Morning Discussion

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  The record is only 40 hours? That doesn't seem very difficult to accomplish. : riptyde
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    That's what I'm saying! : warcrow
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      'Dat's what I was tellin' you befo'!!!! : ) : saunders45
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        Haha the cleveland show is awesome. : mlev
        • So its your fault : uglysad
        • So you are the one watching it! : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    2 straight days? I don't know if I could do that. : cookblaze
    • I'd probably get bored before I got overly fatigued. Staying up for 40 hours is not terribly difficult a... : riptyde
  • 40 hours of driving around in a car and going on dates. WOOOO!!!!! : Phreakin
• I wonder if the Mario Marathon guys broke any records : indosauros
• Your thumbs are gonna hurt : deveus1
• You won't hold that record, although it makes me wonder if something like 1 hour of playing Daikatana wou... : one random winner
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  so how are you going to shit ? : hanged_man
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    He's going to hook the whole thing up in his bathroom and play on the shitter. : one random winner
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      So 39 hours of not feeling his lower extremities? That's going to be one vicious case of pins and needle... : CoreContingency
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        It's pretty much the only way. : one random winner
        • Would it still count as "playing" if you go to the bathroom with your controller and move the sticks arou... : PointlesS76
    • That's going to inflame a hemorrhoid. :( : AndyGoin
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    The last guy got a 10 minute break every hour. : silent77
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      So he really just has to play for 34 hours straight no breaks. : one random winner
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        No, 1:01 with no breaks. : ieatpubes
        • That's the other way of doing it. : one random winner
    • what? That's so weak. : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • Ever heard of poop-sock? Well, he's going to take this literally. : Anastomosis
  • 40 gallon diaper. : Dynotaku
  • Cartman's way ahead of you. http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/104292 : sonicstorm
• lol, : edgewise
• Stellar! What's your goal? 72 hours? : MorrisatCNN
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  Set up a live stream so we can watch. : IHATEDUST
  • I might have to arrange this. : warcrow
• That would be kind of interesting/fun for games that aren't GTA4 : Begawkiness
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  haha your going to end up like the kid who played world of warcraft for 3 day straight and died. : mastermike569
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    If you die just because you were up for 3 days, something was already wrong with you. : ArcKnight
    • Guy probably forgot to drink water or something. : one random winner
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    You're going to end up like the kid who never took elementary school Engl...oh, wait. : ieatpubes
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      You're going to end up like that guy who got perma-banned from Shackn...oh, wait. : Makenxero
      • Ahahaha : thetangent
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        Probably used to it :/ : dognose
        • Mostly :( : ieatpubes
      • It took a week but I was right! : Makenxero
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      who never took elementary school English Yep, because elementary schools only have English as an elect... : ArcKnight
      • Quiet, you. : ieatpubes
      • I wanted to take Nuclear Physics in elementary school but they said I needed to know Calculus first. doh! : thecray
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  40 hours of bowling! : jonin
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    Or darts! : X : warcrow
    • Poo-darts? : Ride-My-Rocket
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  I guarantee that'll be more fun than Dean Karnazes' 48hr treadmill run. : shyguy74
  • ...with more killing! : warcrow
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  dude. deep vein thrombosis :( : PlanetPerfecto
  • you don't have to sit down the whole time do you? : confuseatron
• Well if that doesn't get you chicks nothing will. Actually I'm pretty sure that will repel chicks. : Dynotaku
• do the pigeons and youll kill yourself : oHnOES
• So you can't just play episodes the whole time? : h o s t i l e
• Do you have to get that verified by the guys from A Fist Full of Quarters? Aren't they the official Guin... : Fooldozer

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  Why would you get the PS3 one if you have a 360? Just wondering. Nothing to do with Borderlands but every... : bozer
  • Same : punchdog
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    Maybe he doesn't pay for live. : razlebol
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      mistake number one really... Fucking love Uncharted 2 but its dead in the water in 2 weeks - watch, becau... : bozer
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        I'll watch you be wrong. : CyCo_PL
        • What are the multiplayer numbers for games on PSN? : Fred Garvin
        • I wish you were right. Since I got it I've played co-op one night, and that was it. The rest of my MP has... : bozer
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        Why would it be dead in 2 weeks? I played Resistance 2 online for months and it was not as popular as thi... : razlebol
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          It's dead to the shack, dead to me and my friends, dead I tell you. Because I can't find anyone to play w... : bozer
          • I have plenty of shackers on my list playing it daily.. I haven't touched MP yet. : razlebol
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      Yeah I do have Live Gold. I got the PS3 version because that's the only one that was left @ $39.99 so I s... : mystifier
      • ouch =( : DinK
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    Free multiplayer on a quiet system with a better controller. (Of course, I got it for PC) : Ebu
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      better controller O_o Oh god, this thread is going to go to the dogs : chazums
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        Hey I also heard that MW2 won't have dedicated servers, whats up with that! : phate81
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          phate81, it was not even funny the first time you said that. : mystifier
          • Sweet, thanks for laughing! : phate81
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        You forgot "free multiplayer that shows you get what you pay for" and "the 360 is quiet once you install ... : DinK
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          Is there any performance gain from installing Borderlands? It's been a mixed bag from what I've seen so ... : Clasifyd
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            Only a few games from before you could install ever suffered a penalty from installing (halo3 for example... : chazums
            • Some games also won't even let you install them. Crackdown for instance. : DinK
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            AFAIK every 360 game gains performance except for Halo 3. Granted it's not going to be a huge difference... : DinK
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              So recommended then? I haven't really delved into the whole installing thing BECAUSE of the whole Halo 3... : Clasifyd
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                Halo 3 only works the opposite way because Bungee optimized how the game data is laid out on the disc to ... : mikecyb
                • Thanks for the history lesson, that's actually very intriguing. Might just try it since I haven't tried ... : Clasifyd
                • Uh, Level 5 did this with Rogue Galaxy and that was a PS2 game. Pretty sure they weren't the first eithe... : cetra00
                • Actually most companies try to optimize disc layout. Some are just better than others. : Fred Garvin
                • That's incorrect. EVERY company optimizes the disk layout. The reason Halo 3 is slower is because they do... : uncleanmonkey
              • Games will load faster when installed and there is no drive noise. Halo 3 used a custom streaming soluti... : chazums
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              It's not UE3, It's Naughty Dog's own engine. : Fred Garvin
              • Oh, Borderlands. Nevermind. : Fred Garvin
          • I always install games because it gets rid of the dreaded "dirty disc error" : riptyde
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          Multiplayer has worked perfectly in every ps3 game I have played. : CyCo_PL
          • Yeah it works but nobody plays it. Organize a Shackbattle and I'll be the first one there with my pants d... : bozer
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      Better controller? For a shooter? Rrrrrreally : dewdman
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        Better controller period. Versus the 360, of course. PC wasn't part of the comparison because I was RE... : Ebu
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          The PS3 controller is shit. The stick placement sucks, its too small, and the triggers suck. : maulla
          • Yeah the best thing about the PS3 controller is the d-pad, which is not a primary control mechanic in Bor... : OverloadUT
          • get the little clip on trigger things, theyre like 5 dollars and they're just perfectly fine. : confuseatron
        • Wow. I own a PS3 and am not a big fan of the 360 (won't buy one either), but even I recognized that the ... : ieatpubes
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          Sorry man. I'm all for subjective opinion, but anyone who isn't talking out of their ass will recognize t... : dewdman
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            Right, nemesis, because I don't agree with you I'm simply "talking out [my] ass" No, the controller is... : Ebu
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              You must have deformed hands. : ieatpubes
              • They are rather large. But hardly deformed. : Ebu
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              360 one is a modern beautifully designed controller. the PS3 is the same one for what, 10 years now. And ... : bozer
              • It's the same because it's been perfect (imo) for, what, 10 years now. : Ebu
            • No he's right, you're 100% objectively wrong. The PS3 controller is fucking ass. : uncleanmonkey
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              ^^ girl hands : theWhite
              • Not even remotely. : Ebu
          • Your point is completely backwards. The mouse and keyboard are far superior for shooters, but I'll take t... : Entity
        • I hate the damn PS3 controller and wish I could use my 360 one with it. The damn things makes my hands cr... : Evil Benius
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          You are drunk. : Fred Garvin
          • Not in over 10 years. : Ebu
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          I greatly prefer PS3's but that might be because I've been using that design since PSX. : smax
          • Year I prefer the PS3 controller as well to be honest. The usual complaints levelled against it don't eve... : ihya
          • I have no preference myself, but yes I'm still more comfortable using the PS3 controller as I've been usi... : cetra00
