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• http://steamcommunity.com/id/jbury : jbury
• http://steamcommunity.com/id/mutemode : MuteMode
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  You both have been added : LoioshDwaggie
  • Awesome thanks :D : jbury
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  Thank-you! : Durajim
  • You're welcome. : Nitrium
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  Also, in case somebody didn't see it, there's a sweet Klingon space combat video here: http://www.youtub... : Nitrium
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    This is pretty awesome too - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftmWlphzGk8 : Durajim
    • Someone link Klebold's videos. : LoioshDwaggie
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  in ST:O is there a DPS class? Like I know there is engineering and Science Vessels, I am guessing there ... : Crimsonbeak
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    Tactical is the ST:O word for DPS. There's tactical ships and crew members. : LoioshDwaggie
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      and yes, the defiant class is one of the tiered ships for the escort line (dps). : JuffoWup
      • specifically. http://lh3.ggpht.com/_PVcbFyROaS4/Sz3NcdkAv5I/AAAAAAAAABs/uAAoA5tb7Xc/STOships1.jpg htt... : JuffoWup
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  What is the end game for this game? Is it just PvP? : Crimsonbeak
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    To live long and prosper. : Ziz
    • I'm going to talk out of my ass here, but I -suspect- it'll have something to do with Fleet Engagements. ... : LoioshDwaggie
  • I saw somewhere that mentioned they have end game set up with raiding borg space. It won't be the only w... : JuffoWup
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  http://steamcommunity.com/id/Schark - great initiative!!. I can't wait to destroy cruise the galaxy with ... : ESchack
  • invited : Nitrium
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  http://steamcommunity.com/id/aldebrand - can't wait till we can all play together! : Aragoat
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    invited : Nitrium
    • Thank you! I'm so excited! : Aragoat
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  Open beta is tomorrow? I've not gotten my beta invite yet. : Ziz
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    Steam's probably won't email until sometime today or tomorrow morning. They're -always- last to unlock st... : LoioshDwaggie
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      I bought this at Target, says includes beta invite and 2 day headstart and $5 off the game. Was just a do... : Ziz
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        Target should provide you with a key or an email with a key by Tuesday. : LoioshDwaggie
        • ah, i did enter the key on the STO website like it said on the card. : Ziz
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    open? only for those who pre--ordered no? : dfz0r
    • First-come-first-served at their website + preorders. : LoioshDwaggie
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  Speaking of that, I just canceled my WoW account. Going to take my WoW-vacation for a month or two. : LoioshDwaggie
  • My EVE account ends right before STO starts. :D I'm wondering if I can finish ME2 before my key arrives. : Aragoat
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  What time does the open beta open tomorrow? Also, I am considering organizing a fleet if no one else will... : amrbean
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    http://steamcommunity.com/id/amrbean : amrbean
    • Where is my invite? : amrbean
  • 10am PST. : amrbean
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  http://steamcommunity.com/id/Nephilem should work... I hope. : nephilem
  • invited : Nitrium
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  http://steamcommunity.com/id/ShackJonathan : Jonathan
  • Invited. : Nitrium
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  http://steamcommunity.com/id/claym : Clay
  • Will invite you as soon as I get back from lunch if someone didn't invite you by then. : Nitrium
  • invited : Nitrium
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  I would like to remind everyone who is going to play this game that you are paying money support a Star T... : liqker
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    But Data is alive again. : Jonathan
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      Fuck that. The whole 'hey lets kill off Data like we did with Spock back in Wrath of Khan' only to have h... : liqker
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        When the actor says they aren't going to play the character anymore, they need to kill off the character.... : amrbean
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          I bet they'd get Brent Spiner doing some voiceover work with enough bags of money. : tboomer2
          • He might actually do voice work. I think his big issue was that Data is not suppose to age, yet Spiner h... : amrbean
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    what universe? That's history now and the only existing example are the new 'young enterprise' stuff tha... : kainen1
    • This game is following the 'cannon' that Romulus was destroyed (and Vulcan still exists). Which includes ... : LoioshDwaggie
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      There was a picture of the ST:O timeline and they're ignoring JJ Abrams redux. : tboomer2
      • Not ignoring, just taking place in the "prime" universe. Technically Abrams Trek cause the destruction o... : amrbean
    • There are two Trek universes people can play around in now. The "Prime" universe that has existed for the... : thetangent
  • Sorry, but I still love the Prime universe too much to ignore it, despite what Berman may have done to it... : thetangent
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  Is the beta download available anywhere yet? : MuteMode
  • No, at the moment the official site is down: http://www.startrekonline.com/ I'd check when it returns. : LoioshDwaggie
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    Someone in their forums apparently found the torrent on cryptics website http://forums.startrekonline.... : Wikinger
    • OOoooo. Boy I wish I had my home remote-access setup (I haven't installed Live Mesh yet). : LoioshDwaggie
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      If we're using Steam can we still use the Torrent and copy it to our commons folder or just wait for the ... : tboomer2
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        That's what I am going to do. I suspect since it's an MMO that Steam mostly handles the client installer,... : LoioshDwaggie
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          I'm just wondering if the client files will match. I know Steam encrypts everything and so it might not ... : tboomer2
          • I've done the same thing for a demo some time ago - I think it was Wings of Prey demo or something like t... : Nitrium
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  i like star trek a lot, but every ST game I've played has been fail, except for that one FPS I played, do... : Slowtreme
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    I'd do this, but the most fun I've had with any MMO is the initial rush when it's new to everybody. : Clay
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      I agree, and I've jumped in to so many just to play with shackers for the first month. Yet most only end ... : Slowtreme
      • The problem (for me) has really been that most of the games have been completely unrefined not only in ga... : LoioshDwaggie
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    Voyager: Elite Force : LoioshDwaggie
    • yeah that's the one, I did like that at the time. : Slowtreme
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      I loved the bug in that game where everything's all cool walking along with your CPU buddies and then the... : o0JediBeavis0o
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        Hahah awesome, sad it didn't happen to me : Drankje
        • I had to look it up to see what exactly happened. I know they fixed it in the first patch or so, but if ... : o0JediBeavis0o
  • If you do end up playing, let me know. : shortbuscaptain
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    Both of the Armada games were pretty damn fun. I spent a lot of hours on those. Wish they'd make another ... : thetangent
    • Oh, and the Starfleet Command games have been pretty good too! : thetangent
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      I enjoyed Bridge Commander and the mod scene on that is impressive. It was a niche game though. : Sailor of Fortune
      • I enjoyed it too, but not to the extent that I played the Armada games. Then again, that's probably a gen... : thetangent
• http://steamcommunity.com/id/meenmunky Target that explosion and fire! : MeenMunky
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  Clay is the best guild leader ever : ateam311
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    not it : Clay
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      D'oh : hbalce1
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        Pimping raknar here. : Scotty22
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          cult of raknar, in the hizzy : Clay
          • Kaplah : Scotty22
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            ^^ This : Crw22
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              Amrbean said that he would organize it. : hbalce1
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                I will, but once the full game starts. I think we all need to get a feel in the beta first. : amrbean
