Morning Discussion

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• I have been an Nvidia user for my entire life up until three or four months ago when I got an ATI 4890 an... : inchwide
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  Buy a 5850. Don't listen to these whiny bitches complaining about AMD drivers when the last ATi card they... : Arctic Fox
  • *5850 : Arctic Fox
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    Even that doesn't make sense because the 9800 Pro is one of the greatest video cards ever made. : MercFox1
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      It was, but god did it have shit drivers. : Conan
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        I think I used the Omega drivers with it and as far as I know its still running in my sister's computer a... : MercFox1
        • It was mostly the fact that virtually every game that came out was broken until they released an update. ... : Conan
    • *Pours one out for the 9800* : Arctic Fox
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    I have a 5750 and the Catalyst version before the latest release was quite unstable, and, unfortunately, ... : ieGod
    • I meant Catalyst Control Center. Whoops. : ieGod
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  I gladly took a slight performance hit to get nvidia drivers. I am done with ati until they replace cata... : Dessicator82
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    Seeing Artic Fox's reply - I scrapped my ATI card in 2009. Hardware was great - drivers were terrible. : Dessicator82
    • i can't stand ATI's drivers either. It would piss me off so much if i went back to ATI and the same insta... : yacoub35
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    never had a problem with all versions of my windows and this is using ati and its drivers from 9800 to my... : ssj4megaman
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      There're enough people who have had problems with them that I don't think it's that simple. : Conan
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        Seriously, just read hardware and GPU forums. The amount of crap and sacrifices needed to run an ATI card... : yacoub35
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          Drivers look fine in Windows 7 here, and I've had no problem with anything I've thrown at it. : Arctic Fox
          • And this is from a guy that has run NVidia for my past 3 builds. : Arctic Fox
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            Having used ATI since it became the fastest on the market, I find this 'omg driverzzzz' opinion hilarious... : LoioshDwaggie
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              ^^^^^ sure, we could keep hearing from you two about how everything's fine for you, or we could read hard... : yacoub35
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                Sure, because negative voices tend to be louder. Not many people post 'no problems here'. : Arctic Fox
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                  lol what a tired argument, especially when there is such a vast amount of grief caused by these drivers. ... : yacoub35
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                    both arguments are tired, nvidia and ati both have driver issues and mediocre control panels. painting o... : Sapiens
                    • Indeed. : Arctic Fox
                    • I concur with this assesment. (I have both Nvidia and ATI hardware in use on a daily basis) : Toraz Chryx
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                      Most people have trouble with stability one or the other (NVidia or AMD). Trouble with both generally... : yacoub35
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                        Most people have trouble with stability one or the other (NVidia or AMD). This is a vast overstatemen... : Toraz Chryx
                        • Yeah, it should be more like Most people chatty bitches have trouble with stability one or the other : one random winner
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                          sorry, what i intended to write was "most people who have problems with stability have problems with one ... : yacoub35
                          • That's a hollow statement though? that's like saying 100% of people who have allergic reactions to tomato... : Toraz Chryx
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                            No, what you're trying to say is the same thing that you keep saying in this thread and every other nVidi... : ateam311
                            • Let me add that I understand your frustration, but I'm highly skeptical of everything you're saying becau... : ateam311
                  • There's problems on both sides of the fence. My 8800 GTX possibly died due to a driver fuckup on NVidia c... : Arctic Fox
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                    the reason it pisses me off so much is because i want to buy a 5000 series, but i KNOW, i just KNOW it's ... : yacoub35
                    • I don't know what to tell you. I've switched back and forth over the years from Nvidia to ATI and back ag... : Visceral Monkey
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                      The GTX200 series and the latest WHQL drivers have some problems... I had to drop back down to the 186... : Shadowdane
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                        Yeah if you can I would wait for Fermi. I grabbed a 5850 because my hand was forced - 8800GTX blew up, di... : Arctic Fox
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                          yah i stepped back to the older drivers and it works fine, a bit slower on the older drivers. But at lea... : Shadowdane
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                            Just don't try the 191.07, that's the one suspected of blowing up cards. : Arctic Fox
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                              ouch.. yah the last I tried was 195.81 Beta. Still had the problem with my card not returning to 3D clo... : Shadowdane
                              • Yeah, I've got problems in DoD:S and L4D2 for all 19x.xx drivers and up. Back to 186.xx fixed it for me. ... : Alco23
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                      How do you know, exactly? I mean other than these posts. Your system might work fine? My last four cards ... : ieGod
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                        because majority experience seems to be if your system runs NVidia GPUs flawlessly, it'll have problems i : yacoub35
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                          TWIMTBP is an issue with Nvidia throwing money at developers, but that's their prerogative, if AMD can ge... : one random winner
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                            you dont even need a driver cleaner : feek
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                              It's a good idea regardless, but I've gotten paid a number of times going to clients houses and just clea... : one random winner
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                                What's your favourite driver cleaner? : Arctic Fox
                                • If an uninstall + CCleaner doesn't fix it, usually Driver Sweeper will get anything that's left. : one random winner
                        • because majority experience seems to be if your system runs NVidia GPUs flawlessly, it'll have problems i : Toraz Chryx
              • you find the same thing in nvidia, or any other hardware maker's forum : feek
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          Well, to be fair, Nvidia's driver control panel sucks, too, now. It just sucks less. : Conan
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            you also never need to use it because things just work. : yacoub35
            • Still have to change game settings, etc. Shouldn't be acceptable for either CP to be as bad as they are. : Conan
            • Yes, no one has to ever open the nVidia control panel to make any kind of changes because it just works! ... : ateam311
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          *this. The driver problems in the past were coupled with poor hardware designs. (See 9800 pro stock h... : GoodBoy
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            this is an interesting strategy and sounds worth trying. : yacoub35
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              It's what we do at work, actually, we don't upgrade drivers unless there's an issue caused by the one cur... : one random winner
              • not upgrading if no problems is obvious. what wasn't to me is to go look for HP drivers. i thought that w... : yacoub35
          • This is a sound strategy no matter what platform you're running, though. I've certainly known Forceware u... : Arctic Fox
    • The last driver problem I remember having with an ATI card was with my 9700 Pro in DAoC. : Sapiens
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  I think you'd be mad to buy one of nvidias high end cards right now. : Toraz Chryx
  • Exactly, the 5850 equals or beats NVidia's top of the line card, and costs about $100 less. : Arctic Fox
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    Yep. Buy AMD or wait till Nvidia has something competitive. Don't buy Nvidias cards now, they're crap in ... : master_disaster_17
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      Except for the 260-216, which if you can find them still price somewhat competitively to a 5770 and perfo... : yacoub35
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        the 5770 is also under threat as a value proposition by the 4890 though : Toraz Chryx
        • It is indeed. I agonized over this very decision for about 2 days until I finally decided the volt tweake... : Visceral Monkey
• 5850. I've had a 5870 for a few months, and it has been great. No driver issues. Not sure where the drive... : digweed014
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  For $300, the 5850 hands down. Or, if you can crossfire, two 5770s. But the best single card for that pri... : Visceral Monkey
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    I don't want to invest in a CF motherboard right now, I think I'm going to go with the 5850. Thanks for a... : rhraz
    • The 5850 is an awesome card, you'll be fine. : Visceral Monkey
    • It will probably be fine. see advice on the drivers I gave above. : GoodBoy
• I boguht my gtx275 for $200. I wouldn't pay a cent more. I'm really not impressed with it. It's extremely... : shaq_mobile
• i think theres a big movement from WAY back in the day when ATI's drivers truly did suck. like pre 9xxx s... : shaq_mobile
• Very happy with my xfx 5850 : loboca
• loving my 5850 : kaddar0
• ATI driver support has been great since the 8500 about 7 years ago. Funny to see the perception of bad dr... : dookiebot
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  Never been happier with my GTX 275. Of course I upgraded from a 7800 GS. I've had zero problems with driv : kelzmelzer
  • fyi just before one of the Scarecrow encounters there is a deliberate thing where it looks like your vide... : Arctic Fox
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  You'd be a fool not to get a 5850. Those that says ATI drivers are any worse than Nvidia is still living ... : Link.
