Evening Reading: Putting the Oughts to Bed

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  maybe Bad Company 2, if the shackbattles will be hard, long, and thick : RikiTiki2
  • Damn, forgot about BC2, I will add that as well. : mechanicalgrape
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  Bad Company 2, Starcraft 2, Mario Galaxy 2, SSF4 : Serpico74
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    I really doubt Starcraft 2 is going to come out this year. The others for sure. : JMro
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      SCII will but DiabloIII will probably be 2011. : jdmSlix
      • Diablo 3 is definitely not 2010, SC2 maybe, but I'm being optimistic until I hear otherwise :) : Serpico74
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  STALKER: Call of Pripyat Yakuza 3 : roushimsx
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    day 1 STALKER purchases are a recipe for disaster : smax
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      This one is apparently surprisingly clean of any major bugs/crashes/scripting problems judging by the for... : roushimsx
      • third time's a charm, I guess. : valael
    • It's been out in Russia for like 4 months by now, and it's been 2 months since its German release. Not to... : Autocrawler
• Bayonetta, Super Street Fighter IV, God of War III : sevogajre
• world of starcraft : smax
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  Does Rage come out in 2010? : The Wilhelm Scream
  • I sure hope so. :( : thrallie200
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  starcraft II, only because otherwise i'l get raped in the multi. The rest can wait. : filthysock
  • but of course sc2 may not be 2010 : filthysock
• Super Street Fighter IV, Mass Effect 2, Final Fantasy XIII : JMro
• Mass Effect 2, FFXIII, Starcraft II, Alan Wake (barring bad reviews), Mario Galaxy 2 : Yanks
• Reach! : Dave-A
• Super SF IV, Mass Effect 2, Cataclysm, Old Republic. : djustifier
• Bayonetta, Heavy Rain, Infinite Line : Borzoi
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  Mass Effect 2 : Ormsbee
  • unf : buzzbat
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  mass effect 2, diablo3 : stump
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    D3 in 2010? lol : breadsticks
    • YES IT WILL BE HERE : stump
  • ^^^ IAWTME2 : MagicWishMonkey
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  FF XIII Bayonetta The Last Guardian : grayscale
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    Is Last Guardian really going to be 2010? : mechanicalgrape
    • It's tenative but AFAIK it's supposed to be : grayscale
  • Forgot about No More Heroes 2 and Dark Void : grayscale
• Diablo 3. Right? I'm sticking with denial. : lpearl
• For me, no game is a day one purchase. : the archvile
• Star trek, won't anyone say star trek? : TexasGameJunkie
• Supreme Commander 2 Mass Effect 2 : kelbane
• Mass Effect 2, Dead Rising 2, new Batman if it's this year. A couple of other games i'm really looking ... : boredguy
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  MAFIA 2. Yikes, how has no one said this yet? : TaintedSyringe
  • I thought I would enter this thread and just copy the last 30 people by saying Mafia 2, but apparently no... : Durajim
  • :) yay : dahanese
  • This was my first thought, too. Man I can't wait for this game. : Matt Burris
• Bad Company 2, SC2, DIII, ME2 : Sink the Pink
• BF1943 PC! Bring back the shackbattle! : ventro
• Battlefield Bad Company 2, StarCraft 2, BioShock 2, Elemental: War of Magic, God of War 3, Crackdown 2, A... : wytefang
• There are quite a few actually. Mass effect2 God of war 3 SSFIV BF:BC2 Anything blizzard does : theWhite
• Only two I can think of. I already pre-ordered Bad Company 2 PC and most likely Mafia 2 will be a pre-ord... : RookieCAF
• Starcraft II Rage God of War III SSF IV : fleabug
• Super Street Fighter IV, Yakuza 3, Bad Company 2, Gran Turismo 5, Monster Hunter 3, Trico, FF14 : smackpiece
• Rage if it is a 2010 game, also Anything related to L4D2 or H-L2 : dognose
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  God of War III : snuff
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    This. If i have a PS3 by then. : sreyes22
    • I will make sure I do, I've had no real reason to get one until this comes out. : Halen
• Mass Effect 2 Battlefield: Bad Company 2 S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat : deject
• Mario Galaxy 2. Rage. The Last Guardian. (hoping these last two actually come out this year..) : pillzer
• Starcraft 2, Diablo 3, Warcraft 4, and Bayonetta. : walker270
• Mass Effect 2 (wooo pc preorder), Mafia 2, maybe that cowboy game? : shirif
• Only one. Black Mesa Source. And guess what? Its free! (if it is in fact ever released) : Fighting_Dairy_Farmer
• At the moment I'm thinking that nothing annouced is going to be a day one purchase for me. Sure I might p... : baron calamity
• Bad Company 2, Bad Company 2, Bad Company 2, and Super Street Fighter IV (get your sticks now, while they... : Head Rush
• Bioshock 2 : BanjoBoy
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  What advantage does SSFIV have over SFIV, and what advantages to own both? : capt tripps
  • 10 new chars, all the fighters are being rebalanced, new multiplayer modes including quarter matches, tea... : mechanicalgrape
• BioShock 2 and, hopefully Batman: Arkham Asylum 2 and Demon's Souls 2. : David Craddock
• Bad Company 2, Mass Effect 2, anything non-WoW that Blizzard releases : TabsAZ
• Mass Effect 2 and bioshock2 : adsriordan
• Battlefield: Bad Company 2 : watcherxp
• Battlefield Bad Company 2 : contentious roy
• Super Street Fighter IV, Dante's Inferno. : dodob
• BioShock 2, whatever Valve puts out. (If anything) : dmason
• Red Dead Redemption. : Ziz
• Bayonetta, Bad Company 2, Dante's Inferno, and probably Crackdown 2 and Red Dead Redemption and Treyarch'... : LemonJoose
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  Mass Effect 2. I had no Day One purchases last year. I will buy Mass Effect 2 three times. : Shadsy
  • Also, Natal. It's not a game, but still. : Shadsy
• Mass Effect 2, Bad Company 2, Super Street Fighter 4 : Link.
