Morning Discussion

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  Oh jesus christ : MercFox1
  • Honestly, this is the only appropriate reply. Buckle up motherfuckers, because here comes a giant thread. : deveus1
• Fucking christ, UBI... the pirates will circumvent this... they always do. : dumb.
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  I get why people don't like this, I really do. I completely understand why people find this off-putting. ... : Serrin
  • That's not the point at all. : pancake humper
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    My 'net randomly goes down now and then. Getting kicked out of a single player game because of this would... : dumb.
    • Also, some places have incredibly stupid caps. : one random winner
    • or you know, your internet goes down for an extended period of time. HAY what a great time to finish up A... : peat
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      Do you play online multiplayer games? : KxRook
      • Yes sir I do. But if my 'net goes down during MP I'll just go play something SP. : dumb.
    • Same here; I've been having random spells of 2-minute Internet outages, and it's really not worth calling... : the archvile
  • I do lose connection every so often so it's a problem for me. I don't mind having to be connected when I ... : Cowburn199
  • Before I swapped ISPs my connection was very unreliable on Weekday nights, right when I would be doing al... : MercFox1
  • Yes, a lot of people have a worse connection than you. : chrisschutz
  • The point is that if I buy a game, I should be able to play it WHENEVER THE FUCK I WANT without having to... : thetangent
  • Basically, if I buy your game, I should never, under any circumstances be unable to play because you desi : one random winner
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    I don't think you get it at all. If I am using bittorrent why should I stop just to play single player ga... : avatar_58
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      Your console is a DRM box. You paid 300$ for a DRM box. Take a look at a Game that has both PC and Consol... : Serrin
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        So now it's console VS PC? That doesn't change the fact that the console version works 24/7 for the life ... : avatar_58
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          "So while I understand "this makes me annoyed and it's stupid." I do not understand "Well I guess I'll bu... : Serrin
          • Stop. Consoles are about more than DRM. They're about lowering the cost of hardware, creating a verifiabl... : MercFox1
          • nobody cares specifically about the DRM. they care that they can't play a single player game without an ... : electroly
          • I don't think he said anything about playing it on XBox instead of PC. Also, I would not consider the ... : MaxPete82
          • You are joking yes? The people buying the console version already own the console. They bought it because... : avatar_58
      • LOL, I'm no console fanboy, but holy crap are you missing the point of consoles. : thetangent
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        Hey guess what, as soon as I unplug the internet cable from my console THE GAME STILL FUCKING WORKS : pancake humper
        • $300 DRM box!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : armybob
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        This is the stupidest fucking thing I have ever read, are you trolling us on purpose or just that delusio... : Jackass1233
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          Well let's see.. 90% of my post history is me replying to people with the exact opposite of their own opi... : Serrin
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            So you are an awesome poster to watch out for great things from. Sweet. : Rauol Duke
            • great things = nukable posts amiriteguys? : deject
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              Hey, just because I choose to have the opposite opinion of whoever I think will go the most rage-y doesn'... : Serrin
              • Oh aren't you just precious. : chrisschutz
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            So, troll then. Got it. : thetangent
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              Hey YOU yelled and cussed at ME. All I ask was "Do a lot of people have shitty connections for this to bo... : Serrin
              • lol : Ajax
              • In a battle between you and Jackass1233, there are no winners. : Rauol Duke
              • Being inflammatory, and then being indignant that people get inflamed (lol) is pretty ridiculous, but you... : thetangent
      • ohnoez, it's a DRM MACHINE!!!!!!! Who cares? Microsoft does not interrupt my singleplayer experience i... : master_disaster_17
      • hahahaha : maulla
  • my internet randomly goes down for about 15 minutes daily. it was worse at my last apartment; sometimes i... : retarded talking dinosaur
  • my internet connection is awful. i have two separate connections just so i can switch to the cable when ... : electroly
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    When Ubisoft's servers go down years from now that game will just be a coaster for drinks. : zuff
    • While I agree with the rest of these posts, I don't agree with this. The same can be said for steam and s... : avatar_58
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    How would someone who's going to say Afghanistan play this game in his off time in his hooch miles from a... : Sailor of Fortune
    • I understand this argument, it was also not my point. If you have to choose between a console version of ... : Serrin
  • I've said it before, but I'll say it again: I frequently only play single player PC games because the int... : Entity
  • No, I'll get the game. But when it costs 5 or maybe 10 bucks. There you go. : Marrbe
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  I like how they acknowledge the game will be cracked, but they are going to annoy the ever living fuck ou... : peat
  • Because the goal of this isn't to stop unauthorized copying. It's about control, and promoting a preferr... : genom
• Shit heads : pancake humper
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  There really needs to be more punishment when people enforce policies so incredibly stupid. : one random winner
  • Sadly, all we can really do is not buy their game, and try to drown out their shameless self-promotion on... : the archvile
• Ubisoft is going to utterly gut its PC sales. I've already decided to simply not buy two games of theirs ... : thetangent
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  Can't wait to download the crack my legitimately purchased game. : MuteMode
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    These likely will not be cracked. If they are, it will take many months. : retarded talking dinosaur
    • lol are you serious? has ANY DRM system worked ever? : eeeealmo
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      Like securom and the rest it will be cracked. Sure it will take months, but once ONE game is cracked the ... : avatar_58
      • That does not apply to this kind of DRM. Sorry. : retarded talking dinosaur
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      Not to pound on you, but this will be cracked, and I give it less than a month. : MercFox1
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        If I were you I wouldn't bet solid money on this : MrLobo
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          When's Conviction coming out? AC2 has the same stuff and will be out sooner, right? AC2 getting cracked D... : MercFox1
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            Read below. AC2 being cracked may have nothing to do with SC. : retarded talking dinosaur
            • You know this for a fact? This is all academic until someone gets into the AC2 DRM anyways. And look at h... : MercFox1
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      One week maximum. Since when has DRM ever stopped anybody? : thetangent
      • Starforce kept some games from being cracked for many months sometimes : derelict515
      • Starforce was quite successful even though it was garbage DRM. The few times it got cracked easily if ... : Sailor of Fortune
      • Starforce was local only and managed to hold for many months. This is client server, which has in the pas... : retarded talking dinosaur
      • Starforce made sure that Starforce was the first word in the first 4 replies to this post. : Marrbe
      • Securom. : doctorbfunk
      • Securom : Dschinghis Khan
      • Starforce! : Full.Bleed
      • Define anybody. DRM has never stopped a pirate, but it has many many times shown to interfere with legiti... : AgentPothead
    • Game will be up before it hits the stores : Cashh
    • lols : jonin
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      You guys are missing the point. The game does not save data locally. Period. To crack this game, they wil... : retarded talking dinosaur
      • This man gets it! They will have to reverse-engineer and code for themselves entire portions of the game... : MrLobo
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        It's not going to be that complicated at all, they just have to rewrite where the game points for game in... : one random winner
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          You still don't get it. Saved games are stored on ubisoft servers. Entire parts of the saving/loading par... : retarded talking dinosaur
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            Import save state code from emulators and have an even better save system, next. : one random winner
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              Do you have any idea how large savegame files would be? LOL. Why do you think that system is only used fo... : retarded talking dinosaur
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                It's why we have TB hard drives, not just for porn anymore. I'm sure more sophisticated save systems wil... : one random winner
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                  Quick to develop maybe, but not quick to use. It would be wonderful, pressing F5 just to have the game c... : DinK
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                    it will stop for that long uploading a savegame anyway : retarded talking dinosaur