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    get the 5770 and save from being price-gouged as much. that'd be being even less of a fool. : yacoub35
    • 5850 @$300 is still cheaper than the top of the line NVidia card (its direct competitor) when I checked a... : Arctic Fox
• Unless you need it now, Id personally would wait a bit. If you need it now the Radeon 5850 seems to be... : triton666
• gtx 285 no doubt : yosan
• If you're just gaming, the ATI would probably be fine, but if you do any real 3D work it's just safer and... : synapse19
• ATI all the way. :D : Godhatesfatpeople

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  the soundtrack is better than the actual game : dirge23
  • It definitely stands the test of time better than the game. : giant boy detective
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    why the rage for a great game? =( : MoreVespeneGas
    • quake was really more of a technical breakthrough. the SP gameplay is laughably simple and the game doesn... : dirge23
    • although I disagree with dirge23 I think we all agree than quake1 was made infinitely better by the moddi... : kaddar0
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  I remember needing to have the CD in the drive to hear the music or it wouldn't play. It's one of the be... : grabbie
  • they still used redbook audio back then, mp3s were like brand new : dirge23
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    didn't trent also do the sound effects for quake? the sound effects were great, i can still remember exac... : dirge23
    • I just heard that sound rattling around in my head as i read this. I need to fire up Quake again somed... : pimpium
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    If you had any CD in the drive it would play whatever track number was used on the Quake CD. Which I tho... : giant boy detective
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      I remember that it worked really well with the Fight Club soundtrack :D : MrLobo
      • I used to use Leaether Strip - Solitary Confinement : dirge23
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      Oh man! I used to put in a CD of Gregorian monks chanting. It sounds kinda weird, but it was really awe... : ADSliv
      • I remember playing Aliens Vs Predator and I would leave my Deftones CD in the drive. Whenever I played t... : giant boy detective
    • I would use Tool - Aenima, or shit.. what else. Ministry - Filth Pig : manero
  • bonus is that you could pop the disc in any CD player and listen to the soundtrack! : waxthirteen
  • I used to play Quake 1 with the Jethro Tilton CD in the drive, way better soundtrack to play too. : cjcharv
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    It would have been better if Trent did the music and sounds for Quake 3 like he was supposed to. : Mecha Tofu Pirate
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      I thought it was Doom 3 he was supposed to worked on but backed out because of time? : steauengeglase
      • Yeah, I fucked that up. Brain fart. ID Software took too long making the game so he left it to work on ... : Mecha Tofu Pirate
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  Is your 2 key broken? I actually kept my Q2 CD in my car for years. : DinK
  • I like the Quake 2 soundtrack, but in comparison it sounds dated. I loved it back in the day though and ... : giant boy detective
• Ill up the ante. I say quake2 had the best sound track http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFu6zyix6IY ... : triton666
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  So true. Still listen to it from time to time. The music that came with the Malice total conversion addon... : hmesser
  • Just found http://www.quaddicted.com/filebase/ Lots of classic quake goodies here. : hmesser
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  what? Doom and Doom II soundtracks were 10000x better. : mrtony
  • I shall publish your newsletter. : DOOManiac
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  I miss quakeworld. those were the days man. :( : mwasher
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    I really dont know how we went from then to now. Netquake verse Quakeworld fights, AQ2 fun, then CS happe... : triton666
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      yea the quakeworld community was so fucking awesome. of course we had the battle of lpb's versus hpb's b... : mwasher
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        I was one of those early cable users in NY... So, from all my lpb brethren, I'll say it again please gtf... : triton666
        • man the gib sound really was the best. : .frame
        • God, I missed this. : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
      • lpbs vs hpbs is a lot like left4dead2's infected vs humans, although I'm not sure which was the infected. : kaddar0
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      You actually touched upon the festering evil that ruined it all. CS. : GreatGooglyMoogly
      • i've never seen halo spelled that way. : radarman
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  http://classic.battle.net/window.shtml D1: Town : Drakoniac
  • oh FPS soundtrack, sorry. I'm not sorry though I love that song : Drakoniac
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  nah... WipeOut XL : ShadowRam
  • oh you said FPS.. nm : ShadowRam
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  Music really can make such a difference. Why can't we get a truly dark well made atmosphere anymore? Cl... : .frame
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    I guess Dead Space did a good job of gore but I'd like something less actiony and more RPG/Adventure with... : .frame
    • I'm not great with scary games. I tried to play Dead Space over the weekend and didn't even get an hour ... : giant boy detective
• i prefer quake 2's over quake's actually : RikiTiki2
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  Not really a sound track but it needs to be posted just cause... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tb-gI_... : triton666
  • MEATBAAAAAAALL SUUUUUUB.... WITH SPRITE : DrWaffles
  • Best intro ever http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpvqn0fT1OY : onji
• Painkiller! I still listen to the painkiller fight music when i work out at the gym : e v i l
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  I76 : Audhuml4
  • Bullmark for the win. (and Devo on I82) : AxeMan808
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  Quake II sound track was just as good. Sonic Mayhem was the shit. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRn... : twifosp
  • Agreed, that soundtrack is still my favorite. I also loved the work Sonic Mayhem did for Q3A too. : The-Shadow-TS
• I used to play QW late into the night listening to the NIN-Broken over and over. So good. : pauk111
• Descent 2's soundtrack (done by Nivek Ogre of Skinny Puppy) was also good http://www.youtube.com/watch... : two50six
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  Quake 2 Rob Zombie! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOTqiViLOBo : Snipergen
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    Sonic Mayhem bro... not Zombie :( : leadgold
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      Yep Sonic Mayhem did the entire soundtrack to Quake 2 and I think Quake 3 : Mr. Goodwrench
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        Q3 was Front Line Assembly and Sonic Mayhem. : Omning
        • Ooh, I like Frontline Assembly, how did I not know this? : Mr. Goodwrench
    • Don't blame me I remembered it reading in a game magazine once, glad you cleared that up :D : Snipergen
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      Correction: "Quake II Theme Song" (c) 1997 Rob Zombie. All Rights Reserved. Taken verbatim from page 34 o... : mn3m0n1c
      • Performed by Sonic Mayhem, I think? : Rice-Rocketeer
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        Actually this is correct, however the song Snipergen linked to is not the main title theme by Rob Zombie,... : Mr. Goodwrench
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          This is it; http://208.53.138.111/soundtracks/quake-2-soundtrack/puxazuofew/01-main-theme.mp3 : Mr. Goodwrench
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            Nope, that isn't it. That's "Stealth Frag" from Quake II: The Reckoning. What Rob Zombie did was heard... : aggressor
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              Ahh, that's right. Nicely done. : Mr. Goodwrench
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                I only picked it out because it "sounds" like Rob Zombie, and I used to love White Zombie growing up. : aggressor
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                  I've also never found the song outside of that video, which has lots of other noise competing with it :( : aggressor
                  • I think that's the only place it ever appeared. :( And yeah, I forgot to mention that Overlord was a SM t... : mn3m0n1c
            • That intro was epic! I still remember watching it for the first time. : The-Shadow-TS
      • Also iirc, Rob was supposed to do the whole soundtrack but the deal fell through for some reason. : mn3m0n1c
  • Lol, his brother Spider from Powerman 5000 is better anyways ;) : Snipergen
• Good lord this brings back memories. : The Grolar Bear
• I have been playing Quake this last couple of weeks. If you want to play a really good single player mod ... : 1trudA
• I dunno. I don't think it works real well as a collection of nine inch nails songs (just sounds like a bu... : DeBurgo
• I still feel Dungeon Keeper 1's music is vastly underrated, love it so much! : niceguynick
• I dunno, System Shock 2 had perfect music to match the ambiance. Scary as hell! : hussdelrio
• QWTF had the best soundtrack for me, as i used to play it with Siamese Dream in my cdrom drive and it use... : Arsenal
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  Is the soundtrack included with the Steam version? I''ve recently finished the first 3 episodes and haven... : vynn
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    no :( you have to burn a cd of it if you want to hear it. I'd say you need it to play the game properly. ... : re-verse
    • guess that'll give me an excuse to play through them again, I love the speed and intensity, something def... : vynn
  • It's not included :( : Mecha Tofu Pirate
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    Read this to enable music: http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/wiki/index.php/Id_Super_Pack : aggressor
    • sweet, thanks! : vynn
• if I close my eyes I can still hear grenades bouncing and then exploding, sending a flurry of gibs into t... : vynn
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  Agreed. Also amazing: How shitty the quake 2 soundtrack was. what a steaming pile of crap after the beaut... : re-verse
  • I like sonic mayhem :( But ya, nothing could live up to NIN : vynn
• Back when Quake was new I handed this CD to an coworker who asked to listen to it. He was a metalhead and... : cap n KRUNCH
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  Does that make me a geek I use to play the Quake 2 CD in my Walkman or whatever in school all day long? :... : nudder
  • no, i used to listen to my mechwarrior 2 soundtrack religiously : hobosapien
• ah that music brings back so many memories : hobosapien

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• what the fuck? : pukerat
• hahahahahahahahahahahaha that looks so awesome : shaq_mobile
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  buffer, buffer, buffer, buffer, tab closed : inchwide
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    using realplayer? : peetabix01
    • i'm on a macbook and i get the same fucking buffering. : fsck
• OMG We must bomb all chair lifts before they kill us all!!!!! : sanchez
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  Oh wait, this isn't a parody? Hahaha. : ieGod
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    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1323045/ seems to be legit hahaha : sparkly
    • And here I was looking for The Onion watermark or something. : ieGod
• might be fun! : supermonkeyballz
• I am officially scared of chairlifts now. Human deathtraps. This movie has convinced me : spiffymc
• That is awesomely bad looking. : daVinci1980
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  Plot: Three skiers are stranded on a chairlift and forced to make life-or-death choices that prove more p : pancake humper
  • It's actually two snowboarders and a skier. GET IT RIGHT : walker270
