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• wii : gmd
• You'd be fine with either! : Dave-A
• 360. : Fred Garvin
• 360, no doubt : grifter
• Tree Sitty : hoov1185
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  game cube : PapaBoo
  • That controller is going to SUCK for COD4.2 : FaceBang
• 360 rape squad : mancide
• PC for sure : AlexXdude
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  PC! I've been console free since our NES stopped working. : deject
  • PC BEECHES! : Q-ball
• 360 will be huge. : FormerHPB
• I bought a new PC mostly just to play multiplayer on this thing. : azshack
• 360.. : gummijoh
• Looks like both. 360 for sure, PC if enough DOD:S shackers get it. : ArcKnight
• PC, I'm looking forward to transferring our 6 drink minimum to CoD. : Duffman8369
• 360 initially. Maybe PC later... : uncleanmonkey
• 360. But I need to find a new Rape Squad to play with. Most of my COD4 crew has disappeared in the last... : Ormsbee
• PC is the only answer : shakybonez31
• 360 rape squad! : mwasher
• 360, maybe PC also. : Head Rush
• 360 so we can get the band back together for more rape squad antics. : sigpro
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  PC version will have a shackbattle every night for the first 10 days, then one every other night the next... : Sailor of Fortune
  • This is probably the most accurate reason most people are saying 360. : grifter
  • Sounds about right. : WhatIsThisFor
  • This is what I was wondering about. : Mmmmmoo
• 360. : ProtoPunch
• PC : grabbie
• PC. mouse+keyboard. : mn3m0n1c
• 360 but i'll probably wait till xmas because i dont want to pay 70 bucks for it so i'll let my family ins... : dantastic
• PC!!! : Rice-Rocketeer
• Pc for better graphics and control with more flexible online. : Boxelder
• Definitely PC and maybe PS3. 360 could happen, but it depends on who I know buys it. : PointlesS76
• PC. : Albemuth
• 360 at first i think. My Cousin's will be buying it for 360 as well. PC later if there are enough S... : .Jayson
• 360 : SlingBlaze
• PS3 Cod:mw was surprisingly well implemented on it. : treefingers1
• PC : Dschinghis Khan
• 360 sir : DonarUDL
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  PC, something more than 5 characters : sreyes22
  • spaces are your friend. : Mmmmmoo
• PC : glio1337
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  To answer your question - the 360 seems to have a larger shack crowd for some reason, though there are qu... : dedgecko
  • And even less for PS3 : posito
• PC especially because I've been playing killzone 2 the last few days and 1943 demo. : moe6
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  PS3. The controller wins the day for me over the 360. : theangrywaffles
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    Really? I find the PS controllers atrocious. : Anastomosis
    • I can't stand the 360 joysticks. I really never noticed a difference until I played hundreds of hours in ... : theangrywaffles
• 360, that's where the most play is at. : senseimoron
• I still don't know. PC or 360. : razlebol
• 360 : maulla
• NDS!.. : nunami
• PC. my 360 won't read discs and i'm not paying to get it fixed. : botch
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  Judging from the replies, so far it's ~16 PC, ~19 360, 1 PS3. : Rice-Rocketeer
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    I count two and one maybe for PS3. : theangrywaffles
    • Oops. Sorry PS3! : Rice-Rocketeer
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  360 : WhatIsThisFor
  • 360 for me : bongturbo
• PC!!!! : wretchedradio
• 360 : TPSReport
• 360 : Code RedBeard
• PC : Thresher
• PC hopefully : StolenNosferatu
• PC, no doubt : irrerno
• PC. : NexusOne
• PS3. Not going to upgrade my PC for this. : sukabljat
• 360 byeahhh : Jackass1233
• PC : onji
• 360. More people and less hacking. : geedeck
• 360. ShackBattles Return! : pun][sher
• PC   : GoodBoy
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  PS3 most likely. My PC is more than capable of handling the game but something really appeals to me about... : SatansFist
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    this. MW just seems like the perfect console shooter. I actually think it would suffer on PC. : graceofdragons
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      It's an FPS game. I actually think it would suffer on console. : CrustaR
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        It's a shame you're so wrong. : ArcKnight
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          We shall see about that, ArcKnight. I was already right about the PC version of Batman 0wning the consol... : CrustaR
          • Owning is a strong word to describe kicking pieces of paper. : kingdepork
  • hook your tv up to your computer, DUH! : shakybonez31
• 3.6.0 : cookblaze
• PC. I don't own any consoles and no plans for one either ;) : RookieCAF
• PS3. It's the system all my friends here will get it on. : freshyk
• PC : themaestro2657
• 360 : klearlyunseen
• 360 : ultramega
• PC but Im not paying 60 bucks for it. : Durandal07
• P to the C to the hizzy : trOmblyj
• PC. : moe6
• 360 : xxiv
• Iphone : Sgt_Boomstick
• MSX2 : Orange Pylon
• P63 : kill9
• PC : quix
• 360 probably : Milleh
• 360 : opengl128
• PC : NFXFSX
• 360 : ThomW
• PC : prime8
• PC. : The Grolar Bear
• 360 fo sheezy : ejectorpod
• 360 : synapse19
• ps3 most likely : Break
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  Atari 2600. IN HD. : michaelleung
  • LOL, have fun playing it on that piece of crap. Everyone should be getting it for Intellivision. : Mecha Tofu Pirate
• PC all the way. Any other way would be uncivilized. : CrustaR
• PC : notdeadyeti
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  PC, which has an hdmi cable running to the tv and a 360 wireless pad connected to it : harold.johnson
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    Really? I would think that the whole point of playing on a PC would be for more precise controls. At leas... : azshack
    • Probably because couch or lazy boy playing with a keyboard and mouse is pretty awkward. Everyone says "h... : kingdepork
    • some games just feel better on control pads. i'd rather play need for speed shift with a pad than a keyb... : harold.johnson
• PC. Anything else would be uncivilized : Cihte
• 360 : kingdepork
• PC, too used to having a quick server browser & mouse aiming, but wouldnt have it any other way. : supaLink
• PC, but if it has punkbuster im not buying the game. : chilln

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  it sucks that pork makes my stomach flip the fuck out AFTER i eat it. :( : cpt_gloval
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    all pork? : cltcprd
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      with uncured pork it's like a 50/50 dice roll if i'm gonna vomit blood. cured stuff still rips me up but ... : cpt_gloval
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        that sounds like the worst curse ever :( : ninjase
        • i emit burning-tire smell if i eat carnitas :( : cpt_gloval
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  shredded pork is absolute awesomeness. : mwasher
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    I'm using some ribs that I got on the super cheap at sams club. I expect this to taste really fucking goo... : rosewood
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      pork shoulder will give you the greatest yield : Cheeziologist
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        this. Slow cookers for the win : Jinxplayer
        • Boneless "picnic" shoulder roast (the one with the net bag to hold it together), slow cooker, barbecue sa... : Arcanum
• i get that feeling whenever i watch man vs food. god i love that show. : CoRDS
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  NOT HALAL : moe6
  • halol : RikiTiki2
  • not hAloha ? : Jinxplayer
  • NOT KOSHER : ChibiJosh
• yeah I had some baked beans on for 7 hours yesterday, when I finally got to eat them it was like a religi... : Drakoniac
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  This sounds delicious. I dunno what to make for dinner tonight :-( : Galadriel07
  • Portuguese chicken : CoRDS
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  Somebody made popcorn in the breakroom at work : dognose
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    Thank god dognose brought this back reality. : zuff
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      Back TO reality. Gah : zuff
      • back to liiiife. : moe6
• make love to your pork extra hard for all of us k? : mayooms
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  What is a good slow cooker to get, I want in on this shit : ninjase
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    shacknews please advise : ninjase
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      you can't eat pork foo : drucifer
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        i can eat these pork : ninjase
        • you can't break those pork : EvilDolemite
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    Crock Pot brand. Bigger the better, we use a 7 qt model. Just make sure you get one where the crock... : .Jayson
    • these are awesome ^^^ : Megara9
    • i wouldn't say bigger the better. if it's too big you can't cook small shit in it, and as i cook for 2, i... : dahanese
  • You can also do slow-cooked pork on a grill, in a smoker or with a bonfire. Just make a big aluminum foi... : DianeOfTheMoon
• what cut of pork is it? : ass-street
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  You can't post this without including the recipe, that's just cold man. : yosemiteclimber
  • iawtp : ninjase
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    last time I made it, i used a neighbor's recipe. It was a 6 lb roast, seared in a skillet, 2 large onion... : .Jayson
    • that sounds like some epic carnitas : Megara9
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      what did you serve it with? did you do it traditionally? : dahanese
      • I just got around to reading your reply... We had it with some rice and beans and tortillas, fresh cho... : .Jayson
  • i've taken a large jar of banana peppers(w/ vinegar/oil in i), and a large pork roast and put them in a c... : ass-street
• can you give me the recipe? : dahanese
• I really need to get a slow cooker and decent recipe book. It'd be incredibly useful to turn it on as I l... : ShekkyBoy

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  The cars feel heavier now, the weight feels much more realistic than fm2. This makes them a bit easier to... : needlez
  • I felt the same way too and it made me happy. : RetroRedEyeJr
  • Really? Awesome. Can't wait to get home and play this! : boarder2
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  i thought it was a little funny how even with all the assists off, it's easier to drive than in nfs shift... : JINKY
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    how does driving with a clutch work with a controller? seems like it would be a pain in the ass. : mwasher
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      yah i can't imagine doing that on a controller... : Shadowdane
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        I guess you could do left trigger clutch, right trigger accel. but then where's the brake?!?! : mwasher
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          Put the clutch on a bumper? : Haxim
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            the bumper's are just "on / off" not analog. but I guess you could just do it that way. : mwasher
            • Unless you accelerate the car from 1st (where the game does help in operating the clutch progressively) t... : enyakk
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              yah but how would you really simulate a clutch with an analog trigger anyway.. catch points are differ... : Shadowdane
              • it seems like then it's a superfluous hassle to implement a second button you need to hold down while pre... : mwasher
  • NFS:Shift feels horribly unresponsive, like there's a lag from the controls to the game. : vynn
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    I believe the default brake bias on all cars in NFS: Shift is completely wrong. The cars always try to sw... : Blackdawgg
    • yeah, the brakes are so goddamn hard to use on every car : JINKY
• I'm not going to judge until we have a full game. : FrayLo
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  Wondering if it's just the demo or if they selected certain cars for the demo so they'd be easier. Th... : zakazi
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    For me, the lighter cars in F2 were really, really hard to control after any upgrades to speed/accelarati... : vynn
    • They do get better as long as you don't brake or accelerate on a curve or basically adhere to the "tracti... : zakazi
