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  needs more hint that it's santa, can't really tell that it is santa.. bigger beard or something! : Patch-e
  • As he said, it's only just started. Kinda creepy. : Home Nugget
  • Having the hat still attached at the back might be cool : chazums
  • what more than 'christmas card' do you need to know its santa o_O : papaskot
• That is awesome. : chazums
• turn up the santa but its looking sweet so far. : get_navi
• i'm a little dense but is it supposed to be a creepy robotic/cyborg santa? you're not sending it to th... : xxiv
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  That's freaking awesome. I suggest you add age lines to the eyes and make them a bit more masculine look... : fishbone
  • lol, they're my eyes. Guess I'm just a pretty gentleman. I took 2 shots for reference. and designed ar... : silentbobuk
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  awesome, silent bo-buk. any other cool arts to show? : waxthirteen
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    this is the super hero one I was talking about http://www.shackpics.com/files/daizsmall_z26g6mact63by7... : silentbobuk
    • Super Tinkerbell? : Patch-e
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      and this one is from a few years back, back when I used to just scan in my ink work and slaughter it w... : silentbobuk
      • oops, link fail http://www.shackpics.com/files/santa_6bb53o236uglvskqekq7.jpg : silentbobuk
      • hahaha. yeah, the drawing is good, but all my old shit looks like that too before i figured out how to in... : waxthirteen
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  Never seen ghost in the shell. It made me think of Terminator Santa : GoodBoy
  • good enough for me! : silentbobuk
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  your gf has a beard??? : moshman
  • Heh your reading fails just like mine did. I thought the same until I reread the post. : mactu
• that's pretty awesome. : ass-street
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  pics of super hero gf : cerealSAM2
  • see reply to waxthirteen : silentbobuk
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    Yes, please, btw you are rad. How much for super-hero drawing of my wife? : Lightzout
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      If you don't mind the wait I'll do it for free... I love doing this shit, I just do it for fun. SM me ... : silentbobuk
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        That would be so cool man. I will get a pic and shackmessage you. : Lightzout
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          i'll do it quicker. i just need a no clothes pic so i can get a good baseline for her frame. uh yeah tha... : papaskot
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            If my wife caught me posting honeymoon Costa Rica pics I would be a penisless man. : Lightzout
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              we don't mind, just post'em. : cerealSAM2
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                But I still like my (albeit under-utilized) penis. : Lightzout
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                  Dude, whatever happened with that hotel/one room situation with the wifey? Was that all just a farce? : Clasifyd
                  • No I found he had another room and I believe she didnt fick him. : Lightzout
• Yes, that is awesome. : Bamii
• At first I thought the page didnt load but then realized it was a huge image : bolneze
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  UPDATE The line art for the main part of the image is finished http://www.shackpics.com/files/rs1_ez0x : silentbobuk
  • And I was thinking a bunch of wires leading from his cyber brain to some screens showing presents and shi... : silentbobuk
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    that's great! hope it's not completely lost on your family members. : waxthirteen
    • probably :/ I think enough of my friends will appreciate it enough to make it worth it : silentbobuk
  • AWESOME! : lodit
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    Wait a minute, I just figured that's not Santa but you! :D : Bamii
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      ;) I used 2 shots of me as a reference, I figured I have enough of a resemblance to ol' st nick. : silentbobuk
      • This makes it even more awesome :) : Bamii
    • This makes me love it more : tomservo
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    Damn dude this is so awesome! : marmite
    • your not supposed to look! now I cant send you one. : silentbobuk
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  well drawn, but weird. : biskits
  • My friends and family have come to expect weird from me, If I sent a regular card with reindeer and shit ... : silentbobuk
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  SNTA-1225 ver 2.7 i love it : davislovestacobell
  • Thanks :D also, I'm gonna steal that "SNTA-1225" and put it on the pic somewhere, I like it. : silentbobuk
• This looks awesome! Kind of inspires me to create... : ImageOmega
• Looks great. : steauengeglase
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  I wish I could draw :( : OmegaRed59
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    practice! : ass-street
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      He may live on a street of ass but he's right, I draw A LOT! and most of it is shit..... I just don't sho... : silentbobuk
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        Is there a book you recommend to learn to draw? : OmegaRed59
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          Or an online tutorial blog even. : OmegaRed59
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            Highly reccmend a magazine called Imagine FX. I learn a lot from that in terms of digital techniques. oth : silentbobuk
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              and http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=drawing+tutorials&search_type=&aq=0sx : silentbobuk
              • Cool thanks. I might check out a book from the library along with looking at those videos. I find with di... : OmegaRed59
            • even tracing can be ok! it will all train your hand and eye to work together. try to setup some little s... : ass-street
            • did you actually draw on the photos like that when coming up with your design, or is that just to show us... : Herman Toothrot
• Awesome stuff. btw how much for a drawing of me doing Lightzout's super-hero wife? : SiW.
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  this is awesome! Is it ok if I print it out and tape it to my wall? :) : Megara9
  • omg pirate. : edgewise
  • haha! yeah np, although I will post the finished version : silentbobuk
• That is actually pretty cool, good work. : comiekazie

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  It's weird how people can feel so differently about a game - I actually felt like it was just more of the... : wytefang
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    IGNORE MY POST ABOVE - More playing time today with a friend proved that this new game is, in fact, utter... : wytefang
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      UTTERLY FUCKING AWESOME : Serpico74
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        Fine, fine....utterly effing awesome. There. You happy now, Serpico74? LOL : wytefang
        • Udder fucking awesome? : one random winner
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          I was agreeing and affirming your excellent post, not correcting you. :) : Serpico74
          • OIC. It's all good then. : wytefang
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  Well, I don't know. L4D1 was pretty good. Maybe L4D2 is 3% better? I don't know, I don't have it yet. ... : enyakk
  • sounds to me like you want more cheese and less game. : Sparkimus Prime
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    this game is not for you. : Drakoniac
    • You are right, there is a high likelihood of me not liking L4D2 after already expressing my love for L4D1... : enyakk
  • Those are just gimmicks. L4D2 takes basically every complaint ever made about L4D and systematically elim... : Zek
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    Dude, what the fuck? New games are Scrounger, Realism or all the hardcore fgts who were bitching about th... : Dschinghis Khan
    • Seriously Khan, why are they bringing their MW2 disease into our house? Not cool!!!!!!!!!!! : Lightzout
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  When you look down, can you see your body? : CrustaR
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    i never get this question. why??? I've played 40 hours of L4D1 and i've never looked down... couldn't t... : dignan
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      It's just a cool feature and adds to the immersion. It's not a deal breaker if L4D2 doesn't have it, but... : CrustaR
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        if you have time to look down, you aren't playing the game right! :) : dignan
        • Well a lot of the time in these games you are getting to high ground and shooting down at zombies, or loo... : pyide
      • I love that feature in games. Especially when you're slow-mo drop kicking fools in FEAR! : jane911
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    So, you wanted to see if Francis had knock knees? ;-) : =]Milo[=
    • Pointy elbows. : -sk-
• I just gave up on work. :\ : Q-ball
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  You ever going to join a Shack MW2 game? : Fred Garvin
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    You saw me, I was busy with L4D2. :) : Serpico74
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      Just the demo wasn't it? Seriously, you need to come share some male bonding as we shoot people in the fa... : Fred Garvin
      • Nope, full game from a store that broke street : Serpico74
• it is goddamn amazing : busdriver3030
• I'm loving it! I've not even tried all the maps yet, let alone versus! : niceguynick
• I'm looking forward to picking it up on the cheap in a couple of months. I've got way to much on my plat... : Haku-Jin
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  IT SHOULDA BEEEEEEEN FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE : Clay
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YgAw1G-4zY#t=0m33s : yacoub35
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  What's so much better about it? All of the gameplay I have sen looks the same to me. : hirosushima
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    the levels, weapons, and absolutely brutal violence : busdriver3030
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      and the new infected, the overall pacing, the graphics are updated. conclusion: play it, because it's awe... : busdriver3030
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        What about if you look down? Can you see your body like L4D1? : CrustaR
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          Yes, and you have a huge package. : bcyde
          • Awesome. : CrustaR
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        What's the deal with the puppet master guy. That faggot just controls me to wherever he wants (flung me o... : ieGod
