Weekend Discussion: Out Cold

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  You didn't like the sheer aweseness of Beowulf killing the sea monster? : RikiTiki2
  • Awesomeness : RikiTiki2
  • the dragon battle in 3d was fucking incredible. : anthonybean
• dude I also just got back from Avatar and you posted pretty much what I wanted to post - freaky! : NastyNorman
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  I disagree - I think the new 3D is absolutely awesome. I really hope more movies use this tech in the fu... : CrustaR
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    Fine by me too as long as they include a non-3D version : NastyJack
    • Yeah, I mean some people just can't see this 3d for some reason (eg, if they can't see 3d naturally), so ... : CrustaR
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  Saw it on imax today -- bloody impressive and a very amazing reminder of what the art of movie making is ... : baconisgod
  • Also the CG characters are indistinguishable from their human counterparts -- it's really quite incredibl... : baconisgod
• I thought the 3d was incredible. It doesn't carry the movie, since it's fine on it's own merits, but it ... : old and busted vs the new hotness
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  Just got back from seeing it in IMAX 3D - it was fucking amazing. The story, while cliched, was still tol... : thetangent
  • Well said, I agree. The only movie in the last 35 years I've seen more than once in the theater was Da... : Nixx2004
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  3d just makes it that much better. By your own words it seems like you enjoy 3d... but you don't want to ... : locater16
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    It's a good gimmick that I enjoy on occasion. If I saw it all the time I'd hate it. : NastyJack
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      Eh, I'd grow used to it and so would most people. In 30 years you'll be explaining to kids how 2d movies ... : locater16
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        Have any non-action movie directors expressed an interest in 3D? Would 3D add to a movie like No Country ... : NastyJack
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          It's not going to make a difference to the guy making the movie but it is going to make a difference to t... : spiffymc
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            You don't think it will make a difference to the director what format his movie is made in? It's kind of ... : NastyJack
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              I'm saying that it won't be his decision to make : spiffymc
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                I don't believe that for an instant. Nobody is going to force a director who isn't interested in 3D to ma... : NastyJack
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                  If I'm paying for the next Transformers movie and the director doesn't want to shoot in 3d, I'm getting a... : spiffymc
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                    Oh, I thought we were talking about movies I had a slight interest in seeing. If that kind of junk wants ... : NastyJack
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                      I argue that most movies that come out of the big movie studios don't have much artistic merit anymore. T... : spiffymc
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                        And this is the point really. The director can have whatever artistic vision he wants and if the studio t... : spiffymc
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                          That might be true for a movie like Transformers but it wouldn't be true for Quentin Tarantino or Martin ... : NastyJack
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                            I disagree unless they are self financing their movies. Studios are not in business to make art, they are... : spiffymc
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                              I couldn't disagree more for a plethora of reasons that I'm not even going to bother going into. I'll jus... : NastyJack
                              • Not dissing you though, I just completely disagree. And that's fine. : NastyJack
                              • I want to agree with you, I really do however it's just financial reality. That's it for now =) : spiffymc
            • Actually let me change my opinion slightly. If the movie is expected to make money, the director won't ha... : spiffymc
        • I hear this argument a lot, but I don't understand it. If 3D can be used well, as it apparently is in Ava... : ColoradoCNC
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        There will always be 2D movies, they didn't stop making paintings just because they could make sculptures... : NexusOne
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          But they did stop making black and white movies because they could make color movies : Clay
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            Sure, 30 years later. Color film didn't become ubiquitous until color TV became standard, and even then y... : Conan
            • We ain't talking about tomorrow, Warrior King. : greh kleh
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            Here's my problem with that: color was a superior format for most movies. Yet black and white has remaine... : NastyJack
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              Ebert used a good phrase to describe 2D movies: perfect realism. That's what it is. 3D is neat and all bu... : NastyJack
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                At the same time, Ebert seems to be pretty damned impressed with it as Cameron used it here. : Conan
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                  For sure but don't kid yourself into thinking he wants it in all movies. He feels the same as I do. : NastyJack
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                    The way it's mostly used now, of course not. If it was used as well as Cameron did, I'm not sure he'd agr... : Conan
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                      lol you don't read much Ebert. He wouldn't ever agree. Not even a slim chance. : NastyJack
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                        Alright. I actually read him fairly regularly, but I'm not going to get into an argument about what someo... : Conan
                        • He's made it very clear what he thinks and he hasn't, to my knowledge, said anything about Avatar changin... : NastyJack
          • Because most movies weren't black and white for stylistic purposes, but rather because that's just how it... : Vincent Grayson
        • shack analogy'd : derelict515
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  After seeing Avatar I don't think I want to go back to 2D :( : ventro
  • After seeing Avatar I don't want to see 3D again. : NexusOne
  • I wouldn't go that far, but now I'm seeing places in other movies where it could have been used to good e... : Nixx2004
• Just got back from it. Incredible. Although I had to sit in the second row which was too fuckin close for... : icon_of_syn
• I saw it tonight as well. Fucking incredible. Bummed because the tickets we bought said "IMAX 3D", bu : foo
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  The CG was good enough to make me treat things as "normal," which is totally awesome. I wish I didn't see : mittense
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    Also what was with the whole "we only accept the stupid warrior" into our tribe thing? What's the logic i : mittense
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      Humans closed the schools, they blamed her. He was accepted because they'd never come across a "warrior" : foo
      • Did they say they blamed her for the school closure or are you taking that from it? That is the one bigge : mittense
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      Well, the Na'vi were a warrior tribe, so naturally they would be interested in seeing what a skypeople wa : Colleton
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        yeah but what did they learn from him? : baconisgod
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          That he could learn to see the world as they did. : Colleton
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            Ah okay, I guess I can see that. I wonder how the Navvi reproduce. ? : baconisgod
            • Uhm... Sexual reproduction. Remember the girl na'vi referred to sex as "mating"? : jcrockerman
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  My wife and I saw it this evening and really enjoyed it. The story was so-so, but the world of Pandora i : Colleton
  • ALSO FERNGULLY AND PRINCESS MONONOKE and etc : mittense
• I thought the movie (story and all) was pretty amazing. The IMAX 3D experience definitely brought the wo : ImageOmega
• I'm also not on the 3D train. It hurt my eyes to stare at anything that wasn't the exact focal point o... : DOOManiac
• I left the theatre not wanting to see another action movie in 2D ever again. : ejectorpod
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  Some conservatives didn't like it apparently http://forums.hannity.com/showthread.php?t=1766551 : baconisgod
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    Well imagine that they didn't like something out of liberal Hollywood. : Schnapple
    • My favorite comment, "You weren’t supposed to see it [the left wing agenda], as it was buried subl... : baconisgod
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  There are already 2 sequels planned (From what I've heard). It's meant to be a trilogy. So if you liked... : destinyofdeath
  • i like this world we live in where everything is meant to be a trilogy. : ass-street
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  so everyone is saying the story sucks? : gyokuro
  • I wouldn't say sucks but it's nothing special. It's obvious and cliched but works. : NastyJack
  • i don't think anyone's saying it sucks, just that it's predictable and simple : RikiTiki2
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    It is very simple but is executed masterfully. : ventro
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      Yeah. It's a simple blockbuster-action-movie story. People who say that the movie would be better with ... : Johnny Law
      • I think the blockbuster movies that are truly memorable have simple plots but are also deep enough to fir... : datoo
    • I would agree with this, and honestly, I prefer this over some ridiculous convoluted-for-complexity's-sak... : coldfusioncs