• They balanced things out more with the difficulty settings, you'd had to put it on the highest difficulty... : vynn
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  how are the damage models? : headbone
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    I haven't been in any major collisions but you can definitely see all of the scuffs and dents around the ... : vynn
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      i'm interested to see if cars can crumple and bend out of shape or it is pretty much superficial damage : headbone
      • It's pretty superficial. The cars actually seemed more damaged visually in F2 to me. : enyakk
  • Visually it's not very exciting or thorough, but the level of detail under the hood is great. Try shiftin... : enyakk
• take off all assists and drive that R3 porsche. it's quite spin happy on that looping hairpin turn if ... : -=kodiak=-
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  I haven't played the demo yet but if it's like the Forza 2 demo then it's in Arcade mode. : Ajax
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    What do you mean arcade mode? Like they have an extra set of physics that is locked away only in the demo... : enyakk
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      Like even when you turn off all the assists, the handling in Arcade mode is still more forgiving than it ... : Ajax
      • I didn't notice a difference between Arcade Mode and Carreer mode in F2 whatsoever. : enyakk
  • you can change the settings in this demo. : moshman
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  If this is the final "Simulation" code, I'm disappointed. The game looks great, the framerate is great... : boarder2
  • Would have been nice if they'd given us a larger track in the demo too. This one's too freaking small an... : boarder2
  • As someone new to the series and without a love for racing games I'm finding it pretty easy, even with as... : Bamtan
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    It's really difficult for me to believe that they'd cut back on the physics from F2 and make the whole ga... : FrayLo
    • I'm easily getting 2nd place with barely trying in all classes. I'm warming up to how it drives but ther... : boarder2
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  assist on or off? : abrasion
  • All off apart from ABS : chazums

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  I got the party pooper achievement but didn't know what that entailed.. what do oyu have to do exactly? : boring gegtik
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    You beat up all the dudes in party hats before the Joker Fight : sigpro
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      Yeah, and if you don't do that, the only way to get it is to START FROM THE FUCKING BEGINNING and get to ... : OverloadUT
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        But you get to do it on HARD!!! atleast, that's what I ended up doing. : Werkin
        • I already beat it on hard. :( Again, it wouldn't bother me so much if a harder difficulty unlocked, be... : OverloadUT
      • oh that's lame. I was considering beating the shit out of them for fun too, but decided to let bygones b... : SolveChrist
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        lol thats really funny though. I am glad i decided to kick the shit out of those punks for the hell of it... : RetroRedEyeJr
        • I wanted them to have their fun :( : OverloadUT
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        Screw achievements? Or is showing off to your friends more fun than playing the game? : carbontree
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          Yes. Showing off to my friends is more fun than playing the game. That's exactly how people who like to g... : OverloadUT
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            Achievements don't count towards your percentage completion of the game though, so technically it's not a... : ieGod
            • How is that technically not a completionist compulsion ? The achievements are tied to specific events in ... : qwpeoriu
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              Are you seriously making this argument? What does "completing" a game mean anyway? It's completely arbitr... : OverloadUT
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                I'm not really making any argument just being a shit disturber. Metrics are inherently arbitrary but the ... : ieGod
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                  i find achievements far more rewarding than arbitrary completion percentages because one i can carry with... : dahanese
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                    another...? a number. holy crap. : dahanese
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                      I'm not saying 100% completion is any good either. I like metrics that reward you for your troubles, like... : ieGod
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                        Do you find the entire "Challenge Mode" pointless because it doesn't unlock anything in the game? I mean ... : OverloadUT
                        • I never said pointless, I said less rewarding. And they are, in my opinion. I got more out of gaining new... : ieGod
                      • yeah, i don't care about those. i get your opinion, that's cool, but it's not a fact. and your first stat... : dahanese
      • I'm surprised people wouldn't beat the crap out of all those dudes just to prep for the big fight you kno... : ProtoPunch
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  The key to getting good scores in combat is A- Don't fuck up your combo B- Do all your batman moves. ... : sigpro
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    I'll check out some videos. I have gotten the achievement for doing every move in one freeflow combo, but... : OverloadUT
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      Yeah they are not easy. But if you can get all 3 symbols in the combat challenges you should be able to r... : sigpro
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        I played through the entire game on Hard first time, which was awesome fun and it did force me to learn a... : OverloadUT
        • I played though on normal my 1st playthrough and got 100% on that profile slot. Started a 2nd game on har : sigpro
• Well, I just played through the game like any normal dude. I rarely go for achievements these days. No ... : CrustaR
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  I've had trouble with some of the predator challenges. The last two are the worst. One, how do you get th... : Totenjaeger
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    The last one is easy. I did it in about 1:15. For the batclaw, you have to get 3 people next to each othe : sigpro
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      Oh, I thought it said only two. Then yeah, I can do that easy. : Totenjaeger
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        Needs all 3 people for the batclaw. It's 2 people that you need to takeout by pulling a wall down on them... : sigpro
        • Yeah, and that one is easy because there are two dudes that are stationary standing on top of a weak floo... : OverloadUT
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          What one is that? I don't remember that even being one. : Totenjaeger
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            For Invisible Predator (EXTREME) which is the very last of the non dlc challenges you need to 1. Take ... : sigpro
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              Okay, that isn't the one I was referring to. I meant the one in the records room where you have to kick t... : Totenjaeger
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                I am confused. In the records room you have to use the zipline to kick two guys in one zip. That one is e... : OverloadUT
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                  Oh the last one is just to knock out a guy with the sonic batarang. So there is none that has to do with ... : OverloadUT
                  • Er the batclaw rather. You don't use the batclaw at all in the records room. : OverloadUT
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                  Yeah the 3 in a row w/ the remote control kind of sucked in that area because you don't have much room to... : sigpro
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                    That was my problem. Thanks. I still don't know how you are supposed to take out three guys in the hospit... : Totenjaeger
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                      Nevermind, just saw it. I was spraying from the wrong side. : Totenjaeger
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                        The proximity upgrade on the spray gel is the worst upgrade ever. I fucking hate it because I have never ... : OverloadUT
                        • Exactly. I never used it the entire game and it was the last upgrade I took. : Totenjaeger
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              I haven't figured out how to surprise the guy. How'd you do it? : UselessHack
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                Just sneak up behind a guy and then let him see you. If they're in the "terrified" state, they'll get sta... : OverloadUT
                • You can also do it really easily by knocking the last guy down with a baterang then getting right up on h... : sigpro
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                  God, that seems obvious now. I was trying to pop out of floor vents as he walked by. : UselessHack
                  • Hahah I did the same thing so many times before I just said fuck it and looked it up. I was sure that was... : OverloadUT
  • For One, is that the one where you have to blow up three guys with three different windows at the same ti... : OverloadUT
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    I'd like to know how some of these guys do all three challenges and finish in 30 seconds or less. Or on ... : silent77
    • They have no life. : Totenjaeger
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  I'm stuck at croc's lair, and I could finish it but I just don't want to deal with it atm :( : c0bra
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    Such a terrible section in an otherwise excellent game :( : Majuju
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      What did you dislike about it? I thought it was fun. I only died the very first time he runs at you, and ... : OverloadUT
      • I ran away scared as shit when I first saw him, never died though. : SolveChrist
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        It was just boring and tedious as hell - walk, walk, walk, batarang, repeat for a half an hour :( : Majuju
        • ^^ this : c0bra
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      This part is so fucking disappointing! They did an incredible job at introducing Killer Croc in a memorab... : Patakreps
      • 100% agree with you on this one. : rbjester
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    i liked that section. played it last night. from all the bitching people did on the shack, you'd think th... : dahanese
    • The third time you die in that section he actually does rub feces on the TV : OverloadUT
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      it wasn't horrible by any means but it wasn't the epic boss battle it should have been with that characte... : lja83
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        I have no idea why you would feel that way. Ivy was a major plot character in this. Her vines destroy th : OverloadUT
        • well ok, that's a pretty good point i only meant that croc was being developed from the beginning of the : lja83
      • i haven't gotten to ivy because i just finished croc, but i never felt croc was going to be a main charac... : dahanese
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  So what kind of specs does this game need on the PC to run the phsyX hooplah properly. Is it worth getti... : twifosp
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    I have a 260 for independent physx. Something like this would be great http://a-power.com/product-11342-3... : valcan_s
    • your "independent physx card" is the main card I use :[ : aethyr
  • Totally worth it imo. I'm running at 1920x1200 with 2x AA and PhysX on high with minimal impact. I got a ... : Nitrium
  • i started running it with physx on high on my 8800 although i wouldn't be surprised if the card is arbitr... : lja83
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  Are you playing the PC version? At 1920x1080 (or if your screen goes higher is nutz) and everything cr... : valcan_s
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    Nope, 360. Is the PC version GFWL so you can get achievements? After I saw the physx video I was really d... : OverloadUT
