Morning Discussion

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  How come dinosaurs are on the other side of the mass extinction line? : slax0r
  • their branch/lineage ends at the mass extinction line. the only thing beyond that is a graphic representa... : das_runt
  • hollow earth : ass-street
• That is very cool. : loboca
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  That's cool but I don't think it accurately represents how much really dies on the extinction level event : crummynz
  • you're right, it's a poor chart for showing mass extinctions but it's still a pretty neat chart : lja83
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    Well it says on the bottom it shows very few of the extinct species : johnlocks
    • Basically, my issue is that it shows a ton of lines that just end (indicating an extinction of a species)... : crummynz
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  i'm stupid and don't understand how to read this chart : Slowtreme
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    haha your not alone.. i gave up :) : stonedonkey
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      thank god. the way I read it, there are only 9 extinctions and nothing actually died 200m years ago : Slowtreme
      • huh? lots of stuff dies, you'll see 4 branches going to one. : aethyr
      • Extinctions are whenever a branch ends. They're all over the tree, with dotted lines pointing the period... : walker270
      • There are a fuck ton of branches that just stop everywhere in the tree : OverloadUT
      • the "... - extinct" along the edge are just highlighted extinctions. They refer to the little picture you... : miasma&!
  • See the years along the bar on the bottom? See the dotted lines going up from those years, curving around... : Nali4Freedom
  • It's a big "family tree" of sorts : OverloadUT
  • Edumacate yo self foo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cladistics : spectr3
• sure is purty : bolneze
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  that's bogus : IA_Lanky
  • here you go http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7Ug-dJrdmc : mindshot
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  I'm not seeing Adam & Eve here. : King Kavik
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    /sarcasm : King Kavik
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      or is it? : RikiTiki2
      • or is this?! : Super Sparker
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    Eve lived about 200,000 years ago in East Africa. Adam lived about 80,000 years ago. : Cihte
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      What about Lillith? : ArcKnight
      • i dunno who that is. sounds fake : Cihte
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    It's Adam and Steve. : Dschinghis Khan
    • It's only right and natural. : das_runt
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  Look at all them tasty animals before those mass extinctions :(. I'm glad cod and salmon survived. : pieman
  • Shit, looks like we're due another mass extinction :/ bye bye rabbit and cows. : pieman
• Wow.. all within the last 4,000 years. : walker270
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  looks like we're due for another mass extinction. : re4ctor
  • refresh thread.... :( curse you pieman! : re4ctor
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    A lot of scientists actually think we're going through one. Mass Extinctions aren't instantaneous. : Cihte
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      meteors dude. : edgewise
      • nuh-uh. those not instantaneous! : Cihte
  • Maybe Yellowstone will blow up? : Rag and Bone Man
  • Graph looks like it's on a pseudo-log scale, so we're still a long ways out. : walker270
  • 2012 : stump
• that is bad ass : nomaad
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  What is currently the most abundant species of life on the planet? : sparkly
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    PC Gamers. : walker270
    • no, that's the most abundant species of virgins : esmokah
  • Have to be small, like bacteria, or molds, etc. Insects possibly. : ezanga
  • bacteria : smax
  • by what measure? volume? mass? total individual of the species? the answer to all of those are differe... : eeeealmo
  • Dedicated servers for FPS games. : sukabljat
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctic_krill : aeg1x
  • Sparkly, all the ants in the world weigh as much all the humans in the world! : Snuffles-
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    sand : sikander
    • lime : stelth
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    mexicans : kingfish
    • lol : Godhatesfatpeople
  • stupid. : AgentPothead
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    Bison bisin bison : Cihte
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      buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo : papaskot
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        dude i was being all scientific & such using the scientific name. : Cihte
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          Bison and buffalo are different animals. One lives in American and the other lives in Africa. : angrytaxman
          • They're both of the same family. But it doesn't matter. In America, "Buffalo" refers to Bison bison bison : Cihte
        • bison isnt a verb : papaskot
• lol evolution : shika.art
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  Wow, for the first 3 billion years there wasn't much here. And then came DNA, which happened to work qui... : Jobos
  • the first cells (Prokaryotic) had DNA in a single chromosome. : Cihte
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    There is no life without DNA. : miasma&!
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      I like how he says DNA arrived.... like in an Aston Martin or 747 : sikander
      • yeah well, all he's got is wishful thinking just like the rest of that chart. : yacoub35
  • ... : edgewise
  • You mean a nucleus? : boofy
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  I can't wait to see what the next branch of the tree will be. I'm guessing Mutants. : edgewise
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    we are all mutants. : beastrabban
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      Can our science artificially invoke mutations and make a new species? : kek
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        yes : sparkly
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          I'm not talking about artificial selection, I mean do you understand what triggers mutations so well we c... : kek
          • and when I said you I really meant we as in humanity. : kek
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            From what I understand, yes. We are most certainly able to trigger mutation. However, it's important to r... : Danny5225
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              I guess my point/question is that we can replace eons and natural selection with trial and error and arti... : kek
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                yes we can. Many genetic studies (mapping genes) have been done by just this. One example of this is indu... : lokdown
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                  To clarify, these are what people would consider small scale mutations. I'm talking experiments with yeas... : lokdown
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                    So do such mutations qualify as the creation of a new species? : kek
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                      Most of the experiments I know about are inducing changes in biochemical pathways and stuff. I don't thin... : lokdown
                      • Maybe this will answer your question, I'm reading it now. http://www.esp.org/books/6th-congress/facsim... : lokdown
              • This kind of genetic engineering is being done. I'm sure you've seen all the animals and plants Scientist... : Danny5225
          • We know of a great number of mutagens. The problem is, most of the time the mutation induced either does ... : quadeh
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      Can our science artificially invoke mutations and make a new species? : kek
      • wierd. :( plz nuke : kek
  • Cyborgs : Wolfanoz
  • it's trailer trash :( : Magus
  • Robots, obviously. Followed shortly thereafter by another mass extinction. : yourGarbageMan
• Earth Birth : Nighteyes
• This thread is making me miss sim earth. A game which we will never see a modern version of. : baron calamity

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  Was that the game with the health bar on your boob? : walker270
  • that's the one : peat
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    You regenerate health when it gets cold. : Dimmona
    • lol : sanchez
• yeah that's 1/10th person mode : mrtony
• Hahah, hitting the dino w/ a stick. : zebosausamite
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  as much as I hate to say it there are some cool interactive aspects in there : mrtony
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    alot of the levels were really well done. game is the definition of being ahead of it's time : peat
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      So far ahead of its time that it actually bent time back upon itself and ended up sucking anyway? : wytefang
      • what? for 1998 the game was gorgeous with over a 1/4 mile draw distances on a tropical island and it's ad... : peat
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        oh and by no means is it a good game don't get me wrong, the whole thing plays like an extended tech demo... : peat
        • Oh, you meant technically it was kind of impressive. Got it. I can agree with that. : wytefang
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  This is the best walk-through for that game. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HH7BlBb8Oxg : zebosausamite
  • that's pretty impressive : deKaf
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    there's actually a really funny let's play by some guy on the SA forums but I can't find it : peat
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      http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=2818186 http://www.archive.org/details/LPTrespa... : pyide
      • thank you kindly : peat
      • ah you beat me to it. : deathofrats
      • This is awesome : MaxPete82
  • That was too funny. LOL : wytefang
• I actually played it a number of years after it first came out and I was really impressed. I played it wh... : Modulus
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  Yeah, that's definitely Seamus Blackley's bad sheep. : Orange Pylon
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    technically it was an amazing game. Wikipedia says it came out in 1998. To put that into perspective, tha... : Modulus
    • Oh I agree. I respect what they were trying to do with it, and they got shafted in development time and h... : Orange Pylon
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  hahaha http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HH7BlBb8Oxg&feature=related awesome game. : Edges
  • I never thought of the idea that maybe she broke her other hand in the crash which is why you never see i... : peat
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  I can't believe I still have this file!! http://members.iinet.net.au/~scottylans/trespasser2.rm <- pla... : abrasion
  • Amazing coordination : guido anchovy
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    hahaaa : Rigg5
    • I downloaded that near 10 years ago on Voodooextreme. : abrasion
• Simply Amazing : Chod
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  Greatest play through ever. http://lparchive.org/LetsPlay/Trespasser/ : deathofrats
  • watch those on viddler, all the vimeo links are dead : peat
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  The physics blew me away at the time, but then I realized everything else kinda sucked. : MaxPete82
  • Well it DID win one aware, at least - PC Gamer's "Coaster of the Year" award, given to any game so bad th... : wytefang
• Anyone have a link to the video making fun of Trespasser and the guy tries and tries to put the floppy in... : armybob

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  Under "THE CONSOLE" portion, #'s 3 & 4 should just be under THE BAD - they have nothing to do with consol... : wytefang
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    So do you think it is worth $60? : stgdz
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      I'd probably have to play it a bunch more but I'm starting to think that (Sigh.) it may be worth it. I'l... : wytefang
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        this is the thing I am most curious about. The SP in MW1 was kinda fun but it was no crysis, hoping on t... : stgdz
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          oh does the game have a cd check on it or once you register it removes the check? : stgdz
          • I'm sorry I don't know that - I'll have to check and post back. : wytefang
          • It's a Steam game, no CD checks. : MeestaNob
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    i dont get why 1 and 4 are under the console at all : dantastic
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      Read my first reply to my own post about #4, you're right, it belongs under THE BAD. My apologies. But ... : wytefang
