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  Someone should make a mod to allow you to go 3rd person, lightsaber-esque with it. : givemesnacks
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    that would be cool except that 3rd person sucks : gyokuro
    • amen brother : unjustend
  • DBtS FTW. : Rich McNinch
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  What day is the demo? : dognose
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    27th, so a tuesday : niceguynick
    • Forza 3 day :( : cyclonebee
    • welp, guess I'll be waiting until the game comes out to play it, even though I preordered :D : zerog83
• I hope I can baseball bat a hunter as he comes to pounce :D : niceguynick
• A chainsaw! Find some meat! : manero
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  although i'm a little disappointed that they used a crowbar.... seems pretty low-effort. : manero
  • Do you know who Gordon Freeman is? : R@zzle
  • How could they not use a crowbar? : re-verse
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    it's Gordon Freeman's crowbar. It's was added in as an easter egg for the fans : grabbie
    • oohh. : manero
    • I think I figured it out. L4D 2 is Episode 3. : thecatinthehat
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  the pc requirements for l4d2 the same as the first? : IcomeINpeace
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    pretty much, tho they've tweaked it up a bit. As always, source games will be very scalable though : niceguynick
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      Because the engine is bloody old. : Rehevkor
      • and still looks pretty great : zerog83
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        and has aged better than every other engine in the entire history of engines! : Cihte
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          Yeah I don't think there has been another engine that has been upgraded as much in its lifetime. I thi... : deject
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            i facetiously submit that the Zork z-machine engine has aged better and been updated many more times than... : electroly
            • you would :P : deject
          • BUT ITS OLD : not work safe
          • It really is, light pre-pass deferred shading and Directx 11 ftw! : locater16
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            The Unreal Engine has been upgraded more in it's lifetime, but we get version numbers on that, whereas "S... : Toraz Chryx
            • Yeaaaah. I never realized that. It's one of those things that someone has to point out to you, but once... : Jobos
      • I think new screenshots from L4D2 look more realistic than any other game I've ever seen. Unlike most ev... : WhatIsThisFor
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    L4D 1 http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/54931 * OS: Windows Vista, XP or 2000 * CPU: 3.0 ... : dognose
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      Guys, help me understand my computer. It was built more than 3 years ago; since then I've only upgraded t... : Cihte
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        you should be fine at 720p : stgdz
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          I am doing L4D1 at 480p and it looks fine. I had it set to max candy on a Core2 Duo and it played well b... : dognose
          • you really should cart it out to your living room and hook it up to your projector. just pretend its a mo... : CoRDS
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    keep in mind they added alot more skeletal dismemberment, and the pipebombs no long vaporize the infected... : brainchild420
    • Those changes alone are enough for me to want the sequel. : Cihte
• I will be dissapointed if they limit the use of the demo again : Halen
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  Wow I just finally saw the L4D movie at the main page of http://www.l4d.com/ omg : dognose
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    nice :o : humbleone
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      I am starting to get excited about this game : dognose
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        I just downloaded the fulscreen hi-def L4D2 video in Steam and watched it and now I want to kill some zom... : dognose
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          :D also ti's cutty from The Wire : manero
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            I don't know what that is :( : dognose
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              ! : manero
              • no, that's Metal Gear Solid. : zerog83
            • dognose you would greatly enjoy the wire : Dave-A
        • I want to kill some zombies, too! :D : Maddog_Delphi97
  • Had some costume changes since then. : Rich McNinch
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    I still remember that announcement at e3. I was like, no way could this be L4D2. Then I was all excited a... : Cihte
    • I was so psyched. I told all my friends too and everyone was psyched. I can't wait. : das_runt
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  Chainsawing is my department. : Masem
  • I got dibs on the frying pan. : deject
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    How much friendly fire damage will melee weapons do? I know melee attacks with guns didn't seem to do ... : pyide
    • I'm going to guess that melee weapons will significant damage infected, but will only damage one or two a... : Masem
    • I want to know how much friendly fire damage that gernade launcher will do, because I'm going to use it e... : thecatinthehat
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  Does anybody want to play a game of co-op on easy or normal? My mic does not work but I will not hog all... : dognose
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    mmm i love pills. : ass-street
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      Want to play? I have time before work : dognose
      • sorry, i'm stuck at work all day. i'll play tonight. : ass-street
  • I'm home right now! : Cihte
  • awww, its all full :( : maulla
  • I sent you a friend-invite because I like playing L4D. Please don't be one of those people that reject me : Cihte
• I hope the demo allows Versus this time, running through 1.5 maps in campaign wouldn't stay fresh nearly ... : Zek
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  vampires? : ballystix
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    I can't wait to punch Frankenstein in the balls. : MagicWishMonkey
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      does frankenstein have the whole unit of one dude or does he have two balls and a wang from three differe... : ass-street
      • I have no idea, that's a really good question. : MagicWishMonkey
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    yeah, in left4dead you fight vampires. : stgdz
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      Man, they are zombies. They lack any and all cognitive thought other than "Not like us! KILL!" They don't... : Dschinghis Khan
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        the special infected think in versus mode. : ass-street
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          they are special, though. They aren't zombies. They're freaks! : Dschinghis Khan
          • zombies are in left4dead2, vampires were in left4dead1. 1 had all maps occuring at night 2 has some m... : stgdz
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  i may avoid the demo so i don't get bored of it too quickly. : Korban
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    I dunno man, this one seems to have A LOT more content than the first one did at release. I mean i still ... : Dschinghis Khan
    • Seriously. The L4D demo was 1.75 sections from 1 campaign. L4D2 is going to have 5 campaigns right out o... : Duffman8369
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  I hope they release the L4D2 intro cinematic a little early like they did the first one. : jonin
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    http://www.l4d.com/ ? : Korban
    • That is too short. I am hoping it is not the full trailer but just a teaser. : LoioshDwaggie
• Nothing better than killing a mancubus with the chainsaw. : Sole.exe

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  Hey, Mark D! : notd665
  • Yes?! :) : warcrow
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  Why tweet about games? That's what the shack comments are for :( Tweeting is for real life crap, like ... : roushimsx
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    Exactly. I know I just did this, but ... I hate when peoples' Shack comments/Twitter feeds/Facebook stat... : ThomW
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      You should Tweet "Bitching about Twitter on the shack." : Evil Benius
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        Done. http://twitter.com/superthom/status/4809256361 : ThomW
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          hahaha I came here from that ! : gummijoh
          • haha : marmite
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      Tomorrow is Rocktober 13. It's a media blanket for me on social networking sites. : Deathlove
      • Cannot wait for tomorrow!! :) : warcrow
    • TweetDeck only simul-posts to Facebook and Twitter, it needs Shack integration. : Clay
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      you must hate me a lot then because I have twitter/facebook synched and I repost links from here all the ... : mikecyb
      • You have no idea. ;) : ThomW
  • i tend to tweet about games more often for some reason! : Mr.SEX
  • I actually enjoy Twitter for talking about games more than I do Shacknews. Stuff like the Demon's Souls t... : mittense
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  go find mittense Twitter. He's always posting about gaming. Quite interesting too! : redfive
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    i wonder how much mittense works as much as he talks about playing games lol : vov1n
    • I traded in Shacknews for Twitter. : mittense
  • I followed him for awhile, but it was just too damn exhausting. The man never sleeps! : Fredrik S
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    This is not true at all. : notd665
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      Which part? : warcrow
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        He tweets about a lot of mundane crap, in addition to his gaming tweets : OverloadUT
        • Overload, why am I not following you on Twitter? : warcrow
        • The mundane crap is the best crap. : mittense
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  I tweet about everything, Games, music and just about everything else. In English and Icelandic so you... : gummijoh
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    I learned one thing -- I sure can't read Icelandic. I didn't know "ð" was a letter. : ThomW
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      Jesus you don't write with that. You fucking propose to someone with that. : kingdepork
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        no stupid it's a snail turning his head : Zek
        • Hehe. : warcrow
• I tend to tweet about games and my art projects, though I've been slacking recently in both areas, so it'... : DHAvatar
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  I tweet about gaming, most assuredly! Although it's been slow since my desktop shit out in August, I just... : RevRaven
  • Can't add you. :( : warcrow
• I am Fredrik_S on twitter. I write about games and art and web and other stuff. : Fredrik S
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  I only plan HoN so my twitter would suck : boomstickah
  • Haha : warcrow
• I tweet about games sometimes. @jimmy_legs : jimmy_legs
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  I almost never say stuff there, but if I do it's mostly gaming. twitter = shack account : razorblade79
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    How often do you Tweet? : warcrow
    • not a lot really, only when I feel like it. I feel like I annoy people IRL too much with my gaming obsess... : razorblade79
• yeah, I tweet sometimes about games... @timgrube : psxtim
• kaddar, but I pretty much primarily use this account to respond to wizard's MTG question of the day. I l... : kaddar0
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  dmason was twittering during his '30 games, 45 days' marathon. It was the first twiiter i've ever followe... : nrgXs
  • http://www.quicksaved.com/ : nrgXs
  • That sounds interesting, I love that stuff! : warcrow
  • That was not me. : dmason
• @jonfingas : Postal
• @vogtuj - sometimes about games. Mostly about random shit. : Deathlove
• @GamingWithMasem : Masem
• http://twitter.com/mancide : mancide
• I tweet pretty much exclusively about Dungeons and Dragons @OverloadUT : OverloadUT
• @bradlevy : burningpantsman
• @Zoomba : Zoomba77
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  I think I've got most of you guys friended but here it is anyway: @ErikDaRed : ErikTehRed
  • A twist! ;) : warcrow
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  I used to tweet about how my projects (iphone dev and xna dev) were going, but since school started up ag... : Demius
  • :-/. : warcrow
• posted maybe twice. mostly follow. though i may start posting about art projects or doing the couch to 5k... : algernoN8
• @edge198 : edge198
• @TheOriginalSven I tweet about the usual mundane shit everyone else tweets about in addition to whatever ... : paroxym
• @gemuwosuru I have a regular Twitter, but I never use it. This one is just for gaming stuff. : Vincent Grayson

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• Winamp or the built in media player. it's actually not bad : retarded talking dinosaur
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  Foobar2000 is great if you can be bothered configuring it. What makes it great is you can set it up almos... : nudel
  • Visitor from another planet? lulz : Rigg5
  • Foobar2000 is great even with the default interface! : DrWaffles
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  still using winamp. no reason to get crazy : podizzle
  • yeah WInamp is still better that WMP for music in my opinion. If you want to try something different, ch... : deject
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  After using WMP and Foobar2000, ended using MediaMonkey. : Chekemrot
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    Thumbs up re: MediaMonkey. Also try deject's suggestion of Songbird- however MediaMonkey excels at managi... : PlanetPerfecto
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      Songbird looks interesting, but it's missing (or I can't find) one of the greatest features of MediaMonke... : Chekemrot
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        Ok, there's an addon for that, so, good stuff. : Chekemrot
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          Songbird has quite a lot of add-ons but I have no idea how useful any of them are. : deject
          • I only tried the "Directory Explorer" one, and is quite useless in it's state. Seems like it's too early ... : Chekemrot
  • I've always used either winamp or foobar2k, but im digging mediamonkey. : rmjackson
• i switched from winamp to zune player but i own a zune : dantastic
• Winamp 4Lyfe, yo! I tried all the others, but I'm so used to Winamp that everything else falls short f... : Salad Sammich
• Winamp or songbird. : Conan
• Zune Player. It has some really beautiful display features for music, and it can figure out most bands fr... : LoioshDwaggie
• foobar2000, hands down. : anthonybean
• Winamp : Sapiens
• iTunes : Korban
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  Zune software, yes even if you don't have a Zune. : armybob
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    I've been considering this as I saw the player interface and it looked really nice. Can you strip out/di... : cetra00
    • as with iTunes, nothing in the application forces you to use the store. there's nothing to disable, just... : electroly
  • i dig zune SW also. pretty good mp3 tagger / editor and a very nice interface once you are used to it : threeup
  • Interesting, never thought to try this, downloading now : d fluke
  • I've heard 4.0 is amazing. : Deathlove
  • Ok, I just sat down with the newest version and I have to say I'm really impressed. I haven't been able ... : cetra00
  • The interface is really, really nice. I actually liked it a LOT more than I thought I would. The only ... : YerMothah
• Winamp is still the best. : melkore
• another vote for Winamp. : grabbie
• Winamp is still the best one for me. Not really because of it's interface or the library, which is buggy ... : zeejay
