Evening Reading: The Year We Make Contact

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• Well that's what Wikus gets for having sex with an alien prostitute. That sick bastard. : TwiLyght
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  Most underrated popular film in some time : dognose
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    I thought it was better than Avatar. : deathofrats
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      Haven't seen Avatar but I suspect this would be my feeling as well. : dognose
      • I thought it was better than Avatar but I also really enjoyed Avatar. : SockMonkeh
    • Better movie, 2d vs 2d, but I'd watch 3d Avatar again before 2d D9 : lpearl
    • Agreed. District 9 is a great movie. I did not like Avatar that much either. D9 had a much better st... : mikefr24
  • I'm pretty sure it was basically universally praised. : soggybagel
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    What? It's incredibly overrated. The movie abandoned the intelligence of its first half in favor of some ... : Wisp!
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      An almost identical post was made about Children of Men when it came out. I didn't agree with it then and... : ovrlrd
      • Children of Men is the superior movie. It doesn't change course mid-way through the film, and it remains ... : Wisp!
• That movie was awesome, way higher then my expectations. How was avatar? i've heard both good and bad... : 1m0r3time
• It was an interesting movie, but very flawed. The CG was great because you didn't really notice it. : Dave-A
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  Well, it does end with the possibility of a resolution. He is still alive. The alien said he would be b... : capt tripps
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    how many girls do you know who'd wait around 3 years for a dead (in her mind) man to come back to her? : Herman Toothrot
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      She knows he is alive, that's the whole point of the last scene. She believes he's still out there and ho : SockMonkeh
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        true, but how long will she be able to hold out hope? it's not like Wikus can call her and tell her he'll : Herman Toothrot
        • Hopefully as long as he keeps leaving her little presents. And didn't he tell her he'd found a way to fi : capt tripps
      • That was the weakest single part of the movie. They didn't have to show him making the damn flower at the : Sailor of Fortune
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      But she has reason to believe he is still alive because of the garbage flower he makes her. : shaffe
      • It's interesting, I loved the movie but thought that scene was slightly unnecessary as it was already imp : MeestaNob
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    Wasn't really talking about the ending. The way the humans treat and react to something foreign and alien... : uglysad
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      Bingo, you nailed one of the most important aspects that the movie really nailed perfectly. You almost sh... : ovrlrd
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        Oh, didn't think about spoilering it because its the basic premise of the movie. At least thats how I saw... : uglysad
        • Oh it doesn't matter, I was just impressed that someone pointed out such an important aspect to the movie... : ovrlrd
    • ^ and you see the change in Wikus's attitude as he transforms into a "fookin prawn" : Flying h4x0r
• hated the ending : indosauros
• I just saw it again last night. Man. It's like they made a movie just for me. : crummynz
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  Great except for some hokey ideas (decision to fly without someone who knows how to work the system?) and... : vezatron
  • #1) The idea to fly was really dumb, but he had pretty much lost all control over what he wanted at that : ovrlrd
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  I bought the BluRay and quite enjoyed it. The part how Wikus got away from the Nigerian gang the first t : alias
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    Did you not see the part where the gang leader told everyone to not shoot, because he was holding an alie : ovrlrd
    • The problem with that reasoning though is in the second encounter with the Nigerians the boss says he wan : alias
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  I love the CG because i blended so well with the live action in a way that I have yet to see be matched, ... : bld
  • Yeah I pretty much agree: Best standalone CG == Avatar Best blended CG + Live Action == District 9 : ovrlrd
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  I started watching it a few minutes ago... boy it really took a sudden turn for the EEYURRRGH : Johnny Law
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    What aren't you liking? : MeestaNob
    • Awesome movie, it just went from "cool" to "grotesque" pretty quickly in the early going. : Johnny Law
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  i thought the first half was cool and then it degraded into a bunch of cliche bullshit. : skryte
  • Yes, thank you. : Wisp!
