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  The iPod app, the Mail app, the Safari app, the Phone app, the SMS app, the Maps app, the Calculator app.... : Rooster Cockburn
  • And of course the Phil special.. the T-Pain app : jonin
  • The App Store app. : TreMetal
• LC.app. After that it's just games for me mostly. : prime8
• Redlaser Wolenstein rpg The quest Latestchatty : roushimsx
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  AppStore Apps or must have apps? :) : Phreakin
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    I'll add the jailbroken ones: Winterboard - Theme Manager Illumine - By far my favorite theme SBSett... : Phreakin
    • LockInfo is a must. It's 5 dollars right now but there's a trial so give it a shot. The Cydget stuff ... : Horn
• latestchatty, gamefly : dognose
• VOID! : indosauros
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  Latest Chatty, Twitterific, Facebook, AIM, Dropbox, Stanza, Now Playing, Remote, Skype, FStream, Zen Boun... : Lone Swordsman
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    FStream, I should mention, is a free app which lets use enter custom Internet radio URLs. : Lone Swordsman
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      use = you : Lone Swordsman
      • use kinda sounds likes yous : hankyJR
    • Awesome. : dmason
  • Fring combines skype and aim : Koral06
• I like Weather Channel, Battery Magic, RedLaser, Scanner 911, I am T-Pain, Peggle, Doodle Jump, Mr. Ahhh,... : [fry]
• Mediafly is pretty awesome if you listen to a lot of pod casts and don't want to deal with itunes. RSS P... : Horn
• RedLaser Tweetie LC.App Reddit Free (if you read Reddit) RunKeeper (if you run) Pandora Shazam Ama... : hax3d
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  ESPN Radio, iSSH, NPR News, Shazam, Weather Chanel, Simplify Media 2, VLC Remote. And LatestChatty of ... : dmason
  • VLC remote? Sounds cool Ill check it out. : Cygnus X-1
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  Trillian for the iPhone was just realeased (finally!), for $5 you get a fully featured multi-IM client wi... : digital_d
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    Whoa really? I need to check this out, the AIM app would be fine for me if it just had fucking LANDSCAPE... : Begawkiness
    • Ok no landscape in that either fuck that : Begawkiness
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    so, push notifications... can i actually be logged into google talk all the time and receive notification... : [fry]
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      updates the icon. good enough for me but i'd like an option for it to make a sound. : [fry]
      • It does make a sound. At least it did for me. : digital_d
  • Better than Beejive or not? : Kentor
  • I wish I liked trillian on the desktop enough to get this : derelict515
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  I think I might be addicted to MetaSquares now. Started playing it last night. : Omning
  • One of my favorite pick up and play games on the iPhone, and it is one of the few that has stayed on my i... : Matt Burris
• tweetie2, beejive, facebook, mint, pandora, ps mobile, voices, yelp, bejeweled, harbormaster, dropbox : whereiwannab
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  just got a computer what are some must have apps? : ventro
  • Innernette. : dmason
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  We need to start a shack wiki for these. "Just got an Iphone" threads are the new "Just got a PS2, what ... : Sgt_Boomstick
  • do it, i dare you : askedrelic
  • I agree, I wouldn't have posted! : AllYourBase
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    When you start it, you could copy the info from the existing Shack wiki. http://shackwiki.com/wiki/Mus... : rock elf
    • lol : SiW.
    • oh snaaaaap : MrBig0
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      To be fair, that's a shitty list. : treefingers1
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        To be fair it's a wiki, add to it! : indosauros
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          Done! It's already a thousand times better. : treefingers1
          • thanks! : indosauros
      • Well, I just disproved the notion that, if only there were a shack wiki, we could avoid these threads. No... : rock elf
    • now that's fucking handy : Magus
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  Kamehameha app: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5jLXjsDGtM&fmt=22 KATANA app: http://www.youtube.com/wat... : MrBig0
  • What the FUCK did I just watch? : Matt Burris
• I have Facebook, EchoFon(for Twitter) myspace(which I never use and is meh) Words with Friends (scrabble ... : Galadriel07
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  ESPN Scorecenter is a must, Wikipedia, The Weather Channel, HomeBudget, UrbanSpoon, Fandango, Dictoinary,... : Magus
  • I added the ESPN scorecenter but was more impressed with "Scoremobile" : AllYourBase
  • scorecenter mostly sucks, even as a free app. : j0nchan
• Pandora LatestChatty Tweetie The Weather Channel Facebook WootWatch Grocery iQ Urbanspoon ... : Arcanum
• Bebot Robot Synth - whee! : andre GiANT
• if you enjoy photography, these are all free: polarize, pixel perfect, snapbox, aisu sepia, lofi : j0nchan
• Flight Control - but it ain't fee : TheArtMan

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  The last couple of episodes have really shown some improvement, though they could still dial down the dra : mn3m0n1c
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    I think though, without the drama, they really have now where else to take the plot. So far they have avo... : surley_monkey
    • They seem to have toned down some of the interpersonal melodrama they were hinting at in the first few ep... : mn3m0n1c
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  if only chloe would stay dead : gmd
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    haha this ^^^^^ : proclone1
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      my problem with her is that she's just so fucking mousey and frumpy looking, if it was Shannon from the e... : proclone1
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        You're crazy she's gorgeous - her character is pretty awful though = ( : pixelat3d
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          that might be the point. you know how nerdy guys always fall for the cute girl who's not really that grea... : RikiTiki2
          • The writers were fans of Sixteen Candles. : GoodBoy
  • That made me so happy, even though I knew it wouldn't last. : Whistler77
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    But then who would Eli get all emo over? :D : mn3m0n1c
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      big titties mcgee would be my guess. : Ellissd
      • not sure why he wasn't distracted by those in the first place, he's obviously not a real shacker nerd. : mn3m0n1c
  • I love that they pretty much destroyed all her character building possibility by having her hook up with ... : geedeck
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    what? no. she's too hot to die. : dromo5
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      too hot? she is average at best and a cunt : gmd
      • you forgot whiny and an annoying drunk : mn3m0n1c
  • Chloe from 24 is in this? If so, I hope she dies too >:( : breadsticks
  • hahaha. inorite. : AMikaboshi
  • The moment she died i was like "oh great they are going to pull some time travel shit on us again" : d3tached
  • My issue with her is that she's so generic and predictable. I wasn't shocked one bit that she clung to t... : Matt Burris
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  I'm guessing they won't even acknowledge last week's episode tonight. : Ellissd
  • I got that impression as well : lonepie
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    i think that's a good thing. i like the way the last episode ended. : dromo5
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      i thought it was annoying filler. : AMikaboshi
      • get used to it. : pyide
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      I agree. The viewer was left hanging and made to contemplate the outcomes on their own. Any episode or sh... : surley_monkey
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        Or it was the same shit that TV studios always put out, where they come up with some trite excuse to make... : Toth21
        • stargate's always had those. like SG-1's season 8 finale : RikiTiki2
        • I don't think these are the norms for universe though. Every other episode has had a lasting effect. The ... : johnlocks
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  damn ... i forgot there was a new stargate show. is there anywhere to watch episodes 1-3? hulu only h... : homeboyJim
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    http://www.syfy.com/universe/episodes.php has them all. : mn3m0n1c
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      Hm ... I seem to be limited to the same set of episodes that are available on hulu. : homeboyJim
      • Son of a... Pretty silly of them to leave the episode links on the page, I thought they were still availa... : mn3m0n1c
  • just jump in on 4. you didn't miss much, plus you can read the spoilers on wikipedia or something : RikiTiki2
