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  Best Picture AVATAR THE BLIND SIDE DISTRICT 9 AN EDUCATION THE HURT LOCKER INGLOURIOUS ... : mechanicalgrape
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    Avatar nominated for best picture? the main characters are toons, there's very little acting in it. maybe... : cptstern
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      Most of the mo cap was done by the individual actors. Sure the animators "tweaked" things, but... : dedgecko
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        mo cap is a poor substitute for the real thing. most of the nuances are lost. it's like they're just goin... : cptstern
        • They weren't mo-capped. : eonix
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          They acted out all the scenes. They even used horses when the scenes called for it. http://www.youtube.c... : Sailor of Fortune
          • That is so awesome. : skilesare
        • Guess you missed the entire face-capture thing eh? : ShadowRam
        • You're just talking out of your ass. Watch the video that Sailor of Fortune posted. Cameron's take on c... : pigvomit
        • Avatar was really good at busting through the uncanny valley - you knew they were CG characters but the e... : dumb.
        • It is the real thing, no seriously Cameron spent 200 million and 4 years making sure that it damn well wa... : locater16
      • even with mo cap, animators do a lot more than 'tweaking' : ibrokn
    • there are 10 nominations for best picture, inglorious bastards, hurt locker and District 9 are my horses ... : stgdz
    • The performance you see on the na'avi for the main characters was 95% performance by the actors, captured... : Cubictoast
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      I was talking to a dude here and he said that this is the first year the academy opened up what types of ... : mikecyb
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        eh? LOTR is fantasy, so is the Around the World in 80 Days, Wizard of Oz, Robin Hood, and several other ... : ThrillKill
        • I'd like to add also that as enjoyable as D9 was, it isn't really worth calling a "best picture" for the ... : ThrillKill
        • Star Wars : Whistler77
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      There's nothing wrong with an animated film being nominated for such an award. Movies are about more tha... : ThrillKill
      • Dramas also get a free ride. Quite a few uplifting or pandering movies that get nominated every year that... : Shai-Tan
  • My picks: BEST PIC: Avatar BEST ACTOR: Jeff Bridges BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Cristoph Waltz BEST ACTR... : grandmasterlee
  • Inglorious Bastards was so good, and that was surprising for me. : kgargs
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    interesting that Up actually was nominated for best picture as well as best animated. : theWhite
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      Has an animated film ever won best picture? : DrWaffles
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        never, and never will : skelom
        • especially now that they have their own category. : edgewise
      • Beauty and the Beast was nominated (and lost), and the following year they added the "Best Animated" cate... : TaintedSyringe
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    I thought they usually only nominated 5 movies for best picture. : riptyde
    • They upped it to ten this year : Sailor of Fortune
  • I avatar wins best picture then the oscars would lose whatever smidgen of crediblity they still have left... : ninjase
• BEST DOCUMENTARY - Feature BURMA VJ THE COVE FOOD, INC THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN AMERICA: DAN... : mechanicalgrape
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  BEST CAPS LOCK - THIS THREAD : boring gegtik
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    ... and the Oscar goes to ... : Phil
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      MECHANICALGRAPE! : Phil
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        I always parse it as Mechanical 'G' Rape beware all gangstas : boring gegtik
        • We've made a mockery of this post. : Phil
        • He's a grapist! : timmie
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  Meh, I guess I hope Inglorious Basterds wins some stuff, nothing else impressed me that much. I liked Dis... : disdain
  • Hurt Locker was well worth the rental. : liqker
  • IB wasn't very impressive. It was a lot of weirdly cut dialog scenes, goofy acting, and close face shots,... : yacoub35
  • meh : Mr.SEX
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    Nothing in Inglorious Basterds strikes me as Oscar worthy. It was a fun movie to watch, but the narrative... : silent prophet
    • I don't disagree with any of that, but in comparison to everything else on the list *that I've seen* it's... : disdain
    • You could say that Pulp Fiction is a very basic revenge tale and the violence was gratuitous and blah bla... : NastyJack
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      The guy that played the Jew Hunter or whatever was incredible. He did a fantastic job of making every sc... : foo
      • Okay, I agree with that. He really did steal every scene he was in. :) : silent prophet
    • Christopher Waltz is a lock to get best supporting actor : ninjase
• Nice to see Hurt Locker get so much attention. Jeremy Renner was great in that flick, I hope he gets it. : liqker
• The Blind Side was the best movie I saw last year. : slickdoody
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  This is the first time, I think, where I have seen more than 50% of the Best Picture nominee movies prior... : Patch-e
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    My winner predictions: Best Picture AVATAR -- BEST ACTOR Jeff Bridges, CRAZY HEART -- BEST... : Patch-e
    • Christopher Waltz is an absolute shoe in, he stole that movie. : node
• I'll lose all respect for academy members if avatar manages to win best picture/director. Movie was visua... : BioSector
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  District 9 up for best picture? I mean, I loved it but WTF? : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    Inglorious Basterds?! Fuck Hollywood. : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • did you actually see it? because the only people who i've met that didn't love it were people going in ex... : grifter
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    If Avatar is on there, District 9 should be on there. : baron calamity
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      So for every legitimate nomination there must be a joke listed as well? : mrvandelay
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        Yeah they probably could cut Avatar. : Evil Benius
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          I don't understand how people can argue with Avatar's $1.8bil. Just because a bunch of internet nerds fav... : mrvandelay
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            And just because a bunch of people watch something does not mean it is good. : Evil Benius
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              If it makes 1.8 billion USD it certainly doesn't suck. : mrvandelay
              • Some aspects might not, but others blow. : Evil Benius
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                Also, I'm not saying Avatar is better than anything on that list except for D9. Avatar deserves to be on ... : mrvandelay
                • I don't know what movie named Avatar you watched, but the one I watched should not be on any Best Picture... : DapperDan
              • story-wise, it's nothing special. : theylookwolfs
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                Whoa, that's cool, I had no idea that after you went in to see a movie, if you didn't like it you could g... : stratedge
                • Exactly. : Freezerr85
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                This is where I insert that Britney Spears analogy. : Godhatesfatpeople
                • Or Domino's Pizza analogy. : ezanga
              • That's like saying britney spears et al are the best musicians of the last decade simply because they sol... : ninjase
          • so box office receipts determines a movies worth? Wild Wild West made more money at the box office th... : cptstern
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            Maybe the Oscar should just go to the highest grossing movie each year. And the Oscar goes to... Spide : NastyJack
            • >:( : Godhatesfatpeople
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      So why isn't Star Trek on there? It was just as entertaining as Avatar/District 9. : disdain
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        Star Trek 9 is better than both but it lacks a message. : baron calamity
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          I thought it's message was Don't Piss Off Time-traveling Aliens. As opposed to District 9's Don't Let Ali... : disdain
          • Personally, it should be in order of likelihood. : one random winner
      • Star Trek was pretty cheesy. Lots of bad acting. Its ok because thats how the show was though, I guess. I... : bozer
      • The problem with nominating franchise films is that by nominating said film they're essentially saying it... : K1Bond007
  • what the fook : Slowtreme
  • The whole reason they expanded the nomination list is so they could recognise more movies that were notab... : peanut-
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    It's because there are so many nominees for best picture this year. They expanded the number of nominees ... : jason bergman
    • In that case it should be a Blind Side/Sandra Bullock sweep! : disdain
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    dude's gotta feel pretty good, he goes from youtube vids to best picture nom : GloriousCow
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      hardly, he's been working in the film industry for years. this may be his big break as a director, but it... : grifter
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        as a directory thats pretty much it http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0088955/ alive in joburg is what got him ... : GloriousCow
        • what I'm saying is that yes, this is his first feature, and it's absolutely exciting that he got the nomi... : grifter
        • He's worked in the commercial world as a director for years. : Super Sparker
        • Well then he was the "unknown" who was slated to direct the Halo movie until it was kai-boshed. : ezanga
  • Loved that movie, hated Inglorious Basterds. To each his own. : bozer
  • it's way better than fucking Avatar : ErneX
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  lol @ District 9 being listed for anything : mrvandelay
  • the board is apparently manned at least in part by sci-fi nerds. : yacoub35
  • Not really - it had a strong (if heavy handed) message and a different setting to your usual sci-fi, very... : node
  • I couldn't disagree more - it deserves a lot of praise imo. : Milleh
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    I enjoyed it but it really wasn't anything award-worthy, imo. Whereas Avatar deserves all the success it ... : niceguynick
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      BEST SCREENPLAY : boring gegtik
      • lol : Godhatesfatpeople
  • I thought the vfx were pretty good :-( : Cubictoast
  • YES. AGREED. : sgtsanity
  • You are everything that's wrong with consumers these days. : stratedge
  • I dunno, I think it actually moved me more than any other movie I saw last year. : Whistler77
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  Hooray for In the Loop. : Alice O'Connor
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    I think that movie was way overhyped by friends b/c other than a bunch of cussing I thought it was sort o... : boring gegtik
    • YOU'RE a snooze. : heartsauce
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  sad to see Let the Right One in didn't get a nod for Foreign Film : iwonthelottery
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    Probably because it came out in 2008. : disdain
    • o tru dat : iwonthelottery
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  10 best picture nominees? Isn't that a lot? : DonkeyPopsicle
  • They changed it this year to 10. : Navy Spitfire
• wow District 9 for Best Picture is pretty surprising to me. I loved that movie but did not expect that a... : c_man_tmt
• Is there a website for prediction pools? Something like that would be awesome. : node
• 3 Danish nominations. That has never happened before! : aaarrrgh
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  No nominations at all for Moon :( : trOmblyj
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    No screeners were sent out. You can thank Sony. : ZTac
    • Bastards, IIRC the CEO wanted to cut costs or something Sony wide and I have a feeling this is part of it : Sailor of Fortune
  • FFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU : fsck
  • This is a great injustice. Sony really fucked that film up the goat ass, it should have at the very leas... : Cubictoast
  • wtf : moe6
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    Sam Rockwell should of got nominated for best actor and best supporting actor >:( : shavenewok
    • Hahah so true. : Rasnowl
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  If anyone but Waltz wins best male supporting, I'll be angry. I feel it's as obvious of a win as Javier f... : Milleh
  • the thing about Waltz is that unlike Javier for No Country, his menace came from such a charming, enterta... : grifter
  • Same here. Easily one of the best acting performances I've seen in years. : riptyde
  • Yeah, it was so obvious that commentators had a hard time imagining who the other nominees would even be. : sgtsanity
  • I was thinking, whats the line between actor and supporting actor? Felt to me like Waltz was more than a ... : Tincan
  • He was very good, for sure. : deject
• I fucking hate Sony more and more every day. : Milleh
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  wow Star Trek got a nom? (for makeup) : RikiTiki2
  • Kirk's fat hands sealed the nomination : whereiwannab
  • Green is the hottest color : Sailor of Fortune
• i'm pulling hard for coraline. : ibrokn
• UP! deserves to win based on the first ten minutes alone :( : Majuju
• If these are the noms, they need to get Mr. Plinkett to do all the award intro montages for the show. : Masem