• Starcraft 2, DoW2: Chaos Rising exp, plus SW: ToR (if it comes out in 2010) : spaceyme
• Bayonetta, BF1943 PC, BF Bad Company 2 PC, GoW III, STALKER Call of Pripyat, Bioshock 2, The Last Guardia... : Darkfox76
• Final Fantasy XIII and God of War III : cornchak
• ME2 and FFXIII no question. If the Japanese version of Versus XIII hits, I'll grab that as well. Not m... : Vincent Grayson
• I'm impressed with the SSFIV love in this thread. Hopefully the shackfighter group will be really active... : JMro
• Splinter Cell : Conviction : dracodragon6
• Mass Effect 2. Maybe Bad Company 2 if ShackHype reaches critical mass. : Mmmmmoo
• Battlefield: Bad Company 2 : gyokuro
• Delta Force: Angel Falls... if it ever does actually come out... (last thing they posted was Q1 2010....... : megreedy
• None. : Nixx2004
• Battlefield Bad Company 2. : moe6
• Mass Effect 2, Bayonetta, Dante's Inferno. : monchipeters
• Global Agenda (the single most under-discussed game of 2010). Mass Effect 2 Red Dead Redemption Starcr... : lotus2133
• Mass Effect The Last Guardian Shadow Complex PC (lol) SSF4 PC (pls) Pac-Man Championship Edition PC (... : pyide
• Star Trek Online. First MMO I've ever given a shit about! :D : RevRaven
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  Alien vs. Predator Heavy Rain Final Fantasy Mass Effect 2 : freakynipples69
  • And Red Dead Redemption : freakynipples69
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  L4D3 bwahaha : goldaryn
  • haha hehe so funey rofl omgz : The Future
• Storms of War (PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE come out in 2010), Elemental (actually already preordered it), Mafia ... : valael
• Diablo III (if it comes out) : MaverickOrig
• Mass Effect 2, Bad Company 2 (both preordered already) StarCraft 2 (one can dream) : razorblade79
• Mass Effect 2, FFXIV : royalally
• While I almost never buy games when they launch, I suspect I'll fork out for Mafia 2 at once. Quite possi... : JesperKarlsson
• Ep3. I BELIEVE. (Also Mass Effect 2, Splinter Cell Conviction, Assassin's Creed 2, and Crysis 2.) : AlexW1203
• Deus Ex III : Broken Canoe
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  Fez, The Underside, Spelunky, Vampyre Story 2: A Bat’s Tale,Snapshot, Feist, Joe Danger, 3D Dot Ga : Kniggit
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    Heavy Rain, DeathSpank : Kniggit
    • Night Sky, Diamond Trust, : Kniggit
• White Knight Chronicles, Mass Effect 2, Dantes Inferno, GoW3, Bioshock 2, FFXIII : f4lln
• Red Dead Redemption, Mass Effect 2, Splinter Cell, Just Cause 2, Mafia 2, and possibly Bad Company 2. : Eric2025
• Mass Effect 2, Starcraft 2. Can't think of anything else atm. : rottdcorpse
• Super Street Figher 4, Starcraft 2, Super Street Fighter 4 again if they release it on PC : Benefit

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  I will have to give Synecdoche, New York another shot. : iamgoat
  • I do thing it gets better on the second viewing. Read what Ebert wrote about it and try to view it from t... : underground banana plantation
  • apparently, that movie was off the god damn wall when i saw it, seems like everyone who watches it 3-4 ti... : Audhuml4
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  Bad Lieutenant was not very good. Nowhere closes to the original even. I would guess that No Country For ... : CrabsJarrard
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    "Close to the original" lol. They just added the link for marketing purpose, the director hasn't even see... : Geoffrois
    • Well they both had drugged up corrupt cops. Love the scene in the original where Keitel beats it after pu... : CrabsJarrard
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    I'm allergic to Nicolas Cage (except in Adaptation and Leaving Las Vegas), but Werner Herzog has a pretty... : underground banana plantation
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      It's great if you wanna see Nic Cage smoke crack for two hours. : CrabsJarrard
      • I think it was an interesting film about consequence. Nic Cage did all of those bad things and was genera : ctlaltl33t
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  Never heard of any of those films. Guess I'm not surprised. : photonzach
  • The ones you listed, that is. : photonzach
  • Almost Famous? Minority Report? Kill Bill 1 & 2? Pan's Labrinth? Juno? 25th Hour? Those are pretty mainst... : underground banana plantation
  • there are some very mainstream flicks there : Audhuml4
  • Living under a rock? : Fred Garvin
  • lol : NastyJack
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  i'm impressed he was able to pick 10 movies....considering he gives pretty much everything he sees 4 star... : crypt420
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    There does seem to be a palpable shift in his reviews since his health scares, but there's a pretty good ... : underground banana plantation
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      nah...he gives every piece of shit 4 stars. but i will give him credit for his writing skills. he's ver... : crypt420
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        He explicitly tells people to ignore the stars and read the contents of his reviews. He gives 4 stars ve... : qsylvr
        • If a particular movie bonks him on the head enough he sees more stars. That said.. this is a boring list. : ghostnote
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  Me you and everyone we know is amazing... IF you're into that type of movie. If not, it will not make you... : deskill
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    It is a movie about poop going into butts. : Geoffrois
    • forever : Majuju
  • I'm gonna have to disagree. It was an aimless, narcissistic piece of shit. : ctlaltl33t
  • ))<>(( : DasCracky
  • It's fantastic. I wish Miranda July did more movies. I used to love her spoken word stuff. : Vincent Grayson
• Charlie Kaufman was the most consistent innovator in film this decade by a long shot. : Borzoi
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  I've never seen Synecdoche, but from what I've heard it sounds like one of those films only giant doucheb... : MagicWishMonkey
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    This is such a ridiculous thing to say. What types of films do only giant douchebags enjoy, MagicWishMonk... : underground banana plantation
    • Actually, I love most movies, I even enjoyed 10,000 b.c. I think I just get annoyed when people hype... : MagicWishMonkey
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    That's harsh man. It's a movie without a clear easy-to-follow narrative. That doesn't mean you're a douch... : Geoffrois
    • I do think that the film has a narrow audience: it's going to appeal to older folks, prone to introspecti... : underground banana plantation
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    Adaptation is one of my favorite movies, but for some reason I haven't gotten around to see Synecdoche. : DonkeyPopsicle
    • I loved Adaptation, I didn't realize it was the same guy. I'll definitely check it out, I just didn't wan : MagicWishMonkey
  • I had high hopes based on his strength as a writer, but it was terrible : ctlaltl33t
  • what the fuck man, no, just no : PlanetPerfecto
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  Surprised to see Minority Report. I think that movie is really underrated. : chrisschutz
