Evening Reading: NPD Day

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  Dragon Age is strong - a triumphant return of the Bioware Fantasy RPG : trOmblyj
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    I'd like a strong, triumphant return of Vilara >:( : Moonbase Commander
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      where the fuck were you the past two weeks? I'll be on this weekend : trOmblyj
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        Haha, I was busy with school and Torchlight/Killing Floor were waaaay more casual than trying to get rad ... : Moonbase Commander
        • few more weeks we'll all be back on! too many games out! : jonin
  • So far Dragon Age gets my vote for GOTY. : Matt Burris
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  2009 Game of the Year Happened on July 23, 2009. Hint: Wipeout HD Fury : ieGod
  • Oooooh good one! : TastyWheat
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    Downloadable GotY will go to this or Shadow Complex, I bet. : code-e255
    • that or trials hd. that game was addictive : purekillforce
    • How about.... Trine! Though, I haven't played Shadow Complex but it seems like people forgot about tha... : ElArabDeMagnifico
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  Uncharted 2, Dragon Age, and inFamous are my games of the year. : theangrywaffles
  • I would have to agree with all three of these. : uglysad
  • havnt played UC2 yet but im sure its great and wonderfull. Id have to say all three of those (although In... : technotica
  • InFamous? Ugh...felt clunky with bad, bad voice-acting and the storyline wasn't so hot, either. Wouldn'... : wytefang
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  Dragon Age wins PC GOTY, hands down. No contest. Should win GOTY period. : ArcKnight
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    I'm agreeing with you on PC honours but cross-platform I totally fucking loved Uncharted 2. : TastyWheat
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      Uncharted 2 is cross-platform? I thought it is just a PS3 exclusive? : Matt Burris
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        I was more referring to an overall GOTY as opposed to the ones for each platform, my bad : TastyWheat
        • I have never played it since it is a PS3 exclusive so fuck it! : SockMonkeh
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      I haven't played UC2 - in fact I just picked up UC1 last week and haven't played it yet. : ArcKnight
      • Play it. Take a 3 week break then play UC2. If you like Tomb Raider and Gears of War and Indiana Jones yo... : Pettytheft
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  Batman bitches. How soon we forget. ;( : kek
  • That's runner up. : ieGod
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    Good but GOTY? : uglysad
    • If I have something to say, yes. : Snipergen
    • It gets my vote. Easily the most professional and entertaining game I have played in a good number of yea... : thecray
  • GOTY? No way. : Milleh
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    I would agree, the game has so much to offer with all of the challengers, great story and cool combat. : quazar
    • Plus Hamill as the Joker and Conroy as Batman always is awesome. : Crimsonbeak
  • Yes yes and more yes. I don't actually complete many games, but Arkham Asylum kept me motivated to finis... : Scotland Tom
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  Nah, it's not too early. All we have left this year is L4D2 and Assassin's Creed 2, really. And I can'... : Vincent Grayson
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    Dragon Age, Uncharted 2, and Demon's Souls are my GOTY candidates as well. : irrerno
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      All those + COD6 wouldnt surpise me to be in the running. (Demons Souls would surprise me however, as onl... : technotica
      • people don't know it exists because it's not available anywhere. I have been looking for it since shortly... : NoCopy
• TrialsHD! : synapse19
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  Torchlight. : Visceral Monkey
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    Surprise hit of the year, really. : MercFox1
    • Either that or Batman: AA : MercFox1
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    it'll probably win the indie sub category tho : Jikim
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      torchlight,world of goo and trine are worthy contestants. : Hoax
      • Plants and Zombies! : irrerno
  • torchlight is some decent cheap fun but no way should it be GotY.... : johnny rotten
  • Torchlight was fun briefly, but I'm kinda already tired of it. I didn't think the lack of multiplayer wou... : Vincent Grayson
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  Sooo many good games this year, for me, its somewhere in MW2, Forza 3 and Batman : opengl128
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    MECHWARRIOR 2 CAME OUT YEARS AGO >:( : TastyWheat
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      ^hilarious. : eonix
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        There are just some acronyms you don't fuck with. : TastyWheat
        • IAWTAYDFW MW2 fo' life yo : Goblin au
        • MW2 will always be MechWarrior 2 - Tasty please slap abrasion next time you see him for getting this so w... : PlanetPerfecto
• Torchlight! : Shodai80
• Torchlight/DAO/Batman/Uncharted 2: we're finally seeing the return of quality singleplayer after years of... : TastyWheat
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  COD: MW2 is highly, highly overrated, but will get honors anyway. : lotus2133
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    IDK I'm having a blast playing through the SP : DogDharma
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      I'm not saying it's not fun. But I think that the game of the year award should go to a game that has tr... : lotus2133
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        Game of the Year doesn't have to be something that's innovative. It just has to be the best game of the y... : Shadsy
        • I just disagree, that's all. : lotus2133
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    Everyone just says it's more of the first one, and that's it. That doesn't sound like GOTY to me. : Matt Burris
    • It's got an estimated 7million in sales, and that will seal the deal. I think Batman: AA, Demon's Souls ... : DianeOfTheMoon
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  I think it's certainly been the most surprising year of the decade. 1) Batman: Arkham Asylum (a comi... : PenicillinX57
  • Maybe New Super Mario Brothers Wii will surprise us. I don't know about the rest of the shack but I find... : irrerno
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    Don't forget fantastic indie games: - Shadow Complex - Torchlight - Wipeout HD Fury - ....fill in the... : MercFox1
    • Plant vs. Zombies. I played that game to death when it came out. : Matt Burris
    • Those three are indeed amazing : TastyWheat
    • Oh yes! 2009 has been a breakout year for Indie games. I'd add Braid and Xeno Clash to that list. The ... : PenicillinX57
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      Shattered Horizon!!! So good, yet no one seems to know about it. : lotus2133
      • I'm still running xp :( : zuff
    • What makes a game an indie game? I always thought they couldn't have a publisher? : SlingBlaze
    • Lets change that category to digital distribution or something like that, I wouldn't call Epic or Sony in... : bgtpcg1
  • I agree with you whole-heartedly. Except I would add even a few more games to the mix such as Torchlight... : lotus2133
• Trine & Demon Souls. : RuffasBluetain
• I think we need a list of what came out in the first half of the year because I can't remember shit. Mayb... : ghost in my shell
• Dragon Age is heads and shoulders above every game this year except for Demon's Souls. Even then, it stil... : Link.
• Yes it is. WHAT ABOUT New Super Mario Brothers, Left 4 Dead 2 and Assassin's Creed 2 :O : imcompa
• For me, it's Demon's Souls followed by Batman: Arkham Asylum. : David Craddock
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  Dragon Age for PC game of the year and RPG of the year, contender for game of the year! : SockMonkeh
  • I don't usually go, "Oh shit, it got some great reviews so I'm going to play it." But in this case, Drag... : Jobos
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    Enchantment? : Vegtro
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      enCHANTment! : xsoulbrothax
      • ...AND your DISCOUNT! : TNTDOG
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  UC2 followed by Batman:AA : bagelcc
  • Unreal Champtionship 2? Wasn't that on Xbox 1? : melkore
• I'm pretty sure my own GoTY will be L4D2, if only because it's the only one I bought. : Jobos
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  1. Uncharted 2 2. Batman Arkham Asylum 3. Killzone 2 4. Modern Warfare 2 5. Resident Evil 5 6. Red F... : manlyman
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    And Torchlight!!! : manlyman
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      I'm going to look up what this Torchlight thing is people keep talking about. : Jobos
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        Diablo clone, eh? Or at least that's what I gathered from the 8 words I read about it. :) How close wa... : Jobos
        • As close as can be. : Arceihn
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    I can't believe you honestly think that Red Faction and Killzone 2 are better than Dragon Age... : Wisp!
