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Stalker Call of ÐŸÑ€Ð¸Ñ€ÑÑ‚ÑŒ Ð²Ð¾Ð¿Ñ€Ð¾Ñ:

I played and finished the first Stalker game, loved it. If I needed $$ I would just farm for weapons and sell them for whatever price to the merchants around the zone. Now however most of the weapons I find are shit and horribly damaged, that asshole Owl won't buy stuff that isn't in pristine condition, and the fixer-upper guy in the barge charges prices so high that I'd lose money repairing stuff and then selling it to Owl.

Is there a way to repair my own shit? I have about a billion krinkov's, shotguns, and AK-74's sitting in my stash, but most of them are all in yellow condition.

Feb 19, 2010 9:43am PST

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Starcraft II 48 hour beta experience write-up from a total Starcraft scrub.

This is going to be a big wall of text. You have been warned.

I wasn't much of a Starcraft 1 player at all. I love watching Korean pro-matches and hearing commentary on them. I don't read many SC sites at all. I don't know special build orders and I don't have 200+ APM (or even close to 75 for that matter). I have never played a SC1 match over battle.net.

That said....Starcraft II is awesome....

Feb 19, 2010 6:57am PST

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Monitor eye strain (Wo)Menz. I had a DELL 2209WA IPS display delivered yesterday. I set it up last night but my eyes hurt real bad after about twenty minutes in front of the screen. I tried lower the brightness all the way down even if it meant lowering the picture quality.

I have this type of light bulb almost directly over me.
http://www.prismaecat.lighting.philips.com/ecat/Light/ApplicationRouter.aspx?fh_secondid=928028605435_1&fh_location=%2f%2fprof%2fus_US%2fcategories%3C{fnppla}%2fcountries%3E{us_US}%2fstatus%3E{act}%2fcategories%3C{F_0032FNPPLA_1891_PHL_f_fcir}&fh_eds=%C3%9F&fh_refview=lister&tab=&family=&&left_nav=us_en&

Do I have to make my small apartment brighter in order to avoid eyestrain? Would a simple desklamp do the trick?

Feb 19, 2010 7:55am PST

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http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000226/

"In Development:"

o_O

Is that some kind of a record?

Feb 19, 2010 12:07pm PST

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http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000226/ "In Development:" o_O Is that some kind of a record? : vx2o
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Dungeons and Dragons

While I sit here waiting for the audio of my podcast to process, I figured I would write up about my awesome session last night.

This was a big one (that's becoming a theme!) Last night was the first gameplay session of the Paragon tier. The week before we had our Paragon stories where each player explained what their character did during a year apart from the others.

They got to go Temple raiding. They found an ancient temple where they were told an ancient artifact (a crown) is hidden and must be destroyed. They were sent in with a wand primed with the magic to destroy the crown, so all they needed to do was physically get there.

The Temple was awesome. I managed to, in one session, fit in everything I think a good little dungeon should have: There was some interesting combat at the entrance, with staggered enemies (not all there in first round.) Then a huge area with no challenge but lots of things to look at and become intrigued by the place. The next area was a room with a deadly trap that spawned minions that had to be overcome by a combat+skill challenge encounter. Following was a long hallway with a crushing trap they had to overcome. Then there was a huge chasm separating them from their final destination, which they had to use some clever thinking to bypass. And then finally there was the room with the Crown, along with a super special event that I have been planning for a very long time. I actually won't spoil it here, and if you want to find out what it was you'll need to listen!

This session was also extra special because it was our first trial run of Live Video Broadcasting the entire session. It was a big hit! I totally forgot to post it here for anyone that wanted to stop by, but we got several people from Twitter and Facebook to watch. Many people tuned in for short whiles, and we even had probably about 8 people who watched the entire thing from beginning to end. We were able to answer questions in the chat and I think they had a really good time watching and chatting to the other viewers.

So, how is your D&D going?

Feb 19, 2010 11:31am PST

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So is Alice depressed or something? Her posts are pretty bleak. I hope everything is ok.

Feb 19, 2010 6:51am PST

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  English. : tboomer2
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My mom's Xbox 360 (she loves the lego games) just RROD'D

It is way out of warranty so she wants to buy a new one instead of getting it repaired, if she buys an arcade can she just take her harddrive off and put it on the new one and then use their license transfer thing and everything will be normal?

Feb 19, 2010 9:48am PST

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- yes, that's what i did. : -=kodiak=-
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It looks like Ubisoft decided to play the RIAA wetdream card. Wot DRM for Assassin's Creed 2, you ask?
Not only will the game drop your session (and kick you back to the start menu) if you lose your connection mid-game, but you will also lose all progress past the last save. If your router resets, game gets paused. If it takes long enough or you suffer an outage, aka, comcast customer, your game is over.