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  This is so stupid, I can only assume that the person that wrote this has never been on a chairlift. : DapperDan
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    i haven't. are there built in escape ropes or something? lol. : waxthirteen
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      they'd never, ever shut down a lift without running all the chairs through and observing them. : Majuju
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        Obviously the chair lift operator left them up there deliberately to repay that bitch blond for taking ad... : lechuck59
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          Assuming this is the case. The dude who jumped off was an idiot for not being strapped into his snowboar... : sKetchflow
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            They have at least an 18in base, the guy could totally survive a drop... : trove
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              I think they implied that he lived but he broke both his legs. : sKetchflow
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                He could have simply sat on his snowboard and slid down the mountain. Fucking 'boarders, can't ever get ... : trove
                • I resent that remark. Except that there are a lot of shitty snowboarders out there. : sKetchflow
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            probably. Our tiny resort (Sleeping Giant) runs 3 days a week (weekends only). It's Wyoming though, not... : MamiyaOtaru
            • You live in Wyoming? I'm thinking of moving there after I graduate. : Cihte
• I'm going to make a movie called "Bullshit: The Movie" about people who fear bulls shitting on them, hope... : one random winner
• Fuck everything. : NastyJack
• I can't wait for the "my cell phone gets no bars out here!!" scene. : waxthirteen
• WOW that is retarded. : sKetchflow
• inspired by curb your enthusiasm : feek
• will beat avatar's climb to $1b easily : sikander
• This looks almost as good as Spider-Man 3 : Godhatesfatpeople
• HAHAH : emcea
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  Brilliant idea. Think about how much it cost to make that movie. Buy a couple snowboard, pair of skis and... : Magmaticzebra
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    They need to hire handlers and wolves. : trove
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      the wolves get paid in shitty actors : Megara9
      • haha. : edgewise
      • ahaha : pancake humper
      • lol : mlev
      • and whores the cast knocks up accidently : deadfish
      • lol : Phil
      • nice : Utopia
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    I'd bet it still wouldn't make its money back. : sKetchflow
    • It just has to be marketed extremely obscurely, no ad longer than like 15 seconds, showing 1/2 a scene an... : one random winner
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    didn't you see, they didn't even pay for the lift tickets! : drucifer
    • Oh shit, you're right! How the hell do you pitch that idea any sort of investor? : Magmaticzebra
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  wow harry knowles liked a shitty movie how unusual : [fry]
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    http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e6/Harry_Knowles.jpg there are no words : [fry]
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      how could he ONLY have a neckbeard? That's awesome/pathetic. : pancake humper
      • The guy is nothing but neck, all the way down. : BlackCat9
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        http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/5p7 : one random winner
        • Come on, it fits so well! : one random winner
    • i want to pop that thing above his eye : GloriousCow
    • that is a glorious neckbeard. : DapperDan
    • /In 1994, Knowles fell while pushing a cart up a ramp at a convention, and was subsequently run over by t : EvilDolemite
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      http://a168.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/77/l_24956574b56a4641f2bd3c172ab35a17.jpg : EvilDolemite
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        He must make a whole shitton of money. : Magmaticzebra
        • he's not that wealthy, really : EvilDolemite
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      Which shacker is this? : Godhatesfatpeople
      • lol beat me to it : mrvandelay
    • http://slowlybutalways.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/trash_heap.jpg : Rauol Duke
    • weird, that's kind of what i imagine you look like : feek
    • It's a me Mario! http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/theremoteisland/2009/01/Bitali.jpg : Cubictoast
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  Stand up, toss jacket over cable. Grab sleeves with each hand and use jacket to slide/shimmy down to next... : edgewise
  • maybe the movie is in real time. : ass-street
  • yeah, I was thinking the same thing... loop the jacket around the wire and you can control your speed too... : drucifer
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    first thing I thought of... maybe after 10 minutes u realize "fuck nobodys coming" and i would have zipli... : chilln
    • I probably would have given it more time than 10 minutes, but once it was clear that noone was going to c... : edgewise
    • you don't watch mythbusters, do you? : waxthirteen
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      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45nsuu8Kka8 : waxthirteen
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        I think a ski jacket on an icy cable would not have this problem. : mlev
        • Plus you'd have more than one person's clothing to use. Only one person needs to get down to call the res... : glio1337
        • If not, it would still rip or eventually get snagged on something resulting in the person falling to thei... : walker270
      • figures mythbusters has already done this lol. : chilln
    • Movie stunts would result in so many deaths, if people were actually stuck in these situations. : walker270
  • Exactly. But this movie is taking the average twenty-something skiier/snowboarder and what they would do ... : VictoriouSecret
  • this is way easier, safer, and you can climb down and rest at each chair http://rotc.iweb.bsu.edu/images... : deadfish
  • the wolves were part of a traveling high wire act that crash landed on a nearby mountain. there'll be no ... : cptstern
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    Or create a rope by tying everyone's jackets, pants and other layers together, tie it to the chair, and c... : Polysorbate
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      I thought about this too, but I have to assume they will be waaaay up in the air. So far as to make jumpi... : edgewise
      • whats funny is... this thread reads like a "what would u do?" and people come up with cool ideas! : chilln
  • The shimmying could be problematic and your arms would get tired quickly. : ieGod
• It's like Open Water with wolves and snow, but without the scary. : Fred Garvin
• fucking iceman is in a movie about being frozen, hahaha. : varsindarkin
• http://www.buzzle.com/editorials/1-3-2002-8970.asp : tharger
• dear god what a pile of shit. : moshman
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  Haha sounds retarted but I guarantee that would scare the shit out of every one of the girls I've dated. ... : tostador
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    "retarted" indeed : moshman
    • some people actually are retired. : Turd Ferguson
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  haha, i'm going to telluride on thursday ... i should show this to my girlfriend ... she'll freak : homeboyJim
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    I <3 Telluride. : Danny5225
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      Telluride is awesome, although I still prefer Copper or Beaver Creek for snowboarding. : ColoradoCNC
      • Copper is fantastic and for small I still like Monarch : rosewood
• hahaha that can't be real. : virus
• hahaah this looks like it'll be even worse than that shitty eco movie where they were being chased by "co... : deadfish
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  Nathan Fillion linked that on his twitter weeks ago and I watched it because I thought he was going to be... : Ellissd
  • he plays Old Man Winter and blows a storm in because that bitch turned him down! : edgewise
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  Way back in high school I wrote a skit called "The Lift" about 4 ppl stuck on a ski lift, so they totally... : nodge69
  • If that's true, it's amazing! : Utopia
  • 0wned!!! : CrustaR
• haha I watched this on apple's trailer site over christmas break when I was bored and watching trailers f... : mikecyb
• Man, at least Open Water 2 had some models in it taking their tops off. : Lunatic Angelic
• That is, undoubtedly, the stupidest looking movie I've ever seen. Someone actually got paid to make this ... : ColoradoCNC
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  "Will do for skiing what Jaws did for swimming" What. : DOOManiac
  • Hey there are wolves in it, I think! : Snipergen
• Oh wait, I have this cellphone. : Snipergen
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  We had a ski-lift accident at a resort here in wisconsin recently. For reasons Wisconsin officials are s : megarust32
  • Also, how the hell does Iceman freeze to death : megarust32

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  You tore me a new one plenty of times with a tank yesterday. :( But yah, games were awesome, great bei... : zuff
  • Yeah it was kind of hard since we only had half the sever in there, so we couldnt organize teams. that cl... : shaq_mobile
  • Agreed, Vent is great and having 2 seperate channels so the teams can get organized would be awesome. : jonin
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  Seeing a tank and the Shaq mobile name above it cracked me up for some reason. : jonin
  • Haha I thought this same thing. The shack collective rolling around on treads, raping all who oppose. : zuff
  • when i see his name next to the tank i read it as "shaqmobile" (ala "bookmobile"). : yacoub35
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  I particularly enjoyed one shotting your stupid hovercraft last night with gauss last night! (although y... : Klebold
  • i was probably in a tank. and i think i remember you doing that. i was at 25% front health so i thought i... : shaq_mobile
  • It's so you can fuck people with LRMs while you close in on them! I was sort of doing this last night. ... : Majuju
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  Anyone notice that shooting a tank in its turret sometimes does no damage? I've seen this a few times. : sanchez
  • Yes i have noticed this. Seems to happen worse with the demolisher, i just chalked it up to it having re... : Klebold
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  Daishi 2 ER Large Lasers 4 ER Medium Pulse Lasers LRM 20 One Clan Gauss Rifle One LBX20 I think... : MercFox1
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    i cant handle that big of a mix of stuff. my brain isnt gewd enough to multitask :D : shaq_mobile
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      Yea I only really need 3 groups of weapons. Any more than that and I just don't have time to switch to em... : jonin
      • Hehe, I was thinking I could probably handle 4 (or maybe 5 if I split the MPLs into two sets of two) fire... : MercFox1
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        Switch? You bind each to it's own fire button! Still, you shouldn't usually need more than 3 groups. ... : Arcanum
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          Right, which is what I mean. I only have buttons for 3 groups basically on the mouse. : jonin
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            Number keys for the others. Missiles in particular don't need perfect accuracy once they get locked. : Arcanum
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              I don't have time to hit number keys for firing. I'm too busy whoopin ass. : jonin
              • If you say so. Of course, if we had a mech lab, I'd expect we'd also have good joystick support. That's... : Arcanum
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                I hit the number keys jonin... : MercFox1