  • It's pretty typical boy meets girl stuff. Fucking awesome boy meets girl stuff. : haiku
  • No, the story is pretty good IMHO. Yes, it is somewhat cliche, and yes the basic premise (natives being d : thetangent
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  So, weird thing. I saw it last night and the 3D totally failed for me. I spent about 3/4 of the movie f... : qsylvr
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    Yeah, that's a bummer. Where were you sitting? : Nixx2004
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      Three rows from the back, slightly right of center at the Sundance Kabuki in San Francisco. I saw Corali... : qsylvr
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        Maybe you got a screwy pair of 3D glasses? : thetangent
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          That's what it sounds like - like the polarization was off or something. : Conan
          • Yeah, that was the first thing I tried actually, swapped glasses with my buddy. No dice. I could defini... : qsylvr
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    its possible for the glasses to not work properly. you should've swapped with friends to check, or gone b... : Maarten Goldstein
    • IRRELEVANT UPDATE FROM THE FUTURE I saw it again from a near-front seat and it was awesome and gloriou... : qsylvr

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• Maybe you wouldn't be single if you weren't such a crap husband! : MagicWishMonkey
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  Wait, what? i don't get it? : Visceral Monkey
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    I got lectured by two (older) women at lowes for buying a vacuum cleaner. They made certain assumption... : walker270
    • Haha, and so what if you were? My wife would like love it. : Visceral Monkey
    • what a pig you are : gmd
    • you should have asked if they had any attractive female daughters because you are looking for a maid : kaddar0
    • hahahaha. that's awesome. : mindmann
    • Hahaha that is so awesome. You should have thrown it back in their face. Obviously they are speaking from... : Do_Or_Die
    • Did you beat them over the head with it? : c0bra
    • We have a pimp ass vacuum cleaner now, but I'm pretty sure if I'd bought my wife a dyson for her birthday... : daVinci1980
    • I hope you told them to mind their own fucking business. : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • I'm sure they were just flirting/teasing : fishbone
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      tell them that the vacuum was going to be your new 'girlfriend' : drucifer
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        No, that would suck. : Bamii
        • He probably would have gotten a lot of blowback from the ladies. : senseimoron
    • If you didn't say "mind your own fucking business", then whatever you said was wrong. : CyCo_PL
  • Everyone at the store thought he was buying it as a gift for his wife, and giving a vacuum cleaner as a g... : angrytaxman
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    They assumed he was buying a vacuum cleaner as an xmas gift for his wife/girl friend but he is single and... : yosemiteclimber
    • Refreshing is hard :/ : yosemiteclimber
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  I bought my wife a steam cleaner for Christmas a couple years ago and it's her favorite thing ever. She j... : ConfusedUs
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    I'm buying one of those next. Any recommendations? : walker270
    • We have this one and it rocks http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000FFM00S/ref=asc_df_B000FFM00S988929?smid=ATV... : ConfusedUs
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    Does she have a sister? : cerealSAM2
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      Two, but they're all married. : ConfusedUs
      • You don't say "all" about two people. Where are you hiding the third? : Marrbe
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  Whoa, thanks for the warning. I have to get a new vacuum cleaner, and was debating whether this would be... : the archvile
  • Today's probably a good day to do it for specials alone. I know lowes was running a 20% discount on all ... : walker270
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    This must be vacuum season. What are you looking at going with? I cant tell if I need the dyson or should... : deskill
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      My sister recommended the Dyson, so I was going to take a look at the models. I have an old Hoover conve... : the archvile
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        Dysons are the shit, there's no debate there... but do I really need to spend 500$ on a vacuum? : deskill
        • I bought a refurbished one and saved a ton of money. : digital_d
        • there IS debate, Consumer reports put it at 9th on the list when I bought my vacuum. : Old_Fart
      • The only issue I have with my Dyson is the roller getting stuck on one of my fairly large rugs in my livi... : Ellissd
  • I'M BUYING THIS FOR MYSELF. : Marrbe
• this is aweesome : thekidd

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  Crossover? : DrWaffles
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    Straight up wine trunk, compiled of course. : Yanks
    • Is there documentation somewhere you followed to get this working? I'd like to try it on my new macbook. : SeaLlama
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  your steam acct name is your email address? 0__o : yacoub35
  • I signed up for this account in 2003. As a matter of fact, that email hasn't worked in years! : Yanks
  • so is mine. : marmite
  • Rocking a defunct juno account username : Lionhart32935
  • I think that's how the beta had to be way back in the day. Maybe I'm pulling it out of my ass. : kagath
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    Mine, too. The site doesn't even exist anymore. : DrWaffles
    • yeah osfmail was seriously old school there. I could still use pine to read my rit email back then. : Paranoid Android
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    Only for cool people. : rock elf
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      Member since: September 12, 2003 That was a full year before HL2 was released. I guess I signed up out... : rock elf
      • Shit, you beat me by six days. :) : mathyou
      • I signed up the exact same day! : yosemiteclimber
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        September 14, 2003 Something must have happened right around then... : marmite
        • Wikipedia: Initial release: September 12, 2003 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_%28content_deliv... : marmite
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          The CS 1.6 beta. : Prozium
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            after years of playing cs... i have still not played this... 0_0 Is this the one that gives you the ri... : technotica
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              I think the riot shields were only in CS Condition Zero. : rock elf
              • You think incorrectly. : Helter Skelter
      • September 11, 2003. Never forget. : atom519
      • September 17, 2003 here. Weird how many are around this time :P : wurt
      • holy crap, that's when i joined too! : Korban
      • Same here, I think that's the day it went up. : Serpico74
      • I signed up without even knowing what the Steam deal was about. :) Member since: September 12, 2003 : mn3m0n1c
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        How do you see how old your account is? : ecclesio
        • Go to the community tab in steam, it's down the right column. : mathyou
      • remember when people were saying steam would increase your dial connection speed? I got DSL btiches!!!... : technotica
      • Yep. Also, my SteamID number is in the low 4 digits. : Helter Skelter
      • Member since: September 13, 2003 haha, nice! : Pacalon
      • September 12, 2003 here too. : reznory
      • September 12th here as well. What do I win? :) : buzzbat
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      Sep 12, 2003 as well. : watcherxp
      • lol, me too, wtf : Halen
  • Old school pal. : noobja
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    When Steam first came out, the username was always set to your e-mail address. There's no way to change ... : mathyou
    • ah okay : yacoub35
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      You can change the contact email to your current one if you want. : pancake humper
      • Yeah, I've done that. Wish I could change my username. : mathyou
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    Yea, mine is a hotmail account from like 2000 : askedrelic
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      Mine is a now defunct yahoo email that I registered for in 1997 or so. : soggybagel
      • Same here. It makes me laugh every time I sign in because I really thought it was cool back then. :-( I... : Aragoat
    • Haha same here. : hoov1185
  • I hate this, really wish we could change it. Mine is an out of date email. : Jiven
  • mine is too, I rock the old school as well : Halen
  • me too, an old email address I don't have anymore. I wish I could change that shit! : timaste
  • AOL account here. sup. : wurt
  • Yahoo account email, wassup! : MercFox1
  • Mine is too! : guido anchovy
  • Excite email, what up bishes : ateam311
  • old school over here as well! : dpgagnon
  • So is mine :( : pun][sher
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    erm... yer but im not telling u that. Cuz your will robz me! THEIF! : technotica
    • actually... i thought everyones email was their steam id, isnt that the way it works? : technotica
  • Like a lot of other people in this thread, my original Steam account was opened on Sept 12, 2003, and has... : aggressor
  • my first account was but after the Steam beta ended I signed up for a new one :( I still have the origin... : mikecyb
  • mine too. : razlebol
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  I tried it on Crossover, VMWare, and Parallels with no luck. How much have you played so far? Stable? Pla... : dex.collins
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    It seems as stable as it could be. Maybe I'll do a writeup for other Mac users to try to get this working... : Yanks
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      I would love it if you could... you know... when you're not playing TF2 and Torchlight :) : Demius
      • I would also like a hand held guide on how to do this!!!! : MoreVespeneGas