  • You're a bunch of cliche bullshit. : Dschinghis Khan
  • I think I could get behind this instead of just saying I didn't like the movie in it's entirety. : devi| dog
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    Every movie eventually has to be cliché or it won't work. Its pretty much impossible to tell a story w : ovrlrd
    • This is true, and the reasons why art films are usually boring, unwatchable and yet still predictable. : d fluke
  • life is cliche : yautja
  • I think this is a ridiculous claim. What's cliche about the last half of the movie? : MercFox1
  • I agree for the most part. It was still a decent movie. The premise is great, the beginning is great, but... : SnakeIRye
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    It degraded into a standard action movie, which I thought didn't fit at all. : Stage
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      Fair point, but I guess the counter-argument would be "how do you think it should have ended?" Did you : MeestaNob
      • No, I just disliked the sudden turn, which took me by complete surprise, from semi-intelligent scifi thri : Stage
  • I thought the first half was cool and then the second half had some fucking awesome action scenes. Then t... : marmite
• That and Avatar are my two favorite movies of the year. Hard for me to say which one I liked better. Both... : bozer
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  Yup, I agree. : Wikus Van De Merwe
  • lol. Nice : uglysad
  • Hahaha. Perfect. : Ormsbee
  • Foooook. : d fluke
  • A+ : NFXFSX
  • I wish I got the joke. is the name a play on a character in the movie? I haven't watched it yet, but I ... : valael
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  i liked it a lot. though, if you root for the humans, i can't be your friend. : EvilDolemite
  • Oh sure, the Prawn have your sympathy now, but once we find out that they enslave worlds and eat people, ... : pigvomit
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  Avatar was way better, both CG and entertainment wise. : yautja
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    I'm not sure I agree on the CG point. It really was a different type of CG though and its really hard to ... : uglysad
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      Yea. One felt like budget CG and the other one blew my fucking mind. : Ellissd
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        I don't know which you are talking about but neither felt or looked like budget CG. Thats kind of insane ... : uglysad
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          District 9 had a very low budget. They made the CG work despite it, it still looked good I thought, but s... : Ellissd
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            i think jackson lent his significant hand in regards to CG with WETA, right? didn't he swoop in when he s... : EvilDolemite
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              No. WETA was tied up with Avatar and in their major contribution was the mothership and the shuttle taki... : Cubictoast
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                interesting - i didn't know all this. : EvilDolemite
                • It's not common knowledge really, nobody ever talks about that sort of stuff. VFX are pretty boring... : Cubictoast
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            One of the reasons the CG looked so good in D9, is that they took 360 degree images of each set location,... : JackAxe
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              Uhhh, they do this in just about every movie. Standard practice really. : locater16
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                Yeah I'm totally sure they went to Pandora to capture the global illumination data. : AgentPothead
                • Standard. : ieGod
                • This post made me laugh. : noxiousgg
          • Maybe it looked raw on purpose, since the movie is intended to look that way, I thought it was right up t... : Halen
          • D9's shooting budget was low but its VFX budget was pretty much standard rate. : Cubictoast
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        More like District 9 looked realistic, and Avatar looked like a cartoon. : NexusOne
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          yes, because district 9 used live action, so it was supposed to look realistic. avatar used something ... : radarman
          • yes a cartoon style... ; ) : VencieraX
        • I think you're visual cortex is suspect. Thanks for the compliment though. : Cubictoast
      • Yeah, Avatar was pretty budget. Agreed. : TreMetal
  • Yeah, if you like one dimensional characters and lots of whimsical fluff. Good movie, but I preferred Di... : JackAxe
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    Cg wise, sure. Entertainment wise? District 9 for the slight edge because while it had less to gape at an... : locater16
    • Also the science fiction was much, much better in Avatar. : locater16
    • District 9 was a pretty dark film, it was good but didnt have me hooked for every moment like Avatar did.... : yautja
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  District 9 > Avatar. Yes I went there. : MercFox1
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    it's ok, you're only wrong. :) : radarman
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      nope! :D : MercFox1
      • i don't even see how they are comparable TBH... the only thing they have in common is the fact that they ... : radarman
  • you are right! : jamesray
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    I haven't seen Avatar yet, but I have a feeling District 9 was better. This girl I'm seeing has seen the : Wikus Van De Merwe
    • thats a terrible photo : GloriousCow
    • Great moustache! : K0LM
  • Hell yeah : bolneze
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    Objectively correct opinion. : SpaecKow
    • that boolean returns true : deject
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  Has the best mech suit ever. I saw it on BR recently and it's such a great movie! : Godhatesfatpeople
  • Them fooking prawns sure have some great looking technology for a bunch of scavengers. : Klebold

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  this is like the exact opposite of most shattered horizon posts i've seen : RikiTiki2
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    It's fun but thinking in three dimensions is pretty tough and it's very very easy to get roasted on a fla... : alias
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      The enemy's gate is down. : IHATEDUST
      • I'm glad I'm not the only person that instantly made that connection with this game. :D : SusanTD
      • I call Bean's squad! : ArcKnight
  • It makes me worry that if a new Descent title came out people would moan about it until its image was com... : MeestaNob
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    Yeah, honestly I played it 3 times and never went back. : Thornfist