• go avatar and district 9! : anthonybean
• Blind Side and Avatar would not have been nominated were it not for their phenomenal box office success. ... : digweed014
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  If UP doesn't win best animation I'm going to have serious nerd rage. : limpossible
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    Doesn't it have to win? If it's the only movie from the animated category to be nominated for best pictur... : NastyJack
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      I'm not sure how these shaman chose the winning film, but that makes sense. : limpossible
      • Just another example of why the 10 movies thing is dumb. Up has to win in the animation category now even... : NastyJack
    • That would assume the Academy acts logically, such as the Westminster Dog Show does. : riptyde
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      Just like when Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon was nominated for Best Picture and Best Foreign Film. No do... : griebelking
      • Like getting a B+ : Sailor of Fortune
  • that's dumb. coraline, fantastic mr fox and cloudy with a chance with meatballs were all better pictures... : ibrokn
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  District 9 being up for best picture is a perfect example of why having 10 movies be up for best picture ... : NastyJack
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    I don't think the Academy cares beyond giving movie studios twice the opportunity to market their DVDs as... : riptyde
    • Good point. : NastyJack
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  Fantastic Mr. Fox should win. : SnakeIRye
  • I agree wholeheartedly but I think Pixar will take it as usual. Fantastic Mr. Fox was so well done, easil... : ahlee
  • I love it as much as UP. : TaintedSyringe
  • This was probably my favorite movie of last year. : spiffymc
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  I have to say this year has been pretty lackluster in movies. District 9 and UP were really the only two ... : limpossible
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    And even then those movies weren't anything mind blowing. Good, but not "holy shit cinematic masterpiece" : limpossible
    • that happens lots of years. Some of the past best picture winners weren't exactly masterpieces. Crash, ... : DonkeyPopsicle
• man the Oscars are gonna suck this year : skelom
• Why don't the Saw movies ever win anything? : dognose
• Very glad to see Up in the Air pick up a half-dozen noms for acting, directing, writing, and overall. : sgtsanity
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  I want to see Avatar win every category it's in. The internet would explode. : pigvomit
  • There's a good chance that dumbass academy voters will vote a straight ticket like they did for Slumdog M : sgtsanity
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    Moon should have at least gotten a foreign film nod : notext
    • Meant for OP :/ : notext
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      why would it be a foreign film : Modica Sol Solis
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        filmed on the moon. : edgewise
        • god damn it edgewise. look what you did. : GloriousCow
      • its the MOON duh what country do you think the MOON is in ur so dum : GloriousCow
      • Kim Jong Il styles : boring gegtik
      • Sam Rockwell went to Norway once : mikecyb
      • It's a UK film, no? I consider that foreign. Or is it just foreign language? : notext
• Up in the Air was pretty good but 500 Days of Summer was a superior movie I think in terms of making me w... : bozer
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  I don't get the lack of respect District 9 is getting here. It's an incredibly well made & construct : ezanga
  • Agreed on all points. District 9 is very much worthy of best picture status. It's certainly up there with... : Modica Sol Solis
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    It's a good movie, but it's not holy shit good. : Visceral Monkey
    • Care to elaborate? : ezanga
    • Why not, in your opinion? : Modica Sol Solis
  • Well said. : DapperDan
  • Yeah that movie is fantastic for not being predictable really and doing things that havent been done befo... : bozer
  • For the se reason why people think avatar is best picture worthy: people are retarded : ninjase
  • Wikus has more interesting characterization in his left mustache than all the flat throwaways that popula... : NexusOne
  • It's pretty much a concentration camp. : Sailor of Fortune
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  In this subthread, we talk about how The Hurt Locker should win every award it was nominated for. : notd665
  • So basically this subthread is like the Chris Farley Show : ninjase
  • I'd push my chips in here. Just rented it on PSN on a whim the other day and was pleasantly surprised tha... : the_burd
• lol @ Avatar not being in Best Animated Film category. it had over 60 animators. most of it was motion... : jipey
• District 9 was the movie of the year but it has a snowball's chance in hell of winning. Moon got shafted... : brewsterdog
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  The fact that Kathryn Bigalow directed Point Break makes me hope she wins everything The Hurt Locker is u... : notext
  • I am an FBI agent! : gooblerampling
  • She was once married to Cameron so that makes that category hilarious. : K1Bond007
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  Moon > Where The Wild Things Are > District 9 > Inglorious Basterds >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>... : Drewus
  • Also as much as I love PIxar, I really want Fantastic Mr Fox to win the animation catagory : Drewus
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    god, Where the Wild Things Are was such a giant dissapointment : Halen
    • ugh, disappointment : Halen
• No Moon. :( Easily the best movie I saw all year, followed far behind by Avatar and District 9. : thecray
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  Super Street Fighter IV Welcome to the wonderful world of fighting games. Community Join the Sha : mechanicalgrape
  • Abel: Damaging tornado throw and technical combos Adon: Strong normals and kick-based specials Aku : Foxhawk

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  I fapped. Who's the chick? : ThomW
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    dahanese. : noobja
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      Her real name is Sturdy Box : dumb.
      • Ol' "Iron Box" McGillicuddy : Ride-My-Rocket
    • I was kidding. I've met her IRL a couple times even. : ThomW
  • mikecyb : acheron
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    ^ This would be a great title for your biography, Thom : MoreVespeneGas
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      And his tombstone. : Sailor of Fortune
      • This post would be funnier if mikecyb made it. : ThomW
  • pancake : trOmblyj
  • C'mon dude, this shit is going to be on the test. Also, I thought I heard some Zamfir, Lord of the Panflu... : silent prophet
  • ahh, shacknews : silentbobuk
  • gegtik : MercFox1
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    It's me! : sanchez
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      You have a nice rack, sanchez. : ThomW
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        Thanks, I play with it everyday. : sanchez
        • I know I would if I had a rack like that. : thetangent
• Looks like someone needs a new job. : ant_hillbilly
• i enjoyed that. thanks! : RikiTiki2
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  STURDY BOX - COLLECTORS WILL LOVE! : multisync
  • ahahahaahahahha YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS : Downforce
  • That was my favorite part. : Rauol Duke
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  :D : dahanese
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    to the "fucking great" part. i hear that chick's a real bitch. : dahanese
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      She sure looks like one! Can I get my hands on an Uber edition anyway? I'm willing to pay $50k for it, ev : Bean
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        no way, i always keep my toys. you should come see him on Monday night, though. we're going to be in ... : dahanese
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          sounds kinda kinky : RikiTiki2
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            that drill is really frightening. i wouldn't try it. :[ : dahanese
            • i'm sure it's modular that anything can be attached : RikiTiki2
        • X( I want him to roam the halls of my office when I'm not there to serve as "inspiration" for the rest of... : Bean
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          Launch party eh? : spazzium
          • midnight opening, yeah. http://www.2kgames.com/cultofrapture/article/splicersunitelaunchevent star... : dahanese
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      i heard she killed a man so she'd be the only one to hear his final words : Deathlove
      • In Reno? : CRasterImage
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    anal? : mace
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      put the dong away mace (get out the ginger root!) : boarder2
      • You might as well try to teach a walrus to dance the Watusi. : Ride-My-Rocket
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    The end really paid off. : virus
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      sometimes i take a step back and wonder how in hell they let me do all this shit. it's pretty much th... : dahanese
      • Remember, they don't just let you do all this shit, they pay you to do all this shit. : Kentor
  • Sorry about ur job :( : Slowtreme
  • lol your reactions at the end were hilarious. : choppp
• damn, i never knew dahanese was stacked like that! unf! how you doin baby! LOL anyways. LOL awesome endi... : g0nk
• Dahnese!!!! : Silent Wolf
• That was awesome :) : Zakko
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  LOOK AT THAT NECKLINE. WHAT A SLUT. : mwasher
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    I believe the technical term is a PLUNGING NECKLINE. : yacoub35
    • actually it's a cowlneck. : dahanese
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  dahanese has huge jugs! : whodares
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    i'm surprised how any female shacker would put up with us : dantastic
    • You're kinda like an amusing pet. : silent prophet
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      I've got a lot of experience with chicks with huge jugs. They tend to: a) know that they have huge j... : whodares
      • stay classy : dantastic
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        jugs is such a derogatory term. I believe the accepted term these days is "cans" : Bean
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          actually what with the nutritional fads we've long since switched to "melons" : Xanthos
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            hmm, good point. Nevertheless, whenever in doubt, you can always fall back on "jubblies" : Bean
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              anything but chesticles. I hope lightning hits the guy who came up with that. : silent prophet
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                i've always been a proponent of "fun bags". : dopeman
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                  "boobs" seems to be an acceptable term, even by most womens. : yacoub35
                  • i usually go with "mmmfmmfmmfff" : the_burd
                  • i use boobies cause it's funny : RikiTiki2
    • That's what Jen says every day. : Lone Swordsman
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      I'm kinda surprised my wife is still married to me, even after she found out I'm a Shacker. I'm not sick... : Ride-My-Rocket
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        You're so hot because you're in hell? : Lone Swordsman
        • Yeah. And it's a sin to live so well... hence the hell. : Ride-My-Rocket
  • classy shack is.... nonexistent! : yacoub35
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    Did you really need to post that? lol : virus
    • yes he did. Now that he has done it the thread can actually move forward. : pillzer
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  LOL. The soundtrack is fucking fantastic. : Ride-My-Rocket
  • Yeah, so it comes with a record? Do I have to find a phonograph for it? : plunkymeadows
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  Is there a record in that sleeve? Did I miss that or is it the score written out? : tometome
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    yeah, the record has the first game's soundtrack on it plus a new track. the CD has the new soundtrack. : dahanese
    • I kind of want the vinyl : mwasher
• I enjoyed that very much. : Phil
• Hahaha. That was awesome. "You. You're fucking fired." : Ormsbee
• The M rating led me to expect more blood and violence in this unboxing. : yacoub35
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  Well I've been outta the loop - I thought Dahanese was a dude. D'oh! : wytefang
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    jokes on you i actually am : dahanese
    • full blown, even! : yacoub35
    • i knew it!! : maulla
    • Oh! You had the surgery? Good, good. : ezanga
    • thank GOD, I still have a chance with mike : Deathlove
    • aaaaaand i'm spent : Phil
    • Those are two dildos strapped to your chest, aren't they? : Ride-My-Rocket
    • That explains why I felt safe around you at Quakecon *heaving sigh* : tomservo
    • mikecyb's anus must be like the grand canyon : Wolfanoz
    • jokes on mike! : filthysock
    • Go on... : MercFox1
    • Jessicaslumberparty'd : stygian_whisper
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      So you're saying that cyber mike is the woman in this relationship? : CrustaR
      • anally? probably. : stygian_whisper
      • You're surprised? :D : thetangent
      • have you met mike? : RikiTiki2
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        That was evident a loooong time ago : fishbone
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          fishbone, perhaps you don't realize that I am being facetious? : CrustaR
          • CrustaR, I did not : fishbone
