Evening Reading: Vegas Baby!

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• Nothing Blizzard has made just "suddenly arrives." :( : DM7
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  I'm generally not the pessimistic guy, but I'd bet real money on it not coming out until Fall at the very... : Serpico74
  • And the "first half of 2010" release date was released around the same time the "beta mid-late 2009" news... : Serpico74
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    I'm thinking this as well, but I am really lookin forward to Diablo 3. :( : DM7
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      2012 :( : Serpico74
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        Don't you even say or think that. >:( : DM7
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          They said 2010 is absolutely not happening and they're not even sure about 2011. :( : Serpico74
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            That was Diablo 3 though, wasn't it? : SilverSnake
            • Yes, that is for Diablo 3. I won't feel good about a SC2 release until we see some sort of beta, until th... : Serpico74
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        *grumble* : Syrek
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          Ponies and rainbows take a long fucking time to make. Just sit tight. : Serpico74
          • Goddammit, this thread made me watch that 20 minute Diablo 3 clip again. Want now. :( : Serpico74
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            http://www.shackpics.com/files/diablo3concert_bepzn7po3riozgt7ch45.jpg : Syrek
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              The Blizzard employee I was talking with at Blizzcon last year was wearing that shirt. Its so good : Serpico74
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                What? There are shirts of this? I want one too! :( : Syrek
                • http://images.google.com/images?client=safari&rls=en&q=diablo+3+shirt&oe=UTF-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=Gv1DS6mOG... : Serpico74
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          ::Use Bait:: : Grumbeld
          • /unpaging Grumbeld ...sorry. :/ : Syrek
      • Diablo 3 will be 2015 : Godhatesfatpeople
  • I agree with this. Unless the beta kicks in soon we're not getting SC2 until Fall. I also don't know how ... : Dr_Cube
  • Yeah. If it was coming out, press releases and screenshots and whatever would be in full force. : zehh
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  canceled for DIABLO 3 : burningpantsman
  • I think I'd be alright with that if I could only have one. : DM7
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  I figured we would have seen a Spring or Summer Cataclysm, and let Starcraft 2 have the Fall. : Wombat Woo
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    oh yea good point - have 2 blizzard titles ever hit in the same year? : multisync
    • They been told by CERN not to do that or the world would end. : DM7
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  def not happening. The beta is going to run 6 months minimum. : pancake humper
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    The beta's already happening -- it's just under the strictest NDA ev : walker270
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      Then blizzard needs to send me my key I am supposed to be getting. : pancake humper
      • you aren't worthy : multisync
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      did Blizzard just send their men to get you? i am assuming that's why you didn't finish your sentence : Metatron85
      • RIP walker270. : The Grolar Bear
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      yea except its not LOL : Blucklesworth
      • LOL... : wytefang
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        ok, somehow you are the truthworthy source here? : lonestar3
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          No, it wasn't that - I was funning with him over the LOL. : wytefang
          • That's what you think! : lonestar3
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    I'm willing to bet they'd be fine with a 4 month beta if the bnet2.0 features all rolled out smoothly : Benefit
    • b.net 2 is going to go down more than a french whore during beta. : zigzag
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  I want to be excited for this game, I really do. I love watching Starcraft games and thinking about the g... : Nighteyes
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    Just do what most of us do: enjoy the singleplayer, and then play coop w/ friends vs computer. I've ... : yAak
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      ^^^____ This for the win. Plus, at this point, it's not like SC2 will be offering anything in the way ... : wytefang
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        at this point, a game that requires skill could be considered pushing the envelope : Benefit
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          "requires skill?" So hitting keys as fast as possible and memorization are now what we call "skill?" ... : wytefang
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            [i]In football, running fast is something we call "skill" now?[/i] And clearly that's all there is to ... : MamiyaOtaru
            • tagfail forgot where I was : MamiyaOtaru
• wouldn't bet on that.. beta hasn't even been released : happynoodle
• Man, getting into Beta is going to be huge, isn't it? As in you'll get a shitload of earlier game time in... : Lionel2b
• Highly doubt that. This is Blizzard. : Godhatesfatpeople
• Seems way too early. : sanchez
• Bwahaha as if this is ever going to happen. All you people who believe this, I have some headlight fl... : JohnnyRey
• Except it's extremely unlikely that it'll arrive in the first half of 2010, if it arrives in 2010 at all.... : wytefang
• I'm afraid of not being getting into beta and being really behind in the online games :( I hope the beta ... : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
• Yea, beta will probably start soon, Feb or March is my guess. : WhatIsThisFor
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  the first part, which is what, 10 singleplayer levels and 2 multiplayer maps? : radula
  • The single player game is way bigger than that, and it'll ship with a bunch of multiplayer maps. I pla... : Serpico74
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    didn't dow2 only ship with like 3 multiplayer maps? maybe it was 4. : Benefit
    • 3 3v3 maps and 2 1v1 maps at release iirc. : daedraug
  • Yes. This is exactly what they are doing. They are going to releae a SP game that is exactly as long as o... : enyakk
• november of 2010 : EvilDolemite
• It'll be out by 2012. : dpgagnon
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  it's crazy, Blizz haven't released anything since WoW came out, have they? i sure hope D3 arrives before ... : CecilPhilpot
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    well, WoW ain't exactly your average PC/Console game... what with its continuous stream of content update... : TPSReport
    • they've really been cranking out the patches lately : CecilPhilpot
  • i love how they are still releasing patches for D2 though, thats awesome. : filthysock
• what are you so excited for? You can't hang in the mp! : boomstickah
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  Just release the singleplayer campaign already! No one cares about the multiplayer crap. : herradura99
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    why do you say dumb things : busdriver3030
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      The campaign is the real star of SC2. They are pulling out all the stops. I loved the SC and Brood war ... : herradura99
      • I was super impressed with the single player that I played. They're putting way more work into it than I ... : Serpico74
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    Based on your name and your comment, I'm going to assume that you were born in 99. : Archangel2007
    • Nah, I started drinking Herradura tequila in 1999. : herradura99
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    do you even know what starcraft is : electroly
    • The gay version of Warhammer 40k? herp derp. : Godhatesfatpeople
    • an inferior RTS compared to Total Annihilation : ArcKnight
    • warcraft in space : Danny5225
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      it's like oblivion with guns : askedrelic
      • I lol'd :( : DonkeyPopsicle
    • mmorpg with star crafting : Nitrium
    • Solar formation simulator? : zehh
  • oololol : PlanetPerfecto
• it is supposed to be out 6 months after the beta, so I guess it will be 8-10 months after. beta isn't out... : razorblade79
• Blizzard release dates: No matter what date they say add three years to that. : schnitz76

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  Thanks for your e-mail. I'll respond to a few things with more detail: <<< You say that there ha : deject
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    A consolized interface is probably the number one complaint I see about PC ports. Them not realizing it w... : sanchez