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                  Yea but your a crazy mofo who runs into a big crowd of mechs and blows himself up. : jonin
                  • true, avoid mercfox. : shaq_mobile
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  seriously. an insane amount of hilarious and awesome stuff happened last night. good times. there were ma... : PlanetPerfecto
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    When a mech does a frontflip and just goes end over end about 3 times there is nothing else in the video-... : zuff
    • I still have yet to see anything like this : zerog83
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      theres so much satisfying stuff in that game. when you land a solid arrow hit on a light mech and see his... : shaq_mobile
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        using a shotgun tank to pick off BA is fun as hell : trOmblyj
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          Killing BA in general is great, whether it be with flamers, shotguns or lasers. : Klebold
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            agreed. I love killing those BA's. They are such a pain sometimes :) : jonin
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              its cool to kill them, they pop and blood goes everywhere : shaq_mobile
              • assuming you hit them with ac20 that is... with lasers they just fall over and increase your score : shaq_mobile
          • I love smacking them with a heavy gauss. It's such a waste of a heavy gauss round, but it's also hilario... : Arcanum
  • attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion? yes, ggs. you were one of the few people to kill me as... : ]pm[chem
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    There was sandblasted where we were just owning the other side. They kept coming out with Awesomes and w... : trove
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      And that Huit with the CLPLs is just a nasty nasty nasty weapon. : trove
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        weak armor, but if left alone is incredibly deadly. : MaverickOrig
        • I was flying around last night getting kills left and right with it. : trove
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      lol I took an awesome out myself with some arrows. I didn't get credit for the kill, but I think the pil... : trOmblyj
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        thats the thing I noticed a lot last night. There were a lot of mushroom clouds going off. : JuffoWup
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          Haha, sounds like that Core Overload idea is taking a hold! *fist pump* : MercFox1
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            Run into a crowd of other mechs in a heavy energy platform and then Core Overload suicide? : trove
            • That doesn't necessarily have to be your end-goal when you stroll into a fight, but if you find yourself ... : MercFox1
  • Oh man, I ejected and landed on top of my mech right as it mushroom clouded and my game crashed. It was h... : chungathebunga
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  Do we have an official Shack Server for MWLL? : RyDogg1
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    two -- one on the east coast (ad vitam) and one in dallas. I don't know exactly who runs each one or wha... : ]pm[chem
    • Okay, just offering up if we weren't covered. Looks like the game has had some staying power here. : RyDogg1
  • Yeah we got two. Shack - Dallas and Shack - Ad vitam paramus. : Alco23
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  if I had a mechlab I'd put dual heavy gauss on something like a madcat or awesome. I'd use the extra ton... : ]pm[chem
  • Dual Heavy Gauss with plenty of coolant flushing would be unstoppable. : zuff
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    I hope they keep it only on the Hollander, just to keep in flavour with the original source material: : Majuju
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      feh, plenty of other big mechs have weapons mount points other than their arms. the madcat has shoulder ... : ]pm[chem
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        A Heavy Gauss Rifle on the Awesome would sit that thing on its ass everytime it fired. : MercFox1
        • ok I admit I have zero knowledge of FASA/Battletech canon, but why would it do that to the Awesome when s... : ]pm[chem
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  Damn, I had a shiny MadCat II config back when I was playing MW4. Let's see if I can remember what I mou... : Arcanum
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    Oh yeah, and LAMS! I mounted a LAMS on that sonofabitch because I hate LRM artillery douches! : Arcanum
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      lol if you hate that dont play on the shack server. we had a raging missile party every map. : shaq_mobile
      • It's worse on some maps (I'm looking at you, clearcut) than others, and once MWLL has AMS and LAMS suppor... : Arcanum
      • Only because no one knows how to fly and no one really knows the maps that well yet. Look at Sandblasted... : trove
• I was trying to get a screenshot, but there was a funny bit where sauer was running around with an atlas ... : trove
• I want my Devastator mech, with targetting for the rear laser to shoot pesky BAs. 2 PPC 2 Gauss 4... : DarkWolf5
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  you guys on inferno invading our base was hilarious. DrFlamable and one other just kept tryingt o invade... : JuffoWup
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    i dont think ive ever had so much fun being spawncamped. that was great! i got in that clpl tank and clea... : shaq_mobile
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      Yeah that Quad LBX20 is a real monster. I'll just show up to the party in that thing and mechs/tanks will... : MercFox1
      • I have a real hard time knowing when I'm being hit. I don't know if it's a sound issue or what. In othe... : trove
• Is there a client-side networking configuration menu in Crysis? If there is I'm blind and can't find it. : Wadmaasi
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  Joystick Someone was talking (I think Sun night, actually) about having a good Logitech 3D Pro configura... : Wadmaasi
  • Search my post history. I posted the config last night. : trove
  • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=21812742#itemanchor_21812742 : Alco23
  • Thank you both! : Wadmaasi
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  I tried playing last night but the game crashed before I could spawn. Then when I went back in it was oka... : ShoCon
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    Do you have a joystick hooked up? We've seen reports of a couple of people getting BSODs with joystick dr... : Toth21
    • I have a Logitech Rumblepad 2 plugged in but was not using it. I will disconnect it when I get home and s... : ShoCon
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  BTW guys, the AC20's do NOT have a max range of 350m. they just lose accuracy after that. you can STILL h... : shaq_mobile
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    yeah a couple nights ago I realized the listed ranges were totally misleading. LRMs can hit stuff way be... : ]pm[chem
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      We could probably test this on one of the servers. : trove
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        Lasers adhere to their max range, PPCs explode at their max range, can't say for sure with Gauss because ... : Toth21
        • ah, thanks! do ACs and LBXs have same falloff / partial efficiency beyond max, or is the LBX a hard rang... : ]pm[chem
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          Guass adhere, AC don't : MaverickOrig
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            that is to say. Gauss stop at their marked ranges. I know because I was not taking damage in 1v1 with a ... : MaverickOrig
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              hmm. 1350 is far away, maybe he was just missing? or they can damage at 800, but not >1300? need more... : ]pm[chem
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                they weren't missing. i can see the projectile disapear just before filling my screen. : MaverickOrig
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                  Haha, I think of all the projectiles that should continue past their range, nigh-instantaneous Gauss Rifl... : MercFox1
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                    what's the point of Lt Guass being 1200m and HeavyGauss being 700m if the projectile didn't stop? (yeah,... : MaverickOrig
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                      Damage? Heat output? Reload/Recharge time? : trove
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                        I would like to try out a mechlab build with 2+ LtGauss for sniping. These 1500m missiles take too long ... : MaverickOrig
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                          Does the Vulture variant come with 2x Gauses or 2xLt Gauss? : trove
                          • there's a 2x Gauss and a 2x CGauss. But I checked last night, and there was no 2x Lt.Gauss : MaverickOrig
                        • I've done that in MW4. Ammo weighs too much. I got down with pairs of UltraAC2s and/or UAC5s. : AxeMan808
                      • I forgot, Ammo Load. : trove
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                      what's the point of Lt Guass .22 being 1200m and HeavyGauss .50 Cal being 700m if the projectile didn't s... : MercFox1
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                        nice, but this is a game where the Gauss projectile isn't affected by bullet drop or wind : MaverickOrig
                        • yeah, the range limits are there for an obvious gameplay reason. : MercFox1
                        • no but it is not hitscan so distance does affect moving targets. and weapons have different ranges for ga... : yacoub35
                  • I think someone said that AC10 and AC20 can be a poor man's morter. I dont know for sure. : MaverickOrig
            • likewise with AC, I was getting hit with AC2 or AC5 from over 1400m. bloody guy almost took out my legs. ... : MaverickOrig
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  Man i tried for a good hour to get this and crysis running but it just keeps crashing.... : hashd
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    Have you installed all hotfixes for crysis and living legends? : zuff
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      I have the steam version everything is up to date. I can play crysis for a bit then it crashes and when i... : hashd
      • Does it crash when playing Vanilla crysis without the mod? : zuff
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        Does it also crash when you save profile data like your graphics settings? : Toth21
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          Yes to both people above me. : hashd
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            Ah, then it's not actually a Crysis issue. I had this problem too, hashd; I think the generally accepted ... : MercFox1
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              I think I read something like that but Iwas tired last night from moving all my shit to storage. I will ... : hashd
              • Well that worked got in for 1 game then half of us crashed now I cant login to the stupid fucking gamespy... : hashd
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    I'm wondering of the instabilities are physics related. I noticed that my game usually crashed after the... : JuffoWup
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      No its not. More of the in game crashing will be resolved with the next hotfix. : Toth21
      • ah, good to know! I was hoping not. : JuffoWup
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  TAG tutorial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOlZVaI5DF0&feature=related I know many shackers understa... : ]pm[chem
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    snow map? I want a snow map! : sanchez
    • this is what I got from this video, too : Juno
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    nice intro, but the implementation only shows a visible laser to friendlies. (and anyone who turns on the... : MaverickOrig
