - some of the best voice act... : abrasion
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              I agree that the voice acting and the facial animation was top notch. It's too bad that they were spewin... : Haku-Jin
              • You just have no sSsssssSSSsssttttyyyyyyyyyyyllllllllllleeeeeeee : abrasion
    • IA. I rented it the other day and it was like vanilla-flavoured beige cardboard. No idea wtf all the revi... : 60days
  • I'm enjoying them both, they're very different : Dave-A

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• write: FUNNY COMIC : spiderfill
• does that actually work? : c0bra
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  I loaded up the game to try this. : thekidd
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    anything happen? : dirge23
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      starite appears, but you grab it and it doesn't do anything. : thekidd
      • WEAK SAUCE : CrustaR
      • a friend of mine says it's drawn differently (more sloppily, obviously fake) And that supposedly dupli : Fayk
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  I know you can type 'win' and it will spawn a starite, but it doesn't actually win the level : mikecyb
  • I haven't tried, but I bet I know one level that will work on. : Haxim
  • We tried this almost immediately! : brickmatt
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  incidentally i'm fed up with scribblenauts. when i got to the 10th puzzle which was "move this random obj... : dirge23
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    I had this problem, so I've started using telescopic ladders to bridge gaps. : thekidd
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      i was really into the game in the early stages, where the game was more like a series of riddles. now it ... : dirge23
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        it changes it up a bit later on but I do remember that portion of the game where I solved like six levels... : mikecyb
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          Haha that's pretty much been my solution for 90% of the levels. Need to drag an animal back to the zoo? ... : Senate5000
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            lol yep. That's my staple as well. Sometimes I'll mix it up with a helicopter and chain. haha. : thecray
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              One word: Jetpacks : Ebu
              • Helicopters >>>>> jetpacks when you need to carry something a large distance. : thecray
          • it's funny because it's what I do :( : thekidd
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    i can't stand retrying and having to type in the same shit over and over again. get's pretty tedious. : ass-street
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      you do know there is a button that cycles through the last 3 or so items you typed, right/ : pandastrong
      • nice. i'll have to look for it next time. : ass-street
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      This would be a great pc game. : ieGod
      • yeah i think it would make the controls a HELL of a lot easier if you had a mouse. : ass-street
      • Heck, ill bet it could make for a pretty decnt iphone game for that matter. : Jenings
      • that's what I thought as soon as the idea was released. : one random winner
      • It feels like it should be from armorgames : Ebu
• idontgetit : Slowtreme
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  That's what I've read about scribblenauts- it doesn't -make- you be creative. Half the level solutions i... : confuseatron
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    Kraken beats everything! : mikecyb
    • Not Kratos. : Wadmaasi
    • anybody know how to use this in rock paper scissors? :o : riedlos
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      not god. : braaains
      • sometimes he beats god :( : mikecyb
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    You can solve many, many puzzles with some combination of: grappling hook, wings, rope, digging tool, wea... : Arcanum
    • the physics/controls are bad enough to make this extremely tedious, though. : dirge23
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    It doesn't make you be creative, but it still allows you to be. Doing the same thing on every level is pr... : pyide
    • kinda, but it sucks to come up with creative solutions that don't work because the required level of inte... : dirge23
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      That's not real depth, though. If there is a simplest, easiest, and least costly solution to everything, ... : Felraiser
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        Why does it have to be about what's simple, easy, and least costly and not about what is fun to the playe... : pyide
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          It doesn't, and it's great that you're having a positive experience, but that in no way refutes what I sa : Felraiser
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            Who is saying Arcanum's post is useless? I was replying to confuseatron, who had only heard that it doesn... : pyide