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      Wow, he admitted they made mistakes in the interface and people still bitch. Want him to come to your hou... : Fred Garvin
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        Hahahahaha, no I think what he wants is a good interface for his shitty video game that he bought. : SpaecKow
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          Also, the NAT fixes and an explanation for why the price of the game increased by USD$30 in Australia. >:... : Aragoat
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            Gearbox doesn't control the price. : Fred Garvin
            • I never said they did or that they were responsible for the price increase. However, it's a bitter pill ... : Aragoat
      • They preached that the PC version will be the best version yet the missed the biggest problem that todays... : sanchez
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      I could see it happening. I know that I've become used to doing some ridiculous things when building app... : Aragoat
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        Yeah when you're in crunch time, it's easy to misjudge how important aspects of your program/game really : deject
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          Yeah, I think I'm really happy that he admitted that there's problems and that they're going to try to im... : Aragoat
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            I think we're all happy about that. What's not happy is that it'll be 3 months post-launch before the gam... : yacoub35
            • That's very true. I don't think that I'd be picking up Borderlands 2 on release like I did with Borderla... : Aragoat
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              Or they'll just not bother and do a console only release. : Fred Garvin
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                You don't scare me, Fred Garvin! : yacoub35
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                  It's all about economics. : Fred Garvin
                  • Hahah! well played :) : yacoub35
              • I'm fine with that - then I'll know no matter what version I buy, I'll have gotten something they polishe... : SpaecKow
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        It's pretty much like getting "buried" in the project; you know all the quirks by heart, but when you get... : the archvile
        • Exactly. It's a problem I have so I can understand why it happened. It feels like the most natural thin... : Aragoat
    • That and the horrid mouse control. This is why it's hard to believe when a claim like this is made The : Wombat Woo
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      I think Fallout 3 PC had a bad case of console menus. : Thresher
      • Yes it did, there is a mod out there that changes them to be more friendly. : sanchez
    • Yah I love there argument of saying that they just got used to it. That's almost rude sounding to me. ... : Malku
  • So the question is? Will the interface be fixed or the "future" is waiting for Borderlands 2. : Vegtro
  • Four to six weeks is as bad as Demigod's multiplayer fiasco. I guess there's always Borderlands 2, though... : Benefit
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    Thanks. I really want to like his response. There's just heavy "marketing"-speak in his answers and the c... : yacoub35
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      Unfortunately, his words need to be sterile. He's the CEO, and things he say may end up hurting the comp... : the archvile
      • Fair enough. Though it's funny you talk about sterile words for the notorious Randy Pitchford :) : yacoub35
    • he speaks poorly of other people's products and then goes on to ask for leeway on his. not very classy : spiderfill
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    Man why does he keep saying that? No one believes that PC was the lead platform for Borderlands. : SpaecKow
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      Seriously, if they never claimed that then I would not be so mad about it. I'll accept the fact that cons... : sanchez
      • same here. games ported to PC are something I realize happen a lot. but saying A and doing B is an asshol... : barichnikov
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      The PC was the primary development platform for everyone on the project. That just means that the con... : Fred Garvin
      • I am glad they "learned their lesson", I sure have as well. : watcherxp
  • I think if they release a SDK a lot of the problems people have would go away. : pancake humper
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    is this their first game ever? They don't know that cosmetic things create a perception? Also he kee... : barichnikov
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      People have been giving Gearbox shit about their awful PC releases since the fucking Halo port. : SpaecKow
      • i know :( : barichnikov
  • Randy Pitchford; he's a straight shooter with upper management potential written all over him. : massdev
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  He seems like he actually cares about PC so stop giving him such a hard time. Borderlands is a good PC re... : shakybonez31
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    Did you even read my e-mail? : deject
    • yeah I did, I just posted on the reply mostly... : shakybonez31
  • Yeah I find it quirky when games won't let players use online coop for weeks after release. It's just so ... : NastyJack
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  I played through borderlands twice on the pc, all the way to the cap. It's a fun game. While I agree that... : daVinci1980
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    I don't think anyone is reading my original email... I've beaten the game 3 times already and I fuckin... : deject
    • some people will never understand. : yacoub35
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      I read it, both the other day when you posted it as a comment and just now again as a refresher. It st... : daVinci1980
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        ahahah hey Dschinghis, check out this entitlement!! : yacoub35
        • yacoub why do we fight we shouldn't fight, we should form a grand coalition of the willing against the la... : SpaecKow
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        I really do not understand where you're getting that I'm feeling entitled from at all. Not being able to... : deject
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          p.s.: your analogy about the bakery is fucking stupid. No gamer told Gearbox to stop working on their ga... : deject
          • I've worked in the game or related industry for the past 10 years. I've released games that you've actua... : daVinci1980
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          I didn't realise that you'd played through Borderlands twice on the PC but I still didn't think your emai... : Aragoat
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            I'm almost done with Playthrough #4 (2nd on my second character). : deject
            • Whoa, nice work! Now I feel bad about not even finishing it once. :-( : Aragoat
      • Haha sweet post bro, look at those fags caring about shit you don't care about. Need to be told how to li... : SpaecKow
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      Yeah you beat and loved the game... but still some of your complaints sound too... I dunno just entitled.... : shakybonez31
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        Little things like not being able to scroll with the mouse wheel in half the menus? If you're talking ... : deject
        • Yes, that is a little thing. : daVinci1980
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  I dont get what all the hate is about. Sure there were parts of the game that were broken and unintuit... : SigENeaT
  • yeah, i don't know what more you could ask for than a point-by-point reply from the head of the company. : CecilPhilpot
  • to be perfectly honest, I played the game front to back and didn't have a single complaint. My only is... : cell9song
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  WTF DO YOU PEOPLE WANT?! It's already got adjustable resolution AND supports both mice AND keyboards! : Sludgehead
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    ye gads, men! why, just look at his sense of entitlement! : yacoub35
    • Seriously! His post just oozes entitlement! I don't even know what I just said there. :-( : Aragoat
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      I just think it's funny Randy still tries to argue that they focused on the PC version and uses "adjustab... : Sludgehead
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        oh i'm with you. just making fun of the use of "entitlement" to attempt to discredit legitimate gripes. : yacoub35
        • agreed, the "entitlement" thing is out of hand...blame it on the L4D2 boycotters :P : CecilPhilpot
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        Technically he says "primary development platform", not "primary target platform". That could just mean ... : Arcanum
