Evening Reading: A Major Award

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  pet a dog : DrFlammable
  • ^^^^^ : Mondo
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  If you're fighting, you're most likely doing it wrong. : Kentor
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    ^^ This. I beat the game w/o shooting anyone except the last boss maybe... : DOOManiac
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      interesting. : kn1fe
      • Just run past everyone. There are literally only like 2 sections that you have to fight people. : quadeh
    • I actually didn't find it too bad to do the no weapon achievement, it was a nice challenge that didn't fe... : ruckboos
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      I beat the game without shooting anyone period. Tell me, how did you manage to not go nuts in the server : Zips
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        I just ran along the sides of the server room and hid behind the server clusters. When the baddies came f : Kentor
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          Isn't there a guy on the walkway who never moves from there? Is there some way to jump up to him and take... : nudel
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            It's been a while but IIRC, you can vault up to him ... well, near him. You still might take a few shots ... : qsylvr
            • Yeah, there's three paths up to him and you can vault up on the right side (maybe the left side as well).... : Kentor
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  do not try to completely avoid shooting or killing guys or you will hate yourself : derelict515
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    but kentor said to not fight! : kn1fe
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      Kentor is right. Listen to Kentor. The trick is to realize that if you're fighting, you're missing a bett... : Kentor
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        if only this were true :( On rooftop levels and stuff I agree (and I wish it were always true), on th... : derelict515
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          Indoors it's really about optimizing. Sometimes it's not about getting the right path, but rather how fas... : Kentor
          • Example from the demo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvRmtG_tr5A#t=1m15s : Kentor
          • Seriously, listen to this dude. The game is 10x better if you just run past baddies. : quadeh
          • I'm not saying it isn't possible, I'm saying there are parts (not necessarily often) where you will be le... : derelict515
    • Well, there's a difference between 'don't fight' and 'do everything you can to avoid fighting.' For the m... : derelict515
    • I recommend getting used to the slide tackle - duck and kick while running. Causes the enemy to double o... : qsylvr
  • I completely agree. Don't try to get that no fighting achievement on yor first playthrough. : Dontdrop
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  Alt+F4 : vynn
  • ^^^ this : AMikaboshi
• put it on easy or turn god mode on. : pyide
• always avoid shooting except for when you want things to die : haccess
• take up knitting : DingoStoleMyBaby
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  PC tip: Turn off PhysX, because it gets unstable. Sure looks pretty when on though... : DOOManiac
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    ^^ This. God yes. The cops shooting up the place after that scene with your sister near the beginning (no... : The Kazlor
    • Same, and this is on my shiny new GTX260. I turned physx off after that. : thewindcriesmary
    • you need a new physx driver. worked fine here with 8800 GTS with physx. : sheepraper
  • You have a dedicated card for that? I used an old 8800GT for Physx and it worked perfectly, looked great. : Serpico74
  • I heard from a programmer that maybe if you play it in Directx 9 mode that might not happen with the Phys... : gooblerampling
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  I just started playing this one. I'm finding it more about figuring out where the developers want me to ... : Rag and Bone Man
  • you can disable the colored objects which help "guide" you. : pyide
  • the rooftop levels were so much better at letting you find your own path : derelict515
• Hit guy. Pick up gun. Shoot and keep picking up dropped guns until the entire city is dead. Finish game. ... : Mystery0000
• Put it on easy, run past every fight that you don't have to do. The combat is the worst part and it's the... : BlackCat9
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  if you have to fight with out weapons, make sure you slide+hit then get behind their back and press the a... : X-GOUKI
  • I think I used that trick just once for the entire game, usually just ran up to them in between the shoot... : Mystery0000
• Stop playing it. : Mad Brahmin Disease
• Fuck this game. Most annoying piece of shit I've ever played. To start out with, I had to replace 2 dll... : NotACommunist
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  Just use guns. Ignore the other people in this thread. Use the guns, get the shitty combat out the way an... : peanut-
  • That's how I played it and it was very entertaining. : alexpr
  • Exactly. Since everyone seems to dislike the guns however, I think a zombie mod would be awesome for this... : gooblerampling
  • pfft, what do you think this game is... an FPS?.... : surley_monkey
• I was never able to find it, but Steve "Hot Scoops" Gaynor suggested turning on God Mode if you were play... : Duffman8369
• Bring down the console and type impulse 7 so you can have the rocket launcher. : jkstanton
• I suck so so so badly at Mirror's Edge. Bad enough that it inspired me to go get a DirectX capture progr... : Agrona

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  dude, avoid St Louis at ALL costs : Degenerate
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    i went there and hung out by the arch. then i came home and someone told me you could actually go inside ... : Cihte
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      If you're claustrophobic you're better off not going. The trams are tiny. : cerealSAM2
      • and creak and squeak, then you get to the top and the fucking arch is swaying and shit, then you finally ... : Joseph
    • Yeah, it's not obvious from the outside but you can totally go inside of it. The entrance is underground... : trevis
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    WTF! The best Steakhouse??? Stop there while in Downtown St. Louis. : sheepraper
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      Best steakhouse in the area is Andreas in Collinsville Illinios. There are ritzier places on the missour... : trevis
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        I will try it, TY. : sheepraper
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          http://www.andrias.com/ : trevis
          • WTF overpriced. : sheepraper
  • as a STL person, nothing is wrong with STL. but given his exact route, as a stranger to the area he woul... : ]pm[chem