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          You are high, the triggers alone renders the PS3 controller garbage. : Mad Brahmin Disease
          • Except that they don't. And it isn't. And they're not. >:( : Ebu
    • I have a PS3 and a 360 and they make about the same amount of noise. : OverloadUT
    • I bet you have a wall air conditioner in a window no more than 10 feet away from you and your "quiet syst... : freakynipples69
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  go look at the borderland forums on the gbx site... the ps3 build really shouldnt have shipped in the sta... : rmjackson
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    Noooooooooooooo :( : mystifier
    • :( : rmjackson
  • Strange. I played about 4 hours or so last night without any problems. : Entity
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  I was getting audio and video stuttering last night on my 360. : arhughes
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    Me too : manlyman
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      i didn't. i need to install it though, there's too much loading : dantastic
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        I always forget that you can do that. Will definitely be trying that tonight. : arhughes
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          i had to lay off due to having no space left on my 120GB drive : dantastic
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            Holy fuck, I'm still struggling with my 20GB. Fuck Microsoft and their expensive proprietary shit! : manlyman
            • yea I want to do this with my 20gb (install borderlands) but with Forza 3's disk 2 install next week I do... : mwasher
• Are there any differences? I'm probably going to check out those comparison videos that Gametrailers inev... : michaelleung
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  How's multiplayer on ps3? I've heard reports that it's broken. As in: can't join games at all. (apparentl... : mem
  • As soon as I saw "Powered by Gamespy", I wrote off any possibility of an enjoyable experience on the PS3 ... : Entity
  • Yeah a patch is out.. it's on something called the front page....... dont ask me where that thing is. : mystifier
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  I want my PC version NAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAOWWWWWWWWWWWWW :( :( : razlebol
  • $33.75, bitches. : mlev
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  how long does Steam take to cancel a pre-order? (my friends and I are getting the 4-pack instead) : smax
  • took them about 48 business hours to handle mine : pancake humper
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    how do you cancel a preorder in steam? : grendel
    • you have to contact support : smax
• Anyone wanna play some MP tonight? : pturvz

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  wow, it takes effort to be so wrong and contradictory in so little space : derelict515
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    I agree with the quote, actually. There's nothing to really show off about FO3. I enjoyed the game from s... : Modica Sol Solis
    • So, by this logic, why play any single player RPG ever? : kershner25
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      The loot isn't the point. Saying the point of Fallout 3 is loot collection is like saying the point of S... : Arcanum
      • I thought the point of Saving Private Ryan was the intro scene that used 39x more fake blood than all oth... : mlev
    • FO3 was an amazing experience. : MagicWishMonkey
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      I don't even know how to respond to this. Fallout isn't Diablo. Baldurs Gate isn't Diablo. The loot is ... : derelict515
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        I misunderstood the quote, I think. I thought it was referring to the FPS/RPG hybrid and what to do with ... : Modica Sol Solis
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          But the story *doesn't* take the backseat in Fallout 3, or Oblivion for that matter. Sure, the main quest... : Vincent Grayson
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            Alright then, the plot takes the backseat, if the story doesn't. Or, better yet, the narrative takes a ba... : Modica Sol Solis
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              JRPGs are holding games, particularly RPGs, back as an art form. : Arcanum
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                I disagree. JRPGs are fairly awful now, but I don't think that has any effect on the general gaming world... : Modica Sol Solis
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                  the reason they don't sell as well is because the genre hasn't evolved in a decade+ and people started en... : derelict515
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                    Right, it hasn't evolved. It in many ways has devolved, really. : Modica Sol Solis
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                      It only feels like it devolved because in 1997 it was new and epic. It just stayed the same, not devolved... : derelict515
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                        I would argue that it has devolved extensively. Final Fantasy Tactics was a quite well written game (tran... : Modica Sol Solis
                        • to each his own, I made it though like 2 hours of Xenogears and was bored to tears on every front. I tr... : derelict515
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              yeah, just because the story isn't written for you without variation and holds your hand throughtout does... : derelict515
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                I wouldn't say story is the purpose of Fallout or Oblivion. Immersion, exploration, and interesting and d... : Modica Sol Solis
                • I don't even know why I posted in this thread, I don't even play video games. : Modica Sol Solis
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                  ie you define story as a series of linear preplanned events with unchanging, prewritten characters that t... : derelict515
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                    I define a narrative as such, yes. A series of linear events, told in an interesting way, with choices yo... : Modica Sol Solis
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                      I fail to see how Fallout doesn't fit that description. Even if the writing isn't up to your lofty standa... : derelict515
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                        None of the characters in FO3 were that memorable for me, I guess. None of them changed in significant, i : Modica Sol Solis
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                          But you can do both. You're not required to do one or the other. Bethesda's strong suit is not epic stori... : derelict515
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                            First of all, you seem to be under the impression that I like modern JRPGs. That's simply not the case. ... : Modica Sol Solis
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                              My point was about the games' intent not necessarily the execution. You were talking about the Bethseda g... : derelict515
                              • Planescape Torment was absolutely magnificent from what I played of it a couple months ago (the first hou... : Modica Sol Solis
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                  make up your persona and your personal history as you go along No, that's my point (one of them). You... : Arcanum
                  • That's what I said. You make (up) your persona and history as you go along through the game. There's no p... : Modica Sol Solis
            • Look how dead you are inside. Look. Look. : d fluke
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            ^^ This. It's not a "we're going to tell you a story while you hit things" story-focused game. It's a "... : Arcanum
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              I think to really have a loot-whoring game, you pretty much need to have that Diablo-style random item ge... : Vincent Grayson
              • yup, it has to have the slot machine style gameplay : derelict515
            • That's not what I said. I told you, I misunderstood the quoted section and didn't think my entire post th... : Modica Sol Solis
        • The story and world of Fallout 3 are absolutely the reason to play it. If anyone is playing them for the ... : derelict515
        • you do make sense and share an interesting perspective that has some good thought behind it. seriously : yacoub35
        • Ugh, fucking no. I don't want to have to deal with a bunch of dickheads running around in my wasteland. : thetangent
    • All single player RPGs are meant to play like Diablo. The story, npcs, and such are just extras. : valael
    • I don't need a public trophy to prove to myself that I had fun. : yakz
    • Definitely not to show off. : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • Despite what World of Warcraft players might say, good loot is about making your character more badass an... : pyide
    • This post just made my head explode. : MercFox1
    • http://images.encyclopediadramatica.com/images/f/f3/Xbawks2.png : Felraiser
    • What's the point of loot if all you're doing it showing it off? : kill9
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  The "game being about collecting items" is where they are already totally wrong. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    it's pretty mindboggling that someone could think that to be honest. Especially someone who makes a livin... : derelict515
    • eh, it's IGN, after all. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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      I don't know. Finding Lincoln's Repeater was one of the highlights of Fallout 3 for me. Of course the who... : pyide
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        But they say that "at its core, it's all about collecting items.". No, it's not. Collecting items it's a ... : Nitrium
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          True. The core of the experience is depleted uranium. : RomSteady
          • more like RomPunny : Mad Brahmin Disease
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          That's true. I guess I was lumping in other items in the game, not necessarily "loot" in strictly the wea... : pyide
          • It's a core part of the gameplay but not the reason to play. That's true of tons of games. If someone mad... : derelict515
• Borderlands doesn't compare. The amount of detail that went in to everything in FO3 makes BL look like a ... : jingletard
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  Borderlands is great, but there is no way it's better than FO3 : Milleh
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    They're different games aimed at completely different audiences, so naturally it makes sense to compare t... : mittense
    • Sarcasm? Heh. : Nitrium
    • Yeah Borderlands is really for people who didn't like Fallout 3 all that much. : SpaecKow
    • Different sure, but there are similarities. I do agree though, not much value can be drawn from compar... : Milleh
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  I don't get it, Fallout 3 is about survival, not bragging rights. : unsound
  • apparently all RPGs are Diablo clones in IGN's world. : derelict515
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  god i wish these comparisons would stop. i haven't even played borderlands yet, but what i've seen/read m... : gokart.
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    It's like Fallout with more guns : Modulus
    • they're both just wolf3d with loot - oh wait it had gold. total ripoffs. : gokart.
