Evening Reading: A Brian Appears

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  To clarify before I make recommendations, are you using techno as a catch-all for electronic music, or do... : bipolar
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    I'm completely ignorant to the genre, so I suppose I actually mean electronic music (that would be good f... : fishbone
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      Uptempo trance is good. DJ Tiesto has great stuff (Elements of Life is a good intro to his original stuf... : bipolar
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        Don't listen to this man, he is clearly insane. Trance is the opposite of jazz, the electronic equivalent... : Flinz
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          here ya go: http://soundcloud.com/r_co/motor-city-drum-ensemble-live-sowieso-kulturmarkt-zurich-08-01-201... : Flinz
          • its downloadable by the way : Flinz
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    It's clear he meant jumpstyle neurobreak dark core psybient acid trance electronica, bipolar. : Lunatic Angelic
    • You mean this isn't the default assumption? : Robotic Puppy Eater
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  More specifics would be good. Most pop music seems to incorporate techno, but does she like that or is sh... : BlackCat9
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    Any upbeat energetic electronic music that would be good to work out to : fishbone
    • Just have her grab the Shakedown Trance and Trance: Above & Beyond podcasts. It should be exactly what s... : DianeOfTheMoon
  • Here's a few techno-ish tracks in my workout playlist that I recommend: Bjork - Crying BT - Break on ... : BlackCat9
• http://www.amazon.com/Mortal-Kombat-Original-Picture-Soundtrack/dp/B000000GSQ : drucifer
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  It's certainly not techno, but for electronic and beat-heavy, I loaded up my woman's ipod with mid-90s KM... : Paranoid Android
  • KMFDM in particular is great workout music, the lyrics tend towards the motivational. get Angst or Nihil. : dirge23
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  Use this to help narrow the genre: http://techno.org/electronic-music-guide/ : TroZ
  • idm - "intelligent" "dance" "music" i always love reading this guide : Theos
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  The Crystal Method got contracted by Nike to make a 44-minute mix of stuff (some of it existing, some of ... : Schnapple
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    That's pretty cool. Apparently they have a few of these out. Diane says there's one for LCD Soundsystem, ... : BlackCat9
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      the lcd soundsystem Nike Run is great! : naabster
      • Oh, is it "45:33"? : BlackCat9
  • The Aesop Rock Nike mix was the first one I grabbed and still my favourite. : oc3lot
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  Pendulum. Specifically the 'Hold your Colour' album. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hold_Your_Colour It'... : liqker
  • ^^ pendulum is awesome : tfsbrian
• Daft Punk - Discovery Justice - Genesis : briandubau
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  The latest Prodigy album, Invaders Must Die, has some good work out music. : freshyk
  • ^^^^THIS : r3dn3ck
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  pics of wife : gmd
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    http://www.shackpics.com/files/IMG_03412_zm523d4x1gvhcwru5zc0.jpg : fishbone
    • dude. more pics of wife : dirge23
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      Wow. Didn't see that coming. : Flinz
      • tell her the messageboard approves. : Flinz
    • delivers. : Warlock
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      Hot wife, but what the heck is that on tv? : Dave-A
      • I have absolutely no idea, but it looks fucked up : fishbone
      • what tv? : [7]kami
    • holy shit : drucifer
    • goddamn this thread just got GReAT : multisync
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      rest of series plz : r3dn3ck
      • iawtrosp : mrvandelay
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      I have seen this photo before, I don't remember where : gmd
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        Same. Perhaps he's posted it before? : Bold
        • I thought mace posted it : Phreakin
    • more :C : moe6
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      meh, I'd kick her out of bed... : X-GOUKI
      • more room on the floor to play some DS : X-GOUKI
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      close up of butt plz : GloriousCow
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        http://www.shackpics.com/files/butt_kjl8bqa64e9qms9qh6qt.jpg : GodZilly
        • Damn that's some good looking booty : spiffymc
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      Fishbone delivers! And she's a hot wife that plays DS : Demius
      • She was addicted to NSMB : fishbone
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      what game is that on the DS? : creep
      • New Super Mario Bros. : fishbone
    • The gym is doing wonders on her core. : denixen
    • ok, you win. : roushimsx
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      fishbone, I think I speak for all of us when I say... MORE PLEASE. : skinlab133
      • all of us except the fags ofc : [7]kami
    • A winnar is you. : squigiliwams
    • I don't actually believe you. Shoe on head. : Yanks
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      This is not real, put a SHACKNEWS website on her computer screen while she looks at it : FrenchVanilla
      • Or lets see a pic of you. : FrenchVanilla
      • We still have the same headboard and yellow pillows in the house we bought http://www.shackpics.com/file... : fishbone
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  Chemical Brothers : Yabrodan
  • Yeah, this is awesome for the gym. Also Basement Jaxx, Leftfield and Prodigy : alnya
• Justice, Tiga : multisync
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  It's been a while for me (been on a rock/indie/80's kick for a few years now but i still like Above & Bey... : prime8
  • Their radio show yesterday was very good : spiffymc
• This place is a message board? I thought it was a minefield. : TexasGameJunkie
• Daft Punk, Pendulum works wonders when im running. : Techy007
• SebastiAn http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8gIdfCMZUc Vitalic http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F52dx9Z0L5k ... : Geoffrois
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  www.bluealchemist.com : eeeealmo
  • ^^^ this! : jimmy_legs
• A state of trance mix by armin van buuren should do the trick. That and the live daft punk album from jap... : spiffymc
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  What style? Techno is a different thing in the EU than in the US. I love pretty much any song by Bart ... : [7]kami
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    More good (EU) techno tracks: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AN7AT-y6Aps http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... : [7]kami
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      And then some tracks i am mixing right now :) Anthony Pappa - Moments http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=... : [7]kami
      • Error - first track was: Itamar Sagi - Dramatical (Pig & Dan Remix) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... : [7]kami
  • In the US people confuse Trance with Techno. What most rubes here in the states like is Trance, not pure... : wytefang
• My wife likes Gabriel & Dresden's In Bloom for working out. Also Thievery Corporation, but I can't remem... : yonderboy
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  Slight Highjack - Anyone recommend any full "albums" of remixed contemporary/pop music? Hip hop remixes ... : ImageOmega
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    Girl Talk. : legato17
    • ^--- THIS : oc3lot
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      Also check out http://thehoodinternet.com/ : Geoffrois