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              Yeah, sorry, I mixed up the names there. I'm just trying to establish that the point you're arguing with ... : Felraiser
              • Well, yes! Performing a menial task in an interesting and creative way does in fact make it more rewardi... : nurglich
            • Yeah, I haven't played it yet. I'm on the fence about games that do or don't force you to be creative tho... : confuseatron
          • It has depth because if gives the player the option to try different ways of doing things. It's a single ... : Duffman8369
      • That's not true at all. A video game is not a job. You can do whatever you want with it. The point is not... : Chris Remo
  • I completed one level by just throwing a bike against a button. And half of the others with a fan and a s... : zakazi
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    What I hate is when your creativity isn't reward. A dog was guarding the area with the Starite, so I typ... : Lionhart32935
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      right, when i spawned a mechanic to fix a broken car and he didn't do shit a large part of my enthusiasm ... : dirge23
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        I haven't played the game, but this is the kind of stuff that completely turns me off it. Why have all... : Drewus
        • yeah, i did. i also tried using said tools myself. : dirge23
        • I tried Park Ranger vs Bear. Even gave him a gun. Nothing :( : Ebu
        • I fixed it with a battery + jumper cable. : LoioshDwaggie
      • I did the same thing as well. Also the solution to that particular puzzle is retarded. The engine is smok... : thecray
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    I like playing the advanced mode which makes you come up with three ways to solve each puzzle! : sethmarc
    • Is that unlocked from the start? That's pretty cool. : pyide
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      Oh I see: Gold Star}Y Rankings After you've completed a given puzzle, you'll be awarded a Silver Star ... : pyide
      • tagfail :( definitely going to start replying each level 3 times using different stuff now. : pyide
  • well i vowed when i started that i wouldnt use the same item twice : MrBig0
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  Slight Hijack: How the hell do you beat the level where you had to get by the twister to get the stari... : Jenings
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    I ran into the tornado until the physics wigged out and transported me to the other side. : Nali4Freedom
    • Same : Ebu
  • helicopter and rope? : skelom
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    shrink ray : sethmarc
    • brilliant, I even tried 2 teleporters but they erm didn't work how I imagined. : Jenings
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      does this work? i tried "sleep ray" but it just spawned a manta ray : dirge23
      • I think if the whole name matches something then it works, but if it cannot find an exact match then it e... : thecray
    • I tried shrinking potion but it didn't seem to do anything :( : mtgDoofy
    • this was my method, you could also do 'Hole' (hole in the ground it falls into) or 'Black Hole/Nothing' : multisync
    • This is what we used at PAX. : brickmatt
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    I tied the starite to a cat and made a dog chase the cat through the tornado (took a while) to me. : honkfrog
    • wait - did I? Brain lapse : honkfrog
  • bomb shelter that I hid in and then moved to the other side of the tornado. : mtgDoofy
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    I spawned a cow and then rode it and the tornado pressed me up against the ceiling as I kept walking and ... : CapnChaos
    • hey this is exactly what I did. I spawned the cow at first just because tornado + cow = lol : pyros
  • I pulled down one of the pieces of steel in the ceiling(???) and noticed that the tornado couldn't move i... : Zek
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  Anyone find anything or anyone that beats vampire yet? Aside from sun and meteor? : brickmatt
  • silver, garlic, cross, holy water, stake - haven't gotten to the level you are on yet but just suggestio... : multisync
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    Does vampire hunter work? : Kentor
    • try Wesley Snipes : Majuju
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  What happens if you type Duke Nukem into that game? : CrustaR
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    It takes 10 years for the game to respond. : Godhatesfatpeople
    • haha awesome : Drewus
• Ironically Kurtz over at PVP made a similar comic yesterday. I guess they both had similar ideas coming ... : Scythe99

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  Grats man. Those last pounds are the hardest. : Whistler77
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    It took me 2 months to get from 208 to 180, and another 2 months to get to 175. : Whistler77
    • 175 is my current target : filthysock
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      its like backwards level grinding : onji