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  Borderlands wishes it could have the story, atmosphere, characters and immersion of Fallout 3. The only ... : manlyman
  • i beg to differ. borderlands has bobbleheads sir. : Steve Gibson
• Ahh the IGN dimension, land of the add gamer that needs his hobby to be validated by others before it's f... : locater16
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  Holy shit different people like different games for different reasons! : OverloadUT
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    liking Borderlands better is fine, but if your reason is because Fallout 3 failed in its mission as a Dia... : derelict515
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      It doesn't say that. It says Fallout is a game about collecting items from a civilization past. As in, sc... : OverloadUT
      • This is what I wish I would have said. Although I guess that subthread didn't turn out too bad. : Modica Sol Solis
      • it says the core of the game is about collecting items, which isn't true. The core of the game is experie... : derelict515
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        fallout 3 is the best game ever: nws http://www.shackpics.com/viewer.x?file=f12121_242242242_56ateh5jgmi... : GloriousCow
        • god damn it you fucker : Modica Sol Solis
        • This fucking planet. : SpaecKow
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          War.... War never.. WHAT??? : Toraz Chryx
          • War changed :( : NastyJack
        • Hahah WTF : bolneze
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        Fallout was not about scavenging. : Mad Brahmin Disease
        • Showing off? In a single-player game? WHAT'S THE POINT OF SHOWING OFF GEAR FFS?! : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • Forza 3 is a bad game. There really isn't any loot and the variety of enemies is poor. It fails in it's m... : aeg1x
  • The problem here is that Fallout and Borderlands are just that: different. They aren't directly comparabl... : rudds
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  Borderlands and FO3 are to completely different games in terms of design, and basically every other way. ... : freakynipples69
  • *two : freakynipples69
  • I was just about to post this. Why are we comparing them? Because they're both in some post-apocalypti... : famine101
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  Fallout 3: non-cartoony graphics Borderlands: cartoony graphics....any questions? : gyokuro
  • So it's like Fallout for kids, huh. : crummynz
• Wait so this isn't a fake IGNdotcom quote? :( :( : crummynz
• I think it goes to the heart of the issue when playing collecting/rare item games vs single player ones.... : Visceral Monkey
• Wait - Fallout 3 was about collecting items? And here I was thinking it was about exploring, killing slav... : thetangent

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  TEAM 고수 (aka RRW) Please check-in with me via SM so we can start getting organized with prac... : R@zzle
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    why did you name your team little drummer boy? : Xanthos
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      Actually it's logical negation over a perpendicular next to a house on stilts. But nice try. I can se... : R@zzle
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        it means gosu : R@zzle
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          ck a dick : azenmaster
          • Good job zen, good job. : Lexicon_Leidun
  • i want to be a razzle dazzler! : multisync
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  I look forward to fun times. : zebosausamite
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    so you're getting an xbox with borderlands? AWESOME : multisync
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      what are you playing this multisync? if I get it will you play with me : azenmaster
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        i was playing with anyone last night who was on XBL -zakk ignored my request though :(. I leveled boredg... : multisync
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          how many can play in a co-op game at a time? : azenmaster
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            4 : multisync
            • I had at least 5 on my friends list playing last night, I guess I'm fucked. : azenmaster
        • add me fgt. gamertag: juanquit0 : r3dn3ck
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    and drama! don't forget the drama! : r3dn3ck
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      hello teammate! : c0bra
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        O HAI : r3dn3ck
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          hello fellas. /ass slap : m0rfus
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            when is fletch going to email us? D: : c0bra
            • i dont know, i was wondering that too. i tried to msg you last night for a game, but you were busy. : m0rfus
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  Man it's rough going in terms of organization - my team out of 6 dudes only 1 has emailed me back. Kinda... : kainen1
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    I find HoN players generally are active in the day at communicating and then at night just play video gam... : azenmaster
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      I don't. But I sent that out yesterday morning. :) Just trying to get a scrim or practice or somethi... : kainen1
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        did hamgasm answer you? I have his phone number and I'm not shy about giving it out : azenmaster
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          can I have hammy's number? : sesmaster
          • sure man : azenmaster
        • not yet : kainen1
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    Oh, did you email me? *checks email* I was thinking we should get a scrim going too. I'd like to start co... : MercFox1
    • Emailed you back : MercFox1
  • I'm here for organization. : jigstah
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  I did a sort of a trial game with Kgargs and the dota crew last night(since I´m on Kgargs team). An in... : gebz
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    That damn butthole raped me every single time. If I got caught in it I just got up and got another drink. : c0bra
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      Now that I turned the "tubro" button on my computer, I have insane fps and my Bradwarden is going to incr... : Jimb0v2
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        Tubro button? Sounds like some strange eastern european man (whose brother's name is Torgo) just got his... : Lexicon_Leidun
        • I'm a player, not a speller. : Jimb0v2
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        Did it seriously do anything? I am going to have a hearty chuckle if it helped your framerate at all. : c0bra
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          On a serious note, I was having ridiculous frame rate issues. My CPU was registering 100% at all times a... : Jimb0v2
          • That's awesome. : Lexicon_Leidun
          • haha dude, break out the motherboard+cpu manuals and check your voltages and front side bus GHz, you can ... : ]pm[chem
          • I am heartily chuckling at this very moment. : c0bra
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  I had some turrible, turrible games last night. So bad that I wish my PSR had dropped 150-200 pts so that... : c0bra
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    you only get better by sludging through the worst. :) We all have them! : kainen1
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      it's so weird. It seems like I do so well and then I play with you and Lakren and platinum and the rest a... : c0bra
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        tort's stun delay is significant, don't worry. I had a game before that one with pupper master that sme... : kainen1
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          Yeah, I had a terrible game as soul-reaper last night too. Granted I hadn't really played him since DotA,... : Lexicon_Leidun
          • I don't like him much. His heal/damage is insignificant (demented shaman's is better) and he's always run... : boomstickah
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    I had some easy, relaxed games last night. No drama at all. : kgargs
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      there's never drama with kgargs around : Xanthos
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        mcpants you want me to aim this vocal cannon at you bro? you want this craig? : kgargs
        • did you forget to take your meds today? : Xanthos
• I had a pretty bad night, I lost every game that I played except the APEM game that I found myself in lat... : boomstickah
• some awesome games last night for me. i was 3/1/11 with Elec last night. i think it was my best game ever... : m0rfus
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  Lexicon's Mad Menagerie of Murderous Monopods! I hope you fools are ready to be stomped by our giant feet... : Lexicon_Leidun
  • woot woot! : RogerDandy
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    Lexicon's Lascivious Lilliputian Legion more like. : c0bra
    • Sexy Lexi's Lovely Long Leg Lickers : azenmaster
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      Obviously you've never experienced the terror of being caught in the midst of a Pack of Polygamous Pygmie : Lexicon_Leidun
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        only every Thursday night : c0bra
        • Ah DoD : zakazi
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    Why do we only get one pod? Can't we have multiple pods? Maybe Lexicon's Mad Menagerie of Murderous M... : Jimb0v2
    • Because only having one foot (that's what the pod actually refers to, it's a vowel shift from pes, pedis:... : Lexicon_Leidun
    • murderous multipasses? murderous monopoles? we could do this for a while ;) : ]pm[chem
  • Drakky's team of AWESOME w/ help from lexicon : 7621305
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  Philly blunts. : omnova
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    this is it : DrFlammable
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      stop brining that goddamn tf2 tourney into this. it's only going to turn it into a shitfest like i predic... : DrFlammable
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        i'm glad i didn't draft two of your flammables, they probably would have tried to sabotage my team now th... : Xanthos
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          McPants you ever watch 'Unleashed' with Jet Li? That's what I'm gonna do to you with Multisync. : R@zzle
          • you're going to ask me for a piano? : Xanthos
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    tf2 sucks : kainen1
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      TF2 does suck. : omnova
      • yo hows that TF2? i heard it was good : Xanthos
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  hahah someone actually drafted me! what a loser! jk thank you me lord mcpants! : fathertime
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    every lord needs his serfs ;) : Xanthos
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      im gonna catch some gnarly waves and plant my big fat surf board right onto you face mcpants : DrFlammable
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        flammable you so fat you can't even get to the beach, let alone float in water. : Xanthos
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          i got the jesus-feet, mcpants. i can surf on water without a surfboard. i'm gonna do a radical flip out o... : DrFlammable
          • don't excite me like that flammable, its not nice : Xanthos
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  What's the schedule for matches going to be like? When do we start? Who is in charge?! : omnova
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    Captains are in charge of setting up their matches for the Round Robin. Should start by mid next week at ... : Lexicon_Leidun
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      Yeah, I for one am not going to start any matches this week. This week is for practice and organization. : R@zzle
      • yeah i'm shooting to probably knock out most matches next weekend if the teams are available. : Xanthos
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        i cant imagine anyone is, like stated above, i'll be lucky to hear from everyone initially by end of this... : kainen1
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          ^ this. Let's be patient. : c0bra
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            well we only have until Nov 13th to get all round robins done unless the captains agree otherwise ahead o... : Xanthos
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              Yeah, the but the fear was that if it stretches out people will lose interest/stretch it out too long and... : Lexicon_Leidun
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                that's fine but if we start realizing it's a squeeze in a week or so I hope everyone is somewhat flexible... : kainen1
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                  As long as everyone is really being active and trying to get the games in I don't think getting an extens... : Lexicon_Leidun
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                    Someone should update http://challonge.com/shaxhax : c0bra
                    • there's a new one I thought, kgargs has it. : azenmaster
                    • but ^^ is awesome and clean. we should use this! : m0rfus
              • yeah i recall and i was even advocating against drawing it out. I suppose it may have been smart to wait ... : Xanthos
            • Yeah, I'm all for a longer schedule, but we didn't want the round robin to be all drawn out over several ... : azenmaster