    • Why? : alias
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    This surprises me. I thought the game was a lot of fun. The controls were pretty simple, so it didn't fee... : lolmark
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      Hard for some people to operate in a full three dimensional environment maybe? : alias
      • if people are giving game negative reviews because they can't figure it out, they need to say that. : radarman
• I'm with you on that. I'd seen very little of it before, and at $20 I wasn't going to impulse buy, but f... : GoS-CPT-Stewart
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  Is this like tribes in space? : Blackdawgg
  • Not as indepth. There's one gun and three types of grenade. : dafugg
• The ice grenades seem most useful when you're trying to capture a control point - keeps you from getting ... : hellspit
• anyone got a guest pass so I can check it out? : watcherxp
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  Was pancake humper wrong about this game?? : CrustaR
  • Depends on what kind of game you want. It's kinda like TF2 with a CS gun in space really. : alias
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  I bought this and was having fun with it, the MW2 came out a few days later, and since then I completely ... : terylene
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    Better than that piece of junk MW2 for sure! * D E D I C A T E D S E R V E R ' D * : alias
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      Worst part of MW2 are the campers. Grossness. On a more related note, Shattered Horizon is awesome. ... : lotus2133
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        If you are getting camped its because your not good enough to kill them in the first place. And the fact ... : Nighthawk0110
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          Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah. Holyshit I have to take a d... : AgentPothead
          • ...Ok.... : Nighthawk0110
          • ^^^^ : valael
        • troll'D : rbjester
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        Funny thing is, I never camp, but I the other day I was playing and I happened to be up in a building and... : terylene
        • ^ this. I am tired of people whining about me "camping" them. Camping used to mean sitting in one place w... : Nighthawk0110
• seems cool I'll check it out : Chandler55
• Can't wait for my copy of windows 7 to get here (got the student discount, I have 1 DL copy and one physi... : ElArabDeMagnifico
• I couldn't get a solid frame rate (i like a steady 50-60) without making it look like shit, seemed to kil... : vynn
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  Didn't seem that bad but I'm a bit surprised how poorly it runs compared to how it looks. : pyide
  • I thought the game looked rather nice, especially with multiple EMPs and ICEs going off on screen. : SusanTD
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  so I read a while back (When it was still in beta I think?) that the game only had one gun. is that true... : valael
  • Yeah, the only gun is an assault rifle. You can zoom in use it as a pseudo sniper rifle though (it shoot... : ZTac
• Is it normal for this game to not go full screen? :( : tomservo

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  I have a nice solid wood one. I don't like cutting on glass. : Conan
  • Yeah, I think it dulls the blade; the guide flyer in my Henckels knives recommended wood or plastic, and ... : the archvile
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    Wood is generally bad for sanitary reasons. I use polypropylene and I am pretty happy. I can use it in ... : bigend1an
    • I'm not convinced wood is bad in regards to sanitation. : Conan
    • Not true. When you score plastic while cutting that groove becomes a hiding place for bacteria, and no w... : Arcanum
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      Bacteria can't survive without moisture, so as long as you're good about keeping food off of it and dryin... : DerHuhnTeufel
      • Let me rephrase - keeping it clean of food after you use it, of course. : DerHuhnTeufel
• I use a bamboo one. I like it. : dmason
• I use a bamboo one. I don't know if it's good for knives or general cleanliness, but I love it. I use a c... : Morgin
• UHMW plastic. \ : fuzzydamnit
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  Glass boards are terrible for your knives. Wood with a vertical grain or plastic is what you want. : mechanicalgrape
  • glass cutting boards should never be used, they destroy the edge of the knife. we really like our epicur... : MisterClaw
  • yeah, i don't use glass anymore because of this - i really want plastic (i think) for meat and bamboo for... : dahanese
• rubber is the way to go : Dave-A
• You should definitely not use a glass cutting board. This will dull your blades since the hardness of th... : lotus2133
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  I have a marble one, it's nice. :) : DM7
  • marble's just as bad for dulling knives, sadly. : dahanese
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    Marble is also terrible for your knives. : mechanicalgrape
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      :( I have some crappy hand-me-down knives. I think they were like 20$ for a set or something. If I had a ... : DM7
      • Doesn't matter that they're crappy. Dull knives require you to use more force when cutting and slicing, ... : Matt Burris
      • Go to Sears. Spend $20-$30 on a good chef's or santoku knife with a 6" or so blade. Make sure, as much ... : Arcanum
    • It's also not usually intended to actually be a cutting board. : Arcanum
• Diamond carbon fiber : gmd
• never use glass unless you like chipping your knives Bamboo or wood is king : MrLobo
• I'm never a big fan of bacteria in my cutting boards. I know that wood actually deals with this in it's ... : devi| dog
• glass will destroy your knives : CoRDS
• Costco has some nice Bamboo ones. : Iwannaacura
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  I have a big-ish bamboo one I like. I generally prefer either wood or bamboo. Glass and similar hard ma... : Arcanum
  • I will say, however, that having one or two of the thin, flexible plastic boards is quite useful for cutt... : Arcanum
• I use a bamboo board for everything but raw meats/poultry. They are pretty nice, a little bit slower of a... : DonarUDL
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  Tips on buying a good cutting board: - Butcher block is tough, heavy and expensive - Edge grain board... : Matt Burris
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    Tangent question, maybe someone knows the answer: At Sam's Club yesterday, they had these big-ass steel ... : Arcanum
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      Generally any kind of wood that isn't petrified will work. The idea is that the tiny blades (serrated) h... : Matt Burris