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          Jockey flung you off a building once? EPIC WIN for that jockey. Normally they try to drag me into fire or... : MercFox1
          • Yeah it was embarrassing, and my first encounter with one too :( : ieGod
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    The gore is greatly improved, you can blow off individual limbs... The sounds are better, like the sound... : WhatIsThisFor
    • gosh the gore is so intense. : ass-street
• I'm not excited enough about it to pick it up. Why is it so much better? : stuka
• i just played 6 hours of it when i should of been working, and now I'm upset that I have to go out :( : Creepin_Jeezus
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  This is my list of things that makes L4D2 infinitely better : 1) New special infected prevents survivo : jingletard
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    I think more time with the game will fix this. I didn't care about the original survivors at first either... : Duffman8369
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      Yeah, and actually playing co-op campaigns will probably flesh out the characters a bit more. We played ... : jingletard
      • In L4D most of the conversations didn't even happen in Versus(until people started spamming them with voc... : Zek
      • The story in versus is "Oh god get this thing off of me it's eating my face!" : Duffman8369
• I wish I knew a guy like Nick in real life. : The Grolar Bear
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  It is soooooooooo much fun to axe the fucking shit out of zombies. : rosewood
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    choppp was going crazy with the chainsaw last night. It made me jealous. : bcyde
    • The chainsaw is just the best. The katana also rules : Serpico74
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  I can't wait. I loved the new sniper rifle (or whatever that single shot assault rifle / scope is). : edgewise
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    did you get the PC or XBOX version? : jedi_27
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      pc of course. : edgewise
      • whats this . . . "of course" . . . crap :) : jedi_27
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  PROTIP: The gas cans to fill the car can accidentally catch on fire :( : TroZ
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    We only needed 3 more. Then Tank #567 comes out of nowhere. Someone shoots the cans. We lose them and die... : Godhatesfatpeople
    • campaign = expert : Godhatesfatpeople
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  WHY do I have to be in Houston this week:( : .frame
  • Because Texas clearly hates freedom. : Dschinghis Khan
  • what night do you want to grab some beers? : dignan
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  Anyone else think the magnum is a little large on screen? Also, Expert Realism mode is fucking brutal,... : Beady
  • No i don't think it's to large because i'm too busy blasting zombies in half with it. : Dschinghis Khan
  • Yes. It's too big. Hopefully they'll shrink it a bit because it looks ridiculous in size. : jingletard
• I'm having fun with it. My roommate and I went through Hard Rain last night and had a blast. There was on... : corey
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  I'm so happy they cranked up the difficulty a bit. with L4D I always felt that expert was waaaay too har... : mikecyb
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    The spitter is so great I want to hop up and do a little midget dance on the top of my desk every time sh... : midgetherder
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      yeah, the fact that pretty much all the new special infected are focused on separating the survivors is g... : mikecyb
      • The Charger is the scariest motherfucker outside of an actual tank. I get his screams confused with the H... : MercFox1
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    Really? Expert is so easy in L4D. Especially how fucking hard L4D2 is. Man, it's seriously just this endl... : Godhatesfatpeople
    • Yeah that became apparent and without a mic I was holding my team down so I bailed. Co-op got more co-op... : Lightzout
• Hard Rain is fucking rad and brutal. I wish I had slept the night before because I was so tired last nig... : midgetherder
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  Seriously? What are the significant improvements? Everything looked incremental. I've got it but I've yet... : Sgt_Boomstick
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    Another game with little more than incremental improvements ;) : carbontree
    • Definitely true but I was so burnt out on L4D by the end of it that while I'm looking forward to play it,... : Sgt_Boomstick
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  It is so much harder. I played some Versus this morning, and not once did either team make it to the safe... : Vincent Grayson
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    To be fair. Not many people know the new maps that well. Give it time until people begin to learn the map... : Godhatesfatpeople
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      No, I'm saying the infected were raping the hell out of the players. Not a single team made it to the saf... : Vincent Grayson
      • It usually takes a while for everyone to figure out all of the flaws and limitations in zombie tactics. I... : Sgt_Boomstick
• Played the first campaign last night, we made it to the car, and got maybe 5 cans in, then it all went sh... : NexusOne
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  Yea, I will probably never play the first game again. I love the Magnum. : WhatIsThisFor
  • Same, I wouldn't have thought that but there isn't much of a point to the first game now with L4D2 being ... : Serpico74
• It's fucking amazing. Spent 6 hours playing it last night. Im so fucked at work right now. : Godhatesfatpeople
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  L4D2 is absolutely brutal. It's very difficult. There are weapons and powerups and shit everywhere, but t... : MercFox1
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    The mud men in the Swamp level are insane and creepy :O : Godhatesfatpeople
    • Oh great this is going to be a game I can only play while drunk :( : tomservo
  • I really, really, really hope Valve don't decide to nerf the difficulties because people are saying it's ... : pyide
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  serpico, add me on XBL let's play l4d2 soon. : brickmatt
  • I'm at work right now, my Steam and XBL accounts are both in my profile : Serpico74
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  fuck it. After months and months of constantly seeing half the people on my steam list playing L4D, an... : ninjamoo
  • Yessssssssssssssssssssssssss : MercFox1
• MOUSTACHEO! : shavenewok
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  Server Operators - How do I join your illustrious ranks? I have a decent linux dedicated box in a datacen... : NexusOne
  • you have to input the shack l4d group id somewhere, I'm not sure where tho, ask rydogg, alphablu, or re-v... : sanchez
• Carrying around the gnome was tedious yet hilarious. Provided for some funny moments when he got lost in... : baffula
• The real question is, is there a voice command I can spam that is better than Bill's "OHHHHH NOOOOOOOO!!"... : lefthighkick
• The fire setpiece in Dead Center is one of the awesomest levels I've ever played. : Thomas Hace

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• Trivia: there is a line of surfboards in Santa Cruz called Goin My name means "low salt" in Dutch. : Lightzout
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  my occupation, apparently. : mwasher
  • my dear manscrubber, my server shipped and i'm blaming you. so thanks :D : Dave-A
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  From the character in the cantina in the first Star Wars (the *real* first Star Wars). : dognose
  • http://www.dognose.com/ :( :( :( :( : AndyGoin
• I am unimaginative. : DrWaffles
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  I was going through your atari history the other day and completely forgot you used catturd for a while. : abrasion
  • *plop* : dognose
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    hahah forgot about that one. And I wouldn't go through the atari history, most of those posts are about ... : AndyGoin
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      atari history? : dignan
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        I went by "AtaRi." way back when but hey that's old shit from a previous life. : AndyGoin
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          i remembered the nick right after hitting post. did you collect? still do? if not, still have? : dignan
          • Atari games? I do have a box in the closet full of atari games that I started to collect, still in the b... : AndyGoin
• "Dave" was taken >:( : Dave-A
• Surprisingly not from General Motors : Mr. Goodwrench
• I'm a flaming faggot and I love glitter : sparkly
• My last name starts with a g and ends with a deck : geedeck
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  what about cat turd? : romulan
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    Holy shit you guys remember everything and that's scary. It's been nearly 10 years hasn't it? : AndyGoin
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      *plop* : romulan
      • Oh god, I'm pulling my coat over my head in embarrassment. : AndyGoin
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  i picked mine in the 8th grade. i was a serious nerd back then, and wanted to pick a name that reflected ... : mindmann
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    Mindman(n)! Sounds like a super-hero name. : AndyGoin
    • it sounded cool when i was in 8th grade. =( Today, i'm actually really surprised that my 8th grade sel... : mindmann
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  it needed to be done. : pointyelbows
  • You are a heroine! : fechols
• Overload because my young self thought it sounded 1337, and I was in to Unreal Tournament at the time. I ... : OverloadUT
• a Doors song. I used it as my WoW character name. Someone else here registered the name so I had to add... : mojorisen1117
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  bush - sixteen stone : synapse19
  • no wait, razorblade suitcase : synapse19
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  http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=8293945#itemanchor_8293945 : Caboose
  • You still trying to come up with a new one? : AndyGoin
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  2nd D&D character I made... sigh... he drowned under Shadowmoon trying to save the dumbass paladin, and ... : Grumbeld
  • same here, except it was taken. I was too lazy to think of another one so I just used the l33t version. : x4nth3
• Back in the days of AOL 2.1 there was one of those billboards on my school bus route that had images you ... : ucanbfuzzy
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  I've had various iterations of this username since middle school. Maybe earlier. It stuck somehow. : Link.