    • Dragon Age is great, I haven't finished it yet so I put it up there regardless. I'm sure it will climb o... : manlyman
  • Ugh, take Killzone 2 off of that list! : Milleh
  • I would put Red Faction 3 above Modern Warfare 2. : stgdz
• Wii, lol : abrasion
• Borderlands honestly if I base it on personal time invested and fun had rather than some external judgmen... : DinK
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  I really hate the Uncharted 2 and Infamous had to come out in the same year... : uglysad
  • Honeslty though, Uncharted 2 blows Infamous out of the water. : mrseldowski
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  This was a weak year. I nominate TF2 for the second straight year. If that doesn't count - Torchlight! : CrabsJarrard
  • you... what... huh... what ARE you? did you play Dragon Age? : Sivart13
• Gotta have some Demon's Souls in there. : devi| dog
• So far for me the best have been Batman: AA and The Beatles Rock Band. I'm hoping I'll be getting Dragon ... : thetangent
• Uncharted 2. I think it's a reasonably good time to start talking about it. I don't think L4D2 will co... : nutcrackr
• UC2 third person GOTY, MW2 first person GOTY : gyokuro
• Given that I haven't played Uncharted 2, I have to go with Dragon Age. What a great game. : Robotic Puppy Eater
• Dragonage or Uncharted 2 get my vote : Funran
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  DoW2 for PC GoTY : spaceyme
  • Was DoW2 really 2009? Wow, what a fantastic year it has been. That reminds me of all the Dead Space threa... : MercFox1
• yes it is too early. this should be discussed at 00:01 on jan 1 (as we will all be on the shack as we hav... : CoRDS
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  No its not, because I got a PS3 and zero games.. need to decide what I want to buy : snuff
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    You need to treat yourself to some Demon's Souls. Seriously. Just be cautious, play it like every fig... : DianeOfTheMoon
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      Getting my ass handed to me over and over doesn't sound like a treat : snuff
      • It really isn't as hard as people make it out to be. The game is amazing. : irrerno
      • You only get your ass handed to you if you try to muscle your way through things, which is part of why th... : DianeOfTheMoon
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  Batman! I haven't played Dragon Age yet, nor Uncharted 2. : dahanese
  • that's a bad sentence. : dahanese
• Uncharted 2 : Serpico74
• Batman or UC2 : retarded talking dinosaur
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  New Super Mario Bros Wii. : critch
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    nah from what i seen its not as good as world/3, so its not that good : Chandler55
    • Duke Nukem Forev......... Oh forget it. : norulez
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  I dont get why uncharted 2 could be game of the year. Yes, its good, yes its pretty. But yes, its also ... : bundy
  • Because it was FUN. Genuinely fun. : uglysad
  • It is a sequel so I would expect some similarities. But it is also extremely refined and polished take on... : d3tached
  • as opposed to? : NoCopy
• Throwing in at least Red Faction Guerrila as surprise hit. Also throwing Scribblenauts into Biggest Di... : Masem
• I doubt I will have time to get to Dragon Age before the end of the year, so I'm saying UC2. I get the fe... : qwpeoriu
• I'm going to be lynch-mob'd.. but i reckon COD:MW2 deserves to be a serious contender. Despite a lot o... : SigENeaT
• This thread just shows how Great 2009 has been. So many great games have been released. We are all winn... : irrerno
• I'm seeing a lot of InFamous here, I never played it... tho I played Prototype and they seemed like very ... : tunis5000
• Modern Warfare 2 would deserve it just for it's multiplayer. Torchlight is also up there. : razorblade79
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  GOTY should be delayed until Mass Effect 2 comes out. Of all the great games I've played this year, I ... : peanut-
  • With Starcraft 2 coming out in 2010 Mass Effect 2 really stands no chance. : Crimsonbeak
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  Team Fortress 2 oh wait.... : sikander
  • I'm with sikander. Can I make it TF2? : Godhatesfatpeople
  • Yeah. That's pretty much all I play still! : moneyshot
• COD6 dosent really deserve the title, its simply COD4 with some more box ticking missions and the same MP... : Beady
• Uncharted 2. MW2 singleplayer is pretty much the same as COD4 and its short. Uncharted 2 improved over ... : grendel
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  Borderlands if only for being something new. As much as I enjoyed MW2, I see myself playing a lot more Bo... : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • borderlands ftw : purekillforce
  • BL is awesome and would get my vote. Lacks polish for GotY though. :/ : zehh
• Dragon Age for me and it's not even close. of course, I've only played maybe 3-4 2009 games all year .... : bipolar
• Uncharted 2 is my game of the year i haven't felt this much excitement in a long time.... i have yet to... : Break
• Uncharted 2 is a pretty safe bet. : Milleh
• Uncharted 2 has my vote. : Eric2025
• Uncharted 2 for sure. : lplasmatron
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  What about Street Fighter 4? : whistletits
  • Combobreaker jerk. : Snipergen
• Dragon Age. Batman was awesome, as was Dawn of War and Torchlight. CoD4:MW2 while good I don't think it... : Crimsonbeak
• Definitely Dragon Age for me. My contenders were DA (of course), Batman, Uncharted 2, Plants vs Zombies,... : WhatIsThisFor
• Uncharted 2 : fsck
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  Dragon Age, Torchlight, Plants vs Zombies. Maybe Dawn of War 2. : bgtpcg1
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    Yish.. DoW2? It was terrible. : lotus2133
    • no it was NOT : spaceyme
• For games released in 2009 Batman: Arkham Asylum, but to tell the truth, Fallout 3. io've played more of ... : baron calamity
• I haven't had a chance to play Uncharted 2 yet so can't comment on its potential greatness. So far I'd g... : wytefang
• I love dragon age, torchlight, dawn of war II and I think trine would be up there for me as well. : RogerDandy
• Men of War will be nowhere in the listing. It should be near the top. It won't be. Because human... : T-900
• 1) Brutal legend - this game is pure awesome-o 2) Dragon age 3) Braid (PC release 2009) 4) Batman: AA ... : henrikb
• Dragon age will win PC game of the year, i think the fight will be between Uncharted, MW2, and assassin's... : hopterque1987
• I'm going out on a limb here and saying ASSASSIN'S CREED 2 : at0micgarden
• Dragon Age and Demon's Souls are at the top for me. COD:MW2 will probably win multiplayer. Uncharte... : kodt
• Borderlands gets my vote. That game is a blast. : JediDwag
• Definitely Uncharted 2, production values and fun factor of that game is through the roof : Magus
• Uncharted 2 should get it. MW2 will get it. : GeorgeB3DR

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  Calm down. It's legit. The fact that they split up the game into three parts is what is messed up. : lotus2133
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    hence the rage. expansion packs material pre-release usually meant more material for original title, ... : BaronVonSnakPak
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      it's their prerogative to decide how much content is suitable for their release. if we end up buying it,... : EvilDolemite
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        if we end up buying it, they were correct. that's an impossible statement. you have to buy it regardless... : yacoub35
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          they set a price on a product you pay the price if you feel it's worth it if you feel it's not wort... : EvilDolemite
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            oh i agree with that last statement in theory, it's just that most people will decide to buy a crappy pro : yacoub35
            • it's really simple: you vote by buying the game. if you buy the game you are effectively saying you feel... : EvilDolemite
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              it isn't about alternatives. If the game wasn't worth $60 to people, they wouldn't buy it. Clearly the fe... : derelict515
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                Wow those are rather broad generalizations over a large part of the population? Perhaps most people don't... : Toth21
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                  bottom line, i can't believe i have to say this again, but if you buy a game, you are supporting its pric... : EvilDolemite
                  • Wow angry much? I'm saying most people don't even think about the price point, because to them its just a... : Toth21
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                  Hard not to lol this. Apparently if you buy something based on word of mouth you're a consumer whore. ... : derelict515
                  • Yes most people in this world are intelligent well informed individuals that make choices off of rational... : Toth21
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            It's not that simple though, because you never *really* know what you're getting until you have purchased... : Vincent Grayson
            • The idea is that you only make that mistake once (for example the first out of three SC2 version) and the... : [7]kami
  • Those expansion packs are the three parts, buddy. : SockMonkeh
  • The fact that each part is as long as the first game is not messed up. At all. Each one will have the f... : critch
  • Exactly. : Mad Brahmin Disease
• ? Brood War? : EvilDolemite
• I really hate Activision lately. YAY! Lets rape the customers wallets because they will pay for it! I'm s... : shakybonez31
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  This isn't news, they said a while ago that the SC2 campaigns would be broken up between the game and two... : Serpico74
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    I think he's wondering - Is this guy saying the other two parts of the game are expansion packs? (i.e.... : Schnapple
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      The other two parts are expansion packs. They are. That's what they are. : SockMonkeh
      • Or are they? : Schnapple
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  Do you think SC2 / Diablo 3 will be priced at $60? : aeg1x
  • I wouldn't doubt it. : shakybonez31
  • yes, almost certainly : EvilDolemite
  • Im betting Diablo 3 will be $60 since Diablo 2 was : crunkfunk
  • i don't think blizzard loses much sales at all if they go to $60, and it's still a good deal for their ga... : Psigun
  • Absolutely : Serpico74
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    Oh holy shit if SC2 is priced at $60........oh man. D3 will probably be worth $100 bucks when it comes ou... : MercFox1
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      You won't be saying that when it comes out, I assure you. : Yanks
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        Are you a betting man, Yanks? I assure you I have about 30 other games I can play for a couple months whi : MercFox1
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          it's because the vast majority of people who make posts like that end up like this http://kotaku.com/5403... : derelict515
          • Well derelict515 I am not most people. : MercFox1
          • I love this image : SlingBlaze
          • This makes me smile so much : ColoradoCNC
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    Figure out how many hours of playtime you got with Diablo 2, and tell me if you think it wasn't worth 60 ... : u sir name
    • i thought we weren't allowed to talk about value in terms of gaming hours. Or is that only the case when ... : aeg1x
    • i would pay $100 for Diablo 3 honestly. probably more. i can see putting hundreds of hours into it no pro... : Psigun
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    with SC2 split into 3 + 2? expansions. $40-50 per race + $30-35 x2 for expansions. gonna hurt : dignan
    • No. SC2 will be 1 game plus 2 expansions. The expansions are the other races. They are not necessarily fu... : Wisp!
