Weekend Discussion: Wrapping Up

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  It also felt like the first 3/4's of the story were random encounters strung together until they finally : airrob
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    We were finding the guy because that's what we were ordered to. As for the oil rigs. In order to get ... : sogelegos
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      It was explained: They were the oil rig workers who were kept around as human shields. : uncleanmonkey
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        It's still kinda weird, though. Presumably the rigs are Russian. Why would the Russia take its own citize... : evildanish
        • Same reason Saddam did back in the Gulf War, I guess. : uncleanmonkey
        • i'm pretty sure they were americans, alaskan oil platforms midway between alaska and russia. : grifter
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      Actually the panic room The grunts ran into the guy with the russian tats, so I figured that may have : stgdz
      • There was a tin can and string behind the wall speaker. : kingdepork
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  Infinity Wwar says in that Gametrailer interview that the story is the last thing they do. They make a b... : mrwolf710
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    That's like when comic book covers were done separately and before the actual comic is made. Made for som... : Sailor of Fortune
    • They also make comic books by having the artist draw the scenes first based on a synopsis and then the wr... : Portax
  • lol two guys i know work for IW, one is the guy in charge of multi and the other is a level design, and t... : vov1n
  • haha, that's like the original Quake's story. Except when they looked at that random pile of levels, Rome... : reelbk
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    They should've just started off with, "The president has been kidnapped by fundamentalist terrorists. Are... : Magus
    • Haha, this post needs more love. : ShoCon
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    Which is funny because they specifically said they didn't add in coop to the singleplayer campaign becaus... : ArcKnight
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      Their pre-release previews/interviews were full of conflicting stuff and lies. PC MP will be the same as ... : Beady
      • They didn't get rid of infinite spawn, but the clearly used it only in a very few parts to encourage you : DialDforDan
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  Even calling the contents of this SP campaign a 'story' is huge stretch... I'm 3/4 done but I had to stop : electric_wizard
  • I think people are wrong in reading the game as being jingoistic. CoD games in the past have been mindles... : peanut-
  • The Rumsfeld and Cheney quotes I've seen are of them saying stupid things or lying (depending on the quot... : nudel
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    I wish the SP would have had the army linking up with civilians fighting the russians. : stgdz
    • One of the levels was called "Wolverines" ... that's about as close as it gets :( : dafugg
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  Whilst I think the story was pretty bad, I really enjoyed the storytelling. Things like killing the playe : peanut-
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    The rappel kill with Price and Soap was crazy. You basically stare the guard in his face as you plunge t : pigvomit
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      Probably my favorite moment in the game. : Tawler
      • Fuck the airport, that kill made me feel sick. : DialDforDan
  • I felt some of it was just not as polished. Seemed in the first one, missions would end with a little in... : jake
• Yeah. I also think the same thing. I really don't know what the hell is happening. : razlebol
• Like i said before, I think all of the individual set pieces are great and fun, but its all tied together... : maulla
• the only real problem with it was that the voice over volume was WAY to low. being able to hear the mothe... : freakord
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  Shockwaves. IN SPACE lol : Beady
  • No, the explosion freaked out one of the astronauts inside, causing him to fall backward onto the self de : pigvomit
• I thought it was a big step back from the variety of COD4. It was like 2/3 DOOM levels with the rest bei... : DinK
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  i played a bit (until the ominous airport scene) and the game was basically a railshooter. the few sequ... : Hoax
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    What is this post? : pigvomit
    • His lavalife bio? : nevlos
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    So you played next to nothing of the game (basically just the intro) and you're ready to cast judgement o... : uncleanmonkey
    • what part of "so far" don't you comprehend? it reads "the whole game ---- so far". what i posted was my i... : Hoax
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    Would you please finish the game and hold back your opinion until you are actually done? : Mad Brahmin Disease
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      Yes, the game gets better after that part, the levels become more open. Not that I get what the hell your... : Mad Brahmin Disease
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        railshooter as in you progress down a restricted path like the mounted minigun sequence or the snow mobi : Hoax
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          that's "linear" but nowhere near railshooter territory. : Mad Brahmin Disease
          • halflife is "linear" (whereas crysis/farcry/stalker is the polar opposite). the snowmobile,mounted gun an... : Hoax
    • i played for about two hours (sp/mp). thats what i usually reserve for any game to decide if i want to pl... : Hoax
  • It's a major scriptfest but it's loud and there's guns and I was entertained for 6 hours. I enjoyed it. : tomservo
  • The couple of levels are very shoeboxy, as you say. Things improve. : nudel
  • It's basically Rebel Assault the FPS, it's fun but jesus fuck is it on rails - and people whined about Un : abrasion
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  I think I just don't like that style of single player. You are forced to play at their pace. If you pla... : Amadan
  • That's a good summary of the biggest two flaws in the whole series. At least on harder difficulty leve... : nudel
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  I was never able to truly admire the graphics and what was actually going on, maybe it was on purpose bec... : manlyman
  • You can tell a lot of effort went into the detail and design of the levels. Shame you dont see any of ... : Beady
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  I watched my roommate play the intro. LOL at the 3-star recruiting you, a PFC into a special ops unit..."... : Magus
  • Dude, turn the brain off. It's worth it to play, but there are a few mind numbing moments. : DialDforDan
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    You can turn the autoaim off in SP and it's always off in MP. : nudel
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      Pretty sure there is still autoaim in MP on the consoles. None of the snapping to people when you scope/s... : Beady
      • There is some sticking, yeah, but it's tracking and not aiming. i.e. If you weren't aiming at someone pro... : nudel
• Go and have a glass of milk and then start punching the wall while recording yourself. : Goblin au
• Yeah, it was pretty terrible : megarust32
• I still don't understand the hype for this game. The demo didn't sell me on the original (respawns, corri... : MamiyaOtaru
• Don't know about you but the whole fighting on the homeland sequences were fucking awesome. : Wolfanoz
• The last 4 levels were some of the most fun levels I have played in a game in a long time. : Sothebys
• i liked the music, felt like playing in the rock, especially the green flare scene, i was half-expecting : Chandler55
• Advance 10 feet, die, advance 12 die, 15 die, 20, 22, 30 feet, checkpoint, repeat. : Dynotaku
• I agree with this. The story is a good idea, but because there's a lack of cutscenes or anything, and thi... : Entity

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• http://www.dula.tv/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/wtf-animals-plus-people-400x400.jpg : Chepito.
• http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/7448/pandarapek.jpg http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/8765/sorrybeen.jpg ... : veras
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  Make a shack PSN demo account and share with everyone! : ghost in my shell
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    ooo! this isnt a bad idea!! Isn't it only up to five people though? : VictoriouSecret
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      No you login with the account, start the download, log out. Next person starts the process. The demo isn'... : ghost in my shell
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        It still uses a unique code which is probably restricted to 5 different PS3s like any other DLC. : pyide
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          Nah it's not like that, the neogaf and SA people have been sharing one account, thats how everyone is get... : ghost in my shell
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            Why don't they make it public then? sheesh. : pyide
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              People want things they aren't supposed to have. : ghost in my shell
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                Well regardless, if people want it bad enough, someone make an account and I will shoot the code over, I'... : VictoriouSecret
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                  I'll make an account and share the login info. : pyide
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                    Let me know when it's done and I will SM the code to you. That way if all goes sour and only you get it, ... : VictoriouSecret
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                      Done! : pyide
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                        Pyide has the code and account info---get the info, start the download, logout. Thanks for the pics : VictoriouSecret
                        • Thanks again! Everyone, the info has already been posted here: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=214098... : pyide
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                        Oooo, share with me, please! : jimmy_legs
                        • me too! I'll even post a pic: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hlrAC_92oBA/Sl3YeVPPfCI/AAAAAAAACWE/FS_jJZfauuo/s... : spiderfill
    • But if he shares it with 5 people and they share it with 5 people and they share it with.. : SiW.