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    Is it originally from the Legend of Zelda? : AndyGoin
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      Nope. I don't remember from where exactly. : Link.
      • are you surrrrre? : dewdman
• my real name : harold.johnson
• Photoshop addiction : grayscale
• back in 85 when Dune came out people said I looked like the actor who played beastrabban. It was either ... : beastrabban
• I went to summer camp one year and didn't have internet for a good month. Came back and everything was a... : slax0r
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  I honestly don't remember. I have used it on US:East Battle.net for wc3 forever though : R@zzle
  • korean pride x justin chu x ????? : DrFlammable
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  the name of the castaway on Monkey Island : Herman Toothrot
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    but you all knew that, right? RIGHT? : Herman Toothrot
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      never played it :O But that is interesting! : AndyGoin
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        dude, go get the special edition of it on steam, it rocks http://store.steampowered.com/app/32360/ : Herman Toothrot
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          I'm on a mac, what about the iPhone version? Isn't there one there? : AndyGoin
          • i haven't tried the iphone version, there's an XBox version too if you have that : Herman Toothrot
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            after checking out the iphone version, i think i can safely say that it seems to be done quite well : Herman Toothrot
            • there's a "lite" version you can try out before you buy it, but i highly recommend the game itself : Herman Toothrot
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  Samurai Pizza Cats. : guido anchovy
  • ^^^ Winner. : SketchyFletchy
• faith no more's music publishing company. : vomitgod
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  I was a 12 year old boy playing flashlight tag. I went in when we were picking teams and went to the bat... : bagelcc
  • Hahah that's a funny story. : AndyGoin
• I used to draw a lot in High School and was a completely straight-laced goody-two-shoes. Hence the mildly... : SketchyFletchy
• Random object, desperation to come up with new username. : Orange Pylon
• My name in Latin (sort of), Chrono Trigger, and Goldeneye. Also, I loved Greco-Roman myth. : J4NUS
• Quake1 kill messages with the rocket launcher, my favorite weapon. : Ride-My-Rocket
• doom level : icon_of_syn
• Older brothers called me a spazz, I just attached the end. I was once 'spazzler.' : spazzium
• cows go moo : Mmmmmoo
• There's nothing interesting about my name's origin since I just made it up, so instead I will offer you t... : DrFlammable
• I picked this name in '95. If you ever played the game Cyberstorm, there was an into movie to that game t... : Melignus
• Made fun of a bearded chick in high school and she called me a gimp. My brother and his friends took a li... : gimpness
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  I was Maverick in Doom2 and DukeNukem3d coop over 14.4 baud modem. : MaverickOrig
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    then when Counterstrike beta launched, (i joined week 2) there were too many Mavericks, so i became Maver... : MaverickOrig
    • but Maverick isn't very original :( : dewdman
• i opened my cabinets once and : spiderfill
• i love Flying airplanes, and I thought adding h4x0r to it would make it more geeky and relevant to gaming... : Flying h4x0r
• I was listening to U2 - MOFO without realizing it means what it does. : mofo
• I've been lurking since 99 but never registered. When I finally did, Dudeman was taken. I figured Mountai... : dewdman

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  iSnack 2.0... isn't that vegemite? : trOmblyj
  • it's a special variety of vegemite. like how there's honey nut cheerios and cheerios : RikiTiki2
  • It combines Vegemite and Kraft cream cheese, spreads more easily and has a considerably less salty, milde... : Dave-A
  • http://chookspot.blogspot.com/2009/09/well-this-certainly-wont-go-down-well.html : TastyWheat
  • I'm with Tasty on this. It's not a spread, it's a national insult in jar form. : SketchyFletchy
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  Funny that you say that everyone is rude to everyone else. I thought there was much more rudeness amongst... : Arctic Fox
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    Dave-A lives in Canada, a Polite Society : boring gegtik
    • ya we say "please" after telling someone to STFU : cptstern
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      In Newfoundland my friend heard his 3 year old newphew say "Pass the fucking milk, please" : nevlos
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        He should just be happy the kid doesn't speak Newfie. : Afterglow
        • how ya gittin' on cocki'? : NastyNorman
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    Rude in a making-fun kind of way, i should have made that distinction. Also I used an upgrade coupon, I d... : Dave-A
    • Oh yes, I'll heartily agree with you then. But it's a good thing, American political correctness is just ... : Arctic Fox
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      Who'd you fly with, United won't let me do that, despite the amount of miles I've got. : Carnivac
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        Air Canada, which probably doesn't help you much. If you're in their Aeroplan rewards program and rack up... : Dave-A
        • Yeah I'd totally do that if they'd let me. Maybe with the increased competition on the route from Delta ... : Carnivac
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      Taking the piss is a national sport. : bombay
      • I wish it actually was a legitimate national sport. Oh wait, national government is a huge pisstake! : SketchyFletchy
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    Customer service is pretty good here in Santa Barbara. But I agree overall, my experience of US customer ... : Alco23
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      Yeah, in my experience, if someone is being nice to you, they're expecting a handout. That's a little sad... : Arctic Fox
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        It can really vary widely across America but that attitude is pretty sad. Have you spent any time in the : midgetherder
        • Mostly I've lived/travelled through the big cities. Boston, DC, New York, LA, Chicago, Miami etc. I fully... : Arctic Fox
    • Haha, Santa Barbara is such a bubble. They better be nice! : midgetherder
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    Where did you move, New York? I see your profile says Chicago, they're not that rude there. The entire ... : bipolar
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      Have you been to Australia? It's just a different set of expectations. Regardless, every person I've know... : Arctic Fox
      • For sure, it is a wonderful place. : bombay
      • It'd be pretty tough to top Omaha people. If you ask some random person in a gas station for directions,... : bipolar
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    Arctic -- you should see how rude people are in NY if you think people in Chicago are rude :) But yea... : mystikal
    • Oh I know how rude NYers are, I've been there a few times :) : Arctic Fox
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  We're rude to each other? really? : Drewus
  • yeah-yeah, i reckon! wid. : Dave-A
  • You silly fuck, are you an Aussie or not? : abrasion
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    stfu dick, of course we are :) : CoRDS
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      Why are you so polite to us yanks then? Is it because we all have guns? : dognose
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        I'm going to speculate on a hypothesis that you actually only understood one word in five : Dave-A
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          so when they were saying "heycuntyeahyeah crikeyeveryonehereisadag i reckon wheresfelicia ineedtogetmyend... : Dave-A
          • That's the thing, they did not comment on the music which means they were being polite : dognose
      • Because we know that you folk don't have a proper sense of humour ;) : Arctic Fox
      • because we we're out on Good Behavior. : CoRDS
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        Because we are seppo yanks : bombay
        • As much as I love rhyming slang, I really hate it when people refer to Americans as seppos. :-( I'd much... : Aragoat
      • Because fuck you : aeg1x
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  Yeah, I love the fact I can joke about politically incorrect things back in Aus and everyone will just la... : Alco23
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    I remember the first full-time job I had in software development, I walked into the accounts department w... : Dave-A
    • bahahahaha, or lying on the floor bleeding out : Arctic Fox
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      Whoah serious? that's a bit pushy, where was this Alice Springs? : abrasion
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        It was in Blackburn! : Dave-A
        • Jesus that's fucking nuts, I'd never call any girl a cunt unless I knew them extremely well - I don't thi... : abrasion
        • Are you in Blackburn now? I used to live there when I was a kid! : Aragoat
        • Hah, Blackburn. Says it all, really. Can't exactly claim working in engineering in Wollongong is any d... : SketchyFletchy
      • In Cairns the other day, this guy goes into the bottle-o and grabs a cask wine. The clerk said oh you've ... : bombay
