Morning Discussion

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  Totally the 360. : AgentPothead
  • I'm leaning that way. : jodiuh
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  XBOX 360 Arcade + $100 Gift Card for $199 - http://kotaku.com/5396769/walmart-confirms-360-sale-more-cuts... : MagicWishMonkey
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    refurbs scare me though : jodiuh
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      Don't be scared. I'm only on my 5th : ateam311
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        Oh fuck that noise. I'll just pick up the $89 kit that contains new everything. : jodiuh
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          What's the scoop on this $89 system? : Sylvanus
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            Sorry, I meant the $89 60 GB 3 month Gold membership that comes w/ a headset. Essentially turning the Arc... : jodiuh
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              May as well just buy an Elite: http://www.amazon.com/Xbox-360-Elite-Winter-Batman-Bundle/dp/B002LBGB1S/re... : Arctic Fox
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                $110 for a bigger HDD? Not interested in either games. : jodiuh
                • Then keep 'em boxed, trade them for something you want at Target. : Arctic Fox
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        You've gone through 5 refurbed HD's? I bought one a year or two ago and it still works great. : MagicWishMonkey
        • I've just been unlucky. I don't even play my 360 much. : ateam311
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      dude, all xbox 360 owners end up with one eventually : ( : topkatz
      • Depends, I haven't heard of Jaspers failing yet. : Arctic Fox
      • Not the ones who planned ahead and bought theirs at Costco. =) and didn't buy at launch so they had t : DinK
      • I thought you kept your hard drive when sending in an RRoD system? Or did you not see they are talking ab... : OmegaRed59
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  Get an Eris and put the $100 difference towards a 360. : dravalen
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    But then I have a phone I really don't want. :( : jodiuh
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      Dude Eris >>> Droid. I wouldn't use a single android phone without Sense UI, makes the phone so much more... : dravalen
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        After using an iPod touch for awhile, I don't think I'd every want a device that covers 1/2 my screen whe... : jodiuh
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          Fair enough, I still suggest giving one a try. I'm using a Hero right now which is a very similar phone a... : dravalen
          • I briefly gave the MyTouch 3G a run and didn't care for it much. Display and keyboard are the same, yes? ... : jodiuh
• I'm getting a Droid Friday, but I'd get a 360 in your situation. Modern consoles are pretty much amazing... : homeboyJim
• FWIW, I do have a gaming pc (E8400 @ 4ghz + GTX 260 216 overclocked a bit). But it doesn't have Forza. :( : jodiuh
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  I have the tour right now and I REALLY want to get rid of the damn thing for the exact same reasons you m... : m0nkz
  • try opera mini browser for BB : wurt
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    It may take awhile, but it can be done. I got them to send me a new Tour (sold for $375) and give me 2yr ... : jodiuh
    • I hate how small the screen is, even using opera doesn't really help the browsing experience. I really sh... : m0nkz
    • I'm in the same boat as you, I got a curve and a 3yr plan. And although I do like my curve ( no offence b... : unsound
• 360 for sure. : pun][sher
• 360 will give you many more hours of enjoyment : OverloadUT
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  360 by far. But fuck Halo 2 and 3, there are much, much better games out than that. : locater16
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    I really, REALLY enjoyed Halo 1 on the original XBOX. Took me awhile to get used to the controller, but t... : jodiuh
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      Get Halo3. It is a lot of fun, especially co-op. : OmegaRed59
      • Damnit, I did not need to hear that. Then again I read another review on infosync where the author actual... : jodiuh
  • My thoughts exactly. : FormerHPB
• 360 lol : virus
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  Being a gaming site, I guess I knew what'd you all go for. If the DROID's keyboard didn't look like a tra... : jodiuh
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    Droid will have pinch zoom capability within a week I bet :) : m0nkz
    • Hope so! : jodiuh
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      It already does. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cM1JSFXnQpg : wurt
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        I meant in the browser :) : m0nkz
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          It already does. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkHnbSOpbew : wurt
          • Haha, awesome thanks :D : m0nkz
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            That's the milestone, not the DROID. : jodiuh
            • It doesn't matter. Its the same phone, software and hardware. : wurt
      • But not in the browser, arguably where it matters most. : jodiuh

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  tipping thread : tashtego
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    Tipping is a terrible practice that should be abolished. Give them reasonable salaries, fire the ones tha... : Zek
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      Oh god, you really don't want to start this. : thetangent
      • Where is the problem? : humbleone
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  $12 for a large water? RIDICULOUS. : dopeman
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    oh my goodness this needs that motivational frog picture : Delaric
    • ah bachelor frog that's right http://www.shackpics.com/files/bachelorfrogwaterJPG_bzz2vfw58kb16z8feyls... : Delaric
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  wow, looks like a shitty restaurant: http://www.yelp.com/biz/nellos-new-york : aethyr
  • rofl The truffle carpaccio was simply divine. If food were women, I'd stick my baguette into this carp : Toraz Chryx
  • LOL, Price Range: Above $60 : invisible_kid
• WTF!? : thetangent
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  lol nice tip. : ant_hillbilly
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    does the waiter get that? : smax
    • even if he gets just 10% of it thats still $700 for one table! : ninjase
    • In many restaurants the wait staff split the tips at the end of the night. Still a nice haul, tho. : riptyde
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  I bet they even had an "Additional Tip" line. Greedy fucks. : mrvandelay
  • $500.00 : Phil
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    While that tidy sum include a $7,328 tip, it neglects to account for the $5,000 Abramovich is said to hav : ninjase
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      Thats awesome. : ant_hillbilly
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        This dude knows how to party: Abramovich also made headlines recently for installing an anti-paparrazi : ninjase
        • Plus his unlimited supply of Russian whores. He is living the dream. : ant_hillbilly
        • pew pew : r3dn3ck
• i wanna wait tables there and make $7000 on one table! : ninjase
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  The most ridiculous part of this receipt is the $40 spaghetti : ninjase
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    No, $20 fried calamari. : notd665
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      $12 water : retardhumper
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        finally someone that knows WTF... : dedgecko
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          Could be bottled spring water : ninjase
          • that sprung from a nearby toilet leak.... : dedgecko
• Screw that! At Mcdonalds 2 can dine for $5.99 : headbone
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  Also I cant possibly imagine spending that much money on wine etc. It better be the damn holy grail, or ... : ant_hillbilly
  • No kidding - and people say illegal drugs can be expensive. :-P : thetangent
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    I'm sure you'd find a way to get used to it. If you have 8 billion dollars, dropping $50k on a lunch is ... : riptyde
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      If i was willing to blow that much money on LUNCH I'd be investing in everyone who ever had even a remote... : pixelat3d
      • I bet he made way more than 47k in his investments in the time it took to eat that lunch : Blackdawgg
  • That's about 1/60th of what he spends on Chelsea wages every week, so I really don't think he's too conce... : peanut-
• drink this everyday http://www.wineaccess.com/store/primavini/ecommerce/product.html?product_id=10970298&... : deviantpaul
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  you could have bought an olive garden for that : GloriousCow
  • hahahahaah this is lols : Downforce
• $9 for a cappuccino? : riptyde
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  All that bailout cash is being put to good use. : MagicWishMonkey
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    we bailed out the russians now? : GloriousCow
    • I don't see vodka anywhere on that receipt, I call shenanigans. : MagicWishMonkey
    • we totally bailed them out in WW2! : giant boy detective
  • I didn't realize we were bailing out Russian billionaires : ninjase
• good thing that is only 0.000553% of his net worth. : mwasher
• Two $75 pours of Johnnie Walker Blue! : DJ Clipdat
• That's hilarious because Nello's is a pizza place here that is moderate to low priced. Haha. : invisible_kid
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  wtf $12 for a large water : Umbr
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    It's water taken from the bath of a beautiful virgin. : Thresher
    • bathe her and bring her bathwater to me! : zerog83
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  Is this from that website that lets you generate fake receipts? : Home Nugget
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    ^what I was wondering as well : .Jayson
    • no, http://newyork.seriouseats.com/2009/11/what-a-47221-lunch-looks-like-nellos-abramovich.html : multisync
• I had lunch there last year. It was average at best. : notd665
• Nello's more like Nullo's! : deject
• thats some expensive cheese. : CoRDS
• What in the hell? : jonin
• i didn't realize new york was in zimbabwe : dirge23

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  I would have bitched about it when I was in high school, but with the shit kids wear these days it should... : ArcKnight
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    that's what everyone has said, for ever, and ever. and ever. : EvilDolemite
    • Maybe, but I really can't think of any crazy fashion trends from 2001-2005 : ArcKnight
  • Are you fucking kidding me? I wish that when I was in high school the girls I went to school with had bee... : Rooster Cockburn
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    It's comments like these that make you sound like an old man. Who gives a fuck what kids wear to school? : kershner25
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      Because it's an assault on good taste. : ArcKnight
      • *monocle pops out of eye* : zombie man
• do they go with safety orange or the black-and-white stripes : dirge23
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  We had mandatory uniforms when I was in junior high and it wasn't bad. What did suck and what eventually ... : angrytaxman
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    Yeah that's a potential problem but still has to be less wallet rape than $100 jeans. : cetra00
    • If you're poor, you buy $5 jeans at Goodwill. That's who this matters to. If you can afford $100 jeans,... : Arcanum
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  Hopefully, some conservative groups will speak out against this as it clearly violates personal freedom. : Attica Blue
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    Huh? I think you may have confused students in school with legal adults. Students are NOT adults, and jus... : Bold
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      Sounds like the NANNY STATE to me! : Attica Blue
      • Whew! I had thought you were serious before. :-) : Bold
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  So they'll find another way to indicate gang affiliation. What's next? Tattoo scrubbing? Pen cap colour r... : d fluke
  • Fucking retards. : d fluke
• i think uniforms are a good idea. : d0pamine
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  Lately it has been stories like "kids get suspended for lighting fire cracker" or "public outrage over st... : steauengeglase
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    You're saying they're not harsh enough? Didn't some boy scout get suspended for bringing a spork to schoo... : crummynz
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      http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,564605,00.html : crummynz
      • When I was in school that was immediate expulsion. : steauengeglase
• as long as the chicks wear those hot skirts. : mindshot