  • frankly they'd be foolish not to : derelict515
  • If I remember right Diablo 2 and warcraft 3 both ran $60 : DogDharma
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    Um, who is their publisher? Activision. I am sure that every Activision game from now on is going to be... : deathofrats
    • God damnit I hate Activision, why does EA suffer after trying to turn a new leaf with shit like Dead Spac... : MercFox1
  • I'm wondering if they'll have some type of premium subscription based Bnet stuff as well. I hope not, i l... : jingletard
  • Doesn't matter to me. Based on the amount of hours I got out of the first one I'd gladly pay $60 or more ... : dkrulz
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    I wouldn't be surprised if SC2 AND its expansions were 60 bucks each. : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • I seem to recall Blizzard went on record to say the expansions would be at expansion prices. But then aga... : Arceihn
• We've known how SC2 and expansions will work for months (years?). : Sapiens
• Thanks for keeping us posted : Sailor of Fortune
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  Why two updates to Battle.Net though? : capt tripps
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    http://kotaku.com/5403098/starcraft-ii-expansions-diablo-iii-coming-in-next-few-years : capt tripps
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      I'd imagine the 2nd one is to prepare for Diablo 3. : ovrlrd
      • Oh wait, if you read the title above the column it says "Next few years" so I would imagine they just hig... : ovrlrd
• Where have you been? People nerdraged about that long ago. You need to move onto the next nerdrage train ... : ovrlrd
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  I can't believe this would surprise anyone : derelict515
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    its not a surprise reaction, its a "how can they NOT be milking?" reaction. if youre working on the co... : BaronVonSnakPak
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      except you have no idea what's going on internally at Blizzard. All that quote you posted could mean is '... : derelict515
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        if all 3 races are in multiplayer in SC2, then im just confused why it takes 3 seperate purchases for the... : BaronVonSnakPak
        • how is it confusing? Do you want the campaign to just be 20 skirmishes or do you want an actual story and... : derelict515
        • Of course you don't know what they're doing -- you didn't bother to read past the original headline. W : walker270
• "Blizzard is buying a group of trains to carry all of the money they are planning on making from D2" -Act... : Phreakin
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  They quote is 1) taken out of context so we have no idea what it even means 2) taken from a financial off : imcompa
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    http://pc.ign.com/articles/104/1044627p1.html : BaronVonSnakPak
    • Thanks, babe. : imcompa
  • This seems the most reasonable. I fully expect Blizzard to keep up the same quality for SC2 and D3 as pri... : MercFox1
  • After reading that I'm guessing they decided to rename the Protoss and Zerg Parts into "expansion packs".... : imcompa
  • no it should all be given to us for $9.99 those bastards : dahanese
• Blizzard Activision : kill9
• What this actually means is each species' campaign is (apparently) going to be as big as all three of the... : Arceihn
• Could you bring up news any older? We knew that for agggggges. : abrasion
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  i'm sure they have the time to start on them since SC2 has been done for awhile. : ultramega
  • I could believe this. : abrasion
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    It hasn't been : Chris Remo
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      So when they said "We're kinda glad we delayed the game for battle net, it gives us some more time to add... : abrasion
      • Especially in a RTS game, I'd guess that content complete is nowhere near to completion. Even moreso for... : bipolar
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        I don't know what that quote is, but there's just no way the game has been "done" for "a while." Last tim... : Chris Remo
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          How long ago - because they basically said in the last interview regarding battle net "the single player ... : abrasion
          • You guys should read up on the Blizzcon stuff. At Blizzcon they spoke about how they've kept the game at ... : LoioshDwaggie
          • A couple months ago, but it doesn't really matter. I can't imagine when giving an answer like that they'd... : Chris Remo
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          Didn't they still have some SC1 placeholder units in the game at the single player press event? : Sothebys
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            Yep : Chris Remo
            • This game is so getting delayed till fall 2010 or late summer. 6 month beta starting '2010'. I wonder if ... : Sothebys
  • More like they just develop the game and since these two expansion packs require less work (after the mai... : ovrlrd
• lol how is this news : spaceyme
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  What they havent announced yet is that they already have the content ready for the DLC for the expansion ... : Beady
  • Starcraft 3 is also finished. So is Diablo 4. : Serpico74
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  well I guess now that mw2 is out, people need something to complain about : pandastrong
  • Of course. And don't forget, WE ALL KNEW THIS (about SC2) PREVIOUSLY. They already said it would be s... : geedeck
• Why FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU? They aren't going to be full priced games. Relax : Sothebys
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  That's nothing--I heard a sequel to Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare is coming out around now. : Alice O'Connor
  • I heard there's going to be a new Madden game next year : geedeck
• I think I am just going to save myself the aggravation and not buy any one of SC2's 20 installments. : silent prophet
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  They said a while ago that the other two parts of the game wouldn't just be new campaigns but would actua... : Zek
  • something new to play in Starcraft every two years or so is a lot better than waiting for 10+. I can't wa... : happynoodle

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  A crying fucking shame. These are people who are so passionate about their games, and they're always real... : Entity
  • There were TV ads, but they didn't show much actual gameplay. Just rock music with fast cuts between unr... : the archvile
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  I blame multisync. : ThomW
  • My work here is done! : multisync
• That really is unfortunate. I was a little miffed that it didn't come out for PC, but I was still hoping... : majinpsyduck
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  Well, I imagine it will be a commercial disappointment in the dead space sense of the word, not the psych... : SpaecKow
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    what do you mean by that console market? You mean the 3rd person/rts genre? I mean borderlands sold a a l... : DarkWolf5
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      yet borderlands sold only 15k units on the pc. : baron calamity
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        Source? I'm genuinely curious. : MercFox1
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          this neogaf thread http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?s=c41868eb4bf14ecd67604b36670a7b59&p=184... : baron calamity
          • That doesn't take anything digital into account does it? : tree8
          • I'm going to assume that's sans Steam sales. I wish Valve would release those numbers. : MercFox1
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        That's a load of shit. It was topping the Steam charts for days and is still in the top 5. : Wisp!
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          Topping based on revenue, not units sold. : Sailor of Fortune
          • I realize now that was retail, but it was beating Left 4 Dead 2 and Dragon Age on Steam, both of which ar... : Wisp!
        • npd doesn't count places like steam, direct 2 drive or impulse. : baron calamity
        • Wait, nevermind - that was retail... : Wisp!