    • Yes, it has GFWL with achievements. : Rehevkor
    • Yeah, you get achievements in the PC version. They're tied to your GFWL account (which is the same of the... : Nitrium
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  I'm only like 48% or something and I'm not even done with the story mode yet but I just want to say that ... : mikecyb
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    I liked it! I didn't know there was any hate for it. It's actually a good example of how to do Quicktime ... : OverloadUT
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      well it's not exactly QTEs because you still have total control of your charatcer and you're still doing ... : mikecyb
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        Well yeah I know what you mean but I am saying this to me felt like a good example of what you tell someo... : OverloadUT
        • well then yes I agree >:( : mikecyb
  • My least favorite part of the game. But the game as a whole is unbelievably awesome. : master_disaster_17
  • I thought it was awesome too. Playing it in 5.1 surround helps too. You hear him snarling and growling al... : Rehevkor
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    I used the zip line for the whole level : glio1337
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      That's what I did too. : Haxim
      • I giggled with glee when I realized I could use the zipline in pretty much every room and corridor and ou... : OverloadUT
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    ohh, another part I liked happened a little bit before you meet Croc, which is the room where all the gar : mikecyb
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      Every one of the "extreme" predator challenges has rigged gargoyles, which made them very fun and challen... : OverloadUT
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        yeah they are like this weird safety net and I'm really glad the game realized how much of a crutch they ... : mikecyb
        • yea I enjoyed that it made me strategize differently : c0bra
    • Yeah, I loved that part. That was the first stealth section that I found genuinely challenging. : Rehevkor
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    I didn't dislike it either, personally I appreciate when devs try to break up the gameplay with different : qwpeoriu
    • it's not his head, it's setting off the shock collar he's wearing I do think the way he falls into the : mikecyb
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      You're not hitting him in the head. You're hitting him in the collar which sends an electric shock throug : OverloadUT
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        You're missing my point, it doesn't really matter the explanation the same exact scenario is setup over a... : qwpeoriu
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          well part of Killer Croc's character (at least based on the comics and tv show) is that he's not very sma... : mikecyb
          • although reading his wikipedia page his character seems to vary wildly in appearance and ability :( : mikecyb
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    I just found It just slows down the game a bit too much. Before and after that you are running around usi... : NoCopy
    • little to *no challenge... : NoCopy
• Yeah, the game is absolutely awesome. I'm always on the fence about spending $50 on a SP-only beat'em up,... : Nitrium
• In the combat challenge rooms, it's about priorities. Save your instant-takedowns for baddies with knives... : theangrywaffles
• Easily my GOTY so far. I hope it's not overlooked as just as "good comic book game", though. It's so much... : David Craddock
• Good fun but by the end I was pretty tired of rhythmically tapping the x button. Could have used some mo... : Boxelder
• the 2 days i played it, i freaking loved it... then the f'ing RROD.... >=( : skelom
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  Semi-Hijack How the hell can I do better at blocking? It seems that I can only block about half of wha... : glio1337
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    I assume you mean 'countering', not 'blocking'. If you are having trouble, I suggest just jumping over th... : Totenjaeger
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      Agreed. Countering is good for variety in your combos--which affects your score--but dodging (double-tap ... : David Craddock
      • Also, it gives you more time to aim your attack if you can't see somebody. : Totenjaeger
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    Blue bolts means you are not playing on hard and you are less of a man because of it. As for the timin... : OverloadUT
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      Yup, just regular guys. It almost seems like batman is doing the block move, but not in the exactly corre... : glio1337
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        You definitely do not need to be facing any direction to counter. That's one of the coolest things about ... : OverloadUT
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          It's possible it's a bug on the PC version : glio1337
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            you don't need to be facing any specific direction on the pc version either : lja83
            • I meant in regards to the countering not working all the time, even if the button is pressed at the corre... : glio1337
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    Hijack pt 2. How does the Y+B takedown work? Do they have to be charging you or something? : snuff
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      As far as I can tell, there is no requirement for when you can do it (other than your combo number being ... : OverloadUT
      • You can do it every 8 hits, or every 5 after purchasing an upgrade (can't remember its name). Critical st... : David Craddock
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  Just wait till you get to Shock and Awe Extreme. : ProtoPunch
  • Oh shit that's the electro-floor one isn't it. Oh god that is probably going to be annoying. : OverloadUT
  • Ugh finally finished that one off last night, pretty damn infuriating... Played the game on hard and rea... : raspu2n
• Yup, I'm incredibly satisfied after having just completed the story mode. The game is pretty incredible.... : Scotty22
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  I would say the biggest keys to getting high combat scores are 1) Keeping your combo flowing 2) Use ... : hbalce1
  • I used the bat claw to disarm the taser dudes and pretty much fight on top of the tasers lying on the gro... : raspu2n
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  I'm having so much trouble with these Combat Challenges it's not even funny (I already completed all the ... : The Grolar Bear
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  Thread Hijack I'm stuck on Silent Knight Extreme. Some questions: A) What count as "walls" for the ... : David Craddock
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• But they have FREE LUNCHES AT GOOGLE YOU IDIOT : kgargs
• In my opinion there's nothing wrong with acquisition as long as it's not used as a means of eliminating y... : fishbone
• Acquisitions don't have to be a bad thing. I have no more information than what you've posted but I thin... : InfoBiter
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  Google Docs is kicking Office's ass, so Microsoft is coming out with a web-based office suite : snuff
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    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA : Phreakin
    • IAWTHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAP : zerog83
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    ....what? : melt_core
    • http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2009-09-21-google-docs-microsoft_N.htm : snuff
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    well let's not go nuts. The Spreadsheet in Google Docs can't hold Excel's jock strap. Yes it's a very h... : riptyde
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      How long has Google's version been available? : snuff
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        Yes, because the length of time available means that Google is somehow superior to Microsoft on the offic... : ateam311
        • No. Google hasn't had Google Docs around long enough to develop it as much as Office. : snuff
      • why does that matter? It still isn't as good : AllYourBase
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      How many people need the functionality that Microsoft provides, especially at their price? : cerealSAM2
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        this can be leveled against Intuit, Adobe, Veritas, Mcafee, Norton, etc etc etc etc : Downforce
        • I meant specifically Word and Excel, btw. 99% of documents from either haven't necessitated several h... : cerealSAM2
    • how many employees did Microsoft have working at the time and what were their work schedules and personal... : fluke
    • And more importantly speed. I can't see myself giving up excel at the moment for Google docs. : Wombat Woo
  • Kicking Wordpad's ass you mean. (Which is great, I love Google Docs.) : crummynz
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    In what sense? I don't know anyone that uses Google Docs as a replacement to Office. : MaxPete82
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      That's because no one does. It's .DOC / .XLS or bust. : ateam311
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        .docx / .xlsx : dantastic
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          I open those with Google docs because my old version of Office can't. : Geoffrois
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            http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=941B3470-3AE9-4AEE-8F43-C6BB74CD1466&displaylang... : electroly
            • *****NOTE***** If you want everything to work properly, be sure you have all of your security updates ... : ateam311
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      yeah google docs is like the thing you use when you either want to read an office doc without opening off... : mikecyb
      • agreed, seems great for light personal use. it's your thumbdrive in the LOLCLOUD : Downforce
  • what : maulla
  • nope : CRasterImage
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    who the hell uses google docs? : synapse19
    • When I was still going to school, it was about all I used. It did everything I needed and I could access... : valael
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    the fuck is google docs : royalally
    • google docs is awesome. : dravalen
  • anyone that uses google docs for business-- especially confidential shit they don't want anyone else to r... : dantastic
  • snuff are you fucking serious wtf. : endozoan
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  since they aquired grand central, the service pretty much stopped fucking working. i no longer get any no... : PlanetPerfecto
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    anecdote of my own: grandcentral and now google voice have been my main number for a long time now and ... : Draugluin
    • weird! i have no idea what has changed, i migrated to google voice, double and triple and quadruple check... : PlanetPerfecto
• all depends on who they buy. recaptcha makes me want to put a hatchet in peoples head so im going to have... : podizzle
• I think people had less of a problem with Microsoft buying companies so much as what they did to the comp... : SenorSpine
• In the end it boils down to; does it make the people selling their company happy or not? If they believed... : melt_core
• Dont forget that when a company is bought, all patents that the company owns now changes hands as well...... : sreyes22
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  Why is acquiring small companies a bad thing? The small companies actually do want it to happen. Additio... : Draugluin
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    Agreed, Cisco, HP, Citrix have grown substantially by acquiring smaller firms. Cisco acq. a company to... : mrvandelay
    • And also, people have left Cisco to develop new products on their own, only to be bought out by Cisco aga... : mrvandelay
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  They should get out their checkbook and come buy mine. It isn't for sale, but I would be very flattered!! : haiku
  • I'll give ya tree fiddy : Draugluin
• I was hoping they would buy one small country a month. : Spoetzl
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  I certainly look down on that shit. That is why I badmouth Chrome whenever I can. I have gone from lo... : CRasterImage
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    yeah the Chrome team is totally the same people that oversee Google's acquisitions. you tell 'em : electroly