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  school uniforms are awesome, you never have to give a shit about what to wear. : aethyr
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    Personal freedom dies a little more each day. : erebus
    • I hope this is a joke post! : Nighteyes
  • I spent two years in a private school and I can say that school uniforms are awesome. From what I rememb... : palewussy
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  What research I've seen on it shows that uniforms don't do shit. Quick google: http://sociology.miss... : gnomish
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    As somebody who has friends who teach in LAUSD, I can say that a lack of respect for authority is a centr... : exigence7
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      Authority. Right. Sharing authority with the students and taking an interest can be extremely powerfu... : gnomish
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        Yeah having authority and being creative in the classroom are not mutually exclusive. However, if the ki... : exigence7
        • Well, I'll poke and ask around for that article. And you're right, without some form of classroom mana... : gnomish
• Totally agree. Plus, kids all wear the same outfits in school anyway. There might be groups -- your got... : exigence7
• waste of time and money. uniforms are stupid. : NexusOne
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  I am a fan of school uniforms. I also think there should be a unified school brand backpack/messenger bag... : Nighteyes
  • Pretty much. : ColoradoCNC
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  I like this idea. I live about 2 blocks from a high school here in town and the number of girls dressed l... : Galadriel07
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    wtf? Whats wrong with whores now? : Godhatesfatpeople
    • I think the problem is that they are 13-14-15 year old whores. if they were 18 I wouldn't give a shit bu... : Galadriel07
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    That would be the job of parents. If the parents do not give a shit then who cares. : Evil Benius
    • A lot of parents suck. That's no reason to not try and persuade their kids to not suck as well. : Nali4Freedom
• I had to wear a goddamn suit to school >:( : Dave-A
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  I'd really like to see evidence that it makes a shred of difference either way. Why don't you address ser... : terath
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    Class sizes are determined by funding. As funding is cut, class sizes increase. Curriculum is determined : Bold
    • Class sizes are a mess. Right now schools can be fined for breaking the student limit. This fine, howev... : gnomish
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      I only ask for evidence because anecdotal teacher and parent "oh I think it helps" is not evidence. Meanw : terath
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        I suppose I am also complaining because when a topic like this comes the the first question in your mind : terath
        • I agree with you dude. This shit has been tried before, it can't be cheap, how about they find out if it ... : MagicWishMonkey
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          What's your background? Hard sciences, I'm guessing? You want solid data and EVIDENCE, but it's difficult... : Bold
          • There are a lot of small programs that work in one area, but don't work anywhere else. Trying to duplica : gnomish
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            In this case, thirty seconds on google showed that there is existing evidence. I never claimed that they : terath
            • I should issue the disclaimer that I AM a teacher. So yeah, I talk to teachers all day long. :-) And w... : Bold
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        Gonna disagree here. Teachers' anecdotes and experience should count as evidence. The fact that test s... : gnomish
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          Don't they keep records of how often kids get disciplined or sent to the principals office? I don't remem... : MagicWishMonkey
          • Sure, but there's significant variation from one year to the next for a whole host of reasons, even witho... : Bold
          • Yeah that's all kept track of in various ways, but that wasn't quite what I was getting at. Teaching i... : gnomish
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          I should say a single teachers experience. The "I know a guy" scenario doesn't cut it really, but is vast : terath
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            I think you have unrealistic expectations about several aspects of this. This isn't like the physical sci... : Bold
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              Again, instead of telling me you have looked and that there is limited data, you are making guesses that : terath
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                My district isn't considering uniforms, so I haven't bothered to research it. And I don't feel like spend... : Bold
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                  Hehe, same here. It doesn't affect me, I was only annoyed at all the personal opinion posted without seem... : terath
                  • Enforcement of school uniform policy is far easier than enforcing an ambiguous dress code. If it's khaki ... : Bold
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                Oh, and you still haven't answered my question: what do YOU do? : Bold
                • You guessed correctly, I do bioinformatics research at the moment. : terath
• School uniforms are the norm across the board here in Australia (primary school and high school). Tell th... : SketchyFletchy
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  Chicks in school uniforms are so fucking hot I would have had a boner all day long if I had to look at th... : hashd
  • As a catholic school graduate I can fully agree with this post. : zerog83
  • You'd get used to it, and it would no longer be hot. : ShadowRam
• Uniforms are good. While we're at it I say we should do a mandatory 2 years in service after HS in ret... : podung
• I am Jack's untrendy uniform. : jcrockerman
• I certainly witnessed that those schools with uniforms had higher student achievement Is that because ... : Turd Ferguson
• I'm sort of on the fence about school uniforms. On one hand, it could help teachers have one less thing ... : hussdelrio
• Uniforms are great when you're a poor family and you are forced to buy items of clothing at an inflated p... : SiW.
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  japan has school uniforms; japan is awesome; ergo japan is awesome : spiderfill
  • uh : hussdelrio
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  I hate that I had to wear uniforms through elementary/middle school. When I finally got to the real world... : mysled
  • i think the problem is that people cannot dress properly. : dahanese
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    I wore school uniforms from the time I was 7 - 18, it wasn't too hard to figure out how to dress myself. : aethyr
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      yeah, also don't you wear normal clothes on weekends? i only had a uniform through 4th grade but i had re... : dahanese
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        This. Didn't you dress in different clothes after school too? Plus many workplaces have "uniforms" in... : hussdelrio
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          No, I had no time to change after-school and always had to wear my uniform to all my after-school events.... : mysled
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            That being said though, I'm not against a dress code that allows you to wear what you want as long as it ... : mysled
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              In contrast, I think it's an excellent way to prepare children for the real world. Most jobs have minimum... : Bold
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                Wouldn't a dress code be the equivalent of minimum standards of dress? Yeah, I know how to dress myse... : mysled
                • luckily, i really don't think middle school would have helped you with this. looking back, everyone thoug : dahanese
                • No offense intended, but all of this sounds like your personal hangups rather than a problem with the con... : Bold
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              i don't mean to insult you if i do, but i think these posts by you are really weird. what people have sai... : dahanese
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                I think I just had a really unique/strange childhood, and while it would have definitely helped me to not... : mysled
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                  everyone has a unique and strange childhood. what do you mean? : dahanese
                  • When I got to high school and no longer had uniforms, I didn't know how to dress in such a way to fit in ... : mysled
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            That makes sense, but obviously who you are and what you want to wear are not necessarily intertwined. F... : hussdelrio
            • there is no way what i wore in high school and college is what i would wear for life, although i still th : dahanese
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    lol : mikecyb
    • Why are you wearing pants on your head? : Ebu
  • That isn't a problem with the uniform, that is a problem with you. : Nighteyes
• whatever, kids in chicago have to wear uniforms and there have been a ton of student murders this year. : not work safe
• Hell yeah, make'em wear uniforms. And flair! : cerealSAM2
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  hell yes. school is about learning, not about fashion. : beastrabban
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    What about fashion school? : get_navi
    • clever girl... : beastrabban
• I don't see a problem with this. School is for learning not a fashion show : Umbr
• lol, Shacknews you are all old and boring. : quadeh
• fucking about time. and they shouldn't be allowed outside between 8 pm and 8 am. : mrtony
• I can't wait to not live in urban areas anymore. Fucking christ, humanity is retarded. : Squirrely
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  Wonderful. Another set of uniforms that'd never fit someone outside the norm. It's hard enough finding ta... : drhazard
  • BUT IT'LL MAKE YOU BEHAVE : quadeh
• wtf... fuck that.. kids don't need uniforms..... : ShadowRam
• I think i wouldn't have minded this when i was in high school. : StolenNosferatu

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  I can't get to that site here at work, but according to the URL, that's a good thing. Their maps weren't... : FormerHPB
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    Yeah, a lot of times PC MW servers were nothing but cluster fucks. How many 32 player Killhouse servers d... : freakynipples69
    • Apparently none. : steauengeglase
    • I had a blast with Hardcore 16 on 16 S&D. : Jimbo Ro
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    Further, supporting high player counts is not necessarily good. It's technically impressive but grants no... : Felraiser
    • Tribes wants you to GTFO. :( : MercFox1
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  BREAKING: L4D2 capped at 4v4 : dirge23
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    L"4"D2 : Godhatesfatpeople
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      i was expecting 42 v 42 : dirge23
      • You dumb. : Godhatesfatpeople
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  "Please explain how a 9v9 match is a multiplayer experience? I'd have more fun serving lunch at a local n : EvilDolemite
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    People like that are idiots. You might as well select the average ground texture resolution as a numerica... : Felraiser
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      Regardless, they responded and said something like "you're doing a great thing for the nursing home" but ... : prime8
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        Their PR guys probably spent so much time developing spin-responses for the actual problems with MW2 that... : Felraiser
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          i'm confused... lots of MP games have different max player requirements. usually it's based around balanc... : dahanese
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            I think it's both the fact that the original CoD4 allowed for more and you get large clans or forum commu... : r_picmip 5
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              Yeah, they're dropping the max from 16v16 (pc) to 9v9 (for all platforms). I rather enjoyed the larger ma... : prime8
              • 16v16 is a constant UAV and nade fest. Half the perks are invalidated because they serve no benefit in a... : r_picmip 5
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            I think there's a popular belief amongst PC players that high player count, or the ability to have it, au : Felraiser
            • I'll add, though, that this mental disease is infecting consoles a bit, too, particularly on the PS3. You... : Felraiser
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            Players want choice in the matter. Who cares if the devs believe that their game isn't designed around 48... : Link.