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    I really liked it and I didn't expect to or really even want to : dognose
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      my only fault with it is that if it ended when tom cruise is lowered into the prison cell forever it woul... : chrisschutz
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        Everything after that is a dream. : cornchak
        • Maybe... thanks for screwing with peoples minds for decades to come mr. Dick! : locater16
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  Interesting to see zero superhero movies and no Departed. I guess they didn't connect with Ebert. : Freezerr85
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    There Will Be Blood? : snuff
    • Still haven't seen that yet. : Freezerr85
  • He was a pretty big fan of both Batman movies, Spiderman 2, and The Incredibles, off the top of my head. ... : underground banana plantation
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  Fuck Crash. Fuck that movie. : snuff
  • Why do critics like this movie? What am I missing? : stump
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  Did they seem to forget about this little trilogy of films known as The Lord of the Rings? Surely if Min... : Tripps
  • Return of the King definitely. : massdev
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  Synecdoche, New York is an odd damned film, but not odd for its own sake like so many indie films are. I' : sgtsanity
  • Wind-up Bird is far more coherent (and a much more interesting story) than Synecdoche could ever hope to ... : Vincent Grayson
• Hmm. I've only seen two of those. I have some watching to do. : cannelbrae
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  Not enough Eternal Sunshine : retarded talking dinosaur
  • agreed on this. : akirabob
  • More like not enough Science of Sleep. : Mr.Finkster
• I would have included: The Lord of the Rings trilogy The Wrestler Solaris (yes it was a remake but it ... : LemonJoose
• Roger Ebert is out of his god damned mind. : skinlab133
• some great movies there. also some ones i would genuinely say are pretty mediocre. : EvilDolemite
• That list is utter shit. There will be Blood is one of the greatest movies ever fucking made. PERIOD. WTF... : massdev
• I'm surprised by no Memento or Children of Men. : midgetherder
• i still consider crash to be one of the worst films i've ever seen. : erotic sock
• eternal sunshine was a better kaufman-written movie than synedosuck : whereiwannab
• My Winnipeg! Hooray! : Micand
• A Scanner Darkly > Waking Life. : Mr.Finkster

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  Please reissue this tomorrow. Most people are celebrating NYE. Tomorrow night I want to die to heavy fi... : kainen1
  • taqgged for after new yarss : mlev
  • What sucks is that the Crysis sale will be over tomorrow :( : sanchez
  • I'll be bumping this all weekend! : trOmblyj
• hmm i think i will actually have to go ahead and download this.... : theWhite
• i will be there as soon as the steam DL finishes : Cheeziologist
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  Ugh. I wish they used something other than RAR for compression. : Arcanum
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    there is a direct download that is zip: http://www.moddb.com/mods/mechwarrior-living-legends/downloads/m... : trOmblyj
    • It seemed to extract ok. I'm just being cranky because I regularly have problems with RAR files. : Arcanum
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    what's so bad about rars? : sanchez
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      I have to use a 3rd-party program to do anything with them, and the RAR people seem to like regularly cha... : Arcanum
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        rar is faster, and just does more. zip is archaic and should be abandoned. : Halen
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          tar.gz 4 lyfe : spectr3
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            .7z, actually. : yacoub35
            • 7zip or bzip2 + tar fo lyfe. : dafugg
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          Zip compresses with several different compression levels. What "more" do you want? : Arcanum
          • not that I care much about this debate, but so does rar, and slightly more efficiently I understand : crummynz
        • I agree. And everyone here, USE 7-zip! It is free and FASTER than WinRar. : Nighthawk0110
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        why are you using something other than winrar? : cltcprd
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          Because WinRAR wants money, and their interface sucks balls. : Arcanum
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            I'm pretty sure you can use it forever, it just pops up an annoying window. : cltcprd
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              Yes, and the interface sucks balls. : Arcanum
              • there's no reason to ever launch the interface, explore integration is the best : Halen
        • because 7zip is more awesome and doesn't bother me with the PAY FOR ME crap : valael
  • what's the problem? : Nitrium
• tagged for later, just bought crysis maximum edition : prime8
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  That was a lot of fun! I really enjoy BA. Not having to worry about ammo and being a tiny target really h... : yacoub35
  • I was chasing deadfish around earlier in my battle armor, he was in an awesome or some other huge mech, a... : trOmblyj
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  I'm planning on trying this out after new years! I can't wait to play a mech warrior game again, I haven... : TheVietSpecial
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    all you guys that skipped MW4/Mercenaries really missed out on a fantastic multiplayer game. MekTek did i... : yacoub35
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      So what are we missing that MW4 has? Just curious, I know stuff like C3 and such, but thats coming with l... : Toth21
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        I wasn't implying that. Maybe I worded that wrong, but my point was just that MW4 was great over the past... : yacoub35
        • For persistent stats, think HLStatsX. Also, another thing related somewhat to radar - when the player br... : yacoub35
        • Well there is persistence on the server if you drop/crash. When you rejoin your cbills/rank are preserved... : Toth21
    • I have MW4 sitting on my shelf, but I never really played it. I tried, once, but I just couldn't get int... : TheVietSpecial
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  Alright, how many fucking Gamespy systems are there with different login systems? The Gamespy login I us... : Arcanum
  • And I can't check the Living Legends forum to see if this is a known problem because they've used up all ... : Arcanum
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    I posted a "fix" for the problems that I had with gamespys crap. I'll find it for you. : trove
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      Here you go http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=21761555#itemanchor_21761555 : trove
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        Ok that was weird. Same thread but a direct link. http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=21761859#iteman... : trove