    • Yeah it takes a bit of work, but I suppose if you don't have the money to buy Crossover Games (which does... : ovrlrd
    • I have that exact same computer, hook me up! : ventro
  • Crossover worked great for me to play TF2 on my Mac Pro, my only problem was that it wouldn't let you run... : ovrlrd
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  Random shit that didn't work? Did you try, perhaps, running on windows? That worked for me. : daVinci1980
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    you dropped some thread shit. You may want to pick that up : Cheeziologist
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      Don't get me wrong, it's cool that he got it working in OSX. But it does seem like there was an obvious--... : daVinci1980
      • If it was so obvious, why even post it? I think he's quite aware that you can run it in Windows, but like... : ovrlrd
    • Stay tuned until next time, when another Shacker posts something both novel & interesting. - and Cheeziol : Ride-My-Rocket
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    people should get 1-week bans for replies like this. : biskits
    • I hope you're joking. After all it really does beg the question of why work so hard for sub-optimal resu... : rasputinreborn
  • I'm kind of with you on this one. It's like somebody getting a game running in WINE. Nobody who actually ... : AgentPothead
• oh, hi there. Productivity dropping already. http://www.elrepositorio.com/shack/ohyes.png : Yanks
• why don't you try it at a decent resolution now :( : ibrokn
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  No wonder you're getting 120. TF2 looks like doo-doo there >:( : Godhatesfatpeople
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    It won't let you up the details because a lot of the graphics options aren't supported by Wine. :( : ovrlrd
    • oh, I didn't know that :o : Godhatesfatpeople
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      Yeah, choosing 'high' and 'very high' for texture detail do not bode well. Trying medium now... : Yanks
      • Medium seemed to work ok! http://www.elrepositorio.com/shack/mediumsettings.png That said, I got a ... : Yanks
• Turn on the AA :( : bipolar
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  Send that shit to multisync so he can play some tf2 and l4d2 too with us. : nyranger66
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    i'm actually installing TF2 right now lol. 70%! but it pauses when I play Torchlight I think. L4D2 will... : multisync
    • scratch that! apparently I don't own it - but for some reason it shows up in that list of games you can i... : multisync
• lol same here with my new i5. : oldschoolbob-o
• I just play in bootcamp :( : mikecyb
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  So is that a custom compiled Wine setup or? : Lunatic Angelic
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    Why the green question mark? Are you thinking he is smoking and that he isn't getting 120 fps? : CrustaR
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      What green question mark? : Arcanum
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        LA has a green question mark. You don't see it{g?}g : CrustaR
        • TAG FAIL! : CrustaR
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          You've been here since 1999 and don't know about Lunatic ending every damn post with green punctuation? : GloriousCow
          • Damnit, I wanted to try to convince CrustaR he was the only one who saw it! : Arcanum
          • GC, I was being facetious. : CrustaR
        • There's no green question mark there. : Arcanum
        • All his posts end in green punctuation. : Cliffzorz
• Hijack Now i wanna play TF2, anyone else? : theamazingrand0

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  ...and then I saw the bottle of lotion in the corner of the room : MoreVespeneGas
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    The feeling is like "what I have written here so far is perfect, anything else I do is going to turn into... : old and busted vs the new hotness
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      start writing utter shit in a separate journal you plan to just throw away. should something good come ou... : biskits
      • That's what I use my blog for. It's basically just to vomit my brain into. : old and busted vs the new hotness
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      You can always take a first pass. You can fix it up, or even cut it if needed, by editing later. You ne... : The Warthog
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        That's what I need to do, just going to write something at least. I'm almost through the third chapter n... : old and busted vs the new hotness
        • There isn't a set length for chapters. Noone will care if they're a page or a sentence long. Start and st... : sneakyalmond
• it was a dark and stormy night... : drucifer
• Go to the library and just research random shit, even if it's not related to anything about what you're w... : freakynipples69
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  are you sure your writer's block didn't start just before you decided on that username : synapse19
  • Haha. : freakynipples69
  • I didn't want to waste a perfectly good name on a forum account :P : old and busted vs the new hotness
  • 0wned! : zombie man
  • yes that thing is an abomination : kill9
  • Seriously. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  That's why you finish the story first and do all the boring editing shit later. Or are you one of those f... : locater16
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    I edit mercilessly. I have seriously done about 6 drafts of the first chapter. I know I have to give up : old and busted vs the new hotness
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      It will never be right on your first draft you are straight up wasting your time doing it this way. Trust... : Dan 101
      • 2 chapters in (just starting the 3rd) and 9,600+ words. Time to get my gameface on : old and busted vs the new hotness
    • Georg Lucas once said, around the time that Empire Strikes Back came out (and I'm paraphrasing), that pro... : kallanta
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  I'm going to use this as an excuse to plug my blog. I don't think a single person has ever read it. B... : old and busted vs the new hotness
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    I got about 2 sentences in. Can I have a cookie now? : tometome
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      You can be rendered into a doughy essence which will be maliciously kneaded to powder your bones, then pl... : old and busted vs the new hotness
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        tl;dr? : tometome
        • He's going to turn you into a chocolate doughnut bro. : skitzo
  • i didn't read your blog but you should reroll on shacknews as 'boringwriter' : veras
  • honestly boringwriter or boring writer or some variation would be a thousand times better than your curre... : kill9
  • You sure like imagery. : skitzo
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    Out of curiosity, how old are you? : Albemuth
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      Does it matter? : old and busted vs the new hotness
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        I just sense a young man's excitement with language and the tendency to squeeze every bit of powder and f... : Albemuth
        • That's pretty much exactly what I'm doing, but I'm old enough to know better. I just do it because it's ... : old and busted vs the new hotness
  • I'm not a self proclaimed novelist or anything but it seems like you write to intentionally use words tha... : Phreakin
  • Compound complex sentences are fine when used sparingly, but not when used in conjunction with a thesauru... : ConfusedUs
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    Also this is terrible lol : kill9
    • lolol brutal : Goto10
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    http://boringwriter.blogspot.com/2009/03/conveyance.html pretty much explains why I write it the way I do... : old and busted vs the new hotness
    • i have a headache now : DogDharma
    • the first sentence was fucking horrible. how can you explain what you do if you can't explain what you d... : the city
    • one james joyce was enough methinks : GloriousCow
    • I am having a Chris Remo deja vu. : [7]kami
  • you make tycho from penny arcade look like the soul of brevity and wit. i mean this in the nicest way pos... : mmogger
  • Everyone thinks Lovecraft is cool, dude, let off it a little : d fluke
  • You try too hard. What's sad is it's obvious that you could write well if you got over whatever ailment ... : batkiwi
  • reading that made me want to kill myself, seriously that is exactly what writing shouldn't be. : arizona bay
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    This blog is god-fucking awful. It's like Tycho from Penny Arcade and HP Lovecraft got together and had a... : Bean
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      definitely accounting. or maybe art. one of the two. : mmogger
      • As long as it doesn't involve words! : Bean
  • god i could hardly read that - was that intentionally bad? like in some kind of horrible character? : the city
  • You know, I thought most of these responses were over the top. But then I read your blog, and it turns ou... : MaJeStu
  • Now that's mental vomit! : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • It seriously sounds like something someone would write if they are taking the piss : moshman
  • Man that was painful! Really trying to make every word heavy aren't you? : VictoriouSecret
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  Don't edit until you finish the novel. This is probably the best advice I can give you. It ruins your mom... : Dan 101
  • Yeah, I'm pretty much gonna just have to suck it up and soldier on with it. On a side note, my novel =... : old and busted vs the new hotness
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    i totally disagree with this technique. I think it's best to have a highly detailed, organized outline of... : Borzoi
    • You've got to allow wiggle room in an outline for a story to grow of its own accord. Outlines are handy, ... : David Craddock
    • Fiction is a completely different animal. The characters grow on their own as you write them, and you nee... : sharpie
  • I don't know if I agree with this. I think it depends on both the person and the product, and all I can r : Bean
  • it ruins your mom : razorblade79
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  The sun burnt in the sky like a yellow ball of piss covered in honey on that fateful day. Guy Oldenfart ... : .sticks.