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                      You can't assume that at all without knowing how the system works and how big the files are. For somethi... : DinK
                      • yeah, one could imagine the diff of data between saves at a checkpoint/level is very small (it's Oblivion... : derelict515
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                    The point is some pirate somewhere will get a workable (if not perfect) version of the game out on bit-to... : one random winner
                    • If it means gigabytes of data must be written every time the game autosaves (which is frequently, I hear)... : crummynz
        • I ran this post through my secret decoder ring and what this post really says is 'I am not a programmer'. : derelict515
      • It's possible, and they probably won't have to decrypt anything. They'll just have to redirect it. Yo... : the archvile
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  It's going to be hilarious when this all backlashes on them (specifically in the tech support area). : Entity
  • Yeah, they're either not paying attention to tech support staffing costs, or they're just going to tell a... : the archvile
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    They'll just outsource support to a foreign firm, where the average wait time is an hour or more (gets 90... : genom
    • This. : mlev
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  The Splinter Cell games have always been better on consoles anyway. Sure, you get higher resolutions on t... : roushimsx
  • You don't get higher resolution really, the textures are still VERY low res. SC3 and 4 both used low low ... : avatar_58
  • I'm sure the PC version will support a wired 360 controller. There will be plenty who'll play it this way... : Sailor of Fortune
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  Indeed and Ubi were one of the largest Starforce promoters back in the day. They pulled support for it du... : Angry_Badger
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    The thing that will suck for this is that saving and loading will be so slow. Imagine having to download ... : retarded talking dinosaur
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      Not to mention the poor saps with monthly data caps on their connections. : Sovos
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        I doubt there's going to be a significant amount of data transferred. : crummynz
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          You doubt wrong. The minimum specs for PCs require a pretty significant broadband connection, IIRC. : retarded talking dinosaur
          • You think it'd be more (overall) than the data you use when playing an online game? : crummynz
          • and you're just making assumptions in the opposite direction. : derelict515
• It's for the best anyway. Ubisoft multiplayer on PC is an exercise in frustration, always has been, espe... : megarust32
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  LOL I thought this was one title at first: Splinter Cell: Conviction, Silent Hunter 5: Battle of the ... : Do_Or_Die
  • no, that's splinter cell 10. : waxthirteen
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  Before the internet, did people rage out about products they don't have to buy as much? I honestly don't ... : Rauol Duke
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    If people didn't want to buy it, do you think there would be large threads about design decisions that ma... : MercFox1
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      I didn't say "want" I said "need". They are just video games, and people are so angry about video games a... : Rauol Duke
      • Yeah, hell I got enough games to play through to keep me busy, much less what we got coming in 2010. The ... : MercFox1
• Silent Hunter 5 :( That just deflated my day. I was really hoping it would squeak out before the new DRM ... : theangrywaffles
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  other then the dicsonnections, how is this different from Steam? I could see a grace period if you exper... : stgdz
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    steam has offline mode? : X-GOUKI
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      but you have to go online to activate it, steam should still allow you to play SP games in the event that... : stgdz
      • They do. : phate81
• Ubisoft is fucking terrible. I wanted to play Assassin's Creed 2. Now I'll never bother. : Link.
• well, look at it from the positive side. At least deciding between pc or 360 version will be easier now. : X-GOUKI
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  This sounds awesome. I like games, I want games to continue to get made, therefore I welcome technology-b... : uncleanmonkey
  • Yeah I agree with you, hopefully it will curb Piracy. If it doesn't then they will have to think of some... : WadeMcLain
• I can't wait until release day when the authentication servers get so hammered that nobody can play a SIN... : phate81

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• BRB, changing underwear. : Arcanum
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  Why don't more companies license Crytek engines? Do they not scale all that well? : aggressor
  • Probably for two reasons: Prior to Cryengine 3 they haven't been designed to scale to consoles, and beca... : Arcanum
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    Someone made a point that most companies by now have their own engines, the licensing fees are too high a... : Hoax
    • Most game companies use 3rd party engines like Unreal : grendel
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  Colour reflecting is a bit over the top isn't it? : Creepin_Jeezus
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    no... shine a light off a colored piece of paper and on to something else and see what happens : mrtony
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      Oh I know all about reflections and how it works, but I do think that's a tad over the top. I'm guessing ... : Creepin_Jeezus
      • hmm maybe because there's not many light sources. IRL there's so much scattered light that while you can ... : thebigbeefsandwich
      • take a look at 0:05 of the video: "exaggerated for illustration purposes" : rgoer
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        you mean like when Quake 2 first implemented colored lighting and everything looked like it was in a danc... : mrtony
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          That, and just about every direct3d game released shortly after. : CaptainSurly
          • Hey guys here's my first Unreal map with awesome purple and red lighting! : PointlesS76
  • if you read what it said you would realise that it's exaggerated for illustration purposes. come on now : moshman
  • there was a note that said indirect lighting is exaggerated for illustration purposes. : jvox
• Doing in real time what it used to take QEradiant half a day to "compile" : retarded talking dinosaur
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  that's the same video from last year, still awesome though : rgoer
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    Nope. This is a different one. First shown at i3D 2010 a few days ago and just now published on Crytek we... : vx2o
    • Here's the original from the Siggraph presentation last year (this video is in Directx 9, ie console read... : kevp
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      From the video description: "This video was created in October 28, 2009." : d3tached
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        Yes, but not published, until now. : vx2o
        • I dunno, I know it was posted a month or two ago. : kingdepork
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  How can this change game production? Would there be less texture baking, thereby freeing up some man hour... : kevp
  • Yep, I was recently fighting hour-per-frame mental ray renders and this stuff just floors me. : gooblerampling
• On/off comparison shots from the slides: ON http://www.abload.de/img/cryengine3_indirect_ilrm52.png O... : vx2o
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  I really wish they'd release another video at 1920x1080 with full AA. : kershner25
  • Me too. Even the original AVI has lots of quality issues. : vx2o
• holy fuck that's great : umegastar
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  Behold, the 2010 version of colored lighting, curved surfaces, and HDR lighting. : the archvile
  • That being said, this looks like something that would be even more fun when exaggerated, though, like the... : the archvile
  • behold the guy not knowing wtf : moshman
• awesome. they should remake quake 3 with this engine. : jvox
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  I wonder if there's a scaling option for cards such as GF GTX 480 and up. To bump up the GI quality. : vx2o
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    it looks to me like that GI is being approximated by using multiple point sources in a grid arrangement s... : mrtony
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      Still doesn't support multiple bounces, or occlusion except using highly hacky (and therefore crappy look... : uncleanmonkey
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        to be fair though, I was doing GI renderings in 2003 that were taking like 20 hours for a single high res... : mrtony
        • Yeah the problem is just that by the time you can scale it up for consistent performance under any viewin... : uncleanmonkey
• Could you make a game engine that had unlimited map size if you focused on that goal instead of making re... : palewussy
• am I the only one that looks at this and thinks MW:LL will look hot as hell when it is ported to cry3? : JuffoWup
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  Still highly limited for outdoor scenes. Picture anything 50 meters (150 feet, 15 stories) off the ground... : locater16
  • It's a good start! : vx2o
• Looks like someone finally found a way to get us all away from our 8800s =( Awesome demo : Sovos
• CooOOOoooOOooOOool! : jbury
• Wonder if this will be like Crysis. If you don't have the ultimate rig to turn up everything, it ends up... : kingdepork
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  I'm impressed. This looks ten thousand times better than UE3. : Link.