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        I remember first noticing the problem on PC games. : DarkWolf5
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          specifically EA titles, Battlefield and CnC games. : dedgecko
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            I understand that you (of course) have your own experiences with this issue but having been purely PC unt... : wytefang
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              Often loading of data has occured during these intros. EA games were notorious for forcing players to wa... : dedgecko
              • I suppose that's what it is - you can't tweak it on consoles. I definitely have seen this more on PCs th... : wytefang
      • Find the video files and delete them. :-) : JediDwag
  • and number 1 : chazums
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  I'm really curious about the FOV issue. I can live without playing the MP but if the FOV is really low I... : .frame
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    I think it's normal or at least the same as the previous game from what I can tell. For example, Borderl... : wytefang
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      i think the majority of you guys wouldn't even notice till someone came on here and made a fuss about it : dantastic
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        FOV has always been an issue for me. I used to play quakeworld at 110. I really like that we can choose... : .frame
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          so you notice when a game isn't all fisheyed out? : dantastic
          • I don't personally feel like seeing 90 degrees looks fisheyed. 110 was definitely fisheyed but that is j... : .frame
          • With now a days and wide screen monitors, 90 isn't too bad. If you're just sitting there looking at the ... : JediDwag
    • Yeah, Borderlands was pretty bad, but it was pretty easy to bind set FOV to 90 to my forward movement key... : JediDwag
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    It's 65 : LoioshDwaggie
    • How can you tell? : wytefang
    • ugh that makes me feel like I have blinders on. : .frame
    • How do you know that? I'm just asking because I've never saw any confirmation besides someone mentioning ... : Nitrium
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      ugh. it should be at least 90 for 16:9. : Rehevkor
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        Its the exact same as CoD4. : eonix
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          Never played it, but I would say that it's wrong in that case as well. No reason for it not to be adjusta... : Rehevkor
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            There are reasons for it not being adjustable - it provides an advantage to higher FOVs, and you can run ... : crummynz
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              bull. build the game properly so that it can have a more natural fov that doesn't give people headaches a... : yacoub35
              • I'm sure they don't have the same FOV for 16:10 and 4:3. All I'm providing are possible reasons for wh... : crummynz
        • I agree with Eonix - it seems exactly the same as CoD 4. : wytefang
        • CoD4 was FOV 65 for about 3 seconds, just like all other FPS games on PC. : Downforce
    • 65 felt like 75 in CoD4 so I played CoD4 at 80 FOV instead of the 90 FOV that I usually prefer : vynn
  • The FOV seems fine, I'm not having any issues. : Cowburn199
  • I must be in the minority, but I've never cared about FOV and I do just fine, regardless of the game. I ... : Tripps
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    is there actually a reason for using a lower fov? is it a "trick" to improve performance? : JohnnyDanger
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      It's because console players sit farther away from the screen, so giving the game a slight zoom improves ... : mroizo40
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        It's also for cinematic effect, the enemies seem physically closer with a 65 vs 90 : abrasion
        • Yeah, and it feels like my gun is sicking through them when I'm close... :-( I prefer 90, less claustro... : JediDwag
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  I'll pick it up when steam puts it on sale for $20 in four years or so. : Rehevkor
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    See, posts like this are completely kosher. You admit that you don't want the game, which is totally cool... : ateam311
    • Imagine this scenario: I have dragon age, torchlight, in a few months comes starcraft2 beta, and I have ... : umegastar
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    As someone who played COD4 muliplayer in october to tune up the ol skills for this release... have fun p... : KxRook
    • I just don't think it's worth $60. If it were $50 it might be reasonable given the game's limitations, bu... : Rehevkor
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  PC Gamer talked about PC games going to $60 and when you think about inflation and how long games have be... : kanix
  • Nice to see capitalism alive in some fashion. : Wolfanoz
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    it makes sense in some ways but not others... it makes sense for console gaming to go that high because t... : Demius
    • Where did this royalties excuse come from? : walker270
    • and it makes sense for PCs to offset the higher dev/testing costs associated with a varied hardware/softw... : derelict515
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    It would make sense if everyone did it...but when it's just one publisher doing it for one game, it's har... : Vincent Grayson
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      what does "everyone doing it" entail? Someone has to be first, no? Or do we wait for some perio where 30 ... : boring gegtik
      • Sure, someone has to be first, but when we're not aware of anyone else doing it in the near future, it se... : Vincent Grayson
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    Plus a lot of games used to cost $60 or $70 back in the day. Hopefully it doesn't increase piracy too muc... : Mecha Tofu Pirate
    • those were SNES games that needed extra memory or chips in the cartridge : dignan
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    Funny. I thought if you lowered prices, you'll make more profit by allowing more people to purchase the g : Jikim
    • ^hopefully I didn't make any stupid mistakes again >.< : Jikim
  • games have been $50 going back to Atari 2600 : dignan
  • Except that Valve has proven that you sell more games when the price is lower. Like 400% more games. So... : mrwolf710
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    Yeah. Everything should go up! Let's bring up the prices of movies and books too while were at it. Sorry,... : razlebol
    • The price of going to the cinema has definitely gone up. >£10 standard on "peak" times. Rip off. : Klebold
  • It'd make more sense if people's wages had been increasing with inflation during that time (hint: they ha... : the archvile
  • Does it really make sense if they sell less copies? You could make an argument that there is a chance a ... : nukewinter
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  Just had my first MP game and everything worked fine. I'm loving the SP so far, I think I'm about 3/4 of ... : Cowburn199
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    How long have you been playing that you're already that far in? : Attica Blue
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      SP is about 7 hours of game play, 6 if you're in a hurry : vynn
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        5 if you play during daylight savings time : walker270
        • 4 if you're awake : Johnnsen
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  You said fast twice in two sentences. You didn't drink some of my coffee on accident did you? : Lightzout
  • No, but I did drink a big ol' can of Amp for breakfast. LOL : wytefang
• Watched a multiplayer PC stream earlier - just made me order the PC version : ElPopo
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  What? Have they fixed it so you can unlock it on Steam now? : node
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    No, if you bought it on steam you're fucked until Friday. Storebought copies (which also use steam) work ... : Rehevkor
    • Fucking stupid I say. : NFXFSX
    • Seriously? That is fucked. : midgetherder
    • Friday? Seriously? Steam usually waits until later in the day to appease retailers but I've never seen an... : Zek
    • No, Wednesday. : Wisp!
• Do they still have that invisible wall you have to pass to stop the infinitely re-spawning enemies? : hatelull
• So is it weird that I've never played a game that had lean? : rosewood
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  Re: The Bad... did the US not get the release-day price wars we've had in the UK? RRP here is £45 but ... : johnsto
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    Oh, this was for the 360/PS3 version by the way. Just realised OP is about PC. : johnsto
    • Supermarkets don't care about the PC :( : losimagic
  • I believe publishers in the US have the power to fix retail prices for new-release games, but that's ille... : peanut-
• That feature that apparently find your fellow clan mates online and joins you is pretty cool. I just won... : Lightzout
• I was really annoyed with the controls until I found out the default config is to have sprint and aim be ... : cowbs
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  Did they actually do something with prestige? It always seemed so worthless to me. A different icon next ... : PointlesS76
  • Well I know you can pick your title and Rank now but it simply seems to offer you your current rank & tit... : wytefang
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  what do you mean by "2 yellow bars"? can't you see your ping time as a number anymore? : lja83
  • Numbers are so unfriendly. : trove
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    Console'd. Gamers are too stupid to understand numbers. : Rehevkor
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      bigger is better rite? : Jimbo Ro
      • For my opponents? Absolutely. : Rehevkor
      • that's what she said : Nitrium
  • No sir. : CrabsJarrard
  • Welcome to matchmaking like consoles! : Edges
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    Knowing your ping would unbalance the game we worked so hard to make! : AgentPothead
    • the way it was meant to be played! : .frame
  • it would be disconcerting to see the top player in each game have a 0 next to their name under the column... : nova_x
  • Sorry, I missed this question amidst the comments - from what I've seen, it only represents Connectivity ... : wytefang
  • MAINSTREAM'D : MercFox1
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  How long did the matchmaking take to get you a game? Is there a way to specify hardcore mode and friendl... : barcibus
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    You have to unlock hardcore mode (not kidding). It's around Rank 19 or something. The matchmaking can be ... : LoioshDwaggie
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      I was hoping that requirement was just for hosting private games. So I have to unlock game modes to even... : r_picmip 5
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        This was the exact same method used in CoD4 PC / Console : dedgecko
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          No, that's not true of the PC. I could have a level 1 player join a gametype of any kind. : r_picmip 5
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            Correct, but you still "unlocked" the modes iirc (ie if you wanted to host the game yourself - lol) : dedgecko
            • No, you're wrong. : r_picmip 5
        • Incorrect. : Jimbo Ro
  • Can't speak to the PC but on 360 it has been anywhere from instantaneous to five seconds. This is over th... : Serpico74
• I'm curious about that co-op mode. Some reviews are praising it. : Nitrium
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  No leaning?! FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU Exciting gameplay my ass. I HATED that in... : The Kazlor
  • this is a joke post : grendel
  • I'm realizing that there are some benefits to not having the "lean" ability in the game - and I'm not jok... : wytefang
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  When I picked it up at Best Buy, the dude in front of me was asking the employees about the Wii version. ... : PointlesS76
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    did the sad Charlie Brown music start playing in your head as he hung his head and shuffled out? : byorn
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      No he pulled out a gun and shot a bunch of people. : PointlesS76
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        Must have been a big gun to hold that many people. : Rehevkor
        • lol! : baron calamity
        • hahahaha : ShadowRam
        • http://pbfcomics.com/?cid=PBF186-Guntron_Alliance_Force.jpg : Maddog_Delphi97
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    Did you yell out, "0wned!!!"? 'cause I would have. : CrustaR
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      CrustaR, how would you pronounce it to make sure he knew you spell it with a 0? : Duffman8369