      • What a terrible post. * retail only numbers; doesn't include Steam, etc *October numbers and the game c... : yacoub35
    • Borderlands did better than Dead Space by a degree. By like 50k copies in its first week. Both of them ar... : SpaecKow
• That's fucking retarded. Schaffer can't get a break. : MercFox1
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  at least it out sold dj hero http://www.gamespot.com/news/6239988.html?part=rss&tag=gs_news&subj=62399... : baron calamity
  • dj hero hardly had any marketing whatsoever, and for them to expect everyone with guitar hero to immediat... : headbone
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  ^^^ Apparently you guys have already forgotten all the hitching you did about it's unannounced RTS gamepl... : biskits
  • Bitching. Fuck the iPhone. : biskits
  • I didn't. I didn't buy it because of the rts elements. : baron calamity
  • I haven't. The game sucked and it deserved to do poorly as a result. Tim Schafer is a genius, but sometim... : Bean
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    Once I found out it about that I dropped it from my radar. : ieGod
    • ^^^^ fortunately the reviews confirmed my suspicions too, thank you giant bomb. : abrasion
    • same. I really enjoyed the demo too, but i'm just not an RTS fan. If i get it for xmas i'll be happy, b... : alnya
• That's really depressing :( : Begawkiness
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  It was none of those reasons. The core gameplay wasn't fun. That RTS crap, (that according to Tim you'r... : tree8
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    Lies, all lies. Was I the only person who enjoyed it right to the end, give or take a few points? : Lone Swordsman
    • I loved everything about it, except for the gameplay itself. The RTS stuff didn't bother me because it w... : nurglich
    • I loved every single moment. : Deathlove
    • I'm enjoying it, about halfway through so far according to the progress-meter. I just don't feel motivat... : Johnny Law
    • I stopped playing because it was so boring : OrkO
  • It didn't draw me in. I found myself skipping side-missions and canceling dialogue. Actually i think i ... : smax
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  Maybe everybody's waiting for the PC version : capt tripps
  • They're boycotting the console versions till the PC version is released : Dontdrop
• No, it was none of those things. It was the fact that the game was marketed and demonstrated as something... : Vincent Grayson
• It was a terrible time to come out. Uncharted 2 and Borderlands took away my attention. Had it come out i... : theangrywaffles
• It was the fucking Umlaut : rosewood
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  More proof that console gaming is dead : phate81
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    With console and pc gaming dead, what are we going to play on? I guess there is always the iphone. : jahulio2
    • Mancala : Ride-My-Rocket
• So, just as expected, Brutal Legend is this year's Psychonauts. Dammit. : kallanta
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  Bring it to the PC. : tfsbrian
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    So everyone can bitch about how it's a "consolized" RTS? THAT'LL go well.... : kallanta
    • I'm sure it would be fine. It's not like PC RTS fans are bitchy or anything. : capt tripps
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      If they made it a good port, the bitching wouldn't be all that bad. I would buy it for sure. : tfsbrian
      • As would I. : Wisp!
      • Ditto that. : MeestaNob
  • Yes. I'd buy the game in seconds if a non-shitty port came to PC. : Link.
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    And sell another 10 copies! : freshyk
    • At this point it can use all the help it can get. lawl : Godhatesfatpeople
  • I'd buy it, even if it was a straight port. : cryptical
• I was looking forward to it, but then learning that the demo wasn't really indicative of the real gamepla... : synapse19
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  Sucks, as it's one of the most underrated games of the year. People bitch about the RTS portions, but a... : Dimmona
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    Here is the deal. A lot of people, like me, can't afford $60 games every week or even every month. I ha... : Lightzout
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      This is such a good point. Most people cant afford 3-4 games a month, so they make a choice. Once a game : MeestaNob
      • Definitely part of it. I paid less for MW2 than I would've had to for Brutal Legend. : synapse19
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  Realistically, Jack Black doesn't have broad commercial appeal by himself. I like Jack Black but I didn't... : icon_of_syn
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    The demo showed me the game would be fun in spite og Jack Black. It would be fun because it was Double ... : Lightzout
    • Unfortunately the demo showed NOTHING of the RTS parts which are a HUGE part of the game. : FormerHPB
• I rented it from gamefly and am finding it incredibly boring. I wanted to like it, but I just can't seem... : .Jayson
• Doesn't matter how good or bad the game might be, if there's not much of a market for it, it wont sell we... : tomwiththeweather
• You'd have to pay me to listen to jack black for 8 hours. I'd blow my brains out. : AMikaboshi
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  I love Tim's game, someday he will gain mass-market success. : byorn
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    He's the Joss Whedon of gaming. *swoon* : Godhatesfatpeople
    • How many games of Schafers' have been canceled? : MeestaNob
• I think I bought Brutal Legends just to support Double Fine and Tim and hopes they could make more games.... : mcpstoner
• Man, that RTS but not RTS stuff was terrible. They should have just focused on the action and perhaps ma... : CrustaR
• Maybe the RTS portion scared people off! If I was told "this is basically psychonauts but with a metal th... : abrasion
• I only played the demo. Writing, atmosphere, story, all that was great. Gameplay-wise, it felt like Dev... : slax0r
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  I'll admit, Jack Black drove me away to an extent. I played literally like a minute of the demo but I ha... : DinK
  • Believe me, even if you normally dislike Black, he is absolutely perfect for Brutal Legend. : Lone Swordsman
• i don't know how much stock to put in it, but vgchartz.com has the sales pegged at 490K combined. : AroundTheFur1380
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  I said it before, I'll say it again: J A C K B L A C K ' D : AxeMan808
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    I don't know what this even means. : derelict515
    • It means he's really annoying. I bought the game, but as some people mentioned, I bought it in SPITE of h... : lplasmatron
• Too Jack Black for me. I find the guy annoying. : code-e255
• The commercials were pretty awful too. : stuka
• or the game was 15 years too late perhaps. : scener
• I personally didn't like the game. And it seems only action/fps genre games can actually make high sell n... : freakynipples69
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  that's a shame, as its one of the best games to come out this year. : pandastrong
  • It might be my GOTY. Might be. I'm sure I'm missing some stuff from earlier in the year, though. : Deathlove
• I'm not surprised. It's not horrible, but it's certainly not an amazing game. There are lots of amazing g... : lplasmatron
• well would have bought it if it wasn't for 8h of gameplay.. 70$ can is pretty expensive for a 8h game : Frush81
• There was something very early on that totally turned me off to the game, i cant remember what. But from... : sreyes22

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• that just makes me fucking angry : Herman Toothrot
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  That seems ridiculous. However that guy also seems crazy for not revealing the existence of the fire arm : DinK
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    also, just what do they consider possession? Say the gun was left in his yard and he called the police to... : Prozium
    • It would not surprise me. : Jumperus
    • Possibly. I'd push it out onto the street with a big stick and then phone. If a kid happens to come alo... : losimagic
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  Tea. : Prozium
  • Not enough flouride : d fluke
• fucking unbelievable : AlexXdude
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  he shouldn't have been a smartass to the police. : burning eye
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    police can be dicks but it took a jury to convict this guy : smax
    • And a prosecutor to push the case through. : Jumperus
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  that is insane. how can the judge go along with that crap? 'because its the law' is absurd. and that p... : smacknca
  • that "because it's the law" argument is used all the time. I abhor it : moshman
  • If this occurred in the US, it'd be called Federally Mandated Minimum Sentencing. It's FOUL. FOUL, I say! : AxeMan808
  • Prosecutors go for the easy statistical win here unfortunately. Anything to meet their targets. : Beady
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    I'm no legal expert, but this is why Canada has a stature that allows Judges to make discretionary calls.... : ShadowRam
    • That's the way I understood, it.. not sure how the UK handles it. : ShadowRam
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  that pisses me off so damn much. fucking dumbfuck laws and people : moshman
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    What really grinds my gears is that here in the US, courts have regularly upheld that the judge does not ... : Jumperus
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      just looked that up, im tucking that one away for the next time i get stuck on jury duty. obviously its ... : smacknca
      • You ever mention it you'll get kicked off a jury faster than you can blink. Judges do not like it. : Conan
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      yet some idiots trying to vandalize planes get off http://federalism.typepad.com/crime_federalism/2007/0... : GloriousCow
      • It can definitely be abused, like when white juries used to rule defendants who attacked black victims no... : Jumperus
      • I actually know one of those people, or his brother anyway. I can understand why they felt they had to at... : jcupitt
• what the fuck : Godhatesfatpeople
• Wow that is crazy. I understand about taking a fire-arm into a police station but what a dumb retarded pu... : sikander
• What the hell? : lightly inclined
• Im serious.. i need to leave this shit-hole country soon. : Vincenoir
• *facepalm* : Toraz Chryx
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  Is this the UK? Because if it is I'm not suprised atall. We have the most dumbfuck judges in the world. P... : Lord Skellington
  • Disgusted, Tunbridge Wells. : peanut-
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  GUILDFORD : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • I knew a frood named Ford Prefect who was from there. Or so he told me. : BlackCat9
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    It's where I live :D : marmite
    • I know, my mom used to live there. Remember when my wallet was stolen at a London shackmeet? Idiot police... : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    Guildford is nice :( : Durajim
    • It is, it's just their police, well, no comment. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  The plot thickens http://www.thisissurreytoday.co.uk/golf/Man-accused-attacking-DVLA-inspector-broom-wal... : bipolar
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    Or he turned up in the police station and put a shotgun that he owned, not found, on the table to intimid... : nudel
    • That doesn't logically make sense. He wasn't accused of that at trial. British citizens have no way of ... : bipolar
• oh, what the fuck. : chazums
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  fucking nanny state. : anhero
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    It's got nothing to do with the nanny state, it's just a retarded move by a policeman. : chazums
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      Of course it does, any government that outlaws gun ownership is illegitimate. Recently, a man in Swed... : Marrbe