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    I wouldn't go that far. Have you seen some of the Lightmass stuff that can be done in UDK? : gooblerampling
    • 5000 times better? : vx2o
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      Biggest difference there is Lightmass is all prerendered lightmaps. : thejay247
      • Point taken. : gooblerampling
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  I'll never have a pc capable of running their games so I've stopped caring altogether. : melt_core
  • wut? Crysis runs just fine on a medium spec machine these days. : master_disaster_17

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  i never got around to buying one of those. i doubt i'd ever wear it except maybe to the gym/yard work tho... : xxiv
  • #1. It was free #2. It's under a sweater now #3. I'm so unapproachable nobody bugs me about my shirt : boomstickah
• they were never available to canada :( : RogerDandy
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  Too easy. : omnova
  • You have a text : boomstickah
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  How do i get one of them bad boys? : Dschinghis Khan
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    Come to quakecon : boomstickah
    • Ok. : Dschinghis Khan
    • boomstickah, and if Dschinghis Khan refuses...?!? : CrustaR
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    kill a high level shacker and loot the body : deadfish
    • this is how madgrad met his fate :( : c0bra
    • last time I did that, all I found was fried chicken :( : TimeDoctor
  • Donate money when Steve has tax problems......... (thanks shugamom, it was 6 or 7 years late but you're a... : abrasion
• i didnt know they made that shirt in long sleeve : maulla
• Good work! keeping the shack tradition of not caring alive!! : ErichTopp
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  I had one on earlier in the week. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    This one? Were you at quakecon? : boomstickah
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      No it's a white one that sHugamom sent me. But I was at Quakecon 2005 and have Qcon t-shirts. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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        the white one is 2007's i think : RikiTiki2
        • there were also pink multisync Special Edition ones. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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          That's the one I have. I don't wear it to work because the material is so thin and all my prison tatts sh... : Dave-A
          • I use it as an undershirt :( : c0bra
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  I still wear my Shackbattles shirt around the house, but it's starting to get rather worn :( : c0bra
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    is that the green BF1942-inspired one? I still have mine, one of my favorite shirts to wear, even though ... : pukerat
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      yes. mine also has a hole there! : c0bra
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        it's the most amazing hole, too. It's been there for like 2 years and hasn't gotten any bigger : pukerat
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          mine also has some discoloration, possibly from bleach :( : c0bra
          • Same. Love it though. : Gary the Llama
• I want to work where I can wear my BF1942 shackbattle shirt :| : loboca
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  Wait, you've got a black one with a white icon? The ones I have are white with a black icon! How'd you ... : Arcanum
  • quakecon 2009 : RikiTiki2
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  My I saved the shack from getting * N U K' E D * shirt is still going strong. : skilesare
  • mine is covered in paint : c0bra
  • I donated, but not enough to get a tshirt since I was a poor college kid. Oh well. : slax0r
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  How do you get the logo to stay in place on your chest like that? : My Documents
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    I expected such from maulla but Et tu brute? : boomstickah
    • Why you bein' so hostile, man? : My Documents
    • :( : maulla
• I think I still have my white one, but it's got holes in it and stuff. Not sure what happened to the blac... : SolveChrist
• I grew a mustache for charity but now I'm keeping it until vegas (going for march madness). This is my f... : handofthrawn
• I'm wearing a 101x tshirt and pajama pants. Of course, I just got up and am still at home. Yay for Fr... : slax0r
• It is too cold to go outside in just a T shirt :( : dognose
• They should really distribute these. I would totally buy one. : kelzmelzer
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  what's the latest shack shirt that's all the rage these days? I must purchase one for the good of the na... : MurrayTheSkull
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    I don't think there's any currently available. : c0bra
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      We set this up for Shackers a while back. It's no Wal-Mart, but if you're looking for a few Shack items ... : ECO
      • uh... wtf. why did I not know about this. : vile
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        do you have any shirts that aren't from cafepress :( : electroly
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          They are actually quite nice shirts, if they are the same as the ones given out at QuakeCon last year : dognose
          • Cafepress at one point had a reputation for having shit quality shirts. I think thats changed in the last... : Beady
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        No panties with the Shacknews logo? I'd buy a dozen pair. : BlackCat9
        • Me too! : askedrelic
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        GOLDMINE : askedrelic
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          Goldmine Arcades used to babysit me. : AxeMan808
          • haha, I remember those. Used to play a lot of Ikari Warriors and of course old school Galaga. : bombay
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        i must have missed the original announcement : noobja
        • I don't think there ever was an announcement. Only mention of it I've seen in the comment history is a sh : ArcKnight
      • Damn, didn't know this. Cool. : bombay
      • Their sizing chart sucks. : deadhorse
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        sorry askedrelic, no pink t-shirt for you :( : nyranger66
        • i still have my pink one! : multisync
      • Why are there no shot glasses :( : ArcKnight
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        http://www.cafepress.ca/shacknews.400070863# The model in the pictures... why is there no logo on the ... : Moonbase Commander
        • He's got it on backwards. : timmie
      • They won't get me sick, will they? : proclone1
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        None of the images load? : Agrona
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          Don't use chrome. : freakynipples69
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            They don't load in Firefox either. : BlackCat9
            • Yeah, that page is fucked up. : mrwolf710
      • Does anyone know if Cafepress still has horrible quality t-shirts? The only time I bought one from them i... : OverloadUT
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        those are kinda pricey :( but i think ill order one anyway. gotta get recognized when i go to quakecon ... : oHnOES
        • i guess ill be the DD :-/ : oHnOES
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          You could just wear assless chaps. Probably the easiest way for shackers to recognize each other. : NastyJack
          • i saw one girl in 2004 that only had AMD temp tattoos all over her chest. it was bare. i think they wou... : oHnOES
      • The Shacknews womens shirts don't say they come with womens. But Shacknews gets you chicks. I'm co... : loboca
      • woohooo! swag! : byorn
• dude, boom, you are way blacker than me. I almost feel bad now being your brotha on HoN : sesmaster

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• *whistles the Farmer In The Dell* : zebosausamite
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  I think you can still order the series from amazon for like 90 bux. Tha'ts like min wage in NYC : kgargs
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    I blind bought the 5 season bundle based only on shack hype and binge-watched them all in about a week. : semaphore
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      How did you watch all that in a week??? : kgargs
      • yeah, seriously. : Mad Brahmin Disease
      • Well a week plus an extra weekend. Started on saturday and was just finishing up the last of season 2 by... : semaphore
      • At first I thought he only said "season 5" and then laughed at this : givemesnacks
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      Hey, that's the exact point in the first season I got hooked, too. : Mad Brahmin Disease
      • Whenever someone is about to start watching the Wire I tell them to at least hold out until this episode,... : heartsauce
    • Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiittttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt! : zipr
  • you can probably get it even cheaper on ebay, like 60-70 bucks new for the boxed set : qwpeoriu
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  He's everyone's favorite character. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    Not mine! : Deathlove
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      It's Ziggy isn't it? He's everyone's favorite character. i kid i kid : atom519
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        It's hard to believe that the actor plays pretty much the same role in Generation Kill, but in one he's a... : boredguy