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    I had a young Australian store clerk (here in Seattle) say to me "This bag (plastic bag) is harder to ope... : ChowYunCat
    • Playing it up to see what he can get away with. : abrasion
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      sounds like a country boy. I am living with one at the moment. Totally different "lingo" : vomitgod
      • Yeah those types would really into it when they go overseas I guess. : SpaecKow
• where in aus are you now : filthysock
• wow damn how much did 1st class ticket cost?? : proclone1
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  Righto mate where where ya? Shackmeet time! : TastyWheat
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    you globetrotting cunt :D : TastyWheat
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      I am in Berwick of all places, I am tired of saying to hello to everyone I walk past :P : Dave-A
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        How long you in vic for? You should have beers with the other Melbourne shackers, abrasion doesn't eve... : shavenewok
        • fly back dec 1st : Dave-A

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  Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time is fantastic. People with a PS3 who enjoy platformers should... : walker270
  • I agree!! So underrated! : AndyGoin
  • GF cant stop playing this. she loves it! : m0rfus
  • I agree. I'm having a blast with it. : guido anchovy
  • I'm a little pissed at myself for putting Halo in my cart first, as I wanted R&C more. I just went in ord... : qwpeoriu
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    How does it compare to Tools of Destruction, which I thought was good, but I wouldn't recommend. : ieGod
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      I mean if you've played the entire PS2 series there's no need to even bother with Tools, you can skip it ... : ieGod
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        I thought Tools was pretty great, ieGod, and I played the shit out of Going Commando, Up Your Arsenal, an... : MercFox1
        • It was good, sure, but I didn't get a sense of uniqueness out of it. I absolutely loved the PS2 series, a... : ieGod
    • Better than Tools, IMO. I never played the PS2 R&C games, so I can't compare it to them. : walker270
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  Buy Brutal Legend YOU DICKS >:( : Deathlove
  • I already own it, DICK!!! : ThomW
  • I would if there was a decent PC port. :( : Link.
  • I'd take it if they paid me $30. : AMikaboshi
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    Why? It's not that good. : lplasmatron
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      Au contraire. Game of the year. : Deathlove
      • I love metal but still disagree. : CyCo_PL
      • Have you ever been more wrong? : cltcprd
      • OK, it's decent game, but far from Game of the Year. And yes, I bought it, played through a few levels a... : AndyGoin
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        More like disappointment of the decade. : pyide
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          I thought that was GTAIV? *ducks shoes* : AndyGoin
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            GTA4 definitely didn't live up to the hype, but it was still a lot of fun to play. Apparently the DLC epi... : pyide
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              GTAIV was a chore for me to finish. 96 missions, but there were only about 3 different types. Add on the : qwpeoriu
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                IAWTQWPEORIU, fuck GTAIV : cltcprd
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                  Agreed - but I hope Rockstar learns from it. : dedgecko
                  • bring back the fun of GTA3 (or hell even GTA:SA). GTAIV tried to be too serious for its own good IMO. : cltcprd
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                    learns how to make an awesome game that sells a shitload of copies and is loved by gamers/critics? yeah i... : JINKY
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                      I won't purchase the DLC, and I have no intention of ever purchasing another GTA title. I may be a drop ... : dedgecko
                      • Wow, I had no idea it was as bad as this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Theft_Auto_%28series%29 (... : dedgecko
      • I sorta agree with you, Deathlove. I'd have to put some more thought into it before I make that call, bu... : pandastrong
      • I can't get into it, I'll probably finish it eventually. I don't think it should be mentioned in GOTY tal... : qwpeoriu
      • lol what : Downforce
      • please, DL : boring gegtik
      • youre cute : maulla
      • No comment. : CrustaR
      • GOOD ONE : JINKY
      • I couldn't get into it. i tried. :/ : smax
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    No, I don't want to support shitty games. : Vincent Grayson
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      I can understand not liking BL's gameplay but the game is far from shitty. : pandastrong
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        that is a completely nonsensical statement. : biskits
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          how so? the RTS style game may not be for everyone, but that doesn't make it shitty. that's my point. : pandastrong
          • I found the gameplay to be shitty. The story and characters were great, but the gameplay was boring, poor... : Vincent Grayson
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          how so ? it makes sense to me. : qwpeoriu
          • Because it's a game...with shitty gameplay... A firefighter who's awesome except for his firefighting ... : Ebu
  • /\ Agreed! : =]Milo[=
  • no thanks : dantastic
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  I wonder if I can use the $10 credit I just got for NSMB? =) : ThomW
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    Amazon is fucking hax with that shit. I used my $20 credit from ModWar 2 to pick up NSMB, and now I have... : walker270
    • urgh. i stuck CoD6 in my cart and left it for a couple days while shopping. The credit went from $20 to $... : StolenNosferatu
  • i would think so, i've used a bunch of video game promotional credits for other video game lightning deal... : qwpeoriu
  • i see no reason why not : pandastrong
  • It worked! Halo ODST for $20! : ThomW
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  Fuck, that was quick. I missed it ! I was even signed in, by the time I went to checkout the deal was ... : qwpeoriu
  • Nevermind, i got Halo: ODST. Couldn't get my hands on Ratchet & Clank :( Just putting it in my cart in... : qwpeoriu
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  son of a bitch... any other brutal legend deals? : dedgecko
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    It will be $35 at Best Buy on Black Friday, if you're willing to brave the crowds. : afty
    • Unless it's a door-buster you should be able to order it online at the same price as the ad. : abunch
    • Buy it on wednesday and then just go in friday during the sale time for a price adjustment on your receip... : Prozium
    • As an ex BBY employee - I have no desire to ever step into another BBY unless forced to. : dedgecko
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  i hope some of you on the fence got Ratchet. it was a great game, i had a hard time putting it down unti... : smacknca
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    I did this with the first one on the PS3, ToD. I must have beat it about 5 times over but man it's a bla... : AndyGoin
    • the uber gun in this one is just so ridiculous that i love it. i mean come on, it has its own killing mu... : smacknca
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  Wait... Is this going to pop up agian or am I just going to stand here sad ? :( : Malku
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    Question Marks??? : Malku
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      Attention Getting Text! Somebody please tell this poor furry whether this will pop back up I really ne... : Malku
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        it will not come back up, lightning deals do not last very long : qwpeoriu
        • Damn. Well when he said I just assumed it'd start at that time so I ignored the post and I saw the post ... : Malku

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  Thief 1 was better for story but Thief 2 had better gameplay. I too never played Thief 3, I always thoug... : Haku-Jin
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    I know that I never checked out Thief 3 because I was still bitter over Deus Ex: Invisible War. Looking b... : tomservo
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      This was pretty much my reason as well. I felt like those franchises were just being exploited. Plus, w... : Haku-Jin
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        Yeah! I think it was optionally 3rd person? I am too busy and important to look it up at the moment, but ... : tomservo
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          Actually, I think it was defaulted to third person and had an option to use first person. Let me know ho... : Haku-Jin
          • I'll probably just pick it up on Steam for convenience, but I will definitely chat you up about it! : tomservo
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          It's optional, but after a while 3rd person will feel natural. The production quality is better than DX2,... : Marrbe
          • Cool, so it still holds up. : Haku-Jin
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            Awesome. I'm a big fan of Unreal engine games, so Thief 3 using it has always been attractive to me. I ca... : tomservo