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  Obviously LoTR spoof .gifs are awesome: http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o227/sani_banani360/FunnyLO... : Shodai80
  • http://www.transbuddha.com/images/uploads/lotr1.gif : Shodai80
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    http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii113/evilwoobie/lotrtruthordare.gif : Shodai80
    • lmao, "Fuck you Sam! It's not your turn!" : King Kavik
• http://www.shackpics.com/files/1006091048_yc67t1a5mgccx2zk5bj5.jpeg : uglysad
• http://dl.dropbox.com/u/47026/33a7b28e4dbdbf090bee96115380a944.gif : skinlab133
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  http://fukung.net/v/15944/Cat_invisible_pet_door.gif : Shodai80
  • http://fukung.net/v/17135/4e1a2c35683a9620be27696dd085e4d7.gif : Shodai80
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  http://shackpics.com/viewer.x?file=ronaldisadick_lrmcddwy5hmh2jx7zccf.gif : pyide
  • bonus classic: http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/2736/gullthief.gif : pyide
• http://fukung.net/v/8030/4b2b64e192565ffe7e306a3aa0cdcb29.jpg : jasoncrowley
• http://www.doomaniac.com/stuff/random/mario_is_a_pervert.jpg : DOOManiac
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  Okay, PSN download info: I'd suggest making a new profile first, then it's email: shacknewsGoW@gmail. : pyide
  • Make sure that you can fix the password if some dumbass decides to change it on you or shares it with ano... : ghost in my shell
  • Thankee, downloading now. : AndyGoin
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    Done. Interestingly it welcomed me as shacknewsGoW3 :) Thanks guys. : SiW.
    • *sigh* only 206mb downloading since I posted this. I sure wish my router hadn't asploded leaving me with ... : SiW.
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    can't stay... signed In.... long.... enough : .ka`boom.zZz.
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      Sorry, I don't have any control over that. Everyone who wants it should pick a random time and try to get... : pyide
      • I'm good I kept kicking people off until I got it downloading, now it's downloading while I'm signed off.... : .ka`boom.zZz.
  • Thanks, just mooched it. You're the greatest. : jingletard
  • wow, thats awesome, you rock sir. : dignan
  • just hopped on and downloaded, thanks! : mrasparagus
  • Thanks : doctorbfunk
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    Tells me I cant login using someone elses ID, do I have to make a new profile? : n0v4
    • nevermind, got it working : n0v4
  • awesome, thanks : t0ad
  • Thanks! : Arceihn
  • That was awesome thanks man! : shavenewok
  • thanks for this! : Ellissd
  • thanks, still works :) : moe6
  • you just made my sat night complete : pbwin
  • Awesome. Thanks! Tip: You may need to create a new profile to log in. I did. : DOOManiac
  • Thanks so much, I just managed to get this. : gingerninja
  • Gonna try this later. : Mantle
• http://14.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kpbbh6ZUUT1qz6ipdo1_500.jpg : Borzoi
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  HIJACK: OPINIONS REQUIRED As one who has never played the GoW games, would it be best to leap straigh... : johnny rotten
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    wait until reviews of GoW3. i think it will either be mindblowing or the worst of the 3 : spiderfill
    • If GoW3 demo is any indicator, I think it will be fantastic :) : VictoriouSecret
    • Even if it is the worst of the 3 (which I doubt), it'll still be awesome as fuck. : Vincent Grayson
  • The re-make of GoW 1 & 2 for the PS3 is only $40, I'd rent that and see if you dig it. Based off the dem... : jingletard
  • Play the 40$ GoW 1 and 2 pack in HD on the PS3, honestly the graphics are still good even on the PS2, the... : abrasion

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  i have no idea how any can play like that with the dual sticks. i mean, i've been playing console FPS... : n0v4
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    It's the PC version so you are correct he is playing with a mouse. : giant boy detective
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      It's not the PC version, look at the text at the top of the screen when he scopes in. : mechanicalgrape
      • In this particular case, don't think it mattered. : Moonbase Commander
    • Nah it's PS3 : n0v4
    • Not PC : zebosausamite
  • you can set sensitivity incredibly high and it still works pretty well : spiderfill
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    Definitely console, can tell by the way he turns in bursts rather than one movement. And yeah, I fucki... : Beady
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      I turn like that whether with the mouse or the stick. If I want to look in a direction then I snap to tha... : nudel
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        Its called AUTOAIMING which is built in to pretty much any console FPS. : YerMothah
        • Yeah autoaiming is in there but it's not going to help you if you kill a guy if he's behind you. Being ab... : ieGod
• hahahaha, that really is fucked up : moe6
• NICE!!!! : vynn
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  how'd he even know the guy was there... nothing on the map or any visual clue anyone was there : shakybonez31
  • the enemy fired some shots, you can see it show up on the radar : bigexplosions
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    It was a random throw. I mean, bullets were coming from that direction to the general direction wasn't r... : Moonbase Commander
    • so the general direction* : Moonbase Commander
    • Also from his description, he wanted to throw a grenade and accidentally threw the knife. It is pure luc... : Lionhart32935
  • There's a red blip on his radar.. : r3ckless
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    He probably meant to throw a grenade and didn't realize he had the knife or something : uglysad
    • Happens to me a lot. I accidently end up planting claymores instead of throwing frags. : r3ckless
  • It says in the youtube version he was trying to throw a grenade. : kelerian
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  knife throwing always makes FPS games more fun (think AQ2) : wurt
  • yes! : Jiven
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    perfected in AHL : dignan
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      AQ2 >>> AHL : Arcanum
      • yessss : onji
      • Damn straight. : abrasion
    • AHL is what I thought of too. :D My best friend used to get banned from so many servers for being so g... : DOOManiac
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      I hated that game. Weird how I enjoyed CS so much though. : ieGod
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        They play completely differently, that's why. : DOOManiac
        • AQ2 was the predecessor for CS, no? I'm pretty sure it was sort of the testing ground before the team mov... : ieGod
      • They were different enough games. AQ2 was so much faster paced. : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • The crunch noise when a knife hit a head was perfection in audio form. : thecray
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    also Goldeneye for the N64! : nyranger66
    • Didn't that have akimbo knives? That was awesome. : Sailor of Fortune
  • XIII's throwing knives were kinda fun. : Marrbe
  • dont forget the specialist : ballystix
  • It was awesome in FIFA '08. : cerealSAM2
  • SoF2 was the shit. : Cliffzorz
• i had a moment like this a couple days ago. it was way further, but the target wasn't moving. it was a to... : grifter
• hahah : delataur
• OMG HAX! : Drewus
• that's awesome. : dahanese
• hehehe, well it IS some bullshit : Downforce
• haha : Mmmmmoo
• He got hit by a stray bullet knife! : fsck
• That is hilarious, I can't imagine how pissed the victim must have been : Serpico74
• Yup, this has been circulating everywhere. Crazy good luck. : Link.

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  Interesting. I wonder how well this works. The matchmaking on iwnet is pitiful and it's chalk full of lag... : Sgt_Boomstick
  • well just from reading some other message boards they as saying that all the servers are full. supposedly... : countervirus
  • it was playable. probably because i play with shackers on a 150ms ping all the time though. : Hoax
  • I am so glad IWnet has been nearly flawless for me. : Sapiens
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  Tehy are doing injections and such (obviously) if any of you decide you want to keep up with that, you sh... : imcompa
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    yes and VAC bans are steam-account wide, so you would loose access to all multiplayer games on your steam... : RetroRedEyeJr
    • Actually I think it just means you get banned from mp servers with VAC enabled. That's probably all mp fo... : crummynz
  • It'll be a funny symbolism if they do that. "Look, they're LITERALLY banning dedicated servers!" : the archvile
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    That would be dumb as hell for being steam banned over this. Besides the VAC only kick in if they were du... : ghost in my shell
    • yup this is true, only on the VAC protected servers. By not having servers and by bypassing IWNet, if thi... : Klebold
  • man if people get steam banned for that it'll be fucking hilarious, here's hoping : veras
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  Wow new exe and dll. Have fun with that. : Cygnus X-1
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    That's the only way to change the game code, but yeah, it's sketchy. But it's not like Infinity Ward is ... : the archvile
    • I played the game all day "as intended" and had tons of fucking fun. *shrug* : Cygnus X-1
• oh wow : Godhatesfatpeople
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  So is this dedicated server hosting then or is just connect to IP? It's interesting but I would like t... : stgdz
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    I am too, if steam and IW aren't stupid about this, I'll pick up MW2 for the PC : ghost in my shell
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      Both of them will be pretty "stupid" about this but I don't blame them. The people playing with this are... : stgdz
      • Also, I wish there was a way to be more pro-active to shutting down the pirated ghost servers that MW1 ha : stgdz
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        I'm disappointed that community-generated mods are getting smeared as "playing with fire". This is in a ... : the archvile
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          Play the game as we designed it or fuck off and die seems to be the sentiment around this game. : AgentPothead
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            its a shame that companies are distancing themselves from their fanbase like this. : countervirus
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              Or maybe we have to come to grips with the fact we (hardcore gamers) aren't their fanbase anymore :( : AgentPothead
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                But so many of us still buy their games, encouraging them to keep reducing features and functionality. : yacoub35
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                  I won't be purchasing any CoD or Activision games at retail. I might pickup the used 360 version of MW2, ... : AgentPothead
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                    But millions of people have purchased them so your money has essentially zero impact. Sad but true. : yacoub35
                    • I should spend 60$ on indie games just to even it all out. : AgentPothead
            • ...and haven't said a damn thing to recognize the legitimate complaints four weeks ago. : the archvile
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          well its the EULA and the asshole stance they have taken with the game. Playing with fire should be appl... : stgdz
          • Just think if Cool Whip came with a EULA claiming you may only use this product on on food... : ghost in my shell
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            Is there really an EULA clause forbidding mods? Unfortunately, to read the EULA, one needs to buy the ga... : the archvile
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              yeah, it was on the IW forums when people were talking about creating their own dedicated servers. Peopl... : stgdz
              • Every game has a "no reverse engineering" clause (which has some legal restrictions; one good example is ... : the archvile
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                Then you can either not release it on PC, or allow mods. Because PC gamers tend to want to remove annoyin... : Marrbe
                • yeah I whole heartdly agree with you, there are a ton of annoying features with this game that I really w... : stgdz
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          would such a world be any different (today)? Nobody plays those anymore : MamiyaOtaru
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            There are a hell of a lot of people and entire companies that would not exist, because they came from the... : Tchest
            • and yeah I looked right past that aspect. Very true. Also I love me some mods. I just never happened... : MamiyaOtaru
        • One of the main reasons why I appreciate Valve as a company body. They endorse modifications and their re... : Godhatesfatpeople
• Sucks that it's come down to this. I'll still never bother with this game. : Link.