      • And you lose levels if you stop for a while : Whistler77
• that was my birth weight :[ : drucifer
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  I wish I had a personal cook who made me healthy things to eat. I like cooking a lot, but always get sid... : mwasher
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    Just cut out pastas and cheese, that should eleminate most of those bad choices : filthysock
    • That's about all I eat :( : ArcKnight
    • + bread + potatoes : mwasher
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      pretty much all dairy, and grains, and anything sweet, and several fruits. Stick to kale... and air. T... : c0bra
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        cutting down pastas (simple carbs) and high fat dairy is smart, but not cutting out. cutting out proc... : dahanese
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          not according to my trainer. Only certain fruits, mostly berries, allowed. Which awesome, cause i fucking... : filthysock
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            i should say that i don't believe in hardcore diets, i believe in lifestyle augmentations. so if you want... : dahanese
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              Most fruits are loaded with sugar. : MagicWishMonkey
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                Very true. The only time I really have fruits is in my second post-workout meal. : yoonix
                • I like Apples because they are super high fiber (plus they rock w/ peanut butter), but I try not to overd... : MagicWishMonkey
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                right... but not all sugar is evil. the sugar in fruit processes differently than sugar you put in coffee... : dahanese
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                  Nothing is evil, but if you're trying to cut weight you would be wise to cut as much sugar as possible. : MagicWishMonkey
                  • (by Nothing is evil I mean few foods are bad in moderation, but it's hard for most people to eat/drink su... : MagicWishMonkey
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                    right, but that goes back to my philosophy: don't change your diet to such an extreme if you want to keep... : dahanese
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                      I understand completely, I have a hard time practicing moderation if it's the weekend and I'm chilling on... : MagicWishMonkey
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                        don't keep junkfood in the house! that's my solution. i will gladly grab a cookie if they are around, but... : dahanese
                        • Yea I don't buy it, occasionally my gf will buy cookies or ice cream but I steer clear for the most part.... : MagicWishMonkey
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              All sweets/desserts are a no-no: empty calories, food must be high in other nutrients, plus the sugar rus... : filthysock
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                man i didn't proof read that, sorry for the sentence trainwrecks in there : filthysock
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                  no worries. so what do you eat? fish, vegetables, berries, nuts? : dahanese
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                    fish(mostly canned tuna), chicken, lean red meat. I make a lot of curries, only of a particular type thou... : filthysock
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                      i like to cook to much to do what you do - but i've found recipes that are really low calorie and still d... : dahanese
                      • I LOVE to cook, all that stuff is cooked by my gf and I. Thats just a typical day, we cook quite a variet... : filthysock
              • What, dairy and meat products rock. : Marrbe
              • the sugar/carb insluin spike has been a killer for me. I just have to absolutely stay away from that stuf... : c0bra
              • What's wrong with Skim Milk? : h o s t i l e
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            be my trainer. write me a diet up to follow so I don't have to come up with the shit myself and get side... : mwasher
            • Eat boiled chicken and broccoli for every meal. : MagicWishMonkey
          • the crunchberry is my favorite : Majuju
      • Paleo-diet FTW. : senseimoron
    • How are those things bad? : Marrbe
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    HIJACK Sorry very unrealted but just so I don't have to make another thread are you ever going to do the ... : Koral06
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      Yea. Was going to awhile ago, but work schedule changed and hadn't gotten around to it. Need to get a c... : mwasher
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        i would be down, i miss it also : filthysock
        • hard to come up with a good time considering people are all around the world. : mwasher
• Filthy that's good work. You are pretty much exactly where you want to be, losing 1lb of fat a week is no... : ryuuseki