• and the capital of Nebraska is Lincoln! : cerealSAM2
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  I live in Columbia, MO; and there are plenty of shackers in K.C.. If the kansas city shackers -- cobra : thief
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    Columbia is a good stopping point. We've stopped there plenty of times in our travels. I'll SM you my pho... : pupismyname
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      Cool; I'll see if devil dog wants to go get dinner or something, then. devil dog! : thief
      • In in D.C. for work, I'll be back monday.. :/ Sorry mang. : devi| dog
    • I'm in KC, but I'll be working all day Saturday so I wouldn't be able to make it to Columbia. I'm 87% lur... : jipey
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  Omaha is a nice city. If I ever head back out there (we have a client there) I'll give you a ring. : trOmblyj
  • http://www.theonion.com/content/node/28787 : soggybagel
• Drive safe sir, and if you keep driving west I'll buy you lunch. :) : tomservo
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  Lol Nebraska? Way to move downward. : askedrelic
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    What kind of job title do you have? : askedrelic
    • Cow Masturbater : tomservo
    • corn shucker : anthonybean
  • Omaha's actually pretty fun. : newek
  • and its hard to move down from georgia : NexusOne
• I just did Washington D.C., to Seattle at ~1000 miles a day. That sucked. : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
• What are you doing? Also I kind of like Omaha, I want to check it out more : Mr.SEX
• Did you get a job at First Data? : skanky08
• wow man, driving through some real banjo country. have a safe trip! : yacoub35
• Saw your tweet about the move. Didn't know for sure if you were serious. Omaha's a nice little city. I'm ... : smoove
• Whats your new job? : MagicWishMonkey
• Hey pup! I live in Omaha, we should go for dinner and drinks or something! : bipolar
• http://www.theonion.com/content/node/28787 congrats and good luck, though, for real : EvilDolemite
• If you go through this part of KC, you should go to Oklahoma Joe's. http://tinyurl.com/y8hwfst : goatjc
• :O : drucifer
• NEBRASKA? dang man. Good luck. : boomstickah
• pupismyname: ? - 2010 Cause of Death: Couldn't escape Nebraska May he rest in peace : locater16

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• I used to break mice fairly often. : Thresher
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  no, I stop playing long before that when an activity that is supposed to be fun is inducing rage : derelict515
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    Like I said above, it was spur of the moment. I wasn't pissed off the entire time I was playing, I guess ... : DMac20
    • I'll give you $15 for your controller. Need to padhack for a 360 joystick. : lacker
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  Oh yeah, SNES + Super Mario Kart or Street Fighter 2 Turbo resulted in many broken controllers. : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • And that was not only me, same phenomenon at my friends'. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  You guys have issues : multisync
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    seconded, counseling might be a good idea : ion_pulse
    • even though im only an undergrad (4th year psych) this would not necessitate counseling. Trust me, this i... : SniperWolf22
• Geometry Wars 2 Deadline mode. : ashkie
• I've broken controllers in the past, but none beyond repair. I have a 360 controller right now that has p... : thetangent
• Only when I was a little kid. I broke a few NES controllers because eventually, the A or B button would c... : reelbk
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  when i beat mass effect, i was so happy i threw my controller through a window : spiderfill
  • Oh that was yours?! Thanks for that btw ;) : StriderNL
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  Weird, isn't the PC version already patched for this now? What's taking so long for the console fix? (T... : wytefang
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    Because any fixes for the 360 have to be certified by Microsft before being released, which will certainl... : DMac20
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      Not if they fast-track an update through, which for this game they certainly will. I'm surprised it isn't... : rudds
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        is this "fast-track" something new? because gears of war 2 got no such treatment and that shit was publis... : plat2on1
        • Their twitter feed says "#MW2 Javelin Glitch fix currently in test. Once it's cleared, we'll be urging it... : crummynz
  • pc gamers are so mature : derelict515
• i haven't been that mad at a game in a long ass time. probably the last one was GTA: IV. : mayooms
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  Ninja Gaiden. I threw the controller so hard that when it hit the corner of the coffee table it started ... : ninj0rc
  • ninja gaiden II was the one that did it for me... when i was a kid... never threw another controller :( : Demius
  • You know, Ninja Gaiden never really pissed me off that much because I think I realized it wasn't because ... : Jumperus
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  Mirrors Edge and Ninja Gaiden 2 for 360. Fuck those games. : jimmy_legs
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    +2 Mirrors Edge : lord_omega
    • Yes. Mirror's Edge had some serious bull shit for some of the combat sequences. I'm not interested in a s... : Killrig
  • Ninja Gaiden as well. I've thrown the controler at my couch a couple times in fits of rage to make sure I... : Total Exodus
  • I chucked the controller pretty good when a certain boss in Ninja Gaiden 2 killed me after I defeated it.... : pavlovsfish
• No. : retardhumper
• Tony Hawk 3 and Need for Speed Underground DRIFTING >:[ : invisible_kid
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  I have bite marks on an NES controller from playing Double Dragon 2. The part where you fight on rotatin... : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
  • lmao bite marks? : technotica
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  http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2001/10/5/ : the archvile
  • I should add that I threw a pair of headphones as a result of playing America's Army back in summer 2003. : the archvile
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  Maybe you should've just calmed down and drank some milk. : Mmmmmoo
  • I thrown my PS3 controller into a couch across the room after hours of trying to beat the final boss in S... : jcrockerman
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  I easily went through a dozen SNES controllers while playing Killer Instinct. I still get a little rage j... : InfoBiter
  • haha, man. I wonder how many ki cabinets had to be replaced from kids slamming those sticks when shit fa... : JuffoWup
• Nope. If a game frustrates me too much, I take a break. : Link.