        • Yes but a couple months ago he stated they weren't going to give PC gamers a shitty port, and Borderlands : Sludgehead
      • "DVD nearly formatted exclusively for the PC while definitely not working in consoles as intended; not bu... : massdev
  • Yeah, thats a pretty pathetic thing to throw out to demonstrate its designed for the PC. Thats like sayin... : Robotic Puppy Eater
• all i want randy to do is squeeze the gibsons ass for me : CoRDS
• I'm happy to hear that after several months they are finally coming out with a patch that may fix multipl... : DOOManiac
• I am glad they "learned their lesson", I sure have as well. : watcherxp

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  agreed, 3D and world was amazing. Story was so trite and cliche. I enjoyed it though. : multisync
  • Yeah, I mean we loled about the story the entire way home. But the 3D and the world and the colors were a... : brickmatt
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  I think my problems with the plot became bigger and bigger in direct correlation with duration after 1.5 ... : deskill
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    That's fair enough. The longer something crappy drags on, the more painful it becomes to endure. The las... : brickmatt
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      You mean "break formation and engage!" doesn't count? ;) : lefthighkick
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        Omg. So painful. And those deus ex grenada at the end? looooooooooooool. : brickmatt
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          did you lol when the mech suit pulled out a hunting knife? I seriously could not believe that happened : mikecyb
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            I laughed out loud in the theater. As I did at the every time cameron dropped something that would clearl : brickmatt
            • I remember seeing it on the mech early in the movie and thinking there was no chance in hell that thing d... : Vincent Grayson
• It was a pretty insane experience. : Danny5225
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  The movie needed more blue alien titties. : TwiLyght
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    I swear I saw nipple at one point! : brickmatt
    • yep pretty sure i saw a blue nip at least once : flasher 907
  • I really thought they could of made more use of the 3D tech there as well. : Haxim
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  There can be some interesting analysis from the extended universe stuff. Like how many years it'll take f... : Sailor of Fortune
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    Sure, but that's an obvious conclusion to come to, and one I was very annoyed wasn't addressed in the mov... : brickmatt
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      hasn't James Cameron said the next one will be a direct sequel? : mikecyb
      • I don't know! That'd be interesting? I think? : brickmatt
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  I went to see it at 1:10 today and it was sold out. The two subsequent showings were sold out too. WTF. :... : underground banana plantation
  • cameron's money hats are piling higher and higher : GloriousCow
  • i went at 11am on a sunday to make sure i got in : flasher 907
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  This is the definitive review here. : locater16
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    I like to keep my commentary short and sweet if I can! : brickmatt
    • That's whats good about it mang, your review is spot on! : locater16
• brickmatt i agree : biskits
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  Did you see it in IMAX? I saw it again today, in a normal theater with RealD 3D. In my experience, IMA... : Nixx2004
  • Agreed, IMAX was the superior experience. : Fred Garvin
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  brickmatt, how can you like something I like? : pigvomit
  • =) : brickmatt
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  I think it did have a decent plot! A whole lot better than say Transfagers. : SpaecKow
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    did you really just type that : boring gegtik
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      Yeah, :/ : SpaecKow
      • Your opinion is invalid due to you saying Transfagers. : brickmatt
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    And no lingering shots of giant testicles! : Aragoat
    • Blue boobs > metal balls. Avatar wins again! : SpaecKow
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  The plot was simple because the movie was what, 3 hours long, and there was a lot of stuff that needed to... : bozer
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    Excuses excuses. I've seen movies that are that long that have more than one simple conflict. It's Danc... : brickmatt
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      I found it all interesting. It kind of made me depressed to go back to human life to be honest. I got my... : bozer
      • I don't need gritty realism. I just like movies that aren't entirely predictable and cliche. It was fun... : brickmatt
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      you cannot say there is nothing interesting about the plot. Are you saying Pandora was not interesting? N... : Flynn
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        I can easily say there's nothing about the plot. I just said it again. Pandora is the setting, not the p... : brickmatt
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          Seeing Pandora as the plot might have helped you enjoy the movie even more. I certainty thought so, and s... : Flynn
          • I enjoyed the hell out of it! But the plot sucked! : brickmatt
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          it wasn't that the na'vi were boring, i just think the way cameron had the humans and na'vi interact was ... : Mr.SEX
          • I have serious issues with the noble savage trope for a lot of reasons. The Na'vi were pretty cookie cutt... : brickmatt
  • I think the story is simple because the movie cost $300 million to make, and if I were spending that much... : rudds
  • They could've cut it down to 90 minutes if they took out only half of the pointless "here's some crazy sc... : Haxim
  • If the plot wasn't so simple and there was confusing parts to it , it would have taken away from the beau : EvilDolemite
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  i stole the 3d glasses from the theater only to find out that they are worthless unless you have some spe... : datoo
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    So THAT'S why we have to pay a couple dollars extra for 3D movies. Thanks guy! : deskill
    • You pay a couple extra dollars because of the perceived increase in value...not because some people keep ... : Vincent Grayson
    • You're welcome!!! ;D : datoo
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    the regal theaters over here have you pay for the glasses ($3 i think) and you can keep them, i assume so... : Crazy Hawaiian
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      Are the tickets 3 dollars cheaper than other places? : Nighteyes
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        its .25 cents cheaper than the other company (consolidated theaters). I think the tickets were $10.someth... : Crazy Hawaiian
        • * i assume the extra $3 was for the glasses since i saw Star Trek in IMAX ($14 a ticket i think) and i us... : Crazy Hawaiian
    • they're just trying to prop up ticket revenue. Theaters have really become shittier and shittier. : datoo
    • Unlike Consolidated which has the 3D glasses task force stationed outside the theater. Although granted ... : hiloopy
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    The one I went to today said 'recycle your glasses', so...not sure if that means they repackage them, or ... : Nixx2004
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      haha thats what i was thinking they did. i went to a theater with RealD 3D : Crazy Hawaiian
      • There's a giant factory in China that shits them out, it would take extra effort just to clean and repack... : qsylvr
    • Mine were in a sealed package, but had a smudge on the lens. I assume they are just repacking them, I do... : devi| dog
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  Yeah and I am going to go see it again in IMAX 3d!! : Mr.SEX
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    It's kind of like princess mononke interpretted by somebody who didn't get it : Mr.SEX
    • That is a lol and rad. Yes. : brickmatt
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  I'm confused about all the people ragging on the plot. Just because the movie was predictable did it hav... : ImageOmega
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    Being predictable makes it boring. So yeah. It takes away from the experience. A lot. But it was stil... : brickmatt
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      I understand it didn't have any surprise twists. I guess what really got me about this movie was how it ... : ImageOmega