      • omg i love this! thank yyoooouuu! : civilwarskeleton
• Andrew W.K. hahaha : pigvomit
• Drum & Bass is great to work out to. Grab Andy C Nightlife 4 for her. : redfive
• I like Cut Copy - In Ghost Colors at the gym. They have a some what electronic/80's feel. : D45hiz
• danger, kavinksy, the twelves, vitalic, mstrkrft : datoo
• when i go out and exercise i usually do the crappy techno-like songs, Cascada is soo good to run to.(evac... : civilwarskeleton
• Back in the day I'd listen to (and sometimes still do) stuff like this: New Order - Confusion http://ww... : ArtilleryMarker

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  I wish. I have spent thousands of hours playing sc and wc3 and I know as soon as I get into the beta or b... : bongturbo
  • I didnt play SC but love WC, Ive played 4 games of SC against Comp and cant beat it yet :( : supermonkeyballz
• I loved the single player campaigns from the original. I never played much competitive. Plus there are al... : bad_fish
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  people like you need to read up on all the features they're adding for noobs. Full game will have lots of... : derelict515
  • ^^what this guy said : deveus1
  • Yeah i'm really excited about all the stuff they are adding for intermediate competitive play. : RetroRedEyeJr
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    The problem with leagues based on skill is that there are always people out there who want to just shit a... : DOOManiac
    • except every other RTS allowed smurf accounts all too easily - SC2 doesn't allow them - unless you buy tw... : spaceyme
    • Except you need to tie your SC2 copy to your Blizzard account along with your other Blizzard games. And y... : derelict515
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      i know people don't like the "WoW" word, but Blizz has a lot of experience dealing with smurfing in the b... : CecilPhilpot
      • er, arenas, not the battlegrounds : CecilPhilpot
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    Smurfs will still destroy you though. : alias
    • I thought the new naming convention eliminates smurf accounts? I definitely could be wrong about this. : lefthighkick
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    Are they still adding the "features" like making the mines run out every monute or so, so that it's even ... : capt tripps
    • lol, yeah I like playing monopoly with infinite money too : derelict515
  • this is what i'm wondering...not a huge RTS fan, but i trust Blizzard to make easy-to-learn-hard-to-maste... : CecilPhilpot
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  the thing is, even if there are very highly competitive players, battle.net should be able to match you u... : vynn
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    I've always found the Easy AI to be a challenge. :( : DOOManiac
    • that's why they made a "very easy" AI :) : vynn
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  Every video I've seen makes the first 5 minutes of a match look boring as fuck, WC3 is only boring the fi... : abrasion
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    abrasion shitting on something post : mwasher
    • It's an observation : abrasion
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    OMG, SC2 is boring 3 minutes longer than WC3!!! : Bamii
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      I can't help how they designed it, it's a design decision on Blizzards behalf. The whole reason there ar... : abrasion
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        Yeah, it's very oldschool and it's fat that should be trimmed IMO. There's a lot of fat to be trimmed lef... : enyakk
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          War 3 isn't flawless (but it's close to it) and I know I'm biased and have been hating on SC1 for a whil... : abrasion
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            The thing is that you fail to realize that a lot of people want just the opposite of you want. They want ... : razlebol
            • *of what you want* : razlebol
            • I know people love that kind of gameplay or it wouldn't be popular. I just wish I liked SC more, it's rea... : abrasion
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            I agree with everything you're saying here PLUS I suck I 'micro' ...even at WC3 where there are fewer uni... : kek
            • one of the most awesome aspects of SC2 is it is finally going back to the idea of base management and con... : mwasher
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        I don't really understand why this is a problem. It's just 5 minutes... : Bamii
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          I used to play 15 games a night of Warcraft 3,........ it's 75 minutes a night of doing the same repeti... : abrasion
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            I take a 5 minute shit every day. OMG, that's like weeks in a lifetime doing the same repetitive thing. Y... : Bamii
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              This is a really poor argument Bamii, if you like seeing 5 minutes of plays building a drone,drone,drone,... : abrasion
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                You have all the right to find it boring. However, I think it's nitpicking when you compare it to another... : Bamii
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                  yes : abrasion
                  • I guarantee that when you finally get the chance to drop in to a game with someone (and assuming you love... : mwasher
              • i was describing my experience from playing a few hours last night to a friend and all i could really say... : mwasher
  • And even War3 takes too long. The first battles in CoH / DoW2 start 15 seconds into the game. : enyakk
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    in wc3 you can turtle up and creep and expansions are far less frequent in shorter games. : boomstickah
    • Who cares about an expansion? I care about cool battles. : abrasion
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    yep this was very surprising to me. whats the damn point? there is no variation during that time anyway... : fathertime
    • in the first 5 minutes of a WC3 match what is the variation that occurs? : mwasher
  • As a non pro I am going to attempt to address this : SC matches tend to be faster than your standard W... : mwasher
• If you jump in at the beginning there will be plenty of noobs just like you to play. If you wait a few ye... : ZombieAcademy
• You are the only one. Its quite amazing. : D45hiz
• All I care about is the campaign and the map editor. : herradura99
• They made things easier. You were always going to get raped in MP by Koreans. Just play the SP and with s... : locater16
• Just play on normal speed, I guarantee no pros will masquerade as noobs. : grandmasterlee
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  I'll play it just for the single-player cinematics and story and i'm sure I'll get my money's worth. : treefingers1
  • Yep, the SP will be amazing in it, SC1's SP was totally worth it for the $ alone : abrasion

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  who'd you pick for your fire team leaders? : GloriousCow
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    That was Samara. Jack was my barrier. Fucking Garrus died just at random. I love Garrus :( Thing is, I di : SpaecKow
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      the unintuitive thing is that if you pick the wrong fire team leader it kills someone else. Samara isn't : GloriousCow
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        That's super unintuitive then because Garrus died nowhere near Samara. We were with Jack running from the : SpaecKow
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          jack is fine as your barrier, who'd you have open the door? : GloriousCow
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            That was legion : SpaecKow
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              In order to have everyone life: Miranda or Garrus must lead the team. One can do it both times or switch : MoreVespeneGas