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      * R E V E R S E D I A N E O F T H E M O O N ' D * : sikander
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        N O O M E H T O F E N A I D ' D : biskits
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          * F O R G O T T O R E V E R S E T H E O F ' D * : boring gegtik
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            no i didn't. it's a reverse "dianeofthemoon" that happen'd, not a reverse of a "dianeofthemoon'd". : biskits
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              oh wait. fuck. : biskits
              • hahaha :D : mwasher
              • * S L O W D A W N I N G C O M P R E H E N S I O N ' D * : boring gegtik
              • Nice job professor. : ieGod
              • lol : reelbk
      • * D U A N E O F T H E S U N ' D * : edgewise
    • Is this a reverse ILTC post? :| : r_picmip 5
    • then it's perfectly legal to strut around without a shirt on. show us dem tittays! : biskits
    • Mike wasn't lying! : spazzium
    • lol : The Grolar Bear
• that was entertaining. : Xanthos
• I enjoyed that much more than I thought. GG with the endgame. : plunkymeadows
• that was awesome, thanks for the link! : yacoub35
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  holy shit that box is huge - or is Dahanese that little? Looks like she's sitting in a kindergarten clas... : dedgecko
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    she's teeny - mike carries her around in a sugar glider pouch during the day : multisync
    • at quake con she had to drive around while sitting on 4 phone books so she could see over the wheel. and ... : CoRDS
  • it's the box http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=21535356 : Herman Toothrot
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  So, does the Uber addition contain/deliver the collectors addition, or just the standard addition, becaus... : TroZ
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    its cancelled : filthysock
    • :( : TroZ
• that is awesome. great job! : hamachi
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  YouTube link for those of us at work, please : boomstickah
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    www.youtube.com/2kgames : dahanese
    • I was kidding but awesome! Also nice video :D : boomstickah
• That was pretty entertaining actually - end was very clever. Also, dahanese is a fox. ;) : thetangent
• sweet! : Megara9
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  holy crap shes got a huge box. : CoRDS
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    it's pretty sturdy too. : deject
    • she gives it a few good slaps too : filthysock
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    I can't believe it took this long for this joke. For shame, Shack. : gooblerampling
    • my bad, i had to sleep all night. : CoRDS
  • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=21535356#itemanchor_21535356 : Cheeziologist
  • totally, look at all the crap that can fit in there. : edgewise
  • you can thank mace for that : prime8
• Haha good ending : Makenxero
• As a fellow community/marketing sleaze, this is very well done Dahanese. Great work. Keep it up! : Thornfist
• Daha, I want to play puzzle pirates w/ you again and let you work my bilge pump! good job. : Skoal^Fyfan
• ok so where can i order the uber edition. : CoRDS
• gawd i cant wait to watch this. : m0rfus
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  where is the hot chick? : nitrus
  • Edgy bro. : Phil
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  cuuutiiieee pattoooootiiiiieeee : vile
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    dont get me started. short pretty blondes are my weakness : CoRDS
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      creep : felicia
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        hahahah : CoRDS
        • :OOOOO : aggressor
      • felicia patrol to the rescue! : CrustaR
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  The other day I was thinking to myself that it was weird how I wasn't excited at all about Bioshock 2 see... : evildanish
  • see i told you i'm all about good marketing. trying to make that word not a bad thing, one humiliatin... : dahanese
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  sucks that dahaneese got fired. : stgdz
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    sexual harassment? : das_runt
    • Nah, that's just this thread. : silentbobuk
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    really? :( : edgewise
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      Didn't you watch the end of the video? : CRasterImage
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        no. I never keep watching after I finish. Lost all interest. : edgewise
        • This joke was the first reply, but I like this delivery better. : spazzium
        • Fapathy : mrvandelay
• That is awesome! : helvetica
• Very cool. Nice work. : mrwolf710
• Nice. : themaestro2657

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• That's a very nice ride. I'd love to have an E30 M3 someday along with an E28 M5. I wish he had put lea... : CrustaR
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  Nice! Looks conflicted though. With the bling wheels, (with a dumb amount of camber) and then cloth rec... : twifosp
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    I'm not sure why someone would put racing seats in a car like that. :[ : CrustaR
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      Seriously. Anyone who puts racing seats in a car that doesn't go on the track all the time is a wanker. : twifosp
      • They are seats out of an Evo 8. Are all Evo drivers wankers? (well yes they are, but they are OEM seats)... : cltcprd
• i dislike the rims, but otherwise i guess it looks pretty sweet : FrayLo
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  PH check out my ride in forza 3 http://forzamotorsport.net/en-us/game/gallery/detail/default.htm?photoid=... : gmd
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    Good thing a video game car looks better than yours!!!!!!!!!! PAINT THE FUCKING ROOF : pancake humper
    • I'd do vinyl instead of paint that way I could take it off : gmd
• haha, http://maydaygarage.com/?p=556 : not work safe
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  rice. : arizona bay
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    the chrome lips on those rims are a bit much. : yacoub35
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      so i take it you dont like my wheels? http://www.shackpics.com/files/2_enudb6gxtc8trl861533.jpg ; ( : arizona bay
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        I'm going to tokyo drift around you if I see you on the streets : gmd
        • DRIFT BATTLE IT'S ON : arizona bay
      • I think those are OK. : deject
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    I wouldn't consider that rice at all, it's tastefully done. : freakynipples69
    • Although, I don't particularly like the rims. : freakynipples69
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      on the shack, anything not oem = rice. so i was just trying to fit in. : arizona bay
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        Ahh okay. I'll walk away now. : freakynipples69
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          FYI, my idea of rice is hideous body kits/wings/rims and zero engine modifications beyond a K&N air filte... : freakynipples69
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            then my car is going to be rice because you don't get any gains from bolt-on mods on the vq35de engine. ... : arizona bay
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              I have a 2000 Trans Am WS6. With just a bigger camshaft and every possible bolt-on, I was up to 410rwhp. ... : freakynipples69
              • And yeah, a lot of people overlook suspension. Best of luck with your new car. I think you'll enjoy the b... : freakynipples69
  • You mean, kraut? : not work safe
• The wheels ruin an otherwise good looking car. : Durandal07
• needs less hideous front fascia and non-chrome wheels : zerog83
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  meh :( : eeeealmo
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    eeeealmo. :[ : CrustaR
    • my E30 looks way better except for the m3 part : eeeealmo
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    So what happened to your's? : AscorSix
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      being a pain in my ass as usual. got a new OEM engine made in germany and shipped over. working out kin... : eeeealmo
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        Explains why that beetle has been shitting up your parking spot for the past few weeks. :o Hi new neig... : AscorSix
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          holy shit what? lol is there something i should know? : eeeealmo
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            Impressed by my internet detective skills? You should be! I'm the A3 that's temporarily parking next t... : AscorSix
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              0_0 : Omning
              • test : Omning
            • wow that is weird as fuck lol. can't imagine the odds of that are very high : eeeealmo
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              what just happened here : opengl128
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                i dunno but i feel a little weird inside : eeeealmo
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                  I would as well, you've got your own internet stalker, let us know if he wears your skin. : one random winner
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                    god i'm hoping it is actually some smokin hot girl who actually plays video games : eeeealmo
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                      Haha, keep hoping, fag. : AscorSix
                      • FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU : eeeealmo
            • whoa. : moe6
            • oh boy. Check your doors at night eeeealmo, this is pretty creepy. : pancake humper
• That car could pull off black rims nicely. I actually saw the write-up on this guy's step by step on tun... : disclaimer*
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  Wasn't there an M3 from that era that someone had professionally rebuilt, from the ground up with an Audi... : Ellissd
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    http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=4515333 : mrvandelay
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      That car is incredible. : Ellissd
      • Here's another E30 with a V10 racing a M5 with 1000HP. Pretty good finish. http://www.youtube.com/watc... : Ellissd
    • wowjustwow'd : DinK
    • I have a dream. : noobja
    • hot fucking sex : opengl128
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      Man, that's awesome, although for that kind of dough, I'd probably just get a Porsche or Ferrari or somet... : CrustaR
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        if you had that kind of money you could probably do both : eeeealmo
        • Oh, this is true. How can I get that kind of dough? : CrustaR
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    It was hardly a M3. : pancake humper
    • M10. : moe6
• Man that is nice. I like everything but the wheels, which are ok. : h0cake

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• sweet, thanks! : moshman
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  I think most of those optimizations are unnecessary. Windows 7 takes care of most of that for you automa... : arhughes
  • If you buy an Intel or Intel-based drive there is basically no maintenance needed. : yacoub35
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  My 640GB black drives just work : ateam311
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    I am glad. SSD's also just work and are a lot faster than your drive. : pancake humper
    • I know, I'm only slightly jealous is all : ateam311
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      Not in my experience :/ : abrasion
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        They're probably rebelling against the stupid volume names you've given them. : Toraz Chryx
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          Over used ancient jokes for $500 Alex. : abrasion
          • It's a living fossil. : Toraz Chryx
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        You are broken :( : sanchez
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          I've got 2 in RAID 0 to boot, it's mildly quicker once you've settled in to actually using the PC. Certai... : abrasion
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            ^^ My thoughts on it. Upgrade everything else first and THEN get an SSD, not the other way around. : aggressor
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              yeah while you're stuck on your platter hd, I'm C4'ing your objective before you even load : sanchez
              • Buy a 20$ decent speed thumbdrive for a readyboost, put your swap file on a different physical hard disk,... : abrasion
            • Yep - do that completely. : abrasion
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            It's probably controller overheads adding latency that's ruining your SSD experience also, RAID0, LOL : Toraz Chryx
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              Oh Toraz, I own 3 of them and one is in a single drive setup, ... oops still wrong! : abrasion
              • Dude, you're CLEARLY doing it wrong. : Toraz Chryx
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    I have the same drive and lately it has been weird. It isn't clicking but I was getting freezes. Windows ... : h o s t i l e
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      Intel and Micron have announced 25nm NAND flash last week. This should bring space way up and price way d... : pancake humper
      • But the drives aren't coming till the 4th quarter...? : boomstickah
    • My 640gb is also on the fritz :( : pancake humper
    • 5yr warranty. : ant_hillbilly
• Great SSD guide, thx! : punchdog
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  There's a lot of bad advice in there. Don't disable superfetch, don't disable prefetch, both of those wi... : boarder2
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    The reason to disable some/all of those is to reduce reads/writes to the SSD, extending its lifespan : yacoub35