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  This may be old news but they also talk about fixing FOV! That is huge and I'll definitely be using that... : .frame
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    its a modded .exe though and you may get your steam account banned. : stgdz
    • even when playing single player? Well fuck I guess I will have to create a second steam account then. : .frame
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      Uh.... are you sure about that? Not just VAC banned? : crummynz
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        Valve completely ban you and take away all your Steam games if they catch you pirating (or looking like y... : nudel
        • How would Valve catch you pirating games? : crummynz
• The cheating is already rampant enough like 1 out of 5 games I've played someone is using an aimbot : ant321
• YEAH GUYS THEY'RE NEVER GOING TO BE ABLE TO CAPTURE PACKETS AND CREATE DEDICATED SERVERS OUT OF NOWHERE. : MercFox1
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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rqLUDfl26Y&hd=1 : rgoer
  • haha that is silly and awesome. : datoo
  • I'd love to play silly things like that, but too scared of getting a $60 game banned from steam. (Which m... : imcompa
  • i like how the game still runs decent with all that smoke : Chandler55

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• Torchlight!!!! Fuck I love that game. Plus, it literally has a pause button. : noodleboy723
• Dragon Age has a pause button you must use quite often. : CrustaR
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  The Answer to this one is Dragon Age. You can tell they were pretty inspired by wows combat system. Plus,... : Jenings
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    Uh they had that system way before WOW : bolneze
    • yay comment search is back: I mean to say it seems closer to Blizzard's style of action rpg (see diabl... : Jenings
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    LOL what. The system is nothing like WoW's, : ArcKnight
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      actually it is very familiar to people who never have played anything but wow. its maybe a bit more compl... : Hoax
      • Only if you play on Easy and never pause. : ArcKnight
  • uhhhh no. : Jikim
  • lolll : derelict515
  • We should dub this copycat crisis Baldursgate. : Mad Brahmin Disease
• Get them a console! That's what got me off WoW. In reality though, it takes reaching a certain point whe... : jingletard
• Progress Quest. Althoug it may have the same effect. : capt tripps
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  Why is replacing one game addiction with another a positive thing? : Ellissd
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    It's replacing an addiction that she can't interrupt with one that she can! : qsylvr
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      Just because WoW doesn't have a pause button doesn't mean you can't walk away from it like any other game... : Ellissd
      • Well, actually, if you're involved in any kind of group raid activity (which is most of the endgame) then... : qsylvr
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        have you played an MMO? : derelict515
        • No, what it like sir? : Ellissd
      • sometimes it does : senor135
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        wow is like a second job if you play instances or raids. the planing any rallying people alone takes shi... : Hoax
        • or like any team sport. : NexusOne
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          I know what WoW is like. I can go on a dick-waving battle here and list my creds (lol), but I won't. I j... : Ellissd
          • Well since you're a seasoned vet you must realise that its not sycophantic pandering by staying in groups... : Klebold
        • dungeons/instances take forever?? Are you playing with people who wear helments to bed? : MacemanInTW
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        Sure you can! You just type "Wife aggro!" and then hit alt-f4. : Gnowknayme
        • practice your murloc scream : spiderfill
• Take him to church. This man needs an addiction to Jesus! : Satyric0n
• Give him some crack. : stump
• Are you married to FlatlineDixay? : cerealSAM2
• Modern Warfare 2 multiplayer : DooBall
• any single player only game. : Jikim
• dragon age. : Hoax
• the solution is for you to also play. :D : halophoenix
• The answer to this is to take them outside and get them involved in other activities. : ghost in my shell
• Borderlands or torchlight i would recommend as a wow methadone. : Klebold

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  My goal is to get banned on Christmas eve, can I still participate? : tinfoilhatter
  • banned shackers have done it before : RikiTiki2
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    my goal is to call Ajax a fag on Christmas eve : felicia
    • oh come on now. the poor guy sucks 36 dicks in a row and gets labelled a fag forever, that's so not fair... : CoRDS
  • Don't procrastinate, realise your goal today! : SpaecKow
• enrolled bitches, prepare for dongs : GloriousCow
• NO SLACKERS >:( : DrWaffles
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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_2eqejvRNw : roushimsx
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    You got your WE already! Well, kinda. : AxeMan808
    • Oh, I'm excited for the WE because now I get to unload some stuff from boxes in my garage :D : roushimsx
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bflYjF90t7c : Bull
• Yay, I cannot wait! :D : Galadriel07
• Sweet, thanks for the heads up! Been setting crap aside already in anticipation. : RevRaven
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  Match me up with someone that's been helping me with all of my noob programming questions. They deserve n... : freakynipples69
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    Oh and what are the rules? Do we know who our WE are? Or is this completely blind and I just send random ... : freakynipples69
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      He'll tell you who you're sending to, so you can go look at their post history, if you choose. : AxeMan808
      • Hmmm, that's a good way to figure out what'll be good to send. : freakynipples69
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  Is there a way for me to unenroll? I just can't find enough good junk to send to someone this year. : guido anchovy
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    I guess I'll just wing it. Hope whoever gets my box likes it! :P : guido anchovy
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      I can enroll you if you want. Send me a shackmsg so I don't forget. : sikander
      • Unenroll you mean? Ok, will do! I just don't have ANYTHING that's worth a damn this year and I thought ... : guido anchovy
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  I haven't signed up yet this year, because I don't have enough crap to send. Well, I got crap from previo... : AxeMan808
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    That's what the WE is all about. Sending a box of crap. : g0nk
    • ding. : ant_hillbilly
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      Yeah, but it's not NEW crap. It's been through the system already. Just feels kinda shady shameful opport... : AxeMan808
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        Doesn't matter! As long as you send something, you're good. : helvetica
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          You misunderstand. It would be violating my personal rules for this. I mean, I know as long as I'm not ... : AxeMan808
          • Sending someone's entire WE back to them would be funny, but I can understand wanting to add something ne... : helvetica
          • buy a yoyo or a candy bar and stick it in there : RikiTiki2
          • Sending on items starts a nice little tradition. : SiW.
