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• link to original post : http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=21097068#itemanchor_21097068 : Baba Ghanoush
• Evidence of racist voting! : nodebug
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  what an ass : [7]kami
  • http://movies.apple.com/media/us/ipad/2010/tours/apple-ipad-video-us-20100127_r848-9cie.mov : ventro
• plagiarism indeed! : Perturbation
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  man as s much as that video is corny as fuck, that song has some sick breakdowns/riffs in it in general =... : the city
  • as long as you don't mind being a huge fgt then i guess it's okay : Sapiens
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    it what? It has generic as fuck single note stuff in it. It might be tight, but that's because it's had t... : moshman
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      so does throwdown, but they do it well. it's all in execution. granted, they add that goofy ass shit ... : the city
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        i meant the "sick" riffs are entirely generic nowadays, the kind of stuff that was started by meshuggah 1... : moshman
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          meshuggah? i'm not sure they started that. contributed to perhaps, but started is a bit of a stretch. : the city
          • ok, made it popular then. : moshman
• pity lol'd : Juno
• i hate people who don't give credit.. : moshman
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  Loled your original post and unloled c_man_tmt's post. : DrWaffles
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    Is there some way to actually unlol something? : the city
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      Click the LOL graphic opposite of the new comment button. Go to the page of stuff you lol'ed. To unlol ... : DrWaffles
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        this si handy information for the awkward accidental *UNF'D posts : Juno
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          Hey sorry, dumb question, but is unf for stuff that is particularly... uninformative? I don't understand : ecclesio
          • Things that make you go...unf unf : Ebu
      • loljustice : [7]kami
• oh that's not cool :( : Flying h4x0r
• Its about timing, he was funnier when he did it j/k, we should burn him to death. : socksta
• 57? That's it? How about 63? http://www.lmnopc.com/greasemonkey/shacklol/user.php?authoredby=Kentor h... : Kentor
• c_man_tmt is a cunt! : niceguynick
• lols are for everyone to share, let it go brother : Dave-A
• Yeah, that's lame. You should get credit. : Visceral Monkey
• But that thing at the bottom of the page says all posts here are creative commons an public domain : RikiTiki2
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  I noticed that yesterday, and thought it was weird that he didn't give you credit and nobody immediately ... : DinK
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    but then you didn't point it out either, DID YOU dINk?! : fishbone
    • They came for Baba Ghanoush and I did nothing because it wasn't my image. =( Actually I probably just... : DinK
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  Dude I got like 40 lol's for posting a sparkly comic ThomW's script made. I guess if they actually counte... : tashtego
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    how do you know you got 40 LOLs? : fishbone
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      you go to the lol page? : tashtego
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        yeah but they don't count for anything, why even bother : fishbone
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          did you even read my post : tashtego
          • my point is, you care enough to check, so there must be SOME personal value. Baba Ghanoush was just poin... : fishbone
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  shit man that's terrible. are you gonna be alright? : xxiv
  • It depends. Are you okay, xxiv? : CrustaR
• Even disregarding the LOL's, that's jacked up. : ecclesio

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  Wait what? : boarder2
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    we are shooting the moon, seeing what happens. : radula
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      Oh, awesome. Guess no one watched The Time Machine remake then. : boarder2
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        whats is awesome is how the local news kept teasing 'NASA IS GOING TO BOMB THE MOON' damn i hate local ne... : smacknca
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          My retarded New Ager friends on facebook are whining about it. http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=1... : father_crown
          • Those people are immensely confusing. : Danny5225
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            omg, Obama's starting a war with the MOON on the same day he gets the Nobel Prize for Peace! : cerealSAM2
            • Let's take the war to them damn moon people! : Mad Brahmin Disease
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      Its awesome that they've just given up on trying to land shit : alnya
      • Actually, I believe this mission is to see what's in the crust of the moon by analyzing what the dust clo... : IndigoAK