              • life=live : MoreVespeneGas
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  god damn seriously! i understand now after reading posts about who you need to send on what, but some ho : smacknca
  • I went renegade and only lost one guy, but I'm pretty sure I know how I could have avoided that if I went... : uncle slappy
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  The final mission where you're given those choices is poorly designed anyway. Especially for the squad le : nbft
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    The clues are there if you bothered paying attention. In the game itself and at the goofy selection scree : pyide
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      I had Zaeed lead the survivors back to the ship, he survived the fuck out of that, the unlikable bastard : SpaecKow
      • doesn't matter who you pick for that : GloriousCow
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        He's also pretty fucking crazy and only in it for the money, not really invested in the cause / mission t : pyide
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          Spoiler if you really want to know as I've tried it. Everyone except Zaeed survives, he covers everyon : nbft
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            That's pretty impressive. Not the outcome I would have expected given his history, but a fitting end none : pyide
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              sorry to say but the same exact thing happens to anybody else who isn't the 'right' choice :( : GloriousCow
              • That's a bummer. But I thought sometimes choosing a bad leader meant someone else would die? Is that in a : pyide
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      On the contrary, f anybody actually paid attention to the game instead the brief paragraph of text, then : nbft
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        Jack is a total psycho bitch who was made into what she is because of Cerberus, of course she's not going : pyide
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          That does rule out Miranda as a squad leader because there are personal issues present and when ME2 (part : nbft
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            It's still a good game, already completed it on multiple playthroughs, it's just the final mission where : nbft
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              I dunno. A few of the choices seemed pretty straightforward to me, almost too much so. I would never have : pyide
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                this is simple. Miranda is clearly the best leader because anyone would follow that bangin' ass anywhere. : GloriousCow
                • Haha, you make a good point. : pyide
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                  i wonder how many people spent how many hours on that arse. They seem to have it as the main focus of any : shavenewok
                  • Unlockable outfit just takes it to new levels as well. : SpaecKow
              • Oh yeah, I remember that I chose Jacob for vent duty because he volunteered. I had a feeling he wasn't th : pyide
          • Logically, most of the squad members you pick up could EASILY lead a fuckin' fireteam. Jack couldn't, : Rice-Rocketeer
        • I totally disagree with you on both points. I thought the same way nbft did, Jack's immediate comment... : MoreVespeneGas
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        way to over analyze it. The correct way to look at it is that Garrus has experience in that sort of thin : valael
        • As for Zaeed and the similar stories, I just chalk it up to Bioware being lazy with the character. Other... : valael
        • What experience? His "experience" as described in character select screen that appears when you have to p : nbft
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        You've misread the characters. I think you've also confused game mechanics for story. Character loyalty : Aragoat
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          Like I said, the player is never given any indication that Garrus or Miranda are good leaders, if you'd l : nbft
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            Did you see how much firepower was organised to destroy Garrus and his team on Omega? You don't get that : Aragoat
            • All of that firepower was mostly used because Garrus had the tactical advantage, he's resourceful but har : nbft
    • I picked zaeed for the second fire team he died :( : hanabal
    • this. it was pretty easy to figure out who should do what. : pandastrong
  • they partially slap you in the face with the choice of garrus : Hoax
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  i'm having a hard time going back to it because the planet mining is so, so bad : cltcprd
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    i just gave myself 500,000 of each mineral and I DO NOT FEEL GUILT : GloriousCow
    • I'll definitely do that on my next playthrough. : Nitrium
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    Are you playing on the PC? Because you can add a bind or use a trainer give you free resources and cheat ... : pyide
    • i should have done that. if i ever reinstall it i will do that for sure. but right now i need to finish s... : Hoax
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  This is pretty interesting: http://social.bioware.com/forum/1/topic/105/index/1117936/2#1121084 : pyide
  • ^^ big spoilers btw : pyide
  • that was sheds some light behind the mechanics. pretty interesting. : Hoax
• I sent jacob through the vent, fully expecting him to get killed, and I actually cheered when he did beca : valael

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  actual replays? not videos? T_______T : darkT
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    Yes actual replays, you need to be in the SC2 beta to view them, mostly. : abrasion
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      I'm gonna start streaming if you want to check it out : pancake humper
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        Link to your page please? : Serpico74
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          http://www.livestream.com/sothebysgaming/ : pancake humper
          • Thanks! : Serpico74
          • update: humper is smoking a bowl first. He'll probably be a typical pot head & forget he ever mentioned ... : goatjc
          • good job beating that noob! : Nighteyes
          • ugh, the Zerg are so grotesque in sc2 : bad_fish
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            You sir, got slaughtered :-) : biofrog
            • :( : pancake humper
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            You just got called a fag rusher. : snuff
            • he didn't even have his gateway up yet. I actually hesitated too much. I should have just kept the zealot... : pancake humper
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            HAHA holy shit you are getting slaughtered : Nighteyes
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              How did they get in your base? : Nighteyes
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                haha they walked right by : Nighteyes
                • :( : pancake humper
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            mwasher and I are playing right now! : pancake humper
            • nice mutas lol. : StolenNosferatu
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            Man we just had the most epic 2v2. It was me, mwasher, slax0r, and Chris Remo. Motherships were involv... : pancake humper
            • It was awesome. No interceptor upgrade for carriers though? : StolenNosferatu
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              I wanna see a replay, the mothership/battlecruiser/void ray fight was RIDICULOUS : Serpico74
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                You can watch it on the channel page. It puts up the streams to rewatch them. : pancake humper
                • which one is it ? They're not described in any way ? timestamp/date ? : barichnikov