  • ask your trusty capitan : kainen1
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  Are the rules posted anywhere? : pookai
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    1) No team may field more than 5 Armadons. : c0bra
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      chem would like a word with you, his mad armadon skills last night : m0rfus
      • those skills were mostly comprised of hitting 'w' and right clicking a lot : ]pm[chem
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    Yeah, kgargs linked to them a while back, maybe he'll throw up the link again! : Lexicon_Leidun
    • http://docs.google.com/View?id=dg2r89hr_1dxv8g5hr : omnova
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    Most leagues in dota/hon have rules such as max 2 shrunken heads and astroblades etc. Any thoughts capta... : bongturbo
    • Yeah, we should probably implement item limitations for the tourney. Barrier Idol would be another. : Lexicon_Leidun
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      why do they have a limit on astrolabe? kinda silly since you can't double heal with it. Definitely agr... : Xanthos
      • Barrier Idol has a buff so you can't be affected by it more than once every 50 seconds or so (with a 60 ... : Lexicon_Leidun
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      Also, shady kids have been dropping totems in our creep camps lately to stop the spawn. Is this legal? Al... : bongturbo
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        That sounds like a glitch, that the item is registered as still present after being destroyed - has someo... : Lexicon_Leidun
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          I'm pretty sure this worked in dota too.. : azenmaster
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            Did it glitch like that? Stopping the creep spawn all game? : Lexicon_Leidun
            • oh, nm : azenmaster
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        the worst is when keeper stealth seeds all your neutral camps with eyes and then their team plays really ... : Psigun
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          yep happened to me a few days ago, I find the fucking eyes are so hard to see it drives me crazy trying t... : bongturbo
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            really? They pop right out when you're just moving around and see the red dots on the mini-map... Esp... : dedgecko
            • bonger and i know exactly how eyes work. i think you're missing the part of our point where the keeper pl... : Psigun
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              Even if they are on the outside, you can be standing RIGHT BESIDE IT, and no orange glow or anything, the... : bongturbo
              • never had this problem... can't say anything though about eyes hidden deeper though... : dedgecko
              • I've seen this. It happens with trees inside nooks and crannies, the nearby trees restrict visibility and... : crummynz
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          You can axe the trees though right? : Jimb0v2
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            axe em or use a rune of blight to take down the tree... : dedgecko
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              obviously... but there are trees you can't see but keeper can place eyes on. then you have to use a winge... : Psigun
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                yeah people act like axe is some big hard counter to his ability but it's a major pain in the ass trackin... : kainen1
                • get yoself some pyromancer mang : Xanthos
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                  Agreed, but it is one of his abilities. You should have to exert some effort to counter it, otherwise th... : Jimb0v2
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                    You misread the implication of my post. I think that's what still makes Tree's eyes awesome and the idea... : kainen1
                    • Probably so. Move along. : Jimb0v2
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        what totems are you referring to? : Xanthos
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          +1 all stats : miasma(&)
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            interesting. : Xanthos
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              I think I may test this in practice mode, but if it works, it should be banned, imo. : Lexicon_Leidun
              • yeah this is a bullshit strat : Xanthos
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                that's really gay. If I see that Imma rage on someone : kainen1
                • wait till your in a pub and pest keeps zooming in dropping 4 totems at the back of 4 camps. Then you gott... : bongturbo
    • I think we should ban all boots. And homecoming stones. : omnova
    • majority captain vote can change the tourney rules. so far no bans. : azenmaster
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      max 2 barrier idols, max 2 arcane rings. can't block waves with fissure : kainen1
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        Blocking creep waves with fisure is cheap yes, but I don't know that it's ban-worthy. It's a viable strat... : Lexicon_Leidun
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          yeah i think blocking creep waves with fissure would be acceptable to me, despite the fact that i never u... : Xanthos
          • How can you not love the ninja cow? Just look at that trunk he's got on him! : Lexicon_Leidun
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            it's not my rule, but many dota leagues ban it. I suppose the problem is with full lane blocking which ... : kainen1
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              thats fine, just send out the email with what you think so the cappys can vote on it. if you submit a per... : Xanthos
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                btw, have you been getting the captains' emails McPants? There have been several, but you haven't respond... : Lexicon_Leidun
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                  no its the correct email, i saw the chain last night i think? i just didn't respond because i was good wi... : Xanthos
                  • Ok, just wanted to be sure you're in the loop! : Lexicon_Leidun
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                    I have a good idea we are in the same industry. : boomstickah
                    • the "not able to check gmail at work" industry? don't tell anyone. : Xanthos
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          bding?? : dedgecko
          • backdooring : Xanthos
          • ba ding! : sneakyalmond
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        Barrier idol can only affect a hero once every 50 seconds. The cooldown is 60. So getting 2 buys you 10 s... : ratman
        • I had heard that barrier idol was limited in the HoN league, that's why it was mentioned. : Lexicon_Leidun
        • I don't care ratman but like my emails say, I'm quoting to you standard regulations in tournaments out th... : kainen1
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      I vote no rules -- instead, play the tourney as a beta test and give feedback to S2 : ]pm[chem
      • ^^ I agree, if some team has some strategy that the rest of the captains all think is uncounterable then ... : Jimb0v2
      • i'm for this as well : fletch_
      • Agreed. : ratman
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        How will that get them any information that differs from what they already get from the beta test we are ... : c0bra
        • competitive play may turn out different results? : crummynz
      • Would have never guessed that chem the master medic stackerrule bender would say this chem dog you k : boomstickah
      • totally agreed with chem fucking shit : Jackass1233
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      Arbitrary rules are fail. : Jimb0v2
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        not really, these rules are in place for fairness. go play a game where the other team has 4 storm spirit... : Xanthos
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          I don't buy the fairness argument, both teams could farm the same items. It seems to me really to be a... : Jimb0v2
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            These are mostly things derived from years upon years of DotA tournaments and the rulesets they developed... : Lexicon_Leidun
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              In retrospect that post sounded kind of pissy. I'm not really concerned with whether or not we have extra... : Lexicon_Leidun
              • fun is for LOSERS : c0bra
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                At the end of the day, I will live with whatever rules we decide upon. I just subscribe to the play ... : Jimb0v2
                • Yeah, and that's true of HoN, but it wasn't necessarily true of DotA (the ability to correct it, I mean).... : Lexicon_Leidun
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              Are these the same leagues that whole sale banned backdooring? Because I still think thats retarded. : Jimb0v2
              • No, TDA rules allowed for backdooring. Pretty sure backdooring was allowed in DotA competitive play. : Lexicon_Leidun
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            I can think of some nasty, very imbalanced combo's that could be created if we allowed more than 2 manari... : bongturbo
            • Yeah, that's why I think it's ok. If it turns out to be detrimental to our "fun" then we can always add l... : Lexicon_Leidun
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    anything goes except the balls cannot touch : fathertime
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      uhmm.. you may need to find another team then : Xanthos
      • well, actually.... he may need to find a new tourney. : Lexicon_Leidun
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  Oh cool - Nortrom! http://i33.tinypic.com/2eofbpy.jpg : kainen1
  • that silence aura is deadly : azenmaster
  • needs to look like a BELF GIRL not some BELFHOMO : Iwannaacura
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    What spell synergy, He's going to be a beast! : boomstickah
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      Yeah, he's an awesome Int Carry. His dmg gets insane. : Lexicon_Leidun
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        Well, carry/support. Not a true carry probably. : Lexicon_Leidun
        • I favor the carry/support build, but his true damage makes him crazy strong lategame enough to be a true ... : Xanthos
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          It was hard for him in DOTA to be a carry because you could not apply lift steal with his glaives of wisd... : pookai
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            yeah that was a big drawback, plus his glaives were bonus damage so crit didn't work with them, but he st... : Xanthos
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              Yeah, and Hellflower/Totem was devastating in terms of dmg increase and attack speed in addition to the d... : Lexicon_Leidun
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                yeah he was a fountain of damage, but too damn fragile. that was always my biggest problem playing him. : Xanthos
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                  Yeah, he was super fragile. Probably still will be. : Lexicon_Leidun
                  • rightfully so, he's incredibly helpful with silence and his damage. : Xanthos
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              crits did stack with him at one point...not sure when they stopped : pookai
              • hmm maybe i'm behind on the times : Xanthos
  • that is a lot of cruelty in one hero : Audhuml4
  • holy crap : c0bra
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    I love this guy in DoTA he will be an excellent hero to play in HoN : H@rvester
    • his skills are much needed in HoN. : Xanthos
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    is there a picture of spiritbreaker : JINKY
    • on the test servers yeah i'm sure : Xanthos
    • on the beta thread there is. : Iwannaacura
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    Does this stop portal key combos? Is the max range of portal key within the range of his aura? : Jimb0v2
    • It'll definitely stop Behemoth stun combo or tempest meteor/ult combo among other spam combos (Pyro too o... : Lexicon_Leidun
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      Does portal key count as a spell? I know it uses mana but it might not be "magic" like an ability. That a... : Jackass1233
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        I'm pretty sure item activations do not count as spells. About 98% sure, sure roll-on sure (that's all da... : Lexicon_Leidun
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          yeah items don't count as spells as far as i recall. : Xanthos
          • Oh cool. This doesn't nerf tempest nearly as bad as I thought it would then. : Jimb0v2
    • That's what his ult is for. TBH spectre (sand wraith) or zeus (thunderbringer) ult is a better hard co : miasma(&)
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  I think the Bradwarden score is retarded. : noobja
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    Uh-oh. I think bongturbo just blew a gasket. You may have made him angry, noob, you won't like him when h... : Lexicon_Leidun
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      Regardless of that, can we agree that it really isn't a good measurement of skill whatsoever? I just saw ... : noobja
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        I'm pretty sure it was some half-demented formula someone came up with on the fly. : c0bra