      • "zerowned!" : Rehevkor
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      Then you could've yelled "Go back home and play your baby games on your baby console!" That would've bee... : mrwolf710
      • Hell yeah! Then I would have high fived the employees and everyone in line. : CrustaR
  • the wii version looks like it is the most fun for the consoles, yes it is modern warfare 1 : stgdz
• Fuck, I've never played a COD game, I'm really tempted to pick this up for the PC. : devi| dog
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  I've been playing the MP all night and Im speechless. Looks so much better than COD4 and it runs at max o... : Cashh
  • Probably not being able to lean..... >_> : MercFox1
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  I regret getting MW2 on 360, I should have gotten it on PC. I've been playing MP for about two hours n... : AlexXdude
  • you get used to it after a while but it will never work quite as well as a mouse :( IW's Call of Duty ga... : mikecyb
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    You'll get used to it eventually, but it's never going to be the same as PC+mouse. : Nitrium
    • ex-pc gamers are like first time divorcees. his mouse was this big! : stgdz
  • is the resolution even lower in multiplayer (as compared to singleplayer) like cod4 was? : RetroRedEyeJr
  • You could probably sell your copy with little/no loss if you act fast. : MeestaNob
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  I'm assuming multiplayer on the consoles is still no split screen unless you just play locally? :( : derelict515
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    Fucking hell I'm angry about that. Why can't they just do it exactly like Halo? : h o s t i l e
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      Hard to do super fancy graphics and 4 instances on one console unfortunately :( : derelict515
      • Yeah...I wouldn't even mind if it was a split-screen only unranked mode that had shittier graphics, it's ... : h o s t i l e
• Sounds like multiplayer works as good as on the 360, which is good. I'll be picking up the PC version as ... : Serpico74
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  hmm, who can guess who the host is in this pic? http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/682/dayone.png : Chandler55
  • LOL. At least he didn't win, too. : wytefang
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    I thought that peer to peer would mean everyone has the SAME ping as everyone connects to everyone else. : marmite
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      lol what? no, if I'm in the US and you're in the UK, and you connect to me, and another guy from the US c... : Trips
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        I'm not saying you are wrong but what you described is surely client server with you as the server rathe... : marmite
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          that would be the case in peer-to-peer as well. there's no getting around it. if there's 17 players in a... : electroly
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            He probably means the same sort of lag. From what little I know of peer to peer networking, everyone is s... : pyide
            • It looks like Halo uses both actually. Peer to peer in coop (and likely Firefight in ODST?) and host / cl... : pyide
        • Peer to peer in this case means no dedicated server. It's used to be called a listen server. I start th... : zebosausamite
    • AFAIK, ModWar 2 isn't peer-to-peer. The game is still client/server, it just picks the server from the g... : walker270
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      "peer-to-peer" in this case just means that one of the players is the server, instead of the server being... : electroly
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        I don't think that's how it works. It just means one player hosts the stuff like the score board and oth... : cetra00
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          everything i've read seems to indicate it is still client-server. the couple second delay when the host ... : electroly
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            Pings still need a reference point or how do you ping a peer-to-peer exchange? Maybe that ping represent... : cetra00
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              have you ever played an online game before? One player is acting as the server and the rest are connectin... : alexthegreat2
              • Not in a peer-to-peer model. This is what I was just talking about. In a non-dedicated server envir... : cetra00
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    the first game had a habit of making the pings looks like that at the end of a match as well. this ss ... : mwasher
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      I have to finally say it, do you secretly work for Infinity Ward? : Edges
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        Nevermind, I thought you were Maulla for a second. : Edges
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          I keep on mistaking both of em too. : razlebol
          • >:( : mwasher
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      What? lol : abrasion
      • the first game on the 360 as it was showing the scores right before going back to the lobby would sometim... : mwasher
  • haha 11-31 with 1 assist. pretty terrible score. : datoo
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  you were one of the loudest complainers here about the PC version and how you were going to vote with you... : Mansmells
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    I knew I'd see at least one post like this. Three weeks ago, alternating between "Fine! Don't buy the ga... : the archvile
    • i don't understand your first line. are you suggesting i ever said one of those things? as for the sec... : Mansmells
• The game is incredible. If you like COD, buy it immediately. You won't regret it. : cheesefubar
• You know you are all complaining about the price which i find awesome because today when I went to pick i... : SlingBlaze
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  Fuck this game. *falls off the cliff for the billionth time* When I say swing YOU FUCKING swing! : DarkWolf5
  • I'm seriously close to breaking the disc in half! : DarkWolf5
  • huh? : mwasher
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    hold down left trigger, then right trigger, repeat. It can't be that hard. : stump
    • I did perfectly fine on the first part. It's the second part it kept hitching at a certain point. He woul... : DarkWolf5
  • My only problem with that mission is that I tried to be like teh guy and looked outwards while moving, th... : SlingBlaze
  • It's kind of clunky, I agree - it seems to want you to hold down the prior button while hitting the other... : wytefang
• Has it broken anyone else's disc drives? or AITOO? : Cliffzorz
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  I would only buy this for the multiplayer but there are so many people reporting it is broken : Johnnsen
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    Really? What are the issues? : crummynz
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      Lag mostly. Check gamespots user ratings, they mostly give it 1/10. : Johnnsen
      • I would say pretty much everyone who rated it 1/10 have never played the game and are the butthurt whiner... : boredguy
      • User reviews in that context are shit. They know the collective score will show on the site, so they tro... : kingdepork
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        you're basing your buying decision on user ratings for a contentious game? : grendel
        • I'm not exactly basing my buying decision on that, I would just buy it because of the multiplayer so I of... : Johnnsen
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        Yeah, the ping is pretty bad pretty frequently. You can check it with your grenade throws. Ug. : LoioshDwaggie
        • I'm really not seeing that so far...wonder why others are? My Broadband is good but not great. Weird. : wytefang
      • Gamespot User Ratings? That's what you're going by? Seriously? That's probably one of the larger most-... : wytefang
• Haven't played on PC yet, it's been stuck installing for the last 30 minutes. But the sound I think in Ba... : Sailor of Fortune
• Just played for an hour and a half, the SP is easily as good or better than the first MW. No lean is kin... : jasonepowell

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  The Bible : boring gegtik
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    he wants to read fiction : judge
    • Exactly : thetangent
  • That was WAYYYYYYY too much fiction for me and a lot of bad ideas. No thank you. : sheepraper
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    oh you atheists, practically running to make fun of the Bible. You should read Genesis, it's an awesome ... : Delaric
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      I have read it. I live in Mississippi, so I know plenty about religion and the bible. I hear it daily f... : sheepraper
      • I'm not sure you know plenty about religion until you've been experienced it as a believer. Being on the... : Delaric
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      I bought Robert Crumb's Book of Genesis Illustrated and it's pretty wacky : boring gegtik
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        Revelations, on the other end of the spectrum, is pretty much it's doppelganger. : one random winner
        • Revelation. No S. : OmegaRed59
      • In Exodus theres the story where the Israelites are fighting the Amakelites (descendents of Esau) and Mos... : Delaric
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  Ender's Game A Game of Thrones EOT for now. Come back when you're done with those. : airrob
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    Anything by Orson Scoot Card.... : Ender.Wiggin
    • FUCK....Scott : Ender.Wiggin
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  jonathan strange and mr norrell. : dahanese
  • I'm reading that right now! : cerealSAM2
  • This was really good, if somewhat poorly paced. : thetangent
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    this so hard. Also I'm a big fan of "to say nothing of the dog." : Agrona
    • Yes, To Say Nothing of the Dog was good, as was The Woman in White. Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell was ... : Lexicon_Leidun
  • A wonderful book. long though. very long : StolenNosferatu
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  if you like The Name of the Rose, Foucault's Pendulum by Eco is also excellent : dirge23
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    I thought Foucault's Pendulum was excellent but a much harder read than TNOTR. Has anyone here read The ... : Captain Loco
    • i have....also not an easy read, but if you're in the right mood it's fascinating. : Borzoi
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulitzer_Prize_for_Fiction http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebula_Award_for_Be... : supersonic potato
• Name of the Rose is great, as is Foucault's Pendulum (by the same author). Although completely different... : bipolar
• On Beauty, Zadie Smith : underground banana plantation
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  Good book, I wonder how bad the movie version is though. : Toth21
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    i remember it being entertaining, but not as good as the book : dirge23
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      it was a pretty good movie. Sean Connery!!! : supersonic potato
      • Christian Slater and Ron Perlman! It's worth seeing, certainly. : cerealSAM2
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  I read that earlier this year and then read Foucault's Pendulum, also by Eco. Now I'm reading his The Isl... : Chris Remo
  • How is it? I have that in my to-be-read pile. : Captain Loco
• I hate these book threads, because it only adds to the pile of books I have to read =( : JohnnyRey
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  the Dark Tower : flagg209
  • A THOUSAND TIMES YES! : thetangent
• The Crown Conspiracy - Michael Sullivan The Name of the Wind - Patrick Rufoss-or-something : imcompa
• Nightwatch : Dschinghis Khan
• Name of the Wind! : breadsticks
• The Count of Monte Cristo : mechanicalgrape
• http://www.webscription.net/s-84-john-ringo.aspx?CategoryFilterID=1&ManufacturerFilterID=0& Nothing pa... : Arcanum
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  Try reading Foucault's Pendulum by the same author. My brain is STILL healing. : two50six
  • ^^^ I like this book a lot : Megara9
• Dudes. the guy mentions Fantasy in the OP and no one has said The Black Company or The Malazan Book of th... : Duffman8369
• Ever read any Phillip K Dick? His stuff is... weird, and interesting. The Man in the High Castle is good,... : Lexicon_Leidun
• Its not sci-fi or fantasy, but I would suggest that even the casual NBA fan read Bill Simmons - The book ... : DonarUDL
• the amazing adventures of kavalier and clay : arcane_
• A Singular Man by J.P. Donleavy. Not sci-fi but great writing. The Possibility of an Island by Michel Hoe... : Hyper-r3v
• The Ravenor Series by Dan Abnet is cool, it is in the warhammer 40k universe but no space marines : quazar