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  I think I signed up. It reloaded the page and gave me no info about anything. I have almost made a post ... : Ratalon
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    You should see 'You are enrolled in WE2009' if you did things properly : sikander
    • He is out at a rig in the middle of an oilfield right now so his internets are spotty. I will check it o... : Galadriel07
• my box is ready to send out already, bring it on : indosauros
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  everyone should update their profile w/ lists of consoles you own : dignan
  • indeed : Mmmmmoo
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    IAWTMFP : roushimsx
    • i am woman, take me for pussy¿ : dignan
  • Updated from "Hello WE2008, I own a Wii and PC but no Xboxes or Playstations yet :(" to "Hello... : indosauros
• Oh man I can't wait to find out the name of my victim. : voodooraze
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  fine. i signed up, but it says i didn't mark sent last year. sent an email to shackapp : RikiTiki2
  • and any way i can change my password to something I can remember? : RikiTiki2
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  woohoo signed up for this year!!! I see it was Freon who stiffed me last year that bastard, : supermonkeyballz
  • Well luckily they aren't eligible to participate this year. : ant_hillbilly
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  Thank you for the reminder! Registered. : dognose
  • I hope i get dognose. I'd mail him some chinese food. : StolenNosferatu
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  Excited to see who's going to get my junk :p : Alco23
  • hot : sikander
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  So if I only did it once in 2005 I am SOL? : Lightzout
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    If you signed up and sent your WE you should be fine. If you didn't send I'm not sure how far back that ... : devi| dog
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      Of course I sent it. Anyone who signed up and didn't send it is a genuine dirtbag. Redfive can vouch fo... : Lightzout
      • Lol, what weird response to me answering your question, no one was questioning if you sent it. Just layi... : devi| dog
• I sent one last year but didn't receive one. My WE had a legitimate excuse though... Hopefully my luck i... : r3ckless
• I didnt participate in 2007, but I did in 2008. Does that mean I am ineligible? " - have sent a WE gi... : r3ckless
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  we get matched by similar post count, right? i have a fair bit of junk to send out, can't wait :) : arcane_
  • If this is true I will get drucifer or rosewood. I hope they like used horror movies : dognose
  • I thought it was random :( I should post more but I have lurkerism. : critch
• Sweet! I've been thinking about this for a bit of time now. : Grumbeld
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  Signed up for the first time ever :D : Squirrely
  • oh god please let me be your recipient I want seamen in my box : proclone1
• imma gonna try again this year. was burned the first year I tried it : proclone1
• emailed you due to the 2007 didn't-update-my-sent-status ever. In theory, cpt_gloval could confirm but n : bipolar
• I am posting in this month. asdf. :| : rotten element

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• ive been meaning to watch this for a long time, way back in the day i couldnt afford the boxset so i neve... : arizona bay
• It was the first anime series that I had watched and I still find it amazing. The soundtrack is fantasti... : DrWaffles
• I have all the OSTs and like everything Yoko Kanno has made. I love the music just as much. : askedrelic
• I can agree with that. : abrasion
• Most anime is rubbish. Cowboy Bebop is one of the exceptions. My absolute favorite. : lightly inclined
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  FLCL and Cowboy Bebop are the only two anime shows I think are worth watching. : Modica Sol Solis
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    I disagree. Like I posted above, most anime is rubbish. But there are quite a few gems out there as well.... : lightly inclined
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      I've seen all but the last and I stand by my statement. Berserk was good but there was no ultimate point ... : Modica Sol Solis
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        I don't know if you'd consider Avatar: the last airbender an anime (I always thought of it as more of a c... : TheVietSpecial
        • Also, Samurai Champloo. Probably the most bitchin' anime ever. : TheVietSpecial
        • Watching Avatar is like having an ADHD kid choose when to switch scenes. I have ADHD and it was bad for m... : notdeadyeti
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        You've seen Samurai X - Trust & Betrayal? I somehow doubt it. : ArcKnight
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          Dude, I had a huge fucking obsession with Rurouni Kenshin, right around the time I encountered both Trigu... : Modica Sol Solis
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            And you think it's not worth watching? It's one of the best 'serious' anime movies out. (Trust & Betrayal... : ArcKnight
            • Trust and Betrayal is the prequel to the series, is it not? : spazzium
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              It tells a good story, certainly. But nothing more than that. This is all an individual perspective but (... : Modica Sol Solis
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                Oh then you need to watch Akira and Ghost in the Shell, pronto. They're movies, but I'm pretty sure you'... : TheVietSpecial
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                  I've seen both. I was referring to the series-based anime shows, which is why they weren't included. Metr... : Modica Sol Solis
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                    You should watch Stand Alone Complex then. In some aspects, it's better than the movies as there's an ent... : miasma&!
                    • ^^^ This. GITS Stand Alone Complex & 2nd Gig were absolutely fantastic series that really did transcend t... : SketchyFletchy
      • I wouldn't say berserk had no subtext. There were a lot of Freudian and other philosophical ideas in it. ... : DarkDeus
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      I agree with Samurai X, but it's unfortunate you discount the whole series. : spazzium
      • It's not for everyone - it has plenty of that annoying 'comedy'. The Kyoto arc is amazing, however. : ArcKnight
    • i also enjoyed Michiko To Hatchin, especially because of the soundtrack. : dopeman
  • *out of the ones I've seen. There's a LOT of anime out there. Try some more, do some research at anidb... : miasma&!
• I fully support this post. : Goncyn
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  I also recommend Trigun and GITS:SAC and halfway recommend Inuyasha. : ColoradoCNC
  • I did enjoy the first couple seasons of Inuyasha before I realized they were never gonna end the damn thi : mn3m0n1c
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    GITS:SAC is fantastic, and the second season is even better than the first. : ArcKnight
    • ^^ Just keep in mind that there is a fair amount of philosophizing and introspection throughout, even mor... : lightly inclined
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  If you haven't seen Samurai Champloo, do so as soon as possible, same creator as Bebop and just as good i... : Mr. Goodwrench
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    When I was a bigger nerd than I am now, I fansubbed that series! Most of the torrented ones are [A-F] whi... : Yanks
    • I've seen those! Thanks Yanks! : ucanbfuzzy
    • No shit! Thanks man - your handiwork convinced me to go and get the series box set. :D : SketchyFletchy
  • thisthisthisthisthisthisthisthis : tKillbox
  • No do not listen to this man. Wait until December 15th. http://www.amazon.com/Samurai-Champloo-Com... : ghost in my shell
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  I watched the first episode and hated what I saw - does it get better from there? : thetangent
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    If you didn't like the first episode there's no hope for you; it's one of the better ones, and a great in... : mn3m0n1c
    • agreed : proclone1
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    Yes. That's like playing a videogame demo and saying THIS IS SHIT before actually seeing what it has to o... : Yanks
    • * V A L C A N _ S ' D * : ucanbfuzzy
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    When has a show, that everyone says is good, been worse after the first episode? : notdeadyeti
    • Studio 60... oh wai- : lightly inclined
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      BSG : Modica Sol Solis
      • Not true if you count the mini-series into the equation! : SolrFlare
  • I think most of the payoff with Bebop comes from watching an oddball character set go through its matura... : pipboy
  • I'll be as honest as I can be. If you hated the first episode, it could be hit or miss for you. But if ... : kallanta
  • watch episode 20...pierrot le fou. : crypt420
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  ^^^ One of the grand total of TWO anime series that I have watched from start to finish. I loved it. : StolenNosferatu
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    I've seen Cowboy Bebop, TriGun, Gundam Wing (censored and uncensored) and Tenchi Muyo start to finish. : Sailor of Fortune
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      Oops, forgot FLCL, though it was short as hell. : Sailor of Fortune
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        Trigun was the other one i watched. I also watched almost 200 episodes of One Piece for god knows what re... : StolenNosferatu
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          Somewhere in that void of One Piece episodes I decided that pretty much everything coming out was retarde... : Yanks
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            Besides Cowboy Bebop, PlanetES is the only other series that has made me cry. I am biased in PlanetES's f... : ucanbfuzzy
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              Planetes is indeed pretty great. The psychological/emotional aspects of it aren't as ham-handed as some o... : miasma&!