            • I got demolished by Remo, god damn. Fun as hell though. : slax0r
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      You can't just download the beta client and use that to view them? : Ellissd
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        oh apparently you need the "crack" to watch replays. : Ellissd
        • its actually not a crack.... just map/asset files that b.net downloads to your pc when you log in i guess... : yAak
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  FUN FACT: The iPhone knows that Starcraft is a proper noun and auto capitalizes it. : chrisschutz
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    does it capitalize the C? : mwasher
    • Ok it gets it half right at least : chrisschutz
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    haha, that's pretty awesome. : nyranger66
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      So are you ranger, so are you! : yosemiteclimber
      • no u >:( : nyranger66
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  I really hope they are successful (soon) at getting play to work against AI off bnet. : mwasher
  • interesting installer btw : mwasher
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    Create game, add AI : chrisschutz
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      psst I am not in the beta. just have it installed :( can play some replays, but that's about it : mwasher
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        the fucking login button taunts me tho ugh : mwasher
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          Oh, well if you were in beta you could play against AI. For some reason the "coop versus AI" button is gr... : chrisschutz
          • yea i've heard. supposedly they are trying to get it to work even if you are not logged into bnet. go... : mwasher
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            do you have to be logged into bnet to play SP? or just for the beta : multisync
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              yea you have to be logged in to create a game. :( with a couple hacks you can watch replays tho. : mwasher
              • oh? i want to watch some replays! : StolenNosferatu
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  we did have fpvods actually. but yes, we can dissect leaked pro replays to death now :P : miasma&!
  • Can't wait for the WC3 mod. : abrasion
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  someone give me their login info for the night. i will love you forever : mwasher
  • sm'd : chrisschutz
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  It's a longshot, but are there any daywalkers with a SC2 account willing to share with me? Since I am in ... : Nighteyes
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    Highly doubt anyone is going to turn over there battle.net accounts... : Tripps
    • That's why I said it was a long shot :p : Nighteyes
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  It's actually possible to view replays WITHOUT a beta account. I'm not sure if it's OK to post such info... : DrWaffles
  • Ask a mod? I know someone (abrasion?) posted asking about bnetd or something and they said no, but to jus... : StolenNosferatu
  • That's all though, no further progress in the last 6 hours :( : abrasion
• The SC2 replay system is pretty fucking awesome. I'd like to see exactly where each player's cursor is w... : herradura99
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  repplays I cannot watch! THX AGAIN ABRASION! next post a bunch of WC3 replays. JERK : anhero
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    follow all of these instructions http://www.sc2win.com/news/everyone-can-play-starcraft-2-replays-with... : mwasher
    • i marked this INF : anhero
  • War 3 is the superior game. : abrasion
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  fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu so awesome. : mwasher
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    also, we have learned tonight that remo + mwasher > pancake humper + slaxor : mwasher
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      Awesome game, so fun to watch : Serpico74
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        I can't wait till everyone has a key (including me :[ ) gonna be epic : mwasher
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          this is killing me : MamiyaOtaru
          • I just spent 4 hours playing it and don't know when i will get to play it again. :( :( :dGOSDFGs : mwasher
• lol - jessica jung (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7lZcxVkEd8&NR=1 ) playing artosis http://www.youtu... : anhero
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  StarCraft 2v2. This is the epic game that pit Shacker versus Shacker in an epic battle! See! Chris R : slax0r
  • good write up, excellent use of shack tags 8/10 would read again and will watch replay later : shavenewok
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    1080p YouTube version of this match coming shortly. : pancake humper
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      yes please! : holycow
      • IAWTYP : Lightbulb
    • Do eet. : famine101
    • This can't come fast enough. : one random winner
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    Not working :( "One or more files needed to play this game are not available locally. They must be dow... : rock elf
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      Probably the maps. Most of them are downloaded when played the first time. : razlebol
      • That was it, thanks. : rock elf
    • oh you can't even watch replays if you're not in the beta :( : barichnikov
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    I feel a bit sorry for pancake humper. He had the biggest army and economy by far, managed to decimate Re... : rock elf
    • That is what happens when you don't scan enough :P : razlebol
  • Wouldn't happen to have that in video format would ya? : Dynotaku
  • aww, this must have happened after I went to sleep last night. : giant boy detective
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  David Kim vs a high end gamer from TeamLiquid.net! http://www.teamliquid.net/staff/LiquidNonY/david_kim... : abrasion
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    Where do I put the replay to watch them? : razlebol
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      Once you've 'adjusted' your Starcraft 2 data a little you can just associate them with the exe and double... : abrasion
      • I bought an account from a fellow shacker. ;) : razlebol
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      C:\Users\<you>\Documents\StarCraft II Beta\Replays\Recent : rock elf
      • Thanks : razlebol
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    Who won that match BTW? I hope Mr. Kim won, since he is Blizzard and all. :D : DM7
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      He did. He won with something like 6-7 mutalisk while both of his hatchery were destroyed a few minutes b : razlebol
      • Woo nice, zerg all the way! : DM7
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  Ok for people interested, SC2 detail comparison shots. SC2 in lowest and highest details at 1024x768 and... : abrasion
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    thank you mate! The lowest details looks like war3 and that's just awesome! : umegastar
    • Was going to say the same thing, not nearly as bad as I thought, and considering the min-specs, I could p... : one random winner
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    lowest detail definitely makes the units pop off the background better : Thomas Hace
    • this is my problem when watching on jtv..it just seems like the units blend into the background. I'm hop... : fathertime
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      you think that hardcore gamers will play in low detail? I bet that with movement, the units pop off ju... : umegastar
      • Yeah. I'm playing on high and don't really have a problem with that. I do have a problem distinguishing s... : razlebol
    • TBH if I ever play it online, I'd probably use it :( : abrasion