• World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War. It makes a zombie invasion sound so plausible... : Loxodrome
• Robert Jordan - Wheel of Time series: http://www.amazon.com/Eye-World-Wheel-Time-Book/dp/0812511816/ref=... : x4nth3
• nonfiction? the ballad of the whiskey robber, the lost city of Z, Lone Survivor, The Warrior Elite, The R... : peat
• 1984 is amazing : nrgXs
• I recently read Martin Amis' Success. Story of a child adopted by a wealthy family after his father kills... : focusdaily
• The name of the rose, the movie was pretty damn mediocre I think. I know its about books but damn Sean! I... : Johnnsen

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  http://www.shackpics.com/files/tupac_dz9rnufolghp5txec7qr.jpg My buddy drew this in our performance meet... : Clasifyd
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    what a talent. : burning eye
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      He is quite the artist. He says it's more about the message than the look, though. : Clasifyd
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        The hearts are masterfully drawn. I can feel the sadness. : burning eye
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          "I did put a lot of heart into those hearts" he says. He's tearing up, poor guy. : Clasifyd
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            Can he auction it on ebay? i really want to buy it. : burning eye
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              He says its not for sale... too much emotion went into the drawing, and he's not ready to give that up. ... : Clasifyd
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                I can definitely respect that. Do you think he could make print copies of it? I know it would take away... : burning eye
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                  You win this round of asshattery, burning eye. : Clasifyd
                  • :D : burning eye
• IAWTP!!! : Iwannaacura
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  I'd gladly trade 100 rappers just to get Jim Nabors back. man that guy could sing : cptstern
  • I'd gladly trade every rapper there is to get someone like John Lennon back. : thetangent
  • So you're telling me all of the rappers are gone? I'll have a Coke then. : Rehevkor
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  He's got a new record coming out next week. : Slowtreme
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    how many "best of" the "best of" records can they release? : .Jayson
    • naw man, it's all da newnew : Slowtreme
  • it was the dopest song I evah wrote, in ninety fo' : sparkly
  • Uhh, yeah, Like Dave dancin on the dance floor, Dave Chapelle, right now, with that girl over there... : locater16
  • at this point, they're just splicing together audio snippets of interviews and placing them over beats. :... : Cihte
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  Not saying that he didn't have fantastic flow, but there are plenty of people as good, if not better, tha... : Attica Blue
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    • http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/5579-madvillainy/ http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/12869-born-lik... : aaarrrgh
    • uh mf doom is pretty big : boring gegtik
    • I didn't say that at all. I said Tupac has fantastic flow, did I not? Also, I'm fairly sure MF Doom is we... : Attica Blue
    • haha no one has heard of MF Doom. : ass-street
  • I'm not a big rap fan myself, but of the few I do like (And yes, Eminem is on the list) Tupac is one of t... : Entity
  • Tupac was really more about marketing than lyrical skill. There are plenty of great mcs out there who nev... : re-verse
• what a stupid thing to say : papaskot
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  great flow but i hate the production on 99.9% of his tracks. ruins it for me. biggie on the other hand...... : gokart.
  • seems like this 99.9% doesn't include Makaveli. : moe6
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  he's good where he is : jonin
  • ...Waffle House? : Clasifyd
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  90% of them for him back. At the minimum. : moe6
  • Considering your music posts as of late. I will take this post as a hearty lol. : Godhatesfatpeople
• I would gladly revive Tupac then kill him again to bring back biggie : RetroRedEyeJr
• I would just gladly trade every rapper out there. : Drewus
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  Humpty Hump > * : Dimmona
  • Shock G! The Underground rule! : zigzag
• I would trade all modern rappers for some old EZ-E, NWA, 2 LIVE KREW, SLICK RICK (when he was youunnggg) : jane911
• It's not like he's stopped making music yet. : LoioshDwaggie
• i would gladly trade any rapper out there for some ice cream : esmokah
• Overrated. Biggie Smalls was better anyway. : Godhatesfatpeople
• Mos Def & Talib Kweli, Best Alliance in Hip-Hop! : deject
• pshh you know who had mad flow? Mr rogers. : fathertime
• But did he have hustle? My rappers need hustle and flow. : NastyJack
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  KRS-One, Chuck D, Redman, Method Man, and Raekwon are all still around; don't sweat it. (BTW, that Meth+... : AxeMan808
  • Dag...Kool G. Rap just shot me in the leg for forgetting to mention him. El-P is a fine wordsmith, as wel... : AxeMan808
• http://www.metacafe.com/watch/109437/tupac_shakur_barney/ : drucifer
• Would you trade every rapper to get Tupac back? I'd be down with that. : cerealSAM2
• meh : father_crown

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  Who thought this was a good idea? "Remember to pre-order so you can play it on release day" : CrabsJarrard
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    Part of the "deal" is to give the retail outlets a head start. : Entity
    • i'd wager more console versions are sold because of these windows, people buying it twice : dignan
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  Mechwarrior 2 has been out for a while. : mace
  • ATTN: Techy007! Got another Mech 2 comment for you! : CrustaR
• anger.. ANGER!!! : manero
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  have you emailed them in complaint? i think its pretty damn ridiculous and borders on bait and switch. ... : smacknca
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    lol @ bait and switch : Jinxplayer
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      Hey guys I spoke to an attorney and he totally said we can start a class action lawsuit! : DarkWolf5
      • Do it. I'd love to see them get called on their shit. : JediDwag
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  DUDE, they're adding Mechwarrior 2 to steam? : walker270
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    When will MW4 be free to download like they said it was going to??? : ShadowRam
    • at this rate shortly after DNF. : one random winner
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    I am glad I am not the only one who reads MW2 as Mechwarrior 2. : Derringer
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      Same here. Of course, I got a ton of backlash the last time I posted about it. : CrustaR
      • CrustaR, many games wish they had the nostalgic power that MW2 has. I don't doubt CoDMW2 will be remember... : MercFox1
    • Yeah, I still read "MW2" as "Mechwarrior 2", even in threads that I know are about COD4:2. : Pixelbeast
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    I keep reading it as Mechwarrior 2 too. :( : Matt Burris
    • me too, hehe. : AMikaboshi
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  hasn't it always said it was going to unlock on the 12th? : pandastrong
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    Thats not the point. Retail PC versions were being leaked for several days before the street date and Act... : cell9song
    • yeah, it sucks. but my point was, if steam has always said it wouldnt be available until the 12th, why b... : pandastrong
• mine just changed, it said the 13th this morning when i bought it and now it says the 12th. : NukemFornever
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  Has valve clarified why they're doing this? : Dontdrop
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    It's not Valve; Activision is responsible for this bullshit. : Nitrium
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      And its to boost retail sales numbers. Sales through Steam don't get reported, but sales from Gamestop/Be... : Serpico74
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        I don't know why I mean with digital distribution you can get an exact number of units sold, not just uni... : Crimsonbeak
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          if they push say a million units to retail stores, they've effectively sold a million units. the numbers ... : re4ctor
          • yea, who cares if there are 200 copies in every store around america, they want to show they shipped a sh... : dignan
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        wait what? steam takes amazing stats on machines, but sales aren't reported??? what the fail? : Downforce
        • Just not publically. : crummynz
        • Derek Smart the other day went over what Steam does for developers, and tracking sales and stuff is part ... : Entity
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        Actually I thought NPD stopped putting out PC numbers and Valve started reporting them. : Dynotaku
        • Valve reports relative sales - top 10 or so. But no numbers. : crummynz
        • No, the valve numbers are JUST the valve numbers, which don't mean shit compared to the NPD numbers. : capt tripps
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  Got my copy at ye ol' local best buy during lunch. Came back to the office. Put my key into Steam. Was to... : EricZBA
  • You're just an all-around bastard. : Albemuth
• Well why didn't you get the retail version? : Edges
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  I'm confused....doesn't the retail NEED steam? How can it not be unlocked, wouldn't that fuck retail owne... : avatar_58
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    retail keys unlock now, steam orders don't : re4ctor
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      ....? But it's just a key. You can still download the entire game online if you don't insert the discs. T... : avatar_58
      • This whole thing is about retail trying to slow the march of Digital Distribution methods. : MercFox1
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  why pre-order on steam? it is not like they are going to sell out : burningpantsman
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    Cause the next time you re-install or build a new machine, you don't have to rummage around for the disk. : Dynotaku
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      The retail release is a steam network game. You could be at work, vnc into your home computer, enter the ... : DarkWolf5
      • Well shit if I had known that I would have picked it up at Best Buy last night. : Dynotaku
  • Traditionally, there's A) Deals on pre-ordering; knocking off 5 or 10 bucks, and B) pre-loading. That sai... : Entity
• that's just wrong : zerog83
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  Let's be clear here, folks: Activision is the one in charge of when the specific version "unlocks" for th... : sukabljat
  • I absolutely do not hold Valve accountable for this. I actually like STEAM. Its this pandering to the Bri... : cell9song
• I read this post with the sound of a baby crying in the background : Magus
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  One of the PC Perormance.com podcasters just twitted "Modern Warfare 2 retail version has been cracked an... : Dynotaku
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    Had I known that the Steam version was going to be delayed, I may have fallen into their trap and bought ... : Orange Pylon
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      I'm kinda tempted to go to Best Buy to pick it up just to torment my friends. Then not play it at all. : LoioshDwaggie
      • we get it already, you don't like MW2 : pancake humper
  • Yep, I had the same issue with Crysis Warhead, I was majorly, majorly fucked off. : abrasion

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  I usually feel bad about it, because the bank is making more money than the merchant. That's why a lot of... : MagicWishMonkey
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    Except they really are not supposed to do this per merchant agreements. : mancide
    • yup, read the rest of the thread ;) : MagicWishMonkey
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  she should just put a sign saying there's a minimum to use a credit card, and not annoy people : supersonic potato
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    Pretty sure that's against the merchant agreement but yea that's what I would do. : MagicWishMonkey
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      might be, but i see them all over the place. Sometimes I even saw them add a "credit card fee" (this was ... : supersonic potato
      • Yea I wouldn't worry about it too much, I'm sure they rarely get reported and if they do you probably get... : MagicWishMonkey
      • they do enforce them but it's all complaint-based. if nobody complains, they have no way of knowing abou... : electroly