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        I was expecting what I got. But I was expecting a pretty cookie cutter plot! I was also expecting insane... : brickmatt
        • I guess that's what's odd about this whole thing. I agree with you whole heartedly, but not enough to ca... : ImageOmega
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    It was a story line exactly the same as many other movies, but without any nuance or cleverness. : NexusOne
    • The story worked in as much as it drove the movie. It was good, but fair to say that it's been done befo... : slax0r
  • The Joker did win at the end of The Dark Knight. : action wombmate
• The plot was pretty trite, but it didn't bother me that much. I think having a good idea what I was gett... : owly
• The plot is decent, but that's all it is. : Lone Swordsman

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• unbelieveable! : stump
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  But... but... the remix! : Lunatic Angelic
  • watch this, you're gonna love my nuts : ghost hacker
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  Why would Vince lie to me? : rosewood
  • So he could buy hookers. : PointlesS76
• I got one in my WE. It's horrible. : MuteMode
• Any surprise? I mean, are any of those informercial products any good? : Fred Garvin
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  Holy shit hahaha the head tilt at the nuts. : Lunatic Angelic
  • Yeah that got a laugh out of me too. : deject
  • hahahah, that was indeed awesome. : Ctrl-Phreak
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  this lady sucks at slap chopping. I have a different brand of the thing and it works just fine. Just ma... : DonkeyPopsicle
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    I wondered about that too. If you do it really fast does it work? She probably gives terrible handjobs. : PointlesS76
    • Yeah I don't doubt that it's less easy to push than the guy makes it out to be (maybe it gets easier to p... : Schnapple
• but i got one in my family's gift exchange :( : Deathlove
• There are some much better versions of these that work very well : Moonraker7
• Her facial expression after he says "you're gonna LOVE MY NUTS" is just lol : Maddog_Delphi97
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  I used one over Thanksgiving. It fucking sucked. Food constantly got stuck in the blades. They have to... : pigvomit
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    Think a non-stick spray would help anything in between each veggies' use? : Lunatic Angelic
    • It might. I haven't tried that. IMO the only thing the slap chop does really well is dice up hard boile... : riptyde
    • doubt it, its not a sticky stick, its a jammed stick : oldschoolbob-o
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  I prefer the Cock Shot http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brKBB7Y6jdQ : glio1337
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    Better link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfYijyWMAjo : glio1337
    • that man said a meat banana. wow. : Professor Darkness
• Holy crap, that remix video was amazing. : Salad Sammich
• why is this girl such a snarky cunt? : fletch_
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  Holy shit the smug is overbearing, did she drive off after the filming in a Volkswagen? : kill9
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    VWs are smug? : deject
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      Yes and then hopping on her iMac : kill9
      • IMacs are smug? : Jenings
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      He has VW's confused with Scion : zombie man
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        I would say a Toyota Prius was smug or a Rolls Royce, but VWs are too affordable to be smug I would think... : deject
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          Every taxi in China is a VW. VWs are the opposite of smug. : Vantage
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            Wrong! Every other taxi is a VW. The rest are Hyundai. (Not counting the Black taxis, which are some k... : Enkidu
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              Pictures of Hyundai taxis? I don't remember seeing any! : Vantage
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                Here: http://www.shackpics.com/files/hyunJPG_qohzugjs0j7iwpru3beb.jpg The Hyundai logo is a little h... : Enkidu
                • Yeah, those look like new taxis. They must have been introduced post-2006, since every taxi I saw was a ... : Vantage
  • Haha i assume someone you respect drives a bmw so you had to change the car brand. : re-verse
  • same thing I thought. : azenmaster
• what a stupid video : ass-street
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  I haven't used one, but it seems like they are chopping it ultra slowly. I figure using a fast chopping ... : Rag and Bone Man
  • slapchop plant. All 6871 other posts were just to build up cover. : Foxhawk
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  They didn't love his balls. : themaestro2657
  • I meant his nuts. Now all the impact is lost. Dammit. : themaestro2657
• Wow, slamming a fad that is a year old, edgy. : skitzo
• C'mon, Consumer Reports, stop living a boring life. : gyokuro
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  ugh, i have a different brand. if food gets stuck you have to pull it up, which pulls the blades into a p... : retarded talking dinosaur
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    in other words this lady is retarded : retarded talking dinosaur
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      It actually reminds me of an infomercial where they exaggerate how god awful some inferior product or pro : deskill
      • and that shot is always in black and white - representing the evil past - while their product is shot in ... : Schnapple
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        http://www.hulu.com/watch/108489/its-always-sunny-in-philadelphia-kitten-mittens-commercial : SockMonkeh
        • lol holy shit. : deskill
        • has Hulu always made you login for mature content or is this new? : Professor Darkness
  • yeah the point is if it gets stuck then it's not fast. I'm sure she doesn't think it's stuck forever and ... : boring gegtik
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  She is using it wrong. I have one and it works, you just have to slap it fast. You don't push it down slo... : cornchak
  • Heh, gosh you must be the Incredible Hulk! : Goto10
  • GTFO are you Vince's brother? : posito
  • I've used it. It sucks. : pigvomit
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  i'd hit it : electroly
  • You really shouldn't. Get a fleshlight instead if you are desperate. : pigvomit
• My GF got The Pampered Chef version of this thing and it's garbage. I think she tried to use it once on ... : action wombmate
• those are trash. i bought one about five years ago. honestly i do better with an 8" chef's knife. fuck... : EvilDolemite
• Anyone use the Ninja? Does it work better than a magic bullet? : deathofrats
• got some off brand one from woot.com earlier this year. works great : harold.johnson

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  Ha, nice appreciative list. I thought the microwave would be #1 until I saw the REAL last entry. Then,... : ImageOmega
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    I hate microwave ovens. Anything you make in it comes out all shitty. Even reheating soup makes it tast... : Jimbo Ro
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      i use mine to reheat frozen meat, which i then cook on the stove. oh, and to re-heat leftovers, and they... : radula
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        but thawing frozen meat cooks the edges while the middle is still frozen. fuck that. also toaster oven ... : papaskot
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          yeah, my auntie just got one of them, they sound cool. but i'd have to transfer the leftovers from plasti... : radula
          • yes...to properly prepare food sometimes requires more than one container : EvilDolemite
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      Does the extra 5 minutes include heating the stove itself? I guess I always assume the process is so dra... : ImageOmega
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        if you have a gas stove, it's at temperature instantly. electrics are rubbish because you have to wait f... : EvilDolemite
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          We have a flat top electric and I hate this damn thing. My wife likes it, but I do all the cooking. : Jimbo Ro
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            oh, i admit, flat-tops look sleek and are easy to clean. i used to want one. but for actual cooking, an... : EvilDolemite
            • You also have to remember that the surface stays hot a lot longer after you turn them off. Also fine con... : Jimbo Ro
        • Yes, ok this makes sense and is where I am stuck at...and why I appreciate the ol nuke oven. : ImageOmega