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        Awesome, thanks! They're not pretty tables at all. Plain gray painted steel and clear varnished maple... : Arcanum
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          If it is actually finished wood I'm not sure I'd be comfortable with that. : Conan
          • I think it has some kind of finish. I'd have to go take a closer look before buying. It might be a situ... : Arcanum
          • Actually from the sounds of this it should be fine as an actual cutting surface, even with a polyurethane... : Arcanum
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            I found (I think) the actual table. Polyurethane finish. The top of course isn't as thick as it could b... : Arcanum
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              Looks like a solid table, but polyurethane can crack and chip under stress, so I wouldn't cut directly on... : Conan
              • If I got motivated enough, I suppose I could borrow a belt sander and refinish the top. :) Probably wou... : Arcanum
  • Also, cleaning tips: Don't ever use the dishwasher for your wood cutting board. Plastic is fine in ther... : Matt Burris
• get a wood one. i have 2. one for raw meat and one for everything else : gyokuro
• Glass is meh for me. Get a plastic for meat and a wood for veggies/etc. And dont let your significant... : squigiliwams
• I use wood or plastic. I hate the way glass/stone ones feel when the knife hits them, gives me that "fing... : father_crown
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  Glass is awful. Awful awful awful awful. Go with wood, preferably a harder wood with a vertical grain. ... : DerHuhnTeufel
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    i was resting meat while typing this and should have said that i don't actually use glass, i just really ... : dahanese
    • They're easy to store. Just get sepeaate ones for meats and vegetables. : DerHuhnTeufel
• Plastic or wood, Glass will fuck up a good blade really fast. I would advise plastic, if you have a good... : bld
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  I have a glass board that I serve things like cheese on but I don't cut on it with my good knives. For m... : Galadriel07
  • Also, I never cut meats on my wooden boards. I use the smallest bamboo board for garlic and onions so th... : Galadriel07
• get a nice hard mousepad, like a ratpadz or whatever they are now : CoRDS
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  There's a kind of rubber cutting board called Sani-Tuff. It's got properties like plastic but it can be ... : scythide
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    Here's an old NYT article about them: http://www.nytimes.com/1999/08/04/dining/test-kitchen-a-cutting-boa... : scythide
    • Interesting stuff. I'll keep an eye out for it : mrblarg
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  heh glass... what an IDIOT! I use a thick boos block: http://www.johnboos.com/residential/products.cfm?ca... : haiku
  • i wouldn't even know where to find a walmart. i don't know if they have them in the bay area! the boo... : dahanese
• wrists Jokes! : conandan
• I use a giant wood one I made in middle school, or a little 6x8" plastic one if it's a small job. : Sludgehead
• I have a fairly nice wood cutting board that works rather well. I had to season it for 5 or so days befo... : DianeOfTheMoon
• GLASS???? WUT??? http://www.wasserstrom.com/restaurant-supplies-equipment/Product_126205 Best cu... : Matto357
• Wood is cool for non-meat. We have one of these http://www.epicureancs.com/gourmetseries.php It's ...... : boarder2
• I have 2 for everyday use. A rock-hard maple board for raw foods and a poly board for meat. You should ne... : malevolence
• These are quite cool: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Joseph-Chopping-Board-Green-Large/dp/B000K24QSU/ref=sr_1... : marmite
• Go wood. If you maintain it well it'll last forever and can actually have less bacteria than plastic. : Fred Garvin

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  sparkly strobist. You might check out the PDX Strobist group on flickr: http://www.flickr.com/groups/pdx... : yonderboy
  • hehe yeah for sure. I've got a CyberSync transmitter and receiver on the way as well so that I no longer ... : sparkly
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  the church must pay pretty well sparkly! : mwasher
  • yeah? : sparkly
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  I'm surprised to learn you've been using 1 flash all this time. Mind posting some of your favs using 1 fl... : IcomeINpeace
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    Keep in mind that he's got a nikon body which will control the flash when it's not on the camera. : boarder2
    • Yeah -- I never shoot with the flash on camera. : sparkly
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    Yeah, I haven't realized until lately just how limiting one light has been. I've got a nice big reflector : sparkly
    • awesome stuff. looking forward to seeing some 2 flash setup shots. : IcomeINpeace
    • Awesome! I love seeing how you've done a lot of these photos : Trips
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  Have a link to the microslave sensor? That might be handy. : ashkie
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    It is pretty nifty! http://www.adorama.com/WNPN1.html .. the guy at the camera store sold it to me for 1... : sparkly
    • My original plan was to use my Cybersync receiver (which is coming to me soon) on the vivitar flash, then... : sparkly
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      Sweet, how do you like that Vivitar? I heard they were flimsy. Right now I'm using the Canon 580 and 430 ... : ashkie
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        I don't know how I feel about it yet. The thing can only has a few variable settings -- full power, 1/2, ... : sparkly
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          It seems like it would be best suited as a background light to get some separation or as a low power fil... : ashkie
          • I suppose so...but It'll require much playing around to determine where it can best be used. It's pretty ... : sparkly
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          Since you're so limited on power settings, try increasing and decreasing the distance between flash and s... : ConfusedUs
          • I will do that, thans! : sparkly
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        this is what I'm probably ending up with (have a 580ex just need a 430ex) : IcomeINpeace
        • It works pretty well. I'm using them both off camera on my 5D using the STE-2 transmitter. : ashkie
      • I have one, it's very flimsy compared to the 580 and 430... but it powerful, easy to control and does a g... : drucifer
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  is that a Line 6 amp? Nooooooo..... : jamesray
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    I'm just borrowing it from work. That amp sucks a lot. : sparkly