    • This is traditionally pretty risky : zebosausamite
• I think around 6ish eastern? : Visceral Monkey
• http://gizmodo.com/5376774/how-watch-the-moon-bombing-in-real-time : skunk_ape
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  Fuck. Yes. I hope people get some great video. Apparently there's a large tent going crowd around Moun... : Danny5225
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    Live stream should be viewable here http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html : tfsbrian
    • "live" -- like the anniversary moon recreation. The bandwidth will be overloaded at the good parts. : cerealSAM2
• 4:30 AM I think. : edgewise
• 7:30 am eastern f that : Chandler55
• It's just a 2m thermal exhaust port... : Lunatic Angelic
• Impact at: Fri. Oct. 9, 2009, 4:31:19 a.m. PDT http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LCROSS/main/index.html : yourGarbageMan
• Is there a projected terrorist casualty figure yet? : losimagic
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  Anybody want to start a betting pool on what object in space we're going to hurl shit at next? : IndigoAK
  • *insert uranus joke here* : sanchez
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  IT'S STARTED. Intro just started. : cerealSAM2
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    5 minutes! : filthysock
    • yeah, just three very dopey, talky dudes at the moment. : cerealSAM2
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  Holy shit, was that a video feed from the "payload" approaching the moon, in real time? Or am I imagining... : father_crown
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    They're showing live video of the observation vehicle (which is separate from the payload) moving into po... : Helter Skelter
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      So is the video feed gonna like, zoom in revealing closer and closer detail until it goes "bzzzt"? Cuz th... : father_crown
      • And "Mr. Nobel Peace Prize President" is about to drop a bomb on the moon. We should all be ashamed. : cerealSAM2
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        That is the weirdest point of view I have heard in a while. What do they think the very craters that defi... : gooblerampling
        • Either that or they're neo-luddites and anything related to science/technology is bad, mmkay? But they co... : father_crown
  • yeah the pics of the moon that get bigger are from the spacecraft : dooberzoo
• I love the fact that in essence they're just hitting something with a big stick to see what happens. Scie... : chazums
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  Faster stream (about a minute ahead of NASA page stream) mms://a1926.l1856941925.c18569.g.lm.akamaistr... : bigexplosions
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    http://www.aetherstation.net/nasatv/ too : dooberzoo
    • this one seems more ahead... : bigexplosions
• sweet mullet on that dude : Mansmells
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  3 minutes to impact??? : bigexplosions
  • 60 seconds! : bigexplosions
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  Boom? Kind of anti-climactic heh. : Nixx2004
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    yeah why didnt they show an actual image, instead of infared.... : shadebane
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      Because the imact area was entirely in the dark : Jinxplayer
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        was there explosives? or was it just a crashing crap into the moon ordeal? : shadebane
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          the "crap" that was crashing, more than likely was moving at some 3 KM/s : Jinxplayer
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            ok so it was just crap, thanks! : shadebane
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              "5000 pound rocket loaded with TNT" according to what some lady on the Today show just said. I have no i... : DinK
              • so did they have like a mile long fuse to lite up that ol' TnT keg? :-p : shadebane
    • The impact point is in shadow because they wanted a place where any surface water wouldn't have been burn... : cerealSAM2
  • Yeah.... that was pretty meh. : Kniggit
  • Yeah, it was underwhelming : Jinxplayer
  • yeah, I was expecting some-to-extreme carnage. That was none-to-little carnage. Carnage scale fail :( : gakera
  • that was so weak. : ant321
  • Hopefully they evaulate the data quickly, id like to see something : Jinxplayer
  • Yeah. Still, i'd like to see a .gif of the images of the moon getting closer and sped up. : father_crown
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    Were you guys expecting Shoemaker Levy II? It was a two tonner hitting at 6k mph, we see stuff used in A : Lunatic Angelic
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      The flash was supposed to be visible from earth with backyard telescopes so yes! : dael
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        12 inchers aren't really, 'backyard telescopes' those are multi thousand dollar units. : Lunatic Angelic
        • they aren't always thousands of dollars, some are endowed at birth. : shadebane
        • Telescope definition notwithstanding, I was expecting a giant flash, maybe not Shoemaker but a good one n... : dael