• Demon Souls has made me feel like this. Which is strange since I was raised on NES era games and those n... : breadsticks
• I've smashed my keyboard with my fights a couple times, but it has yet to break. : TheVietSpecial
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  Hand through drywall. A few SNES controllers, a joystick or two and probably a few other things I'm forg... : sukabljat
  • I put my head through drywall once. When my dad got home i had to tell him that i tripped and fell in ... : technotica
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  whats a javelin and how does one exploit it? : Nighteyes
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbOI0n6astU i think there are other videos out there that show people u... : Mmmmmoo
• Some of the earlier Tony Hawk games made me come very close, : Haxim
• I hardly ever took it out on the controller, but would sometimes take it out on the cartridge or disc : megarust32
• I once got so pissed off about lagging in a QW 3WCTF game that I pulled the modem out of my computer and ... : Colleton
• I used to always throw my NES controllers at the screen. Now all my shit is my shit and I listen to that... : legsbrogan
• I love these threads. You people are weird. : J4NUS
• no, never. you guys are crazy. i fought the last boss in god of war 2 for hours on the hardest mode, det... : busdriver3030
• Monkey flinging pooh. : massdev
• Never broke a controller out of frustration. Through overuse, yes, but never out of frustration. : SigmaDraconis
• I've thrown a controller and shattered it BECAUSE it broke (Atari 2600 used on my C=64), but I was never ... : AxeMan808
• No. : Atma Weapon
• Chucked? No. But I was playing Quake 3 one time w/ a buddy and he was just owning the shit out of me. Som... : DOOManiac
• Yeah, can't remember what. Last night I almost did it for the same reason as you. I'm not playing until... : khaosman
• right after I punch my TV and whine about how the game cheats : Sapiens
• No because it's dumb to get mad at a videogame. Just turn it off instead of being one of those dudes in t... : cfalcon
• I recently damaged my left bumper button after some total horsesh*t from the final boss in SF IV. It was... : isezni
• ive gotten a controller thrown at my head and it broke. does that count ? : dvldog760
• I never threw a controller but I do recall screaming at MarioKart 64. I also remember beating my broth... : DerHuhnTeufel
• I killed a PS2 controller on the climb-the-spinning-blades portion of God of War. Though I'm amazed some ... : Jumperus
• Too cheap for that : bolneze
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  Calling out bamii, calling out bamii. : [7]kami
  • lol! I only broke my keyboard stand once because I smashed it. Oh and almost destroyed a mouse :) : Bamii
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  Not in a really long time (SNES era)..but I came really close when playing Ghostbusters and while fightin : RevRaven
  • lol, thats one thing i do remember about that game. Easily the worst part, the rest of the game was good,... : technotica
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  Ninja Turtles on NES... doing absolutely perfect and then getting owned because i couldnt make THAT FUCKI... : technotica
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    Sad part is it wasn't even a jump. You just walked across. : Jumperus
    • There's one where it is actually a jump over some water. If you press the jump button too long your head... : DinK
    • lol thats greatness Im not sure if I ever even knew that. Or ever got passed that part even. : technotica
• no but i have done the grip the controller as hard as you possibly can like you want to crush it into dus... : xxiv
• My old Atari 2600 controllers took quite a beating. We used to use them on the C64, also. Can' remembe... : hankyJR
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  I haven't gotten pissed like that since SNES, and I still never managed to break a controller. : valael
  • Although EverQuest got me screaming and banging the desk on more than one occasion. : valael
• I use to do pushups and situps between losing matches in SF4. I quit that game pretty quick. : notdeadyeti
• I rage-threw several mice against the wall. In the meantime I learned an important lessen: Microsoft m... : Lukiopimp
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  When I was playing Forza 2 a long whole back, I took the controller and slammed it into the floor while I... : ateam311
  • In my youth, I destroyed keyboards/mice/N64 controllers too. : ateam311
• This one Christmas years ago, my aunt bought me a Basketball Game for my Sega GameGear (can't remember th... : Valiant
• Close with COD4 on veteran. : Milleh
• Only Tiger Woods golf has ever sent me over the edge. Just because the wireless controllers were so damn... : On the Brane
• Never broken a controller in rage. Did have a tower fall on my beloved FlightStick Pro, though. : Lone Swordsman
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  When I was in third grade I broke my NES Advantage by hitting my brother with it. : MagicWishMonkey
  • Ow. If I had to get hit with a Nintendo controller, the Advantage would not be at the top of my list. : DinK