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      It does. I remember in high school I was crazy for Line6 stuff. I've learned from those mistakes. Nothing... : jamesray
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        Whenever I get money -- which will probably be never, I'm buying a Fender Hotrod Deville. I love those am... : sparkly
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          I've got a Fender Blues Deluxe (50w). Love the damn thing. I also got a tube screamer pedal with it....an... : jamesray
          • I've got a Peavey XXX 120W head and cab with a Plush Drive. I've also got a Line 6 Spyder for moving arou... : MrBig0
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        Line6 has a Tube series with Bogners in them. : mrvandelay
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          I don't care if they make a tube series. Their stuff always sounds terrible. Flat. Very very flat. : jamesray
          • My buddy has a Pod XT pro and he runs an Eric Johnson signature strat through it, most amazing tone I've ... : Halen
          • that's total and utter horseshit. You can get great tones out of a Line 6. case in point http://www.mysp... : moshman
  • nothing wrong with line 6 amps. why do you say that? : moshman
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  Speaking of photography...damn this guy is good. This is the kind of stuff I want to shoot. http://www.j... : sparkly
  • Great pictures, but his site is really annoying to browse. : Trips
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  I'm still fucking pissed that UPS botched my delivery of the 430EX II that I ordered. I could be playing ... : dravalen
  • On an unrelated note I did pick up "The Hot Shoe Diaries" which is an awesome book, highly reccomended. : dravalen
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  I'm flash retarded, how do you opperate the su800 remotely : gmd
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    Nikon CLS ftw? You put your D700 in commander mode and the sb800 in remote trigger mode. Fire away. : cltcprd
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      I put it in commander and set the sb800 to master and it no work : gmd
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        nm got it : gmd
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          it's pretty damn cool. Sparkly says it may introduce some lighting problems though (from the trigger fla... : cltcprd
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            sort of, I set the trigger all the way down to -3 and the sb-800 to +3 : gmd
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              the trigger is supposed to be early enough not to affect the outcome, so i don't know if setting it to -3... : cltcprd
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                I've been triggering that shit for 5 years and you know what? It does affect the exposure. THat's why I o... : sparkly
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                  if it took you 5 years to notice, it must not be that bad! :) : cltcprd
                  • It it, though. You're perspective changes. You realize that certain things stand that you may not have se... : sparkly
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                  it's the afterglow. You can put a reflector in front of your popup so that it doesn't go into the subject... : steelsamurai
                  • Yeah, sometimes I will hold my hand in front of it and it'll block it...but it's really annoying and not ... : sparkly

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  I tried to listen to bomcast but their last three were "no games are coming out this week so we're gonna ... : filthysock
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    I've been listening to their GOTY podcasts over the last hour or two, and it's not bad or anything, but 9... : valael
    • Well thats it. There are times i play mostly consoles over a set period of time, but its so cringing when... : Klebold
  • It's annoying how often and how much they talk about anything but video games. That's not why I'm listeni... : freakynipples69
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  GiantBomb does annoy me a little, but thats mostly because they something have really bad taste. They wer... : Klebold
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    oh god. it's the same game but with a weaker UI and no tactical view, but they'd rather play it on a con... : valael
    • Don't get me wrong, i think its a massive step forward for RPGs with substance on a console, but willingl... : Klebold
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      I never found it frustrating playing it on 360. While I am sure the PC version is better even though I ha... : Evil Benius
      • Yeah, I'm sure you didn't. What I'm saying is after playing it on the PC, I can't imagine playing it on ... : valael
  • you pretty much nailed one of my biggest gripes with their podcast : Nitrium
  • I was pretty turned off by their little segue over whether or not Flower was a game. Yes, it's a game, go... : BlackCat9
  • More than their love for consoles, it's their love for achievement points that frustrates me. Achievemen... : treefingers1
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    They seem big on achievements in general. That one's an odd one though because the PC has it's own achie... : tree8
    • Well they Are concerned with gamerscore! In the little chats when they talk about what they are playing o... : Klebold
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    they are very console centric overall, boasting about their shitty xbox game achievement points all the t... : Hoax
    • They also spend way too much time talking about upcoming console releases and DLC. Just put the list onli... : BlackCat9
    • it's a pretty major feature for the users of their site : dantastic
  • yea remo has like 10x iq over these idiots : Chandler55
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    they gave it PC game of they year : dantastic
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      i think brad shoemaker is the only one who uses it as a gaming platform, when it comes to PC matters im s... : Klebold
      • Dave seems to be big into PC, but he's not on the cast often enough :( : Benefit
      • Jeff is the only one who even played Dragon Age on a console; the rest of us all got it on PC. So I don't... : rudds
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  oh and they're a bunch of fucking mouth breathers. you can always someone breathing into the microphone ... : valael
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    I don't really hear this, but that could be me ignoring it : ateam311
    • the latest one was the worst. I heard it today while you were on vent and I kept having to pause it to m... : valael
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  A Life Well Wasted (http://alifewellwasted.com/) is good, but it isn't a weekly podcast. : Talonus.