• They really need to get past this "survive for 1 more episode" stuff they've been doing and start working : Dynotaku

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  PC or PS3? ???? ANSWER ME!!!!! : trOmblyj
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    Only PS3 for now. : -efx-
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      sup buddy - when is PC beta coming? : trOmblyj
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        also - i watched a couple live streams of people playing the beta on justin.tv last night and it looks aw... : trOmblyj
        • Thank you :) : -efx-
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          after (briefly) playing yesterday, I predict: this game is going to be a BLAST to play with shackers : Nitrium
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            After watching just the videos I can confidently say I will take my money that was earmarked for MW2 and ... : dafugg
            • same here. : yacoub35
            • this has been my plan since I saw the first multiplayer vid a few weeks ago : trOmblyj
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              as good as MW2 is, after playing the ps3 beta last night, i think you're making the right decision, the s... : Herman Toothrot
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                Except that we've been doing all the things you've just touted for years in a BF game except for the dest... : wytefang
                • i guess you didn't pay attention to the part where i was comparing it to MW2, not any of the other battle... : Herman Toothrot
        • its pretty good. I was alil disappointed at not being able to use unlockables yet, (you get a -score afte... : technotica
        • Me too. I am officially excited about a new game. : mrwolf710
      • december, trombly : Nitrium
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      EFX does it have dedicated servers in the PC implementation? : dafugg
      • Scratch that question. Tiny freakout there. Forgot I read http://blogs.battlefield.ea.com/battlefield_... : dafugg
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    PC is next month : technotica
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      God I cannot wait. I haven't been this excited for a game since bf2. : dafugg
      • ^5 same here. i love TF2, but I'm really needing a new mutliplayer PC FPS shooter. : atom519
• Got one, thanks! : Begawkiness
• thanks! got one. : byorn
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  thx. got one. I wonder however if it will work for non US people : naabster
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    Don't quote me on it but I think they keys may be region specific. : -efx-
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      They are not - i have a US key, and it works fine. You just have to bypass whatever region locking gamesp... : bundy
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        alright cool. I'll test it when i get home : naabster
        • You have to create a US psn account though, if you dont already have one :) : bundy
  • I'm in Canada and it worked for me. : Haku-Jin
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  Why would they favor PS3 in this manner? It never was exclusive for them, odd. : Lunatic Angelic
  • probably because they want to properly test it on a system that they have the most limited experience on? : dedgecko
  • $$$$ or some good favor with Sony. : byorn
• Battlefield Bad Company 1 is cheap on the Xbox Live Marketplace. $20 for a fun single player campaign pl... : ThomW
• i want this game so freakin bad. have they came out with PC requirements? this is truly going to be... : atom519
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  The game is sweet, looking forward to the PC version for sure! Only downside so far, no prone :( : bundy
  • not balanced for prone : PointlesS76
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    ya, that sucked too =/ Not hardly a deal breaker imo though. Im almost willing to bet the PC ver. WIL... : technotica
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      Thank god there's lean though, right? : TheVietSpecial
      • no lean : technotica
    • That's usually what happens on the PSN, because you got to have a bluetooth headset and the voice quality... : Nitrium
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    Interesting, did BC:1 not have prone either? This will be the first BF game I've played without prone. : atom519
    • 1943 doesnt have prone on PS3 : technotica
  • Any bets that the PC version won't come out for another year? Where the hell is BF1943?!?! : pigvomit
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    Wow..that's retarded. What's the deal - special movement modes too difficult to program these days? Wha... : wytefang
    • Full Male : technotica
    • I'm guessing because they allow snipers to drill into walls, the ability to go prone would give snipers t... : PointlesS76
    • My guess would be it is not something they wanted in their game for balance reasons. : Evil Benius
    • too easy to camp as a sniper? : Klebold
    • Haha yeah man they programmed all this great shit but couldn't implement prone good one lol lol : Bamtan
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    THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS : maulla
    • Nah, just your over-inflated sense of sarcasm is... : wytefang
• ITS SO GOOD I LOVE IT : eeeealmo
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  Cool. I"ll try this out but only to see what it's like - I hate ::: shudder :::: FPS on consoles. Hard ... : wytefang
  • ^^^this i played then realized need k/m : Iwannaacura
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    Its strange, i havnt really had a problem with it as of late. I got BF1943 on PS3 and never had a complai... : technotica
    • COD:6 on PC mind you, with M/KB : technotica
  • Yeah.. I tend to drive tanks, cause i can hit shit with them :) : bundy
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    it's totally playable even for a k/m pc guy like myself, at least until the pc beta comes out, then i'm g... : Herman Toothrot
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      I just tried it and wow does it suck trying to play that on a SDTV with a crappy Gamepad. Awkward as cra... : wytefang
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        i don't prefer it at all, but it's totally playable and definitely fun i did move the PS3 from my tv (... : Herman Toothrot
        • honestly after about half an hour or so i didn't even think about the fact i was using a gamepad anymore,... : Herman Toothrot
• looks like i know what im doing today. : BaronVonSnakPak
• Its actually pretty damn fun. Very well put together and the feel of everything is just right. I am enjoy... : hirosushima
• awesome, thanks for the heads up! : mojorisen1117
• Some guy at a forum I post at posted a lot of direct capture screenshots http://www.systemwars.com/forum... : free2game365
• got one. thanks for informing us :) : [eluder]
• -EFX- I have some questions: I read that there is a Squad mode that pits two 4v4 squads - does it scal... : trOmblyj
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  I've been playing it for the last 4 hours or so. This is a really great game. Add me on PSN moesix and we... : moe6
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    Medic here! It's quite odd that medics carry a heavy macine gun. : Vegtro
    • I'm going to heal you...with bullets. : PointlesS76

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  I say those things out loud during every game of L4D1/L4D2 I play : dognose
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    Oh yeah me too! Usually laced with a lot of profanity. :D : tomservo
    • Kill Smokers everyday 420 : dognose
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  I hope to play this campaign with a few cool people this weekend. : mwasher
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    aww I was gonna see if you wanted to play :( : Degenerate
    • You can be one of the people. I consider you cool enough : mwasher
• I'm still on the first campaign but I sososos can't wait to get to Hard Rain. Gonna try and get there ton... : hax3d
• Out today in UK and only played Dead Centre so far. Amazing sequeal. Really looking forward to the rest :... : =]Milo[=
• I am excited to see what modders do with the dynamic weather effects. : watcherxp
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  What in god's name is up with the lag in L4D2? The game practically feels like a slideshow compared to th... : hoov1185
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    I'm playing it on the 360 there is your problem. : NexusOne
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      That's a bunch of crap. : hoov1185
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        not really : theWhite
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          That's a bunch of crap. : hoov1185
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            what is that you just left in the toilet? : Postal
            • That's a bunch of crap. : Herman Toothrot
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    I haven't had any lag problems at all on Shack servers. : tomservo
    • I'm playing on the 360. : hoov1185