• I remember doing it a fair amount when I was little, in the NES/SNES days. If I've done it since then it... : DinK
• I know a guy in the who dive bombed a rented NES (yes I'm dating myself here) and broke it in half becaus... : ShadowRam
• I broke a wavebird. Mario sunshine platform levels are to blame. : Fish_Bulb
• Play hardcore modes, I got frustrated trying to play domination/anything else, I switched to hardcore and... : rhuntley12
• Fighting games are a major culprit of broken controllers. You're mashing the buttons with intensity, and... : tedrotheredro
• I have thrown my controller more than a few times, but so far I've been lucky not to break it. My wall on... : Mad BH
• i remember throwing a few nes controllers around, but the worst was Street Fighter 2 for SNES. i must hav... : waxthirteen
• Timesplitters challange mode! : matt518
• I got so pissed at Dead or Alive on my Dreamcast that when I decided I was done I opened the player to ch... : megreedy
• The last time a game was frustrating enough to merit me throwing a controller was back on the Super Ninte... : R4di4ti0n.
• never done it, and i hate people who do it. : sanewave
• One word...GOLDENEYE. : Coolcatspiff
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  Gaming on my Commodore 64 would induce such rage... I dont know how many joysticks I broke until I disco... : hoopfam4
  • damn man, my 2600 sticks still work but they are kinda flaky. When i was lil I would try to play erm.... : technotica
• I've broken a couple of controllers years back but everything stopped once I slammed my SX1 phone agains... : Cashh
• Other than Ninja Turtles and prolly some Mike Tysons Punchout and a few other NES games. (modern controll... : technotica
• I threw my old DSL modem into a wall and smashed it like 10 years ago because it kept disconnecting me du... : chilln
• i destroyed my keyboard playing far cry 2 last year, and when i was a child i broke the nes controller pl... : Dagger Man
• Recently broke a 360 controller in NCAA football 09. I was trying to take crappy ECU to an undefeated s... : WilSharp20
• "You are rocking out a bit too hard." : Tech T
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  no, but my brother got so pissed at a game that he tore a huge chunk of his hair out. left a bald spot wi... : BaronVonSnakPak
  • Will lol this when I get home : Cashh
• I broke 2 controllers playing Croc on the PS1 . : TehShadow
• Back in the day I used to play Warcraft II over an IPX emulator called SerIPX. It was pretty laggy on a 2... : Loxodrome
• Yes. Many times. Both Super NES and NES. I've broken many mice and keyboards the same way. :( : stelth
• I threw a reclining chair while playing Final Fantasy VI on the SNES. I was probably 14 or 15 years old. ... : Killrig

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• Needs to be bouncing titties instead of a stupid square. : tashtego
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  nothing new to me : sanchez
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    That is because you are the smartest man ever made : tomservo
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      thanks : sanchez
      • I bet you knew I was going to say that : tomservo
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  Pretty obvious for people who play videogames all the time, but it is really silly they say the end "TVs ... : ovrlrd
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    I think for me it was just interesting to experience the different immediately by scrolling down. I'm gon... : tomservo
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      You'll only be able to tell the difference on games that don't have any motion blur. : TheVietSpecial
      • That explains the motion blurring in Crysis hahaha : tomservo
      • motion blur on turning is the best thing ever. : GloriousCow
  • I'd love it for documentaries and news : OrkO
  • I don't agree with that justification at all. There can be undesired effects or difficulties in getting ... : DinK
• yup, ever since quake i've always been sensitive to framerate. It's actually one of my pet peeves with v... : burning eye
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  He's right in a way (human see difference between 30/fps), but his final conclusion is wrong: I can ea : zehh
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    Wouldn't the argument for movies be that they need to be captured at a higher rate? (Smaller time slices)... : Danny5225
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      It wouldn't make a difference. Our eyes *do* see things at a rate of between 20-30 per second. The onl... : zehh
      • find me a demo of video shot at 60fps to compare with : NexusOne
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        I'm not sure I understand your point. Are you saying that a game running at 24-30fps with 'perfect mot... : Danny5225
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          If it was rendering those frames at a constant smooth rate, and not say 5 fps, then 15, then 30, then 25 ... : ovrlrd
          • Including rendered movies from Pixar : rosewood
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            Hm, yes. Motion blur is correlated with exposure times, correct? I would assume a camera capturing an obj... : Danny5225