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    It's a good podcast until he starts mixing in that shitty music with bits of dialog in. It is unneeded. : DM7
    • No the music is cool. : dael
    • This is why I can't listen to it. I'd really enjoy it then start grating my teeth at the "remixing" of in... : zakazi
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  Yes, these 3: Gamers With Jobs PC Gamer PC Gamer UK : spaceyme
  • Add Drunken Gamers Radio if you want some light hijinx suck it Andrich! : grayscale
• I actually just started listening to Idle Thumbs from the start. It's fun, hearing the birth of the meme : dael
• I've been venturing into non-gaming podcasts. Just got started with The Adam Corolla Podcast and Kevin P... : mrblarg
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  IGN's Gamescoop is probably my favorite gaming podcast, but it's pretty much all consoles. : rhraz
  • Yeah, Scoop is awesome. They make you feel like family. It's nice that they aren't a totally serious podc... : nwillard
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  What i think was good about IT was that it was for all intents and purposes, a standalone podcast. Yes it... : Klebold
  • yeah, and I always felt Remo was good at explaining what he liked and didn't like about games in an intel... : valael
  • They were almost always reasonable and they mostly just talked like dudes who like to play a game. Giant ... : Benefit
• 4 Guys 1 Up! : Vanitas
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  I don't think i've ever listened to/watched a podcast : Mr. Goodwrench
  • If you're a bit of a science nerd the sceptic's guide to the universe is a really good one to listen to o... : Klebold

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  Tomax and Xamot : mechanicalgrape
  • this : Head Rush
  • ^^^^^ Definitely this. : mopic42
• Pork and Chop : shavenewok
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  Awesome! Cats are pretty cool, congrats! : Visceral Monkey
  • indeed. grew up with 2 himalayans - mozart & strauss i named em cause I was a piano nerd at the time. : Skoal^Fyfan
• Amos and Andy. That's right. Be provocative. : Home Nugget
• Masa and Mune : Ovate
• Twig and Berries : fried rice
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  Cat and Caaat. : re-verse
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    my cat's name was Cat! : deadfish
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      I also had a cat named cat! : re-verse
      • mine was a russian blue so it's topic relevant! She also beats up my mom who has cancer! <3 evil gray kit... : deadfish
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        I called my friend's cat "The Cat!" : Sailor of Fortune
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          I used to feed a stray outside my apartment and I called him "Dog." : Rotten Deadite
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            My cat's breath smells like cat food. : prime8
            • your cats name is mittens : wimpy1
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  Huginn and Muninn : Crimsonbeak
  • These are the names of Odin's 2 ravens btw. : Crimsonbeak
• FYI - Their existing names are Miles & Aldous, I didn't come up with it. Go wild with naming 2 russian bl... : Skoal^Fyfan
• GIANT and FAGGOT : Drewus
• They look like troublemakers. : pyrogen
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  Lenin and Trotsky : ruckboos
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    haha. This i actually like and am seriously considering now. : Skoal^Fyfan
    • My sister and I each got a russian blue and I tried to convince her to pick these names, but she decided ... : ruckboos
• Ivan and Ivan, or, Karnov and Tetris : ryuuseki
• Bubba and Booger. Seriously, they are beautiful kitties. : Thresher
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  Doom and Doom 2 : BoKnows
  • Phobos and Deimos. : BlackCat9
• Hero and Kvatch : kallanta
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  Tango and Cash : Sailor of Fortune
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    Riggs and Murtough : ArcKnight
    • THIS! : photonzach
• Chauncey and Richard : not work safe
• Nathaniel and Superfly : kallanta
• Pussy and Power : Matt Burris
• Catster and Pawlicks! : invisible_kid
• Russian and Blue. : BlackCat9
• my two like that were loki and freya : hamachi
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  Guildenstern and Rosencrantz : ChibiJosh
  • This is correct. : Gildenstern
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  Twisp and Catsby : wimpy1
  • Seconded. : Thornfist
• Blacky and Blacky2 : IcomeINpeace
• Hardcastle and McCormick : silent77
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  Cute! Good for you! Also: Cable and Deadpool! : Arcanum
  • Lol 2nd vote for Cable and Deadpool : proclone1
  • was never into comics so.....fail! : Skoal^Fyfan
• why not Loki and Thor : Yabrodan
• Captain and Tennille : r3dn3ck
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  dognose and mikecyb : CrustaR
  • mikecyb? no way. it's either dognose and romsteady or dognose and miley. : anhero
• rin and tin : wurt
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  I had two siamese when I was a kid. One was named Thai One, the other was Thai Two : drucifer
  • Jose and josB : CoRDS
• Kraak and Smaak : Flynn
• Hans And Franz!!!! : RookieCAF
• Baal and Lucifer : steelsamurai
• Dutch and Dillon. : ant_hillbilly
• Dre and Snoop. : underground banana plantation
• Beebop and Rocksteady : CoRDS
• Trouble and More Trouble Those 2 are up to something already. : pancake humper
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  Hank and Dean. : BlackCat9
  • scratch my choice, this is it. : ant_hillbilly
  • don't forget to keep plenty of clones on hand : opengl128
• pullo and vorenus : peat
• mobile 1 and mobile 2. : festivalman
• Chairman Meow and Catfucius : thenoodleincident
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  For cats, they look pretty cool and mischievous and I would not punch them. Good luck with those ammonia ... : punchdog
  • Oh, and their names are definitely Daryl and Daryl. : punchdog
• i wonder why so many people name their pets after mythical gods. : xxiv
• Bernard and Humphrey : dooberzoo
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  Spot, and Johann Gambolputty de von Ausfern -schplenden -schlitter -crasscrenbon -fried -digger -dangle -... : kallanta
  • wtf : Lightbulb
• Nightwatch and Daywatch. : Thornfist
• If you name one Odin, you have to gouge out an eye. : Rice-Rocketeer
• Sonny and Cher : prime8
• larry and barry : anthonybean
• Castor and Pollux : uglysad
• Starsky and Hutch : CRasterImage
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  Dude, their names should totally be 21 and 24. : DianeOfTheMoon
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    I read that in 21s voice, BTW. : AxeMan808
    • This mission has been a rousing success! : DianeOfTheMoon
• That's awesome, they look like they'll be a handful. Very sweet though. Congratulations ! : lotus2133
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  search and destroy : anhero