      • I have an induction hob, it's instant. I mean really instant. I don't even have a water boiler anymore be... : moshman
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      You need to use a good microwave. Completely changed my outlook. : batkiwi
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        What the heck is considered a good microwave? : aggressor
        • -Inverter -moisture sensor I have a panasonoc genius that i love. It has a veggie sensor that does carro... : batkiwi
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      Actually, it's the best (and healthiest) method of cooking vegetables. But for everything else, totall... : Vantage
      • nah, I prefer my steamer. : moshman
  • If we didn't have the microwave, how would we dry our cell phones? : bashildy@speakeasy.net
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  Don't quite get having the fridge, but not including some form of cheap transportation. The former seems ... : steauengeglase
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    because it's a list of Appliances? : yacoub35
    • a toilet qualifies? : Sludgehead
    • You have a point there. : steauengeglase
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  I know a webdesign I could live without... : drucifer
  • I was just about to post about this. I'm fucking boycotting these god damn things from now on. They final... : SockMonkeh
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  I don't have a microwave oven. : lacker
  • Neither do I, and I don't miss it at all. : Sacred Sperm
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  AC would have been much higher on my list, but overall a pretty good list! : yacoub35
  • No shit. I've said on many ocassions that if I ever had the chance to go back in time I'd shake Carriers... : MacemanInTW
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  i dont have 3 of those ten and i know i could do without a fourth, so i'm not sure on this list. : ibrokn
  • what don't you have? : EvilDolemite
  • yeah but you're broken, so i'm not so sure on you. : papaskot
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    I can see not having 3...maybe 4. : Jimbo Ro
    • Well, even if I didn't own a washing machine I'd still go use one...so that counts. So that is 2 maybe... : Jimbo Ro
• ive lived without a fridge, tv, microwave, music, and washing machine : spiderfill
• I can't wait until each sentance is on it's own page. : opengl128
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  Billions of people don't have AC. I thought that heating would be a lot more important (ask people in Can... : guigr
  • Ask people in Arizona what they think about AC! We love it so much : Danny5225
  • Here in Dallas, A/C is a *lot* more important than heating. You can always pile on blankets and get a fir... : Jumperus
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    I'd guess because there are pretty easy ways to heat homes or rooms without a nice appliance like a firep... : LilCrypto
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      I agree that AC>heat but I think you're being a bit presumptuous about heat. I grew up in Minnesota (cur... : soggybagel
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        He's saying that heating doesn't require an appliance though. We've been heating homes for thousands of ... : Vantage
        • Our mortality and respiratory illness rates would be higher if everyone was using wood or coal fired heat... : Kentor
      • huh, that's weird, I always keep my heat on about 55-60 in the wintertime, it's just perfect. : Juno
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      Have you ever been anywhere cold? You can't start a fire and make do because very few people today have a... : peanut-
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        Where is this coming from? All I'm saying is that you can deal with cold climates without appliances. Y... : LilCrypto
        • I'm guessing AC is on the list because it was written by someone in California. What I'm saying is tha... : peanut-
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          Uh....I'd like to see you try and survive an interior Alaskan winter without some sort of heating applian... : IndigoAK
          • IGLOOOOOOOO : king_darius
• I really want one of those healsio ovens (instead of a microwave) but the darn things just can't seem to ... : dooberzoo
• I wouldn't really care if my microwave disappeared tomorrow, and heating is way more important than air c... : peanut-
• I live without air conditioning every day, and I don't agree with microwave oven either. I only use mine ... : moshman
• 1-4 are musts, two of them with caveats. 5-10 I could do without pretty easily. : MoreVespeneGas
• you know, I don't even own a TV : gmd
• Fuck the one who invented the alarm clock. Seriously. : treefingers1

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  I haven't played it yet but i did read in a review that the PS3 version is the better version of the two : grabbie
  • HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE : pyide
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    hmm, I wonder what the improvements are, because the 360 version is amazing : Halen
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      It was from this review(s) http://ps3.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r33052.htm http://xbox360.gamezone.com/g : grabbie
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        I've seen zero framerate issues, it's fucking smooth as hell. No screen tearing either. : Halen
        • Really? I'm running 360 version and there's quite a bit of tearing and a little bit of minor slowdown whe : dpgagnon
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          Yeah no tearing for me either.... : scud
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            I have no 360 tearing, but I do have slowdown. Installing to HD seems to have fixed some of this. : Thornfist
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              I have it installed to the hard drive as well. I have seen slowdown at like 2 points, but it wasn't duri... : scud
              • Agreed. I was stupid and forgot to install first. : Thornfist
• Darksiders Live Stream http://www.justin.tv/fourplayerpodcast#r=hkWMQPY Is this game like Ninja Gai... : TPSReport
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  I've played 6 hours of it today. It's awesome. I don't what it is about it but it's very hard to put the ... : dpgagnon
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    Wow. You summed up my feelings exactly. I can't put the controller down. It just keeps getting better.... : scud
    • PS I'm sick as hell with the flu, but when I'm playing I forget how crappy I feel :) : scud
    • joe mad leading the art department doesnt hurt the company either. : BaronVonSnakPak
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  Darksiders has been great so far. The game is basically God of War mixed with Zelda. The game is fluid,... : Defacil
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    god of war mixed with zelda. i am fully erect right now. : EvilDolemite
    • go back to your Kratos/Link slash fic : CecilPhilpot
  • I described it to someone earlier as "God of War and Zelda having sex and having an awesome baby raised b... : TheMonkeyWench
• I am about 3 hours in and am pleasantly surprised. I was willing to accept what looked like silly char... : wurzle
• Amzing game. Right now I'd even go as far as to say the best I've ever played and I'm only about 6 hours... : scud
• It's awesome, just get it! :) : warcrow
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  this game came out of nowhere but is sounding pretty damn good...let's hear some more! : CecilPhilpot
  • Buy it you'll like it. That's al anyone needs to hear. :) : scud
• Shit, you jerks. I spent more than 300$ on steam in the last couple weeks and now I've got to buy this ga... : MrBig0
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  No PC :*((((( : bolneze
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    yep. welcome to videogames in 2010. if you don't own a console you're not playing everything you could ... : EvilDolemite
    • I'd feel like I was missing out if I spent too much time playing single player games instead of improving... : Benefit
    • I don't feel like I'm missing out on anything because there's plenty to keep me busy without throwing con... : hemoptysis
• Well, sounds like it's fun... HRrrrmmm : Pixelbeast
• Got my preorederd and shipped already. Can't wait. :) : D11ger
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  I also can say after about an hour of play its very good. Its very fun. Its very well crafted, and seem... : Thornfist
  • Good point. Nothing is groundbreaking, but everything is done right. I was just talking to my wife abou... : scud
• It's my birthday soon and this is certainly top of the list. Been looking forward to this game for a long... : marmite
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  hi i am new are you on i do not know how to play fights and creat me chater plz help me can you : kravan
  • WHERE CAN I DOWNLOAD GAME : razorblade79