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                  You missed the subtext of my statement which was, to quote Clay, not it. : hbalce1
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                    haha i love how all the GCR leaders (including myself) are utterly burnt out from ever wanting to lead a ... : theWhite
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                      Yeah but you are Canadian. : Crimsonbeak
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                        I travel 25 - 50% of the time with my job, leading a guild isn't practical. : hbalce1
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                          You should lead the Star Trek guild since you dress like a TOS Science Officer. : Crimsonbeak
                          • http://sparklyfresh.com/gallery/SoCalShackmeet2009/pages/image/imagepage9.html : Crimsonbeak
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    You gonna play this? : hashd
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      I am! Take joy in that! : fbsh
      • Oh no!!! : hashd
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        If shackers are still playing after a month I may try it out Paddy, damn shackhype : shortbuscaptain
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          I was wondering if you were gonna get in on this. : hashd
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            I may, MMO's have always been more about playing with people you have fun with than a SUPER DOOPER GAME ... : shortbuscaptain
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              There is already 30 people in the steam shack group so it looks like a nice group of us will be in beta t... : hashd
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                Us, are you playing? : shortbuscaptain
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                  Yeah! : hashd
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                    My decision to play was finalized when I talked to shortbus and he wasn't excited about it. He is comple... : fbsh
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                      I looked into it and it appeared to be a really shitty game so I bought the collectors edition. : shortbuscaptain
                      • Shit, you just doomed all of us. : Visceral Monkey
                    • Oh god this is so true! : hashd
  • I'll lead this band of tribbles : whistletits
  • Yea for me to take over hahahahha : shortbuscaptain
• someone should still buy this for me! :D : AlexXdude
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  http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197960345458 : lordlobo
  • oh hey fixed http://steamcommunity.com/id/lordlobo : lordlobo
• http://steamcommunity.com/id/heathb : hbalce1
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  http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197964284613/home : geedeck
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    Go edit your profile and change it to a custom URL fool :P : Scotty22
    • I've got a custom one, dunno why it didn't copy and paste. :shrug: : geedeck
• http://steamcommunity.com/id/dj3192 What the hell, I'll join the steam group also. I'm at least g... : djustifier
• http://steamcommunity.com/id/massdev : massdev
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  ^^^ invited : Nitrium
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    Thanks Nitrium. : massdev
    • no problem, mass developer : Nitrium
• http://steamcommunity.com/id/armaduck : armaduck
• http://steamcommunity.com/id/zen2k : zen2k
• http://steamcommunity.com/id/tboomer2 For the Klingon Empire! : tboomer2
• http://steamcommunity.com/id/Inovius : Crw22
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  Question for Beta and Steam ID Do I have to purchase the Digital Deluxe edition to start playing in th : Scotty22
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    Nope, you can purchase the regular edition. Any pre-order will get you an open beta key. : LoioshDwaggie
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      Do we think the beta will come online at Midnight or will it be like 3:00pm or some shit like that? : Scotty22
      • 10am PST. : amrbean
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      man, how is that an open beta? i'm not paying for this game unless i can try it : dantastic
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        What you want is a demo, not a beta. It is an open beta in that they will be giving out keys, but there ... : amrbean
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          for an MMO before release it's called an open beta. just about every MMO has one. i don't see the point... : dantastic
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            No, you are still wrong. Devs hate when players use betas as demos. Betas are an unfinished product mea... : amrbean
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              this close to release not much is going to change from the open beta to the final version : dantastic
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                Ding! There are never major changes this close to a release. There are always people who claim a miracle ... : Visceral Monkey
                • Well, there was CO. They did actually make several giant changes the night of release. That's a Cryptic... : Lucien Irenicus
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        Well, some sites are going to give away keys. : Nitrium
        • Including the official Star Trek page. : LoioshDwaggie
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    Invite me Loiosh you missed meh. http://steamcommunity.com/id/scotty22 Thanks! : Scotty22
    • got you covered : Nitrium
• http://steamcommunity.com/id/Mumbly-joe : cptstern
• http://steamcommunity.com/id/deveus/ : deveus1
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  ^^^ All Invited so far. : LoioshDwaggie
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    Did I get an invite or is the Steam Community website broken and not showing me my invite? : amrbean
    • Looks like no one wanted to invite you :) I fixed it now. : LoioshDwaggie
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  http://steamcommunity.com/id/Crimsonbeak : Crimsonbeak
  • invited : Nitrium
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  http://steamcommunity.com/id/Wolfanoz : Wolfanoz
  • Gotcha : LoioshDwaggie
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  Has anybody in the closed beta run into tribbles? Some of the goons are talking about tribbles multipl... : Clay
  • I am inclined to not believe it only because Tribbles are an in-game pet and pre-order bonus for some. : amrbean
• http://steamcommunity.com/id/noel99 : herradura99
• http://steamcommunity.com/id/hashd : hashd
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  Everyone above here is invited. : LoioshDwaggie
  • Missed me. http://steamcommunity.com/id/meenmunky : MeenMunky
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  http://steamcommunity.com/id/chadg033 Please. : chadg033
  • Your profile URL doesn't work. : LoioshDwaggie
• omg yes pls http://steamcommunity.com/id/misterphoton : MisterPhoton
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  good star trek wallpapers: http://img.trekmovie.com/images/fanmade/enterprise_wall01_1920.jpg http://... : Nitrium
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    chadg033 your steam id link is bad. Everyone else has been added above here. : LoioshDwaggie
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      :-( do you actually have to set one up in steam or is it just my login? : chadg033
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        You have to set it up in Steam. You can just link us directly to your profile (click on profile and then ... : LoioshDwaggie
        • Ok will do when I get home from work and shackmessage you. : chadg033
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  http://steamcommunity.com/id/Sailoroffortune : Sailor of Fortune
  • invited : Nitrium
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  https://steamcommunity.com/id/SolrFlare : SolrFlare
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    No love from the shackfleet? D; : SolrFlare
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      Gotya : LoioshDwaggie
      • Not showing the invite from steam. : SolrFlare
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  God I fucking hate you people. http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198003414770 : Visceral Monkey
  • Welcome to shackfleet :) : LoioshDwaggie
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  http://steamcommunity.com/id/klebold : Klebold
  • already invited you this morning, kleb : Nitrium
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  threadjack. how the hell do we get into the STO open beta? is there a sign up/download link? : cptstern
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    You cross your fingers and wait until tomorrow and hope there's an easy way to get a key. : WhatIsThisFor
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      I'm usually in most mmo betas but have been so far unsuccessful in getting in this one I'm not pre-ord... : cptstern
      • agreed. I withstood the Aion Shackhype, so I can wait out this one too. Need to try before I buy. : byorn
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      Or preorder. There are three options: 1. Win a key from some random website. 2. Click F5 faster than EV : LoioshDwaggie
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        Are they limiting the number of people that get in on the open beta (for those who aren't pre-ordering)? : thetangent
        • No one knows. : WhatIsThisFor
• http://steamcommunity.com/id/noknyc thanks! : noknyc
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  http://steamcommunity.com/id/whistletits : whistletits