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              yeah, video captured at 60 fps would have less blur per frame, but our eyes would add it back. Thats why... : GloriousCow
              • Yeah. That's what I thought. The motion blur perception range seems interesting. I suppose it must follow... : Danny5225
          • It absolutely doesn't look "perfectly smooth," not when things move fast. Your eye can't follow an image... : DinK
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        aren't you also ignoring the effects of things like motion blur in film vs games? : derelict515
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          he's saying that the primary reason that games look better at high fps is the lack of motion blur. If a... : GloriousCow
          • ohhh, yeah, so we're on the same page. I should skim less. : derelict515
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            that does seem to kind of defeat the thing about our eyes seeing at 20-30fps, though. like 'as long as... : xsoulbrothax
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              well our eyes evolved to see things how they look in reality not on a screen so I'm not sure discounting ... : derelict515
              • yeah, its.. hm. the screen is reality, in a sense, just chopped up into discrete bits. it's the only chan... : xsoulbrothax
          • Adding to that, people attribute Crysis's relatively advanced motion blur as the reason that the game is ... : nudel
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        I don't know what this means. Shutter speed is changeable on cameras too. I can record a very crisp 120... : Wheatloaf
        • ah, there we go. someone that knows wtf and is better able to say what i was thinking XD hah : xsoulbrothax
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        Bullshit. When 24fps movies pan, it's usually stuttery as hell and looks like shit. Just because the fr... : DinK
        • If it's stuttery then that's probably because you're using a non-uniform pulldown (e.g. 2-3 pulldown). On... : uncleanmonkey
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    and if movies were 60 fps, the later bourne identity films wouldn't be a blurry mess. : NexusOne
    • You are 100% correct, this is one thing that always irritated me. : Lukiopimp
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    Hold on there: Even if you're being fed 2x fps, you're seeing the entire action that took place for each : bostrov
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      Yes, that's what I meant/presumed. : zehh
      • I suspect that presumption is not accurate in most cases. It'd be interesting to know. : bostrov
    • Movies sometimes play with shortened exposure just to achieve that choppy look. See the final battle of... : qsylvr
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    I disagree with your conclusion. The human eye can perceive more and more detail until it can't. The numb... : daVinci1980
    • Perception in general, and by extension perceiving motion, is an extremely complex cognitive process with... : ZombieAcademy
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  I bet if he switched the 30 and 60 fps ones no one would ever know. : Sexpansion Pack
  • at first i thought he was trying to show that you can't tell a difference, but i definitely could. : GloriousCow
  • I'm going back and forth right now with both of them. And its very easy to tell. : Godhatesfatpeople
• haha. Yeah I'll stick to my 24fps movie please thanks. And I have a hunch that in the future games will b... : ventro
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  On a related note, I hate the new trend to 120 Hz TV screens. To me, it makes movies and TV look stupid.... : PenicillinX57
  • sigh... http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=21543824#itemanchor_21543824 : ventro
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    It's the frame interpolation effect that you hate, not the 120hz refresh. : Prozium
    • ^^^Yes, this is what I meant, damnit. Go to any store and they are displaying all the new models with in... : PenicillinX57
  • its because the source isn't shot in 120. let the screens move first, then content will be shot for it. : NexusOne
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    These replies grow tiresome. : bipolar
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      your face grows tiresome : RikiTiki2
      • all these lines in my face getting clearer :( : bipolar
  • These posts hurt my brain now. HURT. BRAIN. : rosewood
  • misinformation is a bitch - it's ok, we all learn some time. read through some documentation just so you... : virus
• however, if the 30 FPS square had way better gameplay than the 60, i'd have no problems with it : EvilDolemite
• why are they not side by side :( : Uninitialized
• 15 FPS looks ok to me, the 30 is better, but its not like 15 is unwatchable : retardhumper
• Film is 24fps isn't it? : Fred Garvin
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  If movies were 60 fps, less ppl would complain about shaky cam because they'd actually be able to see the... : Reavers!