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      and users report that disabled fetching is hardly slower when you have an SSD : yacoub35
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        Except that SSDs are still rated to last like ~5 years writing like 60GB+ a day. Every day. MOST people... : boarder2
        • That said, I suppose if you don't use searches enough that indexing will benefit you, then sure, I guess ... : boarder2
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    This advice makes no difference to a SSD performance wise, it's for longevity of the drive. Turning of... : pancake humper
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      I miss it though, I'll probably be following this guide in reverse to turn it and a few other things back... : node
      • yeah, I would never turn it off. I turned it off one day and forgot about it. I was panicking without the... : pancake humper
  • Windows 7 automatically disables these things on an SSD. You don't have to do any manual tweaking for th : arhughes
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  Last year I'd planned to upgrade to Win 7 x64, 8GB of ram and an SSD. Now I'm not sure my laptop is stabl... : Jonathan
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    why is your laptop unstable? do you have hardware going bad on it? : epit
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      Iffy - nothing is failing but it bluescreens on hibernate once in a while. It's a Dell XPS M1730 which t... : Jonathan
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        Look up the resale value of the Studio 17 on eBay and see if it'd be worth selling it there? : Ride-My-Rocket
        • It would get me about $1000 which if I do nothing would be worth it but it I upgrade and the laptop fails... : Jonathan
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  Did that website just die? Can't load it anymore : sanchez
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    Oops! This link appears to be broken. : umegastar
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      works fine? http://www.tweaktown.com/guides/3116/tweaktown_s_solid_state_drive_optimization_guide/inde... : pancake humper
      • back up now, was down for about 5min : sanchez
• Nice, thanks! : Colleton
• There's some awesome stuff in there. I'll be tweaking mine when I get home. Thanks. :D : stelth
• Meh, you don't need to do any of this in Windows 7. : aggressor
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  You don't need to and should not "tweak" anything in Windows 7, it automatically applies the best setting : Goncyn
  • Furthermore, there is a lot of bad advice in this article if you have both an SSD and a mechanical hard d : Goncyn
• I am thinking of doing this for my laptop. : Caoster007
• i don't get why you'd tailor a tweaking/longevity tutorial to hardware tech that's both considerably fast... : gokart.
• Solid article : glio1337

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  calvin and hobbes was such a great strip, shame we may never see that in newspapers due to the violence o... : stgdz
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    really? calvin & hobbes is too violent for newspapers now ? : master_disaster_17
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      bombing schools and having a dinosaur eat the gym teacher would most likely be frowned upon and curtailed : stgdz
      • it was never a problem in the 90's. i read most of my C&H in the paper as a kid. : biskits
      • It's all fun and games until it happens in real life and someone gets offended. : omnova
      • This was in the innocent days before Columbine and 9/11. Can you imagine how Calvin would react to th... : Freezerr85
• Him and Berke Breathed, mustaches were the key to great comics in the 80s. : Lunatic Angelic
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  I wonder what he has been doing since the comic strip days. : byorn
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    i've read before that he does a lot of watercolor painting. : ass-street
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      I heard he does them in the forest and literally burns them when he's done because he hasn't been happy w... : Super Sparker
      • artists. : atom519
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  I find it interesting that he really has nothing to offer his fans besides C&H. : LoioshDwaggie
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    this interview is particularly dismissive. : ass-street
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      That's the impression I got. It must be a little painful to be a fan of his and keep reading stuff like t... : LoioshDwaggie
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        i can't say for sure but the intro to the collected calvin and hobbes, which was written not too long ago... : ass-street
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          Maybe he's just moody :) : LoioshDwaggie
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            first interview in 15 years you'd think he'd have more to say than just "I've moved on" : cptstern
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              "god damn it stop bastardizing calvin peeing on things" : not work safe
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                "lucifer dang it stop beeperdizing calvin wee'ing on things" : kgargs
                • LOL : thetangent
            • odd, my respect for the guy grew 10-fold after reading that. : kgargs
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              I like that it's all he had to say. The guy did something great, and then moved on. Just because the re... : riptyde
              • agreed. I also dont think he got the same joy out of C&H as everyone else did. he recognizes that everyon... : epit
              • it's ok when they can ride the coattails of their success for the rest of their lives quietly but some ar... : cptstern
              • Hard to blame Tom Clancy for that lol, does he even do anything anymore but collect paychecks? : Zek
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        I think fans appeciate the idea that you have to leave when you are on top and not ride something beautif... : trove
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          Garfield is probably more applicable in this case. Some comics manage to weather the test of time, like D... : Entity
          • I was thinking Mother Goose and Grimm : trove
          • I used to love Garfield. Hell, I still have a bunch of the early treasury books, and they're still fun to... : thetangent
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          but unfortunately if good creators walk away early, all the mainstream is really left with is bad ones. M... : thebigbeefsandwich
          • It isn't the job of a good creator to provide for the masses though. If they have the desire and will to ... : kbufo
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            Family Circle is much much worse than any of them : cptstern
            • family circus is probably the worst thing to ever happen to comics. It pisses me off that that horrible s... : Entity
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              they're all bad. Far Side and C&H were as good as it gets. there's a few things that are readable, but no... : thebigbeefsandwich
              • Frazz is alright. It's kind of like Calvin grown up. And Foxtrot does Sunday strips. I still read the ... : cfalcon
  • He does other art now. He has some very well done watercolors, floating around. But for the most part, wh... : Modica Sol Solis
  • This is a really silly attitude, he made something great and people liked it and that's cool. He's free t... : Zek
  • You're not a professional art type, are you? : geedeck
• Dude needs some uppers, hookers and blow (and Blackjack!) : chiisu81
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  I feel so spoiled that I grew up when C&H, Far Side, and Foxtrot were all running daily. Kids these days... : riptyde
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    you are now officially over the hill "back in my day ..." : cptstern
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      yesterday I had to pluck two gray hairs out of my mustache (hurt like the dickens btw), so I am ready to ... : riptyde
      • dont grow a beard. they're grey hair collectors ..I should know :) : cptstern
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    I doubt many kids read the comics or any other part of any printed newspaper. : MisterClaw
    • true : riptyde
    • I wasn't aware anyone under 30 did anyway. Blah blah - integrity, etc "in my day" - I have the internet f... : avatar_58
  • what's a newspaper? : EvilDolemite
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    kids don't read newspapers. there might as well not be any comics in there at all : electroly
    • Yep this, the funny pages are just a holdover at this point. There are way more good webcomics now than t... : Zek
  • Is Overboard still in papers? Is it still awesome? At least there's that. : tomservo
  • I kept ALL of my C&H books for my kids. :D : virus
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    Foxtrot does not belong in that sentence, even though it's not Pearls Before Swine bad. : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
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      FoxTrot has always been my favorite. : invisible_kid
      • Foxtrot filled a nice void C&H left, until it too ended. (creative snowmen,jackolantern, pop culture&tech... : pobone
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    As far as newer newspaper comics go, I like Get Fuzzy : ruckboos
    • Bizarro is good too. : ruckboos
    • We named our cat Bucky. Worst. Mistake. Ever. He turned out just like his namesake :( : timmie
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  This quote is gold: How soon after the U.S. Postal Service issues the Calvin stamp will you send a let : riptyde
  • Yeah, I'm surprised he even agreed to this interview. He salted that comment I could taste it through th... : trove
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  C&H is one of my favorite cartoons of all time... I'm hard-pressed and not at all inclined to choose betw... : Ride-My-Rocket
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    i like the far side a lot but i think calvin and hobbes wins the debat for me. : ass-street
    • +e : ass-street
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  Too early or too late when saying that C&H is hands down the best comic strip of all time? : Navy Spitfire
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    Peanuts by Charles Schultz for me. It's no contest. Sigh. Kids these days. :P : wytefang
    • Too bad he jumped the shark 20 years ago. : phate81
    • The problem I always had with Peanuts is that Schultz ran out of real material after the first decade or ... : thetangent
    • the tv specials were good. the strip... meh. : thebigbeefsandwich
    • Peanuts would have been a contender if Schultz knew when to quit. : Haku-Jin
  • No no, right on time. C&H IS the greatest comic strip of all time. It wasn't just the art, or the humor, ... : thetangent
  • far side? : EvilDolemite

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  I'll start off by saying that I do think disc check -based DRM solutions make a difference when it comes ... : ramshot
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    My friend was always a gentleman but once, a lady broke his heart. From now on, when he dates, he punches... : lacker
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      Pirating a game is not punching a person in the face. I was not starting a discussion about morality, ... : ramshot
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        i just chose your last line to clown. seems extreme that one bad experience will make him a pirate for l... : lacker
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          One bad experience with a type of DRM scheme that is becoming more common day as we speak. Heck, just 2 d... : ramshot
          • yeah I had one bad experience a few years ago, in a place without internet. If I had no net now, I would ... : oldschoolbob-o
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    Why is he now pirating? : r_picmip 5
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      Because that way he will be able to play the games. As opposed to buying them, and not being able to play... : ramshot
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        he could just download the fixed exe instead of becoming a pirate : GloriousCow
        • Doesn't a lot of the DRM crap get installed by the installer program? (I haven't installed a PC game f... : MagicWishMonkey
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          This is something we discussed but he's pissed. Maybe he'll cool down and end up doing just this. But he ... : ramshot
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            ramshot, you and your friend are missing the point that people who are downloading the game illegally are... : r_picmip 5
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              I'm not missing any point. But a couple of facts: -If "I" buy a game, I have to jump through loops and... : ramshot
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                It's disingenuous to say that, because a SP game requires one-time internet access to register, it is too... : boring gegtik
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                  Yeah, this. Ditto for Steam in this example, actually. If you have NO internet connection for a one-ti... : xsoulbrothax
                  • ramshot already said below that this game required a connection to play, not just to activate. : DinK
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                  Sounds like it absolutely is for him, in his situation. He buys his games at the store ahead of time, br... : DinK
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                    Here's a novel idea: buy the game ahead of time, install it ahead of time, activate it ahead of time o... : boring gegtik
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                      http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=22057259#itemanchor_22057259 : DinK
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                        If you bothered to read the rest of the thread I talk about that too : boring gegtik
