Morning Discussion
by Alice O'Connor, Feb 25, 2010 5:00am PSTWe might be a little light on posting this morning as Chris is still aboard Mothership GameFly and I'm being whisked away to exotic Liverpool by private helicopter but hang in there and we'll be running at full pelt within a few hour- oh! We got VG siiign!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncxq1pjEEtg
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I wish there were a "coach mode". I'm great a critiquing a strategy but if SC1 were any indication, I'm going to suck at actually executing anything. I was just watching a replay where it was terran vs protoss. The terran pumped out like 5 marines and 10 marauders. The protosss had 10 zealots and 2 stalkers and 2 sentries. I'm guessing at the numbers here but their economies were roughly equivalent so assume that ratio of troops with the same resources spent. Anyway, the terran initiated combat and the protoss player really smartly trapped up some of the terran units between two force fields so he couldn't juggle/escape with his units. The protoss player lost all of his stalkers because of the overwhelming advantage of marauders (they chew up armored units which stalkers are) but the zealots tore up the marauders. I'm sitting there thinking, okay now the terran has to pump out reapers because they do +damage to light units (zealots, marines, zerglings.) He has the infrastructure to do it (3 barracks are up) but instead he just tries to futilely make more marauders. He has a few by the time the protoss arrive but predictably the zealots tear through them again.
Now, dispassionately watching a replay isn't quite the same as having to juggle offense, defense and base management, I know. :)
Most of replays I've watched have boiled down to player A making more rocks than player B made paper. Like above, someone decided okay, I'm going to mass unit X and hope that my opponent hasn't decided to mass unit X's counter. They meet outside of someone's base, one army beats the other and that's the game. 8 minutes of base management for 2 minutes of combat. It seems you're really kind of punished for building a balanced force. If I came at you with 20 zealots and you came at me with an equivalent economy of marines, marauders, reapers and hellions, you'll probably lose because while the reapers and hellions would tear up a few zealots, there would only be a few of them which I guess is why everybody masses unit X and hopes for the best.
There's no point to this post other than to say I'd like to be in the beta now please. :/
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So, i won that contest and last week they sent me the game and t-shirt. Only problem was they sent me the 360 version. So i sent it back and they exchanged it for the PC version. Not only did they do that, they sent a complimentary mouse pad! So thanks, Hanna Evron! :D
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http://www.ninjakiwi.com/Games/Tower-Defense/Play/SC2-TD.html
Gargh... its so difficult. How do i do this?
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Now I'm curious what games a person would be forced to play if they were stuck on a satellite and being experimented on by mad scientists. Ideas? (or we can just start randomly quoting MST3K, as that's where this thread will eventually end up anyway)
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I know I'm super late on this (as usual)...
I finished watching Firefly today and I'm very sad that it doesn't have a proper end î“
Fantastic show, had no idea it was like this.
I watched the movie when it was released and liked it a lot too.
Wish there was more!!
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it's gonna be ready for me Saturday... I'm still sort of in shock.
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So, you probably know that the Zero Hour site got unlocked last nite: http://www.flynnlives.com/zerohour.htm
Well, there's some neat stuff there now. If you flip all the tiles, the Tron circuitry in the bottom right starts flashing with the 5 squares. This pattern has been interpreted to be a list of several of the tiles you're supposed to individually turn over (after refreshing the page resets them) which then leads here: http://www.flynnlives.com/discussionforums/
That site has lead us to the next in-game site at http://encominternational.com/ -- Also, people have dug up these new "news" stories: http://www.flynnlives.com/images/forums/useruploads/bradley.jpg http://www.flynnlives.com/images/forums/useruploads/magazine.jpg and there's also a couple of corrupted images that, when fixed, give you concept art for the new lightcycle design.
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I'm finally playing Mass Effect 1, and really liking it so far. My question is this, I'm at the point where some of the romance is heating up and I'm wondering--if I start this shit with one of these chicks, do I end up having to stick with the same girl? Or can I be a whore and make the rounds? If it's the first option, I want to make sure I pick the chick I dig the most--otherwise I'll just do whatever or whomever.
As someone who still uses winamp as their primary media player simply because it has the best minimal mode of all the players I've used, I do not approve of this giant waste of space on my screen.
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Who wants to show me the pvp ropes this weekend?
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We got a fourth tab now - thanks for all the donations! Right now, we have the first tab for whites, second for ground green+ stuff and the third one for space green+ stuff. Any suggestions on how we could rearrange this with the fourth tab?
http://lay-uh.ytmnd.com/
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Have you ever wondered why so much freaky porn shit comes out of Japan? Look no further.
http://www.hellodamage.com/tdr/archive/6diary/SEXBOOK/1.html
This is a "sex manual" from the 1960's that was distributed in Japan. Remember that the people who grew up with this are now responsible for producing adult material in Japan.
That is all.
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I had to replace the Apple aluminum keyboard on my PC because it's terrible to use while playing Starcraft II.
I looked at keyboards and after that disaster of a keyboard the Razer Lycosa, I decided to try a MS keyboard. I have always had G15's before but they have gotten blah lately with their new ones. The keys are way too heavy and big.
I decided to get the MS Sidewinder X6 keyboard. It has dropped to $44.99 at most places. It arrived today and it is fantastic. The keys are responsive and have a short travel distance. It's not a clicky type keyboard either. Very smooth! Typing on the Apple keyboard is still infinitely better as that keyboard just destroys any other keyboard for typing.
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this guy came up to battle with all the top tier items at lvl 10 :(
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it is.... a Nick Cage film that is awesome.
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Bender: Fry, of all the friends I've had ... you're the first.
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Come join the Axis and Allies one last time as they finally settle their differences not with guns and bullets. But with your mom jokes, drunken snide comments, and whispering sweet nothings into your ears.
Server IP is in my profile.
Password is the same as it ever was. Message me, Alco23, Arcknight, Arctic Fox, .Jayson, or MercFox1.
Start Time is 10 PM EST.
Be there, and raise your glass for a not so great game that had some goddamn great nights.
Also, the 6 Drink Minimum never applied harder than it does tonight. If you are not drunk or impaired by some kind of substance you cannot, repeat, CANNOT play. So show up, have a few drinks and have a good time.
*Probably not, because i think Mercfox1 has something planned for later on down the road.
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http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1157656
Maybe this UI and webkit change has something to do with it....
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http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/62525
the Emperor protects
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So for no apparent reason, the room temperature readout on my digital thermostat just stopped giving a readout today, so it can't tell my furnace when to turn on = no heat. House / furnace / thermostat are one year old. Anyone ever have something like this happen before? All the wires on the back seem firmly connected.
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So I can't really change my expertise overnight, but I guess I can give up working in SF. Anyone hiring anywhere in the US?
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlRJkdjmBcM&feature=related
post your own, please keep it to tv shows only
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Need a game of the Evening for tonight's ER. Submissions please!
Need a game title (obviously) and a short blurb about why you love the game or why you think everyone should play it at least once.
(feel free to repost a previous submission)
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http://www.gametrailers.com/video/day-one-battlefield-bad/62328
Night map! :D
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Anyway, this thread is NOT about magic mouse bashing (cause it's awesome). It's about logitech mouse praising.
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This guy is hiking across Iran: http://www.markkalch.com/expeditioniran/
And this guy is about to do a 7-month trip around Alaska: http://www.andrewskurka.com/AK10/index.php
I wish I had the fortitude and opportunity (and desire) to do something like that. Doing the Ouachita Trail next year is a dream as that's only 4% as long as the 2nd link :)
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