      • No it isn't, there's plenty good reasons to not allow gun ownership. : SpaecKow
      • don't be fucking ridiculous. No person needs a gun : moshman
  • More like Super Nanny state. : Mad Brahmin Disease
• lol : smax
• lol, uk : stgdz
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  Can't believe why anyone with the means to move out of Europe would stay. Unbelievable tax rates, incessa... : Marrbe
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    lol Well, I, for one, enjoy relatively inexpensive education and health care. Where would Europeans move ... : Mad Brahmin Disease
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      Somewhere they can be truly free of government oppression like Somalia, the Libertarian ideal. : peanut-
      • HAAAARRRR : Mad Brahmin Disease
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        Don't be glib, it doesn't suit you. Somalia isn't anything remotely like a libertarian ideal. : Toraz Chryx
        • It is for mighty, swashbuckling pirates. : Mad Brahmin Disease
        • But you're free to kill judges who've sent your friend to jail. Isn't that just a form of speech? : mrblarg
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      You do know those things are taken right out of your paycheck anyway, right? And that being more successf... : Marrbe
      • Yes, I do. I'm still alive, though. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    lol no : xsii
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      Right, contest lower taxes and the Castle Doctrine? : Marrbe
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        Because quality of life is all about those, right? : Mad Brahmin Disease
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          Retaining the money I make, and being allowed to defend my life and property? Yes. Especially as violent ... : Marrbe
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            Oh noes! Way to be narrow minded. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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              And paranoid. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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                You got any actual retorts? Can you demonstrate why one should not be allowed to defend one's life, as is... : Marrbe
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                  Why would i? What does that have to do with your original remark of why you can't believe why anyone with... : Mad Brahmin Disease
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                    If it's not a factor, that's because of ignorance. Most people don't know that increased gun ownership le... : Marrbe
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                      Please provide us with figures proving your facts. Because the crime rate in the US vs Western Europe se... : guigr
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                        Two problems with that. One is, you should be looking at relative crime rates within US states before/aft... : Marrbe
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                          You're so full of shit. "I claim it". Truly, you're an objectivist to the end. : Conan
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                            And realize, I'm a gun owning texan, so I'm not against your wanting a weapon, just your denial of realit... : Conan
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                              Not sure what you mean. "Reality" disagrees with my ideals? I assert my right to self defense, Sweden pro... : Marrbe
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                                I'm just saying if actual facts on gun ownership and violent crime don't support the things you've said h... : Conan
                                • There's a fair amount of data to suggest a downside, but that's not indicative of the guns themselves as ... : MercFox1
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                          lol. "You should be looking at these stats that might fit my claim, but if they don't then it doesn't mat... : nudel
                          • Bringing up the stats was a mistake. They don't matter to my view on self defense. : Marrbe
                    • k : Mad Brahmin Disease
                    • The median tax rate in the UK is 24%, it's not that high. You pay indirect taxes too, like duty on fags, ... : jcupitt
          • Insulating yourself from society is a pretty good way to add to social dysfunction! : SpaecKow
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            No it isn't. Sweden's murder rate has been falling for the last 5 years and is currently 6.5x lower than ... : jcupitt
            • (though of course statistics are hard to compare sensibly between countries as different as the US and Sw... : jcupitt
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              http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brottslighet_i_Sverige#Brottsutveckling : Marrbe
              • well yes, it has gone up since 1950, but you'll find that's true everywhere in the West : jcupitt
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            and violent crime in the US isn't a problem? and people there have more rights? I don't get your points a... : moshman
            • Europe has been descending into a socialist dystopia for the last 50 years in the eyes of the minarchist ... : SpaecKow
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            Have you ever even been to Europe? It doesn't sound like it. Stop speaking from ignorance picked up throu... : nudel
            • You might want to look at his profile. : Conan
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              He lives in Sweden. Apparently they have a 50% income tax rate, so I can understand his frustration. : MagicWishMonkey
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                Jesus. I don't know what to say in that case. How could someone not be able to see what's in front of the... : nudel
                • What do you mean? : MagicWishMonkey
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                That doesn't make Sweden hell either. : guigr
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                  I never said anything about Sweden, I've never been there so I have no idea. I just know that I wouldn... : MagicWishMonkey
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                    That's just the start. ~130% gas tax for $6/gallon gas prices, 25% sales tax, employer fees etc. It's a s... : Marrbe
                    • Yes, and look at how poorly it fairs in various economic and socio-political rankings: http://en.wikiped... : MisterClaw
          • I love your posts so much. You sound like such a right-wing American and then I remember you live in Swed... : AlexXdude
  • I don't know how you can dismiss an entire continent like that, especially given the sheer beauty there. : Lone Swordsman
  • AMERICA FUCK YEAH! : voodooraze
  • A batshit insane women that wants to live near her mother. That's why. : melt_core
• lol uk is so shit!!!11111 : Klebold
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  ignorance of the law is not a defense; that said this kind of stuff is scary : cap n KRUNCH
  • The whole 'Ignorance of the law is not a defence' thing is such a crock of shit when the law is 100's of ... : theghostofsmdever
• The UK is great. As long as you understand how the game works here you are laughing all the way to the ba... : theghostofsmdever
• Note to self: never do the right thing in England. : MeestaNob

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  she's doing it on purpose : Ovate
  • yup. women remember EVERYTHING. : lowpoly
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  i also have a question. When do the bjs stop? : filthysock
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    they don't unless your wife is mean : project13
    • ^^^^ pretty much : Arctic Fox
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    more like when do they start : CoRDS
    • Maybe she forgot you liked them. : cornchak
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  i remember things re-verse likes all the time. if i can't, i refer to my plethora of scrapbooks. : arcane_
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    Well to be fair, its pretty easy to just remember "Meat and meat-related products" : Robotic Puppy Eater
    • hahahaha : Arctic Fox
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  I am always thinking of what Ratalon would like when I am buying groceries and such. I have to conscious... : Galadriel07
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    Whipped. : imcompa
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      Just being a good wife. : Galadriel07
      • *winkey face* : imcompa
  • I saw the pictures of your pecan pie on facebook and it looks damn delicious. : helvetica
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  When she brings home Pepsi is when II put my foot down. She knows god damn well that this is a Coca-Cola ... : braaains
  • ^^^^ : barichnikov
• She's not getting it wrong, she just knows that you like the same things she does! : LilCrypto
• We've been married 10 1/2 years and nothing I can think of. She's really good at the little things like ... : batkiwi
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  How do people stay married that long? I have been married twice and it still hasn't totaled ten years. Is... : dognose
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    Nah, the key is marrying someone poorer than you. So that you know divorce would mean bankrupt for you, t... : GodZilly
    • Did that twice. Didn't work out. They cheated and knew I would cover their bills by law. Marraige is a s... : dognose
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    They mainly run on the white-hot hatred for each other. : Godhatesfatpeople
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      I can think of better ways to spend my days. Single, for example. : dognose
      • True. But marriage gives them a goal in life. And that's to see which one outlives the other. : Godhatesfatpeople
  • It's a good start I would imagine. : braaains
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    Finding a partner instead of finding a girlfriend. : batkiwi
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      Turn gay? : SnakeIRye
      • Turn reasonable. : melt_core
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    I think the key is to be on reality television, dognose. : Alice O'Connor
    • I would make an exception for you and be on reality television with you, Alice. : dognose
  • stop marrying pigcops :< : Deathlove
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  It's only been 6 years or so for me, but yeah, there's a lot of shit that my wife somehow doesn't ever re... : Vincent Grayson
  • ok so its normal then. thats ok. : CoRDS
• I think I'm more guilty of that than my wife. : mrwolf710
• they do it the way they want it, but claim to forget when you get upset about it. : industro
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  We've basically been living together for 7 years and she will confuse the things that I don't like to eat... : mrblarg
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    I'm sorry to inform you, you're dating an airhead or a girl who has completely lost interest. : abrasion
    • Are you sorry? Really? Really? : mrblarg
• no but i have that problem with stuff she likes . . . : fuzzydamnit
• Married 4 years but with her for I think 15 years now. It's me that is the guy who forgets stuff if anyth... : bozer

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• Hit that shit, Phil : n0v4
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  Trent Reznor replied to my girlfriend's tweet a while back...should I be worried? : ColoradoCNC
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    Nah, that dude tells terrible lies all the time. : Ride-My-Rocket
    • I think he should watch out; I heard Trent's a closer, if you know what I mean. : cornchak
    • Still, a couple more replies could mean they are in a Downward Spiral. : weaselmeister
  • Not unless it was "i want to fuck you like an animal" : imperator
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  does that same rule apply to shack posts? We'd better move to a gay town in Utah then. : calioptrix