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  hi i am new are you on i do not know how to play fights and creat me chater plz help me can you : kravan
  • lol? : Klebold

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• long lot : cltcprd
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  I think the prices are insane on these things. If a console came out at that price, people would have a ... : kingdepork
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    You mean like the PS3? : cltcprd
    • And people did. : kingdepork
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  A new 3GS costs roughly the same price except you get 16gb of space : Yanks
  • 32GB SD cards are cheap. : cltcprd
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  I paid a lot for my officially unlocked iPhone 3GS. I now spend $5 a month with my prepaid SIM, and $6 fo... : kramweil
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    I'm getting an unlocked Nexus One because the subsidized one would cost me more over the length of the co... : cltcprd
    • only like a $130 bucks man, c'mon present value of money : fletch_
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    how does one snag a officially unlocked iphone? : liqker
    • at an at&t or apple store. : afrochops
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      live in Australia :( : nyranger66
      • NYAHAHAHAHAHAAAA! : SketchyFletchy
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    I think I'd rather just get a $250 netbook if I really wanted usable wifi on the go. : Bold
    • netbooks don't fit in your pocket : Halen
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  its less than you end up playing on a 2 year contract with subsidizing! : harold.johnson
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    I know. $60/mo for unlimited data + text + 500 min is awesome. : cltcprd
    • i'm seriously considering it, but i just reupped my damn contract with the devil. : afrochops
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      So does t-mobile tack on extra rape fees and services if you get a smartphone through them? Is that why i... : Prozium
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        Tmobile now has two plan types. One group if you are subsidizing the cost of the phone, another if you p... : DarkWolf5
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          Is that unlimited data plan still $30 regardless of the phone it's used on? If so then it's not really ra... : Prozium
          • yeah they charge $30 for "smartphones," $10 for the basic phones. : DarkWolf5
          • its also not really a 'rape' fee when you realize that segment getting charged more uses 90% of the bandw... : papaskot
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  i was really excited about this device before, but engadget really paints a grim review. apparently it is... : retarded talking dinosaur
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    i think i read the same engadget review and i didn't get the impression it was garbage at all. The androi... : flasher 907
    • Also multitouch in the browser and map apps : Schnapple
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      The browser test they did showed the iPhone loading a page in a few seconds whilst it took the NexusOne w... : WhatIsThisFor
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        the dolphin browser is WAY fucking faster than the stock browser. I'd like to see them compare that : epit
        • That's not possible. Dolphin USES the stock browser and adds onto it. You are making things up. : nudder
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        daamn, was that on wifi or 3g? : xsoulbrothax
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          They were all on wifi, it was pretty funny. : tfboc
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            daaamn. i just tried it on my droid, and yeah - load time for engadget is horrible. only other site i've ... : xsoulbrothax
            • daaamn : hemoptysis
            • Hrm, 50 seconds on Opera 9 / Touch Pro 2. Slashdot took about 20 seconds to be usable, 30 to be fully lo... : bipolar
      • they've tested it only on engadget page, you know there is about a 1 hundred errors on that page accordin... : hanged_man
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    They seem to be getting closer but I fully expect to see an iPhone 4.0 announcement either this month or ... : Yanks
    • except the iphone is locked to a carrier. this phone will likely work on at&t, verizon, and t-mo within a... : retarded talking dinosaur
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    Engadget are total iPhone whores though. It's the same crap in every review - wah, wah, Android only has... : TabsAZ
    • i really wish someone would tell me if there is an android app or app suite that can jankity sync the mus... : retarded talking dinosaur
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      yeah, I like engadget, but they are so far up apple's asses it bleeds out in every update or post. : chilln
      • before every apple sideshow event there is a whole month of made up news and rumor bullshit going on. th... : Hoax
  • Looking at the review videos I don't see a problem with the music program. It plays more audio codecs th... : melkore
  • I want the n900 with a better processor =\ : boring gegtik
• Are there any other reports about the web browser? It looks to be a ton slower than the iPhone. : WhatIsThisFor
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  God every video has someone enamored with the wallpapers. I don't care about wallpapers. : snuff
  • no fuckin' kidding...they all say "i know this is trivial but OMFG GLOWING DOTS THAT YOU CAN TOUCH!!!" : CecilPhilpot
• You are a good man. Please do a full write up when you get it and tag my name. : ImageOmega
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  I just got my shipped email! :D Anticipated ship date Jan 5, 2010 Estimated delivery Jan 6,... : DarkWolf5
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    Holy speedy delivery, Batman! Please post impressions. : ImageOmega
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      It's free overnight delivery. :D : DarkWolf5
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        This could be part of your impressions! Plus, are you with T-Mobile? : ImageOmega
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          No, Sprint. : DarkWolf5
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            Are you switching carriers? I was under the impression that it was a T-Mobile phone and therefore on the ... : ConfusedUs
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              Really???! SHIT! jk of course I know this : DarkWolf5
              • That's good. I've known several people (both on the internet and off) who, in their rush to get The Ne... : ConfusedUs
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  i'd order one but wtf would I do with a terrible mage? :( : AMikaboshi
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    I was thinking the same thing. Terrible Druids are a better choice. : Wyvern
    • indeed. you could help with my gardening ;) : AMikaboshi
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  I have yet to see a review that says it's better than an iPhone. I expected more from google. : Edges
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    I don't get this. The only advantages the Jesus phone has is multi-touch and apps (which is subjective). : cltcprd
    • Too bad they can't be all wrong. I was hoping it'd be the iPhone killer too because I'm getting sick of ... : Edges
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      That's the point. It's basically on par with the iphone. Not better, not worse. iPhone was a leap abov... : batkiwi
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        I would miss the multi-touch and iTunes podcasts if I got this phone. : kramweil
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          "I would miss ... iTunes" you're doing it wrong. :( : Benefit
          • I love the video and audio podcasts from ABC, Al Jazeera, BBC, CBS, CNN, France24, Deutsche Welle, and NP... : kramweil
  • Give Google one more gen, then it'll be ready to take on the iPhone for good (just about the time when I'... : Trepex

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  Maybe it's part of the Blu-ray spec, that they have to be widescreen? I'm happy about it. : Nixx2004
  • There are 4x3 Blurays too. I'm talking about movies wider than 16:9 being cut down to fill a wide scre... : Jimbo Ro
• Thank god : lodit
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  I don't want pan and scan, but I'm sick of this anamorphic widescreen shit. Why the fuck does the movie h... : ArcKnight
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    do you not have a widescreen television? : EvilDolemite
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      Yes, I do. I have a 54" plasma. When a 16:9 movie is letterboxed, it's fucking retarded. I thought with H... : ArcKnight
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        What do you mean? Are you talking about black bars on the side and bottom? Or just the top and bottom... : Jimbo Ro