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      yeah true, enemies cannot see the TAG laser without IR. since they had spectator view I think he just sh... : ]pm[chem
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        yep. but his commentary was a little misleading (or before the beta was released) : MaverickOrig
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          That stuff is very old hehe. Like not even the same game old. : Toth21
          • so, no snow map? :( : trOmblyj
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        I'm not sure if that's entirely true. Enemies may not be able to see the laser itself, but I think they ... : Arcanum
        • what?? never heard that, but would be interesting : ]pm[chem
        • I've seen a flickering circle of light on my cockpit window at times. I assume it was the TAG. : trove
  • this is good. now you guys need to fire lots of LRMs when we're tagging. lack of coordination is no fun : yacoub35
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  hey how do i fly plane better or helicopter whatever i hate how the mouse is inverted while flying can... : DrFlammable
  • you could maybe change it in the actionmap.xml file I don't know for sure. : jonin
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    I got used to it pretty quickly, and it really makes sense, you just suck : Juno
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      no, you are the idiot. owned. : DrFlammable
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        wait did you figure out how to change it, becuase these controls suck : Juno
        • gj, idiots. this subthread is lols : MercFox1
        • honestly, i am on hold for controlling things other than BA because too much control-related stuff is unc... : yacoub35
  • I hated it at the beginning but now I like the controls. Only thing I don't like is pressing a or d does ... : sanchez
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    I asked Toth about it - the non-inverted mouse for planes/VTOLS fix is coming down the pipe soon. You ... : dedgecko
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      Yeah, it's an issue with the Crysis engine. : LoioshDwaggie
      • The VTOL flight commands are locked as inverted mouse? I don't remember that during the SP game, not dur... : dedgecko
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  this game fucking rules. : mwasher
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    also there needs to be more communication going on. played one awesome round late sunday night in which ... : mwasher
    • If I could figure out how to setup a MOTD I'd put vent info there. : trove
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      me and my friend DJHero play while using Teamspeak - he was my tagger last night but he had a bad night (... : trOmblyj
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        Tagging works great when you just shoot your load when you see the light lite up. : trove
        • I prefer to shoot my load first, then wait for the light. : trOmblyj
        • this sounds like a deadline for a porno shoot rather than a video game. : pancake humper
        • Incidently, as a tagger, I love it when they fire their missiles first and I can then acquire and direct ... : MercFox1
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        Incidentally one of the current crashes is related to the tag system. This will be correct in the next ho... : Toth21
        • cool! thanks for the feedback. yeah, i think i've been hit by that bug : MaverickOrig
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  To give you an idea of the amount of data that went into MW4:Mercenaries MekTek mod, here are some of the : yacoub35
  • Also I found the chart for the Active Radar / BAP / ECM / Passive / Shut Down comparisons: http://home : yacoub35
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    looking through these charts makes me yearn for the next MW game w/ singleplayer and mechlab. i can't wai... : yacoub35
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      yea no shit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HvJyyzJIgXg : theWhite
      • oh that's hot! : yacoub35
      • [sigh] go for the legs you idiot : MaverickOrig
    • ditto : MaverickOrig
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  Ok mofo's. It's 5 oclock, time to blow some shit up. : jonin
  • [grins] i'll be online around 9:30 EST : MaverickOrig
  • I'm heading to the gym, adding some people to the Shacknews Burnout group, and then HOPPING ON MWLL TO OW... : MercFox1
  • Be on in 30 hopefully. : zuff
  • looking forward to later tonight : ]pm[chem

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  servo, I have enjoyed it as well. It's great to play with a 360 controller. : CrustaR
  • It hasn't been bad at all with they keyboard surprisingly. I think I might play with the control configur... : tomservo
• Burnout Paradise is fucking awesome, I got 100% on everything in that game and still wanted more :( : Begawkiness
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  I'm glad I purchased it at $8. I've had a few multiplayer sessions with friends and they have been a bla... : r_picmip 5
  • Yeah it's pretty repetitive for sure and I'm usually ready to do something else after about 45 - 60 minut... : tomservo
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  CARJACK THREADJACK Burnout Paradise Steam Group In this thread, put your Steam Community IDs so I can : MercFox1
  • http://steamcommunity.com/id/tomservo : tomservo
  • http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197986992528/ : K0LM
  • http://steamcommunity.com/id/meenmunky : MeenMunky
  • http://steamcommunity.com/id/aggro_crag : aggro crag
  • http://steamcommunity.com/id/enemaking : fuell
  • http://steamcommunity.com/id/thornfist : Thornfist
  • http://steamcommunity.com/id/torazchryx : Toraz Chryx
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  Its a wonderful, brilliant, experience. It probably has the most satisfying car unlock mechanic in any ga... : Klebold
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    Yeah I really love chasing down cars. The slow motion crashing is both cruel and awesome depending on the... : tomservo
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      I thought it was great at first, but don't you find it a bit too easy? I'm starting to wonder why I have... : r_picmip 5
      • Have you unlocked the Takedown 4x4 yet? Try doing that in the GT40...ugh : MercFox1
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        So far it feels easy. I have a feeling it's going to get more difficult though. I've already noticed that... : tomservo
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          Marked Man can be pretty easy if you're in a heavier car like the 4x4 or the van. Really it's just about... : Begawkiness
          • Yeah I got some anti-roll SUV last night that feels pretty beefy. I took out about 20 cars during a Road ... : tomservo
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            Towards the end Marked Man gets to be stupid hard though. It becomes obvious that during a Marked Man, th... : Arctic Fox
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              I got the Running Scared achivement, and I felt like a badass afterwards. For those who don't know, Ru... : MercFox1
              • That sounds \m/ AWESOME \m/ : tomservo
              • Jeez, I felt like enough of a badass completing the Burning Route for the Krieger. : Arctic Fox
              • Yeah that was a lot of fun, the only thing I don't like about that car is the crashes aren't satisfying e... : Begawkiness
            • The secret to Marked Man, especially towards the end, is that you have to be just as aggressive as the ca... : beanman101283
• Play it fast before they shut the servers down! : rudds
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  Freaking great game. Like you say, the music sucks though -- I made a Burnout Playlist of my own that I p... : Arctic Fox
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    Yeah I am thinking I might fire up some Winamp playlists in the future. So far the classical is extremely... : tomservo
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      all you need is Avril! : Degenerate
      • I'm thinking the Miley Cyrus / Biggie mashup on repeat for 10 hours : tomservo
      • i removed every song except that for when I do stunt runs. : Deathlove
      • HAY HAY YEW YEW INOLYKYA GURLFREN. NO WAI NO WAI THINKYANEEANEWUN : yacoub35
• I think I should have bought this :( : MuteMode
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  The only flaw on Burnout Paradise was the lack of Crash game modes. (Where there would be a pre-arranged... : Masem
  • This. :( Out of all the things I missed from Takedown and the others, this was it. : MercFox1
  • this was maybe one of the most idiotic design decisions in the history of gaming : Jackass1233
  • yes, I miss those a lot. the Destruction mode is more annoying than anything because it takes forever to ... : yacoub35
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  Yes, it is fun!! :) Also, to exit the game, Hit F2 twice (or Right Shoulder Button on x360 controller). : yacoub35
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    Maybe if you like it so much you should put your Steam Community Info in my thread up there >:| : MercFox1
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      Already in it, foo! :) Hey what about adding Friends in game? that's probably easier for coordinating pla... : yacoub35
      • The In-Game Friends interface is an abortion (since you cannot actually add friends while youre in a mult... : MercFox1
• I wonder if alice has any forza holiday car packs left >_> : Downforce
• It was worth full price to me. Great game. : Pneum0

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  hahah, too funny! : sikander
  • download link if anyone wants a copy: http://v21.lscache3.c.youtube.com/videoplayback?ip=0.0.0.0&sparams=... : sikander
• HAHAHAHAHA!! : weevil bob
• cool : DrFlammable
• haha I haven't finished this but this is pretty hilarious almost as good as bananaphone : manero
• that is really good. : slickdoody
• YEAH FRENCH TOAST!! : MaverickOrig
• This was pretty funny. : zyklonbee
• Wow, best Gary's mod animation work I've seen. Guy has skills. : ZombieAcademy
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  And well animated! : Snipergen
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    How did it go with the internship thing? : marmite
    • Good, fun people, had a personal tour and all! : Snipergen
• hahahhhahaah : Downforce
• lol, that was great. The spy part had me rollin at work. : kainen1
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  I really wish there weren't morons laughing in the background : aggressor
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    it's a morning zoo radio show. : kevp
    • Bob & Tom. They suck. I *Hate* B&T : weevil bob
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    I think that makes it even funnier. I presume theyr'e reacting to the video? : kainen1
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      You're the reason they put laughter tracks on comedy shows. : marmite
      • well the canned ones are bad. in this video the source material makes it funny for some reason I can't e... : kainen1
    • no, it's a clip from the Bob & Tom radio show, they have guests on all the time that write funny songs, s... : slickdoody
    • no, someone took the audio and made a video from it : RikiTiki2
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      They're reacting to the song, not the video. It was from the Bob and Tom show some years back. : Zips
      • Note to self: refresh the thread before posting. : Zips
  • Ya it would have been a lot better. : Senate5000
  • Leave it to Bob & Tom to ruin every god damn funny song ever played on the radio. : jingletard
• That's great : shavenewok
• I really like the 'censored' bits in the video. : Durandal07
• haha that was fantastic. : Scotty22
• Wow. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQvkJQlyZXc&feature=related : The Warthog
• The French Toast portion made me laugh. : Ajax
• I don't even play TF2 regularly and I still think it's the most awesome game ever lol : Cihte
• i really want some french toast : shika.art
• Haha the spy was great! : yosemiteclimber
• that's owns beyond all belief : vynn
• Heywood banks wrote that song, I heard it the first time the played it on Bob and Tom, was a good way to ... : RobFlinn
• lol : Maddog_Delphi97

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• You should check out CrustaR's GTA IV badassery videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/doomlord82#p/searc... : twifosp