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      I don't just target Chrome. I target all Google products that are outside their search engine. We don... : CRasterImage
      • well it CAN be good. if google can do EVERYTHING, that means MS doesn't have to segment it all out anymor... : Downforce
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        Why not? This seems like an extremely arbitrary ideal. : Blucklesworth
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          Because small software businesses are being squeezed out of existance. Megacorps want to own as many so... : CRasterImage
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            Yeah, I'd like Google a lot more if they started charging for most of their products! : crummynz
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              Then you would be stupid : CRasterImage
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                Wasn't that part of your complaint, that Google buys companies and then releases their products sometimes... : crummynz
                • Those were not the dots I connected. : CRasterImage
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            Wait, you're serious and not just being lols? Oh man : geedeck
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              Google is the MS of the new Millennium. : CRasterImage
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                Google raped my mother : geedeck
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                  It killed my father. : hobohun7er
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                    Google is actually the reincarnation of Hilter : geedeck
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                      Google is actually communist for satan. : mrvandelay
                      • The word Google is actually Sumerian for socialism : geedeck
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            dude nobody is forcing 'small software businesses' to sell out to Google or whoever. it's not like some ... : mikecyb
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              I like the image that 2 Google nerds are knocking on some company's door and everyone flees in a panic "O... : Blucklesworth
              • zero|dpx could SO pull off dressing like a pirate with that badass goatee of his : xsoulbrothax
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              I didn't mean to imply that small businesses were in danger because a megacorp will murder their families... : CRasterImage
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                Your issue is that better products won't survive because Google's equivalent (though possibly worse) is f... : crummynz
                • That is part of it. MikeElectro242's product doesn't even have to be better. When a megacorp uses mon... : CRasterImage
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                Seems plausible. Do you have an examples of this happening? : Blucklesworth
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                  Which "this" are you referring to? : CRasterImage
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                    Examlpes of software products where megacorps own the niche and charge unusually high prices are: MS O... : CRasterImage
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                      I can't really imagine anything but a megacorp building an alternative to Office, Photoshop, etc : crummynz
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                        A bunch of weekend warriors already make free versions of those two (with inferior feature sets) for free... : CRasterImage
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                          You mean the guys at Microsoft and Adobe? : Danny5225
                          • No, the guys at open office and gimp : CRasterImage
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                The software industry doesn't really work this way. With a great, small team, it's very easy to stay ahea... : Dave-A
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                  Your experiences do not jibe with mine. Yes smaller companies are more agile (not in the programming way : CRasterImage
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                    The latter has happened to me a couple of times, and there is always a way to come out ahead. : Dave-A
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                      What product? : CRasterImage
                      • Actually, there was probably four or five since 2000. Don't want to out myself here so I'm not going to n... : Dave-A
                    • Also, you must realize that I never said it was impossible to be a small company today. I applaud your... : CRasterImage
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                The only acquisition I have experience with is GreenBorder, since they joined the Chrome team to build ou... : Zero|DPX
                • The Opera browser isn't a product you pay for. It is free. I didn't play with it very long, so I don't k... : CRasterImage
          • a lot of small companies exist to be bought out. : dromo5
          • ruining all those mom and pop software shops eh : mmogger
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        your post history has chrome in it three times and two are in this subthread :( : mikecyb
        • Then you would have to search for Google, not Chrome. : CRasterImage
        • he usually just refers to google in general http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=17830316#itemanchor_17... : electroly
  • Noting that your criticism of Chrome has nothing to do with the product and can be completely ignored. : Conan
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    i wouldn't say I hate google, but I do think people's love of a giant company is retarded. : supersonic potato
    • You have a point. It is kind of like watching the skinny redneck chick who is busy telling everyone how m... : steauengeglase
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    Way to front run the Google hate-train. : esad
    • Someone has to do it. : CRasterImage
  • Dude, you should not like chrome because of how it's designed, not just because it's google (who still do... : abrasion
• Not if you're a startup in the tech world these days. Most business models seem to be "Get bought". : zakazi
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  Buy us plz. Google already has an office in Madison! We could be the Google Games division, it'll be awes... : Frozen Pixel
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    only if you make sure you get called GooGames : mikecyb
    • you would make billions on the japanese market : Unleashed
• What else should they do with their money? Just let it sit there? They have to invest it, and buying prom... : uncleanmonkey
• Don't be evil lmao : Godhatesfatpeople
• people have said google is the new microsoft for like five years now : baconisgod
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  G$$g$l$ : Utopia
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    doesn't quite roll off the tongue the same way does it? : fufux
    • $$$$$'$ $$$$$ $$$$ $$$ $$$ $$$$$$ $$$ $$$$ $$$ $$$$ $$? : Utopia
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    GOOG£€ : d fluke
    • Oooh even better with communist symbolism : Ovate
• What are you talking about? They're run by two young dudes and one old white guy (their reality check, I'... : michaelleung

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  Sold out already, yeah, we got it, you don't have to rub it in our faces dammit. : one random winner
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    It's not out yet. : Trips
    • sh! : one random winner
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  What Wattage PSU do you think you need for one of those? It doesn't say on newegg's site. I would assume ... : SolveChrist
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    It's actually more Power efficient than a 4870 or GTX 285. : one random winner
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      Sweet, the last thing I want to upgrade in my system is my graphics card, but I'm sure I'll need to upgra... : SolveChrist
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        You might not. 450w isn't awful from what I can gather as long as it has proper connectors. The thing abo... : unholydonuts
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          Depends on the efficiency, it's likely an 80+, but depending on what else he has in there it may be too m... : one random winner
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            Yea, I'm pretty sure I'll upgrade it to be on the safe side. I'm running an I7, 2 optical, and one sata h... : SolveChrist
            • Yeah, you'd probably be alright with the minimalistic setup, it's not like you're running RAID and have a... : one random winner
  • Load power is 188W, and idle power is a tiny 27W : fluke
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  Is this the one that plays WoW on 30 monitors? : Home Nugget
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    Yup, and the demo had 6, but I think in reality you're limited to like 3. Not that I'd want more than th... : one random winner
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      Whoa, seriously? This I did not see, that's pretty awesome, I'd be happy with two. : unholydonuts
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        The thing with 3 is that it keeps the center from being chopped up in the middle by monitor frames. I thi... : one random winner
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          I'm not sure I understand, you mean that my center monitor, say if playing a game, is my center view and ... : unholydonuts
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            A visual will help here. http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3635 See how it works with 6... : one random winner
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              If you have two video cards, you can try this http://www.kegetys.net/SoftTH/ I got it working with an... : mroizo40
              • Yup, it's a pretty good setup if you game with a quad-core currently, being a software solution. : one random winner
              • Hey, that's pretty slick - I didn't know anybody was working on a software implementation of the Triple H... : mn3m0n1c
          • Periphery. : Rice-Rocketeer
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          For gaming, I'd stick with three large ws LCDs side-by-side for that very reason. Once you go to a 2x3 se : mn3m0n1c
          • Yup, you'd need a Xfire setup for the 9 screens anyways :p : one random winner
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          Powers of 3? You just need an odd number. 5 will do. : lechuck59
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            That would be so weird though, how would you set it up? One in the middle with others on each edge? 7 w... : one random winner
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              Maybe 1x7 for EXTREME!!! surround gaming? :D : mn3m0n1c
              • At that point you should just go for the full 360* view. : one random winner
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      no, they're releasing one later with 6 outputs : MrBig0
      • Well then currently you're limited to 3. : one random winner
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    Just get one of these http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/633263-REG/NEC_CRV43_43_Curved_Ultra_Wide_LCD... : Crimsonbeak
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      2880*900? That's a horrible resolution. :| : Rice-Rocketeer
      • ...what's horrible about it for that size/shape? : MrBig0
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  Hahaha, what the hell is "SirJangly" smoking? :) Tech level: high (...he got that part right, anyway) - O : mn3m0n1c
  • hahahahaha : unholydonuts
  • lol that or he's an ATI engineer. : Whistler77
• I ordered mine from TigerDirect yesterday with 10% bing! cashback. Ended up being $339 shipped : pancake humper
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  i could get a PS3 Slim and MGS4 for that price : Vanitas
  • I feel like this card could probably eat MGS4 alive if it were run on a good setup. Not to mention, if MG... : unholydonuts
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  This thing must sound like a vacuum cleaner with that huge cooling rig. Are there any modern quiet video ... : ChibiJosh
  • Water cooling? : unholydonuts
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    What? Usually larger coolers are *quieter* since they have the same airflow at lower fan speeds. ... : factor27