        • mine worked, but i generally use the same username for games. : yacoub35
      • Ok, thanks, doing #3 on worked. As I suspected, something fucking stupid. Remember when Gamespy was j... : Arcanum
      • Thanks : cyclonebee
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    Maybe you should check Gamespy's site, because I've used the same login I used in Borderlands and it work... : Nitrium
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      It's not a problem with MWLL, it's a problem with Gamespy being fucking stupid. : Arcanum
      • I think it has something to do with local caching of the user account information. Not sure what though.... : trove
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    having the same problem... two different gamespy logins... neither works... FFFFUUUUUUUUUUUU GAMESPY : chrisschutz
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      goddamn you gamespy you cocksuckers what the fuck i spent all day downloading this goddamn game grrrrrrrr... : chrisschutz
      • Follow my post, you should be able to get past this. : trove
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    I had to log in to Gamespy with the original game, not the mod. After I was connected I selected always r... : Shanawa
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      Tried that, it didn't work. I'm logged into Gamespy Comrade with the account, that's what I need right : Nixx2004
      • I didn't even install Comrade. I had to create a new account in Crysis tho with the same info as my accou... : Shanawa
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        No Gamespy Comrade is completely unnecessary. Follow the instructions in trove's post, starting at step ... : Arcanum
        • Jesus H. Christ : Nixx2004
        • There really needs to be a good installation guide (on a website that's not down), heh. Save people so... : Nixx2004
  • Similar problem here. When installing Crysis it installed Gamespy Comrade, so I made an account, figuring... : Nixx2004
• bought'd'd'd : Klebold
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  Oh this the teamspeak info from dianeofthemoon in the last chatty. chattybitches.raidvent.com:3790 i... : trove
  • Nevermind that doesn't seem to work : trove
  • dammit trove im getting flashbacks to you posting something like this for bf2 shackbattles like 5 years a... : kainen1
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    you guys should use Vent instead of TS. The only shack TS server I know of is agentpothead.com pw iltc ... : yacoub35
    • Haha is the password iltc? I totally thought I left the password blank. : AgentPothead
  • That's a vent server, not TS. : DianeOfTheMoon
• Just bought crysis on the steam deal! : hashd
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  94% of Crysis downloaded. Got the mod and hotfix. Anything I need to know about installation? : Nixx2004
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    If Crysis is patched to 1.21, you're set, just follow the instructions for the mod - extract the folder a... : yacoub35
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      What instructions for the mod? Don't see anything in the file, and the website is down (509 bandwidth exc... : Nixx2004
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        extract the files so that the mod folder is in your crysis folder. Then do the same for the hotfix so it... : trOmblyj
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          OK cool. It's sitting at 100%. What a tease. : Nixx2004
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            Sigh, PunkBuster is taking forever to install. : Nixx2004
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              Do I need PunkBuster? It's been trying to install for like 5 minutes. : Nixx2004
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                I would also really like to know the answer to this. I'd like to not have to install PB if I don't need t... : Cheeziologist
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                  You don't. None of the servers have pb enabled. : trove
                  • thanks. PB and Gamespy comerade, not installed : Cheeziologist
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  god damn it these windows files are installing as fast as they can : ass-street
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    uh wow...what the.... : ass-street
    • I'm more confused than you are. : Nixx2004
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  Can someone explain the keymap thing to me? Am I supposed to move the joystick file even if using m+kb? : chrisschutz
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    Yes. : TexasGameJunkie
    • I see two XMLs with example in the name, which one do I want? : Nixx2004
  • You talking about the XML thing that yacoub mentioned above? I'm wondering the same thing. : Nixx2004
• 24 May be too many. We were choking pretty bad with 18 slots. : tboomer2
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  trOmblyj, you need to lower the player count back down to 16 I think. If you get more than 16 on at once,... : ArcKnight
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    i agree, there was a bit of warping going around at 9v9. : RetroRedEyeJr
    • Yeah, definitely need either fewer people or a beefier server. : Arcanum
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    OK I apologize. Will adjust asap. : trOmblyj
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      server had crashed anyway - adjusted back to 16. Could use a real dedicated server now that we have all ... : trOmblyj
      • going in : Reptile
  • The chat lags sometimes even with less than 10 players, seems kind of random since pings were still good. : sanchez
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  My server is up at MWLL-Ad vitam paramus - Shacknews Password is boxcar I don't know how well this... : trove
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    Connecting. : Nixx2004
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      Do I need to turn my graphics down or is it server lag? I tested in vanilla Crysis and it ran OK. : Nixx2004
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        Not sure, what did you experience? It's a dedicated server but the system is a bit antiquated. I ha... : trove
        • When I first joined it seemed laggy, but after a bit it cleared up. Maybe it was just my system loading a... : Nixx2004
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        Crysis runs much better than MWLL or me. : Juno
        • for* : Juno
        • I'm the opposite. MWLL runs much better (FPS wise, it crashes a lot more). I sometimes have issues with... : valael
        • There are some slowdowns and jerkyness in MWLL sometimes but I'm sure that'll get fixed as the beta goes ... : sanchez
  • Joining : Modulus
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    May I suggest we put Shack or Shacknews as the first thing in the server name just to make it easier to f... : sanchez
    • I was trying to avoid stomping on the existing server. If there are two servers with shacknews at the be... : trove
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  Anyone playing this with a nVidia 9800GTX or lower? Is it smooth and playable without turning everything ... : Alco23
  • 9600 GT here and it's working fine. Using this config @1680x1050, 2X AA: http://shadowdane.shackspace.com... : Nixx2004