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    We need to continue this story : guido anchovy
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      Guy Oldenfart was recently cured of blindness through a miraculous spirit experience involving a sea turt... : old and busted vs the new hotness
      • This reads like a Dwarf Fortress mood description. :P : guido anchovy
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    haha, what you just wrote is awesome though. Seriously, take a step back and think about ALL the posts... : old and busted vs the new hotness
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      I think I can safely say the answer to the question is, "No." Unless you know of somebody who pisses a s... : IndigoAK
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        The answer doesn't matter, it's making the reader think about the question. When in your life did you ev... : old and busted vs the new hotness
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          I'm IndigoAK, dude. Read my post history. Taking shit way too seriously is who I am. : IndigoAK
          • I'm not ragging you on it, just trying to illustrate my point. There's nothing wrong with being literal... : Boring Writer
        • I accidentally inf'd this :( : razorblade79
    • This is so fucking wrong it's impossible. : the city
    • yo, kill urself : arizona bay
    • No. No, no, no, no, no. You're wrong. The point is never to, literally or figuratively, "make a person th... : David Craddock
    • Don't quit your day job. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  okay fine you fgts :< : Boring Writer
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    I can get behind this username change! : rasputinreborn
    • indeed, this might be the first name change that was an improvement. : Joseph
    • I can get behind you! : locater16
  • excellent : kill9
  • welcome back, i'm glad you've fixed that smell : filthysock
  • Much better. The long user name fad was likely to get the ban hammer sooner or later. : Frozen Pixel
  • i may consider actually reading yours posts now : synapse19
  • haha, awesome. : Ride-My-Rocket
  • good work. you have accepted the will of the hive mind. the system is stable once more. : datoo
  • Now just drop the "Writer" part and we'll be in business! : yosemiteclimber
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    Memento Mori! Old and Busted plummeted tumultuously from the howling heights of some forlorn peak, buffet... : GloriousCow
    • OMFG, this needs more love!!!! : Super Sparker
    • OH GREATNeSS! this killed me: shining like a yellow ball of piss, and smiled inscrutably : anhero
    • awesome : fishbone
  • Better, but I don't know if Boring is the correct adjective. : DarkWolf5
  • Hahaha, this is actually a good name change. Of course, the last one sucked balls... : thetangent
  • /golf clap : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • There should be an "Awwwwwww" pity tag. : Rice-Rocketeer
  • most excellent : moshman
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    First username improvement in a while. : nomaad
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      to be completely fair it was nearly impossible for it to get worse : DrFlammable
      • let's hope it improves his posts too : moshman
  • old and busted vs the new hotness is now permabanned. : brickmatt
  • balance is restored : razorblade79
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    thewriter this is like your fifth name change. just fucking stop being so melodramatic.. Get your shit st... : anhero
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      i dont think this is him. thewrite is randomposter now i thought : DrFlammable
      • nevermind, randomposter hasnt posted since august : DrFlammable
      • that;s the name. now go check out randomposter's last comment date vs this account. : anhero
    • more like theeditor amirite : dirge23
  • We already have a writer here! : SockMonkeh
• GIVE UP! : ass-street
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  Do not edit until you have a finished draft. I'm willing to bet this is partially responsible for your bl... : David Craddock
  • Reminds me of something one of my English teachers told the class: The first draft drains the ink, the se... : Orange Pylon
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  your novel : [fry]
  • it's the male version of going to fashion school or being an actor / model. : dearjamie
• so, you are thewriter? I can't remember your name after that, but I know I haven't seen it since this stu... : anhero
• the grim leftovers of a college party really? : anhero
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  I despise writing. : terath
  • : nomaad
• have you read stephen king's On Writing? : sharpie

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  L4D with aliens would be the best game ever. : Serpico74
  • Seriously, fuck. : Serpico74
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    There was a neat top-down mod for UT2k3 like that. It was 4 player co-op, too. : yacoub35
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      This same mod is supposed to be in development for the source engine. I think it is a near dead project t... : VectorJKL
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        Alien Swarm. : thewindcriesmary
        • This was it, Going to look for the old UT2k4 modification and load it up. This would be a fun game to pla... : VectorJKL
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        Alien Swarm. Great mod, so fucking hard though. It seemed to me to be mostly a statement of the diffi... : millakazuya
        • It was incredibly difficult. Here is the file for the UT2k4 Version, It looks like the Source mod tit... : VectorJKL
  • I disagree. A L4D game with ninjas, pirates, and strippers would be far better. : Matt Burris
• Oh my god. Oh my god. ... Oh god. : BlackCat9
• whoa. : edgewise
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  There is a 7 vs predator mode in it. : stgdz
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    I just came : zerog83
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      its going to be great, the predator is going to be a left4dead tank but now has the ability to cloak and ... : stgdz
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        and that wicked spear! and several vision modes! and dreads! and an evil vagina mouth :( : yacoub35
        • FUUCKK STOOP I CANNNT TAKKKEE ITTTT ARRGGG!!H!H! : ihya
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    I used to play AvP2 at lan games with friends in high-school and we'd set up something like this, 1-2 pre... : Sovos
    • Ditto. And I would fucking own them. They usually gave up and spammed rockets, mwahahaha. Same when I ... : node
  • Holy shit. This could be the greatest thing in the history of video games. Having your teammates ge... : treefingers1
  • predator? : OrkO
  • wrong game : MrBig0
• haha, I said the same thing 6 months or so ago and got seriously flamed for it... but yeah! : knytehawkk
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  I've been wanting to create a Aliens L4D TC. I am going to start it probably by next spring, get a team t... : freakynipples69
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    does that mean neptune will be done by spring? :p : grabbie
    • I can't say for certain but we did just take a buzzsaw to the story, it's much shorter now. Regardless,... : freakynipples69
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    This will go the same way as the Aliens Quake mod. : Rodeoclash
    • sigh.... fox'd. I hate that there's actually a word for that. : kallanta
  • i was working on one(originally gonna be a ut3 mod, then l4d) but it fizzled out when we found out gearb... : Unleashed
• I would pay money for this, yes. : kallanta
• If it is, I just hope they are more objectives than just run to the safehouse. Also, realism only. No... : razlebol
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  face huggers should be sorta like hunters, except they don't kill you immediately and if you don't get it... : dooberzoo
  • Face huggers could be like jockeys, instead of pinning the marine he could be stumbling around trying to ... : Serpico74
  • And other aliens ignore you meanwhile, it'd be a sweet balance : d fluke
• NS 2 : Downforce
• Definitely : WhatIsThisFor
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7FKaLYLOug&feature=related : Ulfie
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  Gearbox :( : Haku-Jin