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    Is there a town gayer than SLC? : Lightzout
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      Only two areas in Salt Lake City are "gay:" a four-block radius around Bricks and a one-block radius sur... : RomSteady
      • idk, shuga-house is pretty gay this time of year... : jasoncrowley
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  Be careful you don't get HPV from her... : rosewood
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    Actually, she has that disease where you have a 1 in 10 chance of your dick exploding if you stick it in ... : Fred Garvin
    • hahaha : zombie man
    • lol : code-e255
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      Ah the Leisure Suit Larry disease. : Mad Brahmin Disease
      • Eddie Murphy "Raw" disease, actually : Foxhawk
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  How can you not link us to the posts? : Ride-My-Rocket
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    yeah, i was wondering the same thing :( : phipple
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      http://www.twitter.com/imnevergonnausethis : Phreakin
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        Err... http://twitter.com/illneverusethis : Phreakin
        • @illneverusethis its not bad there i webt last year must like guys who can't spell :) : even4
• I'd dump spunk all over those big fake titties while singing Ace of Spades at the top of my lungs. : Ajax
• I don't really care about her overly fake tits. Her body is banging and you know she is basically some s... : soggybagel
• Her new film just came out... so hot. : inf3d3l
• Double bag it and tap it : Maddog_Delphi97
• If you are dating, then this thread is missing something.... pix + divx : SigENeaT
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  http://twitter.com/jamesdudley75 jesus wtf : fvariance
  • terrifying. : Klebold
  • eurgh : niceguynick
  • laff : Mansmells
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    Hope at least one potential employer googles his name. : Afterglow
    • he says he's been at a EA initiation. UGH : barichnikov
  • I love that he's following "Natty Light" on twitter besides all the porn stars. : ImageOmega
  • http://twitter.com/jamesdudley75/status/5659867283 http://twitter.com/jamesdudley75/status/5662794979 h... : ThomW
• You're hitting a low point here : Godhatesfatpeople
• It's because she thinks your cock is transformer mountain not the other way around. She is a closet Optim... : Sothebys

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• It's an awesome game, what more can be said? : Nighteyes
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  Anyone else having issues taking screenshots? It seems like it randomly works sometimes, and then stops ... : Whistler77
  • Yeah, printscreen seems to stop working for me sometimes. : stump
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    I'm having no problems! The game takes my screenshots for me! : empy
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      The amount of screenshots this game takes is ridiculous. Congratulations, you've talked to someone! *s... : Aragoat
      • I want a scrapbook of my journey at the end. I bet there's an NPC with a dialog option to take you to th... : empy
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  Folks talk about it during the day because they're at work and wish they were playing. They're too busy ... : ninj0rc
  • This. : Kentor
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  This game needs another balance pass. Has anyone run with a mage free party, and had success? : tree8
  • I don't think that was feasible in the BG days either. : Kentor
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    Has anyone run with a tank free party, and had success? Same deal. You need a balanced group to do wel... : Wisp!
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      I think being tank free is possible with a ranged only party (archers and mages) -- it would probably wor... : Kentor
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        I doubt it. You'd have serious trouble with guys like a Revenant who just cut through those fleshy guys i... : derelict515
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          Actually finished 5 Revenant fights for far and 4 of them have had my tank go down in the first 40 second... : Kentor
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            usually when he pulls a caster it takes ~3-4 swings before they die. I pretty much can't risk using Blizz... : derelict515
            • Blizzard is probably the wrong spell for the job. Doesn't let anyone get close to him, area denies yourse... : Kentor
          • shield wall helped me a lot : Clay
          • Sten shattered a revenant for me after I cone of colded it and then used his auto crit power attack(can't... : mnsnota
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        You'd have to spend a lot of time kiting. : Sapiens
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          For the first while, yeah. Once you get to the mid-levels it really isn't a problem: 1) Blizzard + Earth... : Kentor
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            Blizzard does no damage, just slows them. They're immune to cold damage, and they're also immune to shatt... : ArcKnight
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              Reading the rest of your list, Revenants are immune to most of those. I assume you're talking about regul... : ArcKnight
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                I am, but killing Revenants with no tank is possible since I've done it several times now. Cone of Cold w... : Kentor
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                  Then you require your character to be a mage, or otherwise you have to be level 16+. : ArcKnight
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                    How are you coming up with that? There's two mages in the game and you can easily get Cone of Cold before... : Kentor
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                      Morrigan, yes. Wynne would require at least 3 levels before she gets Cone of Cold, and I can't imagine do... : ArcKnight
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                        And you must have 2 mages with Cone of Cold to kill a Revenant without a tank because they resist it half... : ArcKnight
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                          That's not true either. My first Revenant fight had only Morrigan with cone of cold, a dead tank almost i... : Kentor
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                            Are you playing on Hard? : ArcKnight
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                              Ah, I see below that you aren't. All of my experience is on Hard. : ArcKnight
                              • They probably scale the enemy levels to be relatively higher at higher difficulty levels, so their resist... : Kentor
                            • Normal for now. I like playing my first play through in an environment where the chances of my party dyin... : Kentor
                      • I did Circle Tower at around level 10 on normal. Wasn't a problem, but I'm fairly certain the encounters ... : Kentor
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                        I did the Circle of Mages first. Game over, EOT : lcizzle
                        • Also the Revenant outside the castle is easier than the two I fought in the forest. : lcizzle
                  • yeah and even getting a party to 12 is like 15-20 hours. : derelict515
    • I don't think that's true. It's not just healing, it seems once I got cone of cold, the game went from b... : tree8
  • As long as you have enough health potions it should be okay : bolneze
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    for anything above easy you'd need heals and aoes and that's what a mage brings to the party. normal coul... : Psigun
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      I can't even imagine normal without a mage. Even if I only had 1 it'd be a lot more difficult. : derelict515
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        not sure if i want my next playthrough on hard to use wynne and morrigan, or have my guy be a mage and ju... : Psigun
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          I find Morrigan's default skill selection pretty meh, and shapeshifting doesn't seem useful at all. Glad ... : derelict515
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            I use almost every ability of Morrigan's when in a fight. The only thing I save is Horror because it's ve... : ArcKnight
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              I find Mind Blast vastly inferior to the cold spells, I use hexes but don't feel like they have a great e... : derelict515
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                I should have specified that I don't ever use shapeshifting, but everything else is great. In fact, Vulne : ArcKnight
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                  I can recover from a mana intensive spell with a potion. I don't have any consumables to revive 1-2 party... : derelict515
                  • I use it anyway because it causes a decent amount of damage regardless of whether Morrigan needs the heal... : ArcKnight
                  • Wynne's group heal saved me from many wipes. Running with 2 tanks required lots of healing as damage was... : dmaownsyou
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            who is this wynne and where can I get him? : conandan
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              she's in the Mage tower : derelict515
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                wtf, it wont let me go back there... is it because my character is a mage ? : conandan
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                  nope, it's a pretty large quest... where are you in the game? : derelict515
                  • just saved that old man that was almost dying but not with the ashes : conandan
  • I believe someone on the team said that you can complete the game with four warriors and a lot of potions... : drhazard
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    There's some crazy hardcore mod I saw earlier that makes nightmare harder by increasing a bunch of cooldo... : Vincent Grayson
    • That's retarded. I liked the old Gaider rebalances that made bosses harder with higher level abilities an... : Kentor
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      God, the thing that scares me most in Dragon Age is a Darkspawn Emissary. Why? That fucking hex of thei... : SolrFlare
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        Rogues fear nothing! : Kentor
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          I was a level 21 rogue. In fact being a rogue was the only thing that kept me alive as I ran around prayi... : SolrFlare
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            I take it you didn't spec a Combat Stealth + Feign Death guy? : Kentor
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              Nope. Duelist+assassin duel weilder. I was sort of an untouchable tank with crazy dps. The only two thing : SolrFlare
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                Nice, I'm running a stealth Duelist + Assassin. I'll have to try the non-stealth version in another play ... : Kentor
                • Yeah. I'd just leave momentum+dueling on all the time then use dirty fighting, riposte, mark of death, an... : SolrFlare
      • If you have Alister, you have a dispeller. : Nighteyes
  • 2 rogues and 2 warriors tear shit up : italiano3d
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  You fuckers are going to make me get this game with all your hype even though I dont need a big long RPG ... : vitek r
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    Dragon Age: Big, Long, and Hard. Better grab ahold of something. : SolrFlare
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      Go on... : bolneze
      • My main man Zevran "I've never met a body fluid I didn't like" the ASSassin would like to discuss things ... : SolrFlare
  • it's a big rpg that lends itself to multiple replays very well. :( : Psigun
  • Game of the year right here. Get it right now. : Link.