              • I loved Planetes. Hard sci-fi with human characters in a fairly believable real world scenario. As an eng... : SketchyFletchy
        • yeah I stopped watching one piece anime around ~120 or something. It was some awful filler episode about ... : dooberzoo
• Only anime I have ever liked and watched more than once. : Ellissd
• Cowboy Bebop is one of the few anime shows I would ever actually buy on DVD. Along with Samurai Champloo... : SigmaDraconis
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  related side-jack (im too noob for colors) what do we all think of the cowboy bebop movie? i enjoyed ... : senor135
  • I loved the Cowboy Bebop movie, especially since I think it was all Spike's dream and dealt with his inne : Modica Sol Solis
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    I think the movie was really well done, especially since anime movies based on series tend to be really o... : quanta88
    • haha, that reminds me.... evangelion masturbation scene im looking at you (even though i didnt watch o... : senor135
• bebop is the only anime series I really love, I can't find anything as good. : jayares
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  Should really check out Paranoia Agent - only 9 eps of sublime mindfuckery (from the FLCL team). And Bl... : AxeMan808
  • And if you liked Bebop, Champloo should certainly be on your list (personally, I prefer Champloo; mainly ... : AxeMan808
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    All the aliens mouths in Blue Gender look like vaginas. Just a heads up. : Modica Sol Solis
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      ...this is true. Not as obvious as saaaaay...the Rakk Hive, but yeah. Not up to Urotsukidoji standards... : AxeMan808
      • lool, good ol' tentacle rape : Mr. Goodwrench
    • The ending of that series was a big WTF. also roller skating mechs. : Sailor of Fortune
• Agreed : bolneze
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  Agreed. It transcends the (mostly shitty) genre. : senseimoron
  • Its more of a medium isnt it : bolneze
• Torrenters die IRL. : Marrbe
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  this and hellsing : okhelosir
  • Man I love hellsing. : notdeadyeti
  • ^^^^^ http://agentpothead.com/hellsing.jpg : AgentPothead
  • I love Hellsing because of how powerful it portrays vampires. I get the idea that at the end of the seri... : spazzium
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  I've never seen cowboy bepop. My reasoning is that because I know the anime is really fucking good, I'm ... : Waffles!
  • It is worth it. Also, where the hell have you been?! : kallanta
• I HIGHLY suggest Noein. : MrBig0
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  I can't seem to find the DVD's on Netflix but I would like to check it out. Is the best way to buy the... : Washburne
  • http://www.amazon.com/Cowboy-Bebop-Remix-Anime-Legends/dp/B00102FF7U/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1258347... : Yanks
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  GET THE BOXSET FOR 19.90 + S&H http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=206568149 It's out of stoc... : Yanks
  • Thanks for your help I must have been looking at the wrong item on Amazon : Washburne
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    For those of you wondering if this is worth it, it's a release containing the cleaned-up, full 5.1 audio ... : kallanta
    • You guys have me so pumped for this series I may buy the $40 dollar one from Amazon so I don't have to wa... : Washburne
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    Is this legit? $20 for the full series? Seems insane. : persuxe
    • Yes, it most certainly is. : Yanks
  • In stock at amazon for $40 http://www.amazon.com/Cowboy-Bebop-Remix-Anime-Legends/dp/B00102FF7U/ : persuxe
• Black Lagoon is somewhat similar, but not as good. : GreatGooglyMoogly
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  Firefly with fewer (main) characters : MamiyaOtaru
  • There are similarities but this is an oversimplification. : Ebu
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  There are a lot of animes just as good as Cowboy Bebop, quit living in stereotypes. : Mystery0000
  • disagree. and I've seen a lot. : Yanks

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  ACOG and Thermal Scopes increase range, Red Dot and Holographic are just for looks. The Skins are just p... : Crimsonbeak
  • Skins are chosen by your gun camo right? : Skoal^Fyfan
• dont bother with anything else than search and destroy. : HisKillSkill
• sit closer to the screen so u can see that sniper in the building : jono181
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  holographic sight helps me aim a LOT. easy to place that red dot right on top of someone. skins are sup... : FrayLo
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    Same for me. : Nitrium
    • and me. : exmx
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    Huh. WHat's the difference between the holographic and the red dot sight? I find using the red dot sigh... : sevogajre
    • Yes. The pip is a different on the holo sight, I find it easier for lining up tangos. : coldfusioncs
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  also, theres no best perks or best weapons, everyone rapes with everything. : HisKillSkill
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    I find this true. P90 is supposed to have shit range but I have ton of long range kills. It's the auto-ai... : Skoal^Fyfan
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      I thought Auto-Aim was turned off for multiplayer. : Crimsonbeak
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        What's turned off in MP is the "sights" zoom-in snap to target, which exists in SP. What is turned off is... : Skoal^Fyfan
        • ^^ meant what ISN'T turned off is the "slight" hit assist. : Skoal^Fyfan
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          I like it. It's good for feedback, especially when people are hiding behind stuff. And also since bullets... : Vincent Grayson
          • heartbeat monitor is hax. : Boxelder
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          no way, having that X is sooo helpful : opengl128
          • I think maybe he's saying it's too helpful? You can spray a building with LMG bullets and when you see th... : gibolas1234
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  the red dot/holographic attachments do not increas the weapons accuracy, by make aiming much easier. C... : maulla
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    yeah i was running around like an idiot because i'm so used to that in CS. it was also dumb because in C... : mXENO
    • Biggest difference between this game and CS imo is that you can play competitively with a weapon that isn... : Klebold
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      You can run around like an idiot and it'll work as well. A Jack the Ripper build is surprisingly effectiv... : Talonus.
      • depends on the map. do that on estate and your kill/death ratio will be in the gutter and your team will ... : maulla
• Stopping power is mainly used to increase bullet penetration, you don't Have to have it to rape. As a CS ... : Klebold
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  Only play hardcore. : soggybagel
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    except the current hardcore game modes suck! I got excited when I saw a playlist update yesterday, onl... : maulla
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      They got rid of hardcore HQ??? : kill9
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        yep. I have a feeling they will bring it back, its just a matter of when. : maulla
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          DLC : Turd Ferguson
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            I dont think playlists will be DLC. They didnt do that in MW1, and there has already been an update for M... : maulla
            • They wont charge for the playlists, but they will just add DLC maps to them so you pretty much have to ha... : Beady
  • do this if you don't like challenge : Cihte
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  • Also you can run and gun like in CS if you use a something like a UMP and the hip fire perk leveled up. ... : Boxelder
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    80? yikes. yeah, i noticed some lag in games i played with shackers where i sucked balls. i'd like to b... : mXENO
    • I think a full 4 bars goes between 0-100. :/ There's a thread about it on the steam forums. : Boxelder
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      80 at best. It feels more like 150... Especially if you have 3 bars. : Sgt_Boomstick
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        that's because that's what it is if you have 3 bars. : Boxelder
        • How dare we complain though? We're so entitled. Just because we pay for a fast connection doesn't mean ... : Boxelder
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    I haven't run into this problem for the most part. I can pretty routinely be in the top 3 per round and I... : Vincent Grayson
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      I wonder if you are only connecting to hawaiian hosts? What is your normal ping to the west coast? : mnsnota
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        I usually get 100-150 when I'm playing on West Coast servers. Back when I used to play CoD4, I had no pro... : Vincent Grayson
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          You might be interested in http://www.infinityward.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=167264 : Sapiens
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            It sucks. The game is great, it just could be so much better. : Boxelder
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              I would prefer to see actual ping numbers instead of the stupid bars, but overall I've had a great experi... : Sapiens
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                That's generally been my experience as well. I haven't been handicapped that I can tell, and it's still f... : Vincent Grayson
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                  Part of me misses picking a server, but the other part is more than happy to let the game do all the work... : Sapiens
                  • It only ever took two seconds, and there were never those random "host migration" things to interrupt the... : Vincent Grayson
  • http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1022813 : rmjackson
• protip: shoot enemies to win : mikecyb
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  How long until the cries of "everything can work because the devs know what they are doing!" when it is b... : alias
  • i dont understand what gets into shackers for always apologizing for developers dumb decisions. : gyokuro
• it took me 30 minutes to realize but the audio was coming in reversed (by default wtf). i kept thinking ... : mXENO
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  What's the difference between the normal and PRO modes? : Nitrium
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    There are little notes in the descriptions, usually (always?) it's related to respawning. : Sapiens
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      all in all the interface is horrible, haha : Nitrium
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        Why do you say that? The only gripe I have with the interface so far is that it's a PITA to get rid of a : Sapiens
        • well, the interface doesn't look very... polished. it's a minor gripe, really, but the icons are fucking ... : Nitrium
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          i mean, i'ts unobtrusive, ok, but it just looks low-res and a little bit rough on the edges, but everythi... : Nitrium
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            I agree the menu fonts could be a little more defined (though I love the actual font used), and maybe the : Sapiens
            • Fair enough. It's just a matter of preference. My biggest gripe is the art for emblems and titles - they ... : Nitrium
• I am enjoying the game and all, but damn do the skies ever look like shit. JPEG BLOCKS / LOW CONTRAST opp... : jane911
• ive no idea how i loled this posting... : Hoax

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• Season two was also very good. : Michael_Lyles
• LOVE that show. : DinK
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  I just finished the third season of Babylon 5 yesterday. God I love this show. : electroly
  • Just wait till the fourth season. The fourth is really the best in my opinion. : Chod
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  Real shame Richard Biggs died so young. : ihya
  • Agreed, not to mention Andreas Katsulas. :-( : Aragoat
• I got into Babylon 5 in no small part to the intro. Season 3 introduced me to how awesome the series was... : Rag and Bone Man
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  Shame about them gross FX. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    for its time it had amazing fx. b5 despite its awful acting somewhat too shiny cgi and other faults is st... : Hoax
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      What? Hell, Space: Above and Beyond and Star Trek TNG had better FX, weren't both out earlier? The out... : Mad Brahmin Disease
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        TNG had terribl, repetitive FX in their first two seasons (I'm watching them again now with my daughter a... : acheron
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          Except those seasons are from the 80s. TNG's FX got better in the later seasons. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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            Right, I think I just said that. : acheron
            • Basically, yeah. : Mad Brahmin Disease
      • Babylon 5 space scenes were done on an Amiga with video toaster, no bullshit : retardhumper
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      Battlestar Galactica says hello. : Wisp!