    • I don't think they're exactly using low-speed 120mm fans. 50dB under load is still a LOT louder than the ... : ChibiJosh
  • replace the stock cooler with aftermarket cooling : Shadowdane
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    I usually fill up my bathtub to the brim with water, then I submerge my computer in it. It sounds crazy, ... : zombie man
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      You climb in there with it too right? That way you can get a warm bath without using extra electricity to... : Rehevkor
      • And the case-fans can dry you off afterwards. : Ride-My-Rocket
    • oil cool it :D http://www.techfresh.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/oil-coolled-pc-5.jpg http://hackedga... : MrBig0
  • I have a G250, only raises the sound of my machine by about 8 dB from 32 dB. It's still whisper quiet. : spazzium
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    The AnandTech review was the only one I read that measured a noise level above current high-end cards. T... : omnova
    • Yeah, I think they may have gotten a bad card, they had poorer reviews than a number of other sites as we... : one random winner
• That's a pretty good price, especially in comparison to nvidia's higher end card. : legato17
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  Benchmarks? : skinlab133
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    http://www.guru3d.com/article/radeon-hd-5870-review-test/ http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=... : one random winner
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      holy shit that anandtech article is epic : Downforce
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        Yeah, I think they got a bad card though, their scores are lower and the fan/power issues they have don't... : one random winner
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          holy crap the 5870 CF needs 664 watts. welp that is extremely good to know. : Downforce
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            ... until you look at techreports which says 460 under load, and Firingsquad's which gave it 371, and the... : one random winner
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              good point, but it seems "reasonable" given the other dualcore cards? man I'm glad I'm being patient to b... : Downforce
              • Above 650 seems really really high, but if you're looking at that kind of build you've probably already g... : one random winner
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            "Total System Power" - I took that to mean card + everything else. : mafu5150
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              Yup, but that's really the biggest thing you need to care about in this scenario, that and the 12 volt ra... : one random winner
              • Sure - my point was that the card alone doesn't require 664W. : mafu5150
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        man crysis still rapes cards directly in the mouth : Downforce
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          Yes, because it's a poorly optimized mess. : Rehevkor
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            It's like when I got my Athlon X2 4200+, GeForce 7800GT and 2GB of RAM, loaded up Morrowind, which was 3+... : SenorSpine
            • Quite similar actually, it does alright now in most setups, but can still chug along maxed out at 2560x16... : one random winner
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          Crysis doesn't scale hardly at all with better hardware, hence the issues that come up every single time ... : one random winner
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            that's really odd. I wonder what their limitation with scaling is? needs more carmack love. : Downforce
            • Pretty much that. They need a Carmack. : LoioshDwaggie
            • perhaps it has something to do with partial voxel usage in the engine, which is probably CPU bound more t... : PlanetPerfecto
          • you can get 60fps+ right now you just need 3 video cards! lol : Shadowdane
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      Finally...I was looking for a direct comparison between it and my 8800gt to see just how much faster it w... : skunk_ape
      • Personally, I'd grab a PS3 and wait for prices to drop. You wont' really get to use DX11 for about anoth... : one random winner
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        I haven't played anything recently that's give my 8800GT much trouble. I keep thinking I should upgrade, ... : tashtego
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          yah the 8800GT should do fine for most stuff at 1280x1024 or 1680x1050. When you exceed that especially ... : Shadowdane
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            This 8800gt/c2d rig will definitely be one of my fonder PC setup memories down the road. : fluke
            • That's exactly what I had for a while. Quite the workhorse. : azshack
        • Yah me too I generally only play TF2 and l4d and it handles both those at 1920x1200 pretty well : skunk_ape
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      This is the most important thing I got out of the article(s), this is quote from the 3rd link: If ther : te[R]ror
      • It won't be hard though. For example, look at all the development valve isn't announcing. They simply m... : kaddar0
• I think I am waiting for the 5850 review : kaddar0
• ATI with the sexy :O : Godhatesfatpeople
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  i want one as i use 3 monitors regularly, however if you use three with that card then you need to use th... : MrBig0
  • apparently - DisplayPort : MrBig0
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  Hmmm ... I just found my excuse to upgrade. I will therefore have two (2) HD4870x2 cards up for grabs ... : TrickSh0t
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    How generous? : cyclonebee
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      How does the cost of shipping rock you? : TrickSh0t
      • I would be rocked like a hurricane! : pimpium
      • that's generous : mwasher
      • wow sign me up : Jackass1233
      • I feel a shack contest in the making. : Blackdawgg
      • I would accept that generosity wholeheartedly. : one random winner
      • Hot diggity dog : Sailor of Fortune
      • pretty shocked. You are nice. : malloc
      • me me me : fishbone
      • I would gladly pay you shipping for one of those plus donate something to your charity of choice in your ... : redfive
      • How about I pay you... triple the cost of shipping! :O : AlexXdude
      • I will give you $500 : thekidd
      • Holy shit, sign me up. I'll do the same with my 8800gts if I get this :P : razlebol
      • to the core sir! i'll pass my current card down the line if i win. : dignan
      • Sign me up, I'm using a failing 8800GT! : jingletard
      • shipping + $1! : DarkWolf5
      • how will we determine this lottery? : StolenNosferatu
      • thanks : pancake humper
      • I have 1704 posts (counting this one) since 2006 and therefore I consider myself to not be a lurker which... : mnsnota
      • Hook a brother up, yo! : Ajax
      • C'mon man. I thought we was down like 4 flat tires. Seriously, this would be badass. and by that i... : broly1718
      • Please please, please please please please, please. : critch
      • gotta get in on this : graceofdragons
      • If these fuckers want it, I want it about |------------------| more than all of them combine. Sign me up ... : ateam311
      • yeah that sounds hot, is this gonna be a shack contest or what? : Xanthos
      • Pfft. You can keep them. : sirkne
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        That would rock the socks of my fox that I keep in my box. : SolveChrist
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          Don't give it to SolveChrist, my feet will get cold :( : Arctic Fox
          • Damn Fox, I didn't know you were that kinky. : ArcKnight
      • I'm listening my good man. : boomstickah
      • last person who posts in this thread gets the cards : Yanks
      • Fuck, sign me up. : Arctic Fox
      • thats intense : GBeer11
      • i say you do a contest or something shack like : Break
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        That rocks me like the clanking of a giant cowbell. : Toraz Chryx
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          Bearing in mind that 4870X2's are fucking HEAVY cards. : Toraz Chryx
          • ha yeah they are. : Godhatesfatpeople
      • ha, my GT7600 can go at the bottom of this pile, I'll pass it forward (not that anyone would want it) if ... : Dante
      • That is awesome. : Prozium
      • Oh man. I could really use one of those! How will you decide? : Vantage
      • This thread is like swoopo, but I want one :D : kaddar0
      • I don't need your charity, man. okay maybe I do : mikecyb
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        If you send me your stupid charity shit, I would give it to someone else who doesn't beg for it. : romulan
        • aren't you special? : boomstickah
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    1 gig versions? : Godhatesfatpeople
    • There's 1 GB versions? : one random winner
  • contest contest! : mnok
  • damn, no paypal or cc to pay shipping. The rest of the guys are in luck. : posito
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    I'd gladly pay $100 for one of them! : angrytaxman
    • And I'd cover the costs of shipping the second one to another shacker. : angrytaxman
  • Holy living fuck! : Rice-Rocketeer
  • i'll post sexy pics of my gf for these cards : r3dn3ck
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  I'm just here to remind u all about the issues you'll experience with zero day games. Nothing says awesom... : jodiuh
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    I don't understand this post at all. Also, my 4890 is virtually silent inside my P183. : mwasher
    • Noise is subjective, but the 4890 becomes audible @ 3D whereas the 260 does not. I went overboard in my p... : jodiuh
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    The post is about ATI's return to "crappy driver syndrome" that it had years ago in the 9700pro's first 6... : GoodBoy
    • I don't know dude, I don't have trouble with my ATI cards drivers But judging from the Shack, I don't th... : SirX
• Performance for a new card doesn't knock my socks off but for the price it is pretty incredible, about th... : Serpico74
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  3 monitors might seem silly but i've been using 3 for a while now at home and the third is pretty useful.... : dooberzoo
  • 3 monitor gaming looks awesome. It might just be the thing that distances PC gaming from console gaming. ... : AlvinKlein
• That multi monitor made really has me interested! This could be the next BIG thing for graphic cards. : quazar
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  Question : Why have RAMDACS not increased in speed? I have seen 400MHz forever. : ghost hacker
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    because people stopped using VGA monitors : Yanks
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      i dont understand? : ghost hacker
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        RAMDACs are most importantly DAC - Digital to Analog Conversion. This is only for VGA monitors and a 400m... : Yanks
        • roger that, i've been dealing with PCs for a long time and never knew this : ghost hacker
      • RAMDACs are only required for analog monitors. : mn3m0n1c
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  In stock atm: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125299 : ratman
  • and gone : pancake humper
• Better than sex! : The Grolar Bear

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• DUUUHHHHHHHHHHH OKAYYYYYYYyy : kgargs
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  multisync have you pre-purchased this game already yet : AlexXdude
  • yea, i did it the day that became an option. : multisync
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  Is this your favorite game of all time? : pancake humper
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    you are not in it, so YES. : multisync
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      cool bro : pancake humper
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        do you want an invite? sm me your email. It's stupidly fun even when there are dramabombs. : multisync
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          I've been in the beta for a long time : pancake humper
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            well fuck you then, PLAY : multisync
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              I can't handle playing these games I have fully realized. I am terrible at them and when I get told I ... : pancake humper