  • I haven't had any dramas on the PC version so I don't know what you're talking about sorry : TastyWheat
  • Is it just in MP? Have you tried SP to see if the problem persists there? : action wombmate
  • Hmm that sounds bad - I've not noticed any lag on the PC apart from when it auto-joins a really bad serve... : marmite
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    It's bad when special infected are on the screen - there is an issue where the game lags out when you're ... : jingletard
    • This also affects the PC, btw. This happens on two different machines here with similar hardware. C2D c... : jingletard
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  I just played it about an hour ago. I sent you an invite but you ignored my existence. I sent about 5 peo... : Cihte
  • I didn't see the invite :( I've been out doing errands most of the afternoon anyway. : tomservo
• Agree'd. Its been a while since I was totally taken aback and amazed by a game like that, and its made ev... : vile
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  I'm sad. Turning up shaders so the rain effects show really makes my computer chug. Turning off multico... : nurglich
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    That bad? What are your system specs? I built a new, but modest system in January, and didn't notice any ... : tomservo
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      It's a couple years old: Core 2 Duo E4300 - 1.8GHz 7600GS - 512 MB 2GB RAM It runs with the rain ... : nurglich
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        the e4300 runs easily at 3ghz. try that. update all your motherboard/ethernetcard/gpu drivers if you have... : Hoax
        • I might, I just don't know a thing about overclocking. : nurglich
  • I was playing this campaign last night and didn't see any rain, just fog when the storms came in. I turne... : Mmmmmoo
• The storm was really epic but I just don't understand what people see in that campaign in particular over... : SpaecKow
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  lol @ 'probably a liability to my team' Dude... the bots that you play SP games with think you're a liab... : Ajax
  • Your opinion is invalid until you have a copy of the game, pal! : tomservo
• I'm sad. I don't get what people are talking about with the "THIS IS AMAZING" comments. What is so good a... : marmite

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  Why do people care about lean? Serious question. : Whistler77
  • it makes them look cool. : Dschinghis Khan
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    When camping and sniping it allows you to lean over cover slightly enough to get a shot without fully exp... : freakynipples69
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      if no leaning means less camping, i'm all for that : Herman Toothrot
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        Hmmm...so is there some moral or ethical reason that moving around is better than (smartly) staying hidde... : wytefang
        • lean and prone make games slow and boring : synapse19
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          when everyone is camping, the game becomes boring, when less people are camping and more people are force... : Herman Toothrot
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            also, why would you assume it has anything to do with morals or ethics rather than just game flow? : Herman Toothrot
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              That was me being facetious. The point is that neither style of play is any better or worse because it a... : wytefang
              • I'm a sniper. I always have been. Maps filled with snipers just make my day. The slow, methodical, carefu... : LoioshDwaggie
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                and my point was that i like faster-paced games generally and it's my opinion that if no leaning means le... : Herman Toothrot
                • Fair enough, Herman. I enjoy both styles of playing, myself. : wytefang
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                in my experience it's usually the slow campy players that are the ones that have to spray and pray to kil... : synapse19
                • I don't really care if either mode means a player is good or bad - my point is just that both are valid a... : wytefang
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            In fairness this is a First-Person SHOOTER...not an Action game (which is usually termed for platformers ... : wytefang
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              Generally you don't respawn either, but that's neither here nor there. Lean was not in the first Bad Comp... : ArcKnight
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                I don't much care what was or wasn't in BF:BC as it wasn't released for the PC - the platform I care abou... : wytefang
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                  Because you're in the PS3 beta. Holy shit, common sense. : ArcKnight
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                    - the platform I care about for FPS gaming - Also this is just lol. You platform warriors are fucking... : ArcKnight
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                      Well you'd have a point if I didn't also enjoy console games too. I simply prefer FPS gaming on the PC. ... : wytefang
                      • This is true, but adding in the bit about FPS on PC makes you sound like one of those PC guys. More im... : ArcKnight
                  • I'm only in that Beta so I could see what the game is shaping up like. Relax. : wytefang
            • You're usurping a common sub-genre of gaming whose history typically excludes the type of game you're des... : ieGod
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              it would help if you knew what the hell you were talking about, first person shooters are a subgenre of a... : Herman Toothrot
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                It would help if you didn't mindlessly attack someone either. There's not a definitive breakdown sitting... : wytefang
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                  my attack was unnecessary, however to claim that shooters aren't generally action games is pretty ludicro... : Herman Toothrot
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                    The point was that you tried to force a specious connection via the terminology - my point was merely tha... : wytefang
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                      it does if you want to maintain a certain level of action in the game, which the developers obviously do ... : Herman Toothrot
                      • Actually that does make sense when you put it that way. Fair enough. : wytefang
          • ^^^this : zuff
  • i think i've actually used lean in a fps like 10 times total, i'm not exactly the best fps player on the ... : Herman Toothrot
  • ideally it means you can look around the corner of a building without exposing your entire body (thus mak... : trOmblyj
  • It's actually quite fun to camp behind a corner, lean out and kill people. : Edges
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    I've NEVER used lean in a multiplayer game. It always seems better to strafe : OverloadUT
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      This is why I asked. I always find people who use lean easier to kill because they forget to strafe. Al... : Whistler77
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        You should see some of the best PC CoD2 players. They would just flick lean left-right-left-right-left-ri... : LoioshDwaggie
        • Lol, I'm imagining someone doing this in real life or in an action movie : MrBig0
        • Except none of that matters when the bolt action rifle is 1-shot-kill. : Cliffzorz
  • Lean should be a given in games were one bullet can kill you. Otherwise, not so: it only slow down the ga... : Patakreps
  • Because it's how a proper cover mechanic should work. : Mr. Goodwrench
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  fuck everyone who ever complains about LEAN in a FPS game here ever again : grendel
  • signed. : mrseldowski
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    Honestly, I was mad at IW's move to take out lean for MW2 and thought it was a consolization move...but a... : Sgt_Boomstick
    • You've just reminded me how I miss the old Rainbow Six games, which definitely should have lean. : SnakeIRye
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  bullets from small arms drop in the game? that would be a new one. Usually it's only from tanks. : festivalman
  • One of the game's hints/tips pop-ups explains that the bullets drop over distance. : wytefang
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    BF2's sniper rifles had bullet drop. : mroizo40
    • But it was so poorly implemented that it was completely unpredictable. As shitty as that game is, OpFlash... : Sgt_Boomstick
  • I thought ballsitics were in every BF game... Or at least thought I remember them being in 1942, BF2, an... : dedgecko
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  PRO's don't need lean. learn to use cover : eeeealmo