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  WMP11 in Windows 7 is actually a very impressive media player and this is coming from someone who would n... : cetra00
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    Is it different from WMP11 in Vista? : Schnapple
    • Er sorry, the version if Windows Media Player in Windows 7 is actually Version 12. : cetra00
• winamp! : mikecyb
• Try Songbird if you want something fancy like iTunes but without all the crap you don't need. : BlackCat9
• Why does itunes take a million years to browse through my library? : mlev
• I ended up with foobar2000 after having always used winamp before : d fluke
• iTunes...stupid iphone. I still use winamp as my default player though : devnullgt
• iTunes. broad format support (Zune is MP3/WMA, Audible, and MPEG-4/H.264/WMV), better podcast management... : Postal
• Songbird It rocks my socks. : NFXFSX
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  Foobar2000 or stfu and gtfo : Mr. Goodwrench
  • signed : notdeadyeti
  • This gentleman is correct. : Piett23
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    more like Fugly2000 am I right fellas? : mikecyb
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      more like customization amirite? : notdeadyeti
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        They just need to make the default not shitty. How hard is it? : famine101
        • The default is meant to be lightweight and minimalist, so it isn't a hunk of shit like WinAmp. : Mr. Goodwrench
    • More like learn to use plugins and not suck at software : Mr. Goodwrench
• WinAMP : GoodBoy
• I still use iTunes for the convenience. : Nitrium
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  Winamp with a classic skin is still the best. If you want to fancy/windows 7 it up you can try http://cod... : pixelat3d
  • neat : pyide
  • also, pup's grey > classic http://www.pupinc.com/winamp/ : pyide
• Winamp : Godhatesfatpeople

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  Its from Black and White I believe. : paroxym
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    Deaaaattthhhhhhh : lolpatrol
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      In a game that was terrible, that was one of the classic gaming moments ever. : Deathlove
      • In a game that was terrible, there were alot of classic gaming moments in it :P. : moe6
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      the death whisper was the best part of that whole game : dirge23
      • I love how it took forever to figure out exact what that meant. Death? Who's death my death, is the compu... : Chod
      • or, how it whispered your name occassionally : captfarrell
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    which also spawned the "Twwwoooo Weeeksss" meme for the patches that Lionhead kept promising. : Fyunch Click
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      This came from the Money Pit. : Omaha
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        I have always told people two weeks for any estimate of time due to that movie : zakazi
        • isn't "two weeks" the appropriate amount of time to wait before calling a girl in Swingers? : dirge23
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      i thought this was a reference to Total Recall : dirge23
      • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V17duGlHEYY : dirge23
      • It's definitely Total Recall. : zebosausamite
      • it is : mikecyb
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        I'm actually insulted that this had to be pointed out. : das_runt
        • Get Your Ass To MARS!!!!!!! : soggybagel
      • This is the correct origin. : sanchez
    • Where does the "too weak" vs. "two weeks" mixup come from? I thought that was the original source of that... : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • also UT2k3 : RikiTiki2
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0x4Kw_y4fg : SeaLlama
• Black & White? : silent77
• shack demands PICS + DIVX : m0rfus
• Best game ever for long enough to write a review : capt tripps
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  i don't think the actual line appears in the game. i think the meme sort of developed out of it into its ... : retarded talking dinosaur
  • yeah it does : busdriver3030
  • We need more civic buildings! : crummynz
  • Villagers demand historical accuracy. : silent prophet
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    It's a phrase that is repeated about 5000 times in the game. : g.lee
    • Over and over and over again until you just want to feed your villagers to your monster, or force them to... : hawke
    • sure it wasn't "villagers need"? : retarded talking dinosaur
  • "Villagers need more FOOOOD" : DrZettl
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  You know what, Black and White 2 was actually really good. : marmite
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    there was a black and white 2? : Mad Brahmin Disease
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      yup and despite being a few years late it delivered on a ton of the missing things from B&W1. : marmite
      • Ah the old, familiar Molyneux formula. : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • I was bored by it, didn't make it past a couple levels. I think they just streamlined it all so much that... : Zek
• deeeeeeaaaaatttttthhhhhhhhh : theghostofsmdever
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  Definitely Black & White. You would get a voice that said "Villagers demand more food!" and then you wou... : bRAINsick
  • I used to go bowling with huge boulders + my town in B&W2 :D "Villager's Wants: Mercy" : xsoulbrothax
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  Iiiiidle idle eeeee, Iiiiiidle idle eeeeeeee, we simply can't leave till we get some more _________! i... : Xanthos
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88UsdYDsnVw Muahahahahahahaha : Haxim
    • aww I loved this game to death, Lionhead is my fave game studio : niceguynick
• We need more civic buildings! Civic buildings! Need more civic buildings! We need more civic buildings... : CyCo_PL

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  today's Penny Arcade: http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2009/10/12/ : dirge23
  • fucking lol at the hairdo : Downforce
  • haha I missed this one from a week ago http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2009/10/5/ : stgdz
  • I love the hair on that mummy. : RogerDandy
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  I agree. I was in Borders yesterday and saw a big ass display of vampire shit. Enough you fucks. : NFXFSX
  • It's teenage girls.... mostly. (I think) : GoodBoy
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  i wanna see new moon because lots of hot, shirtless guys turn into wolves : GloriousCow
  • I wonder if that will help the hot, brainless girls understand that their male equivalents have only sex ... : one random winner
  • I love wolfmen. : RogerDandy
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  Wanna buy a pet rock? How about a Cabbage Patch Kid? Beanie Baby? Star Wars action figure? New Harry Pott... : tashtego
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    They didn't make beanie baby movies, books, and tv series. And star wars and harry potter are well writt... : mlev
    • So what you're arguing is "shit I don't like is popular"? Well, welcome to the world. : tashtego
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      I don't know if I'd call Star Wars well written. And there were quite a few books on beanie babies, which... : Modica Sol Solis
      • Yeah, I remember wishing I'd sold a few back in the day, I'd have made upwards of 50k at its peak. : one random winner
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  Ann Rice = End of fucking story : Mr. Goodwrench
  • Brahm Stoker!!! : spiderfill
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  Zombies are the new vampire. : DooBall
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    At least they are less homo. : NFXFSX
    • I made a band once that was called "fucked by Zombies" : one random winner
  • I was just about to say that Vampires are the new Zombies. haha. : thecray
• This is what happens when we let women out of the kitchen. : cetra00
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  Why does it sicken you, are you very christian? : not work safe
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    All adult heterosexual males should mock Twilight. It bridges all religions. : Wyvern
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      ^This, it goes deeper, to a purely male/female divide. : one random winner
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        Males : Zombies :: Females : Vampires : gnomish
        • This is true, and the funny part to me is that it's typically the males that always get associated with "... : OverloadUT
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        NO. I and many other sane females are also sickened by twilight. : gigaduck
        • Shhh! We're talking about non-gay male bonding, a shack rarity! : one random winner
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      Thankfully, the Twilight movie Rifftrax takes most of the effort out of mocking it and has the benefit of : ZTac
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        I was thinking about watching that. Is it good? : OverloadUT
        • Mike, Kevin and Bill are in fine form, and there are plenty of excellent riffs. That said, it's still a ... : ZTac
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    It annoys me because vampires are (or were) awesome but now they've become some kind of pop-culture teeny... : DinK
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      This!!!! Vampires are supposed to be terrifying creatures of the night, not something that every fucking ... : OverloadUT
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        Do you know what happens when Vampires in the Twilight series go in to the sun? DO YOU? : OverloadUT
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          THEY FUCKING SPARKLE : OverloadUT
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            Yeah, it makes me want to burn them slowly with acid. : one random winner
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              Flamethrower. : Arcanum
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                Too quick, I'm talking something strong enough to eventually kill them but slow enough that the can writh... : one random winner
                • Sarlacc'd : DinK
            • You can pour the acid where they've already been cutting themselves. =( : DinK
        • I had no idea what you were talking about so I googled up a video. My coworkers stared at me when I start... : Fredrik S
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      For me, John Carpenter's Vampires will always be the best example. Pure badassery. None of this prancing ... : Rehevkor
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        this movie is underrated, i should see it again : dirge23
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          I saw it on TV once when I was really young. I should watch it for real. : OverloadUT
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            Oh shit, it will be a totally different movie then. Trust me on this. : Rehevkor
            • And by different I mean INFINITELY BETTER. : Rehevkor
      • Hell yeah, the vamps in that movie were pure chaos : Mr. Goodwrench
    • ^^^ This. Jesus Christ, the vampires in Twilight sparkle in the sun! The only "sparkle" you should get ... : Arcanum
    • ^^^^ ding ding ding : Megara9
    • this is exactly my problem. Now I have to hide that I like vampire myth :(. : moe6
    • You know what's *REALLY* going here don't you? Imagine this: Vampires are real, they have been demoniz : fuzzydamnit
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      The real problem is vampires were never cool. You just liked them when they had a more masculine bent to ... : Toth21
      • Vampires have always been kinda faggy, but they are best that way, in my opinion. : SockMonkeh
      • they are one of the lamer monsters out there.. but they used to be more badass than then are now. : Megara9
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    Also the whole concept of people not liking vampires or any sort of dark or occult things because of thei... : DinK
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      Especially considering a lot of them have roots in religious ideas. : one random winner
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        Which makes it all the more funny when people react so strongly, like they're legitimate competition. (o... : DinK
        • Vampire lore is especially filled with it, as well as useful knowledge in mythological form, like the bac... : one random winner
• Wait a year or two for the latest fad. Rinse and repeat. : Link.
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  Which was first though, Twilight or True Blood's original story? : alias
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    True Blood. The first novel in that series (the "Southern Vampire Mysteries") came out in 2001, whereas t... : tashtego
    • Also the Vamps in True Blood don't fucking SPARKLE IN SUNLIGHT : Toraz Chryx
    • Vampire Diaries (ugh) predates them both, it's 91 -> : d fluke
    • You can trace this thing all the way back to Anita Blake (1993) --> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guilty_P... : LoioshDwaggie
• Twilight This happens to whatever the latest flavor of the week fad is. : Omaha
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  vampires have been popular for quite some time. : DonkeyPopsicle
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    Your definition of popular needs tweaking : OverloadUT
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      really? Vampire movies have been coming out regularly for 20 years (and irregularly since cinema started... : DonkeyPopsicle
      • Yeah, vampire works jumped the shark at the Lost Boys at the latest : d fluke
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    Yeah. I think it started with the Anne Rice Vampire novels in the early 90's. At least that's when I firs... : Colleton
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      I think she's primarily responsible for the re-sexualization of the genre. She definitely made vampires ... : trove
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        luckily Guillermo Del Toro's recent book dumps all of the existential femme elements of recent vampire lo... : DonkeyPopsicle
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          I find it interesting how Vampires became asexual androgyne Euro trash types and Werewolves became hyper ... : trove
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            vampires are undead... no heartbeat means its kinda hard to get a woody :P werewolves are alive.. just... : riedlos
            • Wasn't there a tv show in the early 90s late 80s that featured a vampire police detective? Some derivati... : trove
      • The first two were not very gay, but the later ones sure were. Ugh! : CRasterImage
  • Not among teenage girls, they haven't. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  At least it has people reading and improving literacy skills (usually amongst people that would otherwise... : Juno
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    Sorry, but Twilight will certainly fucking NOT help improve your literacy skills. And yes, I do know : mlev
    • She stared deeply into his eyes longingly wanting him to bite her soft supple neck with his strong sparkl... : jigstah
• Zombies are so much cooler than shitty vampires : EvilDolemite
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  Well now that Rowling has finished the Harry Potter series, SOMETHING had to take over the shitty teen bo... : phate81
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    A Duke Nukem book in the style of Winnie the Pooh would be pure money. Cash. : d fluke
    • It would need pictures, in screen shot form. : one random winner
    • hah, I'd buy that. : timmie
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      Christopher Robin was wandering down the path to the Hundred-Acre Woods when his nose picked up the odd o... : RomSteady
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        dognose will enjoy this one! : CrustaR
        • At least someone did. : RomSteady
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        I read this straight from the lol page and didn't see the lead up. Was blown away by the twist Duke Nukem... : Goblin au
        • Same. Worth the read. : rosewood
    • Someone needs to write this right now. : Link.