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                play with friends, ignore whatever anyone else says. the games are incredibly fun and it takes some time ... : Xanthos
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                  I just end up feeling like I am a feeder and not aggressive enough. Just makes the 40 minute game frustra... : pancake humper
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                    stop being a baby about the PSR. come play you fag : multisync
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                      don't they matchmake based on PSR? I don't want to get roped into non-noob games : pancake humper
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                        just search for games that say 'noob' or start your own and don't autobalance like conandan/reptile do al... : multisync
                        • maybe I will! : pancake humper
              • stop being so gay and just play fool. : multisync
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  Multisync should I be playing this game? And if I play with you will hot babes also play? : MoreVespeneGas
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    It is a great game. Since multisync started playing his inventories of cuppycakes and girlfriends has in... : zebosausamite
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      CORRECT. this gelfing now lives at my desk which is why I'm always on the couch with my laptop and thus c... : multisync
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        In your honor, I watched a whole episode of Good Eats about making cup cakes whilst flying to Las Vegas. : zebosausamite
        • i hope you made some when you got home. you should get the 'Baked NYC' cookbook. MOST AMAZING CUPCAKES ... : multisync
      • whoa you have your own gelfing? : MoreVespeneGas
      • Oh! You got a real doll? : ChibiJosh
  • you really should, SM me your email for an invite. Just beware the learning curve is brutal but man it's... : multisync
• You bastard, you need to be faster. : zebosausamite
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  is this code for something Is there some trick to turning around so the tower hits you in the rear? : Dave-A
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    armadon has a skill that reduces damage he takes in the rear, due to armor plating or whatever. the tr... : Supine
    • sure it does, little buddy, sure it does. *condescending head-pat* : Dave-A
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  VOODOO JESTER I love this guy. He's probably my best hero. 1. Was he a port from DOTA? If so, whi... : zebosausamite
  • He is a direct port of witch doctor from DOTA. Assassin's shroud now works with his ult without breaking ... : Xanthos
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    1. he is based on the witch doctor, the skill they replaced was an AoE heal that drains mana really fast.... : miasma(&)
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      1. they changed mojo back. 2. would rather have PK than shroud 3. trick is to get enough mana early eno... : Foxhawk
      • 1. kind of : Foxhawk
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        What is PK? SPEAK HON NOT DOTA. : zebosausamite
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          Portal Key, its HoN. : mrseldowski
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            I AM AN IDIOT. I guess I just never thought to use portal key on VJ. : zebosausamite
            • Lol yea same here man I figured money is better spent on other items, towoards frostfield or something. : mrseldowski
            • To be fair, foxhawk grabs PK on EVERYONE hah hah. : kgargs
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  Tower dive by finding a hero that can't do much to you, charge your ass in spamming quills and snot. Gene... : Xanthos
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    how about items/starting loadout? : multisync
    • yours wasn't bad, but i'd recommend getting a shield to block some damage. if you get helm of the black l... : Xanthos
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  1 awesome game with soul reaper, 2 really fucking dramabomb bad shitgames full of tards made me tank bel... : [7]kami
  • It's always the nights where I sit down with a goal to reach a certain PSR that I lose miserably, and the... : Head Rush
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  I had nothing but shit games last night =( : action roommate
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    you were such a LOLarachna : multisync
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      I really hate that hero. I probably could have played her a bit better but my heart wasn't in it =/ : action roommate
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        what's to hate, she's pretty awesome for harassing and just beating folks down. The game with jayjay as ... : multisync
        • You sir, have mistakenly assumed that one can only hate a hero if that hero is bad. To the contrary, i : action roommate
• Oh also, we should have won that 4v5. Fucking swiftblade. :( : zebosausamite
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  EASYMODETHURSDAY : DrFlammable
  • Not again you fronkfurter : kainen1
  • f yes : kgargs
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  if you want to play him as a ganker, bottle is awesome. if you're going to rice for mock of brilliance, y... : miasma(&)
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    so mock really, what about mana/health regen issues? I was going for sustainers to try and keep that up : multisync
    • if i decide to go mock of brilliance... i'm going to be farming for much of the early game. if i want to ... : miasma(&)
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  On armadon: do you like the recent change to Restless? : zebosausamite
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    don't know what it was before - never used him. just know he's AWESOME SAUCE NOW. Also love the escape ... : multisync
    • Restless used to increase attack speed instead of damage. : zebosausamite
  • it's so much better now! really synergizes with his chasing style a lot more than attack speed. you... : miasma(&)
• i also played Armadon last night, and it was pretty sweet. Did not die or kill much, but I helped a lot o... : Audhuml4
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  Playing on EM has helped me work on item builds a lot. The idea that even though you may end up with ite... : kgargs
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    so hows that Hack'N'Slash MQ holdign up? : Xanthos
    • I get assassin's shroud for survivability now and it works out a lot better. Bigger damage and better ga... : kgargs
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  I got into two pubstomp games and the pubstomping team had one of their guys drop they were pissed we wou... : Iwannaacura
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    Foxhawk please read.. you can have predasaurs!!!!!!!!!!1 : kgargs
    • yea i knew. minotaurs, catmen, etc. are still better actually. the predasaurs are big and scary looking, ... : Foxhawk
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      You should point him to an Ophelia guide instead, from what I've seen he could use that a little more. : Xanthos
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        bring it, mcpants. : Foxhawk
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          Foxhawk is the wildcard Ophelia. He either completely dominates and walks out of there with 15 kills and... : kgargs
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            Not if the odds are stacked against you kgargs. I've seen three complete failures and only heard rumor of... : Xanthos
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              you missed a legendary double arrow game, mcpants. : Foxhawk
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                lol i bet i did : Xanthos
                • He double stunned 2 people at once at least twice last night. Refresher on valk is really the only way t... : kgargs
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                  these guys were somewhere between "ultra bad" and "comatose". 6 TP scroll might have also worked : Foxhawk
                  • i lol'd at comatose after reading kgarg's post. : Xanthos
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              This is true. Foxhawk, your Chen skills have not translated well lately. : kgargs
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                ?? I haven't even played Chen in a few weeks... I think maybe once with mcpants when it came up on AR : Foxhawk
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                  You can't play ball if you don't step on the court idiot. : kgargs
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                    god i get such pleasure of kgargs making fun of other people. Also, foxhawk its been like a week and a ha... : Xanthos
                    • haha my apologies, i'll put it on my calendar next time : Foxhawk
                  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otdf4m67P3o : Foxhawk
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                damn kgargs you've been quite catty lately about people's games. :) Everyone has good and bad games. I... : kainen1
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                  It's b'c i'm the best obviously. Also, scroll up, I was celebrating Foxhawk's sweet Chen skills until Mc... : kgargs
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                    its pretty obvious that kgargs is the best at shacknews : Xanthos
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                      somebody should submit a kgargs hero design : Foxhawk
                      • 3'6 405 solid cellulite -> skills: Roll that does an AE push/fear and stats. You auto start the ... : kgargs
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    Why do you keep joining pubstomp games? It is pretty lame to refuse a remake in a balanced game. : Zek
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      i wanted a challenge. They were the pub stomp team, they deserve to lose, so they wanted remake i told th... : Iwannaacura
      • People who don't vote to remake when there's an early disconnect are fucking scum. : action roommate
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  So who think SCOUT is OP now? With his lvl 4 stealth and a few items he can take some1 from full to less ... : mrseldowski
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    He has to be farmed all to heck and back to do that. He's as weak as any agi that's not farmed if you ke... : kgargs
    • yeah he's not OP because he has very little damage. If he were stronger, maybe, but right now he's just ... : Xanthos
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  I'm starting to find that the biggest impediment to my performance in a game is getting constantly ganked... : omnova
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    without using the mic a gank is nigh impossible i feel unless you know how certain people play. I enjoy ... : multisync
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      hahah ganking is easily do-able without a mic once you're established enough in the game to know what you... : Xanthos
      • There isn't much text communication in most games I've played, either. I guess everyone expects everyone... : omnova
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      I am usually on vent with the guys I usually play with. Problem is, using it leaves the one or two rando... : omnova
      • Man I won't shut up on vent sometimes....I think it's just a weird kinda pubby thing where people don't b... : kainen1
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        I don't see why you'd ever use vent when there's built-in voice comm that comes w/graphical extras (i.e.,... : action roommate
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          There is even lane talk so you don't annoy your whole team talking to your lane partner. : Jimb0v2
          • this is why i use vent. don't have to annoy anyone I don't know, voice chat is much clearer and easier to... : Xanthos
        • We use it for other games and also outside of games (organizing, bullshitting, etc). It's good for commu... : omnova
        • in-game voice sounds like shit compared to vent : kgargs
  • buy wards, this is the #1 reason people die to ganks. Just politley ask your teammates to buy wards too a... : Iwannaacura
• Ha! You're way behind the times, pal. Keep it up, and maybe someday you'll be as "stellar" as I am! : Juno
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  I have developed an irrational love for Pollywog Priest and his host of disables. It's way too much fun t... : boomstickah