      • DMV might be different, but most places, yes, that will be against their merchant agreement. : Conan
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        You can offer a cash discount, but you can't charge for a customer using credit. : orgcaptainnemo
        • ding ding : Deathlove
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      those agreements don't mean shit. Lots of places ask for ID when you pay by card and thats against the a... : retardhumper
      • it's not against the agreement to ask for ID as part of the transaction, it's just against the agreement : electroly
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    Most of the time, this isn't allowed. From visa's site: Minimum Purchase Visa merchants are not permi... : malevolence
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      I've heard that the loophole is they can give a discount for using cash. Not sure if that's valid but hey : Schnapple
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        The gas station near my house gives a 7 cents discount per gallon on gas if you pay cash : johnlocks
        • there are a lot of gas stations in PA that do this, usually on major throughways : zerog83
      • Yep, you can offer discounts for paying in cash, but not charge extra for paying with a card. : boarder2
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      I've seen that, but go find a small restaurant owned by an Asian person and there will be a 99% chance th... : riptyde
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        My girlfriends dad sells antiques and stuff, really expensive items. If someone tries to pay with a credi... : MagicWishMonkey
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          AmEx is also the worst card to have period since if anyone discriminates, they discriminate against AmEx ... : Schnapple
          • I hear their consumer protections are really good though. : rudds
      • true. you can't put less than $10 on your credit card at my favorite two Pho places. : NeoMoose
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  I don't think she was admonishing you at all, but trying to save you the fees. The reason the fees are in... : Juno
  • oh shit, never mind, I misread. I thought she was adding the 35c on top of your purchase. : Juno
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    But the price of the coke would have been the same to me if I had paid with cash, credit or debit. : Schnapple
    • No it wouldn't, that's the point of her telling you this in an effort to make you upset with the same fee... : spyrext
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  The way I always understood it, CCs are charged percentage of each transaction, debit is a flat fee. Unle... : loboca
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    credit card interchange fees are almost always a combination of a small fee + a percentage. in this case... : electroly
    • About seven years ago I was working for a major university when we implemented tuition payment online via... : Schnapple
  • No guilt whatsoever. If retailers want a better deal on transactions with CC companies then they should b... : mizterd99
• I don't carry cash. I either use the card or they don't get my business. : Rehevkor
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  I work in the industry If they are paying that much for credit card processing they're getting raped an... : orgcaptainnemo
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    They probably have a minimum transaction amount, anything under a specific amount is taxed at a flat rate... : MagicWishMonkey
    • taxed charged : MagicWishMonkey
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      It's also possible they're under a shitty contract which it would take more money to break than it would ... : Schnapple
      • That's usually the case. Businesses get locked into horrible contracts. : orgcaptainnemo
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    CC companies tend to rape the shit out of small businesses, tho. Cabbies pay some insane fees for CC use... : riptyde
    • Cabbies are horrible assholes, though. When I hail a cab, tell them I'm paying by Visa, then midway thro... : Majuju
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    I used to work in the industry selling merchant services. You wouldn't believe the contracts some of thes... : paulatreus
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      so, you knew they were getting raped, but hey, it's bank's dick you're using, your job is just to do the ... : greydog
      • No, as in they were already in "getting raped" contracts before I switched them to my service. Jump to ... : paulatreus
• At a mom and pop place I'm perfectly OK with that. She didn't turn you down or anything (which some place... : crummynz
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  I never have cash on me so it's debit or credit card. Only poor people carry their cents and other dirty ... : Utopia
  • I'm sure age has a lot to do with it. : MagicWishMonkey
• There's really no excuse. This is part of operating any establishment these days as much as paying for r... : cetra00
• Most self-owned places will put up a sign, but I won't use credit for small purchases unless it's a chain... : CapnChaos
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  I've run into several situations like this. It is against the agreement they have with the credit card... : boarder2
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    I would never report someone for that, don't be a dick about it. Small businesses have it hard enough... : MagicWishMonkey
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      Did you see me say anything about actually reporting them? No. I've never, ever reported anyone. But... : boarder2
      • Ahh ok, misread your post. : MagicWishMonkey
  • CC's pay you to use them because the merchant is paying for you to use it. : dignan
• What's worse is those damn credit card soda machines, they charge $2.50 for a $1.50 soda to use your card... : shortbuscaptain
• i do stuff like that all the time. usually with debit though. if it's a problem, i'll shop somewhere els... : dantastic
• most places have a credit card minimum for situations like this : creep
• I do it all the time. I rarely carry cash on me. : moogle
• It's against the VISA-Merchant agreement for the merchant to charge customers more when they use their cr... : sanchez
• i never use cash but understand a merchant wanting to offset the fee on a small purchase. it's no more th... : gokart.
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  The debit and Credit card companies make a killer profit for collecting fees from the vendor transactions... : metalremains
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    I wonder how much money the big banks make off of transaction fees each month? I bet it's insane. : MagicWishMonkey
    • The killer is that they don't provide any additional services then they did 10 or 15 years ago. In fact t... : metalremains
  • It helps that they make money off of the on-site ATM : Ebu
• its bad. i avoid it except at chains and shit. most places i care about dont take cards or have minimums ... : feek
• shoulda bought a schnapple. : waxthirteen
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  I try to avoid using a credit for anything less than around $3.00 because of the fees the merchants are c... : Bold
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    Yeah, which is why I posted this - I walked away feeling guilty and calling her a bitch in my head but th... : Schnapple
    • To clarify: I knew all the stuff about convenience fees and so forth, I just didn't worry about it since ... : Schnapple
• Better question is why are you drinking 44oz of coke. : DrZettl
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  How much do stores pay for 20 oz. Cokes, like 20 cents? : Kerath
  • About 33 cents, $8cs/24. : Deathlove
  • and how much does it cost for rent, and lights and a cashier to cash you out? : drucifer
• It is in no way bad form to not carry cash. The merchant accepted that surcharge when she signed up to p... : elocanth
• It's illegal to charge transaction fees to customers, and also a minimum charge amount to customers, it's... : sreyes22
• i try to pay with cash for such a low cost item, but yes, it's bad form to give people shit. also it's il... : dahanese
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  what did she look like? how old? : fathertime
  • Old Asian woman with poor English. I left that detail out as to not skew the conversation. But not ho... : Schnapple
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  most places here have a $10 min for cards : CoRDS
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    Report them. That's against the visa merchant agreement. If you tell them that I'm sure they will let you... : OmegaRed59
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      i don't mind it when people do that. That fee really fucks with the profit margin of small places. It's a... : mindmann
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        then they shouldn't accept CCs period. those fees are far made up in 'extra' purchases because people do... : dignan
        • those little items have a decent profit margin too : dignan
        • The new burrito place by work does this. When everything costs $1-2 they would get raped. Have an atm tho... : DarkWolf5
        • So you would prefer small businesses become cash only establishments? I'd rather have a place have a ... : Fayk
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          or you can just not go there. i love my little food places that serve awesome shit. if they charge me $0.... : mindmann
          • *take your business elsewhere. Sorry was distracted by a phonecall. : mindmann
        • I don't mean this in a dickish way, but do you know anything about small businesses? : Rauol Duke
    • our agreements might be different to the usa : CoRDS
    • Ok Dwight. : not work safe
    • Actually it's not. The ACCC found against the card companies, and it is now allowed for companies to cha... : batkiwi
  • Is that period or for delivery? I think there might be a difference when it comes to delivery because ... : Schnapple
• Some gas stations around my area are starting to offer like 5 cents off a gallon if you pay with cash. : Wombat Woo
• I would say it's not bad form to pay for anything with CC, no matter how small the amount. I rarely cary ... : ieGod
• There are alot of notices at stores/retailers here that say, "Debit at a $5 minimum". Tim Horton's doe... : jane911
• You should of asked her how many customers she things she Gains each day from people not having 'cash' an... : dignan
• I had this happen to me a few times at some local convenience stores. Buy a soda, pull out my credit/deb... : Matt Burris
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  I pay with a card for small purchases all the time. It's a card from my bank, so it's not really a credi... : JediDwag
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    if it swipes like a credit card and doesn't require a PIN, it's a credit card as far as merchant fees are... : electroly
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      Yeah. I believe it's "powered" by MasterCard or whatever, but it's not credit, so I don't know what it i... : JediDwag
      • The processing company sees it a Mastercard and charges the merchant whatever they charge on Mastercard p... : Rauol Duke
• First of all her rates are terrible and she's getting f'ed in the A on her contract. My guess is she got... : r_picmip 5
• yes and yes. : akirabob
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  Its not legal. businesses can lose their license to accept mastercard/visa for doing this. Just so you ... : mlev
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    Wrong, it is not "illegal" since no law is broken. But it may be a violation of their Merchant Agreement,... : Bold
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      it is actually illegal in some states : c0bra
      • In Maryland it is against the law. A chain of gas stations were shut down a few weeks for doing just that... : baron calamity
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    I think a number of people in this thread misunderstood what I was saying. The woman who sold me the c... : Schnapple
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      i think if the alternative is not buying it at all, it's pretty hard to call it rude to pay with a credit... : electroly
      • not if the profit on the 20oz soda is less than the charge the CC companies have for a purchase. : papaskot
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  will you fuckers that are all 'report them' and shit have a fucking little heart for the small businessma... : drucifer
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    Human beings not being self-important and selfish? I would like to travel to where you are and see this h... : everybodysuncle
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      the world is what you make of it. : drucifer
      • so much power.....and yet I've squandered it on computer technology. Dammit, why didn't I make sure Bord... : everybodysuncle
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    why, so the small businessmen can be self important and selfish? : DapperDan
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      have fun shopping at Walmart : drucifer