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    I suspect you lack a fundamental understanding of what Leaning offers. LOL : wytefang
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      LOL : Drewus
      • hahah fuck sorry LOL fuck : armybob
    • LOL : armybob
    • lol'd : jamesray
    • L0L : sanchez
  • But Pros are usualy the only ones that care about lean, i remember back when i used to play RTCW in leag... : zeejay
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  The only thing I find weird in that list is the lack of prone. Other than that it all is fine with me, t... : Begawkiness
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    It's one way to get around the prone exploits that I recall being a recurring issue in the BF games. : dedgecko
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      Yeah - I'm fine with it almost just because of the Dolphin diving bullshit. : Nitrium
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        Well then they only need to remove jumping too, to avoid Bunny-Hopping - quite possibly the most unrealis... : wytefang
        • i haven't seen anyone bunny-hopping in this game yet, it doesn't seem to be a problem so far : Herman Toothrot
        • i dont think you know what bunny hopping actually is : synapse19
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        ?? like jump/prone/jump/prone? that's hilarious : MrBig0
        • that's the one. BF2 was PLAGUED with it. Prone is being put into the PC version, but I hope they put a ha... : Sgt_Boomstick
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  ah another session of bad company 2. So awesome. I think the entire other team must've been the guys who ... : moe6
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    Careful, you'll ignite the "LOL Police" (see above)... : wytefang
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      (see above)... : lokdown
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        see above guys!!! seeeeeee above!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : JINKY
        • LOL : Drewus
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          Wow. You burned me. I am so burned. I'm impressed at your over-usage of exclamation points in some ext... : wytefang
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            Nice. : lokdown
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              Thanks. ;) : wytefang
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                ;) : lokdown
                • ;) : Whistler77
  • LOLLOL : moe6
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  The PC version will have prone from what I've read on the BC2 forums. Not sure about lean. http://forum... : contentious roy
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    I read this and smiled "the reasons the PC platform are getting seemingly “better” features i... : supaLink
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      Totally trying the milk the MW2 fallout. So tacky. : Edges
      • Really? That sounded more like trying to make up for no BFBC1 and BF1943 on PC. Now when they said BC... : pyide
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  That is one way to solve dolphin diving spastics. : Lightzout
  • I hope they find a way to make it so that you can't go prone mid-jump or something, because dolphin divin... : contentious roy
• I don't require prone or lean, but except when a game series has had them previously. crouching is a stan... : yacoub35
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  i like how lean is becoming a crucial feature in a game. j/k i never liked lean : dantastic
  • Lean only works in third person games. I remember going nuts over having the ability to do that in the l... : pigvomit
  • Yea we have been playing FPSs for 15 years without it and now suddenly it is essential. People just like ... : eeeealmo
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    Especially because no BF game has had lean as pyide said below : cfalcon
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      That's the only cogent point I've seen in this thread. The rest have made no sense whatsoever. I'd pref... : wytefang
      • i hate lean, i never use it in games even if it's an option.. too many buttons. pc games need less button... : dantastic
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  the only thing that bothered me was the lack of prone and the inability once again to customize the contr... : pyide
  • Also, I don't remember any Battlefield game having lean functionality. : pyide
  • This is why I couldn't play the 360 version - the controls felt way too foreign. : dedgecko
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  You can pretty much put all this pointless back-and-forth griping over Prone and Leaning to rest by simpl... : wytefang
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    so i guess you didn't read the forum post about how prone did indeed kill the gaming experience on consol... : Herman Toothrot
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      I've not read that. Can you link it here? Regardless, it doesn't make a lot of sense to me - people co... : wytefang
      • It was linked here: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=21461078 : pyide
      • said its too hard to see people on the consoles. dont forget, half the players still use SDTVs too. : chilln
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  BAD COMPANY IS NOT THE SAME AS BF JESUS FUCKING CHRISTAPDFIHYA"D PGIYHSAdO:"SAHGIO:DS hgyuozfdshgyklresah... : SiW.
  • Yikes! I've sent SiW ballistic. ::: running and ducking for cover :::: :P : wytefang
• That... sounds exactly like BFBC 1. I didn't have a problem with the lack of prone in that game - snipers... : xsoulbrothax
• Has there ever been a lean in a BF game? Also, there is prone for PC...just not consoles. : Sgt_Boomstick
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  "I'm playing this console game and if they don't change some stuff for the PC version it's going to feel ... : Ajax
  • I explained it pretty well - it didn't seem remotely unlikely that they would make different games, all t... : wytefang
• I JUST WANT BF3 GOD DAMMIT : Mr. Goodwrench
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  Honestly, none of these complaints are deal breakers what-so-ever...and this is coming from someone who h... : Sgt_Boomstick
  • I totally agree. : wytefang
• This game is awesome, ive played like 10 hours today, everything just "feels" right, i cant wait to play ... : EagleSweet
• at first i couldnt get into the console style gameplay (i died a lot - i dont play many MP shooters on co... : naabster
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  I heard, albeit second hand, that the PC version would not be 100% identical to the console version. Smal... : Dr_Cube
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    I've been out of the loop on Battlefield games, whats the expected differences between BC2 and BF3? : yAak
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      BF3 is still unannounced. In fact me and a few others get into regular arguments with dantastic about whe... : Dr_Cube
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        Yeah, I realize BF3 isn't announced... but I understand that BC1 disappointed players compared to BF2, an... : yAak
        • You're right. I thought increased scale and fully destructible environments would be the ticket for BF3. ... : Dr_Cube
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        You're right. I thought increased scale and fully destructible environments would be the ticket for BF3. ... : Dr_Cube
        • Nuke this. Replied to my own post. Meant to reply to yAak. : Dr_Cube
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  No prone... :[ : ghost in my shell
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    I know; pretty soon we'll see games without crouch or jump. : the archvile
    • Eventually you won't even have to fire a gun, just grunt from your couch and slay thousands. : yAak
    • Doom remake? : hirosushima
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    this is the definition of "consolized" : gyokuro
    • how did you come to that conclusion? : dantastic
    • hahaha : Head Rush
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      you can go prone in MW2. Sup now : AlexXdude
      • I heard they were taking it out with the next patch along with the ability to look up and down. : stump
    • Quake is "consolized" by this definition : marmite
  • It's in the PC version! that's what you should play so I can destroy you so hard : Cihte
• did hte last bad company have lean? what about prone? did bf2 and 2142 have lean? : kn1fe

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  too much hype, i don't believe it's that good. sounds like a bunch of people trying to make themselves fe... : cpt_gloval
  • i dunno about perfect, but there are no bad reviews of it so far afaik, which says a lot (especially comp... : dirge23
  • and it begins : jonin
  • I rented it and it's pretty cool. Nothing else big coming out, so I'll probably hold onto it for a while ... : Vincent Grayson
  • I haven't heard much hype at all actually. : atom519
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    Nah, that would be the Hellgate London folk. Good lord were they adamant that it was great game even mont... : Kentor