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    Someone give me your opinions. Ult to save a tower, or save ult for herokill? : boomstickah
    • I think the hero kill is usually a better option, unless your ult can provide you with the opportunity to... : Lexicon_Leidun
    • tell lakren to go in, then run away : Foxhawk
  • love me some Polly. If there are heroes in my lane, I save em, but if we push to a tower and there's... : knytehawkk
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  lul you want to get hit in the rear : bolneze
  • Someone should make Night Hound and Armaddon porn. : Nighteyes

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  Bobby Flay demands it so!! http://www.shackpics.com/viewer.x?file=untitledJPG_rywwn1bmu3lxs2t97b2v.jpg : Dschinghis Khan
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    I am still waiting for Battle Mayo and Battle Hot Dogs on Iron Chef America : riptyde
    • i want to see battle water : kbnerd
    • that would be amazing. Oh, better yet, 'Today's secret ingredient is.....BACONAISE!" : Dschinghis Khan
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  Is it buttsex? I bet the surprise is buttsex. : Duffman8369
  • wouldn't you like to know? : Dschinghis Khan
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    like that'd be a surprise =( : pharom
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      mother fucker, you haven't played in forever either! What gives? : Dschinghis Khan
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        my new job has me up for work at 4am, I felt I would be doing a disservice if I couldn't maintain the 6 d... : pharom
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          Quit. It's the only option. Or adjust your sleep schedule so you're awake early enough to play DoD, get d : Duffman8369
          • when i show up tonight i will consider all of you enablers :-P : pharom
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  khan is coming out the closet. : ass-street
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    coming cumming : ass-street
    • ...into your mouth. : Dschinghis Khan
• FUCK YES! : .Jayson
• Baconaise. : Dschinghis Khan
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  What is it about this game that makes it so well fitted for drunken alltalk play? I have to admit I ... : .frame
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    lol that's because you were owning faces on UT3 last night, particularly on the Instagib maps. : Arctic Fox
    • Guess its just like riding a bike:) : .frame
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    i really think its the people that we play with. : Dschinghis Khan
    • This + dod sucks so you have to chat and be drunk for it to be fun. : RetroRedEyeJr
    • Yep. : .frame
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      Maybe I will show up and show sanchez how to play the game. : hirosushima
      • you'd better. : Dschinghis Khan
      • somebody needs to : .Jayson
      • The problem with sanchez is that he plays the game sober. Someone needs to show up and show him how to ge... : Duffman8369
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  im fucking excited, i have planned a drunken gaming night with my gf already so i should be well past the... : RetroRedEyeJr
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    ...and then you'll play DoD, right? : Arctic Fox
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      yes i will be attended DoD tonight for sure. Also my drunk and high gf will be making a few guest TKs i'm... : RetroRedEyeJr
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        pics of gf : Dschinghis Khan
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          no dice, she would kill me if i posted them without asking her and every time i ask her she says no. I wi... : RetroRedEyeJr
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            ask when she is drunk and stoned tonight. : Dschinghis Khan
            • i most certainly will. : RetroRedEyeJr
• lunch bump. : Dschinghis Khan
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  bump for MG-42 justice! : timaste
  • I'm going to make it my goal tonight to snipe you so much you ragequit. : ArcKnight
• I've got money on you tonight, Khan. Do me proud. : Snuffles-
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  I may be able to show up again this week. My school is kinda on fire... again :( : Orange Pylon
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    See! This is the kind of dedication pharom needs. Orange Pylon sets his school on fire so he can make it ... : Duffman8369
    • fine fine it won't take Arson Pylon to light a fire under my ass =( : pharom
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      The school is on a hill, with lots of dry and dead plants, smack in the middle of Fire Country in Souther... : Orange Pylon
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        So you're saying this may become a common occurrence on Thursdays at your campus? : ArcKnight
        • I wish :( : Orange Pylon
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  Do you require : MoreVespeneGas
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    More is better! : Alco23
    • I will be a n00b : MoreVespeneGas
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  I think I will be sniping tonight boys! The whole RAWCKET LAWNCHAIR thing didn't really work for me last... : .Jayson
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    Are we going to have a snipe-off? : ArcKnight
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      "I challenge you to a DUEL sir!" : .Jayson
      • Don't make me regulate my drinking for maximum sniping efficiency! : ArcKnight
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      So, last week Jay blew himself, this week it's a circle jerk? What sort of gay website do you think this ... : Arctic Fox
      • One with chicks with dicks : one random winner
      • A HARD GAY one? : .Jayson
• Ohhh, I might come in for a bit, if I remember. : c0bra
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  also, WTF is up with this surprise shit? you guys banned me for kicking Khan last week huh? : .Jayson
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    I bet it's a sound pack where Artic Fox replaced all the sounds with his own voice. All flag capture voca... : Duffman8369
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      All weapon sounds are foomfoom : .frame
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        except for the rocket launcher, which says "CRIKEY!!!" : Arctic Fox
        • This made me lol. Well done. : Duffman8369
    • Oh man I'm so fucking tempted to do this now. : Arctic Fox
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      I guess it's a good thing for .Jayson DOD:S doesn't have flags to capture! : ArcKnight
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        The capture points have flags on them! Dick. : Duffman8369
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          But there's no sound when you capture them, unless you count everyone on the other team going 'OH FUCK TH... : ArcKnight
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            Yes there are. "Area Secured" and whatever those kraut bastards say. : Duffman8369
            • I secured your mom last night >:( : ArcKnight
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            Incorrect, the character that makes the successful cap yells "Point secure!" (or the equivalent in German... : Arctic Fox
            • YOUR MOM'S A CHARACTER IN GERMAN : ArcKnight
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              so ".Jayson's Mom's point is secure!!!!" then? : .Jayson
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                .Jayson's Mom's point requires two guys to secure : pharom
                • Ahahahahhaa : ArcKnight
                • ROFL! : Sailor of Fortune
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  Awesome. This will mark my comeback too! No video games for 40 days wasn't too bad but getting back into ... : Sailor of Fortune
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    I don't think I could do it. You are a better man than I am! I look forward to getting headshotted ... : .Jayson
    • Is that a euphemism? : Arctic Fox
    • hmmm... : Nitrium
    • not gay : .Jayson
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    So why did you go 40 days without video games? Were you going for pre-deployment training or something? : ArcKnight
    • I was at Warrant Officer Candidate School in Alabama. We weren't allowed to have anything there. Some ... : Sailor of Fortune
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  bump! : Arctic Fox
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    ...and grind! : ArcKnight
    • and FOOM : Dschinghis Khan
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  And Here's Sting, to play us out with a cut off his new album. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UppX6vP3... : Dschinghis Khan
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    Bill was just pissed because he wanted to hear http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXhuso4OTG4 instead. : ArcKnight
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      hah, he would like Styx, wouldn't he? : Dschinghis Khan
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        I like Styx. What are you trying to say, Khan? : ArcKnight
        • I'm trying to say Styx is pretty bad. : Dschinghis Khan
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  Should I get any map packs before I join tonight? I hate downloading maps in-game. : TaintedSyringe
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    Yeah, but I can't be arsed to find them. : ArcKnight
    • Does anyone else know off the top of their head? : TaintedSyringe
  • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=20656957#itemanchor_20656957 : ArcKnight
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    Sure, but all the maps download pretty fast unless you live in New Zealand like Cliff. http://alco23.s... : Dschinghis Khan
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      I probably will. :) : TaintedSyringe
      • awesome, try to throw in some lines about how much you hate the X-Men or something. : Dschinghis Khan
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      how many of those maps aren't terrible? : synapse19
      • We don't know the map names so we can't tell you. It's always "That one map, you know, the one with the b... : ArcKnight
      • Get the ones ArcKnight linked to. http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=20656957 : Arctic Fox
• i gotta buy some coors original : ass-street
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  Yus! A game where my bullets go into the dudes I'm pointing at! : Cliffzorz
  • However, in DoD, that's entirely not required. : Arctic Fox
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  ATTENTION ATTENION ACHTUNG ACHTUNGbaby Before you join the server make it is downloading files from t : Dschinghis Khan
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    Oooh that must've been my problem last week >:( : yosemiteclimber
    • Nope. Didn't have this stuff last week. : Alco23

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• Whoa. : WhatIsThisFor
• Quick, get some plants up there STAT! : one random winner
• water skiing on the moon! : jonin
• bring on Bioshock 5! : nunami
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  There's cocaine on the moon? : Waverider
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    This is pure snow, man! : Rich McNinch
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      Do you have any idea what the street value of this mountain is?! : Rehevkor
      • you are awesome : dignan
      • Thanks! : Rich McNinch
• That just looks like the moon got attacked by Phil's mosquitos : pancake humper
• soggy cheese :( : SolveChrist
• Sign me up, i want to GO! : IA_Lanky
• the moon is awesome : shakybonez31
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  zero-g slip-n-slide! : ass-street
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    The moon has no gravity now? :P : thecray
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      1/3g slip-n-slide? : uglysad
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        1/6g, people... : Flint Ironstag
        • Thats why I had a ? on there. didn't feel like looking it up and didn't know it off the top of my head : uglysad
    • close enough : ass-street
  • no, the oil is on uranus, silly : jcupitt
• That's from NASA burying all the bodies of the Moon Landing Hoax believers for decades. : Sailor of Fortune
• would of been better if they found vodka : mindshot
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  also sailors. : CoRDS