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        business don't survive on happy feelings. Provide a better product or service at a price the market likes... : DapperDan
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          In this subthread we spout lines from economics textbooks. We also ignore the realities of barriers to en... : jipey
          • While I can romanticize about local business being awesome and Walmart being evil incarnate and raping ch... : DapperDan
  • i agree drucifer. : slickdoody
  • People are douchebags. If you don't like how a business does business, shop elsewhere. Don't be a little ... : MagicWishMonkey
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    I'm in college maaaaaan, I know shit, fuck your ways old maaaaaaaaaaan. : Rauol Duke
    • I'm gonna tattle because I'm a little bitch. Maaaaaan. : MagicWishMonkey
  • The most amusing things about these people saying "report them" is that they don't. In fact, most people... : Moonbase Commander
• Most of you in this thread to seem to have misread Schnapple's story. He wasn't charged $0.35 extra for ... : r_picmip 5
• I think you're being dim on this one. Imagine tons of customers like you buying something for a dollar wi... : thebigbeefsandwich
• TECHNICALLY they can't refuse your card based on the amount of the purchase being too small, but really j... : yacoub35
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  Here I've seen quite a few reasonable solutions: 1. At subway they charge you 25 cents for using CC. ... : batkiwi
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    I've never seen any place that charges you the fee they get charged. Doing that at a computer store is a... : Delithio
    • These are computer markets, not a computer store. They already operate on like 5% margin so they have to ... : batkiwi
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    1. my subway doesn't do this. And it's against the Visa agreements. 2. Minimums for CCs are against C... : cltcprd
    • None of these are against the Visa agreements. Believe it or not other countries exist apart from th... : batkiwi
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    I've never seen this. Are you in the US? : Jimbo Ro
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      Is it REALLY that hard to click on my name? I give that courtesy before replying to threads that may dif... : batkiwi
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        It would've saved a lot of time and confusion if you had said, "Here in Australia I've seen..." : Bold
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          I do agree, I would have put that had I known that my post would attract so many idiots. But he actual... : batkiwi
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            What's your excuse for calling papaskot "a fucking idiot"? If he didn't read THIS subthread, he still pro... : Bold
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              Why would I need an excuse? He is either an idiot, or lazy enough that there is no difference. It is ... : batkiwi
              • That's right. Because EVERYONE on the internet ALWAYS fills out such data fields accurately and complete... : AxeMan808
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    except that ALL of these are not allowed in the contract by the cc companies. : papaskot
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      Contracts banning those were found to violate fair trading due to the credit card companies acting as an ... : batkiwi
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        look at page 9 and 10: http://usa.visa.com/download/merchants/rules_for_visa_merchants.pdf Dollar min... : papaskot
        • You are a fucking idiot. USA.VISA.COM : batkiwi
• I don't think some of you people understand quite how much the CC companies rape these small businesses. ... : DogDharma
• i pay with a credit card whenever i want, who cares? i've paid for sub $1 items with my credit card. if... : arizona bay
• Now you're just holding up the line... : focusdaily
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  This coffee shop I went into today had a $7.50 minimum charge. I had zero cash, the atm a couple shops do... : snuff
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    On a single coffee the fee could be their profit. : batkiwi
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      Unless they are selling coffee for 50 cents a cup...I don't think so. If I buy gourmet coffee at a ret... : Jimbo Ro
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        So they don't pay rent, employ people, have insurance, pay for power.... No coffee place has EVER gone... : batkiwi
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          I was talking about this one single transaction. : Jimbo Ro
          • That's not a valid point of view, though. You have to consider that if EVERYONE bought a single coffee, ... : batkiwi
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        To extrapolate: If you are at a cafe buying a hamburger, and you also get a fountain coke, it's "pure ... : batkiwi
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          again you are wrong. fountain soft drinks have a ridiculous profit. : papaskot
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            Then why have most fast food places here changed over to bottles? Even ones who used to have fountain? : batkiwi
            • PLEASE NOTE: batwiki lives in Australia. So before you point out that he's wrong for saying "places here : Bold
• This reads like a Professor Layton puzzle : Omaha
• Being honest about the associated fee's is always a good thing, however the guilt trip was unnecessary. ... : jasoncrowley

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  this is the one right at the beginning of the werewolf lair, right? i got owned here a few times by that : dirge23
  • extra double spoiler protection here : dirge23
  • yeah, those f'ers! : shadebane
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    they can't do that if they're frozen solid : mrtony
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      didn't have morrigan with me and my main uses fire rather than ice. i think fire is actually a poor choic... : dirge23
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        my main character is a mage (after a restart). I learned in other games that cold spells are often overp... : mrtony
        • i'm not having serious trouble as a fire mage (especially with grease), and i can always use my pc and mo... : dirge23
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  I was thinking I probably won't install any patches for this game because I'm so afraid they'll nerf the ... : mrtony
  • Yeah i agree, sometimes in normal i just cant win some fights so i move down to easy. I dont want to simp... : shadebane
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  I've been playing on normal for the whole game. I just went through the most epic boss fight I may have e : CapnChaos
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    according to one of the load screen tips, shield bash can break grabs, although i don't think i've ever s... : dirge23
    • I've seen it work, but not on bosses. A freeze or petrify will work though. : CapnChaos
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    Ice, mind blast, ice blast, stun stun stun. Mana pot, ice, mind blast, ice blast, stun stun stun. Everyth... : LoioshDwaggie
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      Morrigan is my only ice mage and it doesn't seem like she can keep up. : CapnChaos
      • My party was level 14 I believe when I took one on for the first time and most of the melee was doing 1-5... : LoioshDwaggie
  • My tactic was 2 mages, 2 melee. Put them a 4 corners of the area so the dragon's buffet and shit doesn't ... : Werkin
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    Dammit. I didn't want to click that. Please give some fucking context so we know which part of the game t... : Goncyn
    • yeah those how morrigans side quest got spoiled for me :-( : shadebane
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      Protip: don't click spoilers for a game you don't want spoiled. : CapnChaos
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        Well, if it's part of the game I've seen, I want to participate in the conversion, but there's no way for... : Goncyn
        • conversation* : Goncyn
        • specially in a game this huge : kelerian
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          Bleh whatever. I'm sorry the game is ruined for you now because you know the name of a boss. : CapnChaos
          • The game is not ruined. You are forgiven. Just trying to spread the word of polite spoilerization. : Goncyn
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            It's just common courtesy man. You could say a boss towards the end of the dwarf storyline outside the s... : bipolar
            • Add an entry on the Shackwiki about proper spoiler tag usage, that would be sweet : Home Nugget
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  I just talked to Morrigan about some black book I found... Flemeth is fucking hard : valael
  • I'm still debating how to go about that whole thing ... : te[R]ror
  • holy fuck I just won that fight (level 10-11). That's fucking satisfying. Probably took 20 minutes with... : valael
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  There was a fight with a revenant in the Lower Ruins within Brellian Forest that was incredibly difficult : Goncyn
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    i don't think so, alistair's power doesn't work. i think the thing to do is put your toughest tank or two : dirge23
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      Ahh, I never think of swapping my rogue to his bow. Good idea. I'd still have the problem that he'd pull ... : Goncyn
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        i think they all have it. that precise striking ability might be a good choice for these guys : dirge23
        • I should probably learn that then :x : Goncyn
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      these are still the toughest fights i've managed to win so far, i end up burning through a stack of poult... : dirge23
      • so long as morrigan is in healer role I don't have too bad a time, just send the tanks at the him and go ... : boring gegtik
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    I'm nearly 19 full party and Revenants are no challenge despite having orange names. I'd just wait until... : breadsticks
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      yeah i've just been postponing these fights, particularly the ones where the revenant has a bunch of extr : dirge23
      • I've done 3 fights with the ones in the forest that drop the juggernaut armor where they spawn with a bun... : Goncyn
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  I've been playing on hard and it's been pretty challenging. I haven't had to move the slider down yet but : Delusional
  • Ive been playing on hard also and found it impossible at first but now that I have a good group setup it : x4nth3
  • What fight did you get on the road to Redcliffe? : Totenjaeger
• my hardest so far trying to get the urn and fighting through the temple and caverns FUCK! If you're not c : whistletits
• I just started playing 2 days ago, and on normal ive died a few times... Im kind of a cheapass, ive fo... : chilln
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  Lame tip: you can cheese the specialization unlock books because unlocks are stored in your profile, not : Goncyn
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    Where are these books? : WhatIsThisFor
    • On vendors all over : Goncyn
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    I was wondering what was up with that. I bought a book just to see what the spells were in that specializ... : Geoffrois
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      Also I guess it means that if I had bought a book for something I didn't want to keep, I'd be screwed. Th... : Geoffrois
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        Why in the world wouldn't you want to keep it? You want to unlock them all. : Goncyn
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          I thought it was the using of the book that was saved in the profile. I do not know how this bug works. : Geoffrois
          • Buying the book unlocks the specialization (you don't actually get an item, it just unlocks immediately w... : Goncyn
      • just because you unlock it doesnt mean you actually use it : kelerian
      • i think it's intentional that you can keep your specializations across saves/characters, so this isn't re... : dirge23
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    Tangentially related to this: Where do I get the party member who trains Arcane Warrior? Or is that onl... : Arcanum
    • afaik there is no arcane warrior party member. you learn it a different way (not just books) : dirge23
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      You can learn Arcane Warrior in the Lower Ruins in the forest by finding the phylactery in the destroyed : Goncyn
      • Thanks. I guess that's my next stop after Redcliff. I'm tired of being squishy. :) : Arcanum
  • THAT'S why I still have blood mage unlocked. After unlocking it, I decided to reload and go a different ... : valael
  • That's dumb, though hard to fix with how they intentionally setup the system. : Link.