    • It had so much promise though. :( And it was fun at the beginning, but the appeal wore off extremely q... : slax0r
  • I'm hopeful. I've got it here on a rental. I ended up hating the first one and didn't come even close t... : DinK
  • AC2 has been pretty low on the hype meter around these parts. Definitely not like the first one. : jane911
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    the opening part of the game where you are learning the controls and the story is starting is pretty long... : grendel
    • I am a few hours in and the game just did the tutorial part for the blending and stealing abilities. O.o... : mwasher
• I'll let you know after christmas. : TheVietSpecial
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  i think Civ 4 + BTS is pretty perfectly realized (which is not to say it's the best game or my favorite g... : dirge23
  • If you could combine Civ 4 BTS with Rome: Total war, you would have the perfect game. : twifosp
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    Alpha Centauri 2? Just kidding, : Herse00
    • DON'T TOY WITH ME : Foxhawk
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  If I didn't have to sync places to load the map then I'd agree. : sKetchflow
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    i like this part, and i liked it in the first one too. : dirge23
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      I wouldn't mind it if there was one spot for each city. Or even 3 spots. But the number of times I have ... : sKetchflow
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        but the climbing is one of the best parts of the game! : at0micgarden
        • In the first one it was the most boring part. You press forward and a button. How exciting. *yawn* : ieGod
      • I haven't played Ass Creed 2 yet, but that was one of my favourite parts of the first game, and I am glad... : thecray
      • 66 times in the entire game over several cities and environments. : massdev
      • I liked the birds eye view towers :( It was purty up there. : KxRook
      • After 10 or so of these I still enjoy it. It's 66 times over the course of a 20+ hour game. Maybe half ... : mwasher
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        I love those. They're really relaxing zen moments. : Arcanum
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          Yeah , I agree. So much effort when into creating that city in a game, might as well appreciate it. : piser
          • Clearly I'm in the minority here. Oh wellz. Still a fun game. : sKetchflow
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  it's not perfect; some frustrations, but it a solid release and I would recommend a rental at least. : massdev
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    I find that the combat is terrible, and the characters are really uninteresting so far, but climbing arou... : choppp
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      Combat is pretty much identical to 1st. Characters are 10x more interesting...storyline is 10x better. : Skoal^Fyfan
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        I never really played the first one so I can't compare :| : choppp
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          Was the voice acting as bad? : choppp
          • now you're just being picky. the voice acting isn't the greatest, but it is no way "bad" : mwasher
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  skelomeh... : choppp
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    That bad, eh? : CrustaR
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      It's a decent game, but I still don't see why everyone is so impressed by it. It hasn't really separated... : choppp
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        The first one blew. : CrustaR
        • CrustaR, I never played the first one, but this one definitely does not blow. I will get back to you aft... : mwasher
        • Did you bouy it? : choppp
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  Enjoying it a lot. Never played the first, but it's really fun. : mwasher
  • It is an awesome contrast to online Modern Warfare 2 and will serve it's purpose as something to play whe... : mwasher
• I've reach close to the and I'm PISSED off it's almost over :( I dont want to do the last mission and an ... : Skoal^Fyfan
• I would like to try it, but I pretty much hated the first one. Was waaaaaay too repetitive and I just di... : NotACommunist
• I find that impossible to believe. : derelict515
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  When will it be on Steam? : Gary the Llama
  • Maybe when it's released for PC. : Rooster Cockburn
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  Yeah bro. Ezio's subsequent quest for vengeance plunges players into a captivating and epic story that of... : spiderfill
  • lol did you rip this off an advertisement? :D : mwasher
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    sounds like paid viral marketing... but im sure that was the point! : chilln
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      guys guys im trying to make fun of this shill. dont blow it for me... : spiderfill
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        A shill that's been registered for 3 years longer than you? That's like some deep cover CIA shit right th... : ArcKnight
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          i heard thats the first thing they teach you in shill school! : spiderfill
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            And you'd know, because you're a counter-shill! I'm on to you. : ArcKnight
            • im actually a shill for the book industry, trying to get more gamers to read. read a book! : spiderfill
        • I wonder if there's any money to be made in renting our accounts for shilling purposes. I will say I love... : nudel
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  i struggled with the controls a bit last night. i played through AC1 back when that came out but I forgo... : grendel
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    This game is ridiculously good guys, I'm 20 hours in and it's easily a goty contender for me : klearlyunseen
    • God dammit : klearlyunseen
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      20 hours? jesus how are you not done? : Skoal^Fyfan
      • I'm 3 hours in and just finished the Courtesan house learning blending and stealing. That can't be very ... : mwasher
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        I've got like 25 hours in and I just finished sequence 7. I like running around and doing the side missio... : ArcKnight
        • I feel so bad for following the exclamation mark quests all the time. I think I'm @ 14-16 hours and just ... : Skoal^Fyfan
• a friend is playing it on PS3 - if the x360 version is a lot better i'll get it myself, otherwise i just ... : naabster
• you should play more games. But I do think AC2 is quite kickass...just not perfect : Magus
• I haven't played enough of it to judge, but my closest to perfect game is Batman: AA : MrBig0
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  Splinter Cell Chaos Theory was the closest thing to perfection that ever came out of Ubisoft. : Dr_Cube
  • I think Prince of Persia was, well, the one which came out of Xbox, not the side scroller or the recent r... : thecray
• Stop saying these things! I'm broke and have a burning desire to buy games :( : SnakeIRye
• CAN YOU LEAN? : kn1fe
• It's hard to take you seriously when you have Dream Day: Wedding Destinations DS on your Recent Wanted Li... : capt tripps
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  I only caught the first 10-20 minutes of it, but the pacing and writing and acting was really bad :[ : pipboy
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    You aren't even in the Animus for the first 10 minutes, what in the hell are you talking about? : ArcKnight
    • yes, the first hour sucks. the last ~12-20 (depending on play style) are amazing. : Skoal^Fyfan

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  What are you using for your loadout? I continually get 5 kill streaks, but I can't seem to get anything ... : Clasifyd
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    m16 w/ holographic and fmj (fmj is only temporary until i get the extended mags) g18 w/ red dot and fmj ... : maulla
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      I can't wait to get up to the M16. I feel like it's taking forever. Is the ACR auto, or semi? : Clasifyd
      • ACR is auto. Its like the M4 but more accurate and a bigger clip. the fire rate is slightly lower, but it... : maulla
    • Why holographic instead of red dot? I see everyone saying this, but I have yet to see/hear about an adva... : foo
• Also, the mosh pit playlist is really great. helps mix up the game types without having to constantly bac... : maulla
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  Are you playing on a console? : Johnnsen
  • yes, 360. : maulla
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  I normally use one of the larger machine guns but kept getting raped last night, so I switched to the Vor... : ateam311
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    The AUG is pretty amazing for a LMG. the clip is small, but its incredibly deadly : maulla
    • UMG clip is like that too. Unfortunately I haven't unlocked the Aug yet. Just hit 27 last night. : ateam311