• Once we landed men on the moon and returned them safely to the earth. No we crash rocket boosters into cr... : Visceral Monkey
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  Damn that talking dude in the yellow tie has some ugly hair. : father_crown
  • Also http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=al56Tb8T_rQ : father_crown

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• those things shit me. and i remove them instantly. i was disappointed my car wasn't covered in them w... : CoRDS
• I always leave the screen ones on. They tend to stick on there for the lifetime of the product and they ... : everybodysuncle
• I'm going to leave every one I ever get on, now. : cerealSAM2
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  There's a new coffee place near me, and under the drive-through window there's a big fancy-lookin' brushe... : Dave-A
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    you know what you must do : Dravenport
    • +pics+divx : trevis
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  I LOVE it when that happens because I then peel it off for them. : Visceral Monkey
  • I do this as well, and you'd be surprised just how pissy people get. They're all like.. ."No no no no no.... : Werkin
  • I do this too, but sometimes I feel guilty about it - like I'm stealing an amazing experience from them. : hax3d
• i like peeling them off for some reason : Dravenport
• haha I leave protective plastic films on laptop screens until they look ratty : MamiyaOtaru
• I know people that leave those on specifically to bother people like you. : Amadan
• Also, those "intel inside" stickers on notebooks! : jodiuh
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  I hate them. They usually have tons of tiny bubbles under them, or are slightly colored. : ZombieAcademy
  • Also I went to change the lightbulb for the first time on a fixture in my place that is super high. I had... : ZombieAcademy
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  I take them off, but put them back neatly in the box. I put them back in place when I move, as well as pu... : theamazingrand0
  • FREAK! : Mad Brahmin Disease
• Peel em off when you see them.. you can never put them back on properly :P : biofrog
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  i did that accidentally on my motorola q. i didn't realize that it wasn't supposed to be blue there. ... : dahanese
  • I hope what you really learned is to not buy a Motorola Qs. : IndigoAK
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  haha I hate that too. Also leaving the colorful stickers promoting their features on camcorders/digicams/... : JohnnyDanger
  • people love badges : drucifer
  • i took all the 'windows xp' and 'intel atom' badges off of my mini 9 :D : xsoulbrothax
• YES! I hate people who leave the energy star stickers on fridges and washing machines too : batkiwi
• I left the one on my microwave for 3 years, when I peeled it off it looked like a new microwave. Damn I ... : abrasion
• I peel them off and stick them to other things... like putting Windows Vista on a urinal : drucifer
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  My parents have been putting TV remotes in a protective plasticky bag since the 80s. Every time I visit, ... : pap26
  • yeah, my folks left the plastic that protected the case finish during shipping on their Dell Laptop. I ac... : drucifer
  • Haha, yeah. My parents used to put remotes in ziploc bags. : quartic0
• My car has this thick plastic covering over my speedometer and surrounding meters. I haven't removed it. : freakynipples69
• You hate my father. Prepare to die. : tinfoilhatter
• It's kind of like wrapping your furniture in plastic to "keep it pretty". : lapskaus
• When I worked on the Genius Bar we'd get 2 or 3 appointments per week when people would come in with iPho... : peanut-
• Even if I WANTED to leave them on, I physically couldn't do it because it's like scratching an itch or pe... : fishbone
• the blue plastic is still on my rock band pedal, after a month. : barichnikov
• a guy came to a car club meet a few times and we had noticed that his rear seats were still wrapped in pl... : moe6
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  asians love those : skanky08
  • hahaha I was just going to post "is this an asian thing? because one of my roommates did this and also co... : majestik
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  I agree. RANT: I'm all for taking care of your stuff but in the end... IT'S JUST FUCKING STUFF! You only ... : majestik
  • *your, etc. I didn't proofread this. : majestik
• totally agree, I take them off other people's stuff without asking : gameindustryplant
• Is that like buying a hat and leaving all the stickers on it? Cuz that's cool. : Navy Spitfire

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  Two more hours before I can play it. I'm fiending. My friend just bought a copy so hopefully we can get... : bRAINsick
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    Can't really co-op in the traditional sense. : mechanicalgrape
    • Yeah. I'll let him beat 1-1 and then get him to summon me : bRAINsick
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  I broke down and got it. I am loving is so far as a royalty but now I am getting my ass kicked by the 2-2... : d3tached