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    having shilled for the game in previous threads i will do you a favor and shit on the game. the art di : Hoax
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      Haha, regarding the romancing: You have 4 options in the age of Dragons: 1) Be Celibate. Possibly yo... : SolrFlare
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        lol it really doesn't help that your options blow. religious fanatic, psycho bitch or effeminate male ass : Hoax
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          Leliana never would bang my female rogue either despite 100% approval. Most I got was a kiss even after l... : SolrFlare
          • Leliana was easy for my dwarf. Apparently she's into little people who listen to her, and give her shiny... : genom
    • wtf @ accents. The voice actress for Leliana is, in fact, French. Zevran has a Spanish accent. I didn'... : bipolar
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  Enchantment? : warcrow
  • ENCHANTMENT! : valael
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    Enchantment! : Clay
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      (this is going to be bannable sooooooo soon) : Clay
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        ....or until lunch. Lunch makes everything better. Oh look I have cheese! : deject
        • Alistair and his rapier wit. : Matt Burris
    • under the seas? : Turd Ferguson
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    The best part is(big spoilers) At the end right before the final battle you run into a room littered with : SolrFlare
    • haha that part was awesome! : deviantpaul
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  late orzammar - can't decide what to do with the anvil :( an army of golems will obviously help but ever : eeeealmo
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    Ah yeah, that part. Honestly I chose To destroy the Anvil on my first playthrough since I was playing a : SolrFlare
    • i dont see why you cant just stick to volunteers. i mean if they WANT TO do it then its not bad? : eeeealmo
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      There was a fight after destroying the anvil? I remember a fight against golems and baranka but that was : stump
      • Same fight. Just conversation wise, the way things worked out I had already made up my mind before the ... : SolrFlare
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  Funny that no one talks about the story or NPC. : RuffasBluetain
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    Because that is all RPG are. : RuffasBluetain
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      hey troll, look one post up. also thats like trying to discuss a 1000 page book with a group of people w... : eeeealmo
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        Sorry to interrupt your circle jerk. : RuffasBluetain
        • great post. thanks for the input : eeeealmo
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      You say that like it's a bad thing! : Arceihn
      • Stupid RPGs, with their plots, and characters, and skills... : Sapiens
  • i like the story and npcs : WhatIsThisFor
  • I think that's because no one wants to ruin the story for anyone else. I think the characterization is so... : Kentor
  • maybe you missed all the threads this week gushing about them. Plus there's the fact that the game is so ... : derelict515
  • You don't like the game anyway and obviously haven't been following the DA:O threads, why do you even car... : Sapiens
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  Stop talking about it, only 80% done on Steam damn you all! : Saman
  • Enchantment! : SolrFlare
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  Guyyyyssss.... I'm scared to turn on my PC...it means I stay up all night AGAIN for the (however many ... : OhSnapHighFive
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    I am about to get owned by it. I need to go to sleep. It's fucking 1:00 am but I am just about ready to s... : SockMonkeh
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      pffft i have been falling asleep to the sunrise for the past week...it's fucking brutal, thank god i work... : OhSnapHighFive
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        Hell, two nights ago I played till 6am, worked 10am-7pm, came home and played again till 3am till I fell ... : SolrFlare
        • we are kings...or...something. fuck man, i want to hug this game. But i bought it on steam, so I have ... : OhSnapHighFive
  • I know what you mean. :-( I always sit down to "just play 30 minutes before bed" and next thing I know i... : Aragoat
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  Got my Arcane Warrior at level 14. Holy shit I kick ass now : Judecca
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    where do i train the arcane warrior =( : italiano3d
    • it unlocks during the forest-elf quest line : smax
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  Here are some of my thoughts on this game! Be warned, it is long and I ramble ALOT. Before I start... : jane911
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    re: Connor, no that's not how it has to end up. You can have the mother sacrifice her life to send you in : derelict515
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      Cool. I knew my options but wondered if they would actually follow through with the other routes on that ... : jane911
      • Yeah, I chose to sacrifice the mother, because I hadn't done the Mage Tower at that point, and wasn't sur : genom
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    Rambling: My main character is a balance between sword+board and 2 hander with heavy ass plate armor and : jane911
    • I've found if you're playing a melee character, you generally need Wynne to keep folks alive. Morrigan c : genom
  • I've found that you don't really need to worry about running down quests. They will get done if you just... : smax
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  I found a chest that I can't lockpick even though i have Device Mastery (lvl4 skill). bug? :( : smax
  • me too!! wtf!! also, having to re-do Redcliff because of the Sten sword quest bug pissed me off. : OhSnapHighFive
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    You need more cunning. : Sapiens
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      ah. I guess i should start keeping for +cunning items so i can swap them in to unlock shiat. : smax
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        I think the hardest locks require Device Mastery + 30 cunning but I'm too lazy to verify. : Sapiens
        • I was able to unlock every chest I found but one with 30 cunning. : breadsticks
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          ugh. doesn't seem worth it to pump several levels worth of attributes into cunning just to open a handfu... : smax
          • If you're playing a rogue you should be pumping points into Cunning anyway. : Sapiens
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  So, Sten, is there anyway to get that guy out of there if I don't have a high enough lockpick skill, and : SpaecKow
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    Use Leliana. : NoCopy
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      I haven't got leliana :( : SpaecKow
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        So get her, she's in the same town. : Vincent Grayson
        • OIC. : SpaecKow
  • You don't need any skill to do that : Koral06
  • I finally just intimidated her. : weevil bob
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  Marjorlaine is seriously kicking my ass. :( How I kill bitch? I've got Alaistair, Leliana, Wynne, and m... : deject
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    Don't remember who that is, but it is always good to have two tanks. Shale and Al work great together. ... : dmaownsyou
    • Yep, I have three melee (Alistair tanking, Shale in his damage form, myself as dw rogue) and Morrigan as ... : bipolar
  • I had Persuade/Intimidate hax, so I got her to give up without a fight...she was red to me at the time, t... : genom
• This think has taken away my life : Koral06
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  Just finished it. Holy fuck that was an amazing game. I think my total playtime was around 70 hours. : Portax
  • On one character 70 hours? : dmaownsyou
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    Wow, that's a lot! O_o How long do must people take? : code-e255
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      Most reviews I've seen say that sticking to the main quest and doing the side quests that were easy to kn... : Sapiens
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        I was a hair over 50 hours and I did virtually every sidequest. Your time could vary a lot based on how o... : Vincent Grayson
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          About 60 hours here, and yeah I didn't do much dialogue skipping until towards the end. I imagine my sec... : SolrFlare
          • Part of me wants to play through it again right away to be an evil character and have fun, but the other ... : Portax
        • Did you buy the DLC too? I think part of my playtime may have been because I left the game running whi... : Portax
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  BTW, the Dragon armor on women has texture problems...big gaping black hole where the chest should be. I... : DianeOfTheMoon