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    IT'LL BE MADE ON THE PC FOR THE PC WITH LOTS OF ATTENTION TO MAKE SURE IT'S NOT CONSOLIZED : yacoub35
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      ALSO WE WILL LET BUGS GO UNFIXED FOR WEEKS, INCLUDING ONES CAUSED BY OUR FIRST PATCH : yacoub35
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        You think maybe sometimes bugs just take a while to hunt down and fix? Especially when touching shipped c... : beansniffles
        • You think releasing a patch that "fixes NVidia 3D Goggles" for all five people that use them but that cau... : yacoub35
      • Hey! They're aware of that problem! I read it! : AxeMan808
  • yeah :/ : razlebol
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    Should be fantastic on the xbox then right? : ryuuseki
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      No, it'll still have a whole bunch of broken stuff on consoles. The PC version will just have some more ... : Arcanum
      • ^^^ This. : MaJeStu
      • At least we'll be able to play the console versions without forwarding ports! Totally buying on the PS3. : roushimsx
    • Is someone else doing the console version? : Haku-Jin
  • Lol I like this post. Gearbox :( so true. : freakynipples69
  • Wow, my excitement for this game just tanked. GJ Gearbox. : MercFox1
  • I enjoyd he last BiA, I really enjoyed Borderlands. The guys know fun, even if some bugs or features are ... : node
  • Haha yeah, been burned too many times by them : kill9
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    First and last time burned by them. : Nitrium
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      You've never played another gearbox game? The only thing they've made that was worth playing was Opposin... : Haku-Jin
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        You've never played Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30? It's one of the few WWII first person shooters tha... : roushimsx
        • I enjoyed Hell's Highway. I got it during a Steam sale last year and it was pretty enjoyable. : deject
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          Road to Hill 30 is definitely their second best game after Opposing Force. I thought Hell's Highway was o... : marmite
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            Tony Hawk 3 is their second best imo. I wasn't a fan of any of the BiA, those were the games that lead m... : Haku-Jin
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              what's so great about the PC port of Tony Hawk 3? : roushimsx
              • i would like to know this also : qwpeoriu
              • It doesn't have any Gearbox gameplay. : Haku-Jin
              • It was a good port, I played a lot of it. No problems with it. : node
    • Brothers in Arms Hell's Highway was good. Wait that one was Ubisoft. : Dschinghis Khan
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    Wait, there is two AvP games being developed. One is by rebellion and the other is through gearbox. T... : stgdz
    • I heard it was done but they're waiting to see how well AVP does. Smells like a turd already even if it ... : Haku-Jin
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    ITS OK! The Gearbox one was canned. Unfortunately the Rebellion one looked pretty terrible when I saw... : marmite
    • What was terrible about it? The little I've seen looks good and I'm a big fan of the first one they did. : Haku-Jin
• I wouldn't get your hopes up. : phate81
• Damn, that is a great idea. : pyrogen
• lol @ louis running around w a loose helmet over his eyes : proclone1
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  AVP multiplayer on mplayer? i think it was, was totally badass. Especially the basic coop map where you h... : thewindcriesmary
  • That level so much awesome! : Toth21
  • man i remember that level! It was amazing. : filthysock
• What about AvP '10? Anyone tried a show demo of that or something? : Marrbe

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• You need to keep them in your inventory until you complete the quest. ( for example the 3 shard quest in : wurt
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  You can give items to your cat? :O : tomservo
  • The cat just takes the items and throws them away, the dog actually sells them and brings you back the go... : DM7
  • one of the awesome things about torchlight. Your pet has a decent sized inventory, so if your bags are fu... : wurt
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    You're supposed to have chosen the dog, but regardless, give the shit items to your pet and send him into... : TwiLyght
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      My pet has, and it doesn't even die. It just runs away until it's health regens back. : DM7
      • yep, same here. I just put him on aggressive and let it go crazy while i explosive shot everything to spa... : wurt
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        That's because you chose the cat. : TwiLyght
        • Heck no, my pet is canine all the way. : DM7
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          There's a difference between the two in game? : wurt
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            One is awesome and strong, the other is a pussy. : DM7
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              I'm assuming the cat is the one that is awesome and strong, considering cats > dogs : wurt
              • No wai : DM7
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        Mine has as well, he currently has a level 6 cold spell and level 4 self heal. : spazzium
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          how do spells you collect level up? : mindmann
          • i think you just find the next level : multisync
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            it's one of the skills you can select at level up : Dante
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              oh, i see. that's good to know. so it's just like leveling up a class skill? : mindmann
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                yea, although frankly I've never used the skills on either of my two chars. I haven't done a magic-user y... : Dante
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                  seems like it would be a waste to spend a skill point on a spell that you can get rid of later on. i'd ra... : mindmann
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                    well, you level up the "defense spell" skill, so whenever you learn "heal self v" it will start out as th... : Dante
                    • oooohhhh. i see. so the "offensive" and "defensive" spell skills just mean that whatever spell you use, i... : mindmann
              • No. You find spells of different Levels. Then you can choose to increase your spells Rank by selecting ... : IHATEDUST
      • my pet has the fireball spell and just blows shit up : multisync
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    you can teach your animal spells and give them a neck and two rings to wear. The spells are really han... : slickdoody
    • hmm... I should have named him "Necrocat" then... : kallanta
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  I just made a Hardcore character playing on very hard. I'm so dead. ;) Alhough most people said the game ... : DM7
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    i played diablo for about 10 mins and hated it. : CoRDS
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      The Diablo games and torchlight share some common themes it's surprising you like torchlight. : DM7
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        diablo is fuck ugly and i kept getting killed at the start. : CoRDS
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          This. It was sprite-tastic, locked at 640 x 480, and had a steep learning curve. In comparison, Torchli... : the archvile
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            Torchlight 'easy' mode is like for my mom. Seriously, I don't know if you can die on easy if you are cap... : bipolar
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              yeah. i'm playing Hard, and wish i had done 'very hard." I'm not having any trouble at all. it's fun, but... : mindmann
              • I felt the same way. Until I enchanted my Unique rifle one too many times and lost all of its buffs. No... : IHATEDUST