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              It fits this game's environments, whereas it would've been a bit strange in T1 and 2. The biggest factor ... : Marrbe
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                I also just finished Thief3 (under Windows7; specify cpu affinity & enable vsync to have it run properly ... : rms
                • If you get IW running properly on Win7, please post here how you did it, I've had little luck http://www.... : Iazu
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  I only got to play the 3rd one, but I thought it was a ton of fun and I really liked the main character. : breadsticks
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    Yeah, Garrett was really likable. I think they nailed his voice actor, which was one of the first things ... : tomservo
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      Looking Glass did very little wrong imo, they're still my favourite studio. R.I.P. : Haku-Jin
      • Yeah, there really has never been another studio quite like them. : tomservo
• Depends, the Dark Project thing was cool. T1 was more fantasy, T2 more tech and that's because of the sto... : Marrbe
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  I never played any of them : gmd
  • wait maybe I got thief 2 or 3 with a video card but I threw it away : gmd
  • this seems to be a recurring theme for you today. : Sparkimus Prime
• I didn't play any of the Thief games, either. I'm broken. : MercFox1
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  I think I enjoyed the gameplay of the Thief 2 more than I did 1. I really enjoyed Thief 3. It wasn't the ... : malevolence
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    What kind of consolization stuff did it have? Was the Shalebridge Cradle level the notorious asylum one I : tomservo
    • Some performance issues (not much of a factor on modern comps), slight control issues. More loading scree... : Marrbe
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  Fantastic games and I agree with the consensus of 2 being better because it focused on the thief aspects ... : DapperDan
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    Did you check out that Doom3 Thief mod? I think it was recently released. I've been meaning to install Do... : tomservo
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      I was going to, but it seems I've lost my copy of Doom 3. : DapperDan
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        Want me to mail you mine? I have a copy of it on Steam because I bought the big huge id Software pack... : tomservo
        • I appreciate the thought but I'm sure there are more worthy Doom3 needing people out there. Besides I've ... : DapperDan
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  Thief 3 was really good, definitely worth playing. in many ways I like it better than the 1st and 2nd one... : judge
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    What ways? Tell me about your favorite Thief 3 moment if you have one :D : tomservo
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      Between missions, you have to travel through the standard "city" areas to get to the next area, so it fee... : judge
      • "Between missions, you have to travel through the standard "city" areas to get to the next area, so it fe : tomservo
      • I just got very lost in the city. Also, I wished that things didn't freeze when you left the area, so tha... : kramweil
    • Shalebridge and island mansion levels. Ending. Nailing 2 guards with one gas arrow as one passes the o... : Marrbe
    • I liked Thief 3 a lot too. It's the only one of the 3 that I finished (and I have them all.) I think the... : zipr
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      Favorite Thief 3 Moment, Shalebridge Cradle (don't read if you want to avoid spoilers, and you should avo : senseimoron
      • that was definitely one the scarier lvls in my gaming history, spooky atmosphere, sfx, music. roommate at... : supaLink
      • I've read an interview with the designer of that level and he purposefully put no enemies in the first ha : malevolence
      • Ridiculously awesome article about the Cradle: http://gillen.cream.org/thecradle.pdf : Vimn
    • Shalebridge Cradle : Mr. Goodwrench
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      I don't really have a favorite 'moment' per se, but the way the story is told is absolutely fantastic - t... : ArcKnight
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        That reminds me a little bit of the style used for the Dark Forces cutscenes. That settles it. I'm buying... : tomservo
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          If you don't take to it right away, please stick with it. Also don't play in 3rd person camera view fo... : Mr. Goodwrench
          • That was my intention, to try and avoid it completely, just because I'm a purist nerd. Similarly, if GTA ... : tomservo
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  I've never played them. Bearing in mind that my love for Deus Ex and SS2 borders on the erotic, are they ... : peanut-
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    YES. Please keep in mind that they have not aged well. The Dark Engine is not an engine that has aged... : tomservo
    • It still does the job, and the sound design is excellent as ever. : Marrbe
• While Thief 2 added more levels with more human enemies (which is always a good thing), I actually like t... : Rag and Bone Man
• Both Thiefs were great, the second one I think that ended up with mechanical robots or something I didn't... : rhuntley12
• Thief 3 was not bad. It's aged now of course but at the time it was pretty advanced. It's the only game : Loofus
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  I didn't bother to look for Thief 2 when it came out, thinking I would get it on the cheap many years lat... : ieGod
  • Oh and I refuse to play the third until I complete the second. : ieGod
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    Yeah, those two games (and System Shocks) would be kingly additions to Steam. : tomservo
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      I'd prefer GoG + released source codes. : Marrbe
      • Yeah. Those games are basically just long overdue for a re-release, now that classic gaming at bargain pr... : tomservo
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  Oh man. The Thief series is one of my fondest memories from late '90s gaming. I had only had a PC for abo... : Iazu
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    The level size, loading issues, and consol'd menus in Thief Deadly Shadows and Deus Ex 2 really killed th... : Brainiacrk
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      I actually bought both for PC on Steam just this weekend since I had to play them both on XBox originally... : Iazu
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        Oh, there's a solution. It's called releasing the source code, and it's why e.g. Doom 1 run better than s... : Marrbe
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          Too bad that will never, ever, happen. id is by far the exception rather than the rule when it comes to t... : Iazu
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            Yeah. But why isn't it the norm? Is there something I'm missing? Cause from what I can tell, releasing th... : Marrbe
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              If I had to make a guess I would say it's probably got to do with the Publishers and legal issues. IP own... : Iazu
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                I haven't ever heard the publishers' side of the argument though. Like Atari, for example. If GoG.com cal... : Marrbe
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                  In the case of old games like that I'm sure it's probably due to complications on who exactly owns the co... : Iazu
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                    Apparently some guy on the Blood dev team has the code, but won't release it until he gets an official OK... : Marrbe
                    • That sucks, because that means it probably won't happen. From what I understand, publishers can be a real... : Iazu
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        Thanks for these links! : tomservo
        • No problem. The Widescreen gaming forum is an awesome, awesome place. : Iazu
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    The Cradle is an absolute legend. There's a an amazing 10 page article about that single level by game jo... : yobock
    • I remember reading this. It does contain spoilers for the level though, so don't read it if you plan on e... : denixen
    • Yeah, I read this back in the day. It's a must read for any Thief fan. : senseimoron
    • Yes! [butthead] This thing scared the bejeesus out of me. [/butthead] : Loofus
• omg i loved thief! i didn't like thief 2 as much, though i was a kid when i played it so i can't say why.... : biskits
• Loved throwing bodies down tall buildings in Thief 2. : kramweil
• http://www.mindplaces.com/darkmod/ No one in this thread who is a thief fan should miss out on that = ... : pixelat3d
• I can still remember playing the Thief 1 demo and just being completely tense and my heart was going a 10... : mrwolf710
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  tom, i recently configured both thief and system shock 2 to run properly in widescreen. let me dig up th... : EvilDolemite
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    http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=19345023#itemanchor_19345023 the link in the second post is the mo... : EvilDolemite
    • ED, you are my favorite alcoholic. Thank you! I have the Thief itch thanks to my own thread, so I will de... : tomservo