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              i really disagree with the idea that whatever a gamer wants must be in a game. that's not to say that gam... : dahanese
              • also i'm not talking about dedicated servers. i don't jump into those discussions. : dahanese
          • It's that this same developer made CoD4 just a few years back and had no problem including mods, dedicate... : Vincent Grayson
• Haha, what? That lead to one fan venting in the Infinity Ward developer Q&A session hosted by Best Buy : evildanish
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  If they want to make it such a perfectly uniform experience between consoles and PC, why even bother with... : deject
  • that's clearly the end game. : yacoub35
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    I think MW2 PC is a major financial experiment for Activision. If this makes PC game releases much more p... : Felraiser
    • ^^This. : Sgt_Boomstick
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      really? it seems to be an experiment in how far they can go to remove functionality and features to see i... : yacoub35
      • er, i guess i just said the same thing with different words. nm. lol. : yacoub35
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        I think that sounds a little conspiratorial, more specifically I think their goal is to try to just have ... : veras
        • It's too easy to attribute it to a conspiracy when there's almost no information being exchanged (not jus... : the archvile
    • Exactly, piracy and free DLC have made the platform pretty much a wash for blockbuster projects. This is ... : DialDforDan
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      That's a very good point. : Nitrium
      • I wouldn't actually mind any of this, especially if it makes the platform more financially viable. But th... : MercFox1
    • Really I think it's more of an excuse. As in they know it'll sell shit compared to console versions, it'... : mrwolf710
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  I guess that's good. CoD4 games of 16v16 players were a clusterfuck. : Nitrium
  • seriously. i prefer my matches lean and mean. : waxthirteen
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  Is the limit different for consoles? : Rotten Deadite
  • the limit on COD4 was always 8 vs 8. On the PC they went higher and with the maps that came with the gam... : FormerHPB
• *BREAKING OLD NEWS!!!!!!!* : -=kodiak=-
• Meh, I'm fine with this. : PointlesS76
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  lol @ matchmaking - someday your average user is going to figure out how laggy the game is under all the... : Boxelder
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    yeah their responses for the Q&A about lag are very vague and gives me the impression that they didn't re... : Drakoniac
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      i think based on the peer to peer matchmaking on 360 and PS3 it will be fine, lagwise. : EvilDolemite
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        "Fine" like Gears and Uncharted? I think we have different definitions of fine. I don't really like run... : Boxelder
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          gears was fixed. it was a problem in the original. cod4 never had that issue on consoles. : EvilDolemite
          • Yeah COD4/5 didn't really have the run behind cover and still die because you still appeared on their scr... : PointlesS76
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            cod4's live multiplayer was pretty fantastic 99% of the time : mwasher
            • good luck convincing these folks : derelict515
            • I had no problem with it back when I lived in Maryland, but multiplayer with any kind of matchmaking has ... : Vincent Grayson
        • Gears was an acknowledged bug, and fixed. I've never heard anyone complain about host advantage in Halo o... : derelict515
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        Yeah, I highly, highly doubt this. Maybe you think there's no lag at 120 ping with host advantage. I'd be... : Link.
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          'maybe the lag is completely imperceptible but it's there and I'd notice!' that doesn't make much sense, ... : derelict515
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            If a player is used to playing with lag, they'll compensate for it. I've seen that happy with crappy stic... : Link.
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              just because someone learns to play with lag doesn't mean they stop noticing it, sure as hell never happe... : derelict515
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                What does "no lag" mean to you? : Felraiser
                • It means I played on dedicated servers with sub 30-50 pings for years and I can play on XBL with no perce... : derelict515
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                No, it means they stop noticing the lag in enough cases. I've seen that happen all the time. For example,... : Link.
                • If autoaim existed to compensate for lag PC games would've done it when we were all playing on 14.4 modem... : derelict515
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            What he's saying is that the lag is there, and it's significant (over 100 ms, which is definitely noticea... : Felraiser
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              well besides the ridiculous assertion that there absolutely must be lag no matter what in p2p (pretty sur... : derelict515
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                I can find dozens (upon dozens, for the more popular games) of populated dedicated servers in nearly any ... : Link.
                • Keep trotting out opinions as facts, as if you've even spent 1% as long on XBL as with PC shooters. I've ... : derelict515
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                There is lag (latency) in any networked connection. Indications are that IWnet/XBL's levels of latency ar... : Felraiser
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                  And, just so I don't generate quite as impassioned and idiotic of a reply from you, I own an Xbox 360, ha... : Felraiser
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                    These threads really bring out the dick side of all of us, don't they : FrayLo
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                      I know, he really is awful, isn't he? : Felraiser
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                        everyone is fucking awful in these threads. pc gamers act like the game raped their mother and will no lo... : FrayLo
                        • Hah, I thought you were attacking me primarily in that post. Yeah, I think PC people are being too shorts : Felraiser
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                        I only respond poorly to his poorly thought out, horribly biased replies. Yours have been plenty reasonab... : derelict515
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                          I think it's because they tolerate and adapt to the lag. In my opinion, it's significantly inferior but w... : Felraiser
                          • I never said it was superior, I said the difference is imperceptible to most, how that's accomplished is ... : derelict515
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                    dont worry everyone, PROS ONLY FELRAISER IS HERE TO SAVE THE DAY : maulla
                    • Good post, man! I'm glad you were able to work character assassination into a completely unrelated discus... : Felraiser
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            "unless your assertion is that millions of console gamers (many of whom are on PCs too) are for some reas... : SockMonkeh
            • well you're being pretty foolish then. That assertion entails that either: a) PC gamers did the exact sa... : derelict515
          • As much as I hate console v pc arguments and do almost all my gaming on the 360 these days, I would imagi... : peanut-
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    The autoaim feature that is enabled for the PC version fixes those lag issues if you haven't noticed. : ghost in my shell
    • Autoaim on PC? : Nitrium
    • ldsalkjggdslkasgdlkj;lksadg : skinlab133
    • you best be kidding. : unjustend
    • SOLD : smax
  • Yeah man some day they will find out that all that fun they had wasn't actually fun! It was all smoke and... : OverloadUT
• As crazy fun the 20v20 servers are, the maps clearly weren't designed for that kind of cluster F. : sukabljat
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  I don't get the people saying 9v9 is all you need. ok that's fine, play on your 9v9 servers, some people ... : peat
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    You'll play the game the way we say and that's final. : skinlab133
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      Is there something wrong with that, if that's the way the developer designed the game? : FrayLo
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        I think the problem is we KNOW modern warfare and we know that a great many people enjoy playing on dedic... : skinlab133
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          you know the last iteration of modern warfare. whether you agree or disagree with the changes made, they ... : dahanese
          • Yeah, it very well could still be a blast to play, obviously I haven't played it yet. That's why I'm not ... : skinlab133
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          I think my continuing shock at the uproar over the "features" (or lack thereof) in this game is that I do... : FrayLo
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            The only thing that bothers me is the lack of dedicated servers, for one reason: Alco23 was going to host... : ArcKnight
            • I think those are valid concerns, for sure. : FrayLo
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      Exactly. It's utterly ridiculous. : Link.
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        I'm not sure why that's ridiculous, considering they made the game and decide how it's played : FrayLo
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          I'm sure you think that cops should be able to storm into my home and force me to live by the government'... : Link.
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            lol really we just went from videogames to cops/government/personal rights ? Epic wow just wow : FrayLo
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              The ":rolleyes:" should be the tip-off that I'm kidding. Oh wait, I'm talking to someone who uses "epic w... : Link.
              • YEAH YOU SURE SHOWED ME HOW DUM I AM : FrayLo
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                shreds of intelligence! sounds like a name for a metal band : FrayLo
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                  Yeah, you have no more "argument". As I expected. : Link.
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                    The last word with Jim Rome : FrayLo
                    • (as I expected!!!!!) : FrayLo
        • They can decide how it's played but I don't see why they should enforce it. Valve decided it was 12v12 fo... : razlebol
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    why have a limit at all? why have any rules? just let server admins dictate every aspect of the game ... : EvilDolemite
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      How does my experience playing the game with one-shot kills, 96 players, infinite grenades, any options I... : Link.
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        because if there are no limits people who want the standard game are going to struggle to find it! Look a... : marmite
        • I'm sorry that you can't find decent servers. It's not very hard, so not my fault that you're having trou... : Link.
        • I think that would be more a testament to how un-fun the vanilla game is compared to mods if no one is pl... : atom519
    • yeah, you could make the same complaint about why there isn't instagib and lowgrav options. It's a simple... : derelict515
    • Thank you. People don't fucking understand that player limit is an important part of game design and bala... : OverloadUT
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    I'm just sad that this pretty much confirms the games will be hosted locally or peer to peer or whatever ... : pyide
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      The chat log confirms that it is p2p. : r_picmip 5
      • It's going to be rad when people start manipulating games and lag out people for easy kills by throttling... : pyide
  • The thing is, developers will often design maps for "average" people who have no idea what they're doing : Felraiser
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    I dont get how you still dont understand that the game is obviously not designed for more then 18 players... : maulla
    • why do you care so much about how many people I like to play with? I don't care what the developers had i... : peat
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      yeah I'm wondering why no one is complaining that they can't play 8v8 L4D : derelict515
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        just because they are both multiplayer FPS doesn't mean you can just lump them in the same category. they... : peat
        • the complaint is exactly the same, Valve is forcing you to play L4D in one particular way asthey designed... : derelict515
• Mech Warrior 2 > Modern Warfare 2 : ninjase
• I AM CANCELLING MY PREORDER!!! : khaosman
• Terrible. : WhatIsThisFor
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  yes good so this means the single player will be awesome right guys : Downforce
  • and for big time multiplaying dedicated serving where's dice with some new BATTLEFIELD action plz : Downforce
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  Did anyone that actually played it NOT enjoy COD4 on the 360? Because man, that game was FUCKING FUN and ... : marmite
  • There's enough reasons why I don't play FPS on consoles. This thread shouldn't go beyond my reply because... : Link.
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    I'm pretty sure no one is saying it's not going to be fun at all, just that it would be nice to have the : atom519
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      I'm pretty sure some people ARE saying it's going to be no fun at all because they are talking about boyc... : marmite
      • What makes the gripes trivial? : Jimbo Ro
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        How does the lack of dedicated servers and a completely controlled experience with paid DLC, no FOV setti... : Link.