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        Please to be getting out of this thread, mr thread shitter. : acheron
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          Sorry, I didn't see Hoax said only Firefly was as good. BSG gets a pass for 2.5 seasons of super high qu... : acheron
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            If by 2.5, you mean every season they made, then yes I agree. This notion that because the show decided t... : Wisp!
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              No, I don't agree. Season 3 after Precipice was super hit or miss (still good, but not up to the same st... : acheron
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                BSG got more serialized after Season 3, first of all. Second, there were a lot of hit or miss episodes in... : Wisp!
                • They really ended BSG too easily. I think they could have pulled of another season and it was almost a co... : Sailor of Fortune
                • No, there were way more standalone, outside the main arc, episodes in seasons 3 and 4 then before, especi... : acheron
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            i don't think bsg deserves to be named even closely to the great series like tng and b5. its characters ... : Hoax
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              Honestly, the worst episodes of BSG were better than Firefly. I say that honestly. Firefly was not that f... : Wisp!
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                black market (even the producer admits that it was garbage). i agree on whedon though. the only thing i e... : Hoax
                • Black Market is underrated and not the worst episode of BSG. That award goes to "A Day in the Life" which... : Wisp!
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          I wasn't aware that mentioning the most critically acclaimed sci-fi show on television is now thread shit... : Wisp!
          • I wasn't aware that quoting magazines constituted an argument. : Arceihn
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        B5 destroys BSG from a story perspective. B5 had pretty much the entire story planned out from the beginn... : Chod
        • yeah thats what i'm referring to. we did have this discussion though many times on the shack. there has n... : Hoax
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          Yeah, when they introduced the Final Five I knew they reworked that scenario as best they could. It felt ... : Sailor of Fortune
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            How do you feel they handled the scenario poorly? I thought the reveal was very well executed. : Wisp!
            • It was too sudden and convenient. Also the song they were playing was obvious what it was leading to. If ... : Sailor of Fortune
    • Are you really saying Londo is poorly acted ? :( : nukewinter
    • I like Farscape far more than any other sci fi series I've watched. : valael
  • You get used to it pretty quickly. They also get a lot better in the second season, although it still lo... : electroly
  • It was the first sci-fi to have purely CG space shots. No models here. Also the ship designs are amazi... : Sailor of Fortune
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  B5 is my top Sci-Fi of all time. Seasons 3-4 are excellent. BSG is great too but it mimics a lot of what ... : Sailor of Fortune
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    How are the two shows similar? And as for the space combat, that's not an important element of BSG so I d... : Wisp!
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      A lot of what Ron Moore did in BSG hadn't been done in US Science Fiction TV until JMS and B5 blazed the ... : acheron
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        I don't think BSG will be remembered for its longer story arcs. I think it will be remembered for the qua... : Wisp!
        • Shows get better over time. But B5 started the whole shit that happens in Season 1 will affect shit that ... : Sailor of Fortune
        • OK. : acheron
        • The whole reason RDM went to make BSG is because he wanted to do long story arcs where in ST they wouldn'... : Sailor of Fortune
  • Yeah they canceled crusade right when it started getting good :( : nukewinter
• Agreed, season 3 intro music was awesome. I liked 2 and 4 a lot as well. : acheron
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  so what was this shadow war? they fought those aliens in the spider looking ships? im curious about this,... : hobosapien
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    The Shadow War was the main arc for the entire show. It's set up in season 1 and 2 and dominates all or ... : acheron
    • It's incredibly epic. Entire civilizations rise and fall, and the balance of power of the entire galaxy ... : SqueegyTBS
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    Watch it now, its totally worth the money for the DVD's. The way the story builds from the first seaso... : Beady
    • As much as Season 5 is the "weak" point I've rewatched it several times and it is pretty good since Seaso... : Chod
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      My walmart has all 5 seasons for either 15 or 20 minutes now : nukewinter
      • I meant 15 or 20 dollars WTF : nukewinter
  • alien races older than everyone else who've been fighting on and off for thousand of years and younger ra... : Sailor of Fortune
• epic letterbox bars fail : OrkO
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  Agreed, and B5 is probably my most favoritist tv show ever. JMS having the story mostly mapped out from ... : vitek r
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    And the final episode still makes me tear up when i think about it. : vitek r
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      True story: My wife laughed at me when that aired and I had the emotional reaction I did. Fast forwar... : acheron
      • Thats the thing, the chars were so well fleshed out. They werent all over the place like in BSG. If the... : vitek r
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    He pioneered the 'trap door' technique that a character can truly never get killed off just in case they ... : Sailor of Fortune
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      That isn't the "trap door". The "trap door" was in the event the actor had to leave the show or died or s... : Chod
      • I meant that as well but he never made it seem permanent that they would be gone unless it was obvious so... : Sailor of Fortune
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  The quality of the effects may not be great, but the design of the ships and weapons is what makes it tim... : Beady
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    I liked the part when a Human took an Alien to court for abducting his great grandfather for damages beca... : Sailor of Fortune
    • Hahaha. I remember that bit, B5 had some excellent humour. I think that alien looked like a Roswell Gre... : Aragoat
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    Agreed, I always show people the design of the Starfury as an excellent model for any space-based fighter... : Aragoat
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      On the station, the Stafury's always launch from an arm on the rotating section. But always docked in th... : SqueegyTBS
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  I loved the Season 5 opening because it was so damn triumphant. Babylon 5 making it to its fifth season ... : LilCrypto
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    He had to accelerate pieces that were supposed to be in Season 5 into 4 because they didn't know they wer... : acheron
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      As far as I am concerned Season 5 didn't happen. Season 1 you have to sit through to set up the world, S... : SqueegyTBS
      • Yeah, i've come to ignore season 5 as well, except for a few episodes near the end that are Centauri Prim... : acheron
  • I found S5's story arc to be the most interesting, honestly. The execution wasn't as solid as previous se... : Arceihn
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  It'd be awesome if they went back and re-did all the CGI. : nyranger66
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• God damn I loved Babylon 5. I was blown away time and time again by that show. I haven't seen it in many ... : Stage
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  god I wish I could watch that series for the first time again. Severed dreams is the best, http://www... : strandgeck
  • that video doesnt have the end with Delenn saving the day http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFvkgfBXHPA&fea... : strandgeck
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    That CGI is indeed awesome. The whole show is awesome, at least if you can get past the weak first couple... : nudel
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  The wife and I recently finished the series, watching it a couple episodes at a sitting. From the first e... : Stoned Gargoyle
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    Girabaldi had quite the arc too and is one of my favorites. But the G-Kar / Londo relationship was clear... : SqueegyTBS
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      My friend tells me that the books, which are canon, involving Girabaldi were awesome, especially how end ... : Sailor of Fortune
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        Walter Koenig as Bester was such an unexpected gem. : eldersveld
        • I liked his character, he's the bad guy who still in the end wins even though the Good Guys get their way... : Sailor of Fortune
• Such a special show. It has its faults, but at its core it was and still is amazing. : tcs
• Too bad about the season 5 one, totally different (worse) music and lame quotes instead of narration. ... : Tchest
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  • It was more of a listening post rather than anything else. It could protect itself and that was about it. : Sailor of Fortune
• Man, I fucking hated the music in that intro. Dun dun DWEEEE! Dun dun DWEEEE! Incredibly grating. : Arceihn

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• The Russians weren't all terrorists, they were almost all an invading army :( : Serpico74
• lol yeah I can see how they might be rather offended. : Perturbation
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  It is kind of hilarious how the Russians just end up being the total assholes in these games since, presu... : Chris Remo
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    Should be more like Crysis and killing Koreans. : YerMothah
    • Damnit, was suppost to be to the main thread : YerMothah