        • Ha.. exactly the same thing that I thought. : Medster
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      We all know you are a unique, beautiful snowflake! : Mad Brahmin Disease
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        It's true. Also, the answer is Snoop/Partlow/Michael on a rotating basis. : Deathlove
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          I don't remember who Partlow is, but your other 2 choices are fucking awful. I almost had to mute it ever... : fuell
          • Have you read Snoop's history? Might show her in a different light to you: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... : kgargs
  • Stringer Bell was my favorite. But yeah, Omar is awesome. : Freezerr85
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  Season 3 is great. The finale left me gutted :( : Dave-A
  • Also, did you love McNutty in the whorehouse? : Dave-A
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  Isn't everyone's favorite character: Omar? He's amazing. : lotus2133
  • The game's out there, and it's play or get played. That simple. : semaphore
  • He inspired me into my current career. Professional Whistler : Serrin
• So, what's your opinion on S2? : Nitrium
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  two was my favorite season : [fry]
  • mine too. : RogerDandy
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    Look how edgy you are. : kgargs
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      ??? : busdriver3030
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        It's pretty much universally accepted that 2 was the worst. : kgargs
        • No it isn't at all. 2 was my favourite as well - though I love all of them. : peanut-
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          i know. i liked it too. your reply was just really dumb : busdriver3030
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            wait a second, out of all the dumb posts I make you're gonna single this one out? : kgargs
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              yeah, it was pretty dumb : busdriver3030
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                your name is dumb : kgargs
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                  yeah : busdriver3030
                  • Don't make fun of people who don't like season 2. Its kind of advanced and some people can't take it all... : Lightzout
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          2 was great. 5 wast he worst. : lechuck59
          • yup : qwpeoriu
        • season 2 was great!! : grendel
  • Yeah, it's my second favorite after 4. I don't get the hate. It is pretty different though. : megarust32
  • Third'd : thejm4n
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    really? it was so slow. Took about 8 episodes for it to really find its feet and get the characters deve... : multisync
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      Plus there was absolutely zero to appreciate about nick and ziggy (besides nick's hot girlfriend's boobs) : kgargs
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        i loved to hate ziggy and watch him self destruct, bringing nicky down with him : busdriver3030
        • I guess all the characters could come across as 1-dimensional but hecky crud it's like they weren't even ... : kgargs
  • Just like chapter 6 of The Stand was my favorite... : zipr
• Oh inDEED. : Sturm08
• Seasons 3 and 4 are gonna blow you away -EA : bipolar
• Glad you stuck with Season 2. : trOmblyj
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  Me and gf also on season 2: episode 10 - generally watching 1 episode per day. I don't really have an... : michae l
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    haha yea! Do you have S3 lined up? Mine probably won't get here from netflix till tomorrow or Monday :( ... : multisync
    • I think a lot of that was showing how the police department had crap for equipment compared to others as ... : kgargs
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      Yes, we have enjoyed everyone's total lack of typing skills. I like, though, how that union dock softwar... : michae l
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        yea CLONE THE PC - like how did that even work w/o the dock people knowing. : multisync
        • Don't do this to me know. LOL@text detectives. : Lightzout
• 2 was the low point of the series for me. The Longshoremen and the Greeks irritated the hell out of me. I... : Languid_Heap
• I am so stoked there is a Wire thread tonight. I watched Season 2 disk 4 (of five) early this morning be : Lightzout
• Shit yeah, Season 2! Painfully underappreciated, I actually have come to think seasons 3 and 5 are my l... : Wiimope
• I just started disc 4 of season 1 and I have to say that I am surprised Omar is still alive. I resiste... : crimrOw

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  the url contains the string "black eyed peas", so I will never know : boring gegtik
  • ^THIS. : g0nk
  • lol indeed : aurealis
  • Haha. Spot on. : vx2o
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    ahahaahah zing!!! : ghost hacker
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      holy hell that tune sucks !!! yes i clicked. : ghost hacker
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        the second part of the track sounds better... only cause I am thinkin they got help from Daft Punk. : ghost hacker
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          D: Keep your filthy pop whores away from my Daft Punk!! : dumb.
          • I am as conflicted as you. The video is kind of fun if you mute it. : ghost hacker
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    haha right there with you. it's my anti-click : busdriver3030
    • http://videogum.com/114711/the_bl : boring gegtik
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    they seriously are the worst group in the history of the planet. worse than nickleback. what's funny is... : eeeealmo
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      iknowrite! i really enjoyed their first album :( : atom519
      • yea i love this song :( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnYiQ2FVG8I : eeeealmo
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      That's going a bit far, worse than nickleback? : bombay
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        Nickelback never penned the lyrics, "My humps, my humps, my lovely lady lumps". : DonkeyPopsicle
        • I can ignore that; it is impossible to ignore the suck that is Nickleback. : bombay
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          They did, however, pen "Look at this photograph" and had Chad Kroeger wail it. : Whistler77
          • I thought that was a rooster : uglysad
        • That was at least meant to be funny. : Lone Swordsman
    • I blame furgie. She's poison. Have you ever heard any of her solo stuff? It drains your will to live. : sKetchflow
    • uhmm.... do i need to remind you of this? http://www.youtubedoubler.com/?video1=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtu... : skelom
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    tonight's gonna be a good night tonight's gonna be a good night tonight's gonna be a good night tonight's... : [fry]
    • ooooo hooooooooooo : boring gegtik
  • Seriously, I think that shadyurl.com thing has run its course. : michae l
  • haha, i had the same reaction : Drewus
  • Agreed. : CrustaR
  • haha yep : opengl128
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    it's really sad too, their very first album was great... and now they suck huge donkey balls : mo13
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      mo13, are you related at all to moe6? : CrustaR
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        no, I am not : mo13
        • How come your names are so similar??!? : CrustaR
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      I was gonna say, BEP was just FINE until they picked up the eye-candy and went for the pop/dance audience... : AxeMan808
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        lol "eye-candy" :( : eeeealmo
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          if fergie is eye-candy she must be like the prank candy you buy that tastes like baby diapers or vomit : DeBurgo
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            I just assume they got her for eye-candy; she can't sing, dance, scratch, write, or produce. And it must'... : AxeMan808
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              But she can sing--I thought I've seen her do live stuff and was surprisingly decent. Also, didn't she wr... : Halen
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                Well, I'm saying she hasn't done anything in any of those areas which has particularly impressed me. She ... : AxeMan808
                • Of course, that *was* the era of hiphop where EVERY SONG had to have a female singing the chorus. Man, I ... : AxeMan808
            • I'm not disagreeing with you in spirit -- they probably got her partially for eye candy purposes, my poin... : DeBurgo
          • A band needs a member that pisses their pants. : kingdepork
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    Well done. Even though I don't hate them quite as much as many Shackers seem to. I actually find some of ... : ramshot
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      inventive??? There is nothing fresh about them at all. : ghost hacker
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        We so fly we in da sky. : trove
        • If I was a bank I'd be loaning out semen. : trove
        • I feel like RageGuy when I hear their shit . PHIL ... CARTOON .... STAT !!! : ghost hacker
  • mmhmm : kallanta
  • haha.. so true! : Shadowdane
  • Jumping on this shack hate train. WOo Woo! : TheNiXXeD
  • yup. the autotuner needs to die btw. such a shitty addition to music with those stupid inflections (and... : plunkymeadows
  • Haha. Yup, never clicking! : Link.