        • thank you, i'm glad you recognize the dementedness of my formula. it's more full-on demented than half th... : Psigun
      • I don't think so. Number of games played makes too big of a difference per total number of assists. : Lexicon_Leidun
      • I am pretty sure I got picked cause I am a 5 on the bradwarden scale. : bongturbo
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        i chose purely on the bradwarden and the summation of the characters in their name (numerically transpose... : Xanthos
        • good ol' ZZ Zazzmatazz will serve you well. : c0bra
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        whatsoever? I doubt that. It is an indicator. It certainly cannot be trusted completely, but in genera... : Jimb0v2
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          I was going to write up a reply but I really don't care enough to discuss it, so I'll just sit here and s... : c0bra
          • Awesome! : Jimb0v2
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          I think we can all agree that if you are dying FAR more than killing then you are probably a bad player. ... : Jackass1233
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            I had a game the other night that proved this. My team was all 1.0-1.4 kdr (pubs) with a good number of a... : Lexicon_Leidun
            • I wish I could get assists for dying first in team fights. That's damage that another hero could have tak... : c0bra
        • Yeah I don't know where I got whatsoever from, but anyhow: I'm talking about the Bradwarden stat in parti... : noobja
  • i hate all these stupid scores. it's more complex than individual stats. : kainen1
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    laff - I saw that - but I have no idea wtf it's supposed to mean. Google didn't turn up with much cept t... : dedgecko
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      Someone made it up for the draft, its Your KDR x Your Assist / (2500 - Your PSR) : noobja
      • it was me, i created the Bradwarden. how dare any of you question it's validity. : Psigun
• I wish I knew about this sooner so I could have gotten in on it : jokemon
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  Guys http://forums.heroesofnewerth.com/showthread.php?t=34679 Possible pit lord port and others. http: : Cliffzorz
  • RAZOR DAMNIT : Cliffzorz

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  They did it to teach you a lesson, same reason the tutorial gets you killed - this game is not your frien... : Zek
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    i feel like that guy is beatable though. on most attempts i would get him down to 25% or so. seems yo... : xxiv
    • very true, I did beat the Vangard demon fromt he tutorial but it took me a few tries and a lot of luck. ... : DscytheX
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      Yeah after I beat him later on I realized how easy it is, I could probably do it no problem now. But almo... : Zek
      • lol, me too! what an introduction to the game that was. If you ever start another character you should ... : DscytheX
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  It's definitely the most satisfying feeling when you beat a boss in this game (hell, even making it to th... : DscytheX
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    gotcha will do. i beat the bridge part but it took some time to figure out timing. : xxiv
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      yeah, this game is all about figuring out the timing and strat for every baddie you'll run into and it wi... : DscytheX
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        same here. i had spent a good hour or so getting to that part and i was thinking to myself how pissed off... : xxiv
        • had that happen a few times already =P. But I realized the one thing you should always be thinking about... : DscytheX
• If you get stuck and frustrated, hit up the demon's souls wiki. This game is trying to kill you. If you c... : silent prophet
• I'm starting to like that damn game now played 5 hours straight yesterday night. took me 2 try to go thro... : Frush81
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  I just ran him to the opposite tower, and he jumped off to his doom : Jinxplayer
  • ^^This. Farming him for souls helps a lot when you first start out. : DscytheX
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  How long do the red messages last on the ground? I left on there a few days ago that said "Beginners shou... : Home Nugget
  • I think it depends on how many ratings they get. As long as people keep rating them, they will stick arou... : silent prophet
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    And what's with all the shitty messages getting recommended? "I need help! Recommend this!" gets 620 reco... : Home Nugget
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      Yeah I can't believe how successful some of those are, why do people recommend them when they already hav... : Zek
      • Each recommendation gives the person who placed the message full health in-game. People are trying to he... : walker270
    • that's the general public for you. : RogerDandy
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      i thought if you get enough recommendations you get health back or something, no? : xxiv
      • Every recommendation gives health I think. I'm not sure why you would recommend one of those "help me" m... : Johnny Law
  • for the dragons? i saw that one! : xxiv
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  Levels are more one giant contiguous-thing with checkpoints and shortcuts. The knight is there guarding ... : walker270
  • ah understood : xxiv
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    is there any way to determine "initial area cleared"? let's say 1-1 for example, I understand part of it... : Downforce
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      nope, the only way to know for sure is to look at a guide and see if you're missing any crucial items or ... : DeBurgo
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        ok thanks! I was looking for "stage completion percentage" or whatever to indicate you SHOULD go back thr... : Downforce
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          Usually there's a glowing item you can't get to. : walker270
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            oh, a *really* stupid question: are respawns permanent? if you clear a zone 100% and go back to the nexus... : Downforce
            • Yes, except defeated bosses. : silent prophet
            • yep everyones back. : xxiv
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  soul arrow. i'm checking out the wiki but still looks like i need some hand holding. 1. my soul level ... : xxiv
  • 1. Yes. 2. Buy Soul Arrow. Buy/find catalyst. Equip catalyst. Use catalyst. : walker270
  • There's a spot in 1-2 where you pick up a "catalyst" (looks and acts like a wand to me) and that enables ... : Home Nugget
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    Get the wand from 1-2 tower (near the start). Get 5k souls (I think that's the price) and buy it from th... : breadsticks
    • I think Soul Arrow is 500 souls, not 5000. Its pretty damn cheap. : silent prophet
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      is the mage trainer in the nexus? : xxiv
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        Freke's follower He can be found in the area behind the World 5 archstone. Teaches basic Magic if your ... : xxiv
        • Need 10+ in 2 stats: Magic & Intelligence : Johnny Law
      • I think you also need to bring your intelligence to at least 10 as well so you can "remember" the spell (... : DscytheX
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    you guys rock, thanks : xxiv
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      You should also take the little bit of time required to farm up the 20k souls required for the Evacuate m... : dewdman
      • Oh and you can get the talisman of god required for casting miracles at the beginning of 4-1. Just bring ... : dewdman
• same here. a fantastic shacker protip will save me HOURS of frustration, even though I was starting to tr... : Downforce
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  oh btw I'm trying to figure out the intel stats does? I was reading a Royalty build yesterday and the guy... : Frush81
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    IIRC, Intel gives you more mp and spell slots. Magic increases your ability to do damage with spells and... : walker270
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      http://demonssouls.wikidot.com/stats : xxiv
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        Might want to add Will => Intelligence in the US release. : walker270
        • aaaah thanks a lot now it make sens : Frush81
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  I finally completed all world tendency events in one playthrough! The last one was a real ordeal, I had t... : DeBurgo
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    Old King Doran's a trip. Probably one of the harder ones in the game, if you don't kill him in the first... : walker270
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      yeah that's why I'm definitely not tackling the dude in NG+, seems real hard. Know if he any easier us... : DeBurgo
      • Spells are mostly ineffective. You can cheese him *really* *really* badly with backstab, though. Kind... : walker270
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  Is DS multi a piece of shit due to the decisions of the developer or PSN? Or is there an easy way to pla... : devi| dog
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    It's pretty clearly not made for you to play with friends. : Zek
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      I was playing last night, showing a friend how to get the key for 3-1 off the bridge, he already died onc : devi| dog
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        what level are you? : xxiv
        • 41 I think.. I might have hit 42 last night though. : devi| dog
  • all summoning takes place on one server, I've never had a problem coordinating with people to summon me (... : DeBurgo
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    I don't really know what you're talking about in regards to "d/c'ing from PSN to get on the same server" ... : dewdman
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      Hmm, I've had multiple friends drop stones and they were not visible to me, while others were and vice ve... : devi| dog
      • I really don't think so man. I never had this issue in 20-30hrs worth of playing with a friend. The only ... : dewdman
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        are you sure you were within 10 soul levels of one another? are you sure that your friends were looking ... : DeBurgo
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          Yes, were were within 3 levels of each other. Yes, I'm an idiot, but I can pull that off. See above ans... : devi| dog
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            well, that sucks :( there are some pretty fucking mysterious things about this game, truthfully. Worl... : DeBurgo
            • I noticed this as well. In world 2, I went from pure black to pure white simply by killing the primeval : Adm.Snackbar
  • you're just doing it wrong : eeeealmo
  • DS wasn't originally designed to be a multiplayer game. They sort of just integrated some online play as... : cetra00
• I got a pimp hat last night. I'm taking a 40 point loss on defence using it but I don't care, it's a gre... : confuseatron
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  I was dying over and over again trying to kill that red eye knight as a thief. I lost everything after li... : jigstah
  • You'll have problems with the Royal as well, it's just the beginning. Although ranged anything has an ad... : devi| dog
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    Class has next to no bearing on anything long term. Just keep playing your royal; the game will destroy y... : dewdman
    • Fair enough : jigstah
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  is the red eyed knight the one standing in from of the door you can't open at level one? : Clay
  • he's the dude after the big ass ball trap, on the bridge if you take a right instead of a left and fighti... : xxiv
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    Yup. : Johnny Law
    • that dude killed me like 10 times before I finally offed him. i was really pissed when I couldn't get thr... : Clay
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  how do you actually level up? do you just buy + attributes? also, can you sell stuff? I can only find ... : Clay
  • you level up your 'soul level' by upgrading your attributes through that witch lady who appears after 1-1... : xxiv
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    Yes, you buy attributes via souls to level up. Each point you spend is a level. No you can not sell th... : d3tached
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      To put this in perspective: I was going after some valuable item late in the game, which required some... : Johnny Law
      • (And for anyone wondering why I was platforming with 15k souls in-pocket, I didn't want to go back to the... : Johnny Law
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  what is this world tendency stuff? : Clay
  • http://demonssouls.wikidot.com/world-tendency Also interesting: http://demonssouls.wikidot.com/charact... : Johnny Law
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  I'm standing before the 1-1 boss as royal. Dare i try alone? : jigstah
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    You'll be fine. Just don't get near him. : silent prophet
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      the phalanx dude? that guy was cake : Clay
      • Throw a Molotov at him and he can't even attack you. It's just a giant, glowing blob of nothing. : walker270