    • AUG plus grip and ACOG= death! : stophelping37
    • I dropped the AUG, because I didn't think a LMG should require more HITS than an assault rifle to kill. : MaverickOrig
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  MW2 needs dogs. I love that shit in W@W. : ThomW
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    you have never been more wrong, thom : maulla
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      I thought having dogs was a great idea. I'd panick looking for them, then miss them with my guns and have... : Bull
      • I liked following them around to find the bad guys. So rad. : ThomW
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      You don't know me very well. I've been more wrong about a lot of things. I still stand by it -- dog... : ThomW
      • Dogs are definitely funny. When the game first came out some guy asked in the text chat "can I play as a ... : Mansmells
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  semtex is AWESOME i get so many triple kills because of it : creep
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    how does it work exactly? It seems to do the same thing as a regular grenade. : Scotty22
    • it sticks. To people, riot shields, walls, etc. : Fyunch Click
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  I'm going to ditch the turret as soon as I can spend an unlock on the harrier. The turret is not as effe... : r_picmip 5
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    I never bothered with it, there are far too many counters to it. A turret in a care package is almost as ... : maulla
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      So annoying when you get the care package, get all fired up hoping for something good and you get AMMO. ... : FormerHPB
      • Since it tells you before you cap it it's always fun to leave it, back off and wait for the enemy to try ... : Fyunch Click
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    i think the turret is good, just not in DM. it's easy to take down but it takes time to take down, and it... : JINKY
    • Very useful at certain chokepoints. : Fyunch Click
    • There are some maps/games that it's amazing. On a domination round with the big sniping map(Dont remem... : rhuntley12
    • I was using it in HQ. I guess I have to learn good placement on the maps. I was putting them inside roo... : r_picmip 5
    • you can flash it then run up and knife it : opengl128
  • The sentry gun? I have seen bad asses tear teams up by moving it around a lot and effectively using it as... : d3tached
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  favorite maps? highrise, afghan, and scrapyard are by far my faves. Favela and underpass are probab... : maulla
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    I detest Quarry. : mancide
    • I like the vertical layout of Quarry. It's a good change from time to time. : Nitrium
    • my favorite map : mwasher
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    i hate the big one with the 4-way tunnel in the middle. i also hate sniping maps, sniping is stupid : FrayLo
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      wasteland (brecourt in previous CoD games). I was never a fan of it, but it falls somewhere in the mid... : maulla
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        Absolutely. A "classic" COD4 map pack would be AWESOME. : Ormsbee
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          I agree, there were some really great maps in COD4 I'd like to see redone. : infallible
          • Broadcast, Backlot, Crash. Those are the 3 i'd love to see. : -=kodiak=-
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      I love the sniping maps - learn to use a controller noob! (yay k/b, mouse!) : dedgecko
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        i just don't like sitting around waiting for people to show up so i can shoot them. i hate sitting in on... : FrayLo
        • best to move around else the kill-cam will give you away... : dedgecko
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          I just hate how long matches take on the sniper centric maps when EVERYONE is sniping. I cant count how m... : maulla
          • Thermal scope really helps to minimize this - but I generally don' t like to use it (for whatever reason ... : dedgecko
        • so dont do that type of sniping. Sniping in the COD games is much more effective when you are with the ma... : -=kodiak=-
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      I'm no sniper, but I think it's awesome snipers can literally lay out on the floor in the middle of some ... : DooBall
      • stupid kill cam ruins it. I cant wait for more hardcore modes :( : maulla
    • I like that map solely for the fact that it looks great; the designers got the dawn magic-hour look perfe... : stophelping37
    • wasteland is great for xp. Because usually one side does nothing but try and stay in the bunker. That's w... : Fyunch Click
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    I'm not a fan of terminal. I think that's the only map I really dislike but most of the people I know se... : Haku-Jin
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      I'm a pretty big fan of that map. it sucks for air support, the combat is fast and focused though : maulla
      • if you shoot out the ceiling windows - air support is pretty effective (not sure if they'll shoot through... : dedgecko
    • Quarry blows :( : Scotty22
  • I like Scrapyard, Terminal, and Highrise. I absolutely ABHOR Invasion. : Clasifyd
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    Airport is a classic, all-time-great multiplayer map, IMHO. Great balance, lots of different angles and ... : LemonJoose
    • Oh, maybe it is called Terminal, not Airport. : LemonJoose
  • The worst map is Underpass, by far. : LemonJoose
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    Favorites: Terminal, Favela, Scrapyard, Underpass and Derail. Rust gets a mention since it's very fun ... : -=kodiak=-
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      What don't you like about Quarry? All of the camping spots? There isn't a single map that I've isolated... : dedgecko
      • it has horrible "flow" the map forces you to fight on the outside rim, inside the hanger and the build... : -=kodiak=-
    • Favela is the worst map in the game by far : maulla
• I got to my first 25 kill streak the other night with a missed predator missile and a missed precision a... : DooBall
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  Care packages don't count towards killstreaks. You'd be better off staying with the predator missile sinc... : cfalcon
  • I know this, but I would rather take the chance of getting a decent reward to help the team instead of 1 ... : maulla
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    I disagree, you get so many points, deaths and lock down of a map with some of those care package rewards... : Scotty22
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      Not only that, but care packages are fucking great bait : geedeck
      • I do this with UAV's or Counter UAV's. I just let them sit there and camp it. : Scotty22
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    Yep thats why i stopped getting it. Just get Harrier/attack chopper/ or nuke/emp : Iwannaacura
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      I haven't figured out what EMP does and why you'd waste a high level killstreak on it. I mean, it makes t... : Dynotaku
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        EMP cancels a nuke, though I'm not sure how... (how long does it take for a nuke to actually go off?) : dedgecko
        • there's a short countdown : heyrobscott
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          10 seconds : maulla
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            I heard that it takes out a nuke, but have yet to see a nuke countered with an EMP yet. has anyone experi... : maulla
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              That's got to be a hard achievement to unlock. Get EMP, wait for someone else on the other team to call i... : Dynotaku
              • Play some Demolition or HQ - i've played matches that go over 20 minutes sometimes. : dedgecko
      • It'll also knock everything out of the air. : magistersmax
      • You cant call in air support while the EMP is up. that's the biggest advantage of EMP. : -=kodiak=-
    • I only have EMP currently just for the bonus xp for it need to call in one more. My typical loadout i... : Iwannaacura
  • I wasn't sure of this but I'm always hopeful I'll get a nuke :( I have a better chance of getting it via ... : freakynipples69
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  Got nuked in a game of HQ Pro last night when we were winning big (and was going to win). Yes, the perso... : jake
  • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=21407173 : maulla
  • Oh wow, I didn't realize it was an automatic win for one side. I thought it just ended the match and whoe... : r_picmip 5
  • Yeah I guess that kind of sucks that if you manage to get a nuke, you can save it and continue to let the... : LemonJoose
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  I switched from famas to scarh and haven't been having luck.. what gives? Isn't scar supposed to be supe... : kgargs