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    Invalid profile : LoioshDwaggie
    • We found you anyways. : LoioshDwaggie
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  Haha, I just noticed the ship name and registration in that picture. USS Cockboat. NCC-6969 : Visceral Monkey
  • ATTENTION, ALL ABOARD! : Nitrium
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  As an aside, anyone have ship name picked out? : Visceral Monkey
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    NX-Temeraire will be my capital ship. : LoioshDwaggie
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      I think all ships have the USS prefix, the NX appears in the registration number so it would be like so: ... : Visceral Monkey
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        USS David Patreus USS Questionable Intent USS Reacts poorly to negative stimuli USS Ardent Fang : Visceral Monkey
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          NX prefix is a special gift for delux / collector's edition orders. : LoioshDwaggie
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            Yeah, but I don't think it takes the place of the USS, it takes the place of the NCC in the registration ... : Visceral Monkey
            • BOO! : LoioshDwaggie
    • Thanks too: http://www.mrklingon.org/ Morning Wrath - po QeHpu' : tboomer2
  • USS Decade Pigeon : Sailor of Fortune
• http://steamcommunity.com/id/gendail : gendail
• ugh you guys just had to post that fucking video with all the ship customization stuff didnt you >:( h... : theWhite
• Is the open beta completely open or just for pre-orderers? : Omning
• http://steamcommunity.com/id/junosword I know I will be disappointed but goddammit it's star trek : Juno
• Christ I had zero interest in this before last week. Now I may just try the open beta. OMFG. http://st : MercFox1
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  I'M NOT FALLING FOR THIS AGAIN! Not after Conan and Warhammer. : Edges
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    Don't forget Aion. : LoioshDwaggie
    • still rocking the aion here, i miss the shack :/ : Slowtreme
    • if this ends up being another Aion i'd be pretty satisfied. Aion was a good game that provided plenty of... : electroly
  • hehe yea warhammer did it for me : jonin
  • But it's Star Trek! : ESchack
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    What is there to fall for? Here's the thing, what people are "falling for" is the illusion that becau... : geedeck
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      space boars Also http://www.kowabunga.org/images/pictures/convergence_2006/convergence2006_19.jpg : Slowtreme
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        Collect 50 Klingonbore Horns. : LoioshDwaggie
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          actually i don't recall seeing any quests like that. i mean you get "clear the 5 enemy fleets out" but I ... : Clay
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            I was making a WoW joke :) (about one of the most annoying Horde-side quests ever) : LoioshDwaggie
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              Nothing beats 2 pristine yeti horns. : chrisschutz
              • Creeper Ichor : Scotty22
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                Fucking shit fuck motherfucking fuckbag cocksucker quest. : Rotten Deadite
                • Luckily with xp increases you can skip that shit now. : chrisschutz
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      It seems that there are two types of people interested in this game. There are people who are interested : WhatIsThisFor
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        I'm kinda sitting on both sides of that fence. I like reading on new MMOs because I want to see if someon... : LoioshDwaggie
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          what's your conclusion on the healing situation in STO? is it cool? : electroly
          • No idea until tomorrow. The only video I've seen showing healing is the one Klobold posted last night. : LoioshDwaggie
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      also, IAWTGeedeck. Shackers make fun gamefellows. But each time they enter into an adventure like this it... : Slowtreme
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        Yeah I've never stayed long in a friend/group guild. I tend to eventually want to get onto doing some rea... : LoioshDwaggie
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          What does running it entail? : WhatIsThisFor
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            giving a shit what other people do : Slowtreme
            • Mostly means I cannot leave to find my own guild, or quit for a few weeks and take a break. I ran a heavy... : LoioshDwaggie
    • This. A change of pace in a MMO is what I'm looking for, so I'll give it a shot. : Visceral Monkey
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      This is what happens whenever Shackers play an MMO: Bunch of shackers hype up a game. Someone sets up... : Edges
      • Like EVE, this game has but one server. : WhatIsThisFor
      • And what I'm saying is that it's what you make of it. Plus... No servers No factions really... You ... : geedeck
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      I played a bit of City of Heroes before WoW came out and some of the Champions Online beta last year and,... : BlackCat9
      • There's a profound difference in the way WoW felt from the first time I played it and how it's evolved si : Visceral Monkey
    • I thought the LOTRO did well for shackers too. EVE Online is another story. : Sailor of Fortune
  • Haha, I've got: Vanguard Conan Warhammer Aion ..and now this. To be fair though, I do go back... : Visceral Monkey
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    I liked conan I have an used 60month pass and I just got a notice saying they're deleting my sub lvl 2... : cptstern
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      jebus 60 day unused card. not 60month : cptstern
      • newegg has those 60 day card for $9.00 I've been thinking of picking one up. : Visceral Monkey
  • I blame the games. I was a bit late to the party as far as Conan and the Shack goes but by the time I go... : r_picmip 5
• http://steamcommunity.com/id/freakynipples69 : freakynipples69
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  If I buy from steam when do I get in beta? : shortbuscaptain
  • Tomorrow at 12PM when it opens. : LoioshDwaggie
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  http://steamcommunity.com/id/the_archon : Lucien Irenicus
  • I invited you to the Shack L4D group as well. : LoioshDwaggie
• http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197968691051 : CoRDS
• pleeeaase http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197968381881 : hobosapien
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  Anyone have a mirror for the open beta client downloader? The torrent is backed up to like 20 hrs. : Visceral Monkey
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    I downloaded the one from Frileplanet. I have no idea how out of date it is or if it will even work thoug... : skinlab133
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      I think I've read something on their forums about that client being outdated. : Nitrium
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        The client they release tomorrow will be outdated :) It's just a question if you will be able to patch up... : skinlab133
        • IIRC they will release a small patch by the time it is released, but the correct client version is ST.0.2... : Nitrium
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          here: http://forums.startrekonline.com/showpost.php?p=1349995&postcount=3 : Nitrium
          • also http://forums.startrekonline.com/showpost.php?p=1333066&postcount=1 : Nitrium
    • I just logged in with the older Fileplanet version. It's patching 2.5 gigs now. SOOO much better than the... : skinlab133
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    This is it supposedly. http://forums.startrekonline.com/showthread.php?t=54549 : Visceral Monkey
    • Confirmed, this is is. Get on it! : Visceral Monkey
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    Give the torrent some time. Started out slow at first, but eventually reached 2MB/s. : herradura99
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      Yup, it's the confirmed latest version of the ST: O client. Torrent URL: http://installers.crypticstudios... : LoioshDwaggie
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        This torrent sucks. It's such a terrible technology in practice IMO. : skinlab133
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          Current ETA: 6 days. Ugh. : WhatIsThisFor
          • As I said, give it some time to rev up. Also, make sure your ports are properly forwarded. : herradura99
      • My download finished in about 8 hours from that. All installed and ready to go! : Aragoat
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    Do you still need a key to try the open beta? : AlexXdude
    • yes, but I'm sure fileplanet among others will be offering up open beta keys. : JuffoWup
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    I've just noticed that this page has gone up: http://www.startrekonline.com/download/ Of course, I've ... : Aragoat
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      Will they unlock the beta on steam tomorrow morning or should I grab the torrent tonight? : shortbuscaptain
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        I'm not sure to be honest. From what I've read on the STO forums, I was under the impression that a beta... : Aragoat
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          thats how I'm going. I'll install the client through steam at a later date. I just want to get ahead of... : JuffoWup