  • sure hes very easy throw soul arrow down his ass when there's no more mob poke him to death he can't hurt... : Frush81
  • boss seem to be very easy compare to the rest.. at least so far the giant spider was pretty easy too : Frush81
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    Yeah phalanx was easy! Now. Should I kill myself in the nexus to get back to soul form to continue. : jigstah
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      no just start the next level and dont start until youve got some help : eeeealmo
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        What would you need help for in 1-2? : devi| dog
        • I guessing the boss, but even then it's pretty easy to bring down by yourself. Melee or ranged. : PointlesS76
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        I wouldn't die more than once in 1-x if you want to get white world tendency. Helping someone else kill ... : smax
        • For world tendency? It won't. You're in another person's *world* when you're helping them as a phantom, s... : dewdman
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          The easiest way to get Pure White World Tendency is to die enough times to bring the world down to Pure B... : walker270
          • But it puts you back in your body, which you can then use to suicide and bring down your own world tenden... : DianeOfTheMoon
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            How is the easiest way to get Pure White to get yourself into Pure Black? : Vincent Grayson
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              Kill the named black phantom that spawns at pur black wt, and then, without returning to the nexus, kill : Adm.Snackbar
              • ^^ This The Primeval Demon and named Black Phantom for each world only spawn during PB WT. Killing th : walker270
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  This game really is amazing. I just beat Penetrator last night (with help from an NPC I rescued), and D : Iazu
  • Biorr is my homie. : Johnny Law
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  anyone killed the dragon in 1-2? ... starting to wonder if I'll have enough ammos : Frush81
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    Just buy about 200 arrows and find a nice comfy perch on the first tower. I think it only took me 50 - 7... : Haku-Jin
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      I assume that's adjust for something right? Like Dexterity or Strength with the bow? I took my level 30... : devi| dog
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        alright ill wait to get higher than : Frush81
        • I think it's because of a specific deficiency for my Royal and the level is ok, as I don't think one of t... : devi| dog
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        I think I was maybe soul level 10 with my wanderer. It took me about 15 minutes. : Haku-Jin
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          hrm I tryed to shoot him a bit yesterday and I'm not quite sure I was hitting him .. I only have 80 arrow... : Frush81
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            He's pretty easy to hit but he takes a long time and you get ni indication that your arrow connects. Aft... : Haku-Jin
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              Oh, you guys are shooting him on the bridge? I was trying to take him out at his roost, wonder if that m... : devi| dog
              • on the first towher... I'm also in human form.. think ill go grind more souls to buy arrows and suicide i... : Frush81
            • If you hit him, the roar he does when he flys back to the start of the bridge sounds slightly different. : Adm.Snackbar
          • Aim for right above the entry way arc. If you hit him a life bar will appear. I read a book while I did i... : d3tached
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        Distance affects damage. Be sure you're hitting him when he's close. : OverloadUT
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          Well it's the roost, so I have to be out of the first damage area. I never thought to do it on the bridg... : devi| dog
          • Oh! Well yeah it'll take a billion arrows at the roost! Do it at the bridge. Takes about 15 minutes. : OverloadUT
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    • what spell is that : smax

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  How is making awesome videogames "abandoning" you?! : fechols
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    Community managers do not make games! : Mad Brahmin Disease
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      They certainly help by making developers aware of community requests and helping the community become awa... : fechols
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        that seems like such a bullshit reason to justify that sort of job to me : AllYourBase
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          how is that? they interact directly with the fan base. it's essentially public relations. : zerog83
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            the second part sure, it's just marketing, but "making developers aware of community requests" seems stup... : AllYourBase
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              > "making developers aware of community requests" seems stupid to me. The reason it's important is bec... : fechols
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                I meant it was more marketing than development. : Mad Brahmin Disease
                • Well, sort of. They do a lot of their work post-release, but the stuff they gather post-release is also i... : SilverSnake
          • they work with the goddamn customers so the developers don't have to. : MisterPhoton
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          That was just a response to the "community managers don't make games" comment. Community managers do a... : fechols
          • like many titles in the gaming industry, what people do varies wildly, so anyone making an assumption abo... : dahanese
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      This is a dumb subthread. Everyone who works at a developer or publisher is important and even if they d... : mikecyb
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        Don't forget the dude who makes sure there is always a hot cup of java in the pot. : Lightzout
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          he is the most important of all. seriously if you work in games and can not fuck up making a pot of coff... : mikecyb
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            This is more true than most people realize : OverloadUT
            • yeah, it's a totally true post. I'm not even trying to make a joke! : mikecyb
        • You kill the joe, you make some mo! : Duffman8369
  • Don't fool yourself, he's not MAKING videogames. : mystifier
• I know, sounds like a good thing he's going to though. : chazums
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  wait, what? : zerog83
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    hes going to Bethesda as the community manager starting next thursday : pancake humper
    • awwwwwWWWWWWWWWWW! : zerog83
    • Awesome. Good for him. : Fyunch Click
    • Damn, that's pretty cool. : MercFox1
    • So if we don't get a Fallout MMO we know who to find and kill. : cerealSAM2
    • So jealous. Good luck Nick! : ThomW
    • awesome : spiderfill
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      He'd been waiting for this. This day of Breckoning. : kungfusquirrel
      • lol : RogerDandy
      • Post needs more love : glio1337
      • *puts on viking helmet* : silent prophet
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        I'm so going to punch you in the face when you get to work. : mittense
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          Oh come on, this is nowhere near as bad as some of yours. : kungfusquirrel
          • :] : mittense
      • Indeed eot man : Lightzout
    • So this means morning and evening Squid-ission whatever the fuck that means postings. Damn you Nick,... : Scotty22
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      you mean Rockville : gmd
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        you're coming to Boston for PAX 2010 right? : pancake humper
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          what would he do in Boston? : Mad Brahmin Disease
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            Manage a community : beanman101283
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              You obviously don't know gmd. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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                my community would be lord of the flies : gmd
                • you pighead : Mad Brahmin Disease
          • PAX 2010 : pancake humper
    • Breckon ... with guns. : Dontdrop
    • Congrats man, sucks we'll be losing you but that's a great position. : freakynipples69
    • It's cool knowing all these good people are getting jobs in the industry now. And not stupid people but ... : mrwolf710
• shackcontent-- : razorblade79
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  Shacknews: It gets you opportunities. : mrvandelay
  • I need me some opportunities. : one random winner
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  It makes me sad that I'm going to have to listen to the Bombcast in the future :( : LoioshDwaggie
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    gamers with jobs is pretty good. I listen to bombcast, too, but they talk way too much about buying this ... : razorblade79
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      Here is where you suggest what video-game related podcast Loiosh should pick in the future! : LoioshDwaggie
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        Bombcast : pancake humper
        • >:( : LoioshDwaggie
        • lol : razorblade79
      • I got hooked on Gamerdork (gamerdork.net) after Remo did that guest spot. : Big Luke
      • Talkradar : mechanicalgrape
      • I don't think any of them will have enough Wizard to satisfy me :( : ZTac
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        One Life Left. : Alice O'Connor
        • Thanks for the suggestions everyone. I'll take a listen to all of them. I listen to podcasts during lu... : LoioshDwaggie
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        What you should be listening to is Penny Arcade's D&D Podcast http://www.wizards.com/DnD/Archive.aspx?... : thekidd
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          Already finished that :) Aeofell NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! (Major last-episode spoiler there). : LoioshDwaggie
          • What's best is that they got it wrong. Part of me, the small part that's not laughing more or less const... : Wadmaasi
      • Player One Podcast. : Bull
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        The demise of Idle Thumbs is unfortunate; most video game podcasts are fucking awful. : mittense
        • No more Idle Thumbs? : mrwolf710
  • i know listening to the bombcast what a goddamn chore : Dave-A
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    Is he leaving Idle Thumbs?? (I'm still a few episodes behind) : beanman101283
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      Yes, Idle Thumbs is done after episode 50 : pancake humper
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        That sucks. : ThomW
        • That is too bad, by far my favorite vidyagame podcast, how sad. : Jenings
      • nooooo, wizaaaard! : stgulik
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        WHAT?! : sesmaster
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          http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=21201427#itemanchor_21201427 : LoioshDwaggie
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            Is Bethsedia not near the Bay Area? Can't Hot Scoops fill in? : sesmaster
            • I'm pretty sure they're on the opposite coast. : Jonathan
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              nope, he's trading in Tupac for Biggie : Degenerate
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                man this is like your parents telling you that they are getting a divorce because neither of them love yo... : sesmaster
                • yeah, that really sucked. especially at 11 years old :( : Degenerate
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        Oh goddammit, it was the highlight of my week : Schnapple
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          Same here. Honestly, I'm much more bummed by this news than I thought I would be. You never know what... : ZTac
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            How do you think I feel? I have like 10 useless domains now :( : pancake humper
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              haha, which ones are yours? : Degenerate
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                wonderboner.info eightbitcock.com seniorsuperdouche.com listofdomainnamespointingtoidlethumbsdotnet.in... : pancake humper
                • Point them all at the lol page. : ThomW
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                  Point them all at ThomW's profile page. : Degenerate
                  • Starting my own podcast brb : pancake humper
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                    Just wonderboner. : ThomW
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                      more like seniorsuperdouche : Degenerate
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                        More like blowmedegenerate : ThomW
                        • have you two ever met in real life? Because I can visualize what ThomW sitting next to Degenerate would l... : MisterPhoton
      • Dengit, time to find another podcast. : legato17