In addition, the game requires a 'maximum' bandwidth of 50kbps. So all you modem users can fuck off. (Well, all 3 of you who are left). Unfortunately, one of my best friends, living over in Parker TX, lives on his modem. So back to WoW for him.

Congratulations, Ubisoft, you unsold your game to me.

Feb 19, 2010 5:47am PST

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Paging ThomW - Posting this over sming so others know too.

Yesterday a HDStarcraft vid was posted that touted 1080p and everyone was clamoring about it being 1080p, but when I clicked the link I was perplexed by why I didn't have that option. Then I noticed that it's because "&fmt=18" was added to the link. That actually kills any option of going higher than 480p...weird. In fact if you change it to "&fmt=22" that kills any option of going higher than 720p!

So, I realized that it was YouTube Embedinator adding the attribute to the link and I used my handy "ctrl+f" to take it out of the script, but if ThomW would be so kind and officially change that (since YouTube got their HD act together, kind of) that would be awesome.

<3 you ThomW...you're the best.

And the youtube vid at 1080p was amazing! I'll post it in reply.

Feb 19, 2010 7:01am PST

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Mount and Blade: Warband

Re: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=22206023#itemanchor_22206023

Actually probably gonna move the server to a cluster in LA, rather than Oregon. Pings for Cali folk are gonna be even better.. look out! Those who haven't played yet, join us!

http://forums.taleworlds.com/index.php/board,140.0.html and click on download link to go to http://beta.taleworlds.com/download.aspx and enter your M+B key to get a download link for the beta. Install it, and then find Shacknews_USWest on the list!

Feb 19, 2010 4:57pm PST

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I know all of you hate Penny Arcade.

But today's is pretty clever, I think

A Cyclical Argument With A Literal Strawman
http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2010/2/19/

Feb 19, 2010 7:25am PST

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Bobby Kotick 2010 Dice keynote.
http://g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/702673/DICE-2010-Activision-CEO-Bobby-Kotick-Presentation.html
Interesting stories of the history of some of the studios, including not buying harmonix and the mistake that ended up being.

Feb 19, 2010 3:45pm PST

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sweet jesus creaming his loin cloth this is some good news

http://kotaku.com/5475357/xbla-perfect-dark-multiplayer-features-goldeneye-weapons-levels

Feb 19, 2010 8:01am PST

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A day late on this comment, but the Civilization V announcement is so incredible. All I have to say is thank you Firaxis for being one of the rare developers these days that is:

-Consistently not afraid to make, huge, sweeping changes to their gameplay formula for each sequel, rather than just playing it safe (here's looking at you Blizzard, Infinity Ward, Bungie, etc, etc)
-Doesn't tease us about a release 3 damn years before we'll actually be playing it (here's looking at you Blizzard, Valve, etc etc).
-Stays true to hardcore PC gaming roots (*weeps tears of joy*)

Hooray for Firaxis!

Feb 19, 2010 4:07pm PST

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When given a job offer, is there generally room for negotiating a higher salary?

Feb 19, 2010 12:55pm PST

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Europe has the whole sex and nudity thing right, but this is just silly:

http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/windows-7s-european-browser-ballot-screen-revealed-rolling-out/

Feb 19, 2010 9:06am PST

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Anyone know some good astronomy documentary?

Feb 19, 2010 7:12pm PST

Anyone know some good astronomy documentary? : mnok

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Shattered Horizon

Forget Starcraft II, come play this sweet game that is free on Steam for the weekend.

It is pretty damn fun. I love the extra axis of movement; there is nothing quite like sneaking under a guy, rolling into a strange angle for him to defend from, turning off your suit and stabbing the dude with your future space gun so he can ragdoll implode in his suit in zero g. I must be doing something wrong, cause sniping never works for me even It looks quite good, too, though my sadly aging processor can hardly handle it.

I really wish they had made a bigger production of it. I'd love a single player game set in this universe with more transitions to interior environments that a bit more cramped, a la Descent. The feeling it evokes when you turn your suit off is nuts, and it's cool to look up and see that Earth is the skybox.

Anyone else been enjoying it?

Feb 19, 2010 4:53pm PST

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Shattered Horizon Forget Starcraft II, come play this sweet game that is free on Steam for the weekend : quadeh
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basic game design question:

I'm making a game, and I want to have enemies move at different speeds. Up until now in my build, each game cycle the enemies would move + or - one pixel depending on the direction they were going. At first I thought, "well ill just increase the number of pixels they move per game cycle if they need to go faster", but that fucks things up because now they are skipping over parts of space which will throw off hit detection and the fact that they're supposed to stay within certain boundaries (that they will now just jump right over). In addition to this, I also really don't have a good way of making them go slower than the "move one pixel per game cycle" speed either if I do it this way.