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  Congrats! Out of curiosity how tall are you? : Jenings
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    He's 5'3" if I remember correctly. : yoonix
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      You remember wrong, very wrong. : posito
      • I was trying to give off the impression that he was a swole midget, but you two had to go and ruin it. : yoonix
  • 5' 10'' : filthysock
• 'grats man! : shavenewok
• I will outsource my weight loss to you. : abrasion
• Cool beans. Keep up what you're doing and your body will soon realize it needs more energy and will start : Sailor of Fortune
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  5'10 and used to be ~195. down to ~175 now myself but I want to get to 160 before I focus on adding some ... : Skoal^Fyfan
  • if you wanna go balls out, i recommend the velocity diet: http://www.tmuscle.com/free_online_program/spor... : yoonix

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  I can't wait. I wish I could have the 360 download it while I am at work. I know you can queue it online ... : Blackdawgg
  • leave your xbox on? : mwasher
• I see no Veyron in that video. : sigpro
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  Gameplay rewind - how is this going to affect leaderboard times? disappointed. : Skoal^Fyfan
  • looks like there will be separate leader boards? : ryuuseki
  • hopefully like trials hd, where if you retry your time is lower on the board than someone who didnt : synapse19
  • I couldn't imagine them not having a solution for that... : mwasher
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    Easy, each rewind is a 20 second penalty or a complete DQ for a top time submission, it's not rocket scie : Lunatic Angelic
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      What about each rewind is a penalty for the amount of time that the rewind lasted? hrmm.. actually I th... : mwasher
      • Your first idea wouldn't work, there are plenty of guys who could make use of 1/4 second rewinds to impro : Lunatic Angelic
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        "But not so fast. If you're one of those hardcore leaderboard types who longs to see your name up in ligh... : ryuuseki
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          Notice how they didn't rule out that you can't have a Bugatti pushing your Mini to set a compact record t : Lunatic Angelic
          • They already ruled that shit out also when the game was announced. That will qualify as an uncertified ti... : sigpro
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            ". Anyone can post a lap time or race time to the leaderboards, but if you've used rewind, damaged your c... : ryuuseki
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              It said damaged, rewind, or drafted... nobody said anything about pushing, lol. That's how the fastest : Lunatic Angelic
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                ...Apparently you aren't familiar with the laws of physics? Since the two objects are not one object, the... : ryuuseki
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                  You're not thinking like a cheater. If a Bugatti pushes a Mini up to 200mph prior to the lap start, huge : Lunatic Angelic
                  • You're thinking like rabid masturbatory hypothesizing video game nerd. I am sure even the slightest conta... : ryuuseki
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                Like I said above, they have already addressed this at E3 when the game was announced. http://www.game... : sigpro
                • I was just using it as an example, they will find a way, lol. : Lunatic Angelic
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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-5GXUzDTq8&fmt=22 (It is missing the HUD though, fuckers) : gmd
  • NFS Shift has the LED hud in it. Too bad when I use that car in one of the manufacturer races it doesn't ... : sigpro
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    also wtf at no shift animation : gmd
    • yea I just saw that as well. I am no longer buying this game gmd. : mwasher
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      sucks to hear, but not a big deal. Official response: http://forums.forzamotorsport.net/forums/perma... : pyide
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        I bet gran turdismo won't have this problem : gmd
        • they also have the hud in the corvette : gmd
        • i would hope not, its been in dev how fucking long? : ssj4megaman
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      Maybe using auto? : zakazi
      • Oh I see the link now. eck. oh well. : zakazi
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      how would that work though? The driver's hand would have to shoot down to the stick really quickly to mak... : thecray
      • they could make every car have paddle shifters, which isn't realistic at all either, but at least there i... : pyide
      • Other cockpit detailed games usually only have 20-30 cars to animate. : Lunatic Angelic