                        • Yeah you said you doubted it was the case. Then he repeated it was because his friend had already played... : DinK
                    • While this would help, it's still an inconvenience that illegitimate users do not suffer. : ieGod
                • It would be disingenious to say that, but ramshot's friend hasn't actually made that argument (at least a... : jim bone
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                  But what about the one he installed that requires an internet connection just to play the game? His only ... : Nali4Freedom
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                    i want to know what game it is. that is not a normal thing for SP games - and one anomaly isn't a reason ... : dahanese
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                      it's probably a fucking online flash game or something that DOES require an active internet connection. ... : Downforce
                      • Well, a bit late to reply to this, but still... What a cheap way to have a conversation. You don't agree,... : ramshot
        • I tried that recently with Crysis on Win7 and couldnt get the pissing thing to work. : vorm
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          that is still illegal. I am not promoting him doing it, though. : notext
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            lol, so what. Most people don't actually give a shit if something is illegal or not. We have way too m... : MagicWishMonkey
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              Yeah I think we've moved on to talking about ethics not legality : boring gegtik
              • I hate ethnics : MagicWishMonkey
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          he COULD. Or he could just take the easier less expensive route and just download the game straight from ... : marmite
          • Hello there DI Gene Hunt : gydot
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        Needing an internet connection for the initial auth, though a surprise, shouldn't be leading this guy dow... : r_picmip 5
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          It's an evolution that does little to no good but under the right circumstances (like in this case) makes... : ramshot
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            Even without online authentication he could have just as easily forgot his disc at home and not have been... : r_picmip 5
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              He could only blame himself for forgetting the disc. He, however, can not help the fact that he can't acc... : ramshot
              • Requiring internet access to play is a whole different kettle of fish. That is a totally legit beef for a... : boring gegtik
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                Wait, why can't he blame himself for not checking to see what is required for the game? I would think it... : r_picmip 5
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                  You know, just saying "well it's on the box" doesn't actually make this (the requirement of an always on ... : boring gegtik
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                    I agree to a certain point. If anything it should definitely be something that shows on the screen durin... : r_picmip 5
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                      no I think we're talking past each other.. I don't think there should ever be a requirement for a single ... : boring gegtik
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                        That's fine, I'm willing to live with it if the game interests me enough. Ubisoft recently said they w... : r_picmip 5
                        • My friend is no techie - it might very well be he did something wrong. But he claimed that the other game... : ramshot
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                  A bad feature doesn't become a bad one because you are aware of it beforehand. Or, in this case, knowledg... : ramshot
                  • *doesnt become not-bad : ramshot
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                    What game had this requirement? Did you just make up a story to rant against the Ubisoft news? : r_picmip 5
                    • Smooth going there, thanks for the decency of trust. Yes, I make up shit on the fly to rant on some sever... : ramshot
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            his decision to pirate is completely illogical. if the crux of his problem is limited internet access, sw... : dahanese
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              also, for the one that needed persistant internet connection: which one was that? : dahanese
              • I'm still trying to figure that out. A Football Manager game? Dreamfall on Steam? I'm pretty confused.... : r_picmip 5
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        That's shitty reasoning and you should tell him so. He's still depriving the developers of their just pay... : MercFox1
        • Actually, tell him to get Steam and go Offline mode. : MercFox1
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      i ythink he means paying for games then cracking them to play offline : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
      • or not... that's a stupid argument : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
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    Yeah, I don't get it either. Disc check + serial should be enough to lock out people who won't look for a... : enyakk
    • Online authentication helps keep people from lending their games to other people or re-selling it on the ... : r_picmip 5
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    I just want to say I agree with this post--for the most part. I was just on an airplane a few weeks ago ... : mlev
    • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=21945219 : ieGod
  • I think this makes a good point. They really should err on the side of customer convenience and be happy... : DinK
  • I had a similar post the other night regarding PS3 and 360 DVD region free shit, my solution to play back... : abrasion
  • I had this same issue with a game after I moved. Still haven't played it, despite that being over a year... : breadsticks
  • OK but you have to admit that his profession - working on a cruise ship - is pretty rare. He and others l... : Schnapple
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    if your friend has to pirate the game to play it, doesn't he have to have internet to torrent that pirate... : dahanese
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      ^^^ BINGO. I love the "but I might not have the internet for 0.0002 seconds, so I gotta pirate it!" ... ... : Downforce
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        people who pirate games and then complain about bugs and clog up support really boil my noodle. i can tel... : dahanese
        • That's my hobby only I don't even pirate the game I just make problems up : boring gegtik
        • I thought it was gettin' hot in here*. And, yeah, they boil nudel's noodle as well. People who want to... : nudel
    • it doesn't need to. he's just trying to start an abortion of a thread about a bullshit topic and a bulls... : the city
  • ramshot i completely get what you are saying here. it's sad. a better method should be made. what about p... : m0rfus
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  ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR : r3dn3ck
  • It's extra ironic cause he works on a ship. Yearrrghhh : Ormsbee
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  I pay for all my games. How I play them, and mod them, is inconsequential after that. And I don't rea... : Lucien Irenicus
  • This is how I operate as well. : ramshot
  • This is a good methodology to follow. : MercFox1
  • Lucien Lucien Lucien Lucien you should know : boring gegtik
  • This is my stance as well. : marmite
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    technically you are paying for a license, not the actual game itself and so legally, it does matter. I... : sludge vohaul
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      I hear a lot that we are only purchasing licenses, and this is certainly a notion I can see publishers tr... : jim bone
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        Here is a link to wikipedia, the foremost authority on all subjects and infallible in any way (lol) http... : sludge vohaul
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          I should have kept reading: "In the United States, Section 117 of the Copyright Act gives the owner of ... : sludge vohaul
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            the following paragraph in the article also invalidates the proceeding... just read it all the way throug... : sludge vohaul
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              That "end user license agreement" you dont ever read anymore is what does you in. The biggest issue is... : mlev
              • that biggest issue, would be the loop hole in the law. : ShadowRam
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                I thought courts had ruled that shrink-wrap licenses were generally unenforceable, but click-through ones... : jim bone
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                  What happened with that situation where there was a court case based on an EULA? It was about WoW iirc??... : mlev
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                    It was accepted in a very specific case. The general legality of EULAs has never been challenged legally,... : LoioshDwaggie
                    • I believe also the manner in which they are presented, and agreed to (specifically shrink-wrap licenses).... : jim bone
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      How about I license publishers my money and when I'm finished with the game I get my cash back. No? You w... : Albemuth
      • But that latter scenario is exactly what you agree to do when you purchase a game. : Schnapple
      • You own the disc, sure, but not the rights to the intellectual property on it. Mostly you're granted use ... : ieGod
  • Yep. I stopped ripping off games once I could easily afford them (i.e. after I graduated college). I al... : Ride-My-Rocket
• Hello, Microsoft from 15 years ago is calling! If you're going to require remote activation for a game th... : vitaminzach
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  SUB-THREAD: legal or illegal? owning copies of old 80s, 90s games but DL'ing the ROMS to run homebrew : m0rfus
  • No license agreement for that software. What you bought you own. : LoioshDwaggie
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    it's technically illegal but generally considered morally acceptable. : Freezerr85
    • IANAL, but I think the actual act of downloading them isn't really that bad--the problem is sharing them ... : Agrona
  • technically not legal since a company still owns distribution rights to those games : mikecyb

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  Kaliedoscope Scope hurts my brain. : MercFox1
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    4x scope has no kaliedoscope! Also, I unlocked the 12x scope last night and I am having trouble seeing an... : Arctic Fox
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      I'll try to unlock that then. : MercFox1
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        If you've unlocked the shotguns, an assault recon build with a shotty and C4 kicks ass. Autoshotty with e... : Arctic Fox
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          I haven't gotten that far. I'm still on level 5. Work has really ratcheted up, so even my prolific Mass E... : MercFox1
          • :/ work sucks. CTDs have increased for me too, I wonder if there was a stealth update or something. As fo... : Arctic Fox
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      ?! Much closer zoom, and no kaliedoscope effect? Bug perhaps? : dedgecko
      • It's gotta be a bug. I'll try it again tonight. : Arctic Fox
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        4x is less zoom than stock. it's for better "mid-range" supposedly. i couldnt hit with it but i only trie... : yacoub35
        • No he's talking about me seeing no difference with the 12x. 4x is different, yes, but you have to play di... : Arctic Fox
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  I keep trying other weapons but I just can't find anything I like more than the M249 with a red dot scop... : marmite
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    Man, I can't hit anything as a sniper as well. It's pathetic. : Bamii
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      My tips: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=22049798 Sniping in this game is damn satisfying when you... : Arctic Fox
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        Hey, I didn't know that. Thanks :) : Bamii
        • Not a problem :) I really can't emphasize that last point enough, spotting is damn useful for the grun... : Arctic Fox
      • Sniping attackers as they parachute in is indeed a very satisfying thing. : Derringer
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    I said it above, but autoshotty with extended clip really rocks my socks. : Arctic Fox
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      Its fucking unstoppable when combined with the c4 + double c4 perk. : d0gbert
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        double c4 perk needs to be removed, no single person should be able to kill an undamaged objective so qui... : sanchez
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          ?! It's not that hard to defend against that. 1-2 people in the point defending using the motion tr... : dedgecko
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            those 1-2 people will be dead using my autoshotty, or nobody will see me go into the building, all the en... : sanchez
            • I was just doing it with a tank last night. It was sooo funny to see people blow me up while I am sitting... : hashd
            • yeah the C4 over the roof of the objective is a stupid bug they need to patch out. : Xevo
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              not if someone is sitting in there with a shotty / autoshotty using the motion tracker. You show up 10 f... : dedgecko