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  the hardest part for me was when at the end you find out your mother is really a male werewolf and that m : mrtony
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    i stopped reading when i saw "at the end". I sure hope that's not the true ending so you don't ruin it fo... : shadebane
    • it's completely made up. don't worry : mrtony
• cast blizzard followed by tempest in that room and then sit back and relax. I did it last night and two w... : trOmblyj
• Force Field is hax. Any boss encounter with 2+ mobs become cheese when the boss is frozen in place for 3... : breadsticks
• You said you put it on medium but then you dropped it down to normal? Isn't medium normal? : CrustaR
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  well my path so far been Lotherige (something like that) Red..Redcliff? and now I'm at the mage tower an... : Frush81
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    Check out my Duke Nukem character (not sure if this link will work): http://social.bioware.com/da_game... : CrustaR
    • took me a good 30sec wondering wth you were talking about with Duke Nukem, I didnt finish Red..clifridge : Frush81
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  Does anyone think shapeshifting is worth losing casting ability? : boring gegtik
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    almost never : dirge23
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      i guess if there were monsters with extreme magic resistance, but i haven't found any yet. : dirge23
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        Even then, just using her for party buffs / heals would be more effective imo. I don't know, maybe getti... : bipolar
        • I don't have any buff/heal spells on Morrigan, all offense/debuff. So I do find bear useful when an enemy... : Goncyn
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    i only ever used it if I'm surrounded by a ton of melee characters and morrigan is under attack and out o... : valael
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      1. mana potions 2. if your caster is mobbed, they'll probably lose 50+% of their life getting knocked ar... : boring gegtik
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        hasn't really been an issue yet. I don't care to waste mana potions when I can get by using other method... : valael
        • There's a mod that eliminates the cast time, so you may want to pick that up. : DianeOfTheMoon
      • yeah, the huge delay on transformation really nerfs it. : dirge23
  • I find the bear shape occasionally useful when I need to melee multiple casters, but I could do without i... : Goncyn
  • I've used Morrigan's spider move maybe twice and regretted it both times. I haven't upgraded it and never... : CapnChaos
  • I just really don't get it, at all. It's never, ever worth it. Maybe if the forms were significantly mo... : bipolar
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    Haven't played too much with shapeshitting really...a mana pot + stun or flame blast equates to the usefu... : sreyes22
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      lol @ "shapeshitting" : dirge23
      • whoops : bipolar
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        'Tis a useful skill! : enyakk
        • I could teach you if I cared do. I do not. : bipolar
    • HEH. : CrustaR
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    the swarm sounds like they'd be almost useful, but only with the additional lvl after it to boost it to h... : OhSnapHighFive
    • swarm is good when there are a lot of enemy archers -- if swarm morrigan is the closest party member to t... : J4NUS
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  Balduer's Gate Comparison Comparison might be the wrong word here, but I'm trying to play my rogue like I... : Navy Spitfire
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    I haven't used traps (sound like a PITA to me) but I can say that throwable poison potions are fucking aw... : boring gegtik
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      my next character is gonna be a dwarven assassin so i'm gonna be all up in the traps and poisons then, lo... : dirge23
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        pots are instantaneous and the lowest level ones do like 75-80 damage to everyone in a small aoe.. I don'... : boring gegtik
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          that much? i'll have to get my current assassin to start tossing these around : dirge23
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            I never remember to use them :( : Goncyn
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              Hotkey them. I relied on them early on as a weakling bow/xbow rogue. But be careful, I DO believe that ... : Loofus
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                Normal Difficulty: Yes, friendly fire counts for thrown acid potions. But sometimes if im surrounded, an... : sreyes22
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                  yeah, sometimes i'll hit a fireball right in the middle of my crew despite the friendly fire. : dirge23
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                    For fun in easy fights I drop a Blizzard right on top of my party and watch everyone, friend and enemy al... : Goncyn
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                      greasing a big melee has a certain three stooges appeal : dirge23
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                        I want to set up a grease + fire arrow tactic : boring gegtik
                        • wow, can you light grease with fire arrows? if so that's awesome : dirge23
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                          oh ho, can you ignite the grease?? : Loofus
                          • They've been harping on that for months, though saying Grease + Fireball, or Freeze + Shatter attacks. A ... : xsoulbrothax
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                            you can definitely ignite it with fire spells, this is one of my mage's mainstays : dirge23
                            • Wow that's amazing then, totally setting grease traps and then flame blast / fireball : sreyes22
              • Normal has friendly fire but it's halved. : Goncyn
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          This is the first game I've played where I've actually used this kind of stuff (poisons and bombs and wha... : Vincent Grayson
          • Hmm, i haven't tried stacking Poisons yet.....definitely trying this. : sreyes22
        • But do they damage your teammates as well? : Magus
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  It's interesting how differently the first main quest in Redcliffe Castle can play out. Spoilers for two : bipolar
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    I did the go to the tower and ask for help option and it was very un-epic. I wish I killed that child no : valael
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      I went to the tower and didn't see any dialog options for help : boring gegtik
      • did you save the first enchanter during the boss fight? : valael
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    I stopped last night, right after i chose to kill the child. I was going to do both, see what the reward... : sreyes22
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      Nah, just role play. Do what your character would do, it's kind of a bitch move to play out every path w... : bipolar
      • Good point, i want to come back through with a caster : sreyes22
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    Second variant spoiler: I liked the choices the demoness gives you. I played as a goodie two shoes until : Geoffrois
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      lolol. re: that second variant spoiler, i went in with Morrigan after saving the circle and getting help : xsoulbrothax
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        Haha nice. It's mind blowing the amount of content you only see if you have a certain party choice and/or : Geoffrois
        • That's part of what makes this game so fantastic. I wish more developers were willing to make content tha... : Vincent Grayson
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        Yeah, I never got the choices Geoffrois mentioned. Must be only if your main is a mage :( : bipolar
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          Details if you're curious: She offers you to give you a gift in exchange she will leave the boy for now, : Geoffrois
          • you can also intimidate her into letting the boy go free forever *and* give you the rewards : valael
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  Mages: Which specializations did you pick? I always intended to go Blood Mage, but after looking at the... : valael
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    none of them are all that impressive. i'm probably gonna take arcane warrior and healer when i get to the... : dirge23
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      only reason i can think of is the fact that you have to spend a total of 8 points in maxing them? That's... : valael
      • sure, but even if you spend no points on the skills you get a bonus just for the specialization : dirge23
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        I think this is the biggest weakness of the game mechanics. You already have more talents than you can pu : Goncyn
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          they gotta give your character room to grow for the sequel : dirge23
          • It would be a lot more interesting if the specialization talents were more powerful, making it an interes... : Goncyn
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      Arcane warrior is pretty fucking awesome. I have Morrigan now walking around in plate with a badass sword... : Vincent Grayson
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        I think I need to stop bringing Morrigan with me when I talk to people. She gets pissy every time I agre... : Arcanum
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          Yeah, Morrigan seems to be philosophically opposed to altruism. : Goncyn
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            I think she's just a heartless bitch, or at least acts like one. She's got great tits though, and is ent... : Arcanum
            • Yep, she's still in my party. And still walking around in her starting robes at level 13 or whatever. :D : xsoulbrothax
  • I want to make an Arcane Warrior / Blood Mage dual spec. Missed the quest for unlocking blood mage thoug... : breadsticks
  • Spirit Healer / Arcane Warrior. I feel like if I had speced my guy a little bit better he would be bad... : sKetchflow
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  I don't get all this difficulty changing...I've stayed at Hard the whole time playing the game and have h : OhSnapHighFive
  • yeah im going to start another game on "hard" with a warrior and give it a go once i finish my first play... : shadebane
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    That's not all the sidequests ;) You can get the bartender to help and get flaming oil for the knights. : bipolar
    • oh yeah...no i did do that too lol i forgot to write it : OhSnapHighFive
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  would going blood mage / spirit healer be a bad idea? : oHnOES
  • also has anyone found something like the WoW character talent builds to help me choose spells? i found a... : oHnOES
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  Had the best fight ever last night when I killed the high dragon outside the urn's resting place. I used : SolrFlare
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    What level are you? I didn't stand a chance there, even after a couple of tries. : CapnChaos
    • 13-15 on all my characters : SolrFlare
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  What's the level cap? : WhatIsThisFor
  • 20 : oHnOES
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    There isn't one. But doing everything in the game will get you to about level 22-23, tops. : Vincent Grayson
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      wait what? i thought it was 20 : oHnOES
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        Nope. There's no hard cap at all, but you'll run out of things to kill and quests to get XP from by the t... : Vincent Grayson
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          I heard you're more likely to be between levels 15 and 20 at the end. I suppose 23 is if you do as much s... : Geoffrois