          • Oooh yeah, I noticed today that STO DDE and regular are at the top on Steam's top sellers list. I hope t... : Aragoat
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          The beta is available on our Steam Listing but you can't start the download.. *sigh* : tboomer2
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            That should be classified as cruel and unusual punishment. :-( : Aragoat
            • The unwashed masses on the Steam Forums are apparently in open revolt. : tboomer2
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      I'm using the torrent as well. I assume that their installer just points there? : WhatIsThisFor
      • That would be my guess. The filenames are really very similar so it wouldn't surprise me that the .exe i... : Aragoat
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  So, the videos that I've watched don't show any actual multiplayer. I haven't seen one other player ship ... : BlackCat9
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    My understanding is that everything but the tutorial can be done in groups. Multiplayer on foot mean... : WhatIsThisFor
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      So, Fleet Actions are the Star Trek Online equivalent of a raid? Are there star bases where you can ju... : BlackCat9
      • They're not exactly like a raid, they're more like those public quests in Warhammer I think. There are... : WhatIsThisFor
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  Protip for the beta: Get out of the newbie area as fast as possible as efficiently as possibly. Its laggy... : Klebold
  • Worthwhile listening ^ Don't worry about missing out on content, you can always go back and do it on a n... : Durajim
  • where was this protip before I bought the client? BAIT AND SWITCH MOTHERFUCKER!?!? I kid : massdev
• I keep and keep rereading this as 'i love the cock' : Flinz
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  Evening Bump Please post your Steam Profile URLs here for invites into the ST: Online Shack group. Remin... : LoioshDwaggie
  • Even though this will be ER'd http://steamcommunity.com/id/fr0x : fr0x
  • http://steamcommunity.com/id/baggy : nevlos
• http://steamcommunity.com/id/Wardriver : KillSwitchEngaged002

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• i gave up last season : .frame
• The line must be drawn here! This far! No farther! : trove
• should have watch Chuck instead : Dschinghis Khan
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  You are far better than I am. I gave up a couple shows into the third season : impulse25
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    Yeah, but only one at a time. : virus
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      Peter is like the only character to maintain some sort of consistency, relative to the other idiots that ... : TwiLyght
      • Not at all. Remember when Peter had the power to take other peoples powers, and keep them all all the ti... : foo
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  I feel the same way, that last show was some of the worst shit I have ever seen. I am curious how many s... : clain
  • Claire has to be the worst character and storyline on TV. The constant whining. The complete lack of any ... : steelsamurai
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  I think I watched like 2-3 in season 3 and just gave up. I just really don't care about these characters ... : avatar_58
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    Me also. Just stopped caring. Things happened but really nothing meaningful ever happened in this show.... : ezanga
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      After Dexter I pretty much only want to watch shows where BIG things happen every few episodes and charac... : avatar_58
      • yeah, that's a great example. so much TV programming out there to waste time on tickle your taint, can't... : ezanga
  • Yeah I gave up on it early this season too. : quazar
• wow i didnt even know there was an episode last week - advertising is just gone for it. : multisync
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  For a show about people with superpowers there's surprisingly little super-powering going on each episode... : ezanga
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    Yeah - this episode Peter (I'M NOT SPOILING THIS BECAUSE IT SUCKED) took the Hatian's powers and Clair cu... : virus
    • except in the beginning of the show they said she FELT the pain but it healed. not even correct with thei... : retarded talking dinosaur
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    have you seen 4400? It was an old series on USA that got cancelled but it's a great 'powers' show : multisync
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      Old Series? It's only what, 2 years old? There's a lot of 4400 references in V. I'm guessing the same wr... : tboomer2
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        well i did notice the priest in V is the agent from 4400. Only person I spotted Yea I guess 'Old' was a... : multisync
        • Did you not see the address of the Warehouse as well, they mentioned it countless times. 4400. : tboomer2
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      I'll check it out. : ezanga
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        Sounds cool. Can't believe I've never even heard of it. Super-powers aside, is it a good show? Worth w... : ezanga
        • They just chopped it off at the neck. I was pretty dissapointed. : tboomer2
        • i thought S1 was a little slow but now I'm really digging it into S3. It's sort of like xfiles meets her... : multisync
        • It was an ok show, not a great one. They started off strongly, but by the end they were fishing for where... : Rooster Cockburn
    • I personally believe it got cancelled because Heroes wanted to use the same plot 4400 was delving into, a... : lpearl
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  Thread side-jack: Fuck netflix in their miserable stingy ass for having Dexter seasons 1 and 2 on instant... : Rehevkor
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    season 3, do yourself a favor and just get the last disc and watch the last episode. the seasons is FUCK... : multisync
    • I thought season 3 was fantastic. It built up slowly, but very much worth it. I thought the season fina... : nutop
    • season 3 had an amazing build-up, and Jimmy Smits completely fucking owned in his part. : Modica Sol Solis
  • They were doing you a favor : brecht
  • I blame Showtime. : Deathlove
• That show is still around? : sonicdeathwalrus
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  I'm right there with you. I feel invested in this show having seen every episode but FOR FUCK'S SAKE do ... : hussdelrio
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    That future disappeared 200 writers ago. : brecht
    • Along with Peter's love interest ... for 3 episodes : Lionhart32935
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  it was over for me mid season 2 : mayooms
  • As it was for me also. I do not understand how people made it this far with the show. The second season w... : MrBig0
  • Same here. : Ride-My-Rocket
  • Exactly. : loppsided
  • me too :( : xsoulbrothax
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  I cannot understand how people did not give up after like 4 episodes of season 2. I don't even know what : OverloadUT
  • Agreed, that whole feudal Japan storyline turned me way off for whatever reason, and I lost interest imme... : MaxPete82
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    I don't know ... I stick with it every week in hopes that it will improve, and my wife felt the same way ... : virus
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      This is basically me and my girlfriend. We keep hoping for improvement but it just keeps getting worse. : hussdelrio
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        I seriously do not know if you are talking about Heroes or your relationship. : OverloadUT
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          Seriously? Isn't it in style to post a new thread If I had relationship issues? : hussdelrio
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            The wording of your post could go either way! In on way you're just saying "IAWTP" but in another way you... : OverloadUT
            • That's true -- I was basically saying IAWTP. Anyways, yeah. Heroes better not suck. : hussdelrio
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    i heard they got back a good writer, it was good for a few episodes, and now its back to sucking again. : handofthrawn
    • they need to learn some lessons from comic books on what not to do with super powers. time travel....he ... : handofthrawn
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      Yeah, some guy from Pushing Daisies or something who left again. Some TV nerd here will know. It was p... : node
      • Bryan Fuller will save us all. : Deathlove
    • He wrote like an episode and left again. : K1Bond007
  • I lasted 2 episodes into the second season, havent watched it since : two50six
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  it's like a firey train wreck that I can't take my eyes off of. I'm intrigued by samuel's plan and I lik... : beastrabban
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    I feel like I'm killing some actor's daughter's cat every time I Find Programs->Season Pass Manager->Clea... : Deathlove
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      I still have galactica season pass in there just hoping that there would be more.. : beastrabban
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        ok that's just sad. when a show is off the air, i get it the fuck out of there tuit suite got a ton of... : Deathlove
        • oh caprica was the other one Thanks, tivo.com! : Deathlove