  • lmao! : Megara9
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    I dig their videos. They're usually fully of crazy weirdness and entertaining things. This one is no ex... : Halen
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      Don't forget product placement! The Peas are a fine vehicle for conveying product messages to young cons... : Lone Swordsman
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        I specifically bought an HP touch display because of Boom Boom Pow, oh wait, I didn't. : Halen
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          The point is just to get the products into your mind. Brand awareness, as they say. It's propaganda. : Lone Swordsman
          • it's why I love Apple laptops in every form of video entertainment ever : Halen
  • you guys are so 2000 and late : skelom
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    I actually have a theory about them. I think they know they are producing crap music, and continue to do... : deathofrats
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      so crazy it might just be true. : ghost hacker
      • I don't think it's crazy at all. 1:25 in to this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ODv2cNMACg&featu... : deathofrats
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  Ok, ok, I clicked. This is the dumbest thing I have seen in a while. Really. I would not waste 3 minutes ... : funnynamehere
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    *their*.... jesus I am in retard mode today. : funnynamehere
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      We don't use the 'r' word. You are just, special... : CRasterImage
      • http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-february-8-2010/back-in-black---the-r-word : funnynamehere
      • what he really meant to say was that he was in getting started mode today. : deathofrats
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    i was pretty happy that this thread was entirely responses to gegtiks response : aurealis
    • Sometime I have to be "that guy." I'm curious, so I can't help it. : funnynamehere
• I actually think this stuff is pretty fun. It's not like it is Hannah Montana. There is plenty of origi... : skilesare
• imo be imo be imo be imo be imo be imo be imo be imo be imo be imo be imo be imo be : theylookwolfs
• Does the hispanic dude sing or rap? The times I've heard him he's sorta just talking. : trove
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  i can't stand them. especially Fergie, fucking hate that cunt. : atom519
  • BOOM BOOM POW x96 : EvilDolemite
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  I know nobody is clicking b'c it's Black Eyed Peas and all but cmon, their clothing is 1980's level bad. ... : kgargs
  • Haircuts by Kid n Play : ghost hacker
• I guess they really liked District 9. This music is really awful, and worst of all, I don't think you can... : Freezerr85
• they're pretty good actors : Cihte

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  nothing better to do, i don't have two more reasons : qwpeoriu
  • do you not play for the experience? the adventure? an escape to vent your anger after a bad day at work? : niceguynick
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  They are fun. : amrbean
  • 1. stress relief when JO'in tornados is not enough 2. fun thing to do with friends 3. Boredom : wurt
• 1) Challenge 2) Playing in a sandbox 3) Experience : MercFox1
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  1) Escape from mundane reality into fantastical worlds 2) Community (MP gaming with shackers) 3) The th... : dumb.
  • I think these three are going to be the three biggest reasons here. They are mine too! : VictoriouSecret
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  1) Shooting at stuff 2) Blowing stuff up I can't think of a 3rd : dognose
  • 3) Solving the unending zombie problem in the gaming world : cryptical
• 1) Challenge and sense of accomplishment 2) Experiencing a new or imaginary world, or living out a role ... : notd665
• 1. get 2. out of here 3. S.T.A.L.K.E.R. : rgoer
• To be like Remo, Pick up Chicks, and to make my hair silky smooth : locater16
• In order: 1) Its some of the most fun I've ever had, 2) I enjoy the unique challenges, in both mental and... : warcrow
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  1) I can shoot, stab, blow up people and drive, fly, crash crazy ass vehicles with no repurcussions. 2) ... : Rauol Duke
  • we should play L4D2 again this weekend and see if youre still so bad that your teammates want to kill you... : Degenerate
  • Raoul Duke, you and tomservo are two guys who I am interested in playing video games with. I am truly sad... : MercFox1
• escapism, interactivity, geeky game talk : rickyfitz
• 1) Helps release some aggression/frustration that I feel in real life. 2) I like a good story 3) the c... : denixen
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  1) Stress Relief 2) More stimulating that TV 3) Fun/Challenging/Awesome : SolveChrist
  • These : nevlos
• it is addicting. good way to pass the time. community. : Jikim
• They are beautiful. : MisterClaw
• 1) - 3) What's not to love about it? : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  They take me to a place I've never been before, make me do things I've never done before, challenge me, ... : arcane_
  • 3 reasons... whatever. : arcane_
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    Also, it's far better than watching t.v.! : arcane_
    • ^^^^^ : eeeealmo
    • Amen. : dumb.
    • Yes it sure is : Begawkiness
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      people always ask why I prefer games to TV, to me its a no-brainer! I fucking love games. : niceguynick
      • For me it's a question of mental activity - TV, while stimulating, is very passive - games demand that yo... : dumb.
  • What she said. : omnova
• 1) all video game chicks have enormous boobies 2) all video game chicks have enormous tittys 3) all vid... : Degenerate
• psychodigital immersion : mr.sleepy
• 1) Lazors, Shotguns and fireball spells 2) Stories 3) TV is fucking boring. : master_disaster_17
• 1.) Fun 2.) Push me creatively 3.) I love discussing them with friends : Sturm08
• 1)Easy to attract loads of trim : Crabs Jarrard
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  1) false sense of accomplishment : Juno
  • This is it in a nutshell. : The Grolar Bear
• 1. more stimulating than most aspects of my life. 2. taking an active part in compelling stories, like... : loppsided
• 1) Wastes time better than anything, 2)Fun 3)Makes me forget real world : kaankasim
• they're more fun than what i'd be doing otherwise. that's pretty much it : electroly
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  1) The fantasy, and what it teaches you about yourself. You can put a name to what you find exciting, sca... : kelzmelzer
  • Oh, and blowing shit up. : kelzmelzer
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  ACHIEVEMENTS! : stump
  • ENCHANTMENT? : hussdelrio
• 1) Fantasy - basically like playing with toys but you're an adult 2) Challenge/reward - games give at le... : Begawkiness
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  Tits, Ass, Guns : boarder2
  • iAWTP : mlev
  • Well, you got one out of the three. : Magmaticzebra
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  1) Solid Snake is a badass 2) Real people suck and I can't legally go around punching them in the face ... : lcizzle
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    4) To have people like Steve Gibson lie to me about the PC version being the best. : lcizzle
    • QF MOTHERFUCKING T : Rehevkor
• 1. OCD 2. eye candy 3. exploration : Captain Loco
• Lately I seem to spend more time just collecting games (reading and watching videos about them is include... : humbleone
• 1. escapism 2. escapism 3. escapism : ass-street
• exploration, puzzles, melee weapons : aurealis
• 1- An excellent medium for story telling/story participating experience. A way to "live the fantasy"" ty... : Miller_TYM
• I think human beings naturally gravitate towards art solely because it's a way we experience the percepti... : Tauru
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  1. Immersion 2. For the challenge. 3. To see people's QQ's. : Godhatesfatpeople
  • you play on pvp servers don't you? : biskits
• 1: competition (online multiplayer) 2: alone time (rpg or puzzle game) 3: it's interactive, unlike tv o... : biskits
• 1 - A fun alternative to reality in which your efforts actually gain reasonable results. 2 - A chance ... : doozer667
• 1) Drinking and playing games with friends is pretty much as good as it gets.* 2) I love exploration g : mrblarg
• 1) Exploration in open-world games ("I wonder what's in here?") 2) Shared experiences with friends ("Hol... : slax0r
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  There's only one reason - in the sea of mediocre games, where even a lot of the 9.0+ rated stuff is massi... : veras
  • same reason I bother watching / reading science fiction, I think : Veegeezee
• 1 They engage my brain to think in new and different ways that real life doesn't 2 They're fun 3 I thin... : geedeck
• 1. It gets me chicks, 2. I can do things or play out scenarios I can never do in real life - in real life... : wytefang
• 1) relieves boredom 2) ? 3) profit : retardhumper
• Fun, FuN and FUN : hanged_man
• To fuel my competetive nature. To work with a team towards a common goal. To experience the virtual wor... : Pneum0
• 1: They're fun! Nothing more than that, it's enjoyable. 2: I love having a form of entertainment is i... : RevRaven
• To escape from my hellish life. : bluntage
• 1) Fun 2) Relieve Stress 3) Challenge : ant_hillbilly
• 1) Spent cash on Console, might as well use them. 2) Spent cash on stereo, might as well use it. 3) No ... : tboomer2
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  1) VIRGIN 2) NO TEETH 3) 800 lbs : massdev
  • No teeth you say..... : wurt
• Because I can do 1) this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yohMclMPghQ 2) this: http://www.youtube.co... : SockMonkeh
• escapism, fun factor with mates, great stories : head crab
• I don't anymore, but I have Doom Classic and Wolf3D on my iPhone. : kramweil
• 1.no life 2. no life 3. no life : theshakcer