  • The 2-2 boss fuels my rage >:(. Gave up for tonight... Need sleep. : Malku
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  Playstyle subthread: It seems like the game is evolving into 2-4 different playstyles depending on you... : DianeOfTheMoon
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    So far, playing as a melee combatant has been pretty exciting. You have the armor to absorb multiple blo... : DianeOfTheMoon
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      I'd say being able to successfully parry helps make playing the heavy armor type a lot easier. You end u... : walker270
      • With my thief I was parrying everything, it was amazing because dagger ripostes ruin enemies so badly. : Majuju
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        With the way I've been playing, I don't have to try and time it. It's all in the risk vs. reward, I gues... : DianeOfTheMoon
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          I found that the parry approach had one other benefit, though - I was using a halberd, which is pretty cr... : Fayk
          • Ah...for me, the broadsword is a slashing weapon with a thrusting, piercing strong attack. So in narrow ... : DianeOfTheMoon
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    I think I'm going to start over for a third time as a Royal, I'm getting nowhere fast playing a melee pri... : Majuju
    • A priest is what I'm playing, and I'm having a great time of it. I do think it's a little bit harder, bu... : DianeOfTheMoon
    • I am loving playing as my melee priest. : cornchak
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  Is this game really that awesome? Sell me on it. Why do I want it? Difficulty doesn't scare me (I'... : kallanta
  • The combat is well put together, you need to really think about how you fight each enemy/group of enemies... : Majuju
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    This game oozes so much atmosphere and has such a well put together fighting system it's amazing. Like N... : DianeOfTheMoon
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      As soon as you mentioned NG, I went limp. : ashkie
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        This isn't a game where you can run around and mash a button until things die...you really have to think ... : DianeOfTheMoon
        • I'd also like to add that _every_ _single_ death of mine has been my fault. I might yell out "Come on" or... : DianeOfTheMoon
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          I dunno that may be the case but NG was still very much a fast-paced action game, and while you could wai... : DeBurgo
          • Super hard Zelda seems like a good way to put it. Take the different moves you learn in Twilight Princess... : beanman101283
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      Am I going to need to get in on the game now to enjoy it, or can it wait till next year? My backlog be a... : kallanta
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        I think you could still enjoy it in a year, but you might miss out on all of the multiplayer features of ... : DianeOfTheMoon
        • I don't quite mean an entire year later... just sort of post-Bayonetta timeframe. : kallanta
    • There's also a subtle point I haven't seen mentioned yet: there's no in-game map or compass of any kind. ... : Rehevkor
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  Shard of <X>Stone farming...where should I do it? I've got a quality broadsword +2 and a mace +3, but I ... : DianeOfTheMoon
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    Best I've found are the shield blob guys in 1-2/1-1. : Majuju
    • Yeah I've gotten a lot of Shards of Hardstone from them : bRAINsick
  • Totally 2-1. They're miners! : nevlos
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  This living vicariously is making me sad that I can't play it :[ I wonder if Blockbuster still lets yo... : R@zzle
  • nope : mwasher
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  What order is everyone doing the levels? : warcrow
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    I did 1-1,1-2,4-1,2-1,3-1 and am not sure if I'll finish out the 1s or try for 2-2 : DianeOfTheMoon
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      I tried 4-1 after 1-1 and pretty much got owned 1-2 wasn't much better but I did get to the boss at least... : bRAINsick
      • I'd go for 1-2. Once you understand the boss, he's not too hard and you can corpse run it in about 5 min... : DianeOfTheMoon
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      I got SOOOO close to finishing 3-1 and then it all went haywire when I tried to spear this giant sea urch... : Boxelder
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        Those things are a pain, but what I do is wait for the stun attack (they ring the bell before it) and dod : DianeOfTheMoon
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          What killed me is a giant blob like thing that spits lightning balls. I poked it with my spear and it k : Boxelder
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            If you try melee, a half dozen swords appear around him and he will swing wildly at you. yeah...that : Boxelder
            • I just hid behind a column right next to it, then came out and swatted it a couple of times after its mag : DianeOfTheMoon