• Anyone got some good SC2 beta videos? I'm not in the beta, but wanna see some replays too. :( : code-e255
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  While spectating a good match is entertaining, watching that level of play makes me want to never play mu... : Dynotaku
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    Also, SC1 and 2 are basically won and lost in Tier 1... maybe Tier 2. I'm a Tech 4 Experimentals kind of ... : Dynotaku
    • Lower level of competition is often won by tech race instead. People are so scared of playing this game ... : razlebol
• thanks! : irrerno

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  Year One is the first movie my wife and have both agreed to turn off after 30mins. And I really like Mic... : etherboy
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    I watched the whole thing (in theaters)...and I just don't get it. They had a cool basic idea, traditi... : Vincent Grayson
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      My thoughts exactly... Most of the trailers made it look pretty good, but the delivery was :((( : etherboy
      • the trailers made it look TERRIBLE so it's not surprising that it actually was. jack black and michael c... : dantastic
    • As happens all too often, something like this went wrong. http://www.wordplayer.com/columns/wp47.100.Mill... : Ctrl-Phreak
  • Same thing here, she didn't find the first 30min any more funny on her second viewing : sanchez
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  I got roped into seeing Zohan. I'd sooner have spent that time waiting in line at the DMV. : dognose
  • That move was HORRIBLE :( : yosemiteclimber
  • I thought it was kinda funny, in a ridiculously over the top way of course. Then again, I seem to like mo... : thetangent
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  the skydiving scene was funny : skryte
  • True. : byorn
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  I thought that movie was surprisingly funny. I laughed quite hardily multiple times. : Ctrl-Phreak
  • That should be heartily, not hardily... not sure how that happened. I guess hardily could work, but that'... : Ctrl-Phreak
  • I had fun with it too. : Evil Benius
  • the first thing i said after finishing that was "That was the worst movie i've ever laughed at". If yo... : corey
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  I felt that way when I watched Extract. =( : Pacalon
  • Ug. What was that movie supposed to be? It wasn't funny. The character development was pretty basic. : byorn
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  See: Wayans Brothers : uncle slappy
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    whatever man, scarey movie was good. : IgnoramusSA
    • it was pretty good, then they kept making them. : .sticks.
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  that sounds like idiocracy : dantastic
  • :( that movie makes me angry. : Freezerr85
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  See: The Hangover : gydot
  • I can't believe that film made money. Unbelievably overrated. : Creepin_Jeezus
  • I'm happy knowing I'm not the only one who disliked that flick. : ThomW
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    I don't think it was a terrible comedy, but i have no idea why the Shack as a majority treated it as the ... : Arsenal
    • i didn't like it myself, but it wasn't just the shack. people everywhere were considering it the epic com... : grifter
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  why was harold and kumar go to white castle considered so funny? I was so fucking disappointed when I fi... : valael
  • I hated it the first time I watched it, but laughed my ass off the second time. I find that is true of m... : fishbone
  • The only reason is 3 letters NPH : hrdwregk
• The Promotion. I'm not even sure if that one was suppose to be funny. : Zollington
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  See: Funny People : Nighteyes
  • Most misleading title ever : alnya
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    I thought Funny People was a great movie. : fatman
    • How? I felt there was so much wrong with that movie. : Nighteyes

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• Nice! But man that box art really sucks. : bolneze
• looks like your cat is now friends with shepherd : bosst0ne
• the cat is GETH !!! O_O : Downforce
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  Your cat is amazing. : Kentor
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    I don't know how people can hate cats :( : pancake humper
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      When they lick your nose while you're trying to get some sleep... : intothefray
      • that's their way of saying they love you : pancake humper
    • I'm allergic to them, yet I still love 'em. : Kentor
    • Because they don't make money and therefore can't be taken to small claims for damages. : Sailor of Fortune
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      i didn't really understand cats until we recently took in my new kitten. i'm starting to come around! : Audhuml4
      • haha! FOOLED! You have a kitten, not a cat! : pancake humper
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        Same here. But they have developed a bad habit of "playing" at night and since they have bells on their c... : Phreakin
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          I have a feeling that is going to happen when I go to the breeder tomorrow. She has the 6 month old and a... : pancake humper
          • d'awwwwwww :D : kallanta
          • nice coloring on the mother : bad_fish
          • The woman put me in the same position. Might as well accept that you're going home with a new mouth to fe... : tohm82
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      paging dantastic : Head Rush
      • because theyre useless pieces of shit that have no worth to the planet : dantastic
    • They eat all the fucking birds and lizards around my house >=| : SigENeaT
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      When I was younger.. I went to a friend's house to play NES. He left me in his basement to go get a drink... : K1Bond007
      • Damn, those were some territorial fuckers. : Arcanum
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      As I have said many many times before... Get a thing of lipstick. Apply it LIBERALLY in a circle around ... : conandan
      • i don't even want to know how you figured this one out : dirge23
      • i know :( i never did that but i know, it's fucking disgusting. : dantastic
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  Cat: "It was this big!" : Sailor of Fortune
  • pretty sure that's an invisible beach ball : pancake humper
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    he's all "shneoom 'assuming direct control!'" : Veegeezee
    • i lol'd hard at this. add yellow glow to the cat. Do it. Do it. : squigiliwams
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  My Mass Effect 2 tshirt is cooler than yours. http://www.flickr.com/photos/37772632@N08/3792105287/in/... : notd665
  • I do not see a cat in that photo. Therefore, you lose! : CrustaR
  • it looks the same ;( : IcomeINpeace
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  The cat pic is classic. One of my cats does basically the same thing. : Thresher
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    The classic "Oh, something flat is on the ground, must lay!" pattern. : reelbk
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      My cats make putting new sheets on my bed a challenge. : Thresher
      • My cat loves to do this to my gf's purses and pretty much anything leather. like all the fucking time. : RetroRedEyeJr
    • My cats make putting new sheets on my bed a challenge. : Thresher
• That's one big cat!!! : CrustaR
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  I got my N7 hoodie yesterday!! It is awesome. : g0nk
  • I was supposed to get mine yesterday (UPS said 'In transit to final destination) but it has not appeared ... : ArcKnight
• ME2 - Cat Approved. : inf3d3l
• that last pic is fucking hilarious : theWhite
• That cat owns. : Link.