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                Do the ammo boxes give out motion trackers? I never seem to get any new motion trackers. : Athul
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                  crouch or stand on an ammo box for a while, you're special/gadgets will refill over time. : trOmblyj
                  • I like to spam the button for the special slot until it comes up so I know I got it. : Xevo
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              Yeah, EFFF YOU Sanchezz!!!! Our team was pretty much dominating the map last night but Sanchezz manage... : Alco23
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                Dude, playing with Sanchez is incredible. He has such good situational awareness and knows when to move, ... : Xevo
                • Errr Sanchez joined out TS3 channel afterwards to tell us we were C4 owned ;). I wasn't saying Sanchez is... : Alco23
              • I've got his number. : MercFox1
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            They just need to make the objective take about ten times the damage from c4. Considering RPGs and shit d... : d0gbert
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              they need to fix it so that Engineers can "repair" the point (not the structure, but the bomb itself). : dedgecko
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                yeah that forum thread with tips said you could repair it but apparently you can't : sanchez
                • It was on the changelist from after the PS3 beta. Don't know why they took it out to be honest. : SymGeo
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          >> They are doubling the C4 required to blow up an objective in release: http://twitter.com/Demize99/sta... : yAak
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            cool, I hope it can be repaired too : sanchez
            • I don't, honestly... stalemates suck, even though thats obviously what the defending team wants. The gam... : yAak
          • that's fantastic news! and i don't think it should be repairable, as the Assault team has limited tickets... : yacoub35
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            I found this out talking to a DICE guy yesterday but didn't want to drop the secret :) Apparently the ... : Arctic Fox
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              well they should update their main twitter feed to stop people from bitching about the same problems for ... : dedgecko
              • It probably gives them some useful feedback on how to prioritise the remaining bugs, to be honest. If the... : Arctic Fox
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                Many of the producers have put most of this info on their Twitter already. : -efx-
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                  So as a twitter noob, it's my fault for not following anyone and everyone involved in the project? Sor... : dedgecko
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                    No I understand. Personally, I'm not a huge fan of twitter as info can get lost pretty easily there IMO. ... : -efx-
                    • Yea, I just signed up on it - something fun and new to learn .... : dedgecko
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              They also said something about all the optimizations not being in either, IIRC. Game is gonna 0-0-0-0-0-0 : MercFox1
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                Yeah, and High Quality in the beta only show Medium textures, so it'll be much prettier still! (I already... : Arctic Fox
                • sweet! : trOmblyj
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                  can anything be done about the smoke? even with no bloom it is still way too hard to see shit. : Xevo
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                    That unfortunately is war. They can't see you either. Would have been nice in Fallujah if the smoke from... : usmcmueller
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                      So in Iraq you could spam Q and light up a hidden enemy for the rest of your team? Because that's pretty ... : Xevo
                      • hey I'm not saying that the spotting is working like it should. I agree when I'm descending I just hit q ... : usmcmueller
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                        Yeah, this is the danger of any "hey, its realistic" arguments... Anyway, the smoke is a gameplay design ... : yAak
                        • Right, it annoys me when it is drifting across my sniper scope, but I take consolation that other snipers... : Arctic Fox
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                    oh - you mean the smoke actually works?! I would prefer a change to the mounted MG in the bradley - wh... : dedgecko
                    • Yeah, the smoke grenades in this game are less effective than your own muzzle flash :P : Arctic Fox
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                      yes this is troublesome... Luckily I haven't had any graphic problems *knock on wood* : usmcmueller
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                        I have plenty of smoke, just not from smoke grenades the one time I tried using them. : Arctic Fox
                        • Good thing my xm8 isn't made from the same manufacturer. : usmcmueller
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                        no, it's not a "graphic" problem - it's that the muzzle flash from the Bradley blinds the MG gunner if fa... : dedgecko
                        • "yes this is troublesome" was in response to the Bradley MG flash problem... When you said "oh - you mean... : usmcmueller
            • I know nothing about development, but it seems like having a beta means letting beta testers also test th... : Merconium
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  Not to rub it in, but I sniped hashd out of a moving Blackhawk last night, and saw his body falling lifel... : trOmblyj
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    haha - was he hovering? : dedgecko
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      No, it was moving - completely luck shot - I lead it just the right amount apparently. : trOmblyj
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        what was the range? : dedgecko
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          I think we were out over the water turning around if I remember right. : hashd
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            No, you were over the road doing a strafing run. I was under the pipeline near the spawn. You weren't t... : trOmblyj
            • Oh yeah thats right the time we crashed in the water the whole bird went down not just me haha. : hashd
  • Yeah that was a great shot man! bastard ;-) : hashd
  • Who was the cock that was ramming the blackhawk with the UAV. Screw you man! : tboomer2
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  can any of you fine gentlemens hook me up with a key? : r3dn3ck
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    Please get this man a key. I need to stab him so I can collect his dogtag. Thanks in advance. : Bamii
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      you wish, fgt : r3dn3ck
      • Dude, I'm gonna knife you to death until you die from it! : Bamii
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    If anyone does have some spare keys, I also know some DoD:S server admins that need to be convinced of th... : Arctic Fox
    • next time a website starts giving out keys we need to mass register on it so we can horde them for shack... : sanchez
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      What admin doesn't know the excellence of this fine game?! : ArcKnight
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        Khan, Duff, .Jayson... we need more to preach the cause if this is going to take over from DoD. Althou... : Arctic Fox
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          ^ that's almost a 4pack right there! I'll just have to cancel the DoD:S server sub and force them to s... : Alco23
          • I have officially played DoD for far too fucking long. It is time to take it out the back and shoot it. I... : Arctic Fox
  • Check here for updates for available keys: http://slickdeals.net/forums/showthread.php?t=1836307 : Alco23
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  i hope they release one more map : devpaul
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    They won't, but yeah I am really looking forward to having multiple maps to play. Africa Harbor, the map... : Begawkiness
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      SIXTEEN maps. http://ps3.ign.com/articles/105/1056364p1.html : Arctic Fox
      • Sweet! Thanks for the link : Begawkiness
      • wow that's double what i heard. sweet! : yacoub35
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        is there any confirmation for the same map count on the other platforms though? : dedgecko
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          i cant imagine why it would be different based on platform, it'd be horrible horrible PR : yAak
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            console exclusive content? Not the first time it's happened. : dedgecko
            • For some reason I was thinking you meant it might be 8 maps on some platforms instead of 16, i brain-fudd... : yAak
• I can't quit playing the Engi. I love me some AT action. There's enough recon to go around for all of us. : usmcmueller
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  Shackbattle tonight at 5PM PST/8PM EST We will pick an empty server at that time so we can fill it up ... : sanchez
  • Thanks for this. I'll be seeing shooting you guys tonight! : zuff
  • This sounds like an excellent Idea. : WaterSign
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    Do you guys want to do a teamspeak or ventrillo sort of thing? : WaterSign
    • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=22060517 (this thread is getting out of control, lol) : Arctic Fox
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  After having only spent about 2 hours with the beta due to ME2, I have to say there are a few things they... : Dynotaku
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    I stopped reading at Perks :( : MercFox1
    • Why? BC2 has perks, but they don't start unlocking till later in the game. It's incredibly disadvantageou... : Dynotaku
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    I still use some of the base weapons. The starting sniper rifle is arguably the best rifle in the beta. A... : Arctic Fox
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      Yes they have the toggles switched. TOW stations are an easy way to get points too. +30 vehicle damage +... : usmcmueller
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        Yeah, except every sniper on the map sees you going for the TOW station and starts salivating. : Arctic Fox
        • I must be getting lucky because I can usually get off 2 shots before moving on. I also know that those ro... : usmcmueller
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    Your going to lose everyone as soon as you say Modern Warfare. I'm still baffled by the Shacks love ... : stonedonkey
    • it's surprising to me due to the relatively chilly reception quake wars received. this reminds me a lot o... : Mansmells
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      I would actually say the same thing about the battlefield games. The way the movement and shooting works ... : Dynotaku
      • Yeah the shooting/guns in BF1942/BF2 were awful (I never played any of the other games). It's about a bil... : sanchez
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        i thought he was talking about bc2 : Mansmells
        • Yeah rereading it I can see that, but the first pass, I registered "Modern Warfare bad, I can't see the l... : Dynotaku
    • every BF title to date has felt unfinished and sloppy - but the core gameplay is fucking awesome. Them... : dedgecko
    • This is the very first Battlefield game i've ever played, and im enjoying it tons. There are some aspect... : sreyes22
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    play medic a little bit and you'll get tons of points : sanchez
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      medic engineer, just sit and repair vehicles (double the points if you're squad mate is in the vehicle wh... : dedgecko
      • Really, I've played both to death and medic levels about twice as fast. : Arctic Fox
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    I'm going to sound like an elitist jerk, but that's bullshit. I like how BC2 rewards those who put time ... : dedgecko
    • Not only that, if you do that you will level up quite fast. Imagine that, a game that rewards you for pla... : Arctic Fox
  • i don't feel most of the perks gained make you magically better so much as give you more options/choices. : yAak
  • Dyno - after my original rant on Thursday, I've realized that MW2, on a highly advanced / modified Q3A en... : dedgecko
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  Has anyone got the Thompson yet? I got killed by a medic wielding it last night, and immediately switche... : atom519
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    What class gets the Thompson? I haven't seen it yet - is it a Rank based unlock? : trOmblyj
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      rank and it sucks : sanchez
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        Hooray, no more Thompson rape from sanchez! : Arctic Fox
        • Just autoshotty rape... : Alco23
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        ah really? i used to love firing that gun at people's heads. : atom519
        • Wtf? That gun is a killing machine on single fire. It doesn't hold a candle to the xm8 though :( : d0gbert
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        This may sound crazy, but I swear I do better with the thomson over the silenced weapons because it feels... : lodit
        • I've been killed a shitload of times from it, so I can't wait to get it and slaughter. : trOmblyj
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      I can't remember off the top of my head but you can check I think under the multiplayer tab when you can ... : usmcmueller
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        unlocks at level 8 or 9 iirc. : dedgecko