So anyways, what is the "best practice" for movement speed of a sprite?

Feb 19, 2010 2:41pm PST

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[Nvidia] - [Geforce - 480 and 470] - full specs, price, availablity and details released on [Monday - 22 of Feb 2010] thats this Monday coming up.

Believe that...

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NVIDIAGeForce

ARE YOU READY? Check back here on Monday morning at 9:00 a.m. PST for a major announcement!
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Source: http://twitter.com/NVIDIAGeForce

If you are like me and have been waiting its gona be a long two and half days, they better deliver, for I want two 480 in my hands asap :)

Feb 19, 2010 5:57pm PST

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Last night wife and I were watching something about beer brewing on the Discovery channel. And this commercial came on for a new nature special called Life. Is this really suppose to be as good as Planet Earth and if so, why didn't I hear about it?

Also, my cat, Alfred, loves watching Planet Earth on TV more than anything else in the world.

Feb 19, 2010 6:14am PST

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In honor of BF:BC2 GOING GOLD or my dog Fiddle having surgery today, shall we play some BF:BC2 tonight?

What say you?
I'm idling in Rydoggs TS3 server and hope to start playing around 9PM Eastern.

Feb 19, 2010 5:52pm PST

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linux peoples

ever seen this?

http://i50.tinypic.com/hs0z11.png

Feb 19, 2010 5:53pm PST

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anyone play the Doom boardgame? How is it compared to, like, Space Hulk?

Feb 19, 2010 5:55pm PST

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Well atleast Ubisoft is being upfront and honest about the DRM with Assassins Creed 2
http://www.shackpics.com/files/creed2_box_ot3824r78omu123f0jkg.jpg

Feb 19, 2010 1:08pm PST

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Well atleast Ubisoft is being upfront and honest about the DRM with Assassins Creed 2 http://www.shackpi... : headbone
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Hey shack foodies. What's that piece of paper that's in with chicken breasts you buy in the grocery store? Do you think it's bad if you accidentally missed that when you cooked a crockpot dinner and it was in it?

I swear to god I looked...I don't know how I missed it.

Feb 19, 2010 4:04pm PST

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  - I forgot about that one time when I put my steak on the grill. Mmmm melted plastic. : Tincan
  - the panty liner : drucifer
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- Ask your guests if they enjoyed their Poulet en Papillote Fini! : Farbauti
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http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/02/19/ns-brazil-ship-sinks-students.html

The kids will all put it on their resumes and get huge scholarships with their essays on the experience while the school's credibility plummets.

Glad everyone is safe, though!

Feb 19, 2010 6:25pm PST

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/02/19/ns-brazil-ship-sinks-students.html The kids will all put it on ... : Bob_Loblaw

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My buddy at DICE just said BC2 went gold.

Feb 19, 2010 9:57am PST

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  Hey, it's the new "my girlfriend" meme. : gooblerampling
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    MY BUDDY and meeee : yosemiteclimber
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  for someone everybody hates you sure do have a lot of 'friends' Mr. Garvin : multisync
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  - I love Fred. : Bull
  - lol awesome : eeeealmo
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    Many Shackers may hate me, but who gives a fuck about that? : Fred Garvin
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      I like you, Fred. Fuck these haters! : toneh
      
      lol toneh : tometome
      
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      Hated Canadian shackers unite! : MrLobo
      
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      I'd rather be hated for what I am than be loved for what I'm not MRHOBO. ;) How's your ubijob? : toneh
      
      Meh! I just wanna go home and get drunk at this point. first submission is tomorrow, still have shitt : MrLobo
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      MY GOD, I love this .gif. I'm putting it on the frontpage of Philsized.com : Phil
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      Why do Shackers hate you? Can I get some chatty links up in here plz? : Gary the Llama
      
      He's a contrarian, and a meme. : one random winner
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    i always wondered why fry loves him so much. haiku seems also to be his biggest fan. i've been pretty ind... : Hoax
    - Me, [fry] and haiku had a three way once. No homo. : Fred Garvin
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  Who is your buddy there? : -efx-
  - Can I refer to you as my buddy at DICE? : marmite
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  can't wait for the days when a game goes gold it means it becomes available on Steam the same day : devpaul
  - All Valve games are like that. In fact I'd argue they go gold two hours after they are on Steam since ... : MrLobo
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  Well my buddy at DICE just said that you're retarded. : Ajax
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      The fight would never take place because each person would never be able to find the correct swing set. : sanchez
      