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  Obey the 180-degree rule. Also, CrustaR posted links to a bunch of videos he had cut together a while ... : Omaha
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    Never turn the camera around more than 180 degress between two cuts? : enyakk
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      Actually it's a rule about keeping characters on screen in the same relative locations. If you're filmin... : Omaha
      • Also, if you want to break the 180 rule (there's another name for it I'm sure), use a camera move (say, a... : Rotten Deadite
  • Yup, the 180-degree rule is important though not necessary at all times. It is a good rule to follow, ho... : CrustaR
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    And perhaps a sprinkle of the rule of thirds for some artful final shots. : gooblerampling
    • Don't forget the classic Japanese Triangle. : AxeMan808
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  Example of cool GTA IV video (not mine obviously): https://tv.rockstargames.com/videos/view/id/0FDB6432A... : enyakk
  • This is actually really good stuff. HIs other videos are extremely well done as well. : enyakk
  • that was awesome : feek
  • Wow that was not what I expect from GTA4 videos. Really well done. : crummynz
  • Very cool. : master_disaster_17
  • I really liked this film from the same guy as well: https://tv.rockstargames.com/videos/view/id/99B9CA91... : enyakk
  • that was awesome! : Break
  • Love that one. It's great. : Godhatesfatpeople
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    I would have crashed 5000 times trying to film that. The close calls with the trains were incredible. : pyide
    • The driving in GTA is fun. Takes a bit of practice. But it's so rewarding rounding city streets and obsta... : Godhatesfatpeople
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      if you read the comments, he states that he did crash 5000+ times. just like a real movie, you do lots o... : riedlos
      • I would hope so! Can't you only save short clips anyway? I cannot read the comments on that site either, ... : pyide
  • Cool video, nice find! : sonicdeathwalrus
  • That was easily one of the most impressive things I've seen in a while. : Modica Sol Solis
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    Fuck that, here is CrustaR's and riedlos's GTAIV Badassery video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG46CtvZD... : Dschinghis Khan
    • i only take claim in the assistance of adding clips to the compilation. all camera work was crustars doi... : riedlos
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      also, we had 4 or 5 of em, not just 1 :) : riedlos
      • I know, i just got done with two, So fucking hilarious. : Dschinghis Khan
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      These are my favorite videos. No crappy music or anything, just badassery and hilarity. : Rag and Bone Man
      • The editing for "The Mistake" is perfect http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8JPM2QxC9g : Rag and Bone Man
• Yeah, it's fun to play with. Here are some I made: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JBCZnvbLls http... : guido anchovy
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  you can hit up crustar for any questions regarding camera action. he has a lot more experience with it t... : riedlos
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      Yeah, that happens when the camera distance is too far from the action. It's a pain to fix. :[ : CrustaR
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        Is there any way to increase the length of recording (when using F2)? : enyakk
        • supposedly when pressing F2, if you press it every 15 seconds or so, its supposed to just keep adding ont... : riedlos
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  Here's the only worthwhile thing I did with the editor - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8H3kwzLW_64 : Sapiens
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    only one i uploaded on my own without giving to crustar to re-edit the camera work on.. https://tv.roc... : riedlos
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      I actually redid the camera work on that one but never put it in any compilation. :P : CrustaR
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        awww! boourns! : riedlos
        • I didn't know if I should have kept it in or what since you had already upped it. :| : CrustaR
• We should get Scorpio74 to make some bonafide cinematic art with that thing. : gooblerampling
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  If you like that you should look into an ancient (1992) game called Stunt Island. It was all about makin : Omaha
  • Red Baron is where I got started in making movies for games. : CrustaR
  • Haha, I DID play Stunt Island. Yeah, it was like that. :D : enyakk
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    I loved stunt island. I still have my copy, too! :D : guido anchovy
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      Is this the same game as 4D sports driving AKA stunts, the inspiration for Trackmania? : ysbreker
      • No, it's a different game : Omaha
• GTAIV is such an amazing game all around. : Godhatesfatpeople
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  CrustaR, I hear a bunch of shackers recently purchased this game on Steam and therefore submit that it wo : SockMonkeh
  • SockMonkeh, by my count, I have released 4 volumes thus far. : CrustaR
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      if we could do 8+ players on 360 Live with presumably shared internet, we could probably do it in here. s... : xsoulbrothax
      • possibly, possibly. : riedlos
• I shall repost this one I cut together of me and riedlos http://www.vimeo.com/3251267 : SockMonkeh

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  also see the engadget nexusone review (they got one already) here: http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/04/nex... : Cheeziologist
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    WTF, there's no multitouch like on the Droid? That seems like a horrible idea. I guess that means they ... : DinK
    • Correction, no multitouch on top of no hardware keyboard. Like the article says, forget about a lot of g... : DinK
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      the euro version of the droid has multitouch on native apps. My guess is a patent issue with Apple (who h... : Cheeziologist
      • Ah, patents for obvious, inevitable things. How lovely. It just seems so stupid that I can do multi-t... : DinK
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  God damn it, freaked me out for a second there. : NexusOne
  • :) You mean you're not making a personal appearance? : Cheeziologist
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    you are an attn whore!!!!!111 : Downforce
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      what is really annoying is every day or so I get an emails of "soandso47 has subscribed to your youtube c... : NexusOne
      • goatse videos : Cheeziologist
      • Link them to Tha Tha a Cha. : voodooraze
      • hahahahaha YES : Downforce
      • JessicaSlumberParty.avi renamed to Free NexusOne : Phil
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        It's going to suck when they release the MagicWishMonkey phone. I've already prepared myself mentally for... : MagicWishMonkey
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          The JediBeavis phone will be nowhere near as good as the phones of the late 70's/early 80's (though it wi... : o0JediBeavis0o
          • excellent stocking stuffer : Cheeziologist
  • Have a seat over here. : Phil
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  http://live.slashgear.com/ : virus
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    which one is you : Patch-e
    • all of them : virus
• thanks for the link, bra : Deathlove
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  http://www.ustream.tv/channel/google-android-press-gathering : virus
  • which one is you : Patch-e
  • http://search.twitter.com/search?q=http://bit.ly/2HMdmW : virus
• i love how fully 3 of those phones in the HTC graphic are the original Hero or it's varaiations : Cheeziologist
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  I have to say, this presentation is slightly lame since all of this info has already been leaked : Cheeziologist
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    Well what do you want them to do? Make up new information to be original? : Phreakin
    • not at all. I was just commenting on the fact that I was much more excited for the iphone presentations b... : Cheeziologist
• wow the iphone kicked the nexusone's ass at the engadget page loading. : gyokuro
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  oooh, google earth for android : Cheeziologist
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    it fucking ROCKS!! : virus
    • shill! send me one pls:( : Phil
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  http://www.google.com/phone : virus
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    hoooooooly shit. virus drops the bomb of nexusOne for verizon in sprint 2010!!!!!!!!! : Cheeziologist
    • lol, mis-type, Spring 2010 : Cheeziologist
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    Can I buy an unlocked one? :( : yoonix
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      it's the first option on that page -- $529 : Cheeziologist
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        Oh, it's $530 unlocked? I thought it was just $530 no contract. I'm overseas right now so I can't actuall... : yoonix
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          Buy the phone without service and insert your own SIM card. Includes a Nexus One phone case, wall charger... : Cheeziologist
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            http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=21817924#itemanchor_21817924 : Cheeziologist
            • Word. I'm using Cellcom in Israel. My AT&T Blackberry Bold works fine here, but it electrocutes me whenev... : yoonix
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            Oh shweet. I think I'd rather get this than an iPhone, given how much of a pain it is to get an unlocked ... : yoonix
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              lol http://www.expansys-usa.com/d.aspx?i=188157 : virus
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                Isn't that like price rape? : yoonix
                • feels rapey to me! : virus
            • Check my reply in your earlier thread. : BlackCat9
  • not available in my country (Jordan), same thing for Canada and Germany. That's so stupid. : hanged_man
  • fuck you, it's getting hammered. where's my shack discount? : cltcprd
  • We will not be able to make changes to your plan if you have a family, shared, corporate... So excited... : fotografico
  • Awesome! My contract isn't up with Verizon yet and I need to stay on Verizon since that's what works pays... : armybob
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  who is this little guy with the tiny torso and long legs : Patch-e
  • hey camera guy turn that shit back on it was at the good part : Patch-e
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  "Superphones"? Really, Google? REALLY? : Deathlove
  • Well superphone sounds way cooler than "com" which is the term that Gizmodo tries to push about once a ye... : LilCrypto
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    Jason Chen: My take: basically, superphone is an arbitrary term, since phones are always evolving. What ... : Mr.Finkster
    • ultra phone 64 : johnlocks
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  I fucking want one :(. : moe6
  • vodaphone in spring 2010. In the mean time, it has euro 2100 GSM band on it. I don't see why you couldn't... : Cheeziologist
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  dang, Verizon is fucking rolling in hot phones. Pricey as fuck, though. : Deathlove
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    won't it be $179.99 with 2 year contract on verizon too though? : Patch-e
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      I meant the plans, not the phone itself. : Deathlove
      • Actually, looking at it now, the connect plan at $120/mo. isn't that much more than what I'm paying now. ... : Deathlove
      • Yeah. I pay $110/mo for 2 voice lines and unlimited text messaging. : riptyde
• Who do I have to blow to get one free? : NFXFSX