• Thief 2 was so much better. You could lean forward, could run, walk and creep. I loved leaning forward in... : pukerat
• Thief 1 is one of my all-time favorite games, even with the zombies and various other monsters. I keep h... : J. Kyle
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  I have a fond memory of playing the Thief:TDP demo while home from college during the Christmas of 1998. ... : get_navi
  • Yeah, I remember the demo coming with my old Sound Blaster Live card. I played the shit out of it. I've b... : denixen
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  i once played through the first 6 levels of thief on LSD without dying but had to stop because the zombie... : eeeealmo
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    hahahahaha : tomservo
    • For several underground parts of STALKER, I made it a point to play when I would get home from the bar be... : tomservo
• I think you owe it yourself as a Thief fan to play the third one. The Shale Bridge Cradle level is by far... : denixen
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  I really, really liked Thief, but I confess I never completed Thief 2. I guess the zombies were kind of ... : mikecyb
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    It is also my secret shame that I never finished Thief 2. The famous rooftops mission? I don't know an... : tomservo
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      I played it back in college, so over five years ago, and I don't even recall how far I got. I remember i... : mikecyb
      • The Lost City level gave me a "rose colored glasses" moment recently. There's a part later in the level w... : Iazu
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      Curious thing about that level. It was the level featured in the demo for Thief 2, but was actually heavi... : Iazu
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        Interesting! Do you remember any of the differences between the two? That almost gives it somewhat of a H... : tomservo
        • It's not quite at the level of Uplink, more of a fun extra if you're a fan. I'm sure there's a writeup so... : Conan
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          Hm, from what I can remember (mind, it's been several years) the level was lit entirely differently. One ... : Iazu
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            Ah, here. http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=70616&highlight=Unwelcome+Guest That thread expla... : Iazu
            • Awesome, thanks for digging this up! : tomservo
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    The Lost City was a great level and very memorable. You do revisit it in Thief 2 but I can't remember muc... : Iazu
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      In T2 it's populated by Mechanists with a bunch of lights, gear etc. They've made a research site of it a : Marrbe
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        Ahh yes, don't you have to tail or ambush a Mechanist higher up as he tours the place? I think I remember... : Iazu
        • I've gone through all 3 from start to finish this year. It's a gem in the collection. : Marrbe
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  The Vintage Game Club over at brainygamer is currently playing through Thief 1 http://brainygamer.websit... : Iazu
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    omg. I never register for messageboards, basically ever. But I think I want to be a community member h... : tomservo
    • Yeah, this is my problem with the VGC. Forums/MessageBoards are so... yuck. : Agrona
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  I have never played System Shock 1/2, Thief 1/2/3 or Deus Ex 1/2. I assume I need to play some of these? : MrBig0
  • They're all good games and worth tracking down. You might run into some problems getting them to run on a... : Iazu
• I preferred the gameplay of Thief 2, but the atmosphere of Thief 1. Thief 3 was okay - not the classic th... : Conan
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  Sadly, I never played either SS or Thief, though they're on my Backlog of "stuff I really should check ou... : Agrona
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    http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=21417377#itemanchor_21417377 lots of great discussion there :D : tomservo
    • Thanks! : Agrona
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    you should move those to the top of your list. like now. Both are games I would gladly pay full price for... : DapperDan
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      Even on top of all the half-lifes? : Agrona
      • Personally I put SS2 above Half-Life (only just) and Half-Life 2. Thief is just below Half-Life 2. : DapperDan
• I think everyone should play through them for the atmosphere if not the gameplay--cheat a little if you h... : thief
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  i never really played thief 2, but i've tried to get through thief 1 like 5 times and i can't because the... : JINKY
  • I think you're a very small minority : Mr. Goodwrench
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  Thief 1's initial levels were awesome, especially the idle guard chatter and that one drunk guard. I'm wi... : supaLink
  • I don't know... throw 'em down a well or something. : jvox
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  I loved thief 2 for the story and experience. Father Karras is still one of my favorite characters. : AMikaboshi
  • ah yeah. shooting water arrows into the backs of those sentries. good times. :) : jvox
  • lol, when I first started Thief 2 I had trouble taking an antagonist that sounds like Droopy Dog seriousl... : Iazu
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  Did you know that the Shalebridge Cradle designer is the lead designer on Bioshock 2? : rock elf
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    ...woah, really? Holy shit. I had no clue. I wish it was easier to keep track of who is who in game de... : tomservo
    • Yep, he was also the designer of the Fort Frolic level on Bioshock. There's always Mobygames, but it d... : rock elf
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    That's pretty awesome. Alot of those Looking Glass guys are still around. I remember being surprised afte... : Iazu
    • Hell, Harmonix was founded by an ex Looking Glass guy. : Iazu
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      Actually, the cradle designer wasn't ex-looking glass. : Conan
      • lol, i tend to lump Ion Storm and LG together a lot in my head. : Iazu
    • whoah. : Agrona
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    Don't forget Emil Pagliarulo. He worked on Thief1-3, thieves guild in Oblivion, and was the lead designer... : denixen
    • I want to give him a big hug. : tomservo
• Whoa, I'm on the front page! First time ever :) : Iazu
• TDP gold and TMA were equally awesome. Down in the Bonehoarde (TDP) was one of the best levels ever im... : Tech T
• Saw this thread and decided to install the copy of Thief 2 that has been sitting my shelf for a good time... : steauengeglase

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  So, via engadget's new's article here(http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/17/motorola-droid-camera-autofocus- : wurt
  • haha, nice I actually didn't notice the change in the actual focuisng at all. Yeah, I get the green s... : foo
  • Hahahaha holy shit that's nuts. : sevogajre
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    Haha, what the fuck. Your camera has periods now. : Rehevkor
    • LOL'D : bolneze
    • this reply wins :D : Demius
    • Ahahhahaha : loboca
    • haha thats great : stgdz
    • hahaha nice : Nitrium
  • Lol, this is one of the strangest things I've ever heard. Also, my droid camera does indeed seem to be wo... : m0nkz
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    any more word on 2.0 on G1 : dignan
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      Someone that works for google posted here just before Droid came out saying the G1 won't get 2.0 because ... : foo
      • but i believe g1 users will be able to get it via the cynogen(sp?) rom dude : wurt
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        i thought i read on here the other day it will work, via some guy's twitter pot : dignan
        • This was a while back, so maybe it was an early assumption or something : foo
      • the G1 will get 2.0 or I will kick someone square in the nuts >:( : BongSlayerB
      • they just need updated qualcomm drivers which the hackers seem hopeful of a release somewhat soon. beyon... : smacknca
      • T-Mobile says otherwise http://www.brighthand.com/default.asp?newsID=15532&news=Google+Android+T-Mobile+... : zehh
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      The guy who makes the roms for tmobile hacks has 2.0 running on his g1 now so it wont be much longer. I p... : hashd
      • Here is his twitter account that he talks about it http://www.twitter.com/cyanogen : hashd
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      btw what features would g1 gain by having 2.0? anyone got a quick and dirty list? : dignan
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        native exchange account support is a huge one : xsoulbrothax
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          apparently it's not fully native, you need a $10 app per droid to make it like it's on BES : Downforce
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            huh, what's missing? i came from windows mobile - it looks like the droid can do pretty much everything i... : xsoulbrothax
            • oh you know what we can split the difference. a lot of it is based on exchange 2007, which of course they... : Downforce
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        multiple gmail account two way syncs. performance improvements in a bunch of stuff i cant remember off th... : wurt