  • High action scenes + high FPS = severe nausea in a lot of people. It's actually worse than low FPS + high... : MisterClaw
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  The goal of motion pictures is not to recreate reality, it's not even to show reality. I want to create : Wheatloaf
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    Haha what. 24 FPS came about because of the limitations and choices made in technology. It had nothing ... : cetra00
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      Exactly! Once most cinemas and home theaters have the ability to display higher FPS, you will see people ... : MisterClaw
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        Film could be played back at a different framerate... it definitely originated in a technological lim : Wheatloaf
        • I though Public Enemies looked pretty good! : datoo
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    You seem to know your shit when it comes to films. I dabble in film making myself and your last sentence ... : SnakeIRye
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      To be honest I don't. I understand the various technology behind films, TV displays, standards etc but I... : cetra00
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        I was asking Wheatloaf, but I appreciate your reply too :o I agree that (as far as I know)24fps is pur... : SnakeIRye
        • Well, the other reason would be because they are used to all the limitations of 24fps, and they would hav... : MisterClaw
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  What he needs to do is go further and show that there's really no detectable difference past around 72 or... : TabsAZ
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    Whrong! First article I could find, but we can see past even 200 "fps" http://whisper.ausgamers.com/wiki/... : SnakeIRye
    • That and you wouldn't be able to tell the difference because your monitor/video card most likely won't go... : SnakeIRye
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  if you let them play long enough they're out of sync. I don't think these are the best example : RikiTiki2
  • look at the spinning corners although you can see it in the fall too. : technotica
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  who here really believed the human eye couldn't detect 60fps? and do you play video games? : technotica
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    I can normally tell the difference between 30 FPS and 60 FPS but anything beyond 60 FPS is much harder to... : cetra00
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      There isn't much of a difference when the framerates drops for 5 seconds, between 40 and 60 fps. : Amnesty_intl2
      • I can totally tell, even if its just a few frames. That shift in framerate is incredibly jarring for me ... : cetra00
  • I remember for the longest time people saying this and it was ridiculous. You can easily spot the differe... : Godhatesfatpeople
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  the difference is so small that I don't think I'd really give a fuck if it was 30 or 60, as long as the 3... : valael
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    Basically this difference is huge, and is one of the reasons why valve had to reduce the FOV (wisely) in ... : Amnesty_intl2
    • You got that entirely backwards, the low FOV was what was making people sick, especially during the airbo... : pyide
• While I can't necessarily see the difference between 30 and 60 fps. I can feel it while playing a game fo... : lightly inclined
• You can see very high fps (several 100) in moving objects. Imagine a static scene with an object zoomi... : jcupitt
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  Now let's see if you can tell a difference between 60 and 90 fps... : silent prophet
  • I personally can't see a difference from around 76 and above back when I tested it. With games 30 is fine... : pyide
  • Depends on the source material. If you're following a ball bouncing rapidly around the screen you might ... : DinK

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  Boy, that's a real stretch for the Harry Potter cast. : pigvomit
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    I dunno, they've aged a fair amount. http://screenrant.com/wp-content/uploads/harry-potter-scorcerers-... : mechanicalgrape
    • They still have two movies to do in those roles. The others are about former characters and the actors r... : pigvomit
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  More here http://atticus-flinch.livejournal.com/473373.html : dissembler
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    That Bourne one is pretty weak. Maybe they should have shakycam blurred it. : Barnahog
    • Yeah, that and the Harry Potter one should be thrown out. The rest are pretty decent. : PenicillinX57
  • Those are great. Though some are too subtle : byorn
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    the Ben Stiller one killed me : AlexXdude
    • Was that Blue Steel or Magnum? : ArtilleryMarker
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    I N F ' D : bolneze
    • Oh boo seems a lot of them are cheating. Only works with shit that had costumes in the first place. : bolneze
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  wtf faggot shirt is harry potter wearing there fucking twilight fucking everything up fuck : indosauros
  • He looks like..I have no idea, but it's bad. The one who played Ron looks like a good guy though. : Lord Skellington
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  Morpheus is cheating : Sailor of Fortune
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    Seriously. Not sure there's any difference from the movie. : Anastomosis
    • Same with Christian Bale. : bolneze
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  The Arnold ones are awesome and the Gerard Butler one cracks me up. Pretty cool. : Duffman8369
  • which is the hummer one : mindshot
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  The Potter crew? Seriously? Get out of here. : Godhatesfatpeople
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    Well, think about it. They were cast when they were like 12. Daniel Radcliffe is never going to be though... : ArcKnight
    • The endless throngs of snail trails don't. : Marrbe
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  i dont think of minority report as tom cruises more famous roles..... : -=kodiak=-
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    they probably couldn't get their hands on an f16 : SockMonkeh