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          If you have a movie with black bars on the top and bottom on a 16:9 TV it's because its WIDER than 16:9. ... : Jimbo Ro
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            Holy shit, really? I had no idea. I already fucking know that, and I dislike it. And yes, I know it... : ArcKnight
            • Buy a Bluray player that will zoom the image in. Problem solved. Though I think it's just as bad as a "... : Jimbo Ro
            • Dude. Bars on the top and sides is when it's NON-anamorphic widescreen, which is the stupidest thing ev... : cerealSAM2
            • If you want to spend the Big cash, you can get a 16:10 tv: then the movies will be fullscreen but you wil... : re-verse
      • Aspect ratio is up to the director. : Prozium
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        wait, i don't understand. do you mean when a 16:0 movie is pillarboxed as well as letterboxed? meaning... : EvilDolemite
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          I'm talking about on 2.35:1 content, like The Departed (one of the few blurays I own) and it's fucking an... : ArcKnight
          • So you want them to cut the corners off? This is what I'm talking about. I don't want all my movies to ... : Jimbo Ro
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            Do you leave it on a loop 24/7 or have a plasma from 2005 or earlier? If not then don't worry about it da... : Prozium
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              No, I don't leave it on loop. But over time, regardless of the plasma being for 2005 or earlier (It's not... : ArcKnight
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                That's really gonna suck in 10 years where it's at a point where it's noticeable. : Prozium
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                  The good thing is that in 10 years everyone with a HDTV from today will want to throw it away anyway beca... : Jimbo Ro
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                    10 years? lol more like 2. : DarkWolf5
                    • Yea. I'm still rocking old and busted HDTVs from the early 2000s before HDMI was even out. Pain in the ... : Jimbo Ro
              • ah, that's not as big a deal as we are led to believe. plus, i'd wager real money that the "degradation"... : EvilDolemite
          • Actually, The Departed is 2.4:1 : ArcKnight
          • eh, modern plasmas handle that just fine. they run anti-image retention routines regularly. it's also t... : EvilDolemite
          • Hit the Zoom button on your tv remote, problem solved. : bipolar
        • A good example of this would be some older "wide screen" DVDs that are not anamorphic. Goodfellas is an ... : Jimbo Ro
      • do you not know how ot setup your system? I have no idea wtf you are complaing about : hamachi
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        I don't think anamorphic means what you think it means? Anamorphic is good, like it'll make a 1.85:1 m... : Nixx2004
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          Darkwolf already corrected me. I was just used to seeing 'anamorphic widescreen 2.35:1' on DVD's and knew... : ArcKnight
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            still misusing the terms. the issue here is that directors film movies at different aspect ratios, where... : FrayLo
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              Where are you people getting confused that I'm confused? I simply stated that I do not like 2.35:1 conten : ArcKnight
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                Anamorphic is a video technique independent of aspect ratio. a 16:9 image that fills the entire screen of... : DarkWolf5
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                  I'll also add that some projector systems will take a letterboxed image, say from a blu-ray movie, and co... : DarkWolf5
                  • see below :p : Jimbo Ro
                  • I have a lens if you want to buy it. its heavy as hell : hamachi
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                    The latest Panasonics do this with zooming and without a lens. They can get away with this on blue-ray b... : hotel96
                    • If you do this I suspect image quality will be lower, since you are not using the entire projector. Re... : Jimbo Ro
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                  Yes, I understand that. I was posting why I thought 'anamorphic' meant a type of widescreen before I was ... : ArcKnight
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                    "regular letterboxed stuff" - i don't know what that means : FrayLo
                    • 16:9 content. Before I bought an HDTV, I thought all 'widescreen' (aka letterboxed) content was 16:9 and ... : ArcKnight
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                  Anamorphic is also a filming technique that stretches images onto film through an anamorphic lens - http:... : action wombmate
                  • An easy way to spot if a movie was film on anamorphic lenses is to look for lens flares. On non-anamorphi... : Prozium
              • http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/2798 Problem solved. : Jimbo Ro
              • One like that you linked should fill your screen because it's anamorphic AND 1.85:1. 2.35:1 is what yo... : Nixx2004
      • You! You're the fucking problem! : Conan
  • Huh?! : Jimbo Ro
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    Anamorphic Letterbox. Anamorphic is an DVD technique that would stretch a widescreen image vertically to ... : DarkWolf5
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      I need to look into this but I believe the source files on blu-ray and hd dvd didn't have the black bars ... : Prozium
      • Incorrect. The black bars are there. You can see this by opening the files on a computer. The files ar... : Jimbo Ro
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        If that is true, it still results in 750p versus the 1080p of a 16x9 image since television is defined by... : DarkWolf5
        • It's still a full 1920 wide image. A game that is rendered at 640P it not 1280x640, it's 1137x640...o... : Jimbo Ro
  • yeah you don't know what anamorphic means : FrayLo
  • We're at a point now where technology only has so many answers to the problem of multiple aspect ratios. ... : action wombmate
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    I'm pretty sure you get the same letter/pillar boxing effect at movie theatres. You just don't notice be... : Vantage
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      Yeah, I never understood the complaints, I mean essentially any part of your viewing area that's not take... : action wombmate
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        Because the black bars are fucking distracting. It looks like the image is zoomed out on the TV. : ArcKnight
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          Well, you're wrong. There's nothing "zoomed". Quite frankly, you're going to have to get used to it. I... : action wombmate
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            I said it looks like that, not that there is. Please, tell me I'm wrong again. Please. Tell me my subject... : ArcKnight
            • Ok, it's wrong. You asked. : action wombmate
            • Yeah you're pretty wrong dude. : chrisschutz
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      I went to the movies 3 times last year, to see the Harry Potter movie, Star Trek, and Inglorious Basterds... : ArcKnight
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        That's pretty much the exact same thing the black bars on your TV are doing. There's absolutely nothing ... : action wombmate
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          That's not the exact same thing my TV is doing. The exact same thing would be moving the edges of my TV a... : ArcKnight
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            It sounds to me like you need to invest in some mini curtains. : DarkWolf5
            • Or a movie theater. : ArcKnight
            • the mental image this creates is hilarious. : PlanetPerfecto
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            No it wouldn't. It would be installing little curtains on the top and bottom of your tv so that you coul... : Vantage
            • EXACTLY. : action wombmate
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              The majority of commercial theaters are designed in what is known as a Constant Image Height (CIH) config : ArcKnight
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                So really, your TV needs to be able to stretch to the sides to be like a movie screen. : ArcKnight
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                  To be just like a theatre screen, your TV would have to be even wider than the widest wide screen format.... : Vantage
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                    I would love to see a TV with curtains on the side like this. : Vincent Grayson