• i cut this show off at the beginning of this season...abysmal. : sreyes22
• I've given it a chance for so long, and the samuel shit could have worked well as like a shades of grey v... : node
• I was done with Heroes after the beginning of the second season. The show had potential, but it was squan... : noxiousgg
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  Wow. I recently finally watched the first season and thought that it was a pretty decent show, a "B" over... : AroundTheFur1380
  • Good plan. : Portax
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    Dexter > Heroes. : Moonbase Commander
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      dogshit>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>heroes. fixed : Hoax
      • My only concern is that you are somehow equating Dexter to dogshit >:( : Moonbase Commander
• It is really terrible. It's probably going to get canned this year. : K1Bond007
• There are still people watching it? : Mad Brahmin Disease
• What do you expect from the guy who gave us Teen Wolf Too! : chrisschutz
• I finally called it quits at the end of the last season. They just went too far. Claire's blood can bring : AlexW1203
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  End of last season was it for me. They needed to kill Sylar off for real by now but they have no idea ho... : acheron
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    Another? Sylar hasn't been particularly compelling since the end of the first season. : Arcanum
    • The best Sylar post Season 1 was in S3 when he teamed up with Noah. It was the best buddy-cop episode eve... : ConfusedUs
• I have been actively avoiding this season due to the atrocities the last couple of season have been. Have... : d3tached

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  I started playing but the tearing was really annoying me. As soon as I read that they are patching the is... : Simulacrum
  • Some people said installing to the harddrive improved it, you might try that. My guess is that all the Q&... : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
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  Awesome game, tearing is an issue but can easily be overlooked. The combat feels like a mix between God o... : jingletard
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    Is all this tearing on 360, PS3, or both? It seems that most PS3 games have vsync enabled whereas their 3... : Rehevkor
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      I read that only the 360 version has the tearing issue. : Simulacrum
      • and I've never gotten it, so I think it depends on your display. My projector through VGA isn't showing ... : Halen
• I finished it on saturday, very good. : gmd
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  I had a hard time putting it down. I'm really enjoying it. The 'dungeons' are almost seamlessly transiti... : Clasifyd
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    which fight? : gmd
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      The first 'Trauma' fight, where there's that big guy chasing you and throwing cars on the bridge I tried ... : Clasifyd
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        yeah that fight was hard until I just dodged the crap out of him : gmd
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          Yeah, I ended up locking on to him, and dashing about four times before I came in with a thrust. Rinse an... : Clasifyd
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            If you charge then jump you don't get that little stop animation and can move faster. : Crimsonbeak
            • Oh, that I didn't know. I always revel in the 'I stuck you like a pig!' moment. : Clasifyd
  • List of all achievements including secret achievements: http://www.xbox360achievements.org/game/darksi... : Rooster Cockburn
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  I haven't picked it back up since Bayonetta came in the mail. : Vincent Grayson
  • Bayonetta makes me happy. : walker270
  • I finished that last night after a 4 hour marathon session. That game knows how to put an ending in. : Entity
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    Same here. Bayonetta is so goddamn ridiculous and fun. : TrptJim
    • I absolutely adore the combat-based Alfheim missions. They're all sorts of hectic fun. : walker270
• It's Ok. I'm enjoying it for the most part. Most of the reviews seem to be on target. It borrows quite a ... : project13
• game is awesome, the dungeons are huge and exploring them makes me feel like I'm playing zelda : rgoer
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  I'm wondering this as well. I'd like to know how the combat is- is it just button mashing or do you reall... : nakedsavage
  • It may be different for some, but I'm finding certain moves to be more effective on certain enemy types t... : Clasifyd
  • It varies. Some bigger monsters you can't just button mash against, you have to use some strategy/blockin... : jingletard
• I'm about halfway through and its pretty "average" It does tons of things but none are "amazing". But not... : getfrisky
• played it at my brother's house. meh. : [7]kami
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  Yeah it seemed good until they got to that challenges part. I wonder how often that pops up in the game. : Evil Benius
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    I've seen it twice so far, and I think I'm about 1/2 way through. I'm thinking it happens once per dungeo... : Clasifyd
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      no it ends after that : gmd
      • Awesome. The challenges weren't that bad, but running to find the little portals was stupid... : Clasifyd
    • There are only the 2. : Crimsonbeak
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    Not often. I don't remember exactly how many but it's not more than 3 times. : dpgagnon
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      OK that is not too bad then. Just seemed like an odd thing in the middle of the game and more like someth... : Evil Benius
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        nah I like it. It's like a "combat tutorial"... i felt it was wierd, too, but i still thought it was nice : barichnikov
        • The Kill dudes with objects from the environment one was the toughest, I thought, just because of the big... : Clasifyd
  • it's just that one area out of four. It went on just long enough that I didn't get tired of it. If I ha... : Halen
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  I've been really enjoying it. Outstanding artistic design and fun smash-em-up gameplay. : Aerioch
  • Some people really dislike the artistic design likening it to a teenage boy's wet dream of "AWWWW YEAAH!!... : Klebold
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  i just finished it last night on normal level at about 17 hrs on the 360. the puzzle solving really go... : gdestiny
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    yeah Black Throne's portal gun puzzles were really pissing me off. that and there's no monsters there to ... : thebigbeefsandwich
    • I love it so far. : lplasmatron
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    you should tried the harder difficulty for combat. I have to dodge and parry and disable one enemy so I c... : sharpie
    • I do a lot of 'run away and let the enemy group up' then beat the hell out of a few of them at once. I c... : Clasifyd
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      i usually play games through on normal and i'm done w/ it. don't really see a need to 100% it for achieve... : gdestiny
      • playing games on normal is not always playing the full game, you open up more interesting AI, or it forc... : threeup
    • I Am Terrible at these kind of games. I started the game on hard and have forced myself to get good at it... : Klebold
• It's in the mail from Gamefly. I hope I get it today : melkore
• It's really good, nearly great. : Boxelder
• My favorite action game of "2009" : Halen
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  well it combines a B version of about 6 games. so it's decent, not amazing but at the same time I hope th... : thebigbeefsandwich
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    I would say it's better than that, it's so much more solid the so many games released recently that try t... : Halen
    • I agree. It's the first game in a while that's been a challenge for me, as well. I think they blended 'f... : Clasifyd
• was trying to decide what i wanted to load up to play and i think this is it. thanks. : mwasher
• It's fucking fantastic. Contender for my 2010 GOTY so far! : dewdman
• It's pretty darn good : guitarsandbikes
• It's like tetris with guns. : thecatinthehat

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  Spider-Man 2 was great. 3 was awful, the first one was okay. : dmason
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    i liked them all, but 3 was enough. : dirge23
    • agreed : jonin
  • compeltely agreed. spidey2 was fantastic, but I hated 1 and actively detest 3. : beastrabban
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    Spiderman 1 was neat, Spiderman 2 was horrible, and Spiderman 3 was so bad that I still think it was some... : stuka
    • You didn't like the Venom muscle suit that kid from the 70's Show was wearing? : Godhatesfatpeople
  • I liked all of them, but the third was far lower quality than the first two. : thetangent
  • Sam Raimi knew that 3 wasn't great. He really didn't want Venom in there and it was forced upon him by t... : TwiLyght
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  Jason Statham as Spiderman, Michael Bay directing... and uh, Scarlett johansen and jessica alba playing t... : Cliffzorz
  • fuck YES : Downforce
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  Great. Now Spiderman will get Christopher Nolan'd and my son will have to wait forever until he can watc... : MatzL.E.