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  If I was told by someone at a bar that I remind them of a guy from that movie, is it more likely that I s... : Chunks
  • complemented : steve_o
  • You shouldn't feel anything. Feelings are weakness. Weakness must be excised. : d fluke
• Can't touch The Lost Boys...they didn't sparkle. : whistletits
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  I blame Anne Rice. After her Vampire books made a lot of women wet they want their kids to get the same f... : Fyunch Click
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    So do I. She started the whole emo existential "why must I be a predator" vampire bullshit. : Arcanum
    • Chris Hansen: "Will you please stop sucking on my neck and have a seat over here?" : RomSteady
    • Except Rice actually did a good job, her vampires have every reason to be existential; Armand even brings... : Lone Swordsman
• I can't bring myself to care that much. They are mediocre books that got popular, this shit happens all t... : MaxPete82
• Someone post that old link to a make-fun-of-twilight page. The one with all the pictures and maybe he's ... : GoodBoy
• Skip that glittering vampire bullshit. Read this: http://www.chrismoore.com/fiends.html : dudehoyt
• I enjoyed reading the Twilight series. It was entertaining enough. The first movie was pretty terrible, b... : skizl
• ATTENTION STRAIGHT WOMEN -- Stop trying to have sex with gay men. kthxbai. : NeoMoose
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  Vampires are not dark, per say, they in fact spiritual creatures per say. : theghostofsmdever
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    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Per_se : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • Oh. Watch the Twilight episode of South Park : theghostofsmdever
• Twilight: The College Years : two50six
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  reposting because I am an attention whore You know what's *REALLY* going here don't you? Imagine th : fuzzydamnit
  • Special effects houses are all staffed by aliens planning to make their eventual reveal to us less of a s... : Toraz Chryx
  • that would be brilliant : Postal
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  Pirates have been fucking shit up since '05 http://www.google.com/trends?q=vampire,+zombie,+pirate&cta... : Practix
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    Rofl, what? http://www.wral.com/news/strange/story/6123532/ TL;DR, UF had a response plan for a zombie a... : mlev
    • I bet it'll be back up when the zombie epidemic strikes. : one random winner
  • what the fuck is up with thailand and vampires? i'm scared now also lol sweden + pirates : xsoulbrothax
• Yep, vampire books and shows popping up everywhere now. My wife is a consumer whore for that stuff. In ... : riptyde
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  Just saying, Let the Right One In may never have become so popular without Twilight and that book/movie w... : akirabob
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    Is Let the Right One In popular? I mean, it's popular among internet movie nerds, but I've never met anyo... : Vincent Grayson
    • IDK, when I worked at the book store it was one of the top 5 selling books in the store week in and week ... : akirabob
• I wish the Coldfire Trilogy had gotten this much attention since its the closest I get to Vampire/Horror ... : discolando
• I fucking hate everything Twilight. : Milleh
• I'm still debating whether I should watch that movie. Does it have any redeeming qualities? : Geoffrois
• Well, I liked Vampire Hunter D way before any of this modern teeny bop vampire crap. >:( : mikefr24

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  I've had my Pre for about three months now. I can not imagine a world where I could not easily multitask,... : Deathlove
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    EXAMPLES MY DEAR DEATHLOVE, GIVE ME BRIGHT SHINING EXAMPLES!! : scottythejock
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      About what? OH GOD I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU WANT FROM ME. : Deathlove
      • Also, Notifications are the fucking shit. : Deathlove
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    i dont think you're going to find an exclusive app to a certain platform, anyway i have android phone and... : hanged_man
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      Not looking for exclusive apps, i'm looking for what you like about the phone/platform and what you use a... : scottythejock
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        I use Phone/Messaging/Email/Web/Tweed/Pandora/MyQ (Netflix)/Sprint Navigation.. I have some other apps th... : Deathlove
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          My android phone (HTC Hero on sprint) does the same thing. Link in the Gmail app, touch it and open in b... : DrBloodmoney
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            How's the web browser? Can you turn off flash? It looks like it really slows down the experience ;( : scottythejock
            • I think this will no longer be an issue once Adobe release their official Android port : hanged_man
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          is this still the case? (startup time) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtWd312PMfs : scottythejock
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            1.2.1 cuts down startup time a lot, but how often are you restarting your phone that you'd base a phone-b... : Deathlove
            • very true : scottythejock
            • It's wayyyy faster in 1.2.1 : NastyJack
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          How do you find playing media on it? Can you seek when playing things now? : scottythejock
          • I don't use it as a media player. You can ask mwasher. There's a pretty great media player on homebrew (N... : Deathlove
          • Media player isn't too bad. The lack of a seek option is ridiculous though. Can't believe they left out s... : NastyJack
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    My Storm multitasks. I figured it was standard for smart phones to do more than one thing at once. It's... : melkore
    • Yeah my 18 month old n95 does it and my now 3 year old n73 did it also. : scottythejock
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      I thought the Storm could only do two things at once? : Deathlove
      • I've had a browser up, listening to pandora with twitter, facebook and an IM client in the background not... : melkore
• i just like the custom roms you can use on android platform. After modding my G1, and using the custom ro... : Iwannaacura
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  i've actually become pretty damn annoyed with the palm pre. It's sluggish as all hell doing the simplest... : burning eye
  • I know I suck it's dick a lot, but I've got no problems at all, save the Facebook events issue. What bugs... : Deathlove
  • I've had some ringtone issues too but that's it. Not sluggish in the least. As for the app store you a... : NastyJack
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  android for the win. : chilln
  • reasons! The villagers demand reasons! Preferred hardware? : scottythejock
• Android is great to use with your hand, it's actively being developed by Google and 3rd parties. I used ... : chazums
• I dig my Palm Pre. I don't use many apps though. The nytimes, globe and mail and some other news apps are... : NastyJack
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  Wait for Motorola's Sholes to be released in a couple weeks. Will launch with Android 2.0, and same top n... : hohoh0
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    I have my eye on this, but haven't heard anything about a UK release. : scottythejock
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      If it helps any, there was a leak of battery covers and one of them was distinctly w/o Verizon branding, ... : hohoh0
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        To be fair, there is a great piece of hardware out over here that can run android just great, the Samsung... : scottythejock
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          Oh christ, I should read my own links. I could have swore I read this samsung had an arm processor, not t... : scottythejock
          • Yeah, those qualcomm chips are damn annoying. I can't believe it's taken this long for someone to come ou... : hohoh0
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    Unlikely to be Android 2.0. That's not scheduled for a good few months yet. : johnsto
    • 2.0 has no release date yet, there's not even a features list : chazums
    • Industry insiders (employees at Motorola) are hinting that Motorola Sholes has dibs on Android 2.0, and i... : hohoh0
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  I take it you're on sprint. Engadget had some words about the HTC Hero (android) that just became availab... : festivalman
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    If I were looking for a new phone, I'd be waiting on the Samsung Moment. : Deathlove
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      you're such a Sprint whore... : cltcprd
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        Is it coming to Sprint? I just want the hardware. :( : Deathlove
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          QWERTYs are so 2005 : cltcprd
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            oh jesus christ do not bring this only-virtual-keyboard shit up in here : Deathlove
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              fuck yes. I don't want a brick in my pocket! Learn to adapt! : cltcprd
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                the Pre is hardly a brick! : Deathlove
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                  Moving parts = the devil. : cltcprd
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                    How do you feel about the Pixi? : Deathlove
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                      all that space used for the keyboard that could be screen! : cltcprd
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                        GOD I FUCKING HATE YOU : Deathlove
                        • hahahaahah : Downforce
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                          At least we share a love for all things Cutler. : cltcprd
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                            but kyle orton is 5-0! : Deathlove
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                              I wish the Bears had the Broncos schedule so far this year! : cltcprd
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                                I'm kind of worried about the Atlanta game :( : Deathlove
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                                  I hope you bet against the Bears again! : cltcprd
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                                    Matt Ryan flashbacks oh god : Deathlove
                                    • More like Prevent defense sucks my ass. : cltcprd
  • I'm in the UK, but yeah, the poor hardware is what's stopping me committing to the hero. : scottythejock
  • Are you going on the first review reports? That was with an earlier firmware. I've been using one for ... : dravalen
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  If you want a great phone now, iPhone. If you want an extremely solid phone with little app support but l... : Yanks
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    Here's where I stand with them all - iphone - On o2 exclusively at the moment, haven't heard great thi... : scottythejock
    • Re-evaluate the Hero if you ask me. Some of the earlier reviews had sub-par firmware. The latest firmw... : dravalen
    • I have my phone on me all the time. I'm in front of my computer for maybe an hour or two a day. : Deathlove
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  Android is what I chose recently. Crazy app availability (almost too many), sync with the cloud (your gm... : slickdoody
  • Seriously, syncing is for the fucking birds now. : Deathlove
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    Yeah the Palm has almost all of this though, and better hardware to boot. : scottythejock
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      I'm not arguing against Pre, necessarily. I didn't choose Pre because of carrier availability, mainly. I... : slickdoody
      • IT'S SO TOUGH >:( : scottythejock
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        Launch builds had two big problems (battery compartment was too loose, so snapping the phone shut jarred ... : Deathlove
        • Can you still slice cheese with it? ;) : dravalen
    • You really need to go and play with the phones yourself. I don't think you'll see any issues with perfo... : chazums

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  Whats Anachronox? But ya, Tie Fighter and Shogo. : loboca