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      f-14, dude : Herman Toothrot
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        Nope, "MiG-28s" lol : TabsAZ
        • if you are going to make a joke, you cant do it when what you are saying is wrong. Tom Cruise flew in a f... : Goalie
  • they should have used a Risky Business pic : Old_Fart
• Is Ben Stiller keeping his hair for a movie? : kramweil
• those are awesome : opengl128
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  neat. what's #6? : Mmmmmoo
  • Shaun of the Dead : gnomish
  • Shaun of the Dead http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0365748/ : -sk-
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  Not sure I get what the Arnold one is supposed to be. : action wombmate
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    Arnold is playing himself. : trove
    • Trust me : Rag and Bone Man
  • The additional shots in the lower link show him in sunglasses with a motorcycle in true Terminator style. : nurglich
  • With the cigar I just assumed it was Dutch from Predator. : Duffman8369
  • You should go with him if you want to live. : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • Kindergarden Cop, duh. : not work safe
  • twins : reverend~heresy
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  Oh man, the Silence of the Lambs one have me puzzled for a brief second. Was pleasantly awed when I reali... : DingoStoleMyBaby
  • That was my favourite, nice use of the prop and the slight reflection of Jodie Foster too. : Barnahog
  • Wha : rosewood
• That's pretty cool. : Fred Garvin
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  now i want to watch Unforgiving again. : theWhite
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    haha.. I thought the shotgun was out of place, I kind of assumed it was Million Dollar Baby. I get it now... : K1Bond007
    • Shit, I was thinking of Gran Torino, but was wondering why it wasn't a Garand. : Helter Skelter
  • ah didn't catch that one. : nomaad
• the Seven one brings me back... great shot : hatchet165
• As the sentimental guy I am, I gotta say this is great stuff. : Marrbe

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  Behold, my giant stick of Smegma Stick of Smashing +12 : burning eye
  • behold my mind-numbing stupidity. : burning eye
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  Why is your character holding a giant stick of fecal matter? Where's the sword? : Haxim
  • Vorpal Pooh Stabber of Anal Oblivion +7 : massdev
• That ain't look like no sword I ever saw. Also gratz. : TheVietSpecial
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  Oh cool. I just watched the AION trailer for the video updates and wanted to learn more about it. Was con... : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
  • it's a grind it's not going to change. thats the kind of game it is. some people like games that yo... : Slowtreme
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  Haha, it's a shit stick! But congrats. : Visceral Monkey
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    maybe this angle helps http://www.shackpics.com/files/Aion0071_wo2wk5ulgso7z8k8krkd.jpg : Slowtreme
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      They have a fascinating definition of "sword". : Arcanum
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        samehada doesn't cut. It shaves! : GloriousCow
        • lol : breadsticks
        • hahaha : Cliffzorz
      • Ugly stick. Brown ugly stick. Shitstick. : Lukiopimp
    • Goatse sword : sonicstorm
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  Why do your shoulders look diff in game and in the character tab? : bolneze
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    the spikes aka pink dildos extend when i'm in combat stance. : Slowtreme
    • Poo and dildos huh? Hawt : bolneze
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    I did not think they could make shoulders even more ridiculous than WoW's. Well, wait, nevermind. Sham... : drhazard
    • it kinda reminds me of one of those play-doh extruder toys. his shoulders are extruding glowy playdoh. : GloriousCow
• Grats :p : joekamel
• Grats. I used to play, and enjoyed it, but got bored with mmo's. The side angle screenshot looks much bet... : Sole.exe
• jesus christ, it's like a good game exploded and left you with a bunch of shitty, broken polygons. : MrBig0
• enchant it +10 : Reeves
• that sword looks like the colon polyp i had removed : GloriousCow
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  Grats! However, Anuhart is pretty common among the hardcore guilds. Try for the telebatha or whatever it... : Defacil
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    I was bored so I looked up what sword you are thinking of: Tahabata's Greatsword http://www.youtube.com/w... : datoo
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      Im so bored I clicked and watched =\ : bolneze
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        I think I should go to sleep! : datoo
        • I think I should too! : bolneze
• holy shit on a shingle. have people started doing dredge yet? : Foxhawk
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  god damn your character and his sword look stupid as fuck. no offense, but it's like they tried to do th... : valael
  • but everythings desaturated! : GloriousCow
• it looks like a giant demon turd : gyokuro
• your character is ridiculously proportioned : electroly
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  Wow, the character model alone in that picture makes me glad I never picked it up. I don't think I could ... : DerHuhnTeufel
  • His armor makes his character model look really weird. The characters are really quite "normal" looking ... : Zips
• Why are you on the Isle of Quel'Danas? : [7]kami
• Your sword is longer than you are tall. This seems like it would cause problems in everyday life. : Nali4Freedom
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  Your lack of pronouns made this difficult to comprehend at first. : lyme
  • I find your lack of pronoun disturbing. : Jumperus
• That looks like one of those Pistachios you find in the bag that is horribly cooked and misshapen. It's l... : pancake humper
• I have to agree with a few of the others here: that sword looks incredibly stupid. Gratz on getting it fo... : ateam311
• Damn, that game is ugly. : rudds

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  hmmm Id like to think I could sip off a bottle that long, but I would do that everynight and it would be ... : mindshot