  • stop the wussification of children : Modica Sol Solis
  • I love how you complain about being a "responsible" parent. One this is for sure in life, people always f... : InfectedStool
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    I'm getting tired of "dark" superhero movies. It seems like that's all people want these days, dark, mood... : thetangent
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      Well, Batman is a dark superhero. Spiderman is middling – there's some messed up stuff –... : Modica Sol Solis
      • Now that I think about it, that seems to be pretty common in the Marvel comics. They may sometimes be se... : Arcanum
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      The Marvel Studios movies don't seem to be going that way. : Arcanum
      • iron man seems to be borderline flippant : Clay
  • Sorry, but Batman comics would be just as bad, and have been for decades - it's not something you can bla... : Conan
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    HEYBARTWANNASEEMYNEWCHAINSAW???? : tomservo
    • ANDHOCKEYMASK! : Earl Greigh
  • I don't recall begins being that bad. : gibolas1234
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    Dude I was watching Aliens and T2 by 10. Teach that boy the good stuff! : sKetchflow
    • Same here. :) : thetangent
    • I waited in line at the theater for 5hrs with my dad to see T2 opening day. I was 9 at the time. : Prozium
    • My dad took me to see it when I was 6. I loved it! : pop_secret
  • Dude wtf, Tranformers is fine. That's like saying Star Wars is too violent. Kids aren't dumb, let'em watc... : locater16
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  I was fairly meh on Raimi's Spiderman movies. However, that doesn't mean I think this is a good thing. ... : Arcanum
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    God I wish Spiderman could be in the Avengers movie, the joke cracking webhead though not the super serio... : Crimsonbeak
    • That would be awesome. : thetangent
• Interesting. Probably a good thing. : cookblaze
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  if it means the end of emo parker, and the f-ing mentos commercial in the middle of the damn movie good. ... : drewroy
  • lol !! : GoodBoy
  • Mentos commercial. That's perfect, lol : Godhatesfatpeople
  • I thought it worked well , the teardrops falling scene right : Chandler55
  • I have to say I used to dislike the dancing thing in Spider-Man 3 too but I was talking to Jake "Videogam... : mikecyb
• Thank god they're rebooting. Those movies were terrible (Spiderman 2 was okay, at best) : Modica Sol Solis
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  Ugh, so the reboot is going to have way too many studio executives controlling it while not knowing anyth... : Mecha Tofu Pirate
  • They'll throw Venom and Carnage is, just because they're popular. And it'll suck. : walker270
• I think it's too early to do another origin story. : five_percent
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  I'd prefer a Fantastic 4 reboot instead of a Spidey one. I want a proper Galactus :( : Snuffles-
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    There's a Fantastic 4 reboot, too. : Super Sparker
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      yeah although it's still not a marvel productions film. so chances of it being good are slim. : grifter
      • IAWTP. : Super Sparker
    • Yes, and they want to make it "darker" because that's why the first two movies sucked. : Mecha Tofu Pirate
  • A proper Doctor Doom, too. Ha ha! I'm MASTER of the world! : ZTac
• well couldent possibly be any worse than spiderman 3 : godm0de
• Yesssssssss : Godhatesfatpeople
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  a future spiderman could be sweet, i liked that alot in the comics. Also good riddance tobey mcguire you ... : Silent Wolf
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    And whoever chose snaggletooth as Mary Jane. Get someone hot please. : Godhatesfatpeople
    • Gwen Stacy was fuckin UNF though : chrisschutz
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  For the love of god, I don't want to see green goblin in the next Spider-Man. Bring on some new faces fr... : melkore
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    I have a feeling they will open up with Venom. : Godhatesfatpeople
    • I have the same premonition, but I really wouldn't like that at all. Venom's the kind of villain you buil... : The Grolar Bear
  • Casting my Vote for Amy Adams : krym3
  • Clearly he needs to fight Magneto. : sKetchflow
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  Did we really need more spiderman? : D45hiz
  • Large amounts of money say "yes." : lodit
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  studios are fucking retarded, how the fuck can you reboot spiderman already and fucking high school, it i... : gmd
  • Like remakes. They want to see what sticks. And Sony has tons of money with this license. I'm sure Marvel... : Godhatesfatpeople
• enough with the reboots reimagining shit .... do some NEW shit before rehashing the old. they just know ... : ghost hacker
• Maguire was using steroids, I'm boycotting Spiderman. : Nixx2004
• I was a fan of the two* Raimi films. I thought they really captured the feeling of Spider-Man. I would li : uglysad
• Disney now owning Marvel probably has compelled Sony to hurry up and get whatever the hell it's gonna be ... : Borzoi
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  Sony is why Spiderman 3 sucked. They should let Raimi do what he wants instead of ruining the franchise. : Serpico74
  • Agreed, he did a great job with the first two and three would have been good had they let him ditch Venom... : lodit
• Maybe they'll be good movies now. : virus
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  ThreadJack: Who should play the new spider-man? : uglysad
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    John Goodman : guido anchovy
    • hahaha : Godhatesfatpeople
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      Robin Williams : pop_secret
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        Bruce Campbell. As e : Arcanum
        • The fuck? I have no idea why that posted. As I was saying, Bruce Campbell. As everyone. : Arcanum
  • gylenhaal was a rumor, I have a soft spot for Freddie prinze jr, tall lanky Parker looking dude and he ca... : Chandler55
  • I think NPH would be a good SpiderMan : fried sushi
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  Raimi used to do good superhero movies like Darkman. I wonder why Spiderman sucked so bad. Its better he ... : ultramega
  • He has the rights to do a The Shadow movie, and he's just sitting on them! : ZTac
  • Hahah rofl rofl, Suckman. : lodit
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  Sell the rights back to Marvel and let them squeeze Spider-Man into The Avengers 2! : SockMonkeh
  • Oh gawd, if Marvel got all their movie rights they could have the best cameo/team-up moments ever in the ... : Earl Greigh
• W/ all the lawsuits and fighting this just sounds like a smear campaign to get things moving to me. Toby... : Darthbrooks
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  I've always been ashamed of saying it on the Shack, but I think the first is meh, the 2nd is shit and the... : melt_core
  • There's something wrong with you. : Arcanum
  • I thought Molina as Doctor Octopus was great. I loved the way he looked. But that was about it :I : Godhatesfatpeople
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    2 > 1 > 3 : grabbie
    • iawtp : riptyde
    • Yup : thetangent
  • I concur. The dialogue in those films makes my ears bleed. : Megara9
  • they are all terrible, terrible movies. : slickdoody
  • Eh, whatever. Personal opinions are all well and fine, even if the majority of people would completely di... : locater16
• I think that's probably good news, Spidey 3 sucked. I only really enjoyed the second one, The first one w... : Durajim
• huzzah! : Megara9
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  Is this because Disney now owns all the rights? Disney Exec: "Time to cash in! Reboots all around" : GoodBoy
  • Well Disney doesn't own the movie rights to the character. I think it's because of the constant script pr... : Godhatesfatpeople
  • no, sony owns the rights for spiderman. marvel has no say. they'd prefer to regain the rights so they can... : grifter
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  Isn't it too soon for a reboot? : David Craddock
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    Hulk was rebooted 5 years after it was rebooted : glio1337
    • That wasn't a full reboot though... : melt_core
• Sony is pretty much going to make sure the next one complete is shit : mikecyb
• The problem here is the producers are going to get someone to do it EXACTLY as they see fit. Spider Man ... : icon_of_syn
• reboot reboot reboot reboot reboot reboot reboot reboot ARGH MAKE THE PAIN STOP : jayares
• watching all my favorite movie bloggers explode about this news on twitter has been more entertaining tha... : grifter
• Good, I hate the shit out of Tobey Maguire. : SpaecKow
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  all 3 of those movies sucked. spider-man is a terrible character. : CoRDS
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    spidey is my fav super hero. back off man! : jonin
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      Spidey can be kind of a whiny little bitch sometimes. Which is really one of the big turn-offs in all th... : Arcanum
      • that is actually what defines his psyche. it makes him truly embody what he is: a whiny little bitch : spiderfill
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  I really liked how much they felt like Sam Raimi movies. It's so bizarre that Sony would pick him to dir... : mikecyb
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    It's been a while since I've seen it, but I remember the overnight transformation sequence at the beginni... : ZTac
    • yeah it's amazing. the surgery scene in SM2 was basically something that could have been in one of the E... : mikecyb
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  Everyone hating on Spiderman 2 in this thread is out of their fucking mind. : underground banana plantation
  • Yup. : NastyJack
  • I thought it was very boring and the least comic-like. : WhatIsThisFor
  • Yea I don't understand. I realize Iron Man and Dark Knight raised the bar - but Spider Man 2 was an exce... : icon_of_syn