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  Help with 2-1 Preparing to fight the boss. Tips? I'm a Barbarian with heavy armor/weapons. : David Craddock
  • I don't have any tips :/ I tried fighting him close and he owned my face. I ended up just using magic/ran... : d3tached
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    Do you have The flame shield? If so, run down the hallway, go left and get under the walkway, so you are : DianeOfTheMoon
    • I used the shield and it helped tremendously. Thanks! : David Craddock
• Apparently I lost connection to the servers at some point, even though i'm still logged into PSN. Anyone ... : beanman101283
• i am struggling with the boss at the end of 2-2. tips please. i am Royalty wearing light armor and i ha... : grendel
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  Tips for beating 2-1 boss with melee character Started and finished the fight in just a few minutes; I : David Craddock
  • For those who don't have the Flame Shield, here's how and where to get it: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn... : David Craddock
  • Addendum: if you have the fire resistance ring, where that, too. Every bit of flame resistance helps. : David Craddock
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    You may want to o [ ] o those posts for people who don't want to know the answers yet. :) : DianeOfTheMoon
    • They don't have to click! Actually, you're right; my bad. ;) : David Craddock
    • Yeah, it's a little silly though because this game is so hard that any tip is just a tiny aid, you still ... : Boxelder
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    How do you equip the turpentine? I couldn't figure that out. : bRAINsick
    • Apply it to one of your item buttons in the equip screen. Use d-pad down to cycle through until Turpentin... : David Craddock
• fuckin portland. release my newegg shipment omfg wtf : Downforce
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  So... to talk to the Monumental after beating Phalanx, am I supposed to jump off the ledge in front of he : mechanicalgrape
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    what? : Boxelder
    • The blind chick is telling me to go talk to the Monumental, the huge statue in the Nexus. : mechanicalgrape
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    No, Follow the stairs up like in the cutscene and at the top, you'll see a small ring of children, all wi : DianeOfTheMoon
    • thanks : mechanicalgrape
  • No, there will be a long line of what look like little broken Buddha statues. The one with a candle lit i... : beanman101283
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    NO. Notice all those People]p ringing that floor? Find one that looks different Has a candle in front : Fayk
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      fuuuuuuuu I could of sworn I refreshed. : Fayk
      • you could have told me if you were in steam chat! : mechanicalgrape
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    All the phantoms I've seen in my game seem to think so XD : SolrFlare
    • Yeah. :D : DianeOfTheMoon
  • I only found her because there was a note in front of her last night. : bRAINsick
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  can't parry when wielding a weapon with 2 hands? :( : eeeealmo
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    No, you're supposed to beat the shit out of them before you need to parry. : SolrFlare
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      That almost never works out. : bRAINsick
      • Then you shouldn't be two handing the weapon yet. : SolrFlare
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        you gotta roll and dodge a lot (light armor) : eeeealmo
        • I picked a knight and I try to roll and dodge as much as I can. I should probably try and find some ligh... : bRAINsick
  • no but you can parry if you dual wield : snidely sid
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  are the demon souls the only ones I shouldn't consume? : nevlos
  • yea you can eat everything else, save the boss souls for weapons : snidely sid
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  Now I'm confused, I bought a spell, Soul Arrow, remembered it, have it equipped, how do I cast it? Do I n... : mechanicalgrape
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    You have to equip one of those wands (forget what its called) then use it in whichever hand you equipped ... : Rasnowl
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      Ahh, guess I need a wand then : / : mechanicalgrape
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        there is a pretty easy one to get halfway through 1-2, under the bridge, i believe : nevlos
        • on top of the tower. : Majuju
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        They're called "Catalysts". The royalty class starts out with a silver catalyst, but I haven't found a p... : Rasnowl
        • I also found one in 3-1, along with it being a fantastic place to farm spice. : DianeOfTheMoon
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  Black phantom question: how does it work? 1.) Do I have to invite one into my game like the blue phan... : Rasnowl
  • 1)random 2)no 3)hunt 4)im not actually sure 5)technically yes, or you could just kill em : snidely sid