• cats are awesome : derelict515
• hahaha, that cat! : reelbk
• hahhaaha look at that nice fatty cat : ErneX
• Your cat looks a lot like my cat, only fuzzier. : Arcanum
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  - bump for morning queers and steers - : IcomeINpeace
  • lol. That's a wonderfully fat cat. : Durajim
• ahaha i forgot how cats love to do that, make a spread on the floor and they'll just prance over and roll... : packav
• Hahaha, reminds me of Maru. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdhLQCYQ-nQ : the archvile
• lol that cat pic is hilarious. : ThomW
• I like how the game Bayonetta depicts cats as existing both in the real world and Purgatory, allowing the... : ChibiJosh
• Did you get any special codes for free armor or anything??? : not work safe
• hahaha wicked cat : proclone1
• now you have to wash your brand new shirt :( : dantastic

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  That book is not long enough to support two fucking movies. More assrape just like the DVD double-dipping... : Albemuth
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    For serious. If they can make Lord of the Rings into 3 movies, they can make The Hobbit into 1. : SnakeIRye
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      http://www.shackpics.com/viewer.x?file=dgs_japq8vms9bak88qf8mpv.jpg : Wyvern
      • I love that pic : one random winner
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    They are filming what happens between The Hobbit and The Fellowship of the Ring. : byorn
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      What happened in between? : thecatinthehat
      • probably stuff from all those extra books he wrote that I believe read more like text books : DogDharma
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        A good bit actually although it was never gone into detail but basically a war with Sauron in his incarna... : SolrFlare
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          That sounds like it could really good. Is Jackson directing or producing this? : thecatinthehat
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            Guillermo del Toro (Pan's Labyrinth) is directing, Jackson is producing/writing : synapse19
            • Ohh damn this could be awesome! : Shadowdane
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          well damn wasnt that smart. did they have a book to base this on or did they free write the time between... : smacknca
          • I think it's from the silmarillion i'm not positive though http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Silmarillion : peat
          • or this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unfinished_Tales : peat
        • actually, the fight against Sauron in Dol Guldur took place during the Hobbit...that's what Gandalf was u... : CecilPhilpot
      • There's some stuff where Sauron gets driven out of Mirkwood and back to Mordor that might be cool to see ... : Halen
      • nothing much, honestly...no fucking idea how they're going to scrape a movie out of it : CecilPhilpot
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        Gandalf built an extension on his home and had a wicked spring break. : abrasion
        • Not to mention the greenhouse he built to grow pipeweed : RogerDandy
      • Stuff his son copy, paste'd, and embellished with little unicorn stickers. : Toth21
    • So, movie 1 probably will be up through Smaug's defeat. Then movie 2 will probably be the war of three a... : SolrFlare
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      No, they're filming what Gandalf went off and did in the middle of the Hobbit. Also they began casting mo... : locater16
      • Yes, it's really more fair to say that this is the Hobbit + some of the backstory told during the LotR bo... : dfay
  • I guess I'm in a minority here (again), but I've always been worried how they were going to squeeze The H... : ]aratex[
• Fucking SWEET. I liked the LOTR movies, but I fucking LOVED the book of The Hobbit. I can't wait to see t... : thetangent
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  that is awesom news also.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC73PHdQX04 : theWhite
  • Was hoping to find this here. : swimteampie
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  Interview with McKellen....he's starting to look like Gandalf http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/ha... : Metatron85
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    Sir Ian on playing Gandalf in LOTR: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43sbtkQM6zc : thetangent
    • holy fuck that was awesome! : theWhite
    • hahaha always great. : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • That was amazing. : kallanta
    • I really need to buy the series. : dudehoyt
    • Jesus christ flash/firefox is a fucking giant faggot cunt. My sound just stops working about every 6 ho... : abrasion
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      I like that he knows the differences between the white gandalf/gandalf the grey. gandalf they grey is alo : peat
      • gandalf the white is basically gandalf the grey if he moved out of his parents' basement and got a job : dirge23
  • that volume thing would go to 11 : MurrayTheSkull
• As much as I hated the LotR books and movies, I am utterly stoked for The Hobbit. Let's hope he actually ... : ColoradoCNC
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  I wish they make it with zero computer-generated special effects but with old school techniques. The Lord... : kramweil
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    Smaug may be a bit hard to do practically :p : Beady
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      God I hope they make Smaug really badass looking. He needs to be the epitome of fuck shit up dragons. : Crimsonbeak
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        Its GDT, he will make him look amazing. : Beady
        • More like "It's WETA, they will make him look amazing." : Merconium
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        http://media.bigoo.ws/content/gif/disney/disney_532.gif : Dechter
        • Needs more http://www.dvdverdict.com/images/reviewpics/sleepingbeauty03.jpg : Crimsonbeak
  • you are in a very small minority that thinks so. : nomaad
  • While the LOTR movies did have CGI, a lot of it was practical effects. Weta workshop actually built real... : dante2010