  • Other than some weird issues I've had where my framerate drops down to less than 1 (it's like it's loadin... : valael
• GOING IN FOR MORE!!! : sanchez
• Why am I getting server authentication failure errors when trying to connect? I think it's the hotfix pro... : hirosushima
• crysis 99% gogo steam : kelbane
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  11 on : sanchez
  • still 11 on : sanchez
• Fun games. Well done on the mod guys, really seems to have captured the essence of MechWarrior. : Nixx2004
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  fun night, i would almost be ok with the desert map only tho... the others change the gameplay alot. : kelbane
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    Yeah, some of the maps weren't so good. : Nixx2004
    • I love the sand map, the forest map, and the swamp map. The lava map can be a lot of fun, but I can't fi... : valael
• after a stellar night. went 30/3 on the 32 player server... I got the bug where I got nearly unlimited ... : MaverickOrig
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  So I really like this game. But god damn do I hate the asteroid map. The gravity is way too low. I can... : valael
  • Extremity is a love or hate map it seems. We kind of figured it would be, but the idea was to offer a wid... : Toth21

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  I know it wasn't 2009 but I'm still pissed about Hellgate London : TastyWheat
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    That is a game that should have worked perfectly and sucked in no way whatsoever, it had absolutely every... : SpaecKow
    • I don't know. The more i think about the type of game they were trying to make the more i realise it was ... : thewindcriesmary
  • This game I wanted to shoot the DVD of it with my guns but the range wouldn't let me. Some day I will. : Sailor of Fortune
• That's really sad to hear, that a game you were interested felt like a failure. I'm actually having a gr... : monchipeters
• My biggest disappointment was the lack of good MMO releases. Other than that, it was a great year. (Yes... : lotus2133
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  I'll toss my hat in for Borderlands being the biggest gaming disappointment of 2009 as well. What a pile : Bean
  • I too bought Batman through the holiday sales and just started it a couple days ago and it is indeed very... : contentious roy
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  Scribblenauts. Neat idea built around a poor game with horrible controls on top of everything. The Black ... : Serpico74
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    Oooh, I forgot about that one... Scribblenauts is my #2 disappointment for 2009, no doubt. I even gave my... : Bean
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      Now you know why I bought Phourglass the day it came out with a reserve copy and only played a half an ho... : Malku
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        It's a great game. The controls work fine, too. I haven't played Spirit Tracks yet but Phantom Hourglass ... : nudel
        • For the most part yes, however at the end of Spirit Tracks, there was a phase in the boss fights that fel... : Kniggit
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  Borderlands was one of the bigger positive surprises of 2009 for me. I wasn't expecting a whole lot based... : Simulacrum
  • Biggest disappointed for me was Halo: ODST : Simulacrum
• The death of Neotokyo. Or maybe Fuel, which looked like it could've been something really great. : jujubeads
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  Are you implying MMORPGs have a real story? lol : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    No sir, I was trying to say that I was hoping Borderlands would have some sort of substantial story rathe... : contentious roy
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      Well, as with Diablo I don't give a damn about the story in loot games, even though the FMV was fantastic... : Mad Brahmin Disease
      • See, and I enjoy Diablo 1 and 2, so I don't know where the game went wrong for me here. I think it may h... : contentious roy
• Definitely borderlands, but my disappointment wasn't -that- big because I didn't really expect all that m... : R@zzle
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  Warhammer Online. EA and Mythic got their second chance at the begnning of the year when they released th... : thewindcriesmary
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    i really like Warhammer. The PQ mechanics and the lore book (i know LOTRO has this too but i like the War... : shavenewok
    • definetly, the first 3 tiers are alot of fun. But the endgame is the biggest peice of shit i've ever seen... : thewindcriesmary
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    tl;dr: I like WAR. IT's not perfect, I don't think it's quite as fun as DAoC's PVP, but I don't think t... : valael
    • pretty much agree, it was just a massive step back from DAOC and there was no excuse for it : thewindcriesmary
• Bionic Commando, that could have been such an amazing game in 3D. The swinging mechanics are fantastic bu... : Mad Brahmin Disease
• My biggest gaming disappointment of 2009 was when my team got killed that one time in L4D2. That really s... : NastyJack
• I agree with you entirely. Thankfully I didn't pay for it and Roboticpuppyeater gave it to me for free :... : Malku
• Borderlands was a steaming pile of bait and switch. I said at the time biggest disappointment of 2009 and... : massdev
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  Borderlands, easily. I was hyped about that since it was announced. And then the more I found out, the ... : valael
  • oh and I'm not sure, but I think I could throw Modern Warfare 2 in there. I knew that it was going to am... : valael
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  Borderlands. Starting with the release date fuckup (for me, anyways), the repetitive gameplay with 90% of... : Nitrium
  • but if you ask Randy, they've released multiple updates for the PC version. Fuck, I had quite a bit ... : valael
• Borderlandssssssssssss : Benefit
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  Demon's Souls, by far. I was really excited for it and super disappointed by key stupid design decisions ... : roushimsx
  • Were you really excited about it before its release? : Nitrium
• Operation Flashpoint for me. It was just terrible. : marmite

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• Downloading now! Love that it went on sale right after MW:LL beta was released! : DJ Clipdat
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  Listen to this man! Also, he does not dominate like in every other game so you can have fun! : ArcKnight
  • However, thane can suck a fuck with his goddamn 2x LBX20's in a tank. : ArcKnight
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  23 EUROS still here? wtf. Anyone with a PayPal account wants to donate it? Would certainly pay it back to... : electric_wizard
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    Why don't you buy it directly? : doomed
    • too expensive? I'd jump at it for 13$, but something like 30+ for a mod? No thx. : electric_wizard
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  It's a no go for me-- SecuROM --> Third Party DRM, 5 total activation limit : Bean