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          because the game is fun without all those things that's how. : marmite
          • It is diminished and your opinion isn't shared by all. : WhatIsThisFor
          • minesweeper is fun too : atom519
          • The problem is that the game is (derelict515 ranting notwithstanding) better with them, but Activision is... : Felraiser
          • Sorry, I don't play most FPS without FOV options at the very least. I'm far from the only one. No dedicat... : Link.
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        Low FOVs like this are designed around consoles and sitting far from TVs though, if you have a high FOV i... : pyide
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          wait it's locked at FOV 65??? hahahah holy shit : Downforce
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            That's what I read yesterday. http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=21317404 : pyide
            • oh my goodness. good catch, that bears repeating. : Downforce
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              Was it confirmed by a developer or it's just a guess from someone participating in the chat? : Nitrium
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                http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=21324685 It's been strongly implied by a developer. : Felraiser
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                  Eh, that's definitely not the same. The guy asking the question might not even know the FOV on the 360 is... : pyide
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                    Well, I didn't say it was confirmed. This is the source for all of those comments. : Felraiser
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                      No, I know. Talking about the others and the trickle down with us taking specific numbers as fact when th... : pyide
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                        Well, it's canned, but if you assume the guy knew he was talking about (which is admittedly not guarantee... : Felraiser
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                          How does anyone, let alone the guy asking the question, know the FOV is 65 when the game isn't even out i... : pyide
                          • I AM JUST SAYING LOL! I DO NOT KNOW WHY WE ARE ARGUING. ;3 : Felraiser
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                            The actual question is about the console though, changing the fov was an example. [i]Laugh: Is there a... : ghost in my shell
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                              Yes I know. Which brings me back to this: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=21324908 and the circle ... : pyide
                              • Oh! How silly indeed. : ghost in my shell
                • That was the standard response by the IW putz's - you are going to play the game the way we designed it..... : dedgecko
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    I loved it and I got MW2 for 360 but I still understand the issues with the PC version of this product an... : WhatIsThisFor
    • Hang on, I'm saying that the PC Crowd shouldn't just be this one big group. People should be standing up ... : marmite
  • I enjoyed it on 360. I later bought it for PC and enjoyed it more because of the expanded multiplayer opt... : Vincent Grayson
  • I'm looking forward to it on my 360. But to be fair, I'm classified as full retard. : Haku-Jin
  • I know plenty of console players who hate that they can't change their FOV or play mods or have dedicated... : r_picmip 5
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    lol I don't care, being angry is part of PC gaming. When I wanna be bored and happy I'll play console gam... : SpaecKow
    • Yeah. It's also their most pre-ordered game now. : razlebol
  • LOL you dumbass. So many people here who were bitching about it (I admit I made a post saying "WTF Valve : MercFox1
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  Oh man: Laugh: Is there a console in the PC version of the game, so we can change our field of view from : Beady
  • There was no console on your mom when I fucked her up the ass, son, but I managed just fine. Next questio : GloriousCow
  • FOV? It sounds like just changing the resolution is being considered an extra feature for PCs. Moriart : Talonus.
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  I'm considering buying two separate PC copies now : veras
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    So the FOV settings can add up to 130! BRILLIANT! hahaha : MercFox1
    • lol'd : mlev
    • I'll get 6 then. Whoa. : Marrbe
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  is it possible someone in the community will make a work around so dedicated servers would work and remov... : peat
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    There's a dude making a C++ wrapper for the game's executable, don't worry. : Nitrium
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      what's a C++ wrapper? if it's a joke i don't get it :( : peat
      • You're writing a C++ program that runs another program or invokes another language. : Omaha
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    Its possible. If its just an updated version of the previous games engine then the support is probably... : Beady
    • it would be very shitty, especially considering MW2 for 360 is already available for would be pirates : peat
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  If the maps were designed for 18 players, what do you guys not like about this? : pun][sher
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    The removal of choice? It's perfectly possible to have a lot of fun when you go outside a developer's int... : azshack
    • thank you for this post : peat
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      They're not removing choice at all. The option to play MW2 with more than 18 players was never there. : OverloadUT
      • I think it's pretty obvious he's talking about taking away something that was in MW, and not in MW2 : peat
      • semantics : WhatIsThisFor
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      I get that, but IW made the game they wanted to make. If players still want that, they can play MW1. It's... : pun][sher
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        people are fighting it for exactly the the reason you said in your post. no customization. have you ever ... : peat
        • I played CS from Beta 1 -> Source, yes. : pun][sher
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      32 players in cod4 pc was intolerable : dantastic
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        then don't play in 32 player servers. it's as easy as that : peat
        • agreed, but don't say that the attempt to at least try it out should never be considered. : the archvile
      • I pretty much only play on 16 player servers. : midgetherder
• HAHAH PC GAMERS AND THEIR OUTDATED NOTIONS : stuka
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  Do the consoles versions have dedicated servers? : Chepito.
  • Nope. Matchmaking. : pun][sher
• lol to the comment regarding already playing with pirates... Mackey-IW: Seems like everybody I play wi... : dedgecko
• I thought things were supposed to get better in the future, not worse. :( : Dynotaku
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  you guys are so fucking funny some times : maulla
  • yea, once again people snatch up on weeks old news about the game and freak out like it's the end of the ... : -=kodiak=-
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  Why 9? I suppose thats just fine but seems like you'd want an even number for some reason (... reason i d... : flubba79
  • Well I recall 16 players being a big focus at the beginning of LIVE - perhaps they are able to push it to... : dedgecko
• This gets better all the time : jonin
• Hmm. Well if they can confirm that FoV is right fucked then I'll be cancelling my preorder, unfortunatel... : midgetherder
• I'm boycotting ModWar 2 and buying the 360 version. WHO'S WITH ME? : walker270
• I'm so glad I didn't give a shit about this game to begin with. : DOOManiac
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  meh. i owned MW1 on PC and a lot of the servers were over 18 people which did NOT work on maps that size.... : dantastic
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    again, no one is forcing you to play in larger games. but removing the capability is dumb : peat
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      not really. they can do whatever they want with their game. especially remove stupid features like massiv... : JINKY
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        So us veteran gamers get to suffer because IW wants to hold the hands of easily enraged gamers who think ... : the archvile
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          Omg a business catering to the most profitable section of it's market. How terrible. : marmite
          • See also: the music industry. : the archvile
          • consoles? : dedgecko
          • a business can cater to it's audience without implying we are all to dumb to find our own games and or kn... : peat
        • you're not suffering by not getting meaningless additional features. either buy it or don't : JINKY
      • you don't sound biased at all. : atom519
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  I dare say IW are doing all this because they'd much rather have people who want to play their game play : Cliffzorz
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    Key phrase: "their game". It's not shared anymore for the community to extend. Not economically viable. : the archvile
    • my god, could you be any more dramatic about this? : pandastrong
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      I disagree with almost every one of IW's actions but saying what they are doing is not economically viabl... : Moonbase Commander
      • less = take : Moonbase Commander
      • I'm saying that IW is saying that modding and dedicated servers are "not economically viable" : the archvile
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    take your heathen logic out of here heretic! it has no place with nerd rage! : -=kodiak=-
    • *flee* : Cliffzorz
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    I bet they play Monopoly by the rules. : Modulus
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      Monopoly with any house rules really fucks the game up. In fact most of the things people complain about ... : OverloadUT
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        one of the things i think is important about game design is to respect it. people are always trying to ma... : JINKY
        • But why shouldn't players have the choice? You can have your consoles with no moddability allowed. I'll s... : Link.
        • Yeah. People generally do not know why certain design considerations were made, so they do shit like put ... : OverloadUT
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        I couldn't disagree with you more. Players are more than capable to determine what's fun for them. If mod... : Modulus
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          The thing is, often times (I am mainly talking about Monopoly here) people don't realize the full effects... : OverloadUT
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            eh, you're coming off as a little egotistical. Only professional game designers are qualified to make gam... : Modulus
            • I am not saying that only professional game designers are qualified. I'm saying that most people aren't. ... : OverloadUT
            • Also I agree fundamentally with most of your points. : OverloadUT
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    But no matter how you're playing it, you still bought a copy, even if you're playing on 64p insta-respawn... : crummynz
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      In the example above, because it can alienate a lot of people. Person buys game, connects to server with... : FormerHPB
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        when has this EVER been a problem? you are dumb if you don't know you are connecting a 64 player server, ... : peat
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          This has been a problem for a long fucking time actually : OverloadUT
          • *cough* UT, lol : crummynz
      • Wrong. There's more than enough stock servers (or close to that) out there for CoD4 and every other popul... : Link.
      • This is one of the more ridiculous things I have heard. This is just to control the PC DLC market for... : pancake humper
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    Who the fuck cares, they got their $60 : pancake humper
    • exactly : peat
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      because they want people to have fun and be excited for a sequel like MW2 and spend $60 on that too. They... : derelict515
      • so maybe playing headshot mode on their own server would be fun for people? I don't get your argument... : pancake humper
  • It's about profit. What else would it be about? Activision is a business, and the way MW2 PC has been han... : Felraiser
  • I can't stand this excuse. I'll translate that out of your bubble: Activision wants to control the experi... : Link.
  • Valve half attempted this with TF2, what with the 24 player limite, no options to disable crits etc or re... : Beady
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  so far none of these changes bother me. any server i played on with 24 or 32 players was an unfun grenad... : grendel
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    then don't play on that server... : dedgecko
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      seriously, people are taking a selfish attitude about this : peat
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        The funny thing is the people crying about what a company chooses to do with their game are the ones bein... : Evil Benius
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          perhaps selfish was a poor word choice, but to imply that no one wants to play more then 9v9 is dumb. may... : peat
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            That's not what people are saying at all. Most reasonable people in this thread are saying it doesn't ma... : r_picmip 5
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              most reasonable people would be able to fathom the concept that YOU can still play your 9v9 games, those ... : peat
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                The thing is more than 9v9 will not fit into matchmaking due to latency. You might then respond with "why... : Evil Benius
                • yeah you're right I would respond they are limiting it to 9v9 because of the IW.net service, which won't ... : peat
                • The only reason why it's 9v9 is because IW is adapting the console matchmaking netcode, which cuts down d... : Link.