        • You're talking about Diablo 1? Who the heck still plays that? I know I personally play Diablo 2 Hardcore... : DM7
    • You must have been late to the party. : yobock
    • I had the exact same experience with Diablo 1, but I've put a number of hours into Torchlight and had lot... : the archvile
    • I assume you are talking about Diablo 1? I could definitely see that as it was very dark and gloomy the e... : Chod
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  Related Question: Do you have to use Identify Scrolls the whole time? It be nice if there was someone I c... : Wikus Van De Merwe
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    I think the Identify Spell is a random drop. Just buy a ton of Identify scrolls in town and use them ide... : TwiLyght
    • if you identify them, they sell for more. : Dante
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  Hijack: Is there a way to up the difficulty on an existing game? I'm playing on normal and it's way too ... : plunkymeadows
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    I haven't looked, but I seriously doubt there is without enabling the console and being labeled a cheater... : VectorJKL
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      One of the recent patches allows you to use a console command to change difficulty without being labeled ... : jra101
      • how do you do that? I'd like to up mine to very hard. : mindmann
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        Go to %appdata%\runic games\torchlight, open settings.txt and change "Console: 0" to "Console: 1". Start ... : jra101
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          what's different in "very hard"? Just harder? Or better drops or anything like that? : mindmann
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            Just harder, loot is the same. : jra101
            • ah, ok. that's too bad. was hoping there would be a reward for doing the harder difficulty : mindmann
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    Nope. : bipolar
    • I stand corrected. : bipolar
• Oh crap. I played a little in my Vanquisher's game, and when I bring up the shared stash, it shows me th... : the archvile
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  Now that Torchlight is SteamCloud enabled, does anyone know if it transfers save games between computers?... : Arctic Fox
  • I pretty sure I saw that in the update notes. : mathyou
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    isn't that the major draw of steam cloud? why would you implement it without save game transfers :( : mikecyb
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      Well when Steam Cloud was first implemented it only transferred settings, like resolution and keybinds e... : Arctic Fox
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        YES FINALLY Saved games for TL are in cloud! Runic's critically-acclaimed action RPG, Torchlight, has... : Lightzout
        • Fucken A :) : Arctic Fox

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• Cortex Command is a bunch of fun. Haven't played it in a long while..I should fire it up again sometime :... : roushimsx
• Cortex Command is the shit : Veegeezee
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  Nice list. Has anyone here played Evochron Legends? Experience? : trove
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    It crashed on Install, It crashed on first boot, it crashed the first time the menu loaded, and so I neve... : graceofdragons
    • lol :( : Clay
  • I've picked it up on Impulse but haven't got around to playing it yet. After reading these articles, I'm... : Aragoat
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    Not yet I downloaded the demo but keep forgetting I have it. I'm gonna try to check it out tommorow if I ... : AgentPothead
    • Since I couldn't connect to the shack the past few hours I tried it out and I'm gonna be picking this one... : AgentPothead
  • No crashes, but ESET Nod 32 4.xx basically blocks multi player traffic, and a friend and I could never wo... : CoreContingency
  • I downloaded the demo. It seemed interesting. Also, I suspect that much of the game is procedurally gener... : terath
• Very nice thanks. : skinlab133
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  what is your obsession with indie games : Chandler55
  • They are fun, and I enjoy telling people about fun games that may have flown under their radar. Often the... : datoo
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    typically better dollar:entertainment ratio over your average retail game! : roushimsx
    • I dont know about typically being the correct choice of words there. But there are definitely some hidden... : boarder2
  • They often do things differently : Mecha Tofu Pirate
  • Anyone who doesn't like indie games isn't really a gamer. : SockMonkeh
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  Great articles. I was worried at the lack of AI War until I saw number 1. :D nephilem and I are working... : Aragoat
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    Are there... shorter game setups? : Johnny Law
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      You can go down to 10 planets total in a game. That would have to be short. : dafugg
      • Apparently 40 planets is the smallest "normal" game. The AI is meant to be very aggressive with low amou... : Aragoat
• Iron Grip was cool. It's like a multiplayer tower defense game played in first person. Quake 3 engine. Lo... : timaste
• Could any of these run smoothly on an ASUS Aspire One 1000HE? * Intel Atom N280 1.66GHz processor * 1 : Ride-My-Rocket
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  I will try this Cortex Command. Any opinions on the other games in the set? : ashkie
  • The only one I've played is Cortex Command, but Solium Infernum has been getting a lot of love from the v... : datoo
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  Cortex command is fun as hell. : hirosushima
  • It's quirky, pretty and unique, but I couldn't never spend too long with it. :( : node
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  I don't see Captain forever. : Sgt_Boomstick
  • Only 10 slots on the list! I have heard good things about Captain Forever but I haven't play it. That's t... : datoo
  • Fabulous concept, awful controls. : Alice O'Connor
• Immortal Defense is fantastic. Haven't played the others. Spirit Engine 2 seems promising. : Arceihn
• its not out yet, but this game looks to be pretty amazing http://www.noogy.com/gallery.html : spaceless
• Nice, thanks. : lightly inclined
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  AI War is not awesome, but in fact a waste of money. : Nighteyes
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    Expand on this. I'm about to buy it. What's wrong with the game? : dafugg
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      It just wasn't any fun. Versus the AI, once you became strong enough, you would just steamroll the enemy ... : Nighteyes
      • Also, the game crashed randomly during my co-op sessions, forcing us to backtrack 10-15 minutes. Then one... : Nighteyes
      • I agree with this. I bought the game looking forward to some awesome sessions with my brother but the gam... : Sovos
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  Looks like a list compiled for fanatics of DnD, Magic the Gathering, Star Wars, and turn-based board game... : the archvile
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    ...and tower defense games. : the archvile
    • ... and steampunk strategic shooters. : node
• Whoa INF'd. How's Evochron Legends? : Nitrium

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  God - I've been on Facebook too much. I was looking for the "Like" button... : zipper76
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    mayooms likes this : mayooms
    • Bean likes mayooms : Bean
  • Join my gang! : FirstPersonCooter
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  Yeah, it was really an amazing opening. The only negative thing I could say about it is that as good as t... : Conan
  • The last ten minutes. :`) Amazing book ends to the movie. : dodob
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  I've seen this movie twice and both times stopped watching after about 30 minutes or so. I honestly canno... : baconisgod
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    You have no soul. : Nixx2004
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      agreed. : Mmmmmoo
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        Is it okay to double agree? Because if so, I do. : Ksey17