  • I agree. Best superhero movie ever. : Serpico74
  • I thought it was the best one. : Sailor of Fortune
• Spiderman rocks! He's my favorite so bring it on! : not work safe
• Hopefully they make it so spiderman isn't such a vagina. : kingdepork
• In retrospect, these 3 movies weren't that good. 3 was an abomination, though. 1 & 2 had their moments, b... : K1Bond007

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  These stories are incredible if you haven't read them yet: http://www.gamespot.com/features/btg/index.htm... : MagicWishMonkey
  • ah, interesting thanks.. but i was thinking more in terms of books / novels : sikander
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  The Terror by Dan Simmons : fugu124
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    This is a good one. : twifosp
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      I found it to be pretty boring to be honest :( : JohnnyDanger
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        Then you are broken. : twifosp
        • Fucking awesome book. The Terror is a great, 9.5/10, losing the 0.5 as although the background to the sto : ihya
• I'm currently about halfway through The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, and it is phenomenal so ... : ZTac
• The Name of the Rose : mechanicalgrape
• omnivore's dilemma : Iwannaacura
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  Just finished and can recommend them all: The Road The Greatest Show on Earth - Richard Dawkins Worl... : ezanga
  • I will second the Devil In the White City. : Thornfist
• I'm about half way through the first part of Book of the New Sun (The Shadow of the Torturer) by Gene Wol... : Omning
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  I'm reading Hayao Miyazaki's 'Nausicaa' manga series. It's quite a bit better than the film actually (th... : kallanta
  • Funny, I love his movies, but I think both are really weak. He was a surprisingly poor manga storyteller.... : jason bergman
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  http://www.philsized.com/ebooks12.31.2009.jpg http://www.philsized.com/ebooks01.11.2010.jpg Here's ... : Phil
  • Kings "Desperation" is one of my all time faves. : Cygnus X-1
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  This is a fantastic book: http://www.amazon.com/Name-Wind-Kingkiller-Chronicles-Day/dp/075640407X Pap... : Thornfist
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    that's gegtik on the cover fyi : Phil
    • http://www.philsized.com/lol/gegtik2.jpg : Phil
  • This one is really great if you love fantasy, the story is so well written, I can't wait for the second. : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
  • I just finished this last week. Excellent book - the next one can't come out soon enough. I'm finishing : MuteMode
• Born to Run - Amazing amazing amazing book, awesome story telling to top it off. Zorba the Greek 48 Law... : sreyes22
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  I'm in the middle of reading "The Black Swan" by Nassim Taleb. Quite refreshing change of pace for me. : Toth21
  • I actually just started this! : The Grolar Bear
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    I started this months ago for some class, it was so boring, I hate most non-fiction though. The writer is... : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
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      He is incredibly arrogant (I think he's so out of touch that he doesn't realize it) but the ideas in the ... : jipey
      • No definitely, I just wish the ideas were taken out and made into a list of cool ideas without author's i... : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
      • well apparently he is so out of touch all the way to the bank! : spiderfill
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  The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. Everyone should read that book. : Modica Sol Solis
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    Agreed. Have you read his collection of short stories? It's on my list... need to see if the library has ... : jipey
    • Yep. Just as good. Better in some ways. It's basically a memoir, not even short stories. : Modica Sol Solis
• Also a fantasy series I'm digging is:The Riyria Revelations (Book 1-3 are out currently) book 1: http... : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
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  World War Z. Awesome book. A really different take on the Zombie War. : RogerDandy
  • i HIGHLY recommend the audio book as well even after you've read the book. : multisync
• Chronic City by Jonathan Lethem. Highly recommended if you like Michael Chabon, David Foster Wallace, or ... : tashtego
• I just started Brave New World. : DJ Clipdat
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  I am currently reading 'Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Johnathan Safran Foer and I like it very ... : JohnnyDanger
  • god both of these are good. : dahanese
• I'm reading a book called "Big in Japan" right now. It's a pretty good book containing sex and rock and ... : flagg209
• My friend recently recommended Gilead to me, by Marilynne Robinson. It will prob by the next book I read. : aethyr
• threads like these make me think that a shack book club really would be awesome because you guys read goo... : dahanese
• Currently reading Gods of Mars (John Carter of Mars book 2). Just finished reading The Sun Also Rises... : jason bergman
• I'm reading "Doubt: a History" right now, and it's pretty awesome. Lots of stuff I never knew about early... : Vincent Grayson
• The Maltese Falcon : RikiTiki2
• Just finished The Ancestor's Tale by Dawkins. Excellent excellent account of evolutionary history : indosauros
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  Have you read The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga? It was very good. : NastyJack
  • The best book I've read in a long while. : roggor
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  I started Snuff by Chuck Pahliniuk last night and I'm enjoying it more than I thought I would. : Haku-Jin
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    I've got that on my Kindle. It's the next Chuck P. book I'm going to tackle. So far I've read Rant, Choke... : jason bergman
    • It certainly has some interesting asides in it. You'll learn a few fascinating as well as horrifying tid... : Haku-Jin
• I bought The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect (the actual physical book) based on a shackemendation and i... : KxRook
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  Name of the Wind is the last one I finished. Was enjoyable start to finish. : breadsticks
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    Mentioned above, but I wanted to add that the author was supposed to release the 2nd of the trilogy like ... : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
    • ..on your face : Thornfist
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  A Short History of Nearly Everything -- so good. : jvox
  • Have you read The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid? If not you should, it's great too! : Haku-Jin
  • I reccomend this as well good book. : RogerDandy
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    The oddities of the scientists depicted are so great. : edgewise
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      Haha, yes this. I especially liked the story about the French expedition to the Andes that resulted in ne... : c0bra
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        haha yeah and who knew there was so much drama & backstabbing in the world of dinosaur archaeologists? : jvox
        • Seriously. I wouldn't have thought scientists would be willing to cause physical harm to one another over... : c0bra
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        the ones that stand out (It's been a long time since I read it last) was the one guy who used to do insan... : edgewise
        • The first one was Isaac Newton. : c0bra
  • This looks really interesting. I started reading "Guns, Germs and Steel" which is another book that tries... : Geoffrois
  • I'm in the middle of this right now. Lots of fun : Thomas Hace
• I read All The Pretty Horses last week. Great Book. Also, Eating the Dinosaur was a good quick read. : skilesare
• I just finished The Hobbit, plan to tackle LotR some point this year. Tonight I'll begin Hyperion. : givemesnacks
• The Shivered Sky by Matt Dinniman is absolutely brilliant if you like fantasy/horror. He gets no love aro... : lightly inclined
• The Fortune Cookie Chronicles. Great, great stuff about America's Chinese restaurants. http://www.fortune... : drazz
• The Life of Pi is pretty good : MagicWishMonkey
• I just finished reading How Rome Fell and it was a good read - but I'm a history nerd, so... : i am the baker
• reading through On The Road by Jack Kerouac again. : Drewus
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  Obligatory George RR Martin pimping here. : ihya
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    Obligatory George RR Martin whining here. : Haku-Jin
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      What, people don't like it? Are they sniffing glue in one anthers basement? : ihya
      • Whining that he'll never finish the series. : Haku-Jin
• Team of Rivals. If you ever wanted to learn about the Lincoln administration and how bad-ass the man act... : Ecks
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  Currently reading Tales Of The Black Company by Glen Cook ( http://www.amazon.com/dp/0765320665/ ). Good... : Ride-My-Rocket
  • I started reading this a couple of years ago. Glen Cook is now my favorite fantasy author. If you like hi... : ArcKnight
• God's Equation : Amir D. Aczel : drucifer
• I've been on a Neil Strauss kick recently: I've read: The Game Emergency The Long Hard Road out o... : whodares
• Mistborn and its sequels, by Brandon Sanderson. Never has a fantasy series brought up so many questions a... : ConfusedUs

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• Instant Watch or by mail? : byorn
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  Heroes, Lost, The Office : Clasifyd
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    Please not Heroes. Except Season one of course. : serenj
    • I'm pretty sure there was only one season of that show anyway. At least that's all i remember.... : RetroRedEyeJr