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  This game looks fucking awesome : zerog83
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    I'm a weenie when it comes to difficult games, and I'm loving this. Even when I die, I can make my way b... : Rasnowl
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      I've died a lot tonight. Got frustrated for a bit, then cheated on the wiki, and kicked ass! : nevlos
      • Dying in this game doesn't piss me off like in most. I usually laugh at my own stupidity when I get kille : Rehevkor
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  Flame Toss - any good? : nevlos
  • It's quite handy in 2-1 against the giggling fire throwing enemies : beanman101283
  • yeah, it helped me a lot in 3-1 : Boxelder
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  I dig this game so much I actually wrote a couple pieces on my time with the first world (spoilers): ht... : mittense
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    do you have an extra ps3 I can borrow??? :( : mwasher
    • :( : mittense
  • Holy fuck I just entered someone else's world as a Phantom and took down the Tower Knight. Fuck yes. : mittense
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    Has anyone else seen a mouse running around every now and then? : mittense
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      http://demonssouls.wikidot.com/crystal-geckos ? : nevlos
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        Yeah, those! : mittense
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          if you don't kill them you have to kill a boss to get them to appear again :( I missed one right near the... : nevlos
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            I don't think this is right. There is one on the way to fight the Tower Knight. I missed him the fi... : cornchak
            • they will always reappear the crystals they drop however will not show up unless you load up your game... : snidely sid
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    Not being able to sell items (and therefore actually do anything with them other than deposit or drop the... : mittense
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      Not really, because you have a whole assortment to choose from eventually. You'll find situations where ... : Boxelder
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        That doesn't make up for the lack of the ability to make use of something you may never want. I don't nee... : mittense
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          Since certain weapon classes all upgrade into a final ultimate weapon, it's worth it to keep 'lesser' wea... : Majuju
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            Yes, maybe, but the game doesn't give me the option of doing the temporary gratification (selling shit) o... : mittense
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              I agree, but I think the decision to prevent selling was made to prevent players from too easily acquirin... : David Craddock
              • Especially with the amount of loot that drops. You have lots of options, but it doesn't make the game ove... : Vincent Grayson
  • And for anyone that actually read these, the final one (which ends with the completion of world 1.2): htt... : mittense
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  I rescued Ostrava and followed him around to make sure he was okay, but now he's not back in the Nexus li... : mechanicalgrape
  • did you save him in 1-2? he didn't show up for me until then : nevlos
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  this game is so freaking intense. : Boxelder
  • found out a secret for the guard in 3-1. fire stuns them : Boxelder
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  good place to get arrows? : eeeealmo
  • There is a shopkeeper in 4-1 who is in a jail in the basement of a tower., the keys are on the otherside ... : ghost in my shell
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  I got killed and have to do a corpse run. If I return to the Nexus, will my bloodstain still be there whe... : protmind
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    Yes. Your stain will be there until you die again or you get back to it. : DianeOfTheMoon
    • including save&quit ? : barichnikov
• Found a great farming spot once you beat tower knight, just warp to his stone, then go backwards. Sneak u... : nevlos
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  Finally beat 3-1. I feel like I beat an entire game. : Boxelder
  • Wait until you see 3-2 XD : SolrFlare
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  Honestly 1-2 can kiss my ass. If it's not the boss it's the damn blue knights before him. I've been try... : bRAINsick
  • try getting your body back by putting down a marker and then doing yours when you have people with you? : eeeealmo
  • All you do is hold up your shield and back away when they swing then punish when they are recovering. : Boxelder
  • just parry them : snidely sid
  • this may help: you actually have a lot more space to maneuver than it seems like, even though the dragon ... : DeBurgo
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    oh shit so after the 2 blue knights there's a boss ? i corpse ran my souls for an hour. can't go back bec... : barichnikov