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    Anachronox? One of the best RPG's ever made. : NastyJack
    • I feel so deprived. : loboca
    • ^^^ Truth! : senseimoron
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      I got stuck at one point and never tried it again. I found it wasn't gripping enough to hold my interest. : ieGod
      • I was infatuated with every aspect of the game until I learned the story didn't finish and there were no ... : nevlos
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    A Quake-engine RPG that Tom Hall did. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anachronox I don't play RPGs b... : ThomW
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      It's the one good game Ion Storm managed to make. : LoioshDwaggie
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        Deus Ex was an ion storm game : EvilDolemite
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          ...thank you for adding this. : dedgecko
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            though it was done at the other Ion Storm office in Austin rather than Dallas, and headed by the great Wa... : dedgecko
            • Yes, sorry about that. 2 great games :) : LoioshDwaggie
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    go play that game right now you failure!!!! : sparkly
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      And how good would an anachronox movie be as well? I love everything about that game. : sparkly
      • The wiki page says the director guy made an independent film from the games' sequences. Might be worth se... : loboca
  • Loved this game. Couldn't put it down. : Rich McNinch
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  Why can I not find Blood in there but I can find "lol" : dognose
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    Blood is in the top left. The errant 'lol' was supposed to appended on Karateka! But it was in parenthe... : icon_of_syn
    • Ah yes there it is thanks. Also good to see Shadow Warrior so big : dognose
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      "karataka" btw : supi
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        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karateka_%28video_game%29 : icon_of_syn
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          No no no. I meant your game board..its karataka there, right above Grim Fandango :D : supi
          • doh! user error :D : icon_of_syn
• That is pretty neat! : ThomW
• Who put Stunts in that thread? It has been redone - it is called Trackmania, and it is awesome! Trackma... : TroZ
• Duke3d.exe, hooray! : CrustaR
• That's really neat! : Ormsbee
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  SHOGO 2 MAKE IT SO : Yanks
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    100% agreed. Even an update to the graphics/textures and the same damn game would be freaking awesome. : eseiat
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      And the controls. Oh god, the controls sucked. : thrallie200
      • The controls RULED. There is nothing wrong with running at 1000mph and turning on a dime : Serpico74
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    So awesome that there's much love for Shogo. I loved that game. : zebosausamite
    • Same here. Soo much fun back in the day. It hasn't aged well unfortunately. : chungathebunga
• this is glorious, and needs massive amounts of funding. : Downforce
• Hell yeah there's Battlezone. (stuff like TIE Fighter being a given, obviously) : DinK
• I see mechwarrior is pretty big on there. Mechwarrior 5 is coming out, and they're releasing the whole m... : mlev
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  How does wordle size the words, btw? Does it scale the length, height, or area of the word? : DinK
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    Words that are used more frequently in the data appear larger. : ThomW
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      Yeah. My point was to define "larger." What dimension scales with word count? : DinK
      • largeness : indosauros
      • I think it's point size, quite simply. Length is directly related to the number of letter that compose th... : Home Nugget
• I'd like if Anachronox was released on Steam/D2D/Impulse/GOG. I always wanted to play it but was so hooke... : armybob
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  can someone repost this as an image? for some reason it won't load at work. : ass-street
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    http://i35.tinypic.com/2e6g66t.jpg : fathertime
    • Cool. : ShoCon
    • thanks : ass-street
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  yay Uplink! : Draugluin
  • Fuck, I am gonna have to reinstall this and check on the mod situation : Mr. Goodwrench
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  That's pretty awesome, although I think the vertical text detracts. Harder to compare sizes and read. I... : Agrona
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    You can set up Wordle to display all the text facing the same direction. : ThomW
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      I know the author can, but I don't see any way to play with published ones. : Agrona
      • Oh I see what you mean; that would be pretty cool. : ThomW
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    Feel free to play with it. Copy/paste this and go to create new wordle: Rune Shogo Shogo Shogo S... : icon_of_syn
    • hah, thanks! : Agrona
• Cool. Although there were some titles that I wanted to see remade but didn't bother to post because it wa... : Mmmmmoo
• cool but i can't find Enclave :/ : xsii
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  I don't know this new-fangled (is that the phrase/word?) internet stuff. Are the bigger words the ones mo... : Cihte
  • It was semi-subjective based on the responses. Y'know, when people say "^^^This." etc. And yes, the big... : icon_of_syn
• MOO MOO MOO! MASTER OF ORION!!! : SaggyLaybeeah
• wow, Shogo? I really liked Shogo when it came out but I dunno if it's even possible to make that game ... : DeBurgo
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  Shogo was awesome. Surprised there is so much love for it though. : ihya
  • the soundtrack alone made me love that game. : ass-street
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  SEMI HIJACK QUESTION I recall reading that homeworld 3 was now possible, or being worked on. Shack con... : squigiliwams
  • Relic has the right back, but they aren't saying that they are working on it, yet. I think they are wait... : IHATEDUST
• yessss, Crusader. GIVE IT TO ME : Cheeziologist
• God, a Crusader in 3D with spectacular death sequences and crazy ass weapons would be so cool. They migh : IHATEDUST
• I'm happy that this many shackers want a Anachronox and Shogo sequel. : Link.
• Damn right Shogo. : alias
• heck yeah TIE Fighter and Shogo : riptyde
• Shogo, Star Control 2, Tie Fighter, glad they are all still so well loved : Serpico74
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  I see 3 of Monolith's games in there:Blood, Shogo, and NOLF. Monolith are you listening? (Of cours... : jccalhoun
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    I understand Atari owns the rights to Blood. : dognose
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      should i send them mine?! >:( : Dave-A
      • I would give my left rear testicle to get Blood and the two expansion packs on GOG :( : dognose
    • that makes me angry >:{ : happynoodle
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  Needs more Descent: Freespace Freespace and Freespace 2 were some of my all-time favorite games : foo
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    And more just plain Descent to boot. So many good franchises run into the ground and lost thanks to Inte... : SolrFlare
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      That goddamn thiefbot used to make me scream up a storm : foo
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        I'd get some hot ass plasma gun and seconds later it's gone. I'd chase that fucking bot all over the lev... : foo
        • Hahaha so true. That bastard was pure evil. You'd chase him over the whole level to kill him. And then... : SolrFlare
• Xcom : uglysad
• Street FIghter : DooBall
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  I can't find my post: ZZT ? : kaddar0
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    I did it all manually so I could have missed it. : icon_of_syn
    • Actually ZZT came right after I compiled the list. (which was around midnight) : icon_of_syn
• You mean over every single weekend : Mad Brahmin Disease
• shooooogooooooooo : moe6
• Why isn't Freespace bigger??? D: : TheStupidOne

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• This is beyond awesome : Cihte
• nice : drucifer
• That is indeed awesome. : Drewus
• I wish that part for She's Leaving Home would play during my computer bootup, every day. : PlanetPerfecto
• this is fucking fantastic. awesome find. : Yanks
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  How brilliant does Lennon sound without the echo on Come Together? Very awesome. : TommyMcHighpants
  • Yea this is fucking great. Such a great voice. : myfasha
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    He sounds amazing. And I always wondered what that clicking sound was you hear in the "shoot me" passages... : Inadrys
    • Yea same here. I could sit and listen to all the tracks just pulled apart like this. : myfasha
    • "Come Together" John's vocals only http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzD03o6bU9w&feature=related : CRasterImage
• Really awesome. Thanks for sharing. : mukumuku
• wow awesome : mikecyb
• that is very interesting, thank you : jcupitt
• That was neat, thanks! : Rich McNinch
• That's fantastic, thanks! : Inadrys
• Very nice, thanks! : Colleton
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  That was awesome. I'm not even a huge Beatles fan. What fascinates me is what is going on with those ... : uglysad
  • heh i was equally amused by that as well. i saw mp3 in the link and expected the window spawn but instea... : smacknca
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    uses this http://www.schillmania.com/projects/soundmanager2/ : TommyMcHighpants
    • I have to check this later for a website where I pretend to post audio lectures and stuff : doomed
  • wordpress has a pretty good mp3 player flash/js plugin (similar to this one) that can be stolen for any s... : mikecyb
• incredible : rgoer
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  TB:RB album DLC can't come sooner. :[ : My Documents
  • :[ : CrustaR
• god damn this is great : moe6
• This is great, thank you for posting : esad
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  would be great if some guy wasn't talking over every thing. : not work safe
  • I only heard music for about 5 seconds and then Mr. Tea and Crumpets shows up. : mnsnota
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    If you want music, go listen to the album. : Drewus
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      How do I listen to the individual layer tracks on the album? : not work safe
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        My point is, the dude is giving out information about how the tracks were recorded. If you want to listen... : Drewus
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          I don't want to listen to the music, I want to listen to the extracted tracks that have been highlighted ... : not work safe
          • Play Rock Band Beatles : Drewus
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    IF ONLY THERE WERE SOME WAY TO HEAR THE SONGS WITHOUT THE GUY TALKING : wendigo
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      HE WANTS TO HEAR THE INDIVIDUAL TRACKS. Jesus, everyone's being a dick on here tonight. : owly
      • Yea, mainly NWS. Some of us enjoy the analysis. : Ebu
• ventro awesome find : umegastar
• wow that's fascinating : dopefish
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  I'm really amazed by the sound they got out of the drums with only a four track. : bRAINsick
  • And how they were able to isolate different parts of the same track on A Day in the Life. I would guess ... : bRAINsick
  • George Martin is some kind of voodoo wizard : mikecyb
• Wow. Seriously amazing. : Ormsbee
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  More impressive is the documentary on Making of Dark Side of the Moon. They get into how they made some ... : GeorgeB3DR
  • I always liked how they did the cash register sounds at the beginning of Money. They had to cut that odd... : bRAINsick
  • This was unbelievable. Awesome. Thanks for this. I imagine my shitty Australian Pink Floyd Show woul... : goatjc
• Wow thats very cool : jonin
• Too bad I can't listen to the whole program. I'd gladly pay a couple bucks to hear it. : pyrogen
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  The Come Together break-down was awesome! : cjcharv
  • I loved the clap echo. I never really knew what that sound was. But it was always menacing. Like a ... : CRasterImage
• Is that a Vectrex in the logo? : SiW.