    • It's not as good as season 1, but I still think it's very watchable. : Clasifyd
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  Party Down : dirge23
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    this. this this this. thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis. : Deathlove
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      ARE WE HAVING FUN YET? : dirge23
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        I hope Megan Mullally can fill Jane Lynch's shoes but oh god I worry Fantasy is bullshit! I'm a fan of... : Deathlove
        • ahahaha, yeah, roman is hilarious. : dirge23
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  Man vs. Food Lost Ghost Adventures (for the lolz) Anthony Bordain's No Reservations BBC Robin Hood se... : silent prophet
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    Anthony Bordain's No Reservations SUCKS because it makes me super hungry when I watch it. : slickdoody
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      lol Man vs. Food does the same thing to me. : silent prophet
      • I was watching the first episode of the first season of No Reservations while trying to work last night, ... : slickdoody
      • That show is just a vessel of gluttony. The food might be good, but he just stuff so fucking much in his... : deject
• Legend of The Seeker http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2125623/ = hot hot hot : Degenerate
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  Dexter : joesnizzle
  • Season 1 & 2 are on Instant Watch : PapaBoo
  • Seconded. Halfway through Season 2. Wish they had 3 up. : majestik
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  Mi-5 is pretty good. : piser
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    I like the plots of a lot of episodes and the style. It's not crazy over the top and they fight reasonabl... : Sailor of Fortune
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      i had heard some where mi-5 is like the wire of spy shows. Would this be a good assessment? : RetroRedEyeJr
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        I'm a pretty big wire fan and I wouldn't say Mi-5 is in that league. Still, it's very good, and definite... : piser
        • Good to know, i'll probably start watching now too. I love instant watch. : RetroRedEyeJr
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  The IT Crowd : x4nth3
  • This was OK : tangles
  • found that show to be fantastic. Wife loved it too : kevp
  • This turned out to be quite funny. Unfortunately I powered through all 6 episodes of the 3rd season in on... : hoov1185
  • That show is gay. Gay: The Gay Musical : uglysad
  • Some people say the later seasons are better. I tried the first episode of season 1. It was pure embarr... : kingdepork
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  30 Rock : Sailor of Fortune
  • Watching this now and loving it. : tangles
  • do this one : indosauros
• Torchwood, Dexter, iCarly : Fyunch Click
• Coupling (3 seasons) : kevp
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  Jeremiah - Flipping GREAT Also I liked Jericho, but not everyone did. There is some things you have to... : unjustend
  • I forgot about Jericho. Definitely worth checking out. Also Dexter, of course. : silent prophet
• mst3k : kbnerd
• suggestion 2: Jericho : Degenerate
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  Farscape has seasons 1-3 on Isntant Watch, Season 4 and The Peacekeeper Wars ar DVD only though : g0nk
  • I second this suggestion. : Stoned Gargoyle
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  Cosmos : tomservo
  • !! That's on instant? Oh man... : Omning
  • Cosmos holds up really damn well, even though it is a bit out of date. Sagan's delivery is just too good. : Arctic Fox
  • I fully agree, Carl Sagan is awesome. : ErikTehRed
• Doctor Who is good if you like more light hearted sci-fi. : Mecha Tofu Pirate
• Sports Night : Agrona
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  bump because I want some more shows to add to my Netflix Instant queue : Arctic Fox
  • If you don't watch Party Down, I will hunt you down for sport. : Deathlove

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  shush you! only just started reading it. had to kinda remind myself WTF after not having read the series... : riedlos
  • I read all of the wikipedia entries for the books before starting the newest one. Some of them aren't gr... : Ecks
  • the butler is the Dark One : Majuju
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  So long as there is a lot of dress adjustments and hair tugging, I might force myself to read it : tboomer2
  • Oddly enough, there isn't nearly as much of this as when Jordan wrote the books. I'm very happy about th... : Ecks
• No I got bored when Matt vanished : Megara9
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  My friend put it best - Robert Jordan is best at building worlds, and now Sanderson is actually doing som... : ArcKnight
  • I like Sanderson's world in Mistborn better. Well maybe not the world, but the rules that define the wor... : dmaownsyou
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  I am on book 6 and while I will finish the series, I am not a huge fan of Jordan's. There is just so ma... : dmaownsyou
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    Good luck! I stopped cold 200 pages into book 8. : cerealSAM2
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      I made it to 9 and realized that I had developed an intense loathing for all the characters, the setting ... : ZTac
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        Yah I am sort of at that point now. I am still reading in hope that they all will die eventually. : dmaownsyou
        • If it all ends in a fiery cataclysm and Jordan's Gary Stu character, his three hot wives and the Tower of... : ZTac
• I'm waiting for the Reader's Digest Condensed version of the entire series. Even though i read like 7 of : cerealSAM2
• I cant remember when I stopped reading it. I just remember it was boring and nothing happened and I was a... : kikilupo
• I quit after book 7 when it first came out many years ago, but recently started re-reading. I'm almost d... : umcpwintermute
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  I want to read this after the George RR Martin books. I'm about halfway through Game of Thrones and I ca... : kainen1
  • was it in your hand while you typed that post : Patch-e
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    I wish I had waited to read GRRM's books until the series was finished. It was so much better than any o... : dmaownsyou
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      the first couple of Feast books were great I thought....lost tons of steam if not just outright boring af... : kainen1
      • I think he's talking about A Feast for Crows : fishbone
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    Fantastic books, but be prepared for Jordan sized lapses in publication. FFS, GRRM wrote one book, and ed... : xenophobe
    • 5 years actually : phokz
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    Have you read the Malazan, Book of the Fallen series? If not, I highly suggest that next! : MrBig0
    • nope, but I guess I need to keep it in mind! : kainen1
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  slowly working my way through it. trying to make it last until the next book comes out. : x4nth3
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    Luckily the schedule is one a year, so hopefully the next one comes out in Fall 2010. : Ecks
    • Guess that answers my question. I gave up on that series years ago ('94-ish) to wait until it was done. I : Iazu
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  Was this the last book? I've read it like this: 1-7 1-8 1-9 10 11 I'm going to just reread the ... : unjustend
  • Scarily enough, that's the EXACT way I've read the series too. No, it's not done yet, it has two more bo... : Ecks
  • 12 was supposed to be the last book, but Sanderson decided he couldn't wrap it up in one volume and split... : gigaduck
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  Is this the final book or are there more coming? : Iazu
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    2 more. And Sanderson actually hits deadlines, so we should see them pretty quick. : dmaownsyou
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      I'm amazed that he's putting out one a year. That's incredibly fast considering how massive they are and... : Ecks
      • Reading a few interviews he seems to be a very driven guy. Plus he is young, I am sure he can survive de... : dmaownsyou
• wow... sounds like they should get this guy to do the next Nirvana album : mrtony
• I listened to the Audiobook on a really long roadtrip - and it was excellent. Sanderson is really doing ... : Nihilist
• I'm waiting for the paperback. I stopped at 6 or 7 and will just wikipedia the installments I missed to g... : kevp
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  It was actually really good. Didn't think it would be. Sanderson's Mat was definitely off, sadly, but tha... : GreatGooglyMoogly
  • idunno, I found mat's tyrade about women and playing games by the rules to be pretty awesome. : headless
  • Ha, it was funny to try and figure out which where written by Jordan and which were Sanderson. : zakazi
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    Yeah, the Mat thing was the only part that bothered me. Seriously? He stayed up all night to write 4 p : ArcKnight
    • Indeed, He was really trying way too hard. "Saying (not so) funny things", and Mat doesn't do that. He re : GreatGooglyMoogly
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  I'd hope if you've read Sanderson's WoT, that you have also read his Mistborn trilogy because it was frea... : Psigun
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    As I've mentioned before it had one of the best endings to any fantasy series ever. : dmaownsyou
    • the ending was very well done. i didn't like the last book much until the last 1/3 or so and then it just... : Psigun
  • I bought the whole trilogy after reading TGS. Sadly, I managed to stumble upon a half-spoiler of some sor : GreatGooglyMoogly
  • I finished it this weekend and it was absolutely fantastic. : ConfusedUs
• I gave up after book 6. Lost interest with how convoluted it was getting. : Link.
• Yes. I'm kind of sorry to say that what the series needed was for the author to die, but....Sanderson is ... : Ebu