• Hmm, why is a motorola guy coming for q&a I wonder HTC's Chou and Rubin are on the stage for Q&A. Moto : Cheeziologist
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  is that a track ball, tilt it sideways and have touch screen movement on the right and use trackball for ... : gmd
  • Yep. : virus
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  Stop me from pressing buy! : DarkWolf5
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    No! : virus
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      Sorry, the Nexus One phone is not available in your country. FUCK YOU VIRUS! FUCK YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU... : Hoax
      • AMERICA: FUCK YEAH : virus
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        I am fully expecting that there will be a thread of people asking people in the states to buy the unlocke... : Cheeziologist
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          I'm just gonna ask my mom. <3 : yoonix
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            can i ask your mom too ? : hanged_man
            • His mom asked if she could pay me in Nexus One phones. : one random winner
        • yeah i like shackers and having received l4d2 this way in the 4pack i still don't see that happening. the... : Hoax
  • I cannot comply with your request : Cheeziologist
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  can't the droid do all this shit already? : NukemFornever
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    minus the Google earth obviously : NukemFornever
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      Ruben just said 2.1 will be open source in a couple days. : virus
      • Is the Droid just going to end up with 2.1 and/or google earth through normal updates though? I assume 2... : DinK
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    better hardware I believe. : freakynipples69
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      Except for the non-multitouch screen. (oled though so maybe prettier or more efficient) : DinK
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        Nexus One is multi touch (just like the droid), it's just not enabled. : cltcprd
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          ...not enabled in native android apps but its available for the developers to use in their applications (... : hanged_man
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            No. That's how it is in the Droid. The engadget review in the first link says that there's NO multitouc... : DinK
            • I think engadget is full of shit on this one. I believe it's only disabled in google apps (browser and m... : cltcprd
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              that can't be true, multitouch API is available since Android SDK 2.0, how come they have it in their SDK... : hanged_man
              • I certainly hope it's just bad wording in that review. In a different review cltcprd linked below it loo... : DinK
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              If you take a Droid and install the European-equivalent firmware on it, suddenly multitouch works fine na... : xsoulbrothax
              • That supports the patent theory I would think (U.S. Patent) : Schnapple
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  From what I have seen: No multitouch. Only 512mb app storage. : nosseman
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    all android phones have multitouch! its just not enabled by default. : harold.johnson
    • Not all, technically; there's at least one android phone with a resistive touchscreen. : Conan
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    one of the googlers (in the event) confirmed that they're going to use the SD card for app installation i... : hanged_man
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      The engadget link in the first reply says there's NO multitouch, like there is on other phones like the D... : DinK
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        It's not enabled. The hardware supports it though. : cltcprd
        • Link to this, or anything suggesting they might actually enable it some day? It seems silly to let apps ... : DinK
      • no multitouch for google's native apps such as the browser or maps or pictures viewer but apps you downlo... : hanged_man
  • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=21818110#itemanchor_21818110 and at the Q&A they said they were worki... : Cheeziologist
  • In a later Android release, they'll add SD storage support. : DrWaffles
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    512mb app storage doesn't mean squat when you have apps that are a few hundred kilobytes in size. Only th... : wurt
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      And by privacy i mean piracy. : wurt
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        Devil's advocate: isn't the SD card thing an extra layer of complexity which will deter normal users? : Schnapple
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          not normal users, dumbass users that dont understand why expandable memory is far superior to the alterna... : wimpy1
          • dumbass users are the most lucrative market out there. Techies want choice and options and the ability... : Schnapple
  • Encrypted SD card storage coming soon. : virus
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  Dammit, why are plans so damn expensive. I want but I'm starting to talk myself out of it. : DarkWolf5
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    This is why I do not own a smart phone. Right now I am on a family plan with my wife which suits us fine... : c_man_tmt
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      Pretty much feel the same way here, and I'm one of the cheap bastard that only gets the $30(free-after-re... : TPSReport
      • The turn by turn nav itself is worth the money. It really is awesome. : virus
      • Having it available all the time (as well as email and IM and stuff) is something you appreciate quickly ... : DinK
    • Couldn't you keep the same plan but just add the $30 data plan? Do they restrict which voice plans you c... : DinK
  • I know, it's a pain. I was thinking of getting a Droid, but that 30 dollars a month extra for two years ... : DrWaffles
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    wait, where are you looking for the plans? share your link? : TPSReport
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      www.google.com/phone only one plan and it costs $80 unless you buy unlocked. : DarkWolf5
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        if you buy it unlocked, the same plan is only $60/mo which would more than make up the difference over 2 ... : cltcprd
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          disagree the even more plus plan (no contract) is $60 and the even more plan (contract) is $70. The diffe... : Cheeziologist
          • Even More plan is $80. $480 + 180 = 640. From the Nexus One page: 500 talk minutes. Unlimited nights... : cltcprd
        • hmmmm damn good point : DarkWolf5
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          Thank you cltcprd, you talked me into it, hopefully I'll save extra money jumping on my parents family pl... : DarkWolf5
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            I hope to be getting one soon also! : cltcprd
            • Yup now I just need to complain to sprint about the $.40 cents they are tacking on and the material adver... : DarkWolf5
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        AFAIK, the T-Mo plan is $40 for 500 minutes + $30 for data = $70 /month : Cheeziologist
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          $60 http://www.t-mobile.com/shop/Plans/Cell-Phone-Plans.aspx?catgroup=EvenMorePlus : cltcprd
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            that's the no contract price. See http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=21818277#itemanchor_21818277 : Cheeziologist
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              T-Mobile $179.00 The Nexus One Phone with T-Mobile Even More individual 500 Plan. You must be : cltcprd
              • You only get one choice of plans if you choose the contract phone. : cltcprd
              • ahhh, the $10 difference is unlimited texting : Cheeziologist
        • The absolute cheapest plan you could do on "EVEN MORE PLUS" with the unlocked phone is $30, with data its... : chilln
  • A thousand time this. If I spent a lot of time out of the house, I'd swing it, but because I'm here with ... : Visceral Monkey
  • My plan is probably grandfathered by now, but I pay $30 a month for 300 minutes, unlimited nights/weekend... : mroizo40
• How's the real world battery life compared to a cyanogen modded G1 with everything on? Specs say the Nexu... : mroizo40
• Just buy a goddamn phone already, if you wait until it comes out on VZW in the sprig you will be forced t... : Yanks
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  What should I get engraved on my nexusone? : mr.sleepy
  • Help I'm trapped in and iPod factory : Robotic Puppy Eater
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  Oh, yeah, if anyone is actually buying this on T-Mo: 35% Bing cashback: http://www.fatwallet.com/forums/h... : yoonix
  • probably won't work since google is the merchant of record. You can't buy this from the tmo store : Cheeziologist
• What I want to know is how they'll handle updates on the non-plan devices. : chazums
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  So Virus is this the one you were talking about when the droid first came out and how much better is than... : stgdz
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    Engadget didn't really like it more than Droid too... : orgcaptainnemo
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      That's because they are faggots and like keyboards. : cltcprd
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        Keyboards > Touchscreens : ColoradoCNC
        • only if you're gay ie. Deathlove : cltcprd
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          I (for the most part) agree but they did a great job with this one and it's very very good. : virus
          • isnt it exactly the same as the software keyboard on the DROID? calling BS on you virus! : retarded talking dinosaur
        • I type much faster on my iPhone than on my full-qwerty enV2 : riptyde
        • For the most part yes, a correctly built keyboard works well. The droid however doesn't have a good ke... : stgdz
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        And multitouch : Schnapple
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          jesus christ, it supports multi touch. Just not in Google Maps or the Browser (exactly like the droid). : cltcprd
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            http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/18/googles-nexus-one-lacks-multitouch/ : cltcprd
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              Are there any articles which confirm that only the native apps lack multitouch? I.e., the hardware is ... : Schnapple
              • everyone android phone is this way. No one is quite sure why. It could be that Google is afraid of laws... : cltcprd
              • Multitouch is definitely there on the Droid. However while this article seems to indicate the NexusOne i... : DinK
              • I don't think Google decided to forego it as much as our patent laws are sufficiently retarded as to allo... : ColoradoCNC
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              WTF, now this contradicts the other engadget article here: http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/04/nexus-one-r... : DinK
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                From http://www.nexusoneblog.com/blog/2010/1/2/nexus-one-review.html The sad part here is that there i... : cltcprd
                • Maybe engadget just worded theirs badly. Since that's an actual review hopefully they actually tried it ... : DinK
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            why is that? :( : GloriousCow
            • One theory is they have to hold off until they can sort out Apple's patent on it : Schnapple
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            Those two places represent 90% of where I need to use multi-touch, tho : riptyde
            • yeah those are like the only two things I use multitouch in : mikecyb
• virus so are people on family/shared plans fucked? We have to pay the full $500? : fotografico