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    It bothers me that they are fucking the PC players even as someone who will be playing it on 360. It just... : DonarUDL
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      from now on, whenever a developer makes a decision that is contrary to anything done in the past, they ar... : FrayLo
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        I'm not raging over it like most here, I just do believe lowering the player count and doing away with pr... : DonarUDL
        • i know, it's just funny the way you put it. i don't disagree about the lack of dedicated servers being a... : FrayLo
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  an angel gets its wings every time IW makes a pc gamer's vagina explode : [fry]
  • a bunch of exploding stinky sandy vaginas everywhere. ewwwwwww : -=kodiak=-
• That was about as how big the last Shackbattles for COD4 got. : Sailor of Fortune
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  BREAKING NEWS: MW2 PC doesn't support the use of mouse! To play the game, purchase a special edition M... : TPSReport
  • no, it can use any gamepad. and that was announced several days ago : mrtony

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• Yea I saw that the other day and forgot to link it here - so incredible isn't it! : multisync
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  My mind is blown. I always snagged the drums cause i hate dealing with the wings : Umbr
  • yup same here : Mad Brahmin Disease
• Mind = Blown : Makenxero
• i love the flats they are the best. Just remove the small bone and your golden. More meat with proper dis... : pigz
• fucking brilliant : electroly
• O_o : Godhatesfatpeople
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  damn i want wings for dinner now : wtf242
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    lol me too, but I can't find the wings place delivery menu :o : Home Nugget
    • You know what you want, right? Just google for the phone number. And damnit, now I want wings too. : Arcanum
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  Little to no mess except he is handling that thing way more than he needs to. Just hold it by one end,... : invisible_kid
  • I like your technique : MaxPete82
  • This is the real answer. We were at buffalo wild wings one night and were heckling the waitress saying s... : mlev
  • Pretty much all there is to it. Consume wing, pull out bones. : drhazard
• I might have to make wings tonight just to try this : Omning
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  omg, so much delicious grease. : filthysock
  • I want to those "pastrami" wings he mentions there and that sauce :o : Godhatesfatpeople
• This is incredible! : geneshifter
• I can't believe this. Why was I so naive? : chungathebunga
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  i've always eaten them this way, and it saddened me how hard it is for some people to eat them : RikiTiki2
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    wait, i take it back--didn't see him twist out the bone. what I do is just break em apart and eat them as... : RikiTiki2
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      yeah that's what i've always done. i had no idea you could just remove the bone cleanly like that. : electroly
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        Like he said, it has to have been cooked properly. A lot of times I bet it won't come out cleanly. : OverloadUT
        • all the more reason to cook it properly! i gotta at least try this next time i have wings. : electroly
        • things that happen in only perfect conditions can't be relied upon : RikiTiki2
• Well holy shit. I want some hot wings just to try that out now. : Rag and Bone Man
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  eating the cartelidge.. ew. otherwise, boffo. : beastrabban
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    the cartilage is probably the only healthy thing in a chicken wing. : edgewise
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      Best fucking part if you ask me. : focusdaily
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        It's usually too chewy and tough for me. : giant boy detective
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          so chew it a little and then swallow it : RikiTiki2
          • That's what you say to all the ladies. : voodooraze
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  There was another way that a friend of mine used to do. He didn't pull of a bit of cartilage or pull out ... : prime8
  • I've heard of this but never seen it. : Arcanum
• why the hell is this not taught in public school : [fry]
• this guy deserves the Nobel Prize for this : smax
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  his voice sounds fat : aeg1x
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pNtDt0JQTM : aethyr
    • Hah, that's really funny. : plunkymeadows
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  Huh? Getting 6 fingers all greasy and touching food is little to no mess? I'll stick to a fork and teet... : Edges
  • if you're eating those with a fork, you're some kind of square i can't even begin to describe, daddy-o : lja83
  • Get the fork out of here : Godhatesfatpeople
• speaking of, did you guys know chicken wing prices are apparently going up up up? http://www.cnbc.com/... : FrayLo
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_LrU0zBd6I : mindshot
• Reminds me of the "Inspector 34" episode of Pete and Pete on Nickelodeon back in the old days. That wa... : Sailor of Fortune
• Ok, I ordered some wings and tried this. It works, sort of, but will only work as easily as it does in t : Arcanum
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  Heh, I've been doing it this way for years. I thought people already knew about it! :D (I like my wings c : mn3m0n1c
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    I like my women like I like my wings: Hot and saucy! : Arcanum
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      Grilled, with the bones pulled out? : Godhatesfatpeople
      • well, the bones are kinda icky : mn3m0n1c
• That seems like it would hurt with a fresh-out-of-the-fryer chicken wing. : silent prophet
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  the risk of eating cartilage is way to high sry no sale.... : johnny rotten
  • yeah I don't really understand how people can eat cartilage, even in well cooked meat I guess you coul... : DeBurgo
  • No, you grab the fatter end of the big bone when you remove it. that end has most of the cartilage. I've... : Old_Fart
• You know, that makes me feel like a dumbass. It's so obvious yet I've gone so long doing it the old fashi... : ateam311
• I've done this all my life. : Old_Fart

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  yeah, i tell people to uninstall limewire or i won't help with their computer. they look at me like i'm r... : cpt_gloval
  • Same here. I don't even troubleshoot shit when I see Limewire on a machine which is riddled with spyware ... : Entity
  • Forget limewire use sadsteve.com : hrdwregk
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  I'm amazed any of those are still around. : Rauol Duke
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    It's what the unwashed masses use. : Deathlove
    • Fucking plebs should drown in my piss. : Rauol Duke
• limewire keeps me in business, so I have a love/hate thing for it. doesn't the FBI monitor limewire too? : BongSlayerB
• I just did a N&R on a friend's brother's PC that he had: 1) compressed the entire hard drive on (it was ... : beastrabban
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  Download.com's 5th most downloaded windows software for the week ending Nov. 1st.....Limewire. 632,675 d... : jabuck
  • http://download.cnet.com/limewire/?tag=contentBody;mostPopTwoColWrap#editorsreview Editor's rating : 4... : opengl128
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    The top 5 there kinda make me giggle: 1. AVG anti-virus 2. Avira anti-virus 3. Ad Aware 4. Avast anti... : Teiresias
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      That list is like: 1: condoms 2: penecillin 3: antibiotics 4: sterile surical insturments 5: AIDS : ninjase
      • Lol : Shadowdane
      • hahahaha : tomservo
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  HELP My brother use's limewire and I know its complete shit but he is a huge noob when it comes to compu... : mrseldowski
  • Vuze : BongSlayerB
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    itunes? That's what I tell people. Honestly if I can fucking afford it so can they. I mean come the fuck ... : avatar_58
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      this is probably the best way to go about it. also people should have such a large music collection alre... : handofthrawn
      • I don't have a large collection and it's still cheap. Unless you download truckloads of songs I don't rea... : avatar_58
      • For you iTunes users, I rip all my CDs with iTunes. I am wondering about finding good electronic music re... : ghost hacker
    • A better alternative would be the Zune 4.0 software which in my opinion puts itunes to shame as far as us... : rasputinreborn
  • Amazon.com? Frostwire from Sourceforge. NOT frostwire.com : melkore
  • Amazon / Zune : ateam311
  • He wants a Zune Pass. Unlimited music + 1 free album per month for ~$11/month. : CrustaR
  • itunes : mystikal
  • iTunes : OverloadUT
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    Setup Virtualbox, run Limewire on a virtual XP system. Work with snapshots. Restore to the pristine ima... : trove
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      Are you seriously telling him how to use pirating software without risk? : mrvandelay
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        I've sure people use limewire for other purposes... like child porn. It's not all pirating. : trove
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          wait what : kaddar0
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            Oh I parsed this as "I've seen, when you meant "I'm sure" : kaddar0
            • My inability to translate what I think to what I type is getting worse and worse. I usually have two or ... : trove
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      going to nasty places with a virtual PC is good in theory, but it has been proven that you can still get ... : retardhumper
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        this sounds like bullshit. do you have a link supporting this? : electroly
        • there was some talk of a proof of concept vm exploit a while ago, but I never heard that anyone made anyt... : slickdoody
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        gonna need some evidence of this, thx : mrvandelay
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          also "wrapping a hypervisor around your hypervisor" is pretty much not possible : mrvandelay
          • Yo dawg! : MagicWishMonkey
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            i can do it in fifteen seconds, but i'll have to make a gooey in visual basic to trace his IP : GloriousCow
            • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmR3wIBJZbk : MrBig0
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          trying to get more info. A presenter at a security seminar talked about it a couple weeks ago. I've sen... : retardhumper
          • What you described originally is different than this. : mrvandelay
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    Frostwire if he just wants a clone of limewire without the bundled bullshit - this will not protect him f... : pixelat3d
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      Same network, same viruses/spyware etc : avatar_58
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        viruses/spyware can be stored in an mp3? : dignan
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          No. But having an exe named "BRITNEY SPEARS - I AM A SLUT 256.MP3" will work. People get caught all the t... : avatar_58
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            especially since windows hides file extensions by default. God knows fucking why :( : GloriousCow
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              Because the average person doesn't need to know a file extension. Now, why it never occurs to them th... : Schnapple
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                i disagree - especially if you're going to be doing anything on the internet, you should damn well know w... : GloriousCow