  • yeah the russians weren't really terrorists though. I really wish IW would have explored more of the... : stgdz
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    Do you like the SP campaign of MW2? : abrasion
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      There were plenty of really fun moments. It didn't leave me excited like COD4 did. That game, I felt, use... : Chris Remo
      • Well there you go, we can agree on some things. That sums up my feelings pretty much perfectly. I kind o... : abrasion
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    Yeah, what was wrong with the Unspecifiedistanis in CoD4? Maybe we'll have "Postmodern Warfare", where... : the archvile
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      Also it was just a dream. And then you wake up and your player character is killed. Then you switch to an... : Chris Remo
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        They might as well make a level where you play as an IW programmer going into work everyday for 10 hours. : Sailor of Fortune
        • Programming that mission of course. : Sailor of Fortune
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          Raven actually made MP levels of their office in Soldier of Fortune and SoF2; they were awesome. : the archvile
          • I owned a lot of faces on that map. I wish dev's did this more often. : Sailor of Fortune
      • Those are game mechanics that have almost been pounded into the ground, much like hardcoded stealth missi... : the archvile
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        And did IW seriously use the "It was just a dream" plot device? If so, that sounds like a "jump the shar... : the archvile
        • No, I was just half-assedly getting another take on "postmodern" in there. : Chris Remo
    • "Postmodern Warfare" fucking lol : tomservo
    • We posited a Post-modern Warfare on our last podcast but supposed it would culminate in an invasion of th... : rudds
  • It's kind of like all the Rainbow Six games focusing on generic Latin American terrorists. : Majuju
  • I think they would've been safe using the Chinese personally. : one random winner
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  what gets banned is legit copies which probably doesn't add up to much : buzzbat
  • good point. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    They probably won't be able to play online. : the archvile
    • I cant even play reliably online in the US so it;'s not much different : mrvandelay
• That was just a question of time. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  i'd love a game where I am killing the americans as the enemy!!! for once. : ghost hacker
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    *waits patiently for the "OH SHI- THE FBI IS KICKING DOWN THE DOOR!!!!" post soon to follow* : ninj0rc
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      I didn't know the FBI had jurisdiction in Canada. : the archvile
      • The CIA is everywhere, FBI just sent them an email. : Scotty22
  • i don't specifically want to kill americans but the "we're are the rugged/shave bear good guys/partriotic... : Hoax
  • Maybe a game where you are defending your homeland against imperialist invaders? Nah, nobody would ever g... : AgentPothead
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    Pointless, since it's the most moral nation in the history of mankind. : Marrbe
    • All the more reason to kill them, what with making everyone else look so bad. : SpaecKow
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      Hiroshima, Guantanamo Bay? : code-e255
      • Ohh, you're not American, I guess that was sarcastic then. :p : code-e255
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    Just play a version of Flight Sim with a WTC mod. : abrasion
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      i hate it that every time someone mentions being sick of playing the american goodguy stereotype it has t... : Hoax
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        hahah oh man I called you out on that ONCE and your butt is still hurting : fishbone
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          your "durhur terrist" wasn't all that long ago so i recalled (also your name is just easy to remember) b... : Hoax
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            You're a big fan of using quotation marks as a means of false and exaggerated paraphrasing aren't you? I... : fishbone
            • yeah imagine that "durhur terrist" was not an actual quote. it pretty much summed up your remark without ... : Hoax
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    You kill Americans in MW2. Oh wait Shadow Company is from Shadowstan or something. : ghost in my shell
    • Not from Shadow Complex? But those were Americans, too, right?! Aaaaaaaahhh : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • Play Silent Hunter 3 : phate81
  • In single player, I take it? Because you can be the non-Americans in multiplayer in this and every other... : riptyde
  • iirc the original half-life was kinda like that and it was great. The USG in that game were huge fucking ... : DeBurgo
  • Half-Life? : K1Bond007
  • They tried that with the airport scene didn't they? And look how everyone cried about that. : ShadowRam
• Yeah, like countries that ban stuff. : Marrbe
• China banned C&C Generals not because how they were portrayed (lol China has been generous!) but because : Sailor of Fortune
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  Man there is an "IN RUSSIA.." joke in there somewhere but I can't find it. : AndyGoin
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    In Soviet Russia, Game boycotts you! In Soviet Russia, Servers dedicate you! : Sailor of Fortune
    • In Soviet Russia, Q's Q you! : royalally
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    In Soviet Russia, everyone would've pirated it anyway. : Pulveri
    • In Soviet Russia, everyone would've pirated it anyway. : tfsbrian
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  The game wasn't going for subtleties or ambiguous moral dilemmas. It was very much a black hat, white hat... : Fred Garvin
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    Fascist regimes whining about being "treated insensitively". Too stupid to get it, too stubborn to die. : Marrbe
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      Russia is a fascist state now? : Fred Garvin
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        It's pretty crummy. It's not North Korea but the state has its hands into far too many private businesses... : Marrbe
        • like the american gov't? : dantastic
        • Dude, you are so far right you make Limbaugh look like a PETA activist. : Fred Garvin
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          Have you not heard of the oligarchs? And seriously, the government has critics killed, any you're compla... : Lone Swordsman
          • Most of the original Russian Oligarchs have been killed off or brought down by the FSB/Kremlin circle. Re... : DialDforDan
        • The Russian probably don't think they are fascist. Incidentally, the majority of the US doesn't think the... : terath
      • yes, next question : fathertime
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    I barely ever see it portrayed at all. It's mentioned in the news from time to time, but not with any kin... : bostrov
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      Maybe not games, but it's definitely part of the culture: http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Sky-News-Ar... : Fred Garvin
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        That's a little like saying the waco-style religious compound people are part of American culture. Techni... : bostrov
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          You live in Russia? : Fred Garvin
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            No, simply visiting. Though as I've mentioned a few times, I spend more time there than in the US, my gir... : bostrov
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              So, who is the scapegoat in Russia if not North America? Just curious. : Fred Garvin
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                Scapegoated for what? The majority of the media are cooking shows, true crime shows, a CSI knock off (cal... : bostrov
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                  So, there is no identifiable group or race that it's common to make fun of or imply that they might be in... : Fred Garvin
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                    No. My main problem as an American there is people presuming that I have a lot more money than I actually... : bostrov
                    • My main problem as an American there is people presuming that I have a lot more money than I actually do : ColoradoCNC
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    As much as Fred is disliked here, I'm backing him on this. Flip it. The Russians make a game portraying A... : terath
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      Americans and Russians hate each other? When did this happen? : bostrov
      • Well, apparently considering this whole thread (from the OP). : terath
      • Since May 8, 1945 : Perturbation
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  "Anybody who pays attention to MW2's plot will understand why Russia is at war with the US" Um, no, no... : nudel
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    the russian part makes sense. i still havent figured out why i was in brazil for 2 terrible levels : dantastic
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      Went there to capture a guy who ran away and forced you to kill an entire town of men + dogs. (Thankfu... : nudel
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        i still dont understand the minigame on how to fend off the dogs. luckily there were only 2 and after re... : dantastic
        • Just mash the right stick when they start to jump on you. : nudel
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        i know we went there to capture some dude but wtf was the point of that : dantastic
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          They felt 5.5 hours was embarrassingly short so they put together two extra levels to get an even 6. : skinlab133
          • Playing on an easy difficulty is what's embarrassing! : nudel
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  I heard there's a part where you're in an airport and you start gunning down civilians? wtf is this? : Magus
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    You're undercover or some shit. : Ebu
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      doesn't make it any less fun horrible : gokart.