  • If they were horrible, it wasn't because they used CGI. : Arceihn
  • Who's broken? This guy. : saunders45
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    imo LOTR is the textbook example of how to properly use CGI : dirge23
    • IAWTP : Thomas Hace
  • Hahahaha holy shit. Unbelievable. : photonzach
  • Horrible? That's ridiculous. If you don't like them, that's fine, but the LotR trilogy is not horrible to... : Marrbe
  • They have a cave troll. And we've got a troll of our own right here. : Duffman8369
  • It would have been cool if it was done like the original Jason and the Argonauts or something. - Lady ... : kramweil
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    I could have done with a little less ridiculous geology. Gigantic sheer cliffs, rock arches underground,... : MamiyaOtaru
    • You realize that the majority of the geology you saw in that movie was very very real. The underground st... : thetangent
  • God damn you are so wrong it hurts. Can CGI be used improperly? Fuck yes it can, just look at the mess Lu... : thetangent
• There's only one return, and it ain't of the king, it's of the jedi.... : jimvolk
• Where did you read it? As far as I know the film hasn't actually been green lit yet (i.e. the studios hav... : aethyr

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  No. They're all self-contained games. Except for X-2, but avoid that like the plague. : TigerRei
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    There are a lot more than that. IV has a direct sequel (The After Years) like X (X-2), VII has severa... : MoreVespeneGas
    • The Fabula Nova Crystalis games (FFXIII, FFvsXIII and FFXIII Agito) are not related in any meaningful way... : Vincent Grayson
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  None of the numbered ones have a common story arc, setting, or characters : liqker
  • Just a few reoccurring 'themes'. Like Cid/Sid. Theres a Cid in EVERY GAME. Chocobos. Sometimes moogles. : squigiliwams
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    The male main character is very feminine from FF8 onwards. : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • I think they steered away from that a bit more in FF12. : Grumbeld
• Play Mass Effect 2, it's fucking fun! : Dave-A
• nope, they're almost all entirely unrelated games in the Final Fantasy name labels, especially anything w... : jimmy_legs
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  No, But you should want to play 7, maybe 8, and 9 for sure. 10 is where they pretty much lost me. 11... : fleabug
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    Don't you EVER say a word against X. X is my single favorite gaming experience ever. : kershner25
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      FFX is my favorite FF. Top 10 for me for sure. : squigiliwams
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        FF 6 > FF 7 = FF 4 > FF 10 >> FFWhatever : DianeOfTheMoon
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          I can get behind this. : Wombat Woo
          • 2nd'ed : edge198
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            Agreed, except I still really liked 12 : kallanta
            • 12 was okay, but the combat system ended up being so passive and the story so slow, I went through the fi... : DianeOfTheMoon
            • yeah I really really liked 12. a lot. : Draugluin
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          7 shouldn't be in that list at all, horrible FF game :( : Derringer
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            The main draws of FF7 is post disc 1 story and the fact that it was really the first FF where you take th... : DianeOfTheMoon
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              I'm not disputing it's popularity, it's pretty obvious. But yes, I do dislike it even though I finished : Derringer
              • He played 3(us) which is 6. : Crimsonbeak
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      is X with squall and the water globe sport? : sreyes22
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        I remember at the time I wished there was a game based solely around the water globe sport. : thenoodleincident
        • Are you crazy? That mini game was so bad. : doctorbfunk
      • X is Tidus with the water globe sport. : Derringer
      • Squall is 8 i think : RikiTiki2
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      Is that the one where you fight the same boss over and over again? : thecatinthehat
      • Like many games. Seymour is who you're referring to, and he comes back I think a total of 3 times thro... : kershner25
    • X is where the series fell apart. It's awful and terrible and like they forget everything about what made... : ieGod
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    7, 6 and 9 are awesome. FF10 has pretty fun fighting but a shitty story and bad voice acting. : DarkDeus
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      This I agree with. FF X's fighting system was fantastic enough for me to trudge through everything. I r... : Lionhart32935
      • i'm sad they didn't keep with it : RikiTiki2
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    no love for XII? my favorite combat system so far. i think it didn't get the recognition that the re... : smax
    • I absolutely loved it, my favorite behind FF7 : alexpr
  • But they all look so boooring. : Cliffzorz
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  you should play some of them because they're good games, but you don't need to since they don't share any... : Sapiens
  • Final Fantasy X-2 is a sequel but for the most part you are right : grabbie
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  You should skip all FF games and play more Demon's Souls. : David Craddock
  • lol : MoreVespeneGas
  • DS is a good game, but I like pretty much every FF title more, and FFXIII is (IMO) a more polished and fu... : Vincent Grayson
  • I'm one boss away from endgame. Then NG+, where I shall proceed to whip everyone's ass all over again. : Jumperus
  • i plan to! i started my 2nd char last week. already SL 30 or something : wtf242
• 7 is the best. The summons are fucking awesome. : baconisgod
• Don't tarnish your memories of the series by trying the newer ones. :( : kelerian
• Don't bother. Play Valkyria Chronicles and Persona 4. : Link.