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                  there are a handfull that should be common knowledge for anyone thats around a pc : dignan
                  • And that is true techie thinking. And I agree. However it's not the thinking of companies like Micros... : Schnapple
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            well yea, its the users who infect themselves, its the network itself. i thought y'all were saying someth... : dignan
            • No I just meant users don't pay attention and that network is dangerous for them. : avatar_58
          • Executable code CAN be stored in a specially crafted MP3. This usually isn't enough for a modern virus, ... : Judicus
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        Uhh no. Most of the shit comes from using Limewire and it's "partners" software not the shit he's looking... : Phreakin
        • I am actually kind of proud to say I have no fucking idea, since I've never used it :D I do find it on... : xsoulbrothax
  • totallyfreeandlegaleverymusic.ru : algernoN8
  • grooveshark.com works pretty well if he doesn't mind streaming. : HAMGASM
  • Limewire : pancake humper
  • Are you seriously asking us for help on how to let your brother pirate music? : Schnapple
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    SoulSeek. The application is poorly made and serious throwback to early Napster days, but it gets the job... : Full.Bleed
    • i so fucking wish they'd let you combine config files, and i hate they're now stored in the registry. i'... : dignan
  • zune pass or torrents : Modica Sol Solis
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    bonzai buddy. eost : goatjc
    • oh fuck that guy in the fucking ass. : ghost hacker
  • How about he pays for his music instead....? : virus
  • emusic.com or amazon.com + http://riaaradar.com : dognose
  • amazon mp3 store!!!!!! : OmegaRed59
• Limewire alone causes 30% of all facepalms. : PointlesS76
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  holy shit people still use limewire : rgoer
  • do they also come to you desperately seeking help with making their computers Y2K-ready : rgoer
• every time i get a call to fix a computer, i always see limewire installed. i see it on office machines,... : industro
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  The machines that i see in here the most are definitely ones with Limewire on them. Because most people d... : m0nkz
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    "PHOTOSHOP--CS4--COMPLETEFULLVERSION--VIRUSFREE.exe" - 364KB : headbone
    • hey your link doesn't work : Home Nugget
• i like soulseek. it is the bomb : burningpantsman
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  HEY ITS MY FAVORITE SONG.EXE : GloriousCow
  • haha, this is pretty true. : atom519
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  Every time I tell a custoemr not to use Limewire, the ask "well what am I supposed to use?" How about ... : SolveChrist
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    if limewire wasn't fucking retarded it would filter out executable files by default : GloriousCow
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      Just pay the damned 99 cents for the song though. At least game pirates can bitch about cost, music pirat... : avatar_58
      • yes, but at least then millions of pirating dumbfucks won't be volunteering their PCs for botnets : GloriousCow
• do you do any networking crap for your university? is there any way for students to forward ports to host... : DrFlammable
• Signed. It's not going back on my PC ever again. : ghost hacker
• I hate limewire soo much. : Umbr
• I work at my university's computer help desk too. What university? Also, FROSTWIRE!! : mlev
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  So what exactly is the problem with limewire? In the end isn't it just another case of some fool clicking... : Sludgehead
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    bazillions of infected clients returning bogus results for any search term imaginable, and then morons cl... : GloriousCow
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      So it is the user being retarded then. I asked because I foolishly agreed to take a look at my neighbors... : Sludgehead
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        That sounds like the '360' virus. A mock AV that looks like it is installed and is reporting errors on yo... : ghost hacker
        • yep that's what it was. i got it off but their machine is so fucking slow i can't stand working on it any... : Sludgehead
  • There is nothing wrong with the program itself, like any other p2p type software. However the content you... : ghost hacker
  • Yeah, it more or less comes down to end user clicking on stupid stuff. If you know what you are doing an... : atom519
  • It doesn't, but Limewire is a massive vector for these infected .exe files. If you're dumb enough to use... : deject

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  1. Download http://stardock.cachefly.net/zoomba/service.cmd 2. Copy to C:\\Program Files\\Electronic Art... : Kentor
  • This was from the DAO forums and worked for me. Good lord I bought two PC games in the last week or so an... : Kentor
  • Yeah, I got DA from Impulse and this fixed my DLC issues. One thing to note is that sometimes the servic... : ZTac
  • +INF Thanks for the post. Got my DLC content working via this method. Figured it was on Bioware/EA's s... : CoreContingency
  • <3 : WhatIsThisFor
  • Ill have to give this a shot when I'm home : theamazingrand0
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    I didn't find the installuti.exe file. :( : NFXFSX
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      It's a type. Actual file is INSTALLUTIL.exe : CoreContingency
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        Still can't find it. Searched every drive. : NFXFSX
        • C:\windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\installutil.exe Don't move the file to the other locatio... : WhatIsThisFor
        • Shack Message me an e-mail address you're comfortable with and I'll fire it over to you. : CoreContingency
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      Why not go for the automatic method with the cmd? : WhatIsThisFor
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        It didn't work. The service never appeared in the MSC. Manual method took all of 1 minute. There are shor... : CoreContingency
        • You have to run the cmd as administrator, or start a cmd as admin and run it from within that. : WhatIsThisFor
    • dude man you don't want to install a UTI : electroly
  • I wish this fix worked for me, but i cant even get the daupdater service to start. : choppp
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    PC GAMING : dantastic
    • DANTASTICULAR! : mwasher
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  In fairness to Impulse, as I bought it from there too, this seems to be an issue on Bioware/EA's end due ... : wytefang
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    hey look it's you in an impulse thread : Sapiens
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      Relax. Just pointing out what everyone is learning about this issue - it's EA-related not Impulse relate... : wytefang
      • I thought you worked for Impulse : pancake humper
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        It does at this point look to be an Impulse problem. Their installer doesn't properly register the daupda... : CoreContingency
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          I didn't care about the lack of pre-loading simply because it downloaded insanely fast and that was immed... : wytefang
          • There was a pre-load for DAO on the weekend, though. : Nitrium
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            I think you're kind of dancing around the problem here. Had you ordered on steam, you'd have likely had t... : CoreContingency
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              The benefit to Impulse is that you don't have to have it running to play games. : WhatIsThisFor
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                A valid point, but I run it through steam anyway to get the overlay. How else am I going to know when the... : CoreContingency
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                  Understandable. The thing that bugs me about Steam games is that they can be unavailable for play if my ... : WhatIsThisFor
                  • This is why i find Impulse to be better for buying games : RetroRedEyeJr
  • Hm. Sounds like it's something with the way Impulse's installer ran through things - I'm looking around f... : xsoulbrothax
  • Hell no. It's definitely Stardock's fault since they didn't install the damn service they were supposed t... : Kentor
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    Steam version worked fine, why would theirs be different? : Tripps
    • I love how flawlessly the DLC worked with this title and with Steam. Much easier than say, Fallout 3 : smax
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  Why wouldn't everybody just use the #1 proven to work platform, Steam? : Yanks
  • they're relatives of Brad Wardell probably : dantastic
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    they got suckered by the Impulse 20% off preorder. poor fools : smax
    • Yeah, they got me good! I shelled out $51 for the digital deluxe version, and it took all of a couple min... : CoreContingency
    • Guilty as charged. They e-mail surveys and I fill them out for discount codes (I know you don't have to),... : Kentor
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    because they're all shills in this case specifically, Impulse had a deal on DAbut still isn't as good as : veras
    • I was seriously considering buying off of impulse because of that deal... but then [ I didn't buy it at a... : ElArabDeMagnifico
  • $15 off the Deluxe edition : NFXFSX
  • Because the game was 20% cheaper on Impulse thanks to a coupon. I likely won't make that mistake again... : Vincent Grayson
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    I personally believe that it is a better platform than Steam for purchasing games. It seems most of the p... : RetroRedEyeJr
    • That's a pretty brain dead stupid screw up with the installer and I'm not very happy with it. As much as ... : Kentor

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• you crazy! : niceguynick
• you're crazy, because people said the exact same thing about the first one. And this one improves on ever... : Dschinghis Khan
• well since the demo is over a year old of course it's starting to look dated! : Degenerate
• you're crazy : GloriousCow
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  I haven't noticed any zombie skating, maybe it's something on your end? : glio1337
  • Also, did you forget to crank up your graphics and resolution? The game still looks damn pretty to me : glio1337
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    I don't see how, I'm playing on my 360. Maybe you guys just aren't noticing it? They move much faster the... : JohnnyRey
    • I've noticed it a few times. Especially when they are standing still and then start running as they are ... : r_picmip 5
    • Oh, there's your problem right there. You're playing on console. : CrustaR
    • stop playing PC games on shitty consoles! : grendel
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  You're not the only one. I tried to play it again this morning and I just...can't enjoy it. Idk what ... : unholydonuts
  • Yes, I've noticed hit detection is also way off. : JohnnyRey
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    PC or 360? : GloriousCow
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      PC /5char : unholydonuts
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        ! : Arctic Fox
        • : re-verse
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    The hit detection can be weird but I notice it's much more of a problem if you join a laggy/self hosted s... : GenBanks
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      I always had a huge problem with hit detection in l4d but it seems to be a lot better in l4d2 : Drakoniac
      • Agreed. It was super noticable last night, my friends and I did the demo on expert and then moved on to C... : ArcKnight
  • the m4 weapon model is like out of a Q2 mod. that said, i thought it was pretty fun. accidentally played ... : gokart.