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    All women? Or just some races? : Vincent Grayson
    • just the asians : moe6
    • I think it's just female elves. : Arceihn
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  This game is aggravatingly difficult. I've never been the type to give up on a challenge, but this game... : Tech T
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    Are you playing on Easy? : Arceihn
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      Normal and i'd prefer not to play it on ez. I dunno man.. my main was a 2h dorf warrior, who wasn't ba... : Tech T
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        You should examine why you play games. I mean that seriously. I play them to have fun, which for me inv : bipolar
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          It's fun, just frustrating. Will find a decent party/skill setup eventually.. I let that Ser Dipwad g... : Tech T
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            Just because of the name of the difficulty? What if Game X had a difficulty named 'normal' that was so h... : bipolar
            • Well, that would be a very devilishly deceptive thing for a developer to do. :) Normal indicates to m... : Tech T
      • If you're finding the difficulty frustrating, I'm not sure why you'd prefer to give up rather than drop i... : Arceihn
      • the difficulty at low levels is uneven. don't feel bad if you need to bump it down to easy for a fight h... : smax
      • That's my party, although I swapped Wynne in for Morrigan, which made things a *lot* easier (unless you'v : genom
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  I wish I had one more party member slot. My party is currently made up of my main guy, Alistair, Morrigan... : Guybrushed
  • Oh, and my main guy is a healing/buffing focused mage. : Guybrushed
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    I seem to have a bit of trouble getting characters to join my group. So far I only have Morrigan, Alistai... : Ellissd
    • Is Leliane the bard? sounds familiar, and if so those are the same members I have right now I think, exce... : Guybrushed
  • I agree. I like having Alistair and Morrigan talking to each other, plus they're both really useful. And ... : BlackCat9
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    Except for experience, lock picking is an absolute worthless ability so I wouldn't worry about dropping h... : NoCopy
    • ok awesome, thanks. Time for the triumphant return of boggins the wonder dog. : Guybrushed
    • I agree so far I've only found potions I can already make with improved herbalism : Koral06
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  I'm level 12 and still gathering support from the various places. When am I going to have such an abundan... : Nighteyes
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    My first playthrough, I never had more than about 165 gold at any one time, and that was with picking up ... : bipolar
    • This is my plan as well. : bolneze
    • I think my highest amount in my first playthrough was 144 gold. By that point, the 133 gold items weren'... : Portax
    • this actually makes sense if you are running around contracting the armies of kings it seems they could a... : shadebane
  • I want to say it was around level 18 that I started hitting critical mass and had more money than I knew ... : SolrFlare
• Ah finally manage to do Morrigan side quest .. took me like 3h of different approach the successfull one ... : Frush81

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  Like i could see how Vegemite would be good, but Marmite, i could never eat that shit again. : Dschinghis Khan
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    It helped sustain people during war rations in very dark times. My dad can remember being bombed in the b... : bombay
    • so it literally tastes like freedom? : mrblarg
    • your dad is in his 80's? you're in your 50's? : cptstern
• As witness to the live demonstration, I am equally disgusted. : WaterSign
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  I've never had either, but really dark beer with burnt soy sauce sounds delicious. : skizl
  • Sounds like a michelada : phokz
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  How did you have it? I like Vegemite on toast with a glass of milk. : MeestaNob
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    i had both on a piece of toast with nothing else. Well a glass of water and plain piece of bread just in ... : Dschinghis Khan
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      Yeah, cheese and Vegemite is great, you'll have a nice time. :) : MeestaNob
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        I just wish i knew where to fucking find it in the States :( That and Tim Tams. Which are fucking amaz... : Dschinghis Khan
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          Tim Tams can now be found in most grocery stores. Pepperidge Farms started selling them and distributing ... : Galadriel07
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            They're not the same (as I found out)! : Alco23
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              They are exactly the same. They have the same ingredients and they taste the same as the ones that CoRDs... : Galadriel07
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                Agreed. I picked some up for my hot cocoa and in honor of my brother's birthday (he is living in Brisbane... : VictoriouSecret
                • I am just hoping that they start selling the black forest ones. CoRDS and TastyWheat gave me some and th : Galadriel07
        • what? they have vegemite at publix here in ga : vov1n
    • You should use it with butter. Butter your toast first and then spread a little Vegemite on, just enough ... : Serpico74
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  You love it and you want me to send you more! MUAHAHAHAHAHA : Cliffzorz
  • I'm gonna eat so much tim tams tomorrow holy shit yes : Cliffzorz
• The trick with marmite is lots of butter and a little bit of marmite, on toast. Just a thin spread, don't... : Rodeoclash
• http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=20687807#itemanchor_20687807 <- also must have margarine / butter on... : abrasion
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  OK, what IS vegemite? I've heard of it, but I have never seen it. Just the name makes it sound gross thou... : thetangent
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    It's basically an incredibly salty condiment to spread on sandwhiches, it's very tasty, full of vitmamins... : abrasion
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      I've been trying to find it all over the place, with no success. Amazon is selling it but it's like $2... : tfsbrian
      • You really need to have it prepared by an aussie, we did it for a new yorker once when I was in sydney an... : abrasion
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    Vegemite is made from used brewers' yeast extract, a by-product of beer manufacturing, and various vegeta : EvilDolemite
    • lol : Godhatesfatpeople
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    On the jar it says CONCENTRATED YEAST EXTRACT in big letters. Appetising. : Arceihn
    • Like my ex girlfriend! : abrasion
  • It's when an english guy sits over a glass jar and shits in it. : Godhatesfatpeople
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  Marmite is indeed foul, but I always feel the need to point out that you are a nation of people that thin... : peanut-
  • what : GloriousCow
  • peanut- I <3 you, marry me you wonderful being! : abrasion
  • P.S http://pictures.mastermarf.com/blog/2009/090831-pancake-sausage-stick.jpg : abrasion
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    You sir, are broken. :( and you probably haven't even had the Fluffernutter! oh peanut butter and marshme... : zakazi
    • This man knows whats up : MercFox1
  • not all of us. pb + butter is the only destination on that road. : mrblarg
  • That combo actually works. : Marrbe
  • You don't know what the fuck. : Godhatesfatpeople
  • pb & jam, pb & jelly ... fuck, I even had myself a pb and marmalade once and I must say that was mighty t... : rosewood
  • fag : boring gegtik
  • I tried pb+j once. Once. : nomaad
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    I'm absolutely amazed that PB+J is getting so much hate! It's sweet stuff + sweet stuff on bread! What co... : Clasifyd
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      Peanut butter and honey, the way the gods intended. : Lone Swordsman
      • I can see this being good, too, though I've never had it. I mean, peanut butter and butter is good, so i... : Clasifyd
  • *mind asplodes* : Squirrely
  • Indeed, peanut-, indeed. : Arctic Fox
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    In that line of thinking, Grilled Nutella and Banana Sandwiches are so good. : NodTerrorist
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      Perhaps we can form some sort of transatlantic entente centred around the fact that nutella & banana sanw... : peanut-
      • I'm confused how you think this is okay, and PB+J is not. Both are amazing! : Clasifyd
  • I've been eating peanut butter & jelly every day for lunch for something like 7 years. I still find it d... : Dechter
• TIM SCHAFER IDOLIZES MARMITE. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/Tim_Schafer.jpg ... : DrWaffles