      They would, however, patch the swingset in at a later date, and permit its use for the price of $12.95. : WaterSign
    - My buddy is going to shut DICE down after BC2 is released. : yosemiteclimber
- I just thought of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4j2xEwEHbrE : festivalman
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  â™ªMy buddy and meeeeeeâ™« : ieGod
  - kid sister! : Audhuml4
  - LOL'd : o0JediBeavis0o
  - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fovPx0MgwX0&feature=related : MrBig0
- Ask him how long until EA switches off the servers! : enyakk
- My buddy at Ubisoft said he's not my buddy : dognose
- yup. sweeeeet. : majestik
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  your buddy? in canada i presume? : Alpha Class Android
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    No, he's the lead designer on BC2 so you people can figure that out themselves if they want. : Fred Garvin
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      Yeah, at this point I wouldn't bug anyone after they just go gold. All you want to do is sleep for 3 days... : Fred Garvin
      
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      Truth be told, a few of us here (including the guy you're probably alluding to) haven't had a lot of stre... : -efx-
      
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      Or, so this is just clearing cert hurdle then? : Fred Garvin
      
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      No, definitely it's gold. Many of us on the design side though moved over to other things a while back. : -efx-
      
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      That's cool. Did you at least get some time off? I know he was doing some heavy crunch not too long ago. : Fred Garvin
      
      Yeah, we got some good time off, some (like me) haven't used it yet though. Crunch this time around wasn'... : -efx-
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      If this isn't public news yet, and someone from DICE reads this, your friend could be potentially fucked. : eonix
      
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      He posted it on Facebook and other DICE employees have Tweeted and posted it so I am not passing on anyth... : Fred Garvin
      
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      Those points are besides mine. Has DICE officially announced this? : eonix
      
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      2 DICE employees have already posted in this thread so I don't think it's a big fucking deal. I don't thi... : sigpro
      
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      No, your point was that I could be getting someone at DICE in trouble. : Fred Garvin
      
      Pretty much. : synapse19
      
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      DICE people have all posted it on their twitter pages, it is very public : Arctic Fox
      
      I'll wait for the DICE announcement. Cool none-the-less. : eonix
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      I'm not your guy, amigo. : Mikuya
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    Yes, I told him my issues. I also said that I am willing to give a go when it ships with a team of people... : Fred Garvin
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      "Fuck you Fred Garvin" : MrLobo
      
      FGDKWTF : RikiTiki2
      
      "How the fuck did you get my number?" : mrvandelay
      
      "why is someone from gameloft critiquing real games?" : maulla
      
      STOP CALLING HERE YOU CRAZY PERSON. : AgentPothead
      
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      "I need your credit card info to continue" : Sailor of Fortune
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      It's a different game style and to be fair I had a lot of the same issues with BC1. : Fred Garvin
      
      BC2 fixed my issues with BC1. Yay PC releases! : dedgecko
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      My brother is studying abroad and I'm gonna be visiting him for cheap! : nyranger66
- My buddy told me that your buddy's buddy sucks! that's you : Dan 101
- How many carats? : vx2o
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  BTW, this was just meant to let Shackers know that game was GOLD because it's an anticipated title. : Fred Garvin
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    a simple "it's gooooooooold" would have done. : usmcmueller
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  Sweet, that means they're moving on to Rallisport3 right? : not work safe
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  Just because you "fan" them on facebook, doesn't mean they're your friend, Fred. :[ : My Documents
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    I've had beers with him, does that qualify? You people are like hyenas hovering around a carcass. : Fred Garvin
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      in this case he'd only be a friend if he gave you a reach around. you should really be more careful who y... : usmcmueller
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      well with your jorts and white tube socks, you could possibly be an emu : busdriver3030
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      hey, we may be cunts but at least we aren't fucking cunts : ArcKnight
      
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      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQO1qZD5lek : ArcKnight
      
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      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4E_7q4hzWFc : dirge23
      
      Larry is so awesome. : Fred Garvin
      
      fucking cunts is way more fun though : deadfish
- Jesus Christ this thread is terrible. Thanks for the news, Fred! : SiW.
- thanks for the info Fred Garvin, male prostitute. : slickdoody
- 4 packs - y/ n/ m ? : Lightzout

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Starcraft 2 Beta testing videos:

BANELINGS OVERWHELMING
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Qa6-BNDSlA (seriously awesome)

Fun with pathing!!!
Watch through to finish.. some impressive 300+ zergling pathing. Looks like fluid dynamics? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfl279o_Cko#t=4m50s

Flight of the Barracks + Terran Rave Party! and other wierd stuff: (less awesome than the above videos)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loZzRgDFDB8

Share other interesting ones? Anyone have some epic 1v1 matches?

Feb 19, 2010 12:56pm PST

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