        • Or agreeded : Ksey17
  • ditto, fuck knows whats wrong with us : steve_o
  • I'll admit I stopped watching the first time roughly at the same spot. Is it where the bird and the talki : dodob
• you speak a lot of hyperbole : qwpeoriu
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  I didn't find the first 10 minutes to be this amazing experience that everyone is making it out to be. I... : Halen
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    The couple in the movie had a great marriage, they were best friends and loved each other very much. It ... : Colleton
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      I get it, and I understand some of the reactions. But I just didn't ball like I thought I would, and I'm... : Halen
      • yeah I think because the shack built it up so much. Surprise! : aeg1x
      • Not sure why you have to bawl. I didn't cry, but I really enjoyed it. : aethyr
    • My father died a couple of years ago, and I've been taking care of my mother ever since. When I watched t... : thetangent
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    While it was well composed and animated, the narrative was really heavy handed and too put on. It was rea... : haiku
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      Did you associate the talking dogs with certain shackers? I did and it probably made the talking dogs muc... : Frozen Pixel
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        I don't know I just like dogs a lot. Cone of shame. That is so brilliant. : haiku
        • The dog was by far the best part, agreed. : brickmatt
    • Oddly I am not surprised by these feelings. : mwasher
    • SQUIRREL! : Dontdrop
  • It's people getting all sappy about it like they got about Fry's dog in Futurama. Boo hoo. : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • because its made by Pixar and people want to love it : grendel
  • This is how I feel about pixar in general : 60days
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  Did you ever see that one Pixar movie that flopped? Oh yeah, no one has. : BulletPro
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    cars is their weakest i think. i still think the incredibles is #1 : EvilDolemite
    • bugs life is their weakest link I think. and it wasnt half bad. : .Jayson
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      A Bugs Life is their weakest link, though yeah, Cars isn't their best work. That said, even A Bugs Life w... : thetangent
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        Bleh, Cars is far worse than A Bug's Life. : Arsenal
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          My kids disagree. :) : [7]kami
          • On behalf of my 4 year old: UR WRONG FATTY : [7]kami
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            Do they watch it in Dutch? : Mad Brahmin Disease
            • yes ofc : [7]kami
• I just watched Ratatouille for the second time -- first time was in the theater -- and still loved it. A... : Ride-My-Rocket
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  It's a good movie held back only by the silly dogs. : ieGod
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    you're barking up the wrong tree. The talking dogs were awesome. : Prozium
    • That kind of comment would make you family at any of my get togethers. Hour long pun fightsare what chris... : Ksey17
  • The dogs were awesome. : IHATEDUST
  • The dogs were the best part. : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • Hey, the dogs were the funniest part of the movie! : thetangent
  • I didn't like the dogs either. I thought most of the jokes involving them fell flat, especially that damn... : Sacred Sperm
  • Answer me this: was one of the dogs 'Sarge' from Red vs Blue? : Creepin_Jeezus
  • they weren't silly, they were realistic! : marmite
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  We were just watching Up tonight, and I had a hard time keeping it together during the first 20 minutes. : afty
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    i'm not certain it was a miscarriage. it may have been that they were infertile. : EvilDolemite
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      Maybe it was a miscarriage that left her infertile. Would explain the huge funk she was in after that. : dodob
      • yeah, it was pretty severe, and i don't think they would just give up. it had to have been a circumstanc : EvilDolemite
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  can anybody who saw both UP and Avatar in 3d comment on how they felt about Up in 3d? : GloriousCow
  • Up worked well in 3D, Avatar's is better than any 3D I've seen, mainly because all of the planes on the Z... : Serpico74
• This is so fucking true. I was pretty choked up by the end of that opening montage. : thetangent
• My girlfriend generally thinks that I have a heart of stone when it comes to movies but the opening monta... : exponen7
• Squirrel! : kaijuseijin
• Same with Wall-e : marmite

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• What is he going to be giving up in return for getting married? Do ALL the stuff that he won't get to ... : old and busted vs the new hotness
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  paintball is a shitty idea because the weather will suck outdoor paintball is the only real paintball : Majuju
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    And weather in Vancouver right now really sucks. It's cold and raining. : stump
    • yeah I've been bunkered inside playing WoW all day :D : Majuju
• sounds like you're trying to plan a regular weekend that doesnt suck.. i went to one bachelor party th... : QMS|superdave
• We took 10 people via my boat to an island and camped for 3 nights. : batkiwi
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  the best one i ever went to had two strippers. it went full on ass-to-ass. : NexusOne
  • those weren't strippers : Halen
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    best one i went to had two strippers rubbing each others clits in 69 position : AlexXdude
    • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=21706915#itemanchor_21706915 : AlexXdude
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      I don't get how that would be awesome, because the point of that is either to join in or masturbate, neit... : batkiwi
      • why not? you could do a shooting contest. : [7]kami
• My bachelor in Vegas was a whirlwind 36-hour event that included: * Shooting guns (Baretta, Glock, Fiv... : Ride-My-Rocket
• i hear ambien is pretty fun : datoo
• Come on man, you can't have a party without hookers and cocaine : free2game365
• I can understand no hookers and blow, but no strippers? :( : pigvomit
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  No strippers....I'd ask if he's gay but obvious he's not (or you'd at least get him male ones). Is this o... : Visceral Monkey
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    I had no strippers, and didn't want any. I love porn, but it's there for a purpose. I'm not going to ha... : batkiwi
    • Pretty much this. Strip clubsare just one big tease you can't act on. : Chod
• Go to an upscale strip club. For added bonus, have the wife's / gf's join up later. It's hilariously fun. : daVinci1980
• Complete lack of help in this thread. Paintball would be good. Bring beer if they'll let you. : boarder2
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  dinner, casino, alcohol. : FrayLo
  • This would be good as well : boarder2
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    This is a pretty good idea. There's a couple good casinos in the Vancouver area but they aren't downtown... : stump
    • Edgewater is next to GM/BC Place in the heart of downtown : fvariance
• Pub crawl. Make him a drink list he has to finish at each bar. Also do shit like he has to get a random ... : stelth
• Gun shooting : mista mista
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  A lot of cities have indoor or outdoor go kart racing. Electric go karts are very peppy and fun to race! : LilCrypto
  • Whirlyball! : Sole.exe
  • kart racing is an awesome idea. A lot of places offer tournaments, with qualifying sessions etc. : moshman
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    http://www.tbcir.ca/ this place if pretty rad : Juno
    • i havent been there for years, but it was always great back in the day. a friend of mine went to a bachel... : synapse19
  • ^^ this. Make the full thing with training, qualifying, race and trophys. : MatzL.E.