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        What the fuck, Nick?! You're ruining this family! First our dreams of the glorious Remolution were shatte : DrFlammable
        • I thought Remolution was cute, but I should not have laughed so hard at Breckoning. :< : MercFox1
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        I think this is more fucking tragic then Nick leaving shacknews. Motherfucker am I pissed now. : freakynipples69
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          Yeah, Jake and Remo should really continue it with an occasional 3rd mic guest. : pancake humper
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            They should pull in dahanese and/or warcrow and just merge Idle Thumbs and Played. The thing that make... : Schnapple
            • ^^ Excellent idea. Remo, Rodkin, and warcrow (can't remember his last name) would make a great podcast!!!... : OmegaRed59
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            Just Skype Nick in, if he has the time. : freakynipples69
            • I don't think the podcast would work as well if they weren't all in the same room : Schnapple
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              They don't seem to like Skype-based podcasting and I don't blame them. That new podcast with Jeff Green ... : mrwolf710
              • idle thumbs do that anyway :P : Clay
              • Too true, plus the "out of the game" podcast has a decidedly off putting air, maybe its the skypiness of ... : Jenings
          • this is exactly what they should do. : Dschinghis Khan
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            HOT SCOOPS : deveus1
            • I think Steve "Hot Scoops" Gaynor is the only person that could replace Nick in that podcast. Why can't t... : Mecha Tofu Pirate
        • It's such a shame. :( Really. They should be ashamed. : Lunaran
      • So sad. BRING BACK SHACKNEWS SHACKCAST!!!! WE TALK ABOUT VIDEOOOOOO GAMESSSSS : zebosausamite
      • zomg no! : supaLink
      • Oh man seriously?! My heart is being torn out. Losing the Breckonator is one thing, losing Idle Thumbs to... : quadeh
      • what, no :( by far the best gaming podcast out there :( : dael
      • This is the worst news I have heard this year. : DM7
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        This has completely ruined my day, Wednesdays are going to be so boring now that I can't look forward to... : Iazu
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          Also, this doesn't make any sense. Chris has been on several other podcast lately where he was getting hi... : Iazu
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            He probably made those statements before knowing about Nick : Schnapple
            • That's probably true. That being said however, I just find it weird that they could be going full steam l... : Iazu
      • fuck everything : pupismyname
      • That really sucks :( : adsriordan
  • Don't worry, Garnet Lee will replace him on the podcast. : GodZilly
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  Nick who? : rosewood
  • SIGH : everybodysuncle
• I for one will miss whatever the hell he did here! : thekidd
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  *sigh* : cyclonebee
  • I submit my name as a candidate for Nick's replacement. : beanman101283
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  I think Nick is resigning from Shacknews over Sighgate!!! : deject
  • dun dun dun : razorblade79
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  this wont interfere with Idle Thumbs will it? : sesmaster
  • going bye-bye : deviantpaul
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  So who's dick do I have to suck to get his job? : voodooraze
  • //raises hand drops pants : sesmaster
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    Alice O'Connor's : Lawgiver
    • 0.o : m0rfus
    • i fucking knew it!!!! : Dravenport
    • If you put mace and Alice O'Connor into a room and locked the door, they'd form some kind of assfucking O... : Ride-My-Rocket
  • mace's : CrustaR
  • Danny DeVito's : cap n KRUNCH
  • I'd totally take it too. Haha. : Pacalon
  • it's already filled by valcan_s : redfive
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  So what does it take to be a community manager? It seems like a difficult thing to gain credentials for. : Lone Swordsman
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    Putting up with us is a good start. : silent prophet
    • I have a feeling I could do it, since I mod a few websites myself. : Lone Swordsman
  • I was 2nd pick for a Community Manager job where my only experience was that I had volunteer-moderated th... : SilverSnake
• Congrats, B Reckon. : mittense
• Just don't let them know you eat pizza with a fork, Nick. : silent prophet
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  Shacknews: It's Get's You Better Jobs Elsewhere After About A Year It Seems : Rauol Duke
  • lol nice : OmegaRed59
  • hahaha : askedrelic
  • Its like we are the Golden State Warriors of game journalism. Cut your teeth here and as soon as you are... : Lightzout
  • better? Pah! : silentbobuk
  • Shacknews: Doesn't Pay Much It Seems : filthysock
• Would anyone (especially the IT team) be interested in a Farewell to Breckon dinner? I am thinking this S... : sesmaster
• Awesome! Good luck Nick! : r_picmip 5
• Congrats Nick!!! : grabbie
• "Congratulations Nick!.... FUCK NICK!" : zebosausamite
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  I WILL WRITE SEXY REVIEWS FOR SHACKNEWS.COM!!!!! : mace
  • More like butipoopfromthere.com : Wolfanoz
  • instead of sighing at games you don't like so much, you'll fuck them in the ass! : deject
  • It'd be like shacknews's very own Filthy Critic. Only more fun and less scatological humor. : zakazi
  • After having a good workout on the game, It only took me 5 minutes to get deep into her BORDERLANDS!! : Snuffles-
• Congratulations Nick! FUCK NICK! : Nitrium
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  So is this the return of Ratsofatsrat? : o0JediBeavis0o
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    I had forgotten they were the same person. Name changes never work. : Omning
    • Actually I think he created a new account and quit using Ratsofatsorat. The profile still works anyways. : o0JediBeavis0o
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  Good. Go. I never liked you. J.. Just go!!! *hides tears* : Home Nugget
  • so tsundere : DrFlammable
• Breckon to Bethesda? No wonder he didn't like Borderlands *sigh*. Good luck sir! : liqker
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  Nick Breckon doesn't care about shack people... : .Jayson
  • he never did : ass-street
  • You can never get away from Kanye. : kingdepork
• He got kicked out of journalism because he broke the Borderlands media embargo with his sigh : OverloadUT
• I guess this is the end of PC related news. They could force someone to do it I guess. : te[R]ror

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• I've been running Windows 7 on my laptop since build 7000 (and I've had the RTM since it popped up on MSD... : Dave-A
• yep - unplug your USB externals. it will boot much faster. they get tested/benchmarked to see whether the... : PlanetPerfecto
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  Install Linux, problems solved. : Utopia
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    LOL: THX 4 TEH HELP! : mlev
    • rofllmao : Utopia
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      IT JSUT WWROSKZ LOLLLLLLLL!@! : DrWaffles
      • I"M A MAC COZ I CAN AFFORD IT!@ : mlev
  • More like install BeOS, boot times in seconds. Long live BeOS :( : JT
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  Oooh, just found this, too. Apparently it doesn't always default to have all your processors help it boo... : mlev
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    i am pretty sure that by default it manages the multicore action by itself, even on boot. i believe that ... : cpt_gloval
    • Well in that case I'm like 4 standard deviations from the mean.. http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/archive/2008/08... : mlev
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      It's usually not going to be the processor being the limiting factor in boot time anyway. Anyway j... : cetra00
      • *are NOT connected to an AD domain are you? : cetra00
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        I'm not exactly sure what specifies an AD domain.. I tried googling it so I didn't look like a tard and c... : mlev
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          Ok basically when you were setting up the network, did you have to join the school network domain? : cetra00
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            Yes. : mlev
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              This is a potential source then. I don't have any guides off hand but you can try and google something l... : cetra00
              • Thanks. I'll try booting without that enabled and see if it helps. : mlev
            • Yeah, if the domain settings are somehow fucked then a vista/win7 install can sit there for literally a m... : xsoulbrothax
  • Mine had this setting turned on by default. : riptyde
• I booted it up this morning with one usb key and one usb-connected external hd and it was fine. Booted u... : riptyde
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  I ordered from Digital River as well...but I've just now realized that they were offering the upgrade ver... : dysfunctional
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    yeah, there's plenty of walkarounds for the upgrade version. : mlev
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      My only question: if you're violating the terms of the license by using a workaround, why even spend $50... : Rasnowl
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        Well, I'm not using the walkaround, I've been running XP64 for a while now legit, but just saying they ex... : mlev
        • Sorry, didn't mean you specifically...just in general. Kind of a waste of $50. : Rasnowl
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  I bet you installed the 32bit version. : SigENeaT
  • Negative. : mlev
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  So does that mean we will start seeing the actual software in stores soon? : Nighteyes
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    Should be on shelves tomorrow. : mlev
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      Is this a world wide release? I am in Japan and will be buying the Japanese version. Hopefully it will be... : Nighteyes
      • I think they are doing a staggered rollout for international versions, however I remember reading the Jap... : cetra00
  • It'll be there. I have a couple of copies since Monday and you can install it but just not activate. : redfive
• I have a Black and Gold Windows 7 Ultimate Steve Ballmer Signature Edition and Windows 7 streamers and to... : midgetherder
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  Someone find me a free copy like they did for Vista. : gibolas1234
  • MS seminars have been going for a month, New Efficiency : dignan
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  So does anyone know when you can download it from Digital River? : menar003
  • >.> Thats my question in the OP. : mlev
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  I have XP on one partition - I have an upgrade copy of Windows 7 - can I install it to another partition,... : taronish
  • I think it just needs to detect a windows OS, so any partition should work.. don't quote me on that tho. : mlev

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  http://www.giantbomb.com/borderlands-video-review/17-1525/ : c_man_tmt
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    cool thanks : oHnOES
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      shitty can i not get this on steam (yet?) : oHnOES
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        Next monday is the PC release date : OverloadUT
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          sweetness. i havent been paying attention what has everyone been wanting to get it on? : oHnOES
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            In the "What system are you getting it for threads" PC definitely got the most votes by quite a bit. Howe... : OverloadUT
            • Splitscreen coop single handedly made me choose 360 on this one, and I just bought a brand new gaming rig... : Milleh
• Borderlands has been out for one day. : ArcKnight
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  do shields count as armor? it's like the same thing. they work like Halo's shields but you can get ones... : mikecyb
  • my co-op buddy got a purple shield last night that blasts out a big fire nova when it loses all its charg... : mwasher
  • There are several slots. Up to 4 guns. Shields, Class mods (devices that alter several attributes), gr... : GeorgeB3DR
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  I just spent 10 minutes playing solo and I don't like it much. Kind of reminds me of Halo. I fucking hate... : MagicWishMonkey
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    I hope it's fun coop, looks like it might be. : MagicWishMonkey
    • i loved halo 1 coop, 2 not so much and 3 never bothered to even buy it. coop (splitscreen) on this broug... : multisync
    • i think once you start moving the character along through the levels and skill tree it'll get better. ... : cpt_gloval
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    How does it remind you of Halo? I don't see the correlation. The shield? : hoov1185
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      on a console, fps SAME GAME : multisync
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        lol, no. I've played most of the FPS games for the 360, my favorites are CoD4 and Rainbow Six Vegas 2. I'... : MagicWishMonkey
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          Yeah that improves, but it's still kind of relative to your level and the level of the guys you're facing... : hoov1185