• 1) Immersion into another reality. 2) Playing with others, coop or team DM 3) Story : yautja
• They're fun. Don't need any other reasons. : CyCo_PL

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  Well... the bug for landscape wasn't fixed. Instead of hanging the entire app crashes now. :/ : K1Bond007
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    No one should be using landscape anyway. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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      try to post in portrait - no workey : multisync
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        haha your right, didn't try to actually post in portrait, yah it sits there and doesn't do anything. lo... : Shadowdane
        • FFFFFUUUUUUU Squeegy, what did you do? : BlackCat9
  • works here : Shadowdane
• Should we expect more hoverboard talk again? : gooblerampling
• nice thanks! : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  It's not showing up in the app store on the iPhone yet. : Arcanum
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    It did for me. : digital_d
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      Bizarre. Apparently it's not registered as installed in the update system on my iPhone. I wonder what e... : Arcanum
      • Oh, it apparently requires the 3.1.2 software update. Gee iPhone, nice of you to tell me about that. : Arcanum
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  The approval time has been pretty much ridiculously fast since xmas. It's been pretty great. : Yanks
  • gg apple : askedrelic
• nice. I'll grab that. : jonin
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  I can't post at all with it - everyone else having same issues? : multisync
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    FEATURE. ITS A GREAT NEW FEATURE : askedrelic
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      i already used that last month on abrasion : multisync
      • karma's a bitch ain't she? : g0nk
  • Hmm.. mine just crashes.. just like here: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=22274744#itemanchor_2227474... : K1Bond007
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  I just looked at the last couple commits... that's a lot of code to change. Dang. : boarder2
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    I've started a project called HKHelperKit and was integrating parts of it. http://github.com/Squeegy/HKH... : SqueegyTBS
    • Oh cool, looks like some fairly useful stuff. : boarder2
• so yeah, i can't post at all now... both landscape and portrait crash : skelom
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  POST BUGS HERE LOL, yeah, looking into some of the stuff tonight. I may have done something retarded ... : SqueegyTBS
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    * Installed over the top of an existing installation. Could browse posts ok but posting (portrait or lan... : alnya
    • well now we know how they managed to approve it so quickly ;) : derelict515
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    Unit Tests, Unit Tests, Unit Tests! : cltcprd
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      I've yet to figure out a good framework for this on the iPhone that doesn't suck. Coming from ruby, ther... : SqueegyTBS
      • you can write your own test harness in about 15 minutes. the lack of a third party framework shouldn't b... : electroly
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    in alertView:didDismissWithButtonIndex: in ComposeViewController.m you should compare the button index ag... : electroly
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      I had no idea there was such a method. That's handy. : SqueegyTBS
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        I tried to see if there was a corresponding acceptButtonIndex, but there appears to be no such property. ... : electroly
        • That's because an alert view has many "accept" buttons, but only one cancel button. : SqueegyTBS
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        electroly, you know what this is about? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2345196/objective-c-passing... : SqueegyTBS
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          I don't know much about variable argument lists in Objective-C, unfortunately. If it's anything like C (... : electroly
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            http://www.numbergrinder.com/node/35 <--- you have to pass the "va_list args" if you want the whole list.... : electroly
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              I couldn't get that to work without a bunch of warnings, or work at all actually. But I got it working... : SqueegyTBS
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                why even pretend that your function accepts multiple "otherButtonTitles" if you'll only accept one? :) p... : electroly
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                  oh i see what you did, i didn't look far enough down in the function. yeah, that'll do it too. you shou... : electroly
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                    all of this talk is getting me worked up : pancake humper
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                      what ever happened to the iphone apps you were going to make and get rich with : electroly
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                        I got stoned and forgot : pancake humper
                        • you're such a stonerd : ArcKnight
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                    Nope, that only works if the function actually takes a va_list argument, which this doesn't. And thi... : SqueegyTBS
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                      no, you must be doing it wrong. "..." *IS* a va_list argument. you can definitely 100% do this. it's h... : electroly
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                        i think : electroly
                        • no, you're right and i'm wrong. printf provides a va_list alternative for people who want to wrap it : electroly
  • http://www.shackpics.com/files/Bugs_72evi0b653dex7ukhqxh.jpg FIX THIS NAO PLS : r3dn3ck
  • oh yea, do push messages work? Did you ever end up implementing that? : askedrelic
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  Settings screen shows blank configuration and account info/prefs can't be entered. : vynn
  • Same here, yet it kept my settings cus i can see NWS posts : EricZBA
• You guys are going to force me to update my firmware version one of these days : StuMan1337
• Request: could you enable an option to show more than 2 lines of preview per thread? Sometimes you can't ... : Albemuth
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  Looks good! Squeegym have you done any iPad testing (simulator)? Are you planning to update the app to ... : Tripps
  • yes : SqueegyTBS
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  Down with latestchatty! LONG LIVE SHACKDROID!!! : proclone1
  • what is wrong with you : Clay
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    shackdroid is awesome, but there are 10x more iphone users here. : cltcprd
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      10x more people who voted for GWB, too : proclone1
      • Yeah, but in this case the iPhone is clearly better than it's competition : Tommy Toolbag
• 2.3.2 has been submitted! Changelog: - Unbreak all the shit that just broke. Hopefully available T... : SqueegyTBS
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  Feature Request: Add a My Threads list item to the home screen. It would automatically contain all thread... : derelict515
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    There's not really any way for the program that know that info from the API. : OverloadUT
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      Well fix the API >:( Seriously though, why couldn't the app at least track my threads and allow manual p... : derelict515
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        The problem is to know what threads you have replied to, it would need to load every page of the chatty. ... : OverloadUT
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          Well I would only want it to display threads in the current chatty (in fact maybe only those in the last ... : derelict515
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            You're forgetting that each one of those requests is a hit against both the shack server AND squeegy's se... : OverloadUT
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              This will get lost in the chatty rollover but... Besides a couple shacksearches for initial setup is tha... : derelict515
              • it's a single request to get the entire page of the chatty. it doesn't do individual requests for each t... : electroly
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            while this is possible pretty much exactly as you've described it, we've all sorta had an unspoken agreem... : electroly
            • ah, ok. Well I might just try it locally for my own amusement with F# asyncs. Like I replied above, altho... : derelict515
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    The default "search" is for posts you are the offer of. Best you get for now. : SqueegyTBS
    • the author of, that is. : SqueegyTBS

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  you of all people should know better http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/5055/d0fcd34668daxl.jpg : grabbie
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    What's the suit in the bottom-right? : Mad Brahmin Disease
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      Penguin suit I believe : hrdwregk
      • Oh SMB Wii? Never mind. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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      http://wii.ign.com/articles/104/1045630p1.html : K1Bond007
      • WTF, the Tanooki Suit was way better than the Raccoon Suit. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    I have new wallpaper now! : TroZ
    • Ditto! (at least for the work computer) : DHAvatar
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    What's the invisible-looking hat? : dumb.