    • You should kill the dragon if you have some ranged attacks. Took maybe 10-15 minutes of my Royalty start... : Barnahog
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  I finally got into the door behind the Red-Eye Knight in 1-1. Spoilers: It took me three hours of fruitle : ucanbfuzzy
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    That door is still locked for me after beating him. How do you open it? : silent prophet
    • you have to kill ostrava, the glowing yellow knight you save from the dreglings in 1-1 and the crossbow s : DeBurgo
• For the unique weapon upgrades...does anyone know if the base weapon has to be truly base? Like, could I... : DianeOfTheMoon
• It was great getting a lucky drop on some fist weapons in 1-1 or 1-2. Cause those things really tear up s... : ghost in my shell
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  It's crazy how much easier this game gets as you level up and learn how to fight properly. I had a tough ... : Boxelder
  • know the enemies attack patterns is pretty key too. i can fight a blue-eyed knight now without getting h... : eeeealmo
• FROM Software is great; sad I can't play this game. : Foxhawk
• And world 2 is down! : DianeOfTheMoon
• any word on a pc port? : scener

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  I will never be able to pronounce this game's title properly without effort. : Sapiens
  • just think italian : moshman
  • It'za me, Forza! : Lunatic Angelic
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  unlimited rewinds? That's pretty lame. I thought you'd get one. I'll still get it, but it looks the sa... : Boxelder
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    and they kept the quicksand grass. boo. : Boxelder
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      I hate this in racing games, I really do. I have never, even seen a car instantly lose 30 mph driving ... : IndigoAK
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        That's true, they should have them simply spin out of control instead. : batkiwi
        • or explode into gibs : Mansmells
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          Dead lord, I hated that in GTAIV even more. Point taken. : IndigoAK
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            Yeah, there needs to be a penalty, and there can sometimes be a thing as TOO much realism. I mean what e... : batkiwi
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              As long as the camera doesn't shake violently like in Need for Speed SHIFT : IndigoAK
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                Up until today I was loving shift but today it just gave me the shits : batkiwi
                • I got DiRT2 a few days ago as a birthday gift from my little sister and I haven't been able to go back to... : IndigoAK
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      Uh, you realize if they didn't do that you'd have cars cutting out entire track segments in multiplayer r : Lunatic Angelic
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        Just like they do in real life? : uncleanmonkey
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          No, they'd be black flagged in real life, the game has no provisions for flagging so penalty areas that a : Lunatic Angelic
          • they'd have a TV party, alright! in real life. : Dave-A
  • you don't have to use it : Mansmells
  • I think it's a great feature. I hated having to start over on Nordschleife just because I fucked up towar... : SilverSnake
  • Not that I'm a huge fan of it, but it doesn't help you at all on the leaderboards or in multiplayer, but : Lunatic Angelic
• Can't wait :( : abrasion
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  I love that Forza UI. It's so clean and snappy. : Godhatesfatpeople
  • Yeah, that's one of my apprehensions, I had 350 (the limit) cars in Forza 2 and almost half of them were : Lunatic Angelic
  • Best UI ever is Geometry Wars. I hate flashy menu animations and swooshy sound effects : dael
  • They should back port it to the 360 dashboard. : abrasion
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  I will probably get shot for this, but I'm not impressed by the graphics. Everything looks so bland. : Bamii
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    Get the demo - it ain't bland. : abrasion
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      I'd have to get a 360 for that. No thanx :) : Bamii
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        how can you judge the graphics then? : moshman
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          I watched the video review humbleone posted. : Bamii
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            play it!!!!! : moshman
            • I can't play it because I don't own a 360 and I'm not planning to buy one either. It was just something I... : Bamii
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            You're right, several miles of detailed visibility at 60fps over a flash video is really unimpressive, I' : Lunatic Angelic
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              First of all I wasnt talking about visibility, I was talking about the game looking bland. It might be ca... : Bamii
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                It is the video. : broly1718
                • Ok, I can live with that :) : Bamii