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    as long as you dont die, you get the reward at each kill in succession. the scar is alright, not very ... : maulla
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      I've been using the scar for a while, and it seems really accurate when aimed at moderate distances, but ... : Clasifyd
      • I had a lot more luck with my famas but everything I read says the scar is better. I'm going to try to s... : kgargs
  • one more : rhuntley12
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  Hi-jack. I must suck at this game or have shitty aim. kills: 3922 deaths: 3255 Headshots: 393 (WTF) ... : Iwannaacura
  • I'm probably worse with headshots than that... I just aim for the body and spray... =( I run out of ammo... : Clasifyd
  • Stop showing off : soggybagel
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    That puts you at a 1.2 k/d which is about average. I wouldn't get too hung up on it. Are you taking obj... : r_picmip 5
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      ...Wouldn't 1.0 be average? : magistersmax
      • Or realistically speaking, it'd be a little lower. : magistersmax
      • You're right, it's above average. : r_picmip 5
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      most of the 40+ shackers I have on my friends list are < 1.0 k/d (including me) i don't think it's "aver... : mwasher
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        Less then 1 is bad. No reason why you shoulnt get 1 kill per life. We all have crappy matches, but averig... : maulla
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          Turns out, I am not good. : UselessHack
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            Its not to say that you still arent contributing to the team with that ratio, because there are a lot of ... : maulla
            • I'm not worried about it anymore. I'd rather win the match over a high ratio. But I just watch a 1 K/D ... : UselessHack
            • It's not that players like us aren't good. I rarely have a positive K/D ratio, but I play domination a lo... : Fyunch Click
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              Yeah if you play HQ, Domination, Sabotage or Capture the Flag and actually try to capture any of the obje... : LemonJoose
              • My K/D is 1.14 and my team exclusively plays dominiation or HQ pro. I am one of the most offensive minded... : maulla
              • This is one place where Treyarch outdid Infinity Ward, by providing leaderborads and stats separately for... : LemonJoose
        • That's not really true...it depends entirely on luck at times. I have definitely had matches where eve... : Vincent Grayson
        • Not true at all. Especially when you are playing 1 or 2 hours a day against kids who are spending 8+ hou... : mwasher
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          *shrug* my favourite game mode is Domination, which I usually play with a riot shield. They don't show... : Juno
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            p.s. I wish there was a stat on the leaderboards for damage deflected or rowd control assists or somethin... : Juno
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              I'm still pissed at you for getting this on 360 :( : midgetherder
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                pssh I want to sit in my big overstuffed armchair and drink Jameson and eat spaghetti while I play : Juno
                • No wonder you're going 3-19. : midgetherder
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            Yup, thats why I said that K/D is a really unimportant stat. One of our regulars is lovingly known as... : maulla
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              What's the shack squad gamertag that you guys all branch from? : Juno
              • i think dr_cube owns that gamertag. I normally play with RL friends, if I play with shackers they are mos... : maulla
          • My setup is a little different. Riot shield + scavenger + throwing knife. When they go to reload I go f... : midgetherder
        • I'm terrible, I probably average 1 kill per game! : azenmaster
  • 0.8 k/d ratio here! i am awesome : FrayLo
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    Where can you see those stats? : Mansmells
    • barracks page shows your playtime etc. : Iwannaacura
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      Yea, that's another thing that DICE / Bungie with their IP's. It would be really nice if IW got their on... : dedgecko
      • ...DICE / Bungie DID... : dedgecko
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        Have they mentioned online stats at all? I am hoping it comes down the line : maulla
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          Supposedly in the next 2 weeks according to the site. But they've fucked up the user account database and... : Fyunch Click
          • That's very exciting. Now I can show EVERYONE how awful I am! : Clasifyd
          • yea, the IW.Net / IW Forums account merger is completely hosed. I can't use their forums at all. Hoping... : dedgecko
          • Do you have a link to that? I dont see any mention of it on the IW community site (didnt look really hard... : maulla
  • Your stats are fine : maulla
  • fuck you guys, my K/D is like 0.28 :( : heyrobscott
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    mine is like 1.03. early on i spent way too much time with gimmick/awful builds just trying everything ou... : JINKY
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      Mine dipped to 1.04 after the first 5 or 6 days. I wasnt used to how the game played compared to MW1. I h... : maulla
      • similar, i dropped down to 1.2, and I think i'm back up around 1.4 now that i've settled on scar-h : MaverickOrig
  • That's around the same k/d ratio as me. Mine will probably dip way lower when i start going for challeng... : boredguy
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    The stats should be separated per game type. In objective-based games it often makes sense to sacrifice y... : nudel
    • yeah. HQ will hose your K:D : JINKY
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  What are the odds I can rent this tonight at BB... my guess is.. about 0 :( : stonedonkey
  • My BB had a bazillion copies and I picked it up no prob during the first week. On a Saturday even. : kgargs
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    it's $8 to rent a game now. you might as well just get gamefly : thebigbeefsandwich
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      But I want it NOW.. : stonedonkey
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        do the american thing and use a CC to buy it : maulla
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          my wife has thing thing with responsibility and something about our kid needing college one day... i usu... : stonedonkey
          • do the american thing and push her down a staircase : maulla
• Posting live from Aruba - god damn I want to play. It's so gorgeous here but man it would be awesome if a... : bozer
• you should play with plat, donate, and me. : Foxhawk
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  I can't use a riot shield anymore, people finally figured out their weakness :( : shortbuscaptain
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    Semtex? : Clasifyd
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      That and you can rush the riot shield guy and knife him before he can smash you twice. I figured blast sh... : shortbuscaptain
      • Good to know. Might have to work on this strategy so I can get my k-nife slot back. : Clasifyd
• ok I'm gonna try to MP this shit up tonight on XBL! Sorry last night to ignoring party/game requests but ... : multisync
• Just played my first couple of matches and ofcourse I suck, but man this is one cool game. : Bamii
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  What level are you ? I'm surprised you could get any kills with the Harrier and Chopper since they las... : MrLobo
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    53 now. The chopper gunner has flares so its not as easy to take down. I think my harriers lasted 20-30 s... : maulla
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      I started running around with a stinger last night... Chopper / Harrier / PaveLow doesn't last more than ... : dedgecko
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        the attack helicopter goes down as easily as anything else, the chopper gunner still takes a bit of time ... : maulla
        • yea, i didn't mention chopper gunner simply because I didn't match up against one or an ac-130 while runn... : dedgecko
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  my K/D ratio is 0.28, can any Shackers offer advice to get my ratio under control, or am I just a helples... : heyrobscott
  • Slowing down helped me a lot. Also, get a heartbeat sensor. I love it. : Clasifyd
  • Kill more and die less. But seriously, one way to do it is by just moving about a map more carefully. ... : Dynotaku
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    what game modes are you playing? Certain objective-based game modes seem to really fuck my K/D ratio b... : DeBurgo