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      Vanish cap super mario 64 : grabbie
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        Wow for some reason I totally don't remember that : dumb.
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          The hat is working properly then. : tsuba
          • well put : LordHellMaX
    • Was about to ask the same thing : bolneze
  • Nice. : breadsticks
  • Nice work : bolneze
  • PROTIP for popular images, tineye.com will have good results in finding the largest ones : threeup
  • sweet : khaosman
• frog suit missing a hanger : GloriousCow
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  How does one wear a spring? : Sovos
  • Very carefully. : InfoBiter
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    like this: http://wiimedia.gamespy.com/wii/image/article/827/827352/super-mario-galaxy-20071015105138698... : TroZ
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      add some suction cups and that might be erotic : GloriousCow
      • might? : SiW.
  • with white silk gloves and a beret. : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • Same question : rosewood
• I take it they ignored the existence of the water cannon? : Sailor of Fortune
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  the penguin suit does not have overalls >:( THIS IS SHIT! : Korban
  • Sounds like shack photoshoppers have an assignment now! : bolneze
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    really? http://www.videogamesblogger.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/penguin-suit-new-super-mario-bros... : ass-street
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      oh... well... FUCK YOU! : Korban
      • lol : ass-street
• Missing the shortsleeve outfit from Sunshine. : Conan
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  i was not a fan of Bee Mario : ass-street
  • http://degenerate.shackspace.com/Shack/aye_carumba.jpg : Degenerate
• They forgot his referee outfit. : DOOManiac
• How come the frog suit has eyes but not the raccoon suit? : TwiLyght
• Tanooki suit for the win! no furry : cerealSAM2
• PENGUIN FTW : Begawkiness
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/mundogeek/4337350683/sizes/o/ >:D : Wolfanoz
• Kuribo's Shoe is all anyone would ever need. : Entity
• Missing the micro mario suite from New Super Mario Bros. on DS. : hatchet165
• what's the bottom row, 2nd from left? : shyguy74

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  Protoss air is ridiculously good. Void Rays, Carriers, and Motherships, oh my. : slax0r
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    Their anti-air seems lacking until they get carriers. Kinda wish I would have pulled out a mothership ... : walker270
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      stalkers with blink are pretty good anti air : mwasher
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        Against mutas? Mutas are.. painful.. it seems. : walker270
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          They are excellent against muta, especially with blink. : razlebol
          • I've only seen mutas once, and I was already beat by the time they came out. My nerves aren't there ye... : walker270
        • blink in right under the group of mutas and pew pew. problem is if the mutas keep the stalkers at range ... : mwasher
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  Q: how many people are logged into b.net 2 right now? : yAak
  • A: The entire shacknews population - yAak : StolenNosferatu
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    About 3400. Finally finished placement matches. Silver league! I'm screwed. :( Ended up going 7-3... : walker270
    • I'm thinking they're adding like 1000-1500 players a week and will probably have a big Surge in the comin... : Sailor of Fortune
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      proxy gates in this game are op as hell right now since of the chrono boost. : ant321
      • Yeah, they nerfed gate build time in yesterday's patch, but who knows how it'll effect it. I was just ca... : walker270
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      immortals and marauders tear through my poor roaches. :( : mwasher
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        Immortals are tier 2 -- you should be attacking before they're on the field. : walker270
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          it is so easy to rush out immortals. 2 or 3 of them is enough to hold off a wall of roaches if micro'd ... : mwasher
          • I'd probably say to scout first. If you see a fast cybernetics core, then maybe a quick attack with 'lin... : walker270
    • Same, my placement match losses were to one proxy gate and three reaper rushes. : Serpico74
• Yeah, HuskyStarcraft has been lifting his Command Center to do that. The trick has caught on to the rest ... : Wikus Van De Merwe
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  Can I set this up to play a skirmish against the AI? : capt tripps
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    yea, custom game and you can add AI players (after you play a few games) only very easy tho : mwasher
    • and very easy is retardly easy. AIs don't expand and send units at you one or two at a time. it's o... : smax
• I just played a Terran(me) vs Protoss ended up getting overrun by upgraded Zealots. I had 4 banshees, an... : Crimsonbeak
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  Foxhawk floated his CC turned Planetary Fortress INTO my base in one game. He won! : Brian Leahy
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    I'm not sure that is possible anymore. I watched a game in which it was shown that planet fortresses can... : mwasher
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      they couldn't ever. I flew the CC in and built the PF. : Foxhawk
      • dick move, bro ;) : Brian Leahy
      • hahahaha lol : mwasher
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  That's when broodwars evened the playing field imo. Even mass carriers were no match anymore for some sc... : goatjc
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    The wasn't an imbalanced thing -- I had over twice the econ he did, and entirely too many units. The g... : walker270
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      Question, how would Zerg crack a Terran turtle(other than not let him turtle)? I ran into this situation ... : Adm.Snackbar
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        Banelings? Nydus worm? Ultras? : walker270
        • Err -- posted too soon. I don't play zerg, and I don't normally turtle. Those are the things I'd try ... : walker270
      • mabey broodlords and hydras : crunkfunk
      • Harass early and often. Roaches and lings work well to this effect. : slax0r
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        Banelings if they are supply walled in (gotta get speed upgrade), put on auto-building destruction and am... : pancake humper
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          too bad when I try this in game I can never do it right and I end up spazzing out : pancake humper
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            The nerves will come. Mine are still shot. I'm afraid to post replays, because my perspective will gi... : walker270
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              yea this seems to be a common hurdle most people i've talked to are having to overcome. at least for th... : mwasher
              • I think it's normal, and goes away with experience. At least that's what happened for me back with the o... : walker270
      • BROODLORDS. They rape just about anything onthe ground. : ant321
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  Another new patch. Notes : BALANCE CHANGES TERRAN Viking The armor value for this unit in Figh... : walker270
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    err.. wait, this was Patch 1. Why did my copy just update again? : walker270
    • Mine did too. Strange. : rock elf
  • The new notes aren't out yet : pancake humper
• I still suck hard at SC2, but I'm really liking the Vikings. : RevRaven
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  Man the terran music is very hillbilly! : abrasion
  • also why is the idle peon key F1, I'd much prefer it to go back to ~ : abrasion

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  lol Keith David : mechanicalgrape
  • Its a good job i like his voice because he really is quite prolific. : Klebold
  • I really want a t-shirt with Keith David's face on it. : deveus1
• unnnnnfff.... put it in my mooooouth! : Nullzero
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  How about some Alpha Centauri next Sid. : Tincan
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    Just put "Space" in front of everything, like "Space Warrior" or "Space Cannon" or "Space Great Wall of C... : tashtego
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      I'm looking forward to the "Space Hanging Gardens" myself. : one random winner
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        Space Space Elevator : dirge23
        • An elevator in space to bring things already in space to somewhere else in space? BRILLIANT! : one random winner
  • EA owns it. : pimpium
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    Just once I'd like to see a Civ related thread without someone posting this. IT'S NEVER GONNA HAPPEN : jason bergman
    • sid will make an AC2 that sucks just to shut everybody up : dirge23