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  Deconstructing Sgt. Pepper http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-wXZ5-Yxuc : CRasterImage
  • "With A Little Help From My Friends" vocals only: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsKkdv81ggA&feature=fv... : CRasterImage
  • "Hey Jude" vocals only http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipagRSH-sww&feature=related : CRasterImage
  • O_O I didn't realize all the crazy shit going on in the back of "Being the Benefit for Mr Kite" http://... : CRasterImage
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    How the hell did Harmonix break these tracks up for TB:RB? : bRAINsick
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      I think the new Beatles release this summer included access to individual tracks : CRasterImage
      • It's just beyond me how they can take that one track with each backing instrument bounced down to it and ... : bRAINsick

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• it's never too early! I have two packages put together so far depending on who I get. gotta get anothe... : roushimsx
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  I've got a little pile of stuff built up next to my desk. It may or may not include two consoles. : Deathlove
  • Reminds me that I need to hit the local thrift stores for some more NES decks :( : roushimsx
• i'll need to see how much junk i can find first. : ass-street
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  Ive been burned 2 years in a row. Didnt get one and have no idea if my WE got theirs. Probably wont do ... : manlyman
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    Plus, last years had a Dreamcast with games in it, I never knew if it got there. I should have kept it. : manlyman
    • wtf? that's horrible. Does your recipient still post here? : moshman
    • Wtf? :( Who was the recipient? That's just fucked up. : roushimsx
    • omfg. : Downforce
    • CALL HIM OUT!!! : NastyJack
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    My recipient confirmed he got mine, but never posted about it. That hurts more than not receiving anythin... : moshman
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      lol, bigmanwithagun by any chance? : Mr. Goodwrench
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        yup, how did you know? : moshman
        • no wait, that was the year before. i was supposed to get one from him, this year it was someone else that... : moshman
        • I know him personally, he told me he never sent it and felt silly about not sending it after all this tim... : Mr. Goodwrench
    • I agree, my guy posted nothing as well. But I will still participate this year. : bigblack
    • I feel bad, because I did that to my WE, but the pictures of everything were stuck on my camera that died... : Vincent Grayson
    • That's how mine went. No post, but I did receive word that it arrived via PM. : jasoncrowley
  • yeah, I sent out an original NES and like 20 games. Nothing. : senseimoron
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    not posting should be grounds for disqualification this year! : Sailor of Fortune
    • I agree! : guido anchovy
    • ^^^ fuck those asshats : Iwannaacura
    • yep : onji
    • Agreed. : Ride-My-Rocket
  • ban those asshats! : deject
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    I only participated the last time, and it worked out really good. reading all those stories is pretty dis... : razorblade79
    • just like with foul money, somewhere it reappeared though! : lonestar3
  • That sucks man. I put together a couple of boxes of crap for people who didn't get theirs last year (I se : MagicWishMonkey
  • ive been burned once. i will STILL participate : m0rfus
• I wonder if sikander would be kind enough to set up his awesome WE page again : moshman
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  i "participated" for the first time last year, but i neither sent nor received. i am a bad person. hopefu... : dirge23
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    i'm glad you didn't receive! >:( : moshman
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      if i had received something i would have felt guilty and sent something : dirge23
      • that's the spirit!!! : moshman
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    i hope i get you this year so i can send you a cooler of used condoms full of my poop after eating 8 cans... : Korban
    • "eating" : Dave-A
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    I think that the people that don't send shouldn't be allowed to receive until they go one year where they... : re-verse
    • there's nothing like a punitive christmas : dirge23
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    i forget who it was, but someone gave me straight porn last year. :( : -=kodiak=-
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      can't you just pause on the dongs or something? : dirge23
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        it was all chick stuff sadly. some vintage stuff too!!!! which was actually cool. Chicks didnt shave d... : -=kodiak=-
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          hehe i like that "all chick stuff" is straight porn : dirge23
          • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=21031562#itemanchor_21031562 : dirge23
        • You should sell it on eBay. 100% Victorian pornographic literature A+++ WOULD MASTURBATE AGAIN! : TwiLyght
    • well you can regift it this year! : dantastic
  • you should be banned >:( : deject
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  last 2 years my recipients never posted my WEs :( : t0ad
  • it sucked that bad! They were ashamed of what u gave them : Iwannaacura
• I flakes on sending last year but I got a box all ready to go this year : riptyde
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  i'm in again, but i'm never shipping via USPS again. i'll spend the extra money and ship it UPS so it ca... : FrayLo
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    I just hope I don't get suckered in to shipping to Canada this year. Ugh expensive. : digital_d
    • Aye :( : breadsticks
    • pfft, i shipped from canada to the US last year and I didn't get a package back :( : MrBig0
    • If I get Canada again I'll publicly withdraw from WE >:( : RikiTiki2
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      wasn't it set up so you could click "us to us" or whatever only shipping? you could opt out of sending to... : xxiv
      • You could opt out of overseas, but not Canada. : helvetica
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      The stupid customs form was the worst part about shipping to canada. : MagicWishMonkey
      • Yeah that shit was so annoying : ShoCon
    • no one in canada wants to ship to US either so the feeling is mutual : dantastic
• Never too early to call out the wall of shame : RikiTiki2
• I hope I have enough crap to stuff in a box this year. : guido anchovy
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  Last year was my first WE, and didn't receive one... but at least the one I sent got there :) : Demius
  • Yeah, this was my experience, too. Still, I'm game for going again. : Conan
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  How do we sign up for this? I missed out last year :( : freakynipples69
  • sikander has a site for it. I think November was when he opened up registration last year. : ShoCon
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  got burned, my guy didn't post and i didn't receive. i'm sitting it out this year. : anthonybean
  • I would like to participate as well. : andre GiANT
• I got a great box from royalally but I never heard from my recipient. : Rich McNinch
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  Every yea, the WE bitching thread comes earlier and earlier. : tashtego
  • it's like the selling of Xmas trees. : g0nk
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  WE is so hit and miss... it should be invite only. Someone has to vouch for a guy/gal before they are all... : devnullgt
  • Good idea. It went well for me last time but who knows what next time will be like. : ShoCon
• I may send out my stinking wii this year. It sucks. : DooBall
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  I think we should have a secondary beer exchange this year. : c0bra
  • Indeed. : Lexicon_Leidun
  • I would get in on this. : ant_hillbilly
  • I would do this. : Deathlove
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    Some people live in stupid states (like mine) that don't let you send booze in the mail. : tashtego
    • We just gotta do it on the sly. : c0bra
    • thankfully you live in a tiny little state where you can drive to another one quickly : Deathlove
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    when is the shackmeet/beerfest at your house? :D : ass-street
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      Whenever we get enough stuff on tap. Right now we only have one but there's quite a few more queuing up. : c0bra
      • sounds awesome! : ass-street
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  last year was my first WE, but I don't have the same amount of crap to give away like I did last year. : deject
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    Neither do I, but I found an old Sega Saturn that one lucky Shacker may be receiving. : TwiLyght
    • you better be my WE!!!! : kbnerd
    • I hope you get me! I never had a Saturn. :( : guido anchovy
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  I finally sent my White Elephant from 2004 about a month ago. : Caboose
  • Was it to me? - i don't think i ever got my 2004 WE .. . : fuzzydamnit
• First year on the shack and I gave it a go, I received and sent (though I was really late) :D : breadsticks
• I have never participated in a WE. I think I'll do it this year. : Salad Sammich
• I have sooo much stuff to put into the white elephant this year. : re-verse
• I am definitely down with the Elephant this year . . : fuzzydamnit
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  this is the single most fucking irritating topic of post that happens every year for me, cant someone wri... : steve_o
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    someone should write a greasemonkey script that shows whether or not a user has sent out his white elepha... : kaddar0
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      I'd do it if that info was on sikander's page. : c0bra
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        Isn't it? : kaddar0
        • Sort of. I guess there's a sent and received column on each of the year's pages, but I'm not sure I feel ... : c0bra
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      This took entirely too long: http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/59678 Use it or don't use it; it g... : c0bra
      • meh, it doesn't work right with the single-post refresh button or with post clicks but I don't feel like ... : c0bra
  • just skip it, it's not that hard : jonin
  • poor you : moshman
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    "HEY EVERYBODY! I HATE CHRISTMAS AND GIFT GIVING! I ALSO BURN FLOWERS AND KICK PUPPIES!" : Korban
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      Someone needs to send him a bag of coal! : Shadowdane
      • If I get him as mine, I'm on it. : kallanta
  • spread the hate out a little more : m0rfus
  • You're a mean one... : spiderfill
• I'd say just sign up and if whoever you get hasn't posted anything recently or ever in the latest chattys... : R@zzle
• I skipped the last 2 years but I am so down this year :D : sparkly
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  i don't think permabanned shackers should be allowed to participate. last year the guy who was supposed t... : kbnerd
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    How do you tell if someone is perma'd? : R@zzle
    • normally checking to see when someone's last post was is a decent indicator. in this particular case, i r... : kbnerd
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    I wouldn't agree to this, there have been just as many "normal" shackers that have never gifted or posted : Demius
    • Permabanned shackers can't post a nice write-up with pics about the crap they got. They can only particip... : Robotic Puppy Eater
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  White Elephant both stresses me out and makes me happy. I wonder if they'll like the goodies (I don't hav... : helvetica
  • i kept the box from last year and have been throwing all kinds of stuff into it all year. someone is goin... : m0rfus
• i think i'm gonna sign up for it this year, since i didn't know what it was last year :( : Dschinghis Khan
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  ARTILLARY MAKER!!! IM LOOKING AT YOU!!! the bastard didnt post my gift. : m0rfus
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    the customs form online SAID you got it. you cannot hide!! : m0rfus
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      M0RFUS IS PEERING INTO YOUR SOUL! : breadsticks
      • HE IS NOT PLEASED! : breadsticks
• I'm thinking about it as well. : Arcanum
• I'll give it a go again. Guess I've been lucky the last two years since I've never had a problem. : Mmmmmoo
• I think I'm out this year. Its usually just a big let down :( : ashkie
• Did it last year, would do it again : d fluke
• I love white elephants! I will totally participate :D : Megara9
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  sadly, I fell into the asshole category last year due to back to back illnesses that put me in the hospit... : beastrabban
  • We moved. : Galadriel07
• I'll give it a shot this year. : rmjackson
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  I'm in this year. Didn't receive last year, but had lots of fun putting together and sending my package : Nali4Freedom
  • That's a total bitch that you didn't get anything because you sent a great WE. I'll have to send you a co... : ShoCon
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  There should be 2 separate white elephants. One for the people that are happy getting whatever, and one f... : Drewus
  • the gigantic cry is for people that don't get anything at all cause mooches get to participate : RikiTiki2
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    Does anyone actually complain if they get a box of crap? : nurglich
    • yep. : Drewus
    • yup : CRasterImage
• I'm 2 for 2 so I'm totally down : grayscale
• I got burned last year but I know mine is a good guy, so I'll probably go for it again this year. :D : halophoenix
• I have some decent crap to give this year, so I hope it happens. That said, the last two years my recipie... : Ely
• Probably going to pass on it this year. : aggro crag
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  I'm one of the lucky ones, never been let down. Started my box for this year, like, two months ago. : laurgasms
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    pix of your box plz. : CoRDS
    • Because you said plz http://www.shackpics.com/files/MYBOX_y6u65rb76ikmb07uk2zx.jpg : laurgasms
• I'll probably participate. : Link.