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    Uh with the steam version? : Toth21
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      No, I don't think the Steam version has that. My boxed copy of Crysis does, which explains why it pitched... : yacoub35
      • WRONG! Steam version has SecuROM too! http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=21787585#itemanchor_21787585 : Bean
    • Yes, apparently. http://store.steampowered.com/sub/987/ 3rd-party DRM: One or more products in this p : the archvile
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      Steam programs can still use SecuROM. I'm not sure about Crysis, however. : Arctic Fox
      • As far as the activation DRM version, original Crysis didn't have it, but Crysis Warhead had it. : the archvile
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      YES with the Steam version. You people need to learn to check this stuff: http://store.steampowered.com/a : Bean
      • I think a lot of people assume Steam game = Steam DRM, which is just wrong. : Arctic Fox
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        The limit itself isn't actually a hard limit is it? I doubt a company could get away with that. Probabl... : pigvomit
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          It's a hard limit, yes. Compare to Batman:AA, which also has SecuROM, but it's a soft limit of 4 per mont... : Bean
          • As for if they can get away with it - yes they can, it's in the license agreement - you don't OWN a damn ... : Bean
  • I feel the same way but I really wanted to play this mod so I bought it anyway :( damn my love for giant ... : Goncyn
• can't wait to play this tomorrow night. happy new years you fools : kainen1
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  It won't let me create a Crysis multiplayer account using my GameSpy/IGN id. I've logged into both GameS... : Wadmaasi
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    Is this GameSpy Comrade thing required for MP to work? : Wadmaasi
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      No its not as far as I know. Just need to set up your account in game, maybe best to do it from within st... : Toth21
      • I created an aliased account, joined the Shack server, started observing trombllyj, and Crysis bombed out... : Wadmaasi
  • The account thingy is a piece of shit. It forces me to make a new one each time I start the game. : sanchez
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  Why does the Steam version not include the 64-bit stuff? There's only a 32-bit executable. :( : TrptJim
  • I believe this is the case. : CrabsJarrard
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    See, this is where I get confused. Does this mean if I own a 64bit processor, I cannot play 32-bit only ... : Goto10
    • if it was 16 you would(could) have problems. but 32 will work fine : kelbane
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    Yeah wtf? Why no 64bit? : sanchez
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      Back in the day I read the benches where exactly the same the game being gpu limited. Could be totally di... : massdev
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        I'm still curious why the Steam version does not include it while the retail does. : sanchez
        • Moot point if you use Shadowdane's config. : CrabsJarrard
        • I think Steam doesn't have the 64 bit versions of any game. I too always wondered why Crysis on Steam doe... : Dontdrop
• Finally, I can play this game. I'm pumped about both Mechwarrior and Crysis. : Pettytheft
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  I'm too poor. It's a great deal but I gotta pay rent. FUCKING RENT! : jingletard
  • Don't eat for a day. : Vegtro
  • ya I'm skipping it too. Let me know when it's $5 : AMikaboshi
• Don't forget to use Shadowdane's excellent config for Crysis and Warhead: http://shadowdane.shackspace.c... : Matt Burris
• Thank you SO much for this post! BOUGHT, mechwarrior in the new year, aw jeah! : shackwack
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  can i still play it if i only own warhead? : dantastic
  • No, it only works on Crysis. I think the devs said then they'll port it to Wars. : Matt Burris
• BUMP! 5:55:01 left on the sale! : sanchez
• Today's sales have been best selection/prices so far i reckon. : Klebold
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  I have a question... Do the actual physical copies of the disks have securerom on em'? As in they only ... : Malku
  • I have another question... Can somebody teach me to read the full thread before I post? Or at least nuk... : Malku
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  How do I buy this on my iPhone? I won't reach my Computer until Monday and I want this now! : doomed
  • steampowered.com? : Conan

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• Happy New Year!! : TheVietSpecial
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  It isn't the New Year until it happens in the BEST COAST. : NFXFSX
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    So, it's New Year's. : Lone Swordsman
    • Don't you cheat your way in to this. : NFXFSX
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  This year better not suck! : Blackdawgg
  • Tagged for later. Good luck! : posito
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  Wooo, happy new year everyone! : Dunwich
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    fffffffuuuuuck year woooooo : timaste
    • Damn iPhone Yeahhhhh not year : timaste
• Woo. : DrWaffles
• Happy new year to my fellow shackers!!!!!! : Mister Groin
• Happy New Year! : LemonJoose
• Happy new year : psxtim
• Happy New Year! : Salad Sammich
• HAPPY NEW YEAR!! still got two hours to go for here. : m0rfus
• happy birthday! : jayares
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  I was at sharks / caps last night and I have to say ovechkin was being a little faggot. Crying to the r... : virus
  • God, the Caps sucked yesterday, don't remind me. Here's hoping the LA game is more like the last NJ outin... : Mad Brahmin Disease
• Happy New year all. Wireless networks down for anyone else? I'm trying to call gf and getting nothing on ... : Skoal^Fyfan
• Happy New Year East Coasters!! New Year = New Beginnings! :D Happy 2010!! :D :D : Galadriel07
• Happy New Year from Philly : devnullgt
• Happy fucking new year shocknoose!!!! From davison, mi. : majestik
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  I love you all. : hirosushima
  • <3 love you too! : voodooraze
• Happy new years fuckers : DonarUDL
• happy new years! : voodooraze
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  East side bish! : RobTheZombie
  • also, happy new year : RobTheZombie
• Happy New Year! Good luck in 2010! : Trepex
• Happy New Year, faggots! : Ride-My-Rocket
• Happy www.twentynot2000.com !!! : ventro
• Happy New Year! : Dschinghis Khan
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  Happy New Year WEST COAST! : Jikim
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    Woot! Happy New Year to you too! :D : Galadriel07
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      we all know the new year doesn't really start until the west side turns 2010! : Jikim
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        high five! o/ :D : Galadriel07
        • down low! /o :D : Jikim
  • no u : Juno
• fuck everything happy new years! : gokart.