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  I felt the same way about the first L4D. Haven't tried this one, no interest really. There are too many g... : Rehevkor
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    You do not know of what you speak. A Versus match in L4D is something to behold. : Lone Swordsman
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      I agree. I don't play anymore, I hung up my L4D versus shoes long ago, but when you've got a good tea... : unholydonuts
      • It's the cooperative aspects I like. There's nothing like pulling fellow survivors out of the fire, or l... : Lone Swordsman
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  I've played a lot of hours of L4D on PC and never noticed any zombie skating, but maybe that's just becau... : Zek
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    I was playing single player! : JohnnyRey
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      Well what specifically were you seeing? : Zek
      • P.S. that's probably the reason you thought it sucked. : Zek
• Yes, you are the only one. : Alice O'Connor
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  I agree, it kinda sucked. The new special infected are lame, the level was bland and boring, and the new ... : speedy3d
  • Interesting true story: in 1975, the local township... : Zek
• I had fun with the demo. I like the new melee weapons. : das_runt
• The zombies have always done that, you just notice it more because it's daylight. : jingletard
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  I finally played the L4D2 demo last night, and it was fucking awesome. I enjoyed it much more than the o... : atom519
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    Have you thrown a pipe bomb yet? The new ragdolls are fucking amazing. : Arctic Fox
    • haha, yes! i LOVE the new zombie explosions. : atom519
• I thought the same at first but I played some of it more and more and the more I played it the more I enj... : stgdz
• Personally, I fuckin love it. Much more than the first one and I loved that too! : marmite
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  I played the other night and it was fine other than running from the Quarter in New Orleans over a levee ... : Rauol Duke
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    So they didn't quite get the layout in the Quarter right. : hrdwregk
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      The first one was set in Pittsburgh but there is no subway system here. Also the Mercy Hospital building ... : Duffman8369
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        Actually, Pittsburgh does have a subway-ish light rail, the T line, which takes you to the southern part ... : DHAvatar
        • Would you look at that. Learn something new every day. Also after some research it does look like if you ... : Duffman8369
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        No, there is no subway in Pittsburgh, but whoever was designing the roads and highways are the city was l... : Dschinghis Khan
        • There's absolutely a subway, in the sense that the light rail is underground downtown so there are subway... : DinK
        • Haha, thats actually how I've described it to people who have never been there. : ADSliv
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        In all the time I spent playing L4D I never knew it was supposed to be in Pittsburgh. I guess it doesn't... : DinK
        • The clue for me was Blood Harvest starts in Allegheny Forest. Then I noticed that the cars all have PA li... : Duffman8369
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  I thought the 360 version was great. The zombies seemed very fast and moved fluidly. : Dave-A
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    What did you think of the graphics compared to the first on 360? I played the demo last night, and I felt... : Head Rush
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      I thought it played a lot smoother. It's hard to compare the graphics, I get the feeling they could hide ... : Dave-A
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        That's a good point about the darkness in the first game. I'll probably give it another shot tonight, but... : Head Rush
        • I'll probably get it on both! : Dave-A
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  I think its awesomely fun. Maybe you are playing with the wrong people? : .frame
  • I'd say. He was playing Single Player... : r_picmip 5
• I consider L4D _the_ multiplayer game I dreamed of when I was a child and based on one playthrough of the... : ramshot
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  it was an absolute blast to play. the melee weapons were so much win. the sound the pots made upon impact... : wurt
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    *SPLANG* : Arctic Fox
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      ...fire starter : On the Brane
      • Man, every time I threw a molly last night it would clip this tiny bit of wall and ricochet right back on... : Arctic Fox
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  I was unimpressed too. it seems OK, but it doesn't seem like a full on sequel. If Valve had done as the... : OMGzImBurning
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    why did you pay $50... for either of these games? time to get with the program pal... rather than just bi... : brainchild420
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      I mostly agree. I played the demo and also own the full game for the first and I don't see anything so si... : Attica Blue
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        Well most of us have only paid $35 for it. PRE-release. : Arctic Fox
        • yeah, i'm not waiting 2 months to let everyone else get good at VS mode and then get raped. that to me is... : brainchild420
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      I didn't pay 50$ for either of them. However, that is what the company is charging if you want to purcha... : OMGzImBurning
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        Well, no, Valve is charging $35 if you have 3 friends who also want to buy. Given how many "who wants to ... : Arctic Fox
        • Well, no, Valve is charging $50. Most people who are not on the shack will pay $50. His comparison is... : JohnnyRey
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          Obviously there are deals where you can get a better price, as there always are - the point is, they are ... : OMGzImBurning
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            your definition of "enough content" is completely absurd. : brainchild420
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              Perhaps to you it is, but many other people agree with me, which indicates that it's not so commonly acce... : OMGzImBurning
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                valid input? why don't you try finding some. you can't just ignore half of the new features of the game ... : brainchild420
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                  nice, dude. You don't agree with me, so you discount my input as invalid. Looking at the maps they h... : OMGzImBurning
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                    so, by that criteria, you basically don't like the sequel to... any game ever made. see you could have j... : brainchild420
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                      Wow, you're doing really well in this subthread, he lists why he feels some particular way and you just s... : abrasion
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                        i'm glad you are here to keep score. : brainchild420
                        • Say dumb shit, get people call you out on it! I know. : abrasion
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            I got more than $50 of value from L4D1. This has about 1.5x the content of Left4Dead 1 (in terms of campa... : Arctic Fox
            • Anyone can get extra value from anything by playing with it longer than others would... it doesn't mean a... : Sixcos
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  You're not crazy but my issues weren't quite the same as yours. I disliked the lack of notable audio cue... : wytefang
  • And bear in mind that I ADORED, LOVED, WORSHIPPED the first game. If you doubt, go check my time played ... : wytefang
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  I always think it's funny when people post in L4D2 threads saying "Hit detection is off". No, it's very ... : TheVietSpecial
  • people don't realize that in this new one, 1 limb severed != dead i shot a zombies arms off with an ak... : brainchild420
  • I always thought that had to do with the server. : Pneum0
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  Feels like a bad mod. I think being in broad daylight it loses something. : rmjackson
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    You know the whole thing isn't in daylight, right? : Arctic Fox
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      the sun moves?!? : brainchild420
      • well it didn't in L4D1... : Arctic Fox
    • Ssh! The demo is representative of the entire game, Fox. You know that. : Dschinghis Khan
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      Feels like a bad mod. I think being in a heavy downpour at night it loses something. : Zek
      • Feels like a bad mod. I think being in a mall, an amusement park, and other iconic zombie settings it los... : Duffman8369
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      Sure, but I was referring to my impressions of the demo specifically. I have faith in Valve. : rmjackson
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        Fair enough, I was just making sure. I mostly agree with the daylight being less atmospheric than the nig... : Arctic Fox
        • it's just too bright, there's no shadows anywhere. someone needs to let those programmers outside once... : brainchild420
• O_o : Sink the Pink
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  did you play the same demo i did? : ass-street
  • I want to like it, I really, really do. I dunno, maybe I will spend some more time with it and see if I c... : JohnnyRey
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  The animations were perfect, and overall I was very impressed. You probably had lag issues. And overall I... : Johnnsen
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    I thought it looked worse then the first one, although I am playing on a 360. And I was in single-play... : JohnnyRey
    • I think the skating issue is because not everything is in the demo (which is kind of bad considering this... : DHAvatar
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  Go back and play L4D and then get back to me about it. : CrustaR
  • (assuming you're talking about the L4D2 demo...) : CrustaR
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  Have you guys seen the Australian l4d2 comparison video? It has a vertical split screen comparison bet... : dafugg
  • Thanks, I will watch this at home. : cjcharv
• I felt the exact same way and I played the demo on the PC. I owned left L4D on both the PC and 360 and lo... : K0LM
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  I only played the Demo through once and wasn't super excited, but that's really only because it's so shor... : mysled
  • There is a vs. hack but it's bugged to shit, haha. : Dschinghis Khan
  • Versus is going to be FUCKING AWESOME with all the new infected types. You get a feel for it in expert mo... : Arctic Fox
• the L4D2 demo has exceeded my expectations in every way - totally psyched for the full now. Every little ... : PlanetPerfecto
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  I didn't see the point of the L4D2 demo. Especially for those who preordered it. It was vanilla campaig... : deathofrats
  • I agreed with this until I played it on Expert. In Expert you can really tell the improvements they have ... : Arctic Fox
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  You're crazy. Also the engine is not old. It's brand new. Every Source game that comes out is on a new ve... : OverloadUT
  • Yeah, I find it amazing that people can't see the difference between this engine and HL2. They're worlds ... : Arctic Fox
• Love the new melée weapons, especially the machette. Too busy chopping to notice any skating :p : Alco23
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  I'll give it another go but I wasn't impressed with it either. I liked the dismemberment, but something j... : hoov1185
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    Play Expert :). Also, people said this about the original L4D1 characters. : Arctic Fox
    • Said what, that they didn't like the original characters? I guess I just wasn't ready to let them go. :) ... : hoov1185
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    Also the special infected ... I didn't get to see the Jockey in action, but what's with the Charger? Did ... : hoov1185
    • The Charger is just another special infected. : Zek
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    There hasn't been enough game to really know if the characters are boring or not. I remember the Left 4 D... : thrallie200
    • This is true. I'm trying to not to judge the game too much just based on the demo but it's hard not to ma... : hoov1185
    • Honestly half the reason people like the personalities of the originals so much is because of all the voc... : Zek
    • Yeah, this is what I'm saying. People only really started to like the L4D1 characters after they'd played... : Arctic Fox
    • I've said this so many times. It wasn't until people dove into the full game where people began to fall i... : Godhatesfatpeople
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  I think you played Doom 3. : Godhatesfatpeople
  • Yeah, i've only beat that game 7 times because it sucks. : Pneum0
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  the daylight was definitely a little off putting but the goddamn the gauntlet was intense : filthysock
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    I enjoyed the light for a change. : pun][sher
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      Same here. And they still managed to make it "scary". I also find the new infected to be a lot creepier. ... : Godhatesfatpeople
      • Yeah, I actually saw more detail on the zombies this time around. : pun][sher
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      So did I. It also seemed to make the regular infected more aware of you. : action wombmate
      • Yes! Valve stated this would be in the sequel and it's great seeing it work D: : Godhatesfatpeople
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    I must be the only one who hardly noticed it, L4D maps were not dark in the slightest. : Zek
    • can you take a screenshot of you playing l4d1 for us? : filthysock
• Yeah, didn't seem very good to me either. :( I'll play it a few times and I don't care that I spent th... : devi| dog
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  It was just too damned short for me to get a good feel. : rosewood