• I might be down, but last year I got burned sending & receiving. I sent a box of epic stuff and the ... : jasoncrowley
• I'm probably gonna skip this year, not because I got burned, but because I've purged my apartment of almo... : Ride-My-Rocket
• who wants Windows 7 streamers/balloons/napkins ??? : iwonthelottery
• I'm still game. Sign me up. : baron calamity
• I'm probably going to do it this year, I've got tons of crap laying around : foo
• I am not doing it this year. Too many times I never get anything and the recipient never posts. I wish ... : mikefr24
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  Thief still owes me from last year. Bastard. : Thresher
  • Aye, I do sir, I do. Fortunately white elephants are interest-free. : thief

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  I normally abhor t.v. (thank you netflix for liberating us), but I am really enjoying Dexter. Really well... : arcane_
  • dexter and breaking bad have been really good so far. dexter does has its flaws as a series but there is ... : Hoax
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    The first two seasons are great and then it takes a huge turn for the worse. : Haku-Jin
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      Dude.. You don't know what ur talking about Season 3 was awesome. : doomed
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        Season 3 was completely average and season 4 is now in Weeds territory. : Haku-Jin
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          Look how wrong you are. Just look! : CRasterImage
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            Look how easily you're satisfied by mediocrity. Just Look! : Haku-Jin
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              Saying Dexter is an example in mediocrity means your opinion has lost all value. Just look! : CRasterImage
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                Coming from you that doesn't mean much. : Haku-Jin
                • Coming from you, the opposite must be true. (Just look!) : CRasterImage
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  Masouka and Angel are my two favourite regular characters. ITK was my alltime favourite. : oc3lot
  • ITK vs Dexter was gold! : jcrockerman
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  Season 4? : doomed
  • yep. third episode was yesterday. : Hoax
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  That part was hilarious - but Dex is acting so out of character in this ep it's pissing me off. : Megara9
  • I know! I love first season "I don't have feelings" Dexter. Current Dexter would cry like a little bit : jcrockerman
  • Is he? I really didn't get that feeling, but maybe I missed some parts you're referring to. : Felraiser
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    they had two hole seasons to build up the character development and changes in his personality. the whole... : Hoax
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      What was his line at the end of S3? "How long do you have to pretend to be something before you are that ... : Deathlove
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        ok having seen the whole episode now i see what she meant with out of character behavior. it wasn't so mu : Hoax
        • yeah I wasn't so much talking about his family situation. : Megara9
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    I don't know about that. When he attacks the vandal he did so in a cold way with no feelings like he alwa : thrallie200
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      I dont' buy it. He's taking stupid risks and concerning himself with a non-killer and I don't see any bel... : Megara9
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        Exactly what I thought at that point. It was hugely risky and it looks like it's going to get him into ev... : BlackCat9
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          that was stupid and seemed out of character but i think the writers wanted to show how he tries to distan... : Hoax
          • yeah that's just it. Dex has rethought the "code of Harry" before, but he hasn't been outright stupid (ta... : Megara9
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        It was cos Cody got hurt (from stepping on the shard of glass) as well as the kid's bike being smashed. : TwiLyght
        • That's the explanation, Dexter also mentions it in his monologues. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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        He explained his motive right in the show. If he let the vandal keep at it more attention would continue : Evil Benius
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          the motives were clear. the way he handled it was the issue. the way it was shown he endangered himself u... : Hoax
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            How should he have handled it? Hand in his fingerprint findings? : CRasterImage
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              yeah thats the confusing thing, the fingerprint matched, yet the son wasnt the vandal? : steve_o
              • multiple sets of fingerprints including dexter's own, he looked for a match with the soda can. the can wa : Hoax
              • I just assmed that both the father and the son had fingerprints on the spraypaint can. Since it came fro... : CRasterImage
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              anything that doesn't involve him breaking in a home,have a fistfight and threatening to kills someone or : Hoax
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                It didn't really strike me as strange. It seemed like dex thought the whole thing would be simple and q... : CRasterImage
                • he never should have broken into a house, to scare the brat with a skimask in the first place. thats the : Hoax
  • i think hes still himself, only now hes trapped himself in a new personal hell and for that im getting an... : smacknca
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  what about the fucking smoking hot reporter showing her titties. best part of this ep : peat
  • Thank you. That's all i needed to know. : kingdepork
  • ^^^ they were fantastic. : ant321
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    Coupled with the opening of Californication last night, I think this was the best night for television ti... : tetragrammaton
    • nice tits in Bored to Death too : dignan
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    is this the boob thread: http://www.wwtdd.com/2009/10/christina-hendricks-got-married/exclusive-madmen-st... : DonkeyPopsicle
    • Good lord. Why did she have to marry someone who isn't me? : Polysorbate
    • damn she really had to shove those things in there, didn't she : zerog83
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      god damn she needs to do playboy : peat
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        nah, she just needs to show us her tits : zerog83
        • I don't think you understand what doing playboy would result in. Hint: She would show us her tits. : CRasterImage
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          didnt they show them in the episode where we first see sterling fuckin her? : dantastic
          • I don't think so, and I'm pretty certain I'd remember seeing them. :) : Colleton
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      She looks pretty ghastly in those pictures. Which is sad, because she's stunning. : notd665
      • redheads should never wear white. : beastrabban
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      i LOVE her boobs : mayooms
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        Those are great New York Boobs. : Rich McNinch
        • they sit on my arm like an eagle on a perch! : Turd Ferguson
    • Wow. You could put some nice, waterfront apartments up on those things. : slax0r
  • INDEEED : bolneze
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    wtf, what about Rita. WHEN IS SHE GETTING NAKED? : atom519
    • she has done this already in a few episodes : Dave-A
    • she has shown em. Mostly side-boob, but a nipple here and there too. Nothing wrong with her boobs, but... : CRasterImage

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  the acheivements confirm the defibrillator and a bile bomb http://www.xbox360achievements.org/game/lef... : niceguynick
  • HAhhaa, oh man, nightmare fuel -- CL0WND (15 points): Honk the noses of 10 Clowns. : LoioshDwaggie
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    Some of those are interesting. Dead survivor revives? Not sure how that will play out. Also, what are th... : NFXFSX
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      yea apparently the defibs are quite rare but can revive the fallen, nice! : niceguynick
      • Ah, I was worried they'd be a common thing which distracts from the overall "SURVIVE" mood. : NFXFSX
      • is that for versus or also a replacement to closest respawns in coop? : pyide
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      I'm guessing they're the same thing, biles of boomer vomit that you can only find on the hazmat zombies. ... : Zek
      • vials* : Zek
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    Cool. I wasn't aware about the reviving of dead survivors. Also who is Moustachio? lol : Mmmmmoo
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      I think hes a character or something in Dark Carnival, part of a mini-game? I'm not too sure.. : niceguynick
      • Sounds like a good guess. : deject
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    Can you believe that I still haven't gotten the CR0WN'D achievement in L4D1? Granted, I refuse to play a... : Ride-My-Rocket
    • I did it once, but can't seem to repeat it, she always rapes my face. : IHATEDUST
    • I got it when someone else set her off and I capped her when she was running by me with the auto-shotty. : RomSteady
    • Get up close and unload auto shotty non stop at her head until she goes down. Don't step back when she ri... : Mmmmmoo
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      Get behind her and unload on her face. : Rag and Bone Man
      • That's right the only thing that stops a witch is a money shot. : thecatinthehat
  • Nice!! : ihya
  • Can't freaking wait for this game! : khaosman
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    CL0WND (15 points) Honk the noses of 10 Clowns. lol : dognose
    • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=21128887#itemanchor_21128887 ! : LoioshDwaggie
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    RODE HARD, PUT AWAY WET (20 points) - lol : SeaLlama
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      that's from another game but i've forgotten where i saw it before : DrFlammable
      • it's the title of your mom's memoirs lololol : dirge23
    • Ha, that's from TF2 :D : Godhatesfatpeople
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    BURGER TANK! : Dschinghis Khan
    • Hahaha, that was my thought as well. I still say that every time I see the sign. : ArcKnight
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    What's "realism" mode? : Nighteyes
    • super hard mode. pros only, bro. : mikecyb
    • reel lyfe : niceguynick
    • No Pussies Allowed Club : Godhatesfatpeople
    • even more ragequitting mode. don't even front you pansy n00b fag newb nub scrub : Downforce
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      we don't know the full details yet. people said it's an alternate difficulty modifier that can be used al... : pyide
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        could be stuff like weapons being more inaccurate while moving, and infected can take more body shots bef... : pyide
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          maybe turn off player outlines too? : filthysock
          • very possible. and the nametag text, possibly the entire hud too so you can't see how much hp everyone ha... : pyide
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      i'm really hoping its a 'get bitten and now you're infected' mode. It would be cool if the antidotes were... : filthysock
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        they likened it to Portal; They had the in-house guys who could beat the game in 30 minutes, then once : zerog83
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          from the last paragraph of http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?cId=3176408 But, as we wrap up our playti : pyide
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            I'm assuming it is a one-hit kill option. : LoioshDwaggie
            • That isn't that realistic though. Maybe being shot would do it, but not from a zombie kicking you once t... : nurglich
  • AHAHAHAHA. Moonbase Commander suggested to Gabe Newell that a melee weapon tank kill should be an achieve... : Rice-Rocketeer
  • bile bomb and adrenaline , those are very close the two things i was thinking they should add. : filthysock
  • Ammo upgrade? What's that? : MercFox1
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  "ROBBED ZOMBIE (15 points) Collect 10 vials of Boomer vomit from infected CEDA agents you have killed." ... : The Grolar Bear
  • LOLS awesome : jonin
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    but they're not zombies! : manero
    • Correct. They're pedants. : RomSteady
    • He was a zombie Francis, a ZOMBIE! : jonin
  • Fucking CEDA. : thecatinthehat
  • CEDA BLOWS : MercFox1
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  Will people still be playing L4D 1 or will it be (un)dead? : capt tripps
  • I imagine people might go back to it for the old survivors and to play the old maps. However with the cha... : Duffman8369
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  Oh man, when's the release date again? My anticipation was in check before reading that list : nevlos
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    oct 27th demo, nov 17th full : niceguynick
    • Fuck, I would boycott every other game this year if we could get our hands on this now. : nevlos
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  I see they've snuck in a gnome mission again like in Ep2. : Masem
  • Gnome Chompski is pretty lol : mikecyb

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  I've been suiciding in Nexus to stay in soul form, so I haven't even seen a black phantom. Maybe I should... : tashtego
  • i need to do this. : yAak
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  There is almost nothing worse than getting corner raped. I get he was pissed. : jahulio2
  • You have to constantly be aware of your position and your surroundings. It would be so easy to die if you... : Rehevkor
• haha, awesome! : DianeOfTheMoon
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  I had one invade me while I was in 3-2 so when he approached me I just nuked him with my Firestorm spell ... : warcrow
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    IIRC, they lose a level for terrain deaths! : walker270
    • YES!! : warcrow
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      Ouch, that blows for him. : one random winner
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        If someone invades me, they're asking for it. I'll shove them into a pit of death without hesitation! : Rehevkor
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          I would assume they'd rather die by your hand than get shoved in a pit of death, out of curiousity though... : one random winner
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            No, they don't, so they can hang out near a boss or a bunch of enemies and ambush you while you're fighti... : Rehevkor
            • Fun times indeed :D : one random winner
            • To clarify, Black Phantoms can't pass through any fog door that you haven't touched yet, so they may not ... : Rehevkor
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  black phantoms are other players invading your game? do you get anything for beating them? : edgewise
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    Not that I'm aware of--you just basically get the satisfaction of killing them, and of course your safety... : warcrow
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      It changes your character tendency towards white, as well. : tashtego
      • You also get some souls, I think I got about 1500 from him. I'm not sure if those were the souls he was c... : Rehevkor
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    There are some black phantoms that are part of the level. They are usually one-time affairs, so once you... : DianeOfTheMoon
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      About that, do you know if the Graverobber's Ring works on Black Phantom players, or is it just for the N... : Rehevkor
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        It works on PC players. :) : DianeOfTheMoon
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          Awesooooome. I am the night! *poof* : Rehevkor
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            I was doing The Monk Event and got in with a guy...it must have taken a good 15-20 minutes. He eventuall... : DianeOfTheMoon
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              Sweet. I noticed that there are a bunch of different weapons I can upgrade to the Meat Cleaver. Does it m... : Rehevkor
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                Nope. Standard club works just fine. They can't be upgraded, though. : DianeOfTheMoon
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                  Cool, I can do that right now I think. I'm pretty sure I have a club in storage. : Rehevkor
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                    Try the rolling attack! : DianeOfTheMoon
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                      I <3 the Meat Cleaver. : ucanbfuzzy