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  welcome to 19hrs ago : CoRDS
  • how would you know, old man? You were asleep!! :P : Galadriel07
  • You live on a continent in the future, time snob! : Mad Brahmin Disease
• happy new year, shacknews. : dirge23

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  You say that like it's a bad thing. I must constantly resist the urge to buy expensive Legos. =/ : Jumperus
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    i spent most of the 8hrs it took finding the bits i needed. : CoRDS
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      didn't the kit come with all the pieces separated in bags? Ratalon has been building the Castle set and ... : Galadriel07
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        yep but say something needed 4x of one bit. some would be in one bag the others would be in another bag. : CoRDS
        • why!? Ratalon didn't have that problem!! : Galadriel07
• Pics or gtfo : briandubau
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  http://www.icanhasmotivation.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/thatlegopiece-520x416.jpg : Joseph
  • so goddamn true : Arctic Fox
  • Holy crap. That is so true. : stelth
  • lol awesome : bolneze
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  Ok, now that I googled it and saw pictures I really want it. For $60 it seems pretty reasonable. Where di... : angrytaxman
  • i saw it at downtown disney, but didnt get it. i got it when i got back here and went to toys R us. : CoRDS
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  New legos are shit because they're too custom to a specific thing, I loved the old lego system stuff for : SpaecKow
  • Thats why you mix old and new! I have two tubs of plain legos with a few custom sets mixed in to spice it... : TheMonkeyWench
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    We use to build big planes out of lego, chuck them off the balcony whilst their full of firecrackers and ... : thewindcriesmary
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      CRASH TEST DUMMYS! Those were my favorite toys as a kid. : ArcKnight
      • I always wanted those when I was a kid, but my mom would never get them for me for some reason :( : m0nkz
  • im going to superglue this thing together. : CoRDS
  • Yeah when I was little I must have built every possible permutation of a spaceship using my collective bi... : LemonJoose
  • This is the most true thing I've ever read on the shack. : mathyou
  • Excellent summary of what has been wrong with legos. The only true lego shit left is mindstorms, and even... : ovrlrd
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    Their higher end sets (things like this, architecture, etc.) are still okay. It's the themed cheap stuff ... : Conan
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      My nephew gets those sets and he builds the same crazy shit I built. Y'all need to get off it. : rosewood
      • Completely agree. In fact, Lego has spent the last few years reducing its number of parts and they've re... : LilCrypto
  • The custom pieces are fine if they are like 1 piece out of every 50 or more in a set. You still had flexi... : Masem
  • This is exactly my feeling about legos now as well. : adsriordan
  • I feel the same way. I don't see the point of lego when it's full of custom pieces. : stuka
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    You know you can still buy just buckets of regular old Legos right? They sell them at every lego store I... : Galadriel07
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      Holy hell there are stores entirely for legos!? Man Utah needs something like that :(. : Malku
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        haha yes. There is one at Disneyland actually. it is pretty cool. They have them in malls as well tho.... : Galadriel07
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          That is so rad D: We do'nt have those in mormon land :(. : Malku
          • I just did a search and you are absolutely right. :( That sucks. Well, thats a good reason for you to c... : Galadriel07
    • I know. The point is that they're pushing all this lame crap on kids these days you can't build anything ... : SpaecKow
• No pics is fail : bolneze
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  One of my high school friends is an engineer at legoland. Talk about a ridiculously fun job. : dahanese
  • What's his name? I want to hunt him down and kill him and steal his job. : lapskaus
• Is it as good as your actual one? : Klebold

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  Woah, this is quite nice. : DrWaffles
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    Voted. You're already in second, apparently :P : DrWaffles
    • Jeez, this Professional Blue design is terrible, alignment wise. : DrWaffles
• Not bad at all : psxtim
• i like the old one better. only because it seems to have greater contrast, not that it makes your new one... : QMS|superdave
• Good lord how are you not 1st? Your competitors are horrendous! : Kentor
• you got my vote : gyokuro
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  i don't like hovering to see the url : filthysock
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    On second thoughts, I installed the xpi and used the theme for a bit and it's nice. However it lost a bun... : filthysock
    • Yeah there's definitely some issues. It's so hard to correct them because I have to make a change, wait f... : ventro
• This looks really good actually man, great job. : TabsAZ
• Awesome redesign. Great Job Ventro! : irrerno
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  the gallery of other designs is NWS for titties btw : indosauros
  • Yeah, sorry... tits get my vote. jk : deskill
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  Not to diss your design, as it's nice and all design-wise, especially the use of whitespace. However, it... : Matt Burris
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    Erm, I don't think Google is affiliated with any of this. It's a third party company that lets you use b... : iamgoat
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      Oh. Well, in that case, party on Wayne! : Matt Burris
      • Party on Garth! Check my profile for how relevant this is to my current living situation : jingletard
• they're both equally bad. no vote : mista mista
• Instead, redesign their logo, and while youre at it bing's logo too. : not work safe
• Sorry, but I don't really like it :( There's nothing wrong with the current google results page, well,... : thecray
• you are the only one i think took the assignment seriously. good job. : dahanese
• Well that's just awesome. Very well done! : DeejayKnight
• I love this http://www.injectiondesign.com/google/newlogo.jpg It's so much more vivid, the old logo... : SpikeMeister
• wtf that marcio dias submitted two? : Jikim
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  the hovering stuff fills me with rage. this is not how a utilitarian site is designed : retarded talking dinosaur