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    Hey guys, come to my bachelor party! No hookers or coke but there will be go-karts! See you there! ... : SockMonkeh
    • he doesn't say it will be a bachelor party : moshman
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      Is it some kind of tradition to have hookers plus coke (or heavy drugs) in a bachelor party there? I'm ge... : Nitrium
      • not really, getting a stripper is always an easy option. But out of all my friends we only ever did that ... : moshman
    • actually that sounds like fun to me. am I missing out on something here? : Supine
  • kart is a pretty good suggestion : Nitrium
• Golf tourney! : u sir name
• Take them to the Roxy and have everyone buy your brother at least one drink. Get there at eight before c... : SLUDGE^
• Edgewater, then cruise Granville street... or the other way around : fvariance
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  The one I planned was super small and devoid of the usual craziness. Two of us pooled some cash and bough... : terath
  • Beyond that we didn't do any of the usual silly things, no strip clubs, no pranks, just a fun trip seeing... : terath
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    Was it just him or did you guys go too? A week in London with a few buds would be an awesome bachelor "p... : Whistler77
    • Two of us went with him as well. : terath

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  Before Sunrise, wait a month, then Before Sunset. Alternate choice: Roman Holiday : bipolar
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    The Before Sunrise/Before Sunset combo wins this debate. : Ctrl-Phreak
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      The month in between watchings also helps you really absorb and savour the movies. : TwiLyght
      • Man, I had to wait eight goddamn years for that sequel. But yes - Before Sunrise is the winner. : Vimn
  • IAWTBSWAMTBS : spazzium
  • Agree : wurzle
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  i have a huge soft spot for Love Actually, although I'm unconvinced it's my favorite of all time. : Cheeziologist
  • ditto. i feel the exact same. : pauk111
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    The English Patient, or maybe Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind : rgoer
    • oops meant as a reply to the OP : rgoer
  • ^^ same! : b00tch
  • I said this in my head before reading the replies WTF. Must be Keira Knightley for me. I had a crush on ... : majestik
  • Plus it's the perfect time of year to watch it!!! : BaronVonChocula
  • It's definitely my favorite of all time Love Actually! : lotus2133
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  Amelie! : Gary the Llama
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    I like this one. Or "Secretary". I find that movie adorable. The Princess Bride, if you consider that a r... : mindmann
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      I adore Secretary <3 : TheMonkeyWench
      • i love that movie because it's so adorable, but it couldn't been so creepy if it had been handled wrong. ... : mindmann
• the one with adam sandler, punch drunk love : supersonic potato
• Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon has a pretty sweet romance sub-plot that I never noticed in my first watch-... : famine101
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  the princess bride? : dromo5
  • you sir are correct : peat
• Delicatessen : kramweil
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  Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind : uglysad
  • ^^Yup. Devastatingly romantic. Or depressing as all hell. Depends on the situation you're at in life when... : Wikus Van De Merwe
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  Romantic? I don't know. But 50 First Dates is a movie I can watch and enjoy with the gf. : dmason
  • That's what I was going to say. I love watching 50 First Dates. : edlin
  • Just watched The Wedding Singer with the fiancee with similar results. : Dante
• Before Sunset : Ely
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  Notorious with Cary Grant & Ingrid Bergman. In fact, almost anything by Hitchcock from the 40s - 50s. : Borzoi
  • if this doesn't make any sense to you, go grab Rebecca too and have a double feature. You'll understand. : Borzoi
  • Charade]I and To Catch A Thief, too. Cary Grant rules; He always got the hottest babes. : cerealSAM2
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  Avatar. : akirabob
  • second : spaceless
• city of angels or leaving las vegas : mista mista
• Shaun of the Dead : soggybagel
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  Hudson Hawk : uncle slappy
  • or Tin Cup : uncle slappy
• Rebecca : c0bra
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  The Story of Ricky : ninjase
  • ....always correct, eh? : AxeMan808
• Fired Up! : yacoub35
• Irreversible. : massdev
• Total Recall : Goblin au
• Rocky : cornchak
• Backdoor Sluts 9. Watch 1-8 to really get a sense of the characters first though. : kek
• Amelie, Love, Actually (ensemble relationship, not pair), Eternal Sunshine, The Time-Traveler's Wife is o... : mittense
• Titanic : yautja
• Love Actually, Pride & Prejudice. : YamatoTwinkie
• High Fidelity or Punch Drunk Love : Geoffrois
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  Look how wrong everyone is. Princess Bride : Solstice
  • YOU BEAT ME TO IT. : Navy Spitfire
  • I hope you can see this because I'm agreeing with you as hard as I can. : Rotten Deadite
  • This is indeed an awesome classic. It pretty much has something for everyone. : uncleanmonkey
  • The book is also well worth reading. The author's asides and family stuff is just great. : Conan
  • pfft, i beat you to it by a good twenty posts. : dromo5
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  I like Punch Drunk Love : FuzzyOnion
  • Oh yeah. So fucked up, and incredibly good. : Ormsbee
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  Love Jones : lacker
  • http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119572/ : lacker
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  On Her Majesty's Secret Service. ;) : K1Bond007
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    was never a lazenby fan, but it's a classy choice sir. : PlanetPerfecto
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      I don't think he did a bad job. He had the misfortune of being dubbed unlike all the others (not his choi... : K1Bond007
      • we should do a bond related film chat some time on skype :D : PlanetPerfecto
• http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0235198/ : dognose
• Roman Holiday Sabrina (either version--yes, I think the Julia Ormond version is pretty good.) Eternal S... : UtilityMaximizer
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  Amelie or Pride & Prejudice I could watch either a million times. (I think I already have :x) : TheMonkeyWench
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    I hope you mean the good Pride and Prejudice done by the BBC in 1995 and not the one with Keira Knightley... : sugarwaffle
    • I like both. They both have their merits. : TheMonkeyWench
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  Debbie Does Dallas : Maddog_Delphi97
  • Also, I would accept Backdoor Sluts Volume 7 : Maddog_Delphi97
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  If you're trying to get laid, The Notebook. : mrvandelay
  • Ha. Worked for me. : majestik
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  When Harry met Sally : thewindcriesmary
  • Without a doubt my favorite romantic movie. It's not really aging all that well though, starting to look... : Thresher
  • this one is up there for me too, but im all over the map when it comes to this category. : PlanetPerfecto
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    When Harry met Sally The Hendersons : guido anchovy
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      http://tinyurl.com/6sq9jo : squigiliwams
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        http://dl.dropbox.com/u/57328/seewhatyoudid.jpg : guido anchovy
        • I love this place. : famine101
        • Oh god i pooped a little. : squigiliwams
  • EOT. Best romantic movie ever, and you can still keep your MAN CRED, cuz its the manliest chick flick eve... : squigiliwams
• Pride and Prejudice : mayooms
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  Marty. Because I can't choose Casablanca. : Sacred Sperm
  • Or maybe The Philadelphia Story, if only for the cast. : Sacred Sperm
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  Just Married : MamiyaOtaru
  • I get it. : majestik
• bringing up baby - or anything with cary grant for that matter. : j0nchan
• Crank 2 : Warlock
• The Professional : Arcanum
• It's right there in the name: True Romance. : AxeMan808
• A Very Long Engagement : rotten element
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0JGSKjvpfBY at least watch the censored part : gyokuro
• Home Alone : not work safe
• An Affair to Remember : Colleton
• Chasing Amy! : Deathlove
• High Fidelity! I dunno, I'm bad at romantic movies. : Sapiens
• Obligatory Before Sunrise/Sunset : AlexXdude
• jerry maguire : threeup
• Spaceballs : genom
• Notebook is pretty good, I wouldn't say favorite but it's enjoyable. : davidc02
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  Roman Holiday : mechanicalgrape
  • ^ also a good one : aethyr
  • Yes this : themaestro2657
• Garden State : Bull
• before sunrise/before sunset : wtf242
• The Hottie and The Nottie : Ride-My-Rocket
• The Apartment with Jack Lemmon + Shirley MacLaine : aethyr
• WALL·E : Bhaalspahn
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  The incredble lightness Of being : RogerDandy
  • The incredbleUnbearable Lightness Of Being : PlanetPerfecto
• Gone with the Wind, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind : Galadriel07
• Cyrano de Bergerac. Doomed love and epic ass-kicking. : willy359
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  I liked The Holiday. : historyinthemaking
  • Knotting Hill, Pretty woman too : historyinthemaking
• bad santa : datoo
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  Kate and Leopold =( : invisible_kid
  • Hate that movie : The Future
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  sevem : papaskot
  • mn : papaskot
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  True Lies : marmite
  • are you dumb its with Arnald Swarzachenger. : Utopia
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  Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist : sanchez
  • this is a good one! : marmite
• Breakfast at Tiffany's? (original) I saw the second half of it, and it wasn't as eye pluckingly awful as ... : Creepin_Jeezus
• Die Hard : SockMonkeh
• Harold and Maude : drucifer
• Casablanca is not really that romantic. : Mad Brahmin Disease
• Das Boot : mrblarg
• can someone write a script to turn this thread into a giant ASCII penor? : deviantpaul