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                        How did you get Meat Clever? : bRAINsick
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                          err Cleaver : bRAINsick
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                            Make sure you have a club or great club. Beat the 4-1 boss and take the club and his soul to the blacksmi... : David Craddock
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                              You have to have beaten the 2-2 boss first though, then you need to "Talk" to Ed a bunch of times to go t... : OverloadUT
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                                Know of any places that I can get a club or great club without being a Barbarian? : bRAINsick
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                                  I found a Great Club pretty early in the game, so I assume it was in 1-2 or 2-1. I don't remember exactly... : OverloadUT
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                                    I believe 1-2 on the bridge, as I have one and I've only cleared 1-2 and 2-1 : breadsticks
                                    • Ok then I probably have one in my bank. : bRAINsick
                              • Oh yes, very true. Forgot about that part. : David Craddock
            • Someone PARRIED? fucking hell, parrying is impossible in this game : yAak
• Oh, I am a habitual, shameless video game taunter/cheerer. I will be the only person in the house and ... : Omaha
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  In NG+ and above, can you only invade/be invited to games playing the same iteration (NG+ and above) as y... : walker270
  • I think the only restriction is +/-10 soul level, regardless of what iteration of game they're in. So i... : CyCo_PL
• This isn't really taunting, but I'll occasionally watch the red phantoms (after touching their bloodstain... : Rasnowl
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  Does the invading player have anything to gain or lose, other than just potentially fucking over someone ... : nudel
  • Apparently if they're killed by the environment (trap, open flame, long fall, etc) they lose a soul level... : Rehevkor
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    Terrain deaths cost them a level. There's also a weapon that destroys durability, and a spell that suc... : walker270
    • I've been using the durability spear and it's great. Enjoy your 20k repair bill bitches. I was thinkin... : ghost in my shell
  • invading players get resurrected and their character tendency goes towards black (which could be useful d... : DeBurgo
• I can't believe how addicted I am to this damn game, considering I was going to pass it up. The sale at F... : freakord
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  So, I finally beat the game last night...wow was The False King intense. Talk about needing mistake free : DianeOfTheMoon
  • Awesome sum-up. : one random winner
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    Agreed on all points. I'll also add that it's one of the most viscerally cathartic games I've played in a... : Rehevkor
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      Yep. The sound in this is amazingly good (to me). I know somebody was complaining about it, but the bac... : DianeOfTheMoon
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        The constant subwoofer thump-thump of the GIANT EVIL HEART in 3-2 is awesome. World 3 as a whole is just ... : Rehevkor
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          The tingling of little bells, the moans of prisoners with singing and a "Let me out of here!" yell...I ha : DianeOfTheMoon
          • Oh god, those guards are NASTY. One of the most horrifying enemies I've ever met in a game. The bells, OH... : Rehevkor
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    haha, I wonder if I'll get an inf on this. ;p : DianeOfTheMoon
    • Nope! You played more than the tutorial. INF's are for legitimate reviews, only. : walker270
    • If I was a mod I would've, both because it would've been funny and because it's informative : one random winner
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    Nice writeup. Demon's Souls' unforgiving nature may not be for everyone, but I disagree with the notion t... : ahlee
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      I don't think I'm going to forget my first encounter with Flamelurker. He spawned in, I went WTF!? and s : DianeOfTheMoon
      • I blew my entire weekend either trying to kill him or running around trying to level up. Most of the time... : d3tached
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    Excellent write up. Even though I am playing a magic user (Royalty), I agree on all counts. To be hones... : yAak
    • She started with a cleric, but she geared them heavily towards melee combat, building up strength and end... : BlackCat9
  • Grats, it's a real accomplishment. This game doesn't mess around. : Boxelder
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    what lvl were you when you finished and what did your build look like? : Boxelder
    • My Character: Lvl 79 Priest Vitality 27 Intelligence 14 Endurance 27 Strength 30 Dexterity 24 Ma... : DianeOfTheMoon
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  I LOVE when Black Phantoms raid my game, just means more souls for me. I've sat around waiting for them ... : mastermike569
  • what is your strat? :) : d3tached
  • The worst feeling as a Black Phantom is when you invade only to find out that they have a Phantom buddy. ... : OverloadUT
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  I finally got to play a little bit of this game yesterday. My buddy suggested I make a mage or something ... : zuff
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    Not a chance. The game design is that you are a lone warrior, battling for survival. Even the multiplay... : DianeOfTheMoon
    • Ok, I'm sold on this game. I'll see if anyone carries it around here after work, if not I'll buy it onlin... : zuff
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    No, not really. The game was designed to be this way; the lack of player invites and voice chat isn't an ... : Rehevkor
    • Well when you put it like that, it seems like a good developing choice. : zuff
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  Damn you all! DAMN YOU ALL! Now I want this game alot, but I have a huge backlog already! I'll probabl... : Omaha
  • You won't worry about the backlog after you get this, because you won't want to play anything else. : Rehevkor
  • You are either going to absolutely love this game and think it's the best thing ever, or hate it right of... : DianeOfTheMoon
• How do you choose to be a black phantom? Yesterday I dropped my blue soul to help on 3-1 and when I got s... : MrLobo
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  Worl Tendency? I read in a walkthrough that I should be playing in soul form rather than in my human body... : byorn
  • should be WORLD Tendency. : byorn
  • I'm pretty sure I've screwed myself in that regard then. I'll have to do that on my second playthrough. : Rehevkor
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    Both you and the worlds can move from Pure White to Pure Black Tendency, and reaching either end of the s : DianeOfTheMoon
    • PBT spawns the named black phantom and primeval demon. PWT usually opens up a few paths, and a quest for... : walker270
  • I don't think it's impossible -- just hard. You can always die to lower an area's WT, and help another p... : walker270
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    Actually I'm pretty sure this isn't 100% true, if you beat a world, then kill that world's NPC black phan... : DeBurgo
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      You only have to kill its black phantom and primeval demon without returning to the nexus. The reason is... : walker270
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        Sooo, if I get my tendency in World 2 to pure black, I can go in, kill the black phantom NPC and this pri... : Rehevkor
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          Killing the Black Phantom NPC and Primeval Demon will put you one boss kill away from PWT. You then eith : walker270
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            Awesome. I'm going to try this tonight. Thanks! : Rehevkor
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              Careful, though -- named black phantoms (at least the one in World 2) are hard. I had more problems be... : walker270
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                I can try cheesing him with the Thief Ring + Graverobber's Ring + Hide spell and zap him with Soul Arrows... : Rehevkor
                • I don't know if soul arrow has the range to cheese him. I had a Sticky Bow + 5 by the time I beat him,... : walker270
          • What's the best way to get the tendency for world 2 to pure black? I have a ton of those stones that rest... : Rehevkor
  • I still haven't figured out a fucking way to move back to white world tendency : freakord
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  Need some advice on where to go: World 1 - completed to 1-3 World 2 - completed World 3 - completed Worl... : warcrow
  • Probably, I hear it's easiest if you do all the x-1's first. : one random winner
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    if you do 5-1 just be careful. lots of falling :( : eeeealmo
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      I always fall in that world at least once or twice. Usually by the slugs nest. : mastermike569
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        yes i've been going there a lot to farm suckerstones. i have far more trouble with the giant goblins tho... : eeeealmo
        • Just stay really close and right on their back. When they swing, nail them in the back and repeat. Easi... : DianeOfTheMoon
        • Yea those Giant Goblins are a pain in the ass but easy enough to take out from a distance using thiefs ri... : mastermike569
    • I think I fell the most in 3-2 so far. Once I smashed a pot and the broken pot pieces pushed me off the ... : Boxelder
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  If I missed my first chance to pick up the Thieves Ring in 1-1 I didn't know it was there when I rescued : tashtego
  • rings drop multiple times in different places. no worries. : eeeealmo
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  Any cool rare things to find, weapon wise? I've beaten 1-1 / 1-2 / 2-1 and I've started exploring other ... : breadsticks
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    There's a Dragon Long Sword +1 hidden in the tunnels in 2-1 that's very nice. Just be prepared to spend s... : Rehevkor
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      Do you mean 2-2? I don't remember any tunnels in 1 : nevlos
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        Can only think of one tunnel at 2-1, the one that leads outside to the black smith. Rest seemed indoors ... : breadsticks
        • Right, I meant 2-2. Misremembered which was which. : Rehevkor
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        yea i explored the tunnels in 2-2 last night and found mad fucking loot (none i can use though lol) : eeeealmo
        • Ya, found this awesome purple shield from 1-1 and I'm like 5 str points shy to use it : breadsticks
• I want to go home and play more. :( : walker270
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  I just want to thank you guys in these threads. I got invaded last night when I thought I wasn't even onl... : notdeadyeti
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    You can't get invaded if you're not online. There are unnamed Black Phantoms that show up in the game to : walker270
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      There's a Phantom bastard in 3-2 octopus man I hate him so much. Fffffffuuuuuuuuuuuuu : yAak
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        I found a great way to pwn him hard. Wait until he's walking away from you, then run up and stand behind : Rehevkor
        • good idea, i look forward to kicking him off the end of my sword >:D : yAak
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          Even better is casting Anti-Magic field and lol'ing as it is now powerless against you. Also great on fat... : ghost in my shell
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            That would require me getting more than ten steps into area 4 before dying. >:[ I need to raise my STR f... : yAak
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              Raise your WT in World 4 to something other than Pure Black. That black phantom will go away. I *thin... : walker270
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                Haha no, the skeletons are slaughtering me. shut up : yAak
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                  Oh... umm.. Somewhere in one of the *-1 worlds there's a Blessed Mace + 1 that absolutely wrecks their sh : walker270
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                    Yeah, i've since beat World 2 and am messing around in 1-3 now. I haven't really done much with 4-1 and ... : yAak
                    • I *think* it's in 5-1. Or 2-1. My order is : 1-1, 1-2, 2-1, 5-1 (save boss), 4-1, 3-1, 2-2, 2-3. I'm... : walker270
        • i usually fire an arrow to hit the wall behind them, they turn to see what made the noise and you stab th... : grendel
      • he dies in three fireballs : Boxelder
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      I was in 4-1 and got 2 shot by some red dude with a katana at the start of the level. : notdeadyeti
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        That's the named NPC black phantom for world 4. : walker270
        • Well I cant wait to come back some day and show him my moves. : notdeadyeti
  • There are some NPC Black phantoms in the game as well. You will get a message telling you that you are be... : silent prophet
  • Where were you in the game? I don't think you can get invaded in the Nexus, so if you want to leave the g... : David Craddock
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  Anyone have a recommendation for caster gear? I still have all the equipment I started the game with. :-X : warcrow
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    In 3-1 I found some caster cloth and a crown that increases max MP. : bRAINsick
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      4-1 you can trade the telescope for a mana regen ring. Upgrading weapons along the moon path shifts th... : walker270
      • Is the telescope useful for anything or just to trade for the ring? Royal's start with a ring that has s... : breadsticks
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  HOLY SHIT the 3-3 boss is the most innovative boss fight I have seen in a video game in many years. To th : OverloadUT
  • Good luck on the 1-4 boss, I'm still stuck there! :) : ghost in my shell
  • aaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrgghhh... you guys are killing me here. Tomorrow can't come soon enough! : Fredrik S
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    Oh also I just want to say that the Lava Bow makes this game EASYMODE : OverloadUT
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      You can't make the Lava Bow if you've already consumed the Hard Demon Soul, correct? I foolishly did so b... : David Craddock
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        There's also a White Bow on a body in 4-2, and the Sticky Compound Long Bow + 5 is all sorts of crazy hax... : walker270
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          Nice! I'm working on the Sticky Compound Long Bow now. Where's the best place to get Spiderstone? : David Craddock
          • I got the mats from the miner tunnel a short ways from the 2-2 stone. I think having Pure Black WT on Wo... : walker270
    • fuuuck. in a moment of weakness i ate that demon's soul. wish i could get it back :( : smax
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    unfortunately all my encounters as a black phantom in that fight in this play-through have been pretty la... : DeBurgo
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      Yeah, I feel lucky that I had two good experiences (even the "cakewalk" took a couple minutes. The guy di... : OverloadUT
      • I do wish they'd fix the disconnection issue. Stupidly, I harassed the person that did it and I got a mes... : DeBurgo
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    What happens in a few months or a year when people aren't playing the game anymore? Would the game just ... : mrwolf710
    • if you play offline there's a placeholder that they put in, so I'm guessing they just use that if they ca... : DeBurgo
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      There is a regular boss that is used when you're not in online mode and presumably when there are no play... : OverloadUT
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        Either way I went from not really caring about this game to actually wanting a PS3 just to be able to pla... : mrwolf710
        • Hearing all of the innovative multiplayer features is what made me buy a PS3. I knew to get the full effe... : OverloadUT
        • I think this game is actually more of a system seller than Uncharted, just because there's nothing else l... : Boxelder
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    can't wait. i just got to 2-3 last night and my jaw hit the fucking floor : smax
    • That was such a cool, epic level. You will enjoy it! : David Craddock
  • Wow, that sounds awesome! I'm not getting this game, cause I'm just not into but all of the stuff I have... : raspu2n