  • IBTWSS : rosewood
• I liked everything except for the weapon & item size and placements in the first person view. Everything ... : pyide
• It makes me want to play the full game but does not take away my enjoyment of L4D1. This is perfect. : dognose
• Wow, lots of downers here. I just played it once through and had a good time. I'm not caught up in the ... : action wombmate
• Maybe the engine is showing it's age but everything else is spot on : dael
• Overall it felt like more of the same to me with some minor changes and reasonable aesthetic changes. Th... : megarust32
• Im downloading it right now on steam @ 1.8mbytes a sec, ill tell you soon! : chilln
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  L4D2 just seems like something that could have EASILY been made by some guy in his moms basement with kno... : Jackass1233
  • Isn't this the case with a lot of sequels? Most people want and are glad to more of the same. Should we b... : pyide
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    EASILY? I think that's a discredit to the people at Valve. Don't put the cart before the horse, either,... : action wombmate
    • It's a discredit to mod makers too. Mods are hard work, especially these days. : DOOManiac
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    i really, really hope this is a joke : EvilDolemite
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      I hope it is, I couldn't even acknowledge anything but his last line about the game being more of the sam... : pyide
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        More of the same is a good thing. It's blowing away zombies with machine guns and shotguns. With improved... : Dschinghis Khan
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          But for $50 or whatever? Seems a bit steep. : Attica Blue
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            It might seem steep if you are going solely by what the demo offers, a fraction of the five campaigns and... : pyide
            • Those are good points. I guess we have to wait for the full game before casting final judgement. : Attica Blue
    • But that's the best part: it looks like a troll, sounds like a troll, *smells* like a troll...but it's fo... : ninj0rc
  • What?? Did you ever saw any of the other zombie mod for source? : razlebol
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  Same here, not impressed at all. The charm of the original was missing. Hillbilly music ruined the atmos... : abrasion
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    100% agreed, people here will still hate your guts for not sucking on valves dick like they are though, t... : Jackass1233
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      "differing opinions" would be that it's more of the same. saying it's something a single guy could devel... : EvilDolemite
      • That part made me lol hard. : Godhatesfatpeople
    • Perhaps you can explain how differing opinions are supposed to be handled. It looks like those that don't... : Ely
    • Nobody is telling you to suck on Valve's dick, but when you make such ridiculous statements as http://www : action wombmate
    • Especially from me! : abrasion
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      Clearly you have an open mind about this topic. I mean, it HAD to be made by some schmuck living in his ... : Moonbase Commander
      • mmfmmmf ffmmfmmmmffmmmfmmmfmmfmff : Godhatesfatpeople
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        don't get so butthurt, your welcome to enjoy your mediocre game, some people just don't care about as muc... : Jackass1233
        • I would so so so so much prefer HL2 EP3 over this :( : abrasion
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          You accuse people of being Valve fanboys when your level of disdain is equal to those who hate Valve simp... : Moonbase Commander
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            Many Mac users at my work hate the 360 because it is made by Microsoft, not because they're pro-PS3 or pr... : hussdelrio
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              Yeah there is. : Godhatesfatpeople
              • Just so you know, you have one of the best shacknames. : hussdelrio
    • You pansies were scared by L4D? What bizzare world is this? : locater16
  • Surprise, surprise. : Godhatesfatpeople
  • if you played the aus version of the demo, then you're entirely justified in your views : filthysock
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    I can't relate to being a physicist in a lab, Half-Life sucked. I can't relate to being a 19th century s : action wombmate
    • Seriously, I don't get these repeated complaints of not being able to relate to a high school coach in th... : Ely
    • I can't immerse myself in that world, it's not a relating to them issue it's simply makes no sense to me,... : abrasion
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    Hillbilly music? It's a New Orleans take on the old L4D music. I guess if you've never heard that style ... : nurglich
    • Yeah I love it, especially the new frantic Horde music. It sounds like some crazy acid jazz music. : Godhatesfatpeople
    • It comes across corny and cheap, they should've just done new music entirely. : abrasion
  • ?! I thought the music was great, new twist on the old L4D music : Magus
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  AITOO?????????????????????????? : tomservo
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    Not cool tom, brickmatt's gonna be PISSED. : yosemiteclimber
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      He's been slacking. Someone had to step up to the plate! : tomservo
      • You forgot the orange and the !!!??????? mix, but I appreciate you pinch hitting for me. : brickmatt
• My only problem with the demo was that it's toooo short :( Can't wait for the full release :D : Mmmmmoo
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  did anyone feel like the aiming was a lil floaty? felt like i was pushing my crosshairs through water... : head crab
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    It has to do with lag from the servers. I got that plenty of times until I found solid servers. : Godhatesfatpeople
    • roger that. thx for the info. : head crab
• oh you just reminded me i have it installed. : cpt_gloval
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  I've been dognose'd, I think. :D I just played through it solo to check it out (never played L4D) and it' : mn3m0n1c
  • shacktagged One problem though - I kept getting a big stall/freeze when a special infected showed up or w... : mn3m0n1c
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  DEMO WAS FUN - BUT its definetly more consoled. bigger text, definetly more "floaty"... sounds arent n... : chilln
  • it doesnt feel tight and the weapon animations look a little disconnected : cpt_gloval
• I personally thought it was better than L4D in every regard but the characters. The girl is annoying, and... : quadeh

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  Shacker Birthdays: renton better have a great time for their 34th ! Congrats folks! Want to add your : askedrelic
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    Happy Birthday, renton! : c0bra
    • OMGHrD!!! :O : dognose
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  This Old LOL Pile: The top 5 LOL'D posts from yesterday. Don't miss the funny, if there was any to begin : askedrelic
  • Lightzout, im about 30 mins away, want me to go spy on your wife for ya? : dignan
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    We need a Lightzout update!! : CrustaR
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      Agreed. What happened with the date on the picture and such? : Clasifyd
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        Too many questions left unanswered! : CrustaR
        • Worse than the goddamn Sopranos >=( : Clasifyd
    • Was that even real? : r_picmip 5
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    I feel bad that my stupid clippy photochop beat out korban's awesome costume. : ThomW
    • I LOL'd Masem's post before posting in NastyJacks thread. : trOmblyj
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      it's ok. you don't have many purposely funny moments, so i don't mind that you got proper lol's for that... : Korban
      • You son of a bitch! ;) : ThomW
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  The Top Tags: This other thing that no one really uses!!! By: breadsticks with [2 tagz] http://www.shac : askedrelic
  • careful if anyone found that borderland fix like I did: view the OP since this repost is missing some ele... : razorblade79
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  The Top Unfs: This is all probably NWS, seriously, look before you click! By: Korban with [3 unfz] http : askedrelic
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    Goddamn it, Korban. Look what you fucking did. : Clasifyd
    • TAKE IT! TAKE THE WHOLE THING! : Korban
• The Top INF: "The thing that was posted yesterday that compelled the most amount of people to hit the in : askedrelic
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  supersonic potato grabs an INFTAG award! : one random winner
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    And some how I missed Korban getting the LOLUNF award... : one random winner
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      I'm disturbed by that... : Clasifyd
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        Why? This. Is. The. Shack. Where men want chicks with dicks. It fits perfectly. : one random winner
        • ...I submit... : Clasifyd
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      I will have to make these awards official sometime : askedrelic
      • It just seemed like the right thing to do, thanks askedrelic :D : one random winner
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      i'm greatly honored by this : Korban
      • As well you should be, I think Phil and mace are the only other one's to get a LOLUNF so far. I'm stil... : one random winner
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      So those are the Tropical Island and Plateau awards theres no orange lands :| : loboca
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        Your LOL button isn't orange? : one random winner
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          He was using M:tG lands. No orange lands. Nerd : Clasifyd
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            I have no idea what yall are talking about, and being a nerd myself I am both interested and saddened by ... : one random winner
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              http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic:_The_Gathering : Clasifyd
              • That's why, TCG's could never really hold my interest. : one random winner
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            Actually dual lands. : loboca
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              It's still lands, damn it! Don't get smart with me! >=( : Clasifyd
              • Call me a nerd, I'm going to correct your mistake. : loboca
      • You should have used the enemy fetchlands. Arid mesa and misty rainforest : kaddar0

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• omg! Bubble Up! : GloriousCow
• I've had that Romanian rose soda on mind all morning : Home Nugget
• That's awesome. Fuck this place and HFCS, makes shit taste like even more shit. : Dschinghis Khan
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  Saw this a little bit ago. I've got several Sprecher's Root Beer and Cream Soda in my fridge, and they... : thekidd
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    I have been looking for a good root beer. IBC is just way to sugary but I don't like the creamy root bee... : stgdz
    • http://www.wallywine.com/p-38429-sprecher-root-beer-16-oz.aspx?affiliateid=10098 Try it, it's really g... : thekidd
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  That was a really interesting video. Thanks for the link AgentPothead, I think I'll order some stuff from... : hoov1185
  • Some stuff is in cases, but yeah for the most part it seemed to be by the bottle. : AgentPothead
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  this guy is awesome : maulla
  • If me and maulla agree on something you guys know this shit is for real. : AgentPothead
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  That guys is a fantastic salesman. : trove
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    He does seem to be really genuine, and not some asshole just looking to make a sale. : hoov1185
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      The best marketing really is no marketing. : AgentPothead
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        That's not true at all. Your best form of marketing is through your customers, and the only way for that ... : ateam311
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          Okay yeah word of mouth is definitely better than no advertising at all. : AgentPothead
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            Google agrees. : Cubictoast
            • But they make money from advertising?!?!.... brain explodes. : Cubictoast
    • Seriously, I can drink sugared soda, but I am having massive cravings to simply walk through that store a... : trove
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  I wanna go to this store : ( : ateam311
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    Here's his site, the soda is pretty expensive though, $2 and up per bottle. http://www.sodapopstop.com/p... : h o s t i l e
    • a lot of those look like really unique sodas though, not the kind of thing you'd just burn through in a n... : lja83
  • I'm totally with you. :((( : MercFox1
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  I wanna try several of those. I remember getting an independent brand sarsaparilla at a small town burg... : CRasterImage
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    I don't think I've ever had a sarsaparilla before. I really want one now. : h o s t i l e
    • They are like root beers, but slightly different. : CRasterImage
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    I don't think we have any stores like that around here. There's a local italian restaurant/pizzeria that ... : hoov1185
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      It wasn't a store, it was just a small town diner / grill who bought their soda from an independent brewe... : CRasterImage
      • Oops, reading comprehension. : hoov1185
• I have a store like that near my place. They sell hotdogs and 365 varieties of pop. It's such an awesom... : Vantage
• This is pretty cool dude, I might have to order some of these. I'm a big fan of soda, currently on an Mou... : unholydonuts
• OMG! I would LOVE to go to that store! I'd have a field day!! : g0nk
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  I am curious about the rose petal soda. I am not a huge fan of roses, but I have never thought about th... : CRasterImage