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      mostly Ground War, which alternates Domination and Team Deathmatch, and also has the highest player count... : heyrobscott
      • stay the fuck away from ground war unless you have an absolute minimum of a 7 person party. going in w... : -=kodiak=-
      • Don't run into fire. Honestly. Find where the battle is and work your way to it and sit back. : jamesray
      • Ground War really will fuck your K/D. If you try to pursue point captures in Domination, you'll run into... : ninj0rc
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  I have yet to receive a party invite from anyone on the shack and only had a shacker in my party once for... : d3tached
  • i only really played one night and other nights i havent been on too much to check around : creep
  • added. : KxRook
  • I'll send you a friend request when I hop online tonight. I like the rape squad meta-tag, but I feel wei... : ninj0rc
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  I just realized there are no Washington DC area MP maps right now are there? Some of those levels from t... : LemonJoose
  • Definitely coming in DLC. You can bet your ass that there will be 3-4 map packs at minimum. COD5's dlc di... : Sgt_Boomstick
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  how is the ping with those dedicated servers ? is it much worse compared to the first modern warfare ? : hanged_man
  • You mean lack of dedicated servers? and yes, it is much worse but it affects people differently. Some peo... : Sgt_Boomstick
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    do the CFG edit where it shows 10bar ping. and first searches for games with <50 ping... I have about 10x... : chilln
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      Link? : ErikTehRed
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        http://www.infinityward.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=167264 : chilln
        • Wow those forums are a cesspool : ErikTehRed
        • Taken from the thread: "Navigate to the folder: 'program files\steam\steamapps\common\call of duty mo... : TrptJim
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    I'm usually at 5 bars, no major issues. I have lag in some games but sometimes it improves after a host m... : Orange Pylon
    • I didn't even know there were 5 bars...that's how bad experience is. : Sgt_Boomstick
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  Carepackage is not good for kill streaks as it doesn't count towards them. I recently went 78 and 4 on... : Sgt_Boomstick
  • yeah gunner is super overpowered. you can lock on rape 10 people in like 4 secs. : chilln
  • I'm confused. Is it only the "care package" random killstreak thing that doesn't count? Do other killstre... : Code RedBeard
  • depends on your opponents, specifically how quickly they shoot stuff down. : Foxhawk
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  Saw my first undeniably in-use aimbot. Snap to players, spinning at any angle to do so, through the many... : prokat
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    its ruined the game. that and no dedicated servers. so..no clan matches are possible. totally lame : gyokuro
    • why are clan matches impossible? : crummynz
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    This is my main issue with the lack of servers. The lack of admins means there isn't a "safe" server that... : Orange Pylon
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      youre supposed to play it the way iw wants you to play it: with hackers, cheaters, no admins, and lag : gyokuro
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        Yet still amazingly fun. : Cygnus X-1
        • i'm sure its fun. i've played the MP on xbox live. but servers without admins in pc games just end up suc... : gyokuro
      • I don't care about the "play it the way the designers want you to" stuff, since that's been a common thin... : Orange Pylon

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  Are we talking Frequency/Audiosurf type or Rock Band type? : Modica Sol Solis
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    If the former, then I really don't want anything, cause that type of gameplay is perfect. For the latt... : Modica Sol Solis
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      keytar, awwww yeah : Arctic Fox
      • i'd get that game : Herman Toothrot
  • Rock Band type : mr.sleepy
  • You should check out this game called Osu! : miasma&!
  • But Rock Band on psp is Frequency type! : roushimsx
• multi-touch steering wheel controller : industro
• Horns. : Dschinghis Khan
• I'd like to see a backup singer mic. : bashildy@speakeasy.net
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  groupies : tashtego
  • sex mini game underneath the stage during the drum solo : cap n KRUNCH
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    http://5secondfilms.com/watch/rock_band_groupie_edition : zakazi
    • hahaha : action wombmate
    • make it so. : MisterPhoton
• 5 part bands would be a good start : flagg209
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  Fun. : Nixx2004
  • ^ I agree with this answer. : deject
• Drugs : Clasifyd
• sustain and vibrato : dopeman
• Fog machine : Lightzout
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  mr.sleepy : CrustaR
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    meh : skelom
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      OH, SNAP. I just got told! : CrustaR
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        0wned!!!! : r3dn3ck
        • I can't tag my own posts 0wned!!! : CrustaR
• 24 button guitar : moe6
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  real instruments, no plastic shit with 5 buttons : retardhumper
  • this game already exists : RikiTiki2
• std's : whistletits
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  keytar : riptyde
  • also: panflute : riptyde
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  ukulele or one of those keyboards you blow into to play. : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
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    Melodica! : tangles
    • ding. : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
• Seizures : surley_monkey
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  1:1 Mic Swinging Physics. : SolveChrist
  • I'd love this lol. : moe6
  • That'd also be a lawsuit waiting to happen. : Lone Swordsman
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  less clicking and other noises associated to the fake instrument being played. The music is the point of ... : royalally
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    The banging of the drums really makes me wanna kick the drummer sometimes : whistletits
    • I was over at a buddy's house the other day checking out dj hero and it sounded like he was masturbating ... : royalally
  • my roommates just got guitar hero and the damn clicking is the most annoying thing ever. : Psigun
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  Hmm.. For some reason, thinking of these kinds of games reminded of the old mario paint. Man i wasted so ... : mindmann
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    why is there no Wii version of Mario Paint, seriously? fucking nintendo : electroly
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      i laugh every time i think about that game. it was so hilariously limiting. It would be fun to see someth... : mindmann
      • i just want the same game except using the wii remote instead of the snes mouse. and maybe let you share... : electroly
  • Mario Paint was the most ambitious video game ever released : mr.sleepy
• dedicated servers & lean : veras
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  Stage security minigame, pyrotechnics, more fucking METAL : NFXFSX
  • IAWTP : r3dn3ck
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  A music game that focused on music creation instead of playing simon would be tits. Wii music doesn't cou... : silaslang
  • what about Jam Sessions on the DS? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jam_Sessions : Herman Toothrot
  • How would you make a game out of that though? What would make it different from the dozens of music creat... : Vincent Grayson
  • Why not? : capt tripps
• a typing for the dead type game but with music instruments : mista mista
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  hotel trashing minigame : silent prophet
  • haha i'd love that : bashildy@speakeasy.net
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  MIDI : railchu
  • Always gotta have more MIDI. : Amnesty_intl2
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  Hentai tentacle rape simulator : old and busted vs the new hotness
  • Thrusting to the sound of a D&B beat. Hot. : ArcKnight
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  theremins and ocarinas : pointyelbows
  • A theramin would be cool. I could break out my wizard costume and cast a song of magic. : Rauol Duke
  • The theremin idea would be cool for project natal. : silaslang
• stop making them? : shadebane
• Hitler. : SiW.
• talent : Veegeezee
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  you, baby. YOU. : futant
  • so a flute? : Herman Toothrot
• Wireless wigs for synchronized windmilling. LIMITED EDITION DEVIN TOWNSEND OFFICIALLY ENDORSED SKULLET : forksalad
• better songs : gyokuro
• a force-feedback fu-fme port. : capt tripps