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          I'm on my way to either level 10 or 11 and don't have the Thompson yet. : trOmblyj
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            then it could be at level 10. I know for a fact that the "targeting dart" unlocks at 11, even though it ... : dedgecko
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              That's weird because I got it at level 2 or 3 on 360. : Xevo
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                You can't really get past level 2 on the 360 demo, you need something like 4 million points to do so. Th... : Begawkiness
                • ok thanks, I was confused as to why my level 7 on PC didn't have it but my 360 guy did. : Xevo
  • yeah, i decided to work on Recon, but equipped the Thompson because i hate sniping. It's pretty good, i ... : yAak
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  how to get beta key? : .frame
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    Pre-order if you have the cash. Beg to other shackers if not. : Arctic Fox
    • Gamestop wont charge you until they ship, which isn't until early March. You've got a whole month to sav... : hoopfam4
  • pretty much now the only way to get one is pre-order from steam or another outlet. Unless someone has an ... : usmcmueller
  • i signed up to file-planet for 7 bucks for a key, then canceled : NukemFornever
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  I think the map is a little too thin. It either needs to be a little wider or it could do with a few more... : marmite
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    I never felt like there were too few people on either the 360 demo or PS3 beta, both of which are limited... : Begawkiness
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      Agreed. This one has the tendency of having these killing fields where there is zero cover left and you g... : d0gbert
      • Welcome to modern combat? : MercFox1
      • That's what I like about the map - you really need to use either some crazy ballsy stunts (ATV suicide ki... : dedgecko
    • Yeah the PS3 Beta map was tons better. There was a LOT more room to flank etc and far more "fixed" scener... : marmite
• the 4x scope doesn't work for me. i couldnt hit a thing with it. switched back to stock and i was on agai... : yacoub35
• I am having fun being the guy that tries to stay alive for a spawn point. medic shotgun extended sho... : Downforce
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  I nailed a Blackhawk with my RPG (non-tracered) and it was so god damn satisfying. I nearly jumped out of... : hoov1185
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    I snuck up and planted C4 on the van looking thing full of like 4-5 enemies while they were attempting to : atom519
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      My mines raped some fools last night - good times. : trOmblyj
      • haha - hell yea. When we first started I was denying peeps left and right. I'm probably going to be o... : dedgecko
    • "But honey i just blew up a five d00ds in a truck, it was awesome!!!" :rolleyes: *mumble mumble* : yacoub35
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      haha - last thursday I manage to wake the wife from slumber and boy was she pissed. Medster and I were... : dedgecko
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        i think the sound/audio in this game does a great job of immersing and makes one feel like they're really... : yacoub35
        • BOOOM BITCHES!!!! : dedgecko
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  totally agree about the defib-needed symbols not making it clear enough where the dude's body is laying. ... : yacoub35
  • They should add an outline or glow to the body on the ground (like L4D), sometimes its hard or impossible... : trOmblyj
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    Yeah the map shows where they were killed but not where the body landed : sanchez
    • ohhhhhhhhhh this explains so much : Arctic Fox
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      ragdoll FTL =/ : Xevo
      • In fairness, that is a kind of hilarious realism. : Merconium
    • this is the problemo : noobja
  • ^^^^^^^ : eeeealmo
  • Doesn't help that the HUD indicator only shows up about 25% of the time, that would make it a lot easier. : Arctic Fox
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  Playing defense with 10+ recon on the other team is an almost constant bombardment of mortar strikes. I ... : atom519
  • lol I remember that round, I was actually confused for a bit as it felt like there were 5 or 6 tanks cons... : Xevo
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  AITOO who has trouble discerning the player models? Medics in particular seem so similar between the t... : dedgecko
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    just shoot everything if you're not sure, FF is off : sanchez
    • ^^^ and hit Q if you have the time, see if a red arrow appears above their heads. : Arctic Fox
  • Oh I have a terrible time with it, the only thing that saves me are the colors of the names above people'... : Begawkiness
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    yeah BOTH sides having a fucking red beret is awful. Also, it's like they have identical camo patterns, e... : Xevo
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      Oh do they both have berets? I thought one team had sort of like a regular baseball cap (one of those mi... : Begawkiness
      • I don't think they both have berets. : usmcmueller
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      No - for medics: US side (defenders) has a Baseball cap Russians (offensive) has the red beret : dedgecko
      • ^^^^^^^ : Arctic Fox
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        ok I got it wrong, still they look waaay too fucking similar IMHO. : Xevo
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          agreed - of the classes look very similar but the medics one always throws me for a loop. Typically I'll... : dedgecko
          • IAWTP. I think it's their camo that is just waaay too similar. The Recons are also fairly similar looking... : Xevo
          • I agree that they look similar, it's snow though. Only flavor it comes in is white. So unless one team ru... : usmcmueller
          • ...and even if i do identify which "team" the guy is on, it doesn't help because i forget which team I'm ... : yAak
  • Yes I entirely agree. Thought it was just because I was colourblind. : crummynz
  • I didn't even realize there were different player models. They need to take a lesson from cartoonists/val... : Dynotaku
  • They should do the america's army thing where the enemy is always russian no matter what team you are on.... : marmite
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  I'm glad I'm trying this beta - I have to constantly remind myself that level 11 is not the end, and ther... : Downforce
  • mines + shotgun = dead ATV : dedgecko
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    As an Engi I run right to Obj B and have my AT weapon at the ready... : usmcmueller
    • hehe I go straight to A with mines in preparation that they come through the middle or the long way aroun... : dedgecko
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  anyone agrees that the lack of commands is annoying ? i really wish i can call for medics or to ask for a... : hanged_man
  • well, if you aim at a vehicle and hit 'Q', it does let him know you want a ride. I suppose you can call ... : hoopfam4
  • If you've played the medic, you should know that you don't need to call for them. The medic's UI is litte... : Arctic Fox
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    There is no need to call for a medic because you instantly turn into a massive + symbol on the medics min... : marmite
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      I agree on the ammo point. They should just do the same thing with soldier, have a little ammo symbol app... : Arctic Fox
      • A symbol appears on the person's body when they need ammo : Begawkiness
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      Some shacker called for ammo on me yesterday, I have no idea how he did that (or maybe it was automatic),... : MercFox1
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        has anyone tried aiming at a friendly soldier and hitting Q? : Arctic Fox
        • ^^^^^^ : yAak
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        Calling For Ammo/Healing: Put your crosshairs over your teammate, (a little ammo or heal symbol will ap... : yAak
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          My main problem with this game is that all this stuff is undocumented. They need a tutorial where the bas... : Arctic Fox
          • That's beta, unfortunately. : dedgecko
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          what key is this on 360? : Silent Wolf
          • the "spot" key : yAak
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            select button : silent prophet
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              awesome thank you, wish they told you this somewhere. : Silent Wolf
              • Yeah, I found out by accident. I pushed it once and heard my guy yell out. I was like "did he just call o : silent prophet
        • i know that but what if i was behind a cover and want to call for backup and someone to give me ammo or h... : hanged_man
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    What I hate as a medic is that people who die are marked where they fell, not where their body is current... : aggressor
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      here's the main question: can suicide C4 folks be revived? : Downforce
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        Eternal life is just a defibrillation away! : yAak
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          I'm trying to decipher how the suicide C4 blitz works, to which there is no defense. and it can cascade t... : Downforce
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            C4 just needs to do less damage, which it will in release ( http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=22059069 ... : yAak
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              Ideally, Defense whittles down the Offenses number count, grudgingly giving up the first stages at great ... : yAak
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                it has to balance out somehow. defense is left with "HOW THE FUCK???" infinitely more often than offense : Downforce
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                  Part of the issue is you can C4 bomb objectives through the floors and walls, which makes defending it di... : yAak
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                    or maybe the team should actually post some people to defend the points. I'm... just, uh - throwing that... : dedgecko
                    • Heh, I agree. Last night i was the lone man defending several, and had 2-3 explode out right in front of... : yAak
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                  basically, i agree C4 is way too easy right now, but i don't think repairing is the answer. : yAak
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                    perhaps no points awarded is the answer. suicide C4 shit needs to be addressed immediately. you can t... : Downforce
                    • Well, at the very least, we'll be fine on shack servers, since we actually have an awesome community, adm... : yAak
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                      did neither of you read the post that was linked in this subthread? It's fixed in the final game, and may... : Xevo
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                        their fix is no good unless they remove any positive points from suicide C4ing!!!!!111 : Downforce
                        • ...except that it's likely changed so that the damage won't destroy the point, so they suicided for nothi... : Xevo
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                          Well, you don't even need to suicide. Just toss the C4 on there and if no one sees you, run away a littl... : yAak
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                            post defenders on or near the structure who have shot guns and motion sensors. Instead of making the C... : dedgecko
                            • This way you have Recon classes taking on other recon classes and unless they've got squad mates supporti... : dedgecko
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  UAV questions: Does it respawn? And what if someone blows up the control post for it, will it still respa... : yacoub35
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    UAV respawns, takes a while though. I actually don't know if the control point can respawn, I know that i... : Arctic Fox
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      Vehicles do not respawn if you are STANDING on their spawn location. UAV has an unnaturally long respa... : dedgecko
      • ah, yet another HUD element missing... (thanks for the info!) : yacoub35
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  question: is there a way to get ammo without getting a team mate to drop some? : malloc
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    This isn't really 'getting ammo' but the only other way I know of is to pick up a dead player's pack from... : Begawkiness
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      But yeah this switches your pack to whatever they had of course. : Begawkiness
      • which, btw, can be a way to play with unlocks you haven't yet unlocked yourself. : yacoub35
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        right but you cant take their pack, drop an ammo box, take your pack back and get ammo that way. : papaskot
        • also works if you kill a medic, and need health. : papaskot
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  Anyone know how many tickets are added each time you destroy the A/B objectives? : sanchez
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    i believe its 50 : yAak
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      actually I'm wrong, heres the changes made from PS3 beta: - The Attackers now recieve 75 reinforceme... : yAak
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        I really do not like that change. Restoring it to 75 means that even if the defenders put up a very long ... : sanchez