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                      it's actually not just curtains - the screen has a matte around it that gets put into position so there's... : Borzoi
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                        That's the thing though, it's that letterboxing or pillarboxing essentially perform the function of the m : action wombmate
                        • let's face it- when you sit around at home watching a movie, it is muuuuch easier to get distracted by ex... : Borzoi
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                          Gazing around the room? It's right there on the fucking TV man, come on. At least post like you're intell... : ArcKnight
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                            If the top and bottom of your TV DID shrink down to fit the picture, don't you think that whatever was th : Vantage
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                              Nope. Don't have a problem with non letterboxed content - fills the whole screen. Like I said earlier, le... : ArcKnight
                              • The only possible solution is to stop being annoyed and get used to it like everyone else. I don't notic... : Vantage
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                            I know they're there, but they're not a distraction because I'm looking at the image. After like 5 secon : action wombmate
                            • I'm the same way. After a few seconds I don't even notice them. Not that I care much to begin with but wh... : pyide
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                              Part of it is that I'm just not a movie watcher, period. I can't get sucked in like I can with books and ... : ArcKnight
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                                I understand that you have a hard time with it, but the reason you're catching a lot of shit in this thre : action wombmate
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                                  It's a rhetorical question, holy shit. : ArcKnight
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                                    Forgive me if the other posts you've made in this thread didn't make it immediately clear to me that you ... : action wombmate
                                    • Oh, and asking a question to which you know then answer and then calling the answer "bullshit" doesnt exa... : action wombmate
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                                      That initially happened because I was mistaken in what 'anamorphic' meant and used it incorrectly. I have... : ArcKnight
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                                        I did say "initially", didn't I? Perhaps you should read, too. Besides, I wasn't talking about those "a... : action wombmate
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                                          So, you say initially, but don't mean the anamorphic posts. So not initially then, is what you mean. I : ArcKnight
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                                            And we should really continue this, I think we can make this the worst thread on the Shack in 2010 if we ... : ArcKnight
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                                              Look, nevermind it all. I don't want to keep gnashing about details. I apologize for acting like a dick : action wombmate
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                                                I understand that it's not a universal problem. My only issue was people telling me it's not an issue. To... : ArcKnight
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                                                  Fantastic, nobody agrees with you. Accept that you are the only person here with this problem and stop pe... : Serpico74
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                                                    Except holy FUCK look at the goddamn OP. Jesus fuck dude, it's goddamn topical. If everyone agreed the sh... : ArcKnight
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                                                      Says the guy that complains about little black bars on the top and bottom of the screen. I can't think... : Serpico74
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                                                        Hey, you're the one who's advocating suicide for someone complaining about something. I'd say that's far : ArcKnight
                                                        • Hey, you seem miserable, maybe ending it would the humane thing. :) Whoops, sorry, I forgot the internet : Serpico74
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                            Buy a better tv. you would have a hard time seeing where the image ends and the bezel begins on my kuro. : DarkWolf5
                            • No, see, its all zoomed out, he can see where the Kuro bezel ends and the wall begins. The complaints wil... : Serpico74
                • You should either: A: Invest in a projector and custom curtains B: Kill yourself because complaining ... : pyide
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                  Buy a projector screen with motorized black velvet masks, and if you can't hack that then kill yourself s... : Serpico74
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                    EVERYONE MUST LIKE WHAT I LIKE OR KILL THEMSELVES. you know who else thought that way? Yeah, I'm Godwi : ArcKnight
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                      Is it pyide? I bet it's pyide. : DarkWolf5
                      • Hahahah. : ArcKnight
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                      There is a feature with most TVs to expand the picture so it fills the frame from top to bottom. Larger p... : Serpico74
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                        And unfortunately you can't do that with the vast majority of movies because they put the subtitles insid... : ArcKnight
                        • You just can't make anything easy can you? OPPO just released a firmware to allow for adjustable subt... : DarkWolf5
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          well besides the fact that the screen is huge, unlike your TV at home. Some movies are meant to be seen i... : Borzoi
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            wha?! are they screening tarkovsky flicks in LA? ive been wanting to see the original solaris for quite a... : PlanetPerfecto
            • okay i just checked showtimes. im definitely down for seeing two films at the very least. Solaris, and St... : PlanetPerfecto
  • Look at how big a mess this became. When I think about it those black bars are kinda annoying. : Cliffzorz
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  There's not a lot of 4x3 hdtvs floating around : brecht
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    Point missed, Full Screen for a HDTV would be 16:9. There are many HD movies that are NOT 16:9. : Jimbo Ro
    • Most, if not all, HDTVs have zoom modes that effectively fill the screen. Obviously for 4:3 content, but ... : pyide
• Your terminology is all sorts of fucked up. : Albemuth
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  I wish they'd just leave content as close to the original source as possible. Widescreen movies, leav... : cerealSAM2
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    On the subject of buffy I think it was filmed with 16x9 in mind (or at least the later seasons were) so y... : Prozium
    • The early (<4 at least, prob'ly 1-5) seasons of Buffy were shot for 4:3. Whedon mentioned it on a comme... : cerealSAM2
  • Critereon are sticklers for using the original aspect ratio, whatever it may be. I like it. : Borzoi
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  I believe the Something, Something, Something Dark Side Family Guy Blu-Ray is full-screen. : joesnizzle
  • It is. I purchased it the other day and it is in full-screen. : Waverider
• one reason why i love blu-ray, strictly widescreen. : BaronVonSnakPak
• My TV will only display 2:35 movies full screen. Anything else gets bars and it annoys me but if the mov... : IndigoAK
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  hey guys whats goin on in this thread? : tometome
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    tl;dr don't ever misuse 'anamorphic'. : ArcKnight
    • and bitching about black bars for movies higher than a 16:9 ratio is almost as annoying as listening to y... : vynn
• I like to think that it's because the bitchy 4:3 luddites have lost this battle. I hated those fucker so... : action wombmate
• Well it makes sense because you'd only benefit from blu-ray if you have an HDTV. Are there any 4:3 1080p ... : pyide
• I hope so. : scud
• I have nothing to add to this thread, but watching Ben-Hur on a 4:3 display is LOL-tastic. : qsylvr
• And all the blu-rays are progressive scan, which was an issue with tv shows as well as a lot of movies. : mrblarg