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            sorry your post is dumb : FrayLo
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              I guess so. This will teach me to never question the quality of a videogame again! : Bamii
              • by judging it from a low res flash video you are not really giving it a chance are you? gt5 looks shit... : moshman
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                if you can't see your error in logic / judgement then i don't know what to tell you : FrayLo
                • Look, all I saw so far from this game were some prerendered screenshots or videos. Is it so weird I notic... : Bamii
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                You weren't questioning anything, you were sharing a conclusion you reached without any questioning, or s : DinK
                • Ok, I should have dropped it as a question then. : Bamii
          • You're judging it from a low-res, compressed video running at whatever framerate. The demo really look... : DinK

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• Life without computers sucked. : braaains
• There's some kind of... weird charm to this. See: everything from Peewee's Playhouse. : Shadsy
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  Thanks for this, I remember watching HBO as a kid and seeing that intro meant that something kickass was ... : RyDogg1
  • It was normally their primetime movie. I think at first, they played it only on Sunday Features, but the... : Thresher
• I've seen this before :P I used to watch HBO all the time. : trOmblyj
• I remember seeing this not long after the new opening started playing. Damn, that brings back memories. ... : Thresher
• I remember seeing this documentary on HBO when it was new... : Awun
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  Was that an HBO box on that TV? With a dial? I thought remotes were fairly common in the 80's. Granted... : bRAINsick
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    Years before remotes were common on cable boxes they would have dials on them... clickwheels if you will ... : ghost in my shell
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Push_button_cable_box.jpg Had one similar to that when I was a kid. I ... : yakz
    • i was the car! : burning eye
• woah nuts : Dalant
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  6 people, 3 months. Now talented teenagers do this shit in their parents' basement for fun with a copy of... : yakz
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    Yeah but now the guys in this video are probably supervisors pulling down 1000 a day on feature effects. ... : ZombieAcademy
    • i bet they have the coolest model train setup in their basement : spaceless
• Haha, I have been so trained at the end of it I expected a movie not credits. : pwnjoo
• I remember that opening sequence. : gibolas1234
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  ok, so growing up in Australia I never saw that at the time, but when you guys saw it back then, were you... : Dave-A
  • Back in the 80s that was a pretty awesome bit of miniature work. : Lunatic Angelic
  • It was rad and the flight through sequence reminded me of the internal death star battle in RotJ : stgdz
• what...the....FU..... : PlanetPerfecto
• Holy cow, that brings back the memories. : king_darius
• I must've watched that beginning hundreds of times growing up. That HBO music kicked ass(I never realize... : Jobos
• What's lol? This is awesome. There are people with train sets this detailed. : boarder2
• Every ship in Star Wars was stationary and filmed with the motion controlled cameras that they invented f... : GeorgeB3DR
• Remember this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFcku3jSph8 : snuff
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  Man that music brings back some old memories. : Conan
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    The HBO music, that is, not that fucking illusion song they kept playing. : Conan
    • that was the biggest lol of the whole thing : drucifer
• Some very fond memories of that HBO in Space intro. The set looked great (still does), but what really m... : SigmaDraconis
• I would love to have that job. Damn you computers... : nurglich
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  Amazing how much work went into this. You'd think they would at least have the ability to generate spark... : Maddog_Delphi97
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    iirc, I think the point was to use no / as little CG as possible and use old film tricks. : Lunatic Angelic
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      But why do it that way? People who watch it wouldn't know the difference.. Granted, the houses are v... : Maddog_Delphi97
      • Why do stunts the old way when you can just use CG? Some projects do it as a point of pride / results. : Lunatic Angelic
      • cause there's a charm to it which CG doesn't have. : abrasion
  • Doubtful. Besides, doing it the mechanical way was much faster and cheaper: just slide two transparent fi... : Bold
• That is so awesome, I love that kind of work and detail - also as a foreigner, HBO is one of your best ex... : abrasion
• You can tell the emotion at 2:50 when the lyrics "PAY A LITTLE CLOSER ATTENTION... TO DETAIL!!!!" comes i... : cactus44203