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        yeah you figure if he was undercover they would have stopped them before that happened : dantastic
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          I shot high with my machine to keep my cover. I didn't want them to catch on, but I also couldn't shoot : pigvomit
          • me too : oldschoolbob-o
          • I was disapointed there were no prams. : abrasion
          • I shot the fuck out of those people. They were in an airport! They were asking for it! : Amadan
          • Errr... machine gun. : pigvomit
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            I gunned them down while shouting ALLAH ACKBAR at my screen and masturbating furiously : smax
            • oh christ..lol : jake
            • hahahahahaha... haha... aaaaaaahahahaha : [7]kami
          • I fired a couple shots at first but felt pretty bad so I just shot at the walls. When the police showed u : Mmmmmoo
          • i did too but I was hoping for some sort of achievement : Unleashed
          • I ran out of ammo. : DarkWolf5
          • I shot them all and then I shot my parents : Boxelder
          • LOL seriously? I just shot the shit out everyone. : soggybagel
          • I shot em. a guy came out to drag a slightly wounded guy to safety, I shot them both dead : supermonkeyballz
          • lol, I just shot everyone, especially the wounded crawling away : moshman
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            I shot the fuck out of them. I hesitated at first but then I remembered mowing down the sidewalk in an SU... : peanut-
            • Haha, same. GTA has desensitised me to violence against unarmed civilians in games. : nudel
          • There's a couple that get away near the end if you don't take them out! : nudel
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            Some of you a wimps. : sanchez
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                YEAH, STAND UP TO THOSE UNARMED CIVILIANS RUNNING AWAY YOU WIMP! THEY MAY CRY TO MUCH FOR YOU! some of yo : terath
                • Die you capitalist pig! : sanchez
                • You know how to make them stop crying? Put a bullet in them. : Crimsonbeak
          • i went for wounding shots only like wrists and ankles. : Klebold
          • I only killed the people that were struggling to live, I figured I was doing them a favor. : hirosushima
          • I didn't felt immersed at all and just shot everyone. the only interesting thing I noticed was the cool w... : razorblade79
          • i shot everyone in that scene because it is a video game, and i can separate reality from fantasy and i a... : xxiv
          • I tried to make it to the part where one of the guys shoots down on the crowd but he always kills them fi : stgdz
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            One friend of mine tried to shoot the fellow terrorist guys. I didn't even think of trying that hahahaha : tomservo
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              you actually can but it blows your cover. : stgdz
              • isn't it already? or are they just dicks? : MamiyaOtaru
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      Yeah okay, after this and seeing a cutscene for Splinter Cell where Sam shoots his boss because he's "und : Magus
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        Hah, that's nothing. Earlier in Splinter Cell: Double Agent, you have the option of blowing up a bigass c : evildanish
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          In Civilization 4 you nuke fucking cities! It's video games, what's the big deal? : SilverSnake
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            Thats just an act of war, though. This is terr-isum! But now that I think of it, in Civ2 you could sne... : evildanish
            • I'm guessing it's the level a realism that makes the difference here. : terath
    • What's funny is that if you as the player had gun down those guys in the elevator, the rest of the game w... : thejay247
  • it's a Russian airport so it's really not a big deal : Degenerate
• In MW2, Russia is no more the bad guy than the US is the bad guy. Both nations are mislead by two unscru : pigvomit
• The irony is that all of my friends in Russia with consoles have been playing the shit out of MW2 and lov... : ColoradoCNC
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  I imagine Russia as a very, very scary place. : Lord Skellington
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    It's actually the exact opposite. When I was living out there, I found the Russian people to be some of t... : ColoradoCNC
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      But really have you ever travelled anywhere to find out people were horrible there? Sure you can have a b... : imperator
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        True. That's why I love when people complain about the French. If you travel to France and walk up to peo... : ColoradoCNC
        • "Parles vous Englais?", that is : ColoradoCNC
        • While I agree with you, I notice often times that two people that don't know each other's native language... : bostrov
    • My best friend is Russian, and from what he's told me, I don't ever want to visit that place without a Ru... : lplasmatron
• Not like anybody in Russia is paying for their games anyway. : socksta
• It's a fucking FICTIONAL game, pussies. : GoodBoy
• Lets burn some books next. : Johnnsen

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  Summation? : batkiwi
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    read the last paragraph : aeg1x
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      but then I'd have to install crappy software : NexusOne
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        god damnit shacknews do i have to do all your interneting for you? http://www.shackpics.com/files/shacksu... : aeg1x
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          So how long was it before Australians were able to buy rock and roll music? Did you guys not get Black Sa... : Prozium
          • what is rock and roll : aeg1x
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            Your assuming they allow music in Aussie land, it might lead to dancing! : locater16
            • hey man don't say the d word my boss might see it : Arceihn
        • Google language tools does not yet have an Australian translate feature : dognose
        • What a tool : GloriousCow
        • wow, what an asshole. : MagicWishMonkey
        • Yes. Yes you do. Now where is our Pr0n? : AhmNee
      • http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf/index.html : stamps
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        Who the fuck doesn't have something to read PDFs? : batkiwi
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          Heath Ledger. : abrasion
          • I'm downloading the lolscript here at work just for this. : AhmNee
      • foxit reader is your answer : jonin
      • You know, the latest Acrobat Reader isn't actually too shabby, but more importantly, there are lots of no... : ieGod
  • Australia is screwed. : Vegtro
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  haha, fuck, who told him about Battle Raper? : stamps
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    I've never heard of that before, hilarious! Thanks for putting this on my radar mr australian attorney ge... : datoo
    • The best-read books are banned books :) : dognose
• I think there's definitely a case to be made about the effects of violence in media on young kiddies, but... : stamps
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  Consoles and PC should have a scanning system where every time you want to play a violent game, you must ... : Drewus
  • Pube black market. : BaronVonChocula
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  "If adults think they can devise a lock-out system to defeat children, tell 'em they're dreaming." What ... : filthysock
  • You're dreaming. : spiderfill
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  Check his last paragraph, hahaha this man is a true cunt. : abrasion
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    A cunt maybe, but he has a point. If people really oppose it, then show him by voting him out. If he wins... : Phreakin
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      I don't know how politics work, I don't even know if I can vote him out from this state. I don't care th... : abrasion
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        Unless we are in his specific electorate we can't do shit. The attorney general of the state abrasion ... : shavenewok
        • http://left4r18.xtremenetworkonline.com/ Rally in ALL Australian states this Saturday. Take part! : biofrog
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      No he's not right, popular opinion doesn't validate anything what the fuck that's awful logic gawrgh. : SpaecKow
      • democracy whoo : MamiyaOtaru
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      no he's not. He represents a very conservative constituency. However, he is fucking it up for the rest of : filthysock
      • ^^^ this : Arctic Fox
    • i would, but I dont live in his fucking electorate! he is safe in a little hick part of australia with a... : radula
  • hahahaha what a douche-y comment in the last paragraph. He spend six pages talking about why he thinks h... : sevogajre
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  also, i don't give a shit anymore, i just import the games they ban, at a cheaper price too : filthysock
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    Yep, also it's safer this way, too many aussie games are cut that we don't know about. I didn't know GTA... : abrasion
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      What was cut from GTA4? A friend got it from the UK and we compared notes... no differences we could fin... : batkiwi
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        From what I remember you can't move the camera when having sex with a hooker in your car. It's locked at ... : Big Luke
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          Yep, nothing serious but NO ONE FUCKING TOLD US until it was out - what if that was God of War 3 missing ... : abrasion
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            bullshit it was well know GTAIV would be censored here : shavenewok
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              No it wasn't. It was well known AFTER RELEASE. Huge, massive, massive difference if I've already commited... : abrasion
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                http://games.on.net/article/2888/Rockstar_Why_GTA_IV_was_edited_for_Australia 10th April http://games.... : shavenewok
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                  I've order the GoW collection from Play Asia too :D : shavenewok
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                    I just cancelled my play asia order because I made it 6 weeks ago at 89c or some shit. http://www.hkoffe... : abrasion
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                      I really hope it sells well enough for other devs to take notice and do some more 'collections' : shavenewok
                      • Ico & SOTC and Onimusha combo pack is frankly all I'd need! : abrasion
                • WTF I could've sworn! : abrasion
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      PC version was uncensored afaik. : qwplayer
      • afayk what? lol : Mad BH
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    but it fucks up the multiplayer side of things. we will only be able to play with a small pool of aussies... : yautja
    • We can still change our App ID's with imported versions, as they can with Aussie versions, then you just ... : biofrog
• heck, i can see the argument in refusing classification to certain titles, and fuck knows how anything li... : gibbo
• :facepalm: : ColoradoCNC
• Don't worry Aussies, we can subvert this : bombay
• Wow, this guy's logic just fails on all counts. "In cinemas, the age of movie-goers can be regulated." An... : lunarbunny
• America, am I rig...wait. : Godhatesfatpeople
• PAGE 4 ERROR! - Quote "I cannot fathom what State-enforced safeguards could exist to prevent R18+ games b... : ShadowRam