  • krampus and nicholas : anhero
  • our office dog is named mayhem : rt702
• Rosencrantz and Guildenstern : loboca
• Romulus and Remus : Visceral Monkey
• Loki and THOR, you meant? and anyway, Lenny and Karl. : AxeMan808
• Whiskers and Fuckface : ArB
• Ren & Stimpy : [7]kami
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  Hans and Bubi : Cliffzorz
  • lol, I approve. : Durajim
  • Amazing. This wins. : treefingers1
• our 2 greys were Nestor and Quohog (from Full Throttle) : LordPall
• Daedalus and Prometheus! : geedeck
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  Shitsinhouse and Ruinsfurniture : dantastic
  • not too late to not pick them up : dantastic

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  crap i just started a screenshot thread. I'll repost them here instead. http://www.flickr.com/photos/155... : DarkDeus
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    Is there a screenshot button? Tried printscreen, don't think it did anything. : Nixx2004
    • i think there is but i just use fraps. : DarkDeus
  • that first screenshot looks amazing. : holycow
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  I've got crysis installed, got the mod installed - however I've tried to play several times now but it se... : jbury
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    I've been struggling with crysis this whole week: - Windows 7 permissions - AVG incompatibility - Ra... : sergeon
    • Get rid of avg and install Microsoft security essentials ! : wurt
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  Good games. I really don't understand the appeal of the autocannons though, they really do very poor dama... : Klebold
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    All depends on the size of the autocannon. The big ones do wicked damage : Topsiderover
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      Example is the atlas, you deplete so much ammo getting down a single mech its really ineffective for long... : Klebold
      • *love* the shotguns. Best thing for BA I've seen so far : Topsiderover
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        Earlier today, I got a hold of the Madcat Mark 2 C Variant with 4x Clan LBX20s. I would run into a cluste... : MercFox1
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          Yeah, you were a real pain :P : Topsiderover
          • My favorite was popping mwasher after he backed his mech into a lava pit, then turning straight at a Bush... : MercFox1
      • are you filling up your extra space with more ammo? : kelbane
    • OR just having alot of them. The tanks with all autocannons can do some wicked damage if you dont kill th... : SusanTD
  • Autocannons have a very low heat signature, you can keep firing them while your lasers and PPCs are cooli... : IHATEDUST
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  So I installed and played this. I only got to play for about 5 minutes before I had to go do something, b... : lerlerson
  • I don't think they have all the soundchannel stuff worked out yet. : Topsiderover
  • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=21789869 : Arctic Fox
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  great fun, i think the level design could really be improved upon but the rest of the game is fantastic : Unleashed
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    Agreed, I don't think there's need for so much obstacles. : Nitrium
    • there is when you're a BA trying to sneak up on, hide from, or escape a mech :( : yacoub35
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  man I love the Heavy Gauss : mwasher
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    Towards the end of one of the lava maps we played i spent a while flaming you with flamers. Did you notic... : Klebold
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      no, but that mech was constantly shutting down anyways. quadruple ppc : mwasher
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        The key to being an awesome Awesome pilot is to put your PPCs into two firing groups, firing one cluster,... : DianeOfTheMoon
        • Chain fire also works with 4 PPCs : IHATEDUST
• Request: Have an option to set vehicle y invertness independent of main invertedness. Is this already in ... : Klebold
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  do I have to install this 'gamespy comrade' crap that crysis via steam tries to install? : ]pm[chem
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    No, and don't need PunkBuster either. : Nixx2004
    • damn, I installed PB thinking it was required. maybe I'll uninstall it later. : ]pm[chem
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  was anyone able to register in mw:ll's forums? : Nitrium
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    Sorry I saw your post but didn't get a chance to respond. Hmm not sure why you wouldn't be able to regist... : Toth21
    • yeah, any link returns me "Sorry Guest, you are banned from using this forum! " : Nitrium
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  gamespy is a piece of shit, I can't login in game, I can't create a new account, but I can login on games... : ]pm[chem
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    i had the same problem. To fix it select create new account and put in your existing gamespy account inf... : DarkDeus
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      I tried doing this and it still won't work, says invalid email/pw. Currently I have to create a new accou... : sanchez
      • my friend is having a real hard time with this also : trOmblyj
    • this worked for me, thanks : ]pm[chem
  • i also had this problem, couldnt make a new account(tried alot of different stuff), couldnt login to my e... : Unleashed
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  Serverrrr : LoioshDwaggie
  • It's back up... : Reptile
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  Server crashed but its back running again - it was using 555mb of RAM! : trOmblyj
  • That's not very much. : ArcKnight
• Repost because I'm a n00b and forgot posted in the old chatty. The graphics in MWLL are massively glitchy... : noxiousgg
• I just woke up...will be on the server soon! : sanchez
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  Working on getting a Shack 24 slot dedicated server! Hopefully it'll be up and running by late tonight or... : Alco23
  • <3 : bcyde
  • Alco, listen. We've known each other a while. I think it's time, man. I think it's time we take it to ... : ArcKnight
  • Sweet. Now I won't feel guilty about shutting my server down on Monday morning :P : trOmblyj
  • I love you. : Nitrium
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  I have another server at shacknew- ad vitam Paramus. Same password : trove
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    First server is full, joining this one! : sanchez
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      I'll join you! : DianeOfTheMoon
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        coming! : yacoub35
        • edit nm, slot opened up. : yacoub35
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    Joinin up now, anyone else want to join me? : zuff