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      why not? Civilization in space, how can you go wrong with that? People love space : mnok
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        because EA owns the rights to Alpha Centauri. Sid/Firaxis does not. : Clay
        • get ready for www.lordofalphacentauri.com!! : dirge23
• gaming boner achieved : dirge23
• I'M SO HARD!!!!!!! (Copyright Mace) : Nitrium
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  captain anderson? : RikiTiki2
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    I thought the same. : Nitrium
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      Keith Davis is most awesome. : LoioshDwaggie
      • I wonder if they are going to get him to do the tech descriptions or are they going to get nimoy again. : Crimsonbeak
  • sounded like the codex narrator near the end too. : pyide
• Can they top the awesome opening babi yetu tune though, that is the question. : jonin
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  excited for the game, but that was a pretty generic trailer. : byorn
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    more of a teaser than a trailer, seems to me : skryte
    • This is what I was going to post. Without any gameplay references (let alone footage) it isn't a trailer... : hussdelrio
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  duhhhh so is this a first person shooter? do I get to play as that samurai? expected responses from te : Masem
  • i wanna ride the prow of a viking longship : dirge23
  • Yes and yes. : tashtego
  • I want to be a level 5 caveman!11 : Nullzero
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    how u shot dem ded?!13!> : Telnik
    • Children != Orcs. : Klebold
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  these are all famous quotes, btw. the last one is eleanor roosevelt. one is themistocles. dunno the other... : dirge23
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    makes me think they'll have an ensemble cast for quotes : dirge23
    • They must have some historians on it : umegastar
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      The guy they got for the MacArthur quote is dead on. : Crimsonbeak
      • http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/douglasmacarthurthayeraward.html : Crimsonbeak
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  SC2 and CIV5 in the same year??? HELL YEAH Who gets the GOTY? : umegastar
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    The year. As in GOTY = YOTY. By far. SC2, Civ 5, ME2, DA:O - A, Alpha Protocol, Fallout: New Vegas... oh ... : Telnik
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      seems like people say this every year now. : dirge23
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        2009 was far worse : umegastar
        • And we were expecting at least SC2 beta in 2009 : umegastar
        • in retrospect. looking back you can realize that some games aren't all that great, that some games slippe... : dirge23
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          You could say that any year a Civ or Blizzard game doesn't come out though :/ : one random winner
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            i won't even be a little surprised if Civ5 slips to next year :( : dirge23
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              GOTY 2010 - SC2 GOTY 2011 - CIV5 GOTY 2012 - EP3 GOTY 2013 - Diablo2 It's like they're making it on... : umegastar
              • 2-3 more years is way too long for Episode 3 and Diablo 3 :( : pyide
              • Civ 5 comes out this fall, so unless it gets pushed back 3+ months it can't be goty 2011 : Crimsonbeak
            • Me neither, but it and SC2 were going to be released too close to each other anyways. : one random winner
  • Mass effect 2 is probably going to be forgotten by the end of the year, alas. It really is a superb piece... : Klebold
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  Breakdown of the quotes "A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the ol : Crimsonbeak
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    who are the voice actors? i can only ID keith david on the first, but some of the others sound familiar. : dirge23
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      I think #2 is Beau Bridges and 5 sounds like Neil Ross, the Mass Effect codex and occasional NOVA narrato... : pyide
      • I can hear a slight Native American tint to the voice for the MacArthur quote : Crimsonbeak
      • i think you're right about beau bridges, i was thinking this but couldn't put my finger on it : dirge23
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    Biz Markie! : Degenerate
    • Oh snap! Guess what I saw!! : Rauol Duke
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  SOUL of a NATION : Navy Spitfire
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    SOUL of a NATION : WaterSign
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      SOUL of a NATION : Dong Patrol
      • SOUL of a COLOSSUS : ChibiJosh
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  so my question is: who do i have to sleep with to get into a beta of some sort : Clay
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    I'm going to kill michael cyber and assume his identity. : Deathlove
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      this is probably a better idea than sleeping with him : Clay
      • i left that step out! : Deathlove
  • sid meier : jonin
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  I wish I understood the Civ games : Rag and Bone Man
  • what's there not to understand? : Clay
  • Build cities, conquer world. There you go. : Ebu
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    Micromanage the shit out of everything and you're good to go. : one random winner
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      That's my problem. I'm not good at figuring out the micromanagement. I once got attacked by planes, and... : Rag and Bone Man
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        planes counter planes. fighters. : dirge23
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          It didn't seem to do anything if I had my fighters in the same square as where their planes were attackin... : Rag and Bone Man
          • You need to be using Air Superiority, which effectively puts them in defense mode, I think the best of th... : one random winner
      • Air Superiority (usually available on Jet fighters). : one random winner
  • I don't either, but I've always enjoyed Colonization more anyway. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    me too, I start a small game, I choose new techs and explore for an hour and nothing happens and then I q... : dael
    • Did you ever find anyone else? : one random winner
    • Haha "an hour" : peanut-
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      I always think that civ games are like MMO's, you just don't get it unless you put in 2-3 hours : stgdz
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        i start tons of games that i quit before they hit critical mass : dirge23
        • Most games are like walking up a moderate, but steady incline, with a few bumps on the way, Civ is like w... : one random winner
• It's been a while since I've played a Civ game. I think it's time to play again. And with Hex now! o... : DM7
• Man I want to see some gameplay soon... : Xevo
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  anyone ever figured out what the inflation mechanics in the game actually did? : Hoax
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    i've never really had any idea how this works, as far as i know it's not documented. : dirge23
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      Yeah i looked everywhere and even asked in one of the hardcore forums but it only lead to head scratching... : Hoax
      • fortunately it doesn't seem all that important : dirge23
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  I know people like to take the day off work when a big game comes out, but what do you do when Civ 5 come... : peanut-
  • I wish it was coming during the summer when at least I wouldn't have school. I just know that shit is goi... : Vincent Grayson
• I literally get goosebumps every time I watch this. : Deathlove
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  Awesome CGI work there. Can't wait. : Wolfanoz
  • if only the game was like that : Jikim
• That Samurai part was awesome. : Wikus Van De Merwe
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  GAME OF THE DECADE. : ajvitaly
  • YOU MEAN 2010-2020 RIGHT? : Nitrium
• :D :D :D : dahanese
• I wonder if I can take a 2 month sabbatical from work to play this. : stump
• I had to go all the way to Page 5 to find this! Watching now! : trOmblyj
• this trailer gave me goosebumps : smax
• Civ5 bump :O : pyros
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  I like it, but I hope Leonard Nimoy does some voice work for it :| : RobFlinn
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    How awesome would it be if they had a bunch of different celebrity voice talent for the different quotes,... : OverloadUT
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      i dont even want to know what quote sarah palin would voiceover : spiderfill
      • probably optics, can see russia from here, etc : xsoulbrothax
  • haha the different voice for aesthetics in bts is a bit jarring : Clay
• Quotes: "A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new, wh... : OverloadUT