          • Also I don't know if aiming for the head improves your crit chance but sometimes you can do a fuckload of... : hoov1185
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          i have a shotgun that often kills in one hit and blows the enemies across the area because of the shot's ... : dahanese
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            Sweet, I'll have to check that out. Maybe I would have more fun as a sniper? I don't have trouble drawing... : MagicWishMonkey
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              If you think it's bad now, stay away from the sniper. I started one last night in some 4p co-op and it wa... : Haxim
              • soldiers are better at the beginning but it's all about how you spec. i love close combat so i am brick a... : dahanese
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          It can be a good and fun part of the game btw, and happens when you're in an area with on- par or higher ... : Milleh
          • I bet shit would be a lot easier to kill with two people shooting at once. I bet coop will be more fun. : MagicWishMonkey
        • Sniping makes heads explode with the right gun : bozer
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          If you have to shoot any enemies in halo anywhere close to 100 times then you are doing it very very wron... : marmite
          • same with Borderlands. you either suck, using a weapon way below your level, are too far away, or fighti... : mwasher
        • find better guns : mikecyb
    • The gameplay, the way you move around and it takes 500 bullets to kill something. : MagicWishMonkey
    • The floaty jumping! : Haxim
    • I'll certainly concede that the jumping reminds me of Halo. Jumping also doesn't really matter much, o... : Entity
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      Someone said that the jumping feels very "floaty" like Halo. To me that's definitely a very "Halo" thing ... : OverloadUT
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        True, I forgot about the jumping. : hoov1185
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          I don't think it's the jumping as much as having to unload a full clip into something to kill it. In the ... : MagicWishMonkey
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            Don't expect to steamroll everything with co-op, as it automatically ramps up the difficulty to compensat... : Haxim
            • Goddamnit. : MagicWishMonkey
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            If you're still using gray items tough it out until you start collecting some greens/blues. : hoov1185
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              Does it use the same rarity colors as WoW? : OverloadUT
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                I believe so. White < Green < Blue < Purple < Orange That correct? : hoov1185
                • Yep! : OverloadUT
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              even some gray items you pick up along the way will be better than the earlier gray items. i use the leve... : cpt_gloval
              • Yeah I picked up a gray repeater that had a blue attribute for taking down shields with a chance of elect... : hoov1185
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            there are way better guns. after a couple hours last night, i was one-shotting some bandits and skags and... : cpt_gloval
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              Ok that's good news, I don't mind running into shit every now and then that requires lots and lots of bul... : MagicWishMonkey
              • the ammo drops are not stingy, keep that in mind : cpt_gloval
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              haha yea, the bandits that you fight right outside of the initial quest hub - one hit from my sniper rifl... : mwasher
              • with mine, he simultaneously explodes and bursts into flames :) : cpt_gloval
    • One area they could stand to make it more like Halo is the vehicle handling. Definitely takes some gettin... : Haxim
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    I don't get "reminds me of Halo". You shoot people, like you do in Halo, and you have regenerating shield... : Entity
    • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=21206784#itemanchor_21206784 : MagicWishMonkey
  • 10 minutes lol : maulla
  • This game is nothing like Halo 1, Halo 2, Halo 3, or Halo ODST aside from the moon jumping and the fact t... : Milleh
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    10 minutes? : Nitrium
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      I'm pretty impatient when it comes to games. I'm going to play it more, just giving my initial impression... : MagicWishMonkey
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        Fair enough, but maybe you should play it for at least 2-3 hours so the game develops, because most revie... : Nitrium
        • no shit, I played 5 hours and only got to level 13 and did not uncover much area. : mwasher
        • I'm definitely giving it more time, at the very least I'm going to play through in coop. : MagicWishMonkey
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        RPGs aren't for you. : GeorgeB3DR
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          I played Mass Effect recently and thought it was amazing. But I bought it two years ago and was seriou... : MagicWishMonkey
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            and I totally forgot about the RPG aspects, definitely need to check that out before I can judge the game... : MagicWishMonkey
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              keep in mind that in addition to normal stats, skills, and weapons... you also gain proficiencies in weap... : mwasher
              • That's a good point. : MagicWishMonkey
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            Then you understand that concept that a low level character will have weak weapons and you need to level,... : GeorgeB3DR
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              Yea, definitely giving it more time. Might fire it up again in a sec. : MagicWishMonkey
              • That's awesome, have a good one. : Nitrium
  • It is not a game I would recommend to anyone in SP. But I've only played half an hour or so. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    I'm kind of amazed people are saying it doesn't feel like Halo, because it feels like it took a lot of st... : mikecyb
    • I'm glad someone agreed with me, that way I know I'm not completely crazy. I think I will end up enjoying... : MagicWishMonkey
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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1413aIdyjCc : rgoer
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    oh what the fuck Gearbox. : mwasher
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      Why is that a big deal? You have to deliberately cheat to do it. It's not like it affects the gameplay. : OverloadUT
      • because he is gonig to be doing it, and ruining the game for himself. : posito
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        Any exploit like this is gamebreaking. You can't blame the player for a hole in the game's balance, even ... : Felraiser
        • The game doesn't even have trading, heh I'm pretty sure Gearbox doesn't care about the game's economy. ... : smax
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          Ahh, the cheaters code... : Phreakin
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            Haha, yes, of course that's what I'm saying. To restate and maybe clarify for you, it's not the user'... : Felraiser
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              Yeah, this is the excuse cheaters use when cheating. Like people that slip money from the bank in Monopol... : OverloadUT
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                I enjoyed catching my ex doing that in Monopoly, as I then took it to mean open season on me stealing mon... : xsoulbrothax
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                  I've heard of people who play games this way. To them, if you don't get caught cheating, it's just part o... : OverloadUT
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                    I don't cheat. There was actually a period where a certain type of powerful exploit was openly known and ... : Felraiser
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                      Well yeah, of course they should try to prevent cheating. They didn't put this in on purpose. And this wi... : OverloadUT
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                        My response was mainly made because you said "it's not like it affects the gameplay." : Felraiser
                        • Oh, well I still don't think it does. Not naturally. It's like having a bug where the game will crash if ... : OverloadUT
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        it's an oversight that should have been prevented. it's just one more thing to add on to the list of obv... : mwasher
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          Not catching an obscure dupe bug is an "obvious design choice?" I am fairly confident that the ability to... : OverloadUT
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            There is absolutely nothing obscure about using this technique to duplicate items. It's painfully obviou... : mwasher
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              I have been playing games for quite a long time, and I don't think I have ever in the history of my gamin... : OverloadUT
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                You could dupe in Diablo like this when it first came out. come on man, now you are just arguing for the... : mwasher
                • hell, even do something so simple as give each weapon that drops a unique identifier, if you join a game ... : mwasher
                • I am really not. I honestly don't see how this is a problem at all. If you don't want to cheat, don't che... : OverloadUT
  • How does he navigate the menus so fast. :O : hoov1185
  • lol : smax
  • Oops. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    slup slup slup ahhahahaha : Utopia
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      lololol you spelled slurp wrong!!!! : mlev
      • Install a spellchecker, problems solved. : Utopia
    • Every game's pickup sound should be that. : PointlesS76
    • That is totally the best part. : LoioshDwaggie
    • more like a "shoop" sound. shoop shoop shoop. : chilln
  • "the game does not make that noise..that's just me" haha best part : AllYourBase
  • Well at least no one can complain that only the PC version has item duping now, lol. : pyide
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    awesome i am so going to do this i hate going broke rebuying ammo i spend failing gloriously : cpt_gloval
    • i thought it was weird how the saved games sync up with online co-op. i've had to re-turn-in a couple mis... : cpt_gloval
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  Hella fun. : GeorgeB3DR
  • Hella eh? I'm sold :) : pun][sher
  • I just wish it was out on the PC already : r4wk
  • IAWTHF : Head Rush
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    It may be at first but it seems like to me it could get hella boring in a few weeks. : RyDogg1
    • A few weeks of fun from a game is well worth the price to me! : OverloadUT
    • It probably will, but it won't matter because by then we'll be talking about Dragon Age and Call of Duty ... : Vincent Grayson
    • and that's bad? seems like a decent enough deal. : mwasher
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  Watching someone play last night and it looked pretty easy. : dmason
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    it's not. :( we were surprised by the difficulty in some of the areas we went through. good challeng... : mwasher
    • Or maybe you just suck at life video games : mlev
    • That's good. Because I'm pretty sure I'll pick it up as long as people don't login a week from now to let... : dmason
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  so how is voice handled in the PC version? : oHnOES
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    Poorly. : dmason
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      ventrillo is better anyways : smax
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        Isn't it impossible to mute the in-game voice thus making Ventrillo impossible to use? : skinlab133
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          I don't see why. Other games like L4D you just use ventrilo's voice hotkey instead of L4D's. : smax
          • He's saying other random douchey people that use ingame voice chat will wreck it. Thats why you play wit... : mlev
          • PC Borderlands voice always transmits, unless your mic is muted. There is no hotkey. I guess you could... : Felraiser
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            According to Faylor there ISN'T a voice hotkey. It's ALWAYS on and you can't turn it off. : skinlab133
            • fucking ew. : mlev
            • That's megadumb. : LoioshDwaggie
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              Supposed to be fixed in a release-day patch. : Majuju
              • I hope so, that sounds lame as hell. : Turd Ferguson
            • how can they be so fail :( : Iwannaacura
            • wait what : Downforce
            • That just means you'll have to mute your mic when stuffing your face full of fritos. I'm used to it on th... : hoov1185
          • Just a friendly reminder that Steamworks offers a full high quality online featureset, including voice. : SpaecKow
      • It's just too bad that it's not implemented in a better way to begin with. : dmason
      • i'm partial to teamspeak : RikiTiki2
    • We need a teamspeak channel or something? : RyDogg1
    • How does it smell? : Mad Brahmin Disease