  • whalers! : DarkWolf5
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    do you know where I can find some sailors? : sanchez
    • merchant semen? : massdev
    • IN THE NAVY... : michaelleung
• very nice. Can't wait for the impact scheduled for next month : grabbie
• where there is water up there, there's Tofu : kainen1
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  paging Moonbase Commander : manero
  • Guess he left the water running.... : YerMothah
  • Haha. God, I've never seen someone get so much use out of their username. I'm jealous. : Rice-Rocketeer
• Co.. uh copy that Houston... there's water on the fucking moon. Unfuckingbeliveable, over. : confuseatron
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  Breaking news, Obama announces moon landing scheduled for tomorrow afternoon : gmd
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    Actually, no, Obama is cutting funding to NASA and pushing back our scheduled relanding on the moon date ... : Flint Ironstag
    • Or, I should say PAST 2020. Although, maybe this will entice a reconsideration, but I really doubt it. : Flint Ironstag
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      I hadn't heard anything about him cutting funding, link? : WhatIsThisFor
      • It has been his stance since before the election. He actually advocated cutting NASA funding to put it to... : Evil Benius
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      I'm really glad Obama won... but I really don't expect to get much support for NASA now. At this rate, I ... : confuseatron
      • honestly I think a private corporation landing on the moon would be far more significant than NASA at thi... : zerog83
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      sub guy who actually took a joke seriously : gmd
      • 'Sub, gmd. : cornchak
  • he'll be landing, himself. and moonwalking to show us how it's really done. : EvilDolemite
• That was me, I put it there. : locater16
• Those bottles of Fiji aren't so special anymore. : riptyde
• Sea of Tranquility, duh! : sgtsanity
• Stupid plumber said he was gonna be here on monday :( : Moonbase Commander : r3dn3ck
• There's water in my moon when I eat crappy food. : Maddog_Delphi97
• Clearly this is was the lasers are reflecting off of. Moon hoax exposed. : Blucklesworth
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  Non-news. As I understand it, water is abundant in the universe. And in order for any kind of functiona... : exigence7
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    Did you read the article? : WhatIsThisFor
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      Yes. Outside of hobbyist, I don't see the point. Here's the few lines that talk about it's significance : exigence7
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        well I'm no rocket sturgeon, but I can see how this would be useful info if we ever plan on colonizing or... : shika.art
        • Confirmed by motivational poster: http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/9938/rocketsturgeoneo8.jpg : Waverider
      • I don't think it's any mystery why finding water on the moon is important. Hint: Moon base. : WhatIsThisFor
      • It cost 80,000 dollars to launch 1 gallon of water into space. Your going to want to find water there if... : grabbie
  • "As I understand it, water is abundant in the universe" That knowledge comes from experiments just lik... : Smirks D
• socialist lies! don't believe big government organizations! but really, this is a good thing as we need t... : BongSlayerB
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  Next thing we know is they find fucking sharks with lasers swimming in it. : mofo
  • lasers swimming in sharks? someone call a vet. : Drewus
• The LCROSS thing is going to smash into the lunar surface in a week or two, should be pretty awesome. : MagicWishMonkey
• Wasn't that a Sting song? : FS|Archangel

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• oh F YEAH boomblox!!! : sparkly
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  I can't be there :( It's free museum day and we're going down to San Juan Capistrano : action wombmate
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    You're dead to me boy. : krym3
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      Sorry! We'd made the plans before I saw the shackmeet announcement :( : action wombmate
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        You're saving yourslef 9 dollars per person by going on free admission day. Go some other day and come to... : tinfoilhatter
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          I found a discount, I'm giving you 8 bucks and a coupon. : tinfoilhatter
          • It's less about the money and more about the plans already being made :( : action wombmate
      • I'mma make it rain there. if you're quick you can easily get $9. : edgewise
• This will always be what I think of when I think Shackmeet: http://www.netzwerkomaha.com/pub/videos/At... : Omaha
• I have Little BIg Planet, Rockband 1 ( drums and one guitar) if you need it. : jcrockerman
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  I ended up getting food poisoning during the week and missing school, so I won't be going to that essay-w... : Megara9
  • Food poisoning FTW! That's probably the last time I'll ever get to say that. : Ctrl-Phreak
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    I poisoned you. sorry, but it had to be done. : edgewise
    • I knew it was you!! You thought you could throw me off the scent by using Thai food : Megara9
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  I guess I can bring RB 1 up since I left my drums at iamgoat's house last year. Will you already have gui... : hbalce1
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    Oh sure! Shall I toss the grill in the back of my convertible while we're at it? I kid. Let me know i : Megara9
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      I have a picnic earlier in the day for work, so I will be going a bit late. My RB drums will need a ride ... : hbalce1
      • sure no prob :) : Megara9
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    I have the game, and glad to know those are your drums, we were wondering. We just have some old skool G... : krym3
    • In that case I will just ride up on the bike. I realized I left them a day or so after the meet last year... : hbalce1
  • You gonna get drunked again? : sammyl
  • Can I take more videos of you singing? : bcyde
  • We can bring our RB2 and stuff, too. :) : DianeOfTheMoon
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  I'm going to try and roll up there, but I need to get all of my homework done, check with a friend (I thi... : doozer667
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    Is that on the way from SD? Matt and I could give you a ride if you don't have gas money. : Megara9
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      is VISTA on the way, I mean : Megara9
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        vista is next to oceanside. (where i live) : adev
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          In that case I can totally provide transport. I can fit for 2 guests in my car if anyone needs a lift. : Megara9
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            That would definitely be awesome. I'll get my homework done and talk to my friend. : doozer667
            • k, send me a shackmessage when you know what's up : Megara9
• i'll be there for sure : EvilDolemite
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  hey guys, should i come? i've never been to one of these before, i'm scared! : lja83
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    Yes. : krym3
    • well ok then! : lja83
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  Do you guys ever play non electronic games? I have Apples to Apples (which could be very novel with shack... : tinfoilhatter
  • We played that a few months ago at BlackCat9 and DianeOfTheMoon's meet and it proved to be quite fun. : action wombmate
  • I actually was going to bring JUST that game. It hasnt really happened yet, not to say it couldnt. : krym3
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    We played that at a shackmeet once and it was quite entertaining. I say bring it just in case. : Ctrl-Phreak
    • Megara left hers at our place, so we can bring it up. :) : DianeOfTheMoon
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    I bet more people would be interested in that than videogames. There's never really that many people play... : edgewise
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      Apples to apples gives great insight into how weird someone's sense of humor can be. It is pretty amazing... : tinfoilhatter
      • we played apples to apples at Zero|DPX's one time, it was pretty hilarious. we had one guy that would rel... : xsoulbrothax
  • I love apples to apples and have brought it to the last 2 shackmeets. It's awesome playing it w/ Diane an... : Megara9
  • i don't usually, i just read about apples to apples tho and it sounds pretty fun : lja83
  • I'd do boardgames for sure. Party games though, the shackmeet isn't a good environment for stuff like Pue... : sammyl
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  No PC's this year huh? : Cygnus X-1
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    Nope. They take up a lot of space and each year the meet gets bigger, but my place stays the same. None... : iamgoat
    • Cool man, thanks for all he effort with these. : Cygnus X-1
• Here's a 2005 photo. I didn't name the file. lol http://www.typeblue.com/y_pictures/(164)_big_chin_vs.... : adev
• This young'un is going to Indio on a trip. next year for sure! : StolenNosferatu
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  I'm 75% sure I'm coming. Spazzium and FPS David if they go will be coming from Sacramento and I may carpo... : Sailor of Fortune
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    awesome u guys can tell me about sacramento! Since i'll be moving there in a year or so. : Demius
    • It's called "Sac" for a reason! What area btw actually makes a difference. : Sailor of Fortune
    • it's a place you might go to accidentally one day : mikecyb
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      Sacramento is the Reno of California. : bashildy@speakeasy.net
      • I don't get the hate for Sacramento... It's not LA, Tahoe or SF but it sure as hell ain't Reno, unless ma... : SatansFist
    • Sacramento downtown is clean with great food and beer. The rest sucks. : spazzium
  • how big is the car that spazdavid is coming in? i've got a +1 that seems interested in going, and she ask... : xsoulbrothax
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  This picture from last year is a stark 180 from the other infamous one: http://picasaweb.google.com/iamg... : Sailor of Fortune
  • omg i remember that. OVERDRIFT. : xsoulbrothax
• I'll be coming in from the Long Beach/ Compton area if anyone needs a ride. I won't make it there until ... : jcrockerman
• I'm so excited! I can't wait! : angrytaxman
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  KrYm3 and I picked up some stuff at Costco today! http://picasaweb.google.com/iamgoat/Shackmeet09262009#... : iamgoat
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    Screw hanging out with shackers, I'm coming just to eat KrYm3 burgers (tm) : Ctrl-Phreak
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      You can't have any Bruery beer then! : tinfoilhatter
      • But... :( You'll understand once you try the burgers (assuming you aren't a dirty hippy and you do in ... : Ctrl-Phreak
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  Oh btw I am a huuuuge nerd so I will be bringing some of my Magic decks. I could also bring some boosters... : sammyl
  • I rocked the 360 game at acidnynex's place a while back and was kicking ass. I actually kind of know how : Ctrl-Phreak
• looks like a windows 7 party : Lawgiver
• If there is anyone that could bring a Wii easily that wold be great! Its going to be difficult to unhook... : krym3
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  SF IV and 2 TE sticks will be coming with me as well as BlazBlue . : bcyde
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    How is BlazBlue? I keep hearing really positive things about it. Saying it's even better than SFIV. : Godhatesfatpeople
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      Blazblue is just prettier and much easier than SF IV. But I don't think it's better than SF IV in the lon... : mayooms
      • I really need to get a copy. Thanks! : Godhatesfatpeople
    • I haven't really played it because SF IV is so good. It has way better net code, replay system and lobby... : bcyde
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  Just in case somebody is interested in seeing it, I think I'll bring space hulk. It'll probably sit in t... : DianeOfTheMoon
  • How long does a game take? : thane