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          2 way syncs? what does accomplish that it doesn't already? : dignan
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            i think he means using the automatic push syncing instead of the usual scheduled checks? : xsoulbrothax
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              push just means you can force something right? : dignan
              • just means you will see the change instantly. emails arrive instantly instead of waiting for your inbox t... : wurt
      • Turn-by-Turn Nav! : cltcprd
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  • i think i see what you did there : virus
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  btw i went to the verizon store last night and the guy tried very hard to avoid letting me swap it. he... : xsoulbrothax
  • and just now it soft reset on trying to access the all applications pull-up tab! :D : xsoulbrothax
  • get a new one my first one did the same stuff, second one is golden. i did the redet etc on the first to... : stonedonkey
• My "V" isn't working properly, the same pressure required on all the other keys on the pad is consistent,... : sreyes22
• I'd love to get one of those phones but I'm just not sure I want to spend a few hundred bucks plus anothe... : DinK

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• They look like theyre from a kinky porn video : bolneze
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  Wow. What the hell. Trench coats and helmets? That sounds really practical when fighting with a bat'le... : Kiyohime
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    How about we start with one Romulan subduing three Klingons? : Home Nugget
    • The trench coat and helmets are just hiding a bad plastic surgery job. Clearly, Nero hit the tender plac... : Kiyohime
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      NERD RAGE : action wombmate
      • DON'T EVEN GET ME STARTED ON THE CENTAURIAN "SLUGS" AW : Home Nugget
    • No kidding - those must have been bottom of the barrel Klingons there. : thetangent
  • They're prison guards. It's supposed to be intimidating, not necessarily effective. : AlexW1203
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    The helmets are supposed to get around the continuity error between TOS and TNG regarding their bumpy for... : TwiLyght
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  WTF is with those helmets? Why the fuck would he RE-design the Klingons? : thetangent
  • I don't think they had the design finalized and wanted to hide any type of body/face feature : gmd
  • The bigger WTF is from the trench coats. Trench coats. On Klingons. I can see the helmets with their "... : Kiyohime
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    because in the original series they were practically identical to Vulcans? : Dravenport
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      Greasy Italian version of Vulcans. : walker270
      • You say that like it's a bad thing... : freqq28
    • Yeah, that was due to bad genetic engineering. : thetangent
• They're wearing helmets though. Is there another shot somewhere that shows them without the helmet? : WhatIsThisFor
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  Rule for Evil Overlords #334 Carrying loaded weapons into an interrogation room never makes any sense.... : trove
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    It does always seem to work out poorly for the bad guys. Is rule #335 "don't tell the good guy the de... : riptyde
    • I think that is way way at the top like #2 or something. : trove
    • that should be rule #1 : JohnnyDanger
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      http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EvilOverlordList : AlexW1203
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        haha wow : bolneze
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          That whole site is very informative : bolneze
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            Ive spent waaaaaaaaay more time on that site than I was intending : bolneze
            • It combines the inherent 'one more page' effect of Wikis with informal writing and entertainment as a sub... : AlexW1203
      • 99 is funny but outdated now 1.44mb floppy : fsck
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  Ah wow, i didn't realise there was an Uruk'hai cross over episode. : Klebold
  • If the Uruk'hai and the Gestapo had a baby. : trove
  • Or a failed Matrix villain : Kiyohime
  • Ah thank you for that hint! I always wondered what they remind me of... : MatzL.E.
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  r2d2 in star trek http://gizmodo.com/5405276/r2+d2-finally-discovered-in-star-trek : burningpantsman
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    wow wtf? : technotica
    • Industrial light and magic stuck him in. he was in transformers 2 as well. : burningpantsman
• The Blu-Ray is beautiful. Needs more space battles :( : theangrywaffles
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  Is there a way to request a special features disc from netflix? : uglysad
  • yea, under the dvd cover picture : dignan

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• More skill points to spend when you level up. : BlackCat9
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  If it's going to be part of where clause, I'd think so. : cerealSAM2
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    Even if it's only a 1 or 2? 50% of the values will be duplicates. The only way I can see it making a ... : MagicWishMonkey
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      And if there is a cluster index on another column. If there is a cluster on a timestamp or other often s... : twifosp
      • Yea, I'm pretty sure I wouldn't bother. Maybe stick a few million rows in the table and run some tests wi... : MagicWishMonkey
• No way to tell without knowing the other columns and what the main conditions in queries against it will ... : twifosp
• Is there a reason you're using int instead of bit/binary? : ieGod
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  a table scan is a table scan. if it's not indexed, it has to look at every single record when you query ... : electroly
  • what's the ratio between 1s and 2s? the closer to 50% the less speedup you'll see from the index. if it... : electroly
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    Right but if there is a cluster index on a more unique field, placing a second index a column with only a... : twifosp
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      that doesn't mean it's pointless, otherwise the only types of indices that would ever be useful would be ... : electroly
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        Well I'm just guessing there are other columns that would better serve from an index. Without seeing the... : twifosp
        • he said the column is definitely going to be used a lot, so i assume that means that column frequently ap... : electroly
• Better change it to a floating point number. : goatjc
• How much data are you talking? If it's a relatively small amount of data it probably won't matter. : spiffymc
• it would make more sense to change this field to a varchar(255) or greater to support future growth of yo... : multisync
• stop being stupid. srsly : m0rfus
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  More Info. It's for the "Fiction" or "Nonfiction" lookup for my book site: http://thegreatestbooks.org I... : wtf242
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    i'd say no index. it's probably a pretty even split between fiction and non-fiction so even in an absolu... : electroly
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      he should have two databases!!! : boring gegtik
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        it would make more sense to have two logical websites one for fiction and one for non : multisync
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          probably warrants separate servers imo : electroly
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            on different continents in case of disaster : multisync
            • http://thegreatestbooks2012.org : Afterglow
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      you should've gone with the cookie idea and cached everything though, and then who cares how fast the dat... : electroly
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        yeah... all the data on the site is cached in memcache.. so really everything is coming directly out of m... : wtf242
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          the downside of that is every request has to go through the Rails stack and pull the data out of memcache... : wtf242
          • mine is set up similarly. it still invokes the php interpreter and loads every include file on the site;... : electroly
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    Can I use your site, I just did that facebook connect thing? Don't hack my life 242. : h o s t i l e
    • yeah sure. it works fine... i just have not publicized it... also the order of books will change a little... : wtf242
  • 1150 items? I definitely would NOT index that field. If anything, do you have access to partitioning? ... : Zakko
• is there any disadvantage to indexing it? more space and slower inserts I guess, but I'd imagine the sit... : mikecyb
• You fool! Unless you're a wizard, INT is a dump stat. : Bold
• just use a heap table and hope it never crashes. : mystikal
• Just use Access - then it won't matter what you do!!! : Dessicator82

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  So I’ve been thinking a lot about why I couldn’t stand the single player (SP) portion of Mo... : senseimoron