        • Well, i wouldn't count on the PS3 beta changes being final, who knows, the current form in PC beta might ... : yAak
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        I don't think this is correct - I've noticed that depending on how much time you took to take a point det... : trOmblyj
        • it's not like that in the current pc beta for sure : sanchez
        • I think it's still 50 tickets once you get a point. : MercFox1
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  Killing someone around the objective then trying to defuse can be frustrating if their corpse ends up nex... : PointlesS76
  • yeah, i do this a lot, too. usually end up with a kit i really dont want too, like one with no ammo in t... : yAak
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  What I have yet to figure out is how the countdown to a match works. Attackers start at 99, but what the ... : aggressor
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    99 tickets, each time you die you use up a ticket, unless of course a medic rezzes you : sanchez
    • ^^^^^ : Arctic Fox
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      And that's the only way they deplete? : aggressor
      • yes : sanchez
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        Previously in BF2 - in the Conquest Game mode - if you're team wasn't holding a majority of the points on... : dedgecko
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          Did BF2 actually have any other game modes? I never played anything but conquest... : sanchez
          • CTF maybe? I have no idea. : dedgecko
          • Nope, just conquest. There were only sub-types depending on if there were un-caps as well. : Bob_Loblaw
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  Love this game.Went on a knifing spree last night when 4 or so guys had their backs turned to me. One by ... : Visceral Monkey
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    16 : yAak
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      Hoooly shit. I'm so buying this. : Visceral Monkey
      • They are probably broken up by gameplay mode... probably 2-4 for Squad Rush, 6-8 for Rush (the mode in be... : yAak
    • jesus christ : eeeealmo
    • Wow. I am going to pre order it soon....I already have a beta key so I'll give out the extra key to someo... : Metatron85
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    http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=22057861 : Arctic Fox
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      16 maps? Holy hell, that's awesome! I'm guessing they're going to be divided by game type though - I can'... : ArcKnight
      • Yeah I am hoping that is a '16 huge maps, that we subdivide into smaller maps for some game modes (like s... : Arctic Fox
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    I got the drop on a shack squad last night and Shock-Paddle'd 2 of them and knifed the third. Last guy b... : MrLobo
    • I think that last guy may have been me, thanks for the dogtags :) : Arctic Fox
    • I think I was in that group too. Nice kill! : malloc
• Noobcannon+extra rounds in each clip+extra ammo=unstoppable medic/engi. : noobja
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  Man, the 360 demo hard caps perk and level unlocks like crazy, I can't get any of the cool shit you guys ... : MaxPete82
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    PC beta has many perks "locked" out too w/ insanely high point reqs. I think PS3 beta is the only one th... : yAak
    • Yeah, but the 360 demo locks you out at rank 2 or 3 and only lets you unlock one weapon per class. : ArcKnight
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    Do you have the bug where your screen shakes like every 4-5 seconds and the controller vibrates? It makes... : ArcKnight
    • That's just PTSD kicking in : sanchez
    • Yeah mine does that once in a while it's pretty annoying. : Begawkiness
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      Yeah, this happens often, but I just figured something big was exploding in the distance and it is shakin... : MaxPete82
      • Mine only shakes like and epileptic with Parkinson's when I'm gliding down on the 'chute : usmcmueller
      • I don't know. It seems to happen completely randomly - I can't tell what causes it because I've had it ha... : ArcKnight
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    This doesn't really surprise me as it's classified as a demo and not a beta, and if they intend to keep i... : Begawkiness
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      PC Beta is capped at level 11 (and I think 18000 points) : dedgecko
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        I'm up to 285,348 points, only 99,734,656 to go until level 12! : sanchez
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          At this rate you will make it before the end of the beta : Arctic Fox
          • I wonder if the next unlocks are actually in the game. : sanchez
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          jesus fucking christ - don't you work? : dedgecko
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            he makes usually 2-3 times the points of the next highest person each round, so that's at least part of i... : Xevo
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              It's easy to point whore by just constantly rezing as a medic. : ArcKnight
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                He outscores point whoring people too. This is just pure sachez rape. : Xevo
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                  Meh, I was in the Shackbattle for like 5 minutes yesterday and had 1.7k points. I think snatchez's ownage... : MercFox1
                  • yea, I shot limp and sanchez in the face quite a bit for the little time I was able to stay on for. : dedgecko
          • no I quit my job a while back and now I sit around and get fat : sanchez
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  Teamspeak 3 info, while the in-game VOIP is broken: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=22060436 Had a... : Arctic Fox
  • sigh ok I'll download TS3... : trOmblyj
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    Which server are we using, boss? Rydoggs or Reverses? : MercFox1
    • Whichever you like! With TS3 you can actually keep both of them open and see if anyone is in either chann... : Arctic Fox
    • TS3 has a tabbed interface so you can keep multiple servers connected. I just connect to both and see whe... : Alco23
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  I can't wait a fucking month. Honestly I knew almost nothing about this game until a day before the beta ... : sanchez
  • I had the same situation, and I agree :( : Arctic Fox
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  this game is a shit ton of fun once you fix the FPS and sticky keys. so addicting : retarded talking dinosaur
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    how did you fix your FPS? : Foxhawk
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      i actually overclocked my CPU and saw a noticeable difference in performance (w/ 280GTX). i think the ga... : eeeealmo
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        Yeah, it is very CPU intensive, and if your gfx card is good enough, lowering gfx settings doesn't actual... : yAak
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          Yeah, I installed the beta on my brothers older FX55 last night - and lowering the video settings all the... : atom519
          • The final game should be much better, I recall reading that the beta was formed mainly to fix performance... : Arctic Fox
      • I did the same thing. C2D 2.13ghz running at 3.13 now, and I rarely drop be 20fps... it's playable! : crummynz
      • About to do the same, but i still have a 8800gts...this is the first game that runs sluggish in the past ... : sreyes22
• anyone else having laggy (high pings) matches lately ? for me its been like this since last night (and no... : hanged_man
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  OK, this made me lol http://twitter.com/locust9/status/8545870909 : Arctic Fox
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    How many are playing in the Arctic? With Foxes? : marmite
    • Hey, man, it gets really cold up here, alright? : Arctic Fox
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    There's 3 people in Antarctica? : usmcmueller
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      There's at least 60 there, there is a research station down there. : Arctic Fox
      • researching the emperor penguins? Isn't that where they are? : usmcmueller
      • Actually I was an order of magnitude or two off: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research_stations_of_Antarc... : Arctic Fox
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  One thing I think they need to fix is how many tickets you get back when you destroy the objectives. Las... : Medster
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    how so? they deserve it for finishing objective : Iwannaacura
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      Right, but if the attackers get their asses kicked the first round, the defenders should get some sort of... : Medster
      • Mentioned above, it is 50 I believe. : Arctic Fox
      • Sounds like it's 50 which is fair imo, considering the game starts with a 100 tickets, and the last secti... : sanchez
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  Engineers should be able to repair the objective yet taking down the entire building should stay in as it... : shortbuscaptain
  • This was discussed above. I think it would lead to too many stalemates, personally. : Arctic Fox
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  Anyone playing right now? : lodit
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    I wish :/ I want the full version :( : Arctic Fox
    • 27 days ... >_< : yAak
    • I just learned a valuable lesson: do not pub. : lodit
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  Alright, shackpoll since I am still at work and not playing. What is everyone's favourite class/build, an... : Arctic Fox
  • Engineer, XM8 carbine, MP443 pistol, M2CG launcher, red dot. I like the XM8 over the SCAR because whil... : ArcKnight
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    autoshotty + any class : sanchez
    • With the extended clip the autoshotty truly is godly. : Arctic Fox
  • Medic XM8LMG Tracer Red dot Bullet damage buff The accuracy with the red dot and burst fire plus... : ant_hillbilly
  • assault : XM8, WW2 pistol, extra ammo, red dot, extra vehicle armor medic : auto shotgun, WW2 pistol, ex... : eeeealmo
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    Favorite? Yikes. Generally whatever the squad/team needs most, depending... Not enough engineers to c : yAak
    • For recon, you should try the build that I posted in the OP once you unlock the 4x scope. It basically pu... : Arctic Fox
  • So far, Recon with default sniper and mortar strike. So fun. : atom519
  • Medic + Shotgun, reviving and face raping. : shortbuscaptain
  • Cant decide. XM8 + double grenade + 2nd pistol tied with Scarr + red dot or double explosive +... : razlebol
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  8PM EST SHACKBATTLE PREGAME I think we broke Gametesters 45 because its not showing up in the list any : MercFox1
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    i'm in Rydogg's TS server, as well. : MercFox1
    • * stares at clock for the next hour * : yAak
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      Is that gonna be all talk or how will teams be organized? : Sailor of Fortune
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        I haven't tried Rydogg's TS server but in re-verse's there are separate rooms for each team. : Arctic Fox
        • Well what I mean is how will people segregate into teams and it probably easier to keep channels the same... : Sailor of Fortune
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    GOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGO! GameServers.com BFBC2 BETA Chicago #43 Read this post on how to find the server : sanchez
    • We're using TS3 shacknws.com server, info here: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=22060436 : sanchez
    • The president has been C4 raped by sanchez. Are you a bad enough dude to C4 rape sanchez? : sanchez
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      MOVING SERVERS! GameServers.com BFBC2 BETA Chicago #42 Other server got too many pubbies! : sanchez
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        Im coming as soon as i set up ts3 : RetroRedEyeJr
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          I can't seem to log into rydoggs ts server, just keeps saying failed to connect. : RetroRedEyeJr
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            lol i was typing shacknews instead of nws : RetroRedEyeJr
            • it's ts.shackbattles.com : yacoub35
      • Not trying to be a dick, but is there any way you guys could mention that you're leaving the server in-ga... : Crabs Jarrard
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        IGI (once there's a spot :( ) : eeeealmo
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          Yea my game crashed now I cant get back in. : ant_hillbilly
          • hah mine just dropped too. : yacoub35
      • no one's really on TeamSpeak or using it. ggs though. : yacoub35
  • You are too early, give me a minute. : WaterSign
• what's our news source on this? I think in game it says to watch a twitter feed, right? meaning if there... : Downforce
• I pre-order via GameStop online and still haven't gotten my key. How long did it take for others? : FuryVII
• Come watch live: http://www.justin.tv/rydogg1 : RyDogg1
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  Any tips to get this game to not run like crap? God damn shackhype I couldn't resist buying the game... : datoo
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    There's definitely something up with the engine or whatever, lots of people its not running as well as si... : sreyes22
    • With this I think it just needs the final optimisation pass. It is a beta after all. : Arctic Fox
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  I am pretty darn close to preordering this via Steam. Can I get a performance report from ATI 4850 users... : sukabljat
  • My 4670 runs it on medium with no issues whatsoever. Hope that gives you a ballpark. : Squee.wupiwupi
• This game owns. I'm gonna buy a 5770 or a 5850 to run it in it's full glory. : razlebol