  • for the price i want it to last. i don't buy hard liquor, well, ever, so i want to enjoy it : EvilDolemite
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  you make it sound amazing lol :) Part of me wants to go to the store and buy it right now. : GenBanks
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    Mildly smoky, with sweet, warm undertones - and just a hint of the sea - Laphroaig 15 Year Old is fulfill : EvilDolemite
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      you should mix it in with some diet coke : busdriver3030
      • RC Cola : Ride-My-Rocket
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        Waste of a fine Scotch if you ask me. : Anastomosis
        • your right, best use non-diet : Demius
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      How much is it? : deskill
      • $70 for a bottle : EvilDolemite
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  nice. i almost bought an ardbeg 10 a few weeks ago myself. decided to blow it on some sierra nevada cel... : arizona bay
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    10's are very affordable, if you know what brands to look for. laphroaig 10 was $40. : EvilDolemite
    • i mainly drink 12's and 15's...had a few older ones but i like the stronger bite of a 12 more. but again... : arizona bay
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      Ardbeg 10 used to be ~40 here. However since it's so critically acclaimed at that age it is now ~60. :( ... : zakazi
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        you have to spend $100 to get decent single malt here :( : filthysock
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          ouch. :( I do have to admit even spending $40 is tough. I've been spoiled by taking up Bourbon. Bourbon i... : zakazi
          • (of course Bourbon scratches a completely different itch but it's similar enough that the Scott in me shu... : zakazi
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    i must try out this ardbeg : filthysock
    • i really like it. it's very nice. : mindmann
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    A really good reasonably priced bottle is aberlour look for it : RogerDandy
    • that's a great scotch. : hamachi
    • how would you describe this one? I've seen it, but haven't tried it. Another really reasonably priced one... : mindmann
  • Screw the 10. Find a bottle of Uigeadail. : Jumperus
• we're doing a bottle of templeton and a bottle of some decent cherry brandy i think. : akirabob
• Since it's like a campfire in your mouth does that mean it tastes like burning? : Prozium
• Gesundheit. : c0bra
• I approve this Scotch : askedrelic
• Agreed. Need to pick up another bottle tomorrow. I have a bottle of Glenmorangie Quinta Ruban down stairs... : zakazi
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  Absolutely! Scotch is fantastic all year as far as I'm concerned. My personal favorite is Glenrothes. ... : Garnett Lee
  • Garnett, we have identical tastes. See my post below! : reelbk
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    never have, but i'd like to. i only know about four or five scotches: glenlivet, laphroaig, balvenie, th... : EvilDolemite
    • Nothing wrong with a good blended scotch. It's a little uncommon in the States but the Dimple Pinch over ... : Garnett Lee
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  I completely agree. I'm currently slow-sipping this guy: http://reelbk.shackspace.com/drinks.jpg Ho... : reelbk
  • Excellent selections :D : Garnett Lee
• mix it with some gatorade and your on to a winner : CoRDS
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  Laphroaig is my second favorite scotch. #1 is Lagavulin, hands down fav so far :D : pyros
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    I have a bottle of both in my house right now. :) : slax0r
    • We have a bottle of both in our house right now, Maverick. ; ) : Anastomosis
• I just got a bottle of John Barr Red and it's pretty good. Especially for $12. : Albemuth
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  I need to buy me some scotch. Local store has some reasonably priced Glenfiddich 12 year. Is that reasona... : Arcanum
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    Actually, it might be Glenlivet. They have both. : Arcanum
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      Glenlivet 12yr >>>>>>>>>>> Glenfiddich 12yr : pyros
      • I prefer Glenfiddich over Glenlivet. : thecray
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    How much is reasonably priced? Don't pay over 45. : yoonix
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      It's a hair under $40, and is actually what I guess could be called a scotch intro kit since it includes ... : Arcanum
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        Yeah, that's called a gift set. :P For 40, go for it. It's a good price. : yoonix
        • Thanks. For some reason the term "gift set" wouldn't click in my mind. :) : Arcanum
• I once had amaretto described to me as liquid pudding by a high-as-a-kite, hot, english artist/vagabond i... : ]pm[chem
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  At any given time I have up to 2000$ worth of scotch if anyone ever wants to compare tasting notes drop m... : RogerDandy
  • damn. If you had to pick a few "good buys" in scotches (ones that are really good tasting for their value... : mindmann
  • you still need more good cigars to go with that scotch! ;) : vov1n
• I tried to like scotch, I really did :[ They had a crate of 25 year old single malt that they broke open... : Fred Garvin
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  I wish I could learn to appreciate this stuff. I know it's not exactly the same, but I've tried some dec... : valael
  • well, yeah. you don't down a bottle of scotch. you pour a finger, or two. and enjoy it. : EvilDolemite
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  hmmm. sir I would have acquired some balvenie 21. in fact I think I'll do that to SPITE YOU : Downforce
  • i'm not prepared to spend hundreds of dollars : EvilDolemite
• I picked up a Bowmore 12 year at duty free on a whim. This stuff is incredibly good. : yoonix
• i went to the distillery a few summers ago, great whisky, but im more of an ardbeg fan :P : disembodied potato
• I haven't really enjoyed scotch when I've had it, I know any decent scotch should be had neat, but I alwa... : pres589
• I used to like the Laphroaig 10 year, how does it compare (if you know)? : burningtrees
• I've been drinking a lot of Caol Ila lately. Good smooth sipper. The 18 is really nice if you can find it... : tashtego