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  I wonder how long it will be before Verizon pushes 2.1 to the Droid : foo
  • Sooooooooon I hope. : orgcaptainnemo
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    I am running most of the updates 2.1 has on 2.0.1 there is a nice set of roms up for the changes. : hashd
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      Say, does rooting allow the droid to handle the bluetooth HID profile? : lolpatrol
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        I have not really messed with bt yet I dont have a headset or anything to mess with. : hashd
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          Ah, this would be more for a bluetooth keyboard or gamepad. Just thinking how swank it would be to pair ... : lolpatrol
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            I can pair my N900 to a wiimote or the PS3. It works pretty well, actually. : Conan
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              See! See! This is what I want :'( : lolpatrol
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                http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0wbLaMXeu4 : Conan
                • Oh, sure, TV out too. You just did that to hurt my feelings. : lolpatrol
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            As awesome as that does sound, I can't help but think that if I'm near my PS3 controller I'm also near my... : DinK
            • Exactly, I'd just throw one in my work bag and have a grand ol' lunch. : lolpatrol
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  This may have been discussed to death, but does anyone else see it as a potential problem that, thanks to... : Schnapple
  • Well, HTC is building the unit and that's not being hidden. So, I don't think that's really the case or ... : orgcaptainnemo
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    well to be honest it had to be done - phone companies are a bunch of fucking idiots and if you look at wh... : multisync
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      I thought everyone liked the Droid? : Schnapple
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        I like mine. I do not find it gay. : Thornfist
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          Same here. I'm curious though as to what would improve, were this hidden gay removed. : DinK
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            Remove the hardware keyboard and replace it with a big motherfucker of a battery. And yeah, twice the RAM... : xsoulbrothax
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              I'd like an improved hardware keyboard, but don't you dare take it away completely. : Bruzilla
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                Yeah, I guess I'm a special case. I've only used the hardware keyboard for NESoid and to show other peopl... : xsoulbrothax
                • I've never had a phone with a hardware keyboard before, and right away if I had more than a few letters o... : DinK
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    Their hardware partners are generally pretty pissed about how android has been handled in the last year. ... : Amadan
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      I doubt that very much. What, are they going to stick with WinMo 6? : Conan
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        Microsoft is promising a lot with WinMo 7, so yeah probably. : Schnapple
        • And they've been promising it for quite some time. There's a reason android has sold so well this year. ... : Conan
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          Because Microsoft has never over-promised in the past and ended up overwhelmingly under-delivering. Wi... : sonicstorm
          • Agreed about WinMo being crappy, but Microsoft is sort of the devil they know in this scenario. : Schnapple
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        m not offering it as an opinion. I know for a fact that phone hardware companies are pissed at google for... : Amadan
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          And the vast majority of WinMO devices are absolutely horrible, maybe the companies need someone cracking... : phobium
          • No argument there. Most winmo phones do suck. I'm not arguing that. What I'm arguing is that google ... : Amadan
          • Prior to the iPhone, cell phone hardware makers were like home builders - they used the cheapest material... : Schnapple
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          another example of what I mean by being a poor corporate partner: When the nexusone launches it will hav... : Amadan
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            Wrong from the beginning. The "OHA" (open handset alliance) means that Eclair 2.1 will be available fo... : virus
            • Did any of your partners have any access to 2.1 prior to today? While you (and HTC) have been developing... : Amadan
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          It's almost like it's a company of smartass engineers. As opposed to Apple, which is a company of elit... : Schnapple
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            It does kind of feel like google just doesn't know how to be a partner to hardware companies. That's the... : Amadan
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              The fact that our guy from Motorola and HTC were sitting on stage together during that press conference s... : virus
              • Yes because (devil's advocate here) Motorola would never pull out at the last second and let the entire w... : Schnapple
              • I don't want to argue with you about it, and I'm not free to out my friends. Since I can't be any more f... : Amadan
    • They are? Where did you read that? lol : virus
    • waaaaaaaaaaah we cant control the giant corporation that could just buy us out if they wanted to waaaaah : wimpy1
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      They're essentially opening another market for handsets. I fully expect there to be a whole bunch of dif... : chazums
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        Why would you think that? : Schnapple
        • Well Google wants to drive people to their services and manufacturers like to sell units. Google has a s... : chazums
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  This is so exciting! Anyone click buy? Anyone w/ T-Mobile pull the trigger? Just curious as to the pro... : ImageOmega
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    I'm waiting to go to the tmo store this week so i can specifically ask if I can use the $60 even more plu... : Cheeziologist
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      Ill answer that, you can use whatever plan you want if you buy it unlocked. (i work at tmobile store) : chilln
      • Thanks! What about number porting w/o a contract? Can I just walk into a T-Mo store and say, "I've got th... : Cheeziologist
  • i'm more or less ready, but with ces this week it seems silly to order now. also i have concerns about t... : smacknca
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    I'm so pissed about this because I am a Blackberry user on T-Mobile. I hate the coverage I get. Like ri... : botch
    • You can just use the virtual keyboard on the Droid if you WANT. : orgcaptainnemo
    • Cincinnati turned on 3g over christmas... : chilln
  • can you use it on anything besides t-mobile. it's doesn't work on at&t 3g : burningpantsman
  • When i bought the g1 they basically just bill your next couple bills for the phone cost and your contract... : Iwannaacura
  • Tmobile has 3g where i work but now at home. It blows. :\ : pimpium
  • I'm waiting until my current plan is up. : NFXFSX
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  Looks sweet. First phone that I could see switching from an iPhone to. If Google Voice (and the Nexus) ar... : Geoffrois
  • *available in Canada that is : Geoffrois
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  nexusone definitely sucks. no reagents, frost spec, and dies on onyxia : Downforce
  • try heroic mode... : jonin
  • seriously. shitty mage, terrible phone! : AMikaboshi
  • Also, his name doesn't start with an S. But neither does yours! : king_darius
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  Fuck, my ATT contract is up in 3 days.. What to do, what to DO!? How is TMobile service? : Goto10
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    Service quality varies by locale, but in general T-Mobile's service is regarded as being better than AT&T... : sonicstorm
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      In places that they cover, yes. However, they have the worst 3G coverage in the US, so keep that in mind. : Yanks
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        200 (t-mobile) million versus 230 (AT&T) million people are covered. And T-mo turned on 7.2mbps today. ... : cltcprd
        • If only i fell into that 200 million and not the other 30 million. : pimpium
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          new speeds are neat, but the coverage bubbles are friggin tiny. i think they just put it up in heavily d... : smacknca
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            so exactly like AT&T? : cltcprd
            • i havent had att since att bought pacbell wireless and i changed to tmo. i thought people were generally... : smacknca
            • That's what always cracks me up about Verizon's map commercials. Yay, so you can get coverage in the mid... : riptyde
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    Sit tight with AT&T until the other phones have been out a while and people know how they really work? ... : Schnapple
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      I have a feeling Android isnt going anywhere soon. Cant say the same about the Pre/WebOS, sadly : epit
      • Oh I don't doubt Android will continue on like a weed even if Google abandoned it, due to the FOSS nature... : Schnapple
• Pulled the trigger. My phone is 3 years old and my carrier just doubled my monthly bill. Time to move o... : breadsticks
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  is there any info on carriers/prices/release-dates in the UK/Europe? : ThrillKill
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    Vodaphone in Sprint 2010. I have no price detail though : Cheeziologist
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      second time today that I've made that type: Spring 2010 is what I meant to say : Cheeziologist
      • ya, I just can't type at all today I meant typo : Cheeziologist
    • shit,,, this or the Xperia X10? latter hasn't had a release date set yet tho. : ThrillKill
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  2010 and no 3G support? : ]pm[chem
  • its a t-mobile phone. it has 3g. : chilln
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    lolololol, wtf are you talking about : Cheeziologist
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      I mean the unlocked version. only 3G on T-mobile? multiple reports say no 3G on AT&T, for example. : ]pm[chem
      • T-mo and AT&T use different frequencies for 3G. This phone is specifically made for T-mo though. : cltcprd
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        ATT in america and Rogers in Canada use a different GSM 3G band then the entirety of the rest of the GSM ... : Cheeziologist
        • ok, I apparently was talking out of my ass. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UMTS_frequency_bands#Frequency_b... : Cheeziologist
• No blackberry love in the shack. 9700 for life, : posito
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  I am not looking forward to calling T-Mobile and trying to get one of these. I have a G1 now bought it... : fleabug
  • Calling t-mobile won't do you any good. You can only buy them from Google at the moment. : cltcprd
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    buy the unlocked one and put your g1's sim in? : harold.johnson
    • I think he's trying to avoid spending $550 on a new phone. : Prozium
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    how do you have a day one G1, but are not eligible for an upgrade? The g1 has been out two years hasn't i... : slickdoody
    • nope. Came out in the US in October 2008. : Prozium
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  I really hope apple integrates voice-recognition, I like the idea of being able to compose emails with vo... : WhatIsThisFor
  • EAT UP MARTHA. _ : boring gegtik
• So the Android is a tweaked HTC ?? : ghost hacker