    • OK. Need more. Oh trove, you kinda messed up the money situation. Start with more, but stuff costs mor... : Nixx2004
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    Yeah, checked out your server with Nixx and Zuff. Something wierd is going on with the cash, kudo's for ... : Topsiderover
    • Ok Ill fix it. : trove
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  Vent info: chattybitches.raidvent.com:3790 imachattybitch We should put this in the root posts fro... : DianeOfTheMoon
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    Vent, not teamspeak, right? : ArcKnight
    • Yes, vent and not teamspeak like some idiot thought last night. : trove
    • Correct. : DianeOfTheMoon
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  if you have a Thrustmaster HOTASS Cougar, looks like this fella has configs for it: http://www.mechliving... : yacoub35
  • hmmm hot-ass cougar.... : yacoub35
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  I love the BA's maneuverability on the space map. it's like being a little space man with thrusters :D : yacoub35
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    On that map until I don't hesitate to load up on weapons and grenades and go BA only. : trOmblyj
    • BA is also good on the superhot maps like Inferno because you can bring a flamer to the party but you don... : yacoub35
• I'm enjoying this game too much! : trOmblyj
• Man I suck at this! But I'm having fun :) : VictoriouSecret
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  Sweet Spots So far, I've found that I have been able to one-shot some mechs with either dead center to t... : trOmblyj
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    Is there a way to load up a map by yourself to get used to the controls and stuff? : Omning
    • No, but I've found that some servers, if they are empty, will allow you to spawn all alone. : trOmblyj
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      best just to get into the shack game, doesnt take too long to learn at all : Unleashed
      • Yeah I was in there earlier walking into walls mashing random buttons and getting blown up : Omning
    • Start your own lan game, shoot enemy auto turrets to build up some credits to try out bigger mechs/vehicl... : silaslang
    • yeah, start a LAN game. i did it quite often while trying to sort out joystick controls. : yacoub35
    • best way is to jump in and fight because it's not that complex : valael
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    One shot with what though? : ArcKnight
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      Sorry, Heavy Gauss. But, I've also taken out the pilot of a mech before with the BA standard laser. : trOmblyj
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        (one shot, while flying thru the air) : trOmblyj
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          i nozoomed some BA as he was moving through the air to pester my teammate in a mech. used the manpack PPC... : yacoub35
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            hehe! I did that earlier tonight and I about fell out of my chair. reminded me of tribes blasting someone... : MercFox1
            • Lasering infantry out of the air is very satisfying : cfalcon
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              i would kill to have a pair of skis on my BA :( : yacoub35
              • such big maps really lend themselves to some faster mode of transport and since riding on vehicles/mechs ... : yacoub35
    • Vulture A(I think its Variant A...) is a pilot killing machine. Dual Gauss Rifles to the cockpit will sma... : SusanTD
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  more ggs, game crashed just as the round ended which was convenient : Unleashed
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    Crashed again, after every map or something? : Nixx2004
    • seems random, sometimes I crash 3-4 times in a row upon connecting sometimes it works fine for 5 hours : sanchez
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      seems random, sometimes I crash 3-4 times in a row upon connecting sometimes it works fine for 5 hours : sanchez
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        yeah yesterday I had it crash about 6 times in 10 minutes after a map switch. I had been playing for hou... : valael
        • There is a crash at the moment related to the narc/tag system. We're going to be patching that in our nex... : Toth21
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  sound seems pretty buggy, I get a lot of dropped sounds on 24+ player servers : ]pm[chem
  • yeah sound is pretty buggy : sanchez
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    same here, think its a known issue : wurt
    • yeah even increasing channels to 128 doesn't really help much. : yacoub35
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  GG guys, that was fantastic. Once the Atlas hits the field, things heat up fast. I really like how the ... : IHATEDUST
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    It's impossible to talk because of the sound channel bug. : ArcKnight
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      Yeah its definitely still a beta. On one map, we kept falling through the floor of the mech hanger. You... : IHATEDUST
      • I found that I would only fall outside the "command room" So I would always buy there first before headi... : DarkWolf5
      • Thats a well known issue related to the physics on the mech hanger. When it happens on a map with more th... : Toth21
• This looks cool. I'll have to try it soon. : irrerno
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  Still got 11 on here, join up! : sanchez
  • Not anymore, looks like the server crashed : Reptile
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  trOmblyj's server crashed, going to trove's server : sanchez
  • be there shortly, fulfilling drunk munchies : ArcKnight
  • It's back up now. Hopefully Alco will have his 24 player server up soon? : trOmblyj
• let it be noted - i'm in love with this mod. : PlanetPerfecto
• Ahh, my first crash (straight to desktop). : Nixx2004
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  I'd like to try this out but looks like I missed the Steam sale, and I don't have $40 available at the mo... : arsonide
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    We did go on about it on here pretty much constantly. : Klebold
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      ...and I've been at work pretty much constantly until now. : arsonide
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        New year's eve and new year's day? Wow, that is pretty unreasonable. : Klebold
        • Yes it pretty much blew. : arsonide
  • it's only $30 actually and it looks even cheaper on ebay if you're willing to go that route. Never und... : valael
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  I"ve been trying to get it to work, but I keep on crashing trying to get into a server... yet I'm able to... : coraldayton
  • Did you get the hotfix? : geedeck
  • So whenever you click join, or is it once the map finishes loading? : Toth21