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    I get your distaste with MW2's singleplayer but using Far Cry 2 as an argument is like comparing Fable to... : Bamtan
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      Agreed that FC2's story was crap as well. The buddies did little for me as well, other than that first mo... : senseimoron
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        But you're comparing an open world FPS game to a linear and heavily scripted game. They don't really com... : dedgecko
        • yes I think his criticism is misguided to some extent as there are linear shooters that don't make the sa... : Shai-Tan
  • So in summation you like open-world games where you're more in control of the narrative. I would hardly ... : r_picmip 5
  • Also, I'm not sure if you've played any other CoD games but they are well known for re-enacting set piece... : r_picmip 5
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    I really want to play FC2 but keep holding out hope that they'll fix the checkpoints I hear so many terri... : aethyr
    • Sadly, no SDK = no SP mods. :( The checkpoints are not that bad in my opinion; you just learn to either a... : mn3m0n1c
    • I don't know why people complain about the checkpoints in FC2. You can avoid them, or you can kill 5 guys... : nudel
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    all I took from your rant is that you prefer FC2 gameplay style to MW2 , which is fine and good. Mr. Moro... : vrocket
    • Gentlemen, here is my elaborate argument on why my tastes in video games is cool. : spiderfill
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    Chris Remo'd : soggybagel
    • which is always a fine piece of writing : peat
  • people take this shot at the series a lot lately. the truth is, the series has a formula. it has always h... : grifter
  • I feel the same way. The CoD franchise has been steadily removing more and more decision making from the ... : Ely
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    Man, that scene you talk about where the helicopter crashes was so friggin cool. I mean, maybe it was a l : crummynz
    • It was also one time where infinite respawning made sense : crummynz
  • so in summation your opinion differs from others, cool : Jackass1233
  • Way to choose an open world game for your skewed comparison. MW2's SP is more about the set pieces than t... : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • FC2 is an open world game. MW2 is transparently a linear game : dantastic
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    I'm having enough fun with the SP portion, but the COOP is where I've enjoyed it the most. Haven't even ... : AndyGoin
    • Oh and hey what did you think of Bad Company 1 SP? It's a bit less linear in the sense that you can achi... : AndyGoin
  • I thought MW2's story was silly, but for different reasons. The whole game had this 'frantic' nature to i : MercFox1
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  i wouldnt call it crap. entertaining fluff. : dantastic
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    also the music during the scenes where you see the american heartland under attack and the chaos in washi : dantastic
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      the music in the abandon'd airfield really set the tone for the level and the following levels. : stgdz
      • i dont remember it at all : dantastic
• part of the appeal of the earlier games was the setting. they kinda lose something when they made a trans... : cptstern
• Thanks for the write up. I agree that the SP is poorly done. Half the time, I only get the see the bloo... : Gunzee
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  SP in all COD games is crap, not just MW2. Incredibly super high production values for sure, but the SP g... : stuka
  • I don't necessarily agree. I liked the gameplay in Call of Duty 1 and 2 more than the recent games. The f... : Shai-Tan
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    SP in MW1 was actually pretty good and flowed together really nicely. : stgdz
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      I just don't think the "we will spawn enemies endlessly until yuo discover the magic path you must follow... : stuka
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        Which is probably why they got rid of that in this one. : Evil Benius
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          Bullshit they did. They said they did, but they just changed it to spawn 10,000 enemies instead of infin... : cltcprd
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            I just finished the favela on veteran, and I 100% guarantee they are not infinite, they spawn in fairly d... : DialDforDan
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              so that's infinite then? Just because they come in waves doesn't mean they aren't infinite. Also if you... : cltcprd
              • At some point you just have to acknowledge that's how the game is played. We all have different styles of... : DialDforDan
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            Considering I beat it on Veteran where this should be obvious I disagree. The guys always eventually stop... : Evil Benius
            • Exactly, waves of enemies make sense, especially in a place like the favela, where there are thousands of... : DialDforDan
      • I think the mission design variety in MW1 was good enough that I didn't mind that. I remember thinking i... : DinK
      • yeah i quit at the ferris wheel, never to play again : dantastic
      • yeah that is a gameplay flaw that I hate with COD games and they have fixed it in COD6. The game in ge... : stgdz
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  I hated that one part with the shanty town wit rooftops. My two AI friends jumped down behind two cars so... : hirosushima
  • Yeah I remember this happening a few times when I first played through cod4. I didn't know about the inv... : moneyshot
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  COD game used to be all about the single player experience, with MP as an afterthought. Shame really, ... : Mr. Goodwrench
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    ^Why I won't be buying MW2. Kind of sad, 'cause I really enjoyed CoD4. I'm too olde and slow for MP (plus... : mn3m0n1c
    • For what it's worth, I loved MW2's single player. Was frustrating at times; if I played it again I would ... : crummynz
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      You are of the fact that WaW's campaign is even shorter than MW2's? : Mad Brahmin Disease
      • it was also pretty dull compared to MW2s. I mean... I enjoyed it but it's in a different league. : crummynz
      • aware. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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        Dammit. :( Does anybody make a decent SP military game anymore? : mn3m0n1c
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          did you like killzone or rainbow 6 vegas? : spiderfill
          • Haven't played either (PC only here), but I'm looking more for 'full-on' war (think: CoD 2) than CQB or s... : mn3m0n1c
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        TreyArch though, awful developer. COD3 and COD 5 were fucking awful games. : Mr. Goodwrench
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          CoD5 wasn't awful at all. : Cliffzorz
          • much better than CoD3 : spiderfill
          • If it didn't have Nazi Zombies sales would have been halved. When you need a gimmick like that, you're no... : DialDforDan
        • nazi zombies made it awesome for me : Drakoniac
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          I liked CoD3 and CoD5 a lot more than CoD2. 4 and 6 are my favorites, but I think that is more due to the... : Evil Benius
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            Hmm, I liked CoD 2. Maybe I'll give it WaW a try anyway. :) : mn3m0n1c
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              Of the WW2 games WaW is my favorite. Do not get me wrong CoD2 is a really good game, but it seems more li... : Evil Benius
              • It kind of was, especially the British campaign (hey look, I'm driving a tank! :D) but the Russian and Am... : mn3m0n1c
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    I beat every single CoD SP in less than 5 hours. it's always been that way : spiderfill
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      I don't remember going through COD1 and COD2 that quickly. THough I did play on hardesy from the get g... : Mr. Goodwrench
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        I don't believe anyone could do CoD 2 on Veteran in 5 hours; shit, just getting through Hill 400 - Defend : mn3m0n1c
        • Yeah, I spent a good couple of hours on the crossroads section in that French village : Mr. Goodwrench
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  I don't think I'll ever touch the SP of MW2. This isn't to say that it sucks, but rather the MP is so mu... : TwiLyght
  • Yeah, I died in th first five seconds of the first on rails portion, and instantly quit. I really don't g... : nevlos
• I think you could make a better case against the quality of Modern Warfare 2's single player simply by co... : holinka
• I totally agree about enjoying emergent game-play over heavily linear FPS. FC2 had its problems, too. ... : IHATEDUST
• just finished it. i liked the ending sequence, but i am glad the game was as short as it was. now to ge... : mwasher
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  I agree. I haven't even finished the SP portion because I got bored. I think the best "moment" in the COD... : saunders45
  • See, that's what I'm looking for in CoD SP. :D I really liked the big battles in the Russian and American... : mn3m0n1c
• I think it's a bit much to call it crap... but I understand your point. It's very much a dumb roller coas... : geedeck