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    if you make a version that showed all of the hover stuff by default, i would install. its very pretty, bu... : retarded talking dinosaur
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      No way, hover is awesome, it is so much cleaner (without losing functionality). : ovrlrd
      • I like seeing the URL by default. : Fred Garvin
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        It does lose functionality, though. I have to hover over stuff to see its URL, rather than just seeing al... : Arceihn
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          You don't hover over the URL, you hover over the area of the result, so it can be in the description or w... : ovrlrd
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            no, it's not just because it's different, it's because the URL is important information to verify how lik... : derelict515
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              But it has such a large area to hover over, I just don't see it as a problem myself, unless I was someone... : ovrlrd
              • I don't want to have to hover over 10 links on each search to scan the URLs to determine which is the mos... : derelict515
              • I think it still looks pretty good with the URL showing. There's really no need to hide it. : Mmmmmoo
            • on the other hand, the average clueless user has no idea how to understand the url anyway. This might be ... : master_disaster_17
          • I'm fine with :hover for a lot of stuff, but the URL is actually very useful information. People scan th... : mathyou
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  I love the little touches you did. Also the bubbles around related searches is similar to something Apple... : ovrlrd
  • Okay I tried it, found an oddity. When you search for something that results in twitter results there is ... : ovrlrd
• Not gonna lie, that shitty extension made me lose my adress bar. Thankfully everything was fine after uni... : TheDaFox
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  Voted. Also, how do I vote down the other guy's deal-i-o? : Ride-My-Rocket
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    Nm, I think I figured it out: 1) Go to http://www.webmynd.com/look/designs/rated 2) Go to each of MÃ... : Ride-My-Rocket
    • Buenos Dias Mr Dias. : Klebold
• i like the hovering URL and cached/similar page stuff. I don't need to see it unless I'm going to click ... : valael
• I love this theme, very nice! Good job. I hope you win. : -sk-

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  Past Decade Good - Got divorced - Changed careers (by choice) Past Decade Bad - Got married - : Ormsbee
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    haha... how was Zach Galifianakis? That sounds badass. : stelth
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      It was pretty awesome. He was in town working on a movie, and agreed to come over and chill. He's a rea... : Ormsbee
      • You have rights to post those online? : stelth
• Past Decade Good ...eh? Past Decade Bad Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh. : Orange Pylon
• sounds like more good than bad : sm00v3d
• PD Good: Grew up PD Bad: Growing up sucks PY good: did some stuff PY bad: some of that stuff sucked : Juno
• Past Decade Good - Graduated University with honors - Promoted from a work study job (R.A.) to a graduate : theangrywaffles
• I say we still have a year to go. : Scrimbo Obeer
• past year good: -moved to NYC -i've been working (freelancing) in my industry quite successfully -be... : sparhawk
• PD Good: High school over, figured out what I want to do with my life, sex, drugs PD Bad: Car crashes, s... : SnakeIRye
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  Past Decade Bad: Broke up 2 marriages ;/ : Skoal^Fyfan
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    Explain? : nwillard
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      http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=21640938 Thats the most recent one. : Jikim
      • Wow. Sounds like his benefit though. : nwillard
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  past decade good graduated college went from college to living on my own and didn't die got rid of bad : dahanese
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    Ugh. I hear you on the money thing because of an ex. I personally lost thousands due to silly shit like t... : stelth
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      yeah but wasn't it awesome when they were gone and you were like HOLY HELL THIS IS WHAT ITS LIKE TO NOT H... : dahanese
      • hahaha yes! My god... "You mean I have money left in my account and I got paid again? What? I... don't ... : stelth
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  Past Decade Good I'm still alive. Past Decade Bad Everything else. : g0nk
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    oh come on now what's so bad? : zigzag
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      Too long of a list to post. : g0nk
      • Obviously a bunch of us aren't doing anything. We got time for the g0nk box : stelth
• i'm probably just an optimist but i can't think of anything negative from the past decade. got out of sch... : Audhuml4
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  Past Year Good - Graduated from law school - Got a law degree Past Year Bad - Unemployed - Batting... : RikiTiki2
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    You know entertainment law? : ctlaltl33t
    • a little bit. not enough to answer any particular question without a lot of research first : RikiTiki2
• Past Year Good - Graduated college diploma in hand - Got a kitty! :D - Went on a few dates Past Yea : Blackdawgg
• good idea: playing catch with your grandfather.. bad idea: playing catch.. with your grandfather : Demius
• Past Decade Good Met my wife and got Married Beautiful Son and Daughter were born Bought my First Hom : sm00v3d
• Past Decade Good Finished school Moved out of Florida Met some really great people in school Dated : ctlaltl33t
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  Past Decade Good - After 6 years of college and 3 majors, I finally graduated with a degree in mass medi : kallanta
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    If working at Valve doesn't get you chicks, just about everyone else on the Shack is pretty much hosed... : Dessicator82
    • The only chick they had was Kim Swift and she ran away from all the horny nerds :( popped a portal right ... : Dave-A
• Past Decade Good, Past Year Better, Me and little brother would join right in there Singin' seems to h... : Dave-A
• Past decade good -Graduated college -Met awesome gf of 4 years now -Made my first short film, won some aw : drbriefs
• Past Decade Good - Saved up enough cash for a 20% down payment on a coop. Now we need to actually find : Ride-My-Rocket
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  The last decade has been unbelievaby good to me. Words can't describe, seriously. : MagicWishMonkey
  • But you still hate Rush. : CrabsJarrard
• I lived through it all : reelbk