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  if portland doesn't fucking send along my newegg shipment I'm going to nuke it. fucking portland : Downforce
  • update: portland these could be your last moments. it says out for delivery. I'm sure someone played my c... : Downforce
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  i have a bunch of boss souls and no idea where to trade them or upgrade stuff with them. also, im gett... : BaronVonSnakPak
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    http://demonssouls.wikidot.com/ : tashtego
    • i can see clearly now... : BaronVonSnakPak
  • I hated the knight's armor. I found some assassin's armor in 3-1 and haven't looked back. I love being ... : bRAINsick
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  Let's say I invade your game, would I know what level you are before invading? Is it possible for huge l... : stump
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    I think it's restricted to +/- 10 levels : tashtego
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      Is that also true for helping? : walker270
      • yes : yAak
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      If a level 20 attacks a level 10, is that a huge advantage that's almost insurmountable? : stump
      • Drop their ass down a well. : silent prophet
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        I would say no. I think the gear difference is what makes more of a difference. You could, early on in th... : OverloadUT
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          Even considering gear, it's entirely possible for a really low level character to own a higher level char... : Ctrl-Phreak
          • The invading player also has 50% hit points and the invaded has 1oo% : Boxelder
      • it really depends on a whole host of things. even if you're at the worst disadvantage you can still run a... : DeBurgo
    • Levels open up more options, but you're fucked if you can't gear for your playstyle (or if your playstyle... : walker270
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  Are the ghosty guys that the grim reaper spawns weak to anything in particular. My crescent falcion(?) t... : Boxelder
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    They don't like spears. I usually just ignore them and take out the reaper. : ghost in my shell
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      It's just the ones on the stairs that shoot laser beams from their eyes. I can kill them, but it's not a... : Boxelder
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        I haven't found a better method yet, but for that section, I run in and block the first beam. Spear it to... : ghost in my shell
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          I'm going to make a shield with some magic resistance. My vit is low so if I have to block the beam twic... : Boxelder
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            There is a pretty dang nice magic-blocking shield in 3-2 you can get very early on... want hints? : yAak
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              yeah, please! : Boxelder
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                3-2 "subtle" hint (if you want to work for it some): look back at the main tower (with the giant hanging : yAak
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                  it blocks 60% magic, instead of the 30% most other shields do. : yAak
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                    thank you : Boxelder
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                      from the bottom of my "giant hanging meatsack" ;) : Boxelder
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                        I see it but I keep missing the drop :( : Boxelder
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                          arg so close : Boxelder
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                            Make sure you're not catching that stone outcropping thing, which would push you out. Best way is to ap... : yAak
                            • finally got it just barely. took like 10 tries. : Boxelder
                • Thanks! : Rehevkor
            • I'll take that hint. I did most of 3-2 last night but got killed by a pair of gargoyles attacking me on t... : Rehevkor
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              Beating world 5 can get you a shield that blocks 100% magic. : DianeOfTheMoon
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                Anything special you have to do for it? : walker270
                • Don't die? : one random winner
    • ^^^ : eeeealmo
  • My Dragon Long Sword +5 kills them in two hits, sometimes one. : David Craddock
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  Funny review from a user named Baroque in SA's megathread http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php : ahlee
  • Yeah, my build is a little all over the place too. running into similar problems but not quite so bad. : Boxelder
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  question - I'm interested in this game, but i probably won't be able to get it for a while. Is it going t... : mindmann
  • yeah, theres a 10+/- lvl limit. : Boxelder
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    You can always play in soul form and completely avoid getting invaded. Your damage is slightly better in ... : tashtego
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      Yes but real men play only in body form! Other than when I was first learning the game in 1-2 and 2-1, I'... : OverloadUT
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        Well, there are also the soul tendencies to worry about. : bRAINsick
        • Easy: Don't die! : OverloadUT
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  The blood stains where you can view people dying sound hilarious :( : Omaha
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    Oh they are. I crack up every time I touch one and watch some poor idiot blithely run off a ledge to thei... : Rehevkor
    • I love watching them cautiously twitch their way to a ledge to look down, and then fall off and die anywa... : yAak
    • Or some dude runs up to a tough enemy and get's one shotted. : smax
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      There are SO many blood stains near every ledge in the game : OverloadUT
      • 3-2 Boss area is just a red texture at this rate. : ghost in my shell
    • I wonder what people think of my ~7-8 bloodstains on the first ledge in 2-1.. ha : walker270
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    They're also terrifying. I viewed one in a boss area that showed a guy roll frantically before being hois... : David Craddock
    • I liked in 5-3, when I clicked one and the guy waddled into the middle of the stream, freaked the fuck ou... : ghost in my shell
    • Were you like, "0wned!!!"? : CrustaR
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    It is. People do some dumb stuff. Especially when it ends up with them plummeting to their deaths. : silent prophet
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      Even if you don't touch them, just coming up to an area with a lot of blood stains is pretty intimidating... : Boxelder
      • Yeah, it was really awesome on these huge stairs leading up to the 3-1 boss. There was a message saying b... : OverloadUT
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        That's one of the aspects I really love about DS. Sure it's an unforgiving game where if you die you can... : smax
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          Yeah, player messages have saved my ass a bunch of times. I used them to navigate the pit in 2-2. I'm pre... : silent prophet
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            Hehehe, someone put down a fake message in that pit, and i followed it to my doom. I can't say I was ter... : yAak
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              I always recommend fake messages. :P : smax
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                I would pretty much do this all the time. :( "look left!" as a sword comes cleaving out of the shadow... : stump
                • "Behind you" right after a button trap. Gee, thanks dude. : walker270
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                  Hehe, I imagine the bloodstain view where they read your note, look the wrong way and die. : one random winner
                  • Just reading this subthread pisses me off. : Ebu
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    Indeed. Some of my favs happen in levels I already know. Specifically, knowing what lies ahead and wh... : walker270
    • 3-1 is still my favorite level. fucking incredible. : eeeealmo
  • My most favorite moment is when I was at that 1st level at the bridge after you beat the boss. I didn't k : PointlesS76
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  Is that certain spear that breaks equipment still in the game? Using that seems like a total dick move w... : cetra00
  • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=21123447#itemanchor_21123447 heh. But it is easily avoided. To be in... : smax
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    Bigger dick move: invading people's games, and then running to the crystal gecko spawns to make them burr... : OverloadUT
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      OMG i was thinking about that the other day. That is completely awful. : mastermike569
      • If somebody did that to me in 2-2 I'd be devestated, practically all the needed ore in the game comes fro... : mastermike569
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      If you "Load" profile mid-level, it returns Gecko's to their pre-burrowed state, but doesn't respawn enem... : yAak
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        You still wasted one of your very limited spawns using that system though. When they burrow away, it coun : OverloadUT
        • Ahh, yes thats right. : yAak
    • Hmm, I haven't invaded anyone yet, but I wonder if you can kill npcs or other shit and fuck the guy over ... : ghost in my shell
    • There's also another ability that lets you steal souls from people. Requires close proximity to use, tho... : walker270
• God fucking damn this thread. I'm waiting for my replacement copy from Amazon and won't be able to play ... : Malku
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  So is this game completely ps3 exclusive? Am I going to miss out on what seems like a totally awesome gam... : Juno
  • Sony published the original in Japan. It will be PS3 exclusive. : cetra00
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  2-2 boss as a magic user: Don't use Soul Ray. Just use Soul Arrow. It does approx 2/3s the damage at 1 : yAak
  • oops, Soul Arrow is 1/3rd the mana cost of Soul Ray : yAak
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  oops, i killed the blue depressed guy in the nexus. he was kinda asking for it. hope that doesn't matte... : Boxelder
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    Did he drop anything nice? : David Craddock
    • hero soul +2,000 : Boxelder
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    Time to start a new character. : one random winner
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      yeah...no. it actually doesn't matter. : Boxelder
      • Pushing buttons ;p : one random winner
  • uhh, yeah. he gives you free blowjobs. okay, no, not really. He drops some souls if you talk to him a w : yAak
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    Eventually he just gets sadder and sadder and then fades away and leaves behind his soul. I got kind of s : kikilupo
    • I thought Yurt was going to work and went fuck and ran around checking on the rest of my npcs. : ghost in my shell
    • The boss of 2-3 kind of made me sad. After you shoot the second javelin and he falls down, helpless but : CyCo_PL
• Im hating the archdemon from 5-3 right now Maiden Astraea. The scenario is cool though. :) : warcrow
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  So now that the dust has settled, how hard is this game? I hear some people acting like it's the hardest... : kingdepork
  • It gets a little easier as you go but you still have to be on your game to get through it. : bRAINsick
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    It's easier than Battletoads and Ghost n' Goblins, actually about on par with NES Ninja Gaiden :) : ghost in my shell
    • Sounds good. Need to get back my ps3. : kingdepork
  • it's not that hard : eeeealmo
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    Really the game isn't that hard. You have to potential to get destroyed in seconds or blow past guys base... : notdeadyeti
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      I agree with the "it's not that hard" comments. If you're having any trouble at all you can summon a Phan : OverloadUT
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        You can't summon a phantom in spirit form though, right? : Vincent Grayson
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          Nope, but you can drop your "Summon me" message as a phantom, help someone (w/ no soul loss on death) and... : yAak
          • Exactly this. There is NO penalty for death while playing as a Phantom so you can really just charge ahea... : OverloadUT
    • I would say its more of an unforgiving game rather than a difficult game. Simply you will die if you don... : cetra00
  • It's challenging, but it heavily rewards patience and experimentation. If you take your time, and you tr... : yAak
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    Its only hard if you are impatient. :) : silent prophet
    • Best 7 word summary of the game right here. : Rasnowl
  • Hard but fair. : Boxelder
  • It's difficult, but not "hard." Playing co-op reduces the difficulty considerably, from what I've heard.... : DianeOfTheMoon
  • I've played about 3 hours, and while it's harder than most games, all my deaths have been the times where... : PointlesS76
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  I have a couple questions: how do I motion to other players when I'm in their game? Also, why can't I use... : shwortdogg
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    1) hold down X to bring up the menu 2) http://demonssouls.wikidot.com/upgrade : eeeealmo
    • you can also press+hold x then do sixaxis motions to do them faster (menu takes forever to appear) but th... : Fayk
    • Thx dudes : shwortdogg
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  Finally had an invasion today! Because I'm jerk I'm carrying around the scraping spear which does rather : Kentor
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    Every person who has invaded me tried starting with bow and magic. Walking left while locked on negated ... : DianeOfTheMoon
    • That's why you bait them into a hallway. : Boxelder
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      This guy definitely went in for close quarters at first, but I guess the spear hit pretty hard. His range... : Kentor
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        No, but I do have a 100% magic damage blocking shield, so I can still close with someone lobbing spells. ... : DianeOfTheMoon
        • Oh, I also keep the flame shield with me, and have enough carry weight that I can bind both the black sil... : DianeOfTheMoon
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  The one thing that the game doesn't seem to do a good job of is that there doesn't seem to be any sense o... : PointlesS76
  • well thats kind of the point, there is no direction. once you kill the first boss, the other worlds are o... : theWhite
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  Can someone editorially at Shacknews find out from Atlus whether there is any plan to release this in EU/... : ThrillKill
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    how much does it cost to ship from play-asia.com? http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-bp-77-1-49-en-15-d... : yAak
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      even before shipping it's higher than the standard premium price... I'm looking to pay around £30 idea... : ThrillKill
      • ah, wait for them to get used copies back in i guess : yAak
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  Do mobs ignore black phantom invaders or something? Today I was farming skeletons in 4-1 while alive ... : smax
  • That's correct. As a black phantom, you are "one of the enemies" and so everything is friendly to you. ... : DianeOfTheMoon
  • That's the best part about invading! I LOVE invading and then just darting past my target and finding a n... : OverloadUT
• I'll probably repost my review up again when the ER thread comes around, just to make sure the evening fo... : DianeOfTheMoon
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  where can i find a Dark Silver shield? that's the one that blocks both physical and magical attacks, rig... : grendel
  • If you kill the guy guarding the boss of 5-3, he drops a set of male only unique armor, of which the shie : DianeOfTheMoon
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  Day 5 -- Been on 1-5 for three hours now. Demon's Souls fatigue setting in. Would trade left testicle for... : warcrow
  • What soul level are you at? I think the recommended level is 70-80 : DianeOfTheMoon
  • Are you doing it with Phantoms? I just beat 1-5 with 3 phantoms and it was pretty easy. I just stood b... : OverloadUT
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  Question about Sword of Searching Does the Sword of Searching have to be used to kill enemies for them... : David Craddock
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    I think you have to have it equipped, though it can be in the offhand. : DianeOfTheMoon
    • Thanks! : David Craddock