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  u need to have a lobotomy beofore you play ff 13 : gyokuro
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    u alreaedy got yours? me too. : ArB
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      u meen me 2 : skryte
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        fuk u, don kestshun mee : ArB
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          oh no I think I just died a little bit : Juno
          • Planning on playing it, then? : DianeOfTheMoon
• It was all down hill after 6 anyways. : RevRaven
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  Yes. You'll have to bust out the NES, SNES, PSX, and PS2. It's going to be a long month. : aasyranth
  • It's going to be a long month year. : metalremains
• The only think playing them before FFXIII is to understand how the magic system is named and/or works. (... : Masem

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  That really sucks man. First off make sure you either uninstall Adobe Reader or at the very least disable... : MagicWishMonkey
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    Never had it installed; I'm a foxit man :( : roushimsx
    • ++ for foxit : Jinxplayer
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      Hmmm, I wonder how you were infected? Are you using IE? : MagicWishMonkey
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        Firefox w/ the plugin that will not be named :( No crazy foreign software (warez/cracks/trainers/wow mod... : roushimsx
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          You were nailed while using ABP??? : MagicWishMonkey
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            Yea. I thought there was no way it could get me with that installed. : roushimsx
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              You should use MSE, it's super lightweight and it seems pretty good at catching most of the nasty shit th... : MagicWishMonkey
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                I do use mse. It didn't stop it : roushimsx
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                  Do you have UAE enabled? : MagicWishMonkey
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                    I'm in XP : roushimsx
                    • Oh, well that solves part of the mystery at least. I wonder if you were nailed by a Flash exploit? : MagicWishMonkey
                • Oh, but it did catch part of it, just not all of it (you know, like the part that borked the fuck out of ... : roushimsx
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      Foxit can execute javascript just as easily as Adobe Reader. Tools -> Preferences -> JavaScript -> Unc... : Sapiens
      • The Firefox JavaScript engine is more secure than the one used in Adobe Reader. : MagicWishMonkey
      • I've had it disabled for a while now :( : roushimsx
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  Managed to copy/rename the mbam exe quick enough after an install (before it could get deleted) and that'... : roushimsx
  • The last time that happened to me last year I had completely wipe my machine. It was really nice becau... : MagicWishMonkey
  • Never trust a machine after compromise. Clean install is the only way. : .frame
  • If it's that Anti-Virus Soft thing, you can rename anything to iexplore.exe to run it. : CrustaR
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  safe mode -> combofix -> mbam -> assess from there Did you see what ad it was? If you or anyone has a ... : geedeck
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    Combofix doesn't work and mbam was being deleted on install. Managed to work around the mbam problem, but... : roushimsx
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      You can rename combofix to something like rambofix and it should work. Burn it to a CD so the software c... : guido anchovy
      • Tried that and it didn't work. Combofix wasn't getting deleted, it just wasn't running : roushimsx
• A Nod32 scan found a Java exploit that was probably causing my redirects from here (it hasn't happened si... : r_picmip 5
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  how in the hell is this not fixed yet? : jo3
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    It's a very complicated isue. Plus it only happens like once every few months so we should have more pat... : Lionhart32935
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      It's been happening for 3-4 months now. : MagicWishMonkey
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        whoa whoa whoa let's not get carried away with hyperbole. : Clay
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          No, seriously, people have been complaining about this every day since like October. : BlackCat9
          • And it's fucking INSTALLING MALWARE ON PEOPLES MACHINES. That is kind of a big deal. Kind of. : MagicWishMonkey
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            Clay's post is a reference to this recent thread: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=22173427#itemanc... : nudel
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              Just to be clear with others, my post was in reference to this as well : Lionhart32935
              • I got it! : Clay
            • parody is no fun when the audience doesn't get the source material :( : Clay
            • Ahh ok, hah : MagicWishMonkey
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              Oh, right, that thing. Of course, if you don't remember who is coming down on what side of things, it's h... : BlackCat9
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                Steve would have fixed this shit within 24-48 hours, so I think that might have something to do with no o... : MagicWishMonkey
                • Steve cared about the site. Gamefly only cares about the ad revenue it generates. They have no reason to... : slickdoody
    • Once every few months is wrong. It has happened about once a month (if not more often) for the last five ... : nudel
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  FUCK YOU VIRUS. YOU GOT OWNED, BITCH. - Boot into safe mode - Ran HijackThis and deleted everything t... : roushimsx
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    You'll still feel dirty until you just nuke it and reinstall, though. : BlackCat9
    • If you can't trust your virus and malware scanners, why bother having them in the first place? :( I'm : roushimsx
    • Its the sad truth, even if you are clean you dont feel like it. Anylittle hiccup puts doubt in your mind.... : pwnjoo
• Was it that Anti-virus Soft crap? I got that the other day from the shack and cleared it off using hijac... : CrustaR
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  these threads are becoming to common and far too sad. I for one coul;d give 2 shits about viruses because... : italiano3d
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    yea, you'll still get hit eventually. I don't use Adobe Acrobat, I turned off javascript in FoxIt, I u... : roushimsx
    • I think until shit gets resolved the ban on Ad Block Plus has been removed. So you can name it all you wa... : ieGod
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      You need to install Windows 7 dude. : MagicWishMonkey
      • I use Win7 on my laptop. I need WinXP for my hope PC because of legacy applications (dgvoodoo) :( : roushimsx
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  I think it's only fair that we collectively demand to know wtf is going on and wtf exactly they plan on d... : Robotic Puppy Eater
  • I used to think it was something else that has caused this problem, but I'm pretty sure it's the shack no... : CrustaR
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  At this point, can we start making tinfoil hat conspiracies? Gamefly doesn't rent PC games, so they don't... : BlackCat9
  • They probably own that Anti-Virus Soft malware company and are trying to get as many people as possible t... : CrustaR
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  I get a pop up from MSE saying theres a virus. Im on chrome. I fix it, and then pops up again 5-10 min ... : FrenchVanilla
  • For reference, it identifies it as a trojan... : FrenchVanilla