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    wtf that looks like crap. It looks exactly like forza2. All other videos I've seen look much, much better... : needlez
    • I thought I was crazy because every new screenshot or video I had seen started looking more and more like... : pyide
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  Saw the Top Gear where they race the Veryon against the McClaren F1 in Abu Dabi. Fucking crazy shit. : Fred Garvin
  • just watched.... do want : riedlos
  • The 722 was in that episode too. : DonarUDL
  • Aww I just watched it too... I was hoping that it would be a race around an actual track and not a stupid : father_crown
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  lol Flopza 3. : Lunatic Angelic
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    SUCKBOX : re-verse
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      CRAP BOX : zebosausamite
      • I cannot fucking stop hearing Remo say this in my head everytime it's posted. : pancake humper
      • DVD HEATER : Klebold
• i can't wait for this game... : Shadowdane
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  Question: Which view mode do you play racing games in? : fishbone
  • I'll try to be purist and do in-car but sadly may end up "cheating" and going bumper view :( : re-verse
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    Cockpit, if unavailable or poorly done then hood cam, if hood is unavailable then bumper cam, if that is ... : pyide
    • I do this! : SockMonkeh
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    Mostly chase, because I can't get the weight shift feedback like sitting in a real car. I can at least ge... : mancide
    • that's why I don't choose cockpit view either. Not being able to feel what's going on is enough of a hand... : edgewise
  • Cockpit if I can, but I usually go chase cam for multiplayer so I can see Genjuro trying to shove me befo : Lunatic Angelic
  • Either bumber or bonnet camera, but I think with the fully modelled cockpits in Forza 3 I will give incar... : thecray
  • Either hood or cockpit. Mostly hood for the extra visibility though. : Yanks
  • Hood/Bumper in SP, chase in MP since you need to avoid collisions. : riptyde
  • I used to play behind-the-car until recently. NFS: Shift has made me switch to cockpit mode exclusively n... : pancake humper
  • cockpit since pgr3. : klearlyunseen
  • bumper, : shirif
  • Hood but sometimes cockpit if it's well implemented and doesn't obstruct vision too much. The thing about... : vynn
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    Hood view. It's the only one that makes sense to me. It's the closest to what you see when you're drivi... : DinK
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      check out that video gmd posted, the cockpit view looks very well done in Forza 3 compared to some other ... : pyide
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        I love how the camera can pan from side to side, it's definitely much, much better than other racing game... : vynn
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          It looks like the driver is doing it himself with the right stick. How does one look around with a wheel ... : pyide
          • If it's manual, I don't have time to mess with that when I'm trying to drive right. If it's automatic, aw... : confuseatron
  • Cockpit and if unavil then bumper/hood. : NFXFSX
  • Hood for car games, I find I need to know exactly where the car's axis is pointing in relation to the ape... : jcupitt
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    Hood- but something about the environment mapping in Forza2 really threw me off in turns. Not sure why it... : confuseatron
    • that happened to me in GTA4; the reflections really threw me the fuck off : zerog83
  • bumper/hood, depending which plays better : opengl128
  • I've driven an actual motor vehicle in real life, so cockpit / bumper always, behind the car is for burno... : abrasion
  • Cockpit for fun, Chase for when I'm not doing well enough in cockpit : locater16
  • always cockpit and with a steering wheel. I can't stand playing racing games on behind the car view, whi... : X-GOUKI
  • hood or bumper, but I think I'll give cockpit view a chance in Forza 3 : zerog83
  • In-Car, or whatever's closest (dash, bumper, etc). Never, ever 3rd person. : boarder2
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  If playing Dirt 2 causes your woman to cheat on you, I'm scared about what happens when you play Forza 3. : wendigo
  • CATS AND DOGS LIVING TOGETHER! MASS HYSTERIA! : mancide
• I'm so excited. I got out my playseat and have been practicing with Forza 2. It's going to be sick. : JohnnyRey
• oh i hope this demo comes out at midnight. i'd stay up for it. : FrayLo
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  Can someone tell me why the fuck Logitech does not make a wheel for the 360? The g27 with this game would... : JohnnyRey
  • Ask microsoft. : Vegtro
• Fuck. I only have 180MB free on my HDD. : Mmmmmoo
• Im not a racing game fan. But that video was really fucking impressive : Godhatesfatpeople
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  At what time demos are usually released? : HisKillSkill
  • Yes. : opengl128