          • I'm already 11 and I just finished my first treaty are redcliff. Maybe that's if you abandon every town ... : Boxelder
          • 25 is the level cap, i just reached it using bug where you can turn in a quest over and over : oHnOES
          • I just hit 21 with my main character, and I think I'm pretty close to the end. I wager if I finish the si... : Vincent Grayson
    • does that mean I can get all the spells and skills if I play long enough? : mrtony
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  i know using the console commands to alter your character will basically ruin that save game, but does an... : oHnOES
  • nevermind i guess, i found an unlimited xp bug : oHnOES
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  Has anyone else gotten the random encounter cut scene from a famous comic book?Ii laughed pretty loud at ... : Visceral Monkey
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    ya got that yesterday now I need to find a blacksmith btw I have a list of items that I'm not sure if ... : Frush81
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      No idea, I cant even get he weird kid to enchant stuff for me, I guess I need specific kinds of weapons t... : Visceral Monkey
      • I think he just shows you how to create enchant and he can only do 1 : Frush81
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        Some weapon have sockets for runes, they display as empty boxes below the weapon's stats. : Goncyn
        • Ah, cool! Thanks! Nwo back to Soldiers Peak, sigh. : Visceral Monkey
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      Gems like quartz, fluorspar, you can sell. Gems with stats are gear for Shale. Gems with 'Gift' in the : bipolar
      • crap I though I could gem my gear at some point , ok thanks : Frush81
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  Fuck. The Sten side quest is broken for me. I convinced Dwyn to give me the key to his box in Redcliffe, ... : theangrywaffles
  • Should be in the room on the right :( Maybe zone and come back? : bipolar
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  Is this a bug? after the Werewolf quest, I went to the Circle Mage tower, and said I'd come back later b : mankeroo
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    did you talk to the guard by the door? (i assume you're talking to the leader or whatever) : valael
    • ya I'm talking to the leader. I believe I tried talking to the guard at the door and it doing that thing ... : mankeroo
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  how do you give gifts? I right click on the gift and there's a present icon but it's grayed out. Also wha... : pukerat
  • pick the recipient in the inventory screen, then right click : dirge23
  • To give a gift, select the character you want to give the item to, then use the gift icon for the item. : Arcanum
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    Hit I for inventory, switch to the party member, then right click the gift and select Give If you get ra... : bipolar
    • oh duh! Thanks guys! : pukerat
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  I completed the Morrigan side quest last night and that was pretty difficult. I read about it in the thr : grendel
  • I don't think you can. : bipolar
  • before i got the quest i went back to flemeth's hut with morrigan (for no apparent reason) and she just w... : dirge23
• can you rename your dog in this game? i named mine last night and it changed to this: http://www.shac... : pandastrong
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  I guess the real question in DA:O is how many people can you fuck? This is a very important part of any ... : Bean
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    i heard there is a threesome with alistar and someone else, i forget their name : oHnOES
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      Haven't heard that but if true it would have to be Leliana, since Leliana is the only bi chick (and Zavre : bipolar
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        If I fuck Leliana will Morrigan get mad at me? She gave me a ring and everything :P : CapnChaos
        • That ring creeped me out. Anyway, I don't know myself but have heard yes, M gets pissed : bipolar
      • Nope. It's with a women in the brothel in Denerim. If you've convinced him to stop being such a pussy and : Vincent Grayson
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  Would anyone even use a thief in their party if other characters could lockpick? I'd much rather another... : Boxelder
  • I would, but I don't really play these games to min/max my characters. : aethyr
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    Yes, my rogue does wicked good damage. : Goncyn
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      Once you get the Cunning for damage ability, he definitely does. : Totenjaeger
      • I didn't really notice much of a difference with that ability. His damage was already great. Maybe I am d... : Goncyn
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    I'm pretty early on and I hate passing up all the locked chests. Does having a thief in your party help ... : hussdelrio
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      Yes, it's what they do. : Totenjaeger
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        I just didn't know if my main character "inherits" their thieving ability. Thanks. : hussdelrio
        • Well, not like Mass Effect's First Aid, where your heals are determined by a combination of all your char... : drhazard
  • probably not. I'd rather have 3 mages and a tank than anything else. Wynne to heal, Morrigan and my cha : valael
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    my rogue is ZE dps unless I'm hitting heavy armor (when it happen he can't hit shit) : Frush81
    • In that situation I use Sten? That big guy to sunder armor. : Nighteyes
• with arcane mastery, where do you see how much spell power it gives you? : oHnOES
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  No matter what i read in this thread, everything is basically a spoiler...all the mention of character si... : sreyes22
  • Yup. I've basically resorted to collapsing DA:O threads rather than risk a spoiler. : ninj0rc
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  Is there anyway to go back to Lothering? I noticed that the icon representing it is now a skull. I ass : mastermike569
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    I think we're fucked - I didn't grab Liliana either :( :( : mankeroo
    • I checked out the bioware forums, i think we are definately fucked. This sucks. : mastermike569
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    btw, what do you guys think of this as a game mechanic? Having 2 of a relatively limited number of playab... : mankeroo
    • particularily in rpgs i find it refreshing that they make you stick with your decisions : johnny rotten
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      I think its definately frustrating and totally agree you should be able to at least pick up Liliana in an : mastermike569
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        Meh, if they really wanted to, they could relocate Sten without too much of a problem. Just put him in : genom
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          exactly... I got the other Rogue so hopefully im not missing much with Leliana : mankeroo
          • She isn't that good. At least I have never really noticed her being useful. However, I haven't gone for e : Nighteyes
        • Haha, perhaps at The Pearl? : mastermike569
    • Ultimately, I enjoy it. Just as there are consequences to certain dialogue options, so should there be co : drhazard
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    Can you get Dwynn from Lothering also? Every dialogue option i fucked up, and eventually just killed the ... : sreyes22
    • There are only two characters you can pick up from Lothering. : mastermike569
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  so is the stealing skill worth it? : oHnOES
  • imo, no : WhatIsThisFor
  • well I use it sometimes I got a good ring with that but I'm curious if its worth it to invest more than 1... : Frush81
  • You could probably make decent money stealing from everyone, but as far as unique items or quests that us... : Vincent Grayson
  • I stole a bad luck stone, which claims I will have bad luck soon. 20 hours later, I still haven't seen a... : breadsticks
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  rogues - what good is the Deadly Strike talent? when is a good time to use it? doesn't seem worth the s... : eeeealmo
  • I don't have it, but if it has good armor pen, use it against high armored targets like charmed/possessed : Nighteyes
• After I beat the ogre in the beacon tower in one try the first time on the console, I couldn't believe ho... : BlackCat9
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  Preparation and setting up ambushes for challenging enemies. Sounds like another Baldur's Gate type thin... : DinK
  • its exactly that. : theWhite
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  Low on documentation, is there a way to force ranged characters to stay at a distance? Morrigan is pretty... : mankeroo
  • backstab is purely positional. the first hit coming out of stealth is a critical hit. : dirge23
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    changing said person's tactics to ranged (upper right corner) might help and as long as the person is wit... : eeeealmo
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      Thanks you two! When you say tactics, are you talking about the AI lists or is there a ranged/mele togggl... : mankeroo
      • yea in the tactics menu there is a pull-down menu in the upper right corner that sets behavior : eeeealmo
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  Is this game better than the Witcher? I haven't played either yet. : OverloadUT
  • theyre both worth playing regardless of the answer to that question : eeeealmo
  • I enjoyed the Witcher, but never completed it. I love Dragon Age so far (30 hours in). : shadebane
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    the Witcher is one guy fighting tons of enemies, and D.A. is 4 people fighting tons of enemies. both are... : grendel
    • I agree. They're both fantastic RPGs with a slightly different focus. I do feel like Dragon Age is sayi... : Aragoat
  • Yes, significantly. The Witcher was cool in many ways, but I never felt like the combat really worked, an... : Vincent Grayson
  • I'm a huge Witcher fanboy and am enjoying DA just as much if not more. : phate81
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  Where can I learn the Assassination specialization? : Nighteyes
  • PS - If this game had co-op like Dawn of War, it would be beyond awesome. : Nighteyes
  • I got mine from Zevran after I recruited him when he tried to assassinate me. I also had to give him bli : Aragoat
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  Ugh this game has frozen twice on me. However both freezes are only happening in the last area and then ... : Crimsonbeak
  • I just had my first crash (display driver crashed, nvidia.) I'm not that far into the game yet, hope this... : Guybrushed
• Dragon Age has been vanquished. I guess the sequel will take place in Orlais So I played through as a G... : Crimsonbeak
• So are there any other Mage NPCs in the game or am I stuck with Morrigan? She's ok I guess, but I'm no... : phate81
• I'm willing to trade 2 copies of Borderlands through Steam for 1 copy of Dragon Age. Do it. 2 games for t... : Reeves
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  Are there any origins, besides the Dwarf Nobel, that end with you loosing all your shit? Also, what skil : capt tripps
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    Load your game. Disable all your DLC Save, then quit, then come back in reenable your DLC and then load ... : Crimsonbeak
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      Yeah, I cought that one. I'm still stuck with herbology on the dwarf, and now I'm kinda regretting going... : capt tripps
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        Herbology isn't bad being able to make Lyrium and Poultices is very helpful. : Crimsonbeak
        • Yeah, but since two other characters can do it, it's a waste on your main (unless you want it for rolepla... : Vincent Grayson
        • It just feels like a waste since the crazy witch chick has it. : capt tripps
  • No, the other origins don't end with you losing your stuff. Coercion and combat training are pretty much ... : Vincent Grayson
• I had to drop the difficulty to easy for the first time today in the end battle at Wardens Keep. Had to f... : Visceral Monkey