Evening Reading: Bad Company 2 Almost Here!

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  Whoomp there it is. : FrayLo
  • 1993 called, they'd like to award you one internet but it could take a while @ 14400. : DirkSpanners
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  Ah yes, manual lag correction, those were the days. : bombay
  • Yah pushlatency command anyone? Was that Quake or a different game, can't remember. : Shadowdane
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  hah, I feel your pain every time a get shot by a harrier. : surley_monkey
  • use cold blooded and you will never have this issue. : Professor Darkness
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  what's the use? They'll still call you a fag at the end. : TPSReport
  • I know people called each other fags back in the day; but when everything was still typed it just seemed ... : Jenings
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  God you just made me remember my godlike days of unreal tournament... 2 times got 1st in the world accord... : ssj4megaman
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    speaking of asia carrera, did she ever do anything else besides UT (and I don't mean men)? : X-GOUKI
    • Not really. She's keeping low so her kids don't grow up to be freaks apparently. : IndigoAK
• when your friend showed you the wonders of +mlook instead of the arrow keys, when clans got together in e... : Igthuse
• when keys were flags and vore bits were grappling hooks and sp levels were good enough for any game mode : Sapiens
• I have bad memories of a few games of Quake and Quake 2 with Dslyecxi. The man was a fucking Yoda on cra... : Jumperus
• Spill the blood for the forgotten mines. : gibolas1234
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  Were there really 2MB Voodoo cards? I remember having 6MB on my Canopus Pure 3D, thought the normal ones... : TabsAZ
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    The first video card I remember some of the stats for was a 16MB Riva TNT2 I think. : IndigoAK
    • It was probably like 400 bucks too : IgnoramusSA
    • The TNT1 also shipped with 16mb of ram and it ran Quake 1 at 1600x1200 at 35fps (only it didn't at all bu... : abrasion
  • I think he meant a 4MB Voodoo card vs. a 2MB 2D card. : Sapiens
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    the Pure 3D was the shit, and highly endorsed by sCary too as I recall. : Xevo
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      Yeah it was a sweet card, what the hell happened to that company? They were the only one that didn't use... : TabsAZ
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        They went high-end video production gear and they got bought up by this company - http://www.grassvalley.... : Shadowdane
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          ah there we go, that looks very Canopus-esque: http://www.grassvalley.com/products/hdthunder : Xevo
          • Yeah my bro works on that line for GV, it was cool to hear the name was still around somewhere. : zeejay
  • Voodoos all had 2 MB framebuffers and either 2 MB or 4 MB of texture memory for a total of 4 or 6 MB of v... : Loxodrome
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  Well 200ms is a good ping in MW2 yay peer-to-peer. : Crimsonbeak
  • Its funny how much of a backwards step the consoles have taken MP. : Beady
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  DM1 had neither a pool nor a lightning gun. n00b. :-) : Johnny Law
  • My God, you're right. It's been so long. I looked it up and I was actually thinking of DM3. : Loxodrome
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  sounds like someone sucks at mw2 : pandastrong
  • lol... : magicfucker
• Here here! To the days of Thunderwalker CTF, harpoon grappling hooks, getting scared every time you hear... : mourningstar
• Funny you should mention that, a third party mockup/designer was talking to me yesterday about how he rem... : Adrenaline
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  I think the issue was that Quake was quite possibly a mistake. Many of the tactics of strafe and rocket ... : kingdepork
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    good call, all of the Shack BFBC2 players are totally elitist pricks. : Xevo
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      That's not what I meant. I mean there were some games back then when at least half of the gamers were de... : kingdepork
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        there were plenty of racist dick kids back then too. gaming as a whole was MUCH smaller though, and ANYON... : Xevo
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          I'm quite open to the fact that I'm turning into "those damn kids" : kingdepork
          • I'm not saying you're completely wrong. A lot of it is there's a much larger audience now and FAR more an... : Xevo
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    HLDM for ever. : Utopia
    • It was perfect timing. Went into the game after playing the shit out of Quakeworld. Probably a perfect ... : kingdepork
• I played the shit out of quake1... but I LOVE TO NOOB TOOB! nothing is as satisfying as lobbing a nade... : chilln
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  Most of all, "MW2" referred to MECHWARRIOR 2 dammit! : cell9song
  • It will be Mech Warrior 2 in my mind forever, regardless of what the hipsters and the up-and-with-it chil... : Zolneirz
• I can still vividly remember the day quakeworld was released, I fired it up wanting to test out the new ... : zeejay

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  8.9?? PASS : pyide
  • I'll never trust game reviewers after they gave Modern Warfare 2 9's all around. If it had been a game... : stgdz
  • an 8.9 is practically a zero from IGN! : veras
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    He's playing the Xbox version : snuff
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      Well regardless of the version it's just a bad review all around. I don't know how this got OK'd to be ho... : Godhatesfatpeople
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        Honestly I would pay $60 for the multiplayer alone. I completely forgot that the PC version would have si... : retarded talking dinosaur
        • Yea, I thought "oh, a treat! single player!" Multiplayer is where this game is king. : spyrext
      • I don't know how a lot of their reviews get OK'd... : TheQuad
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      They played the 360 version of avp and called it the pc review. : Beady
      • O_o : Godhatesfatpeople
    • I wasn't serious. I have actually seen people post similar shit after reading a review like this though. ... : pyide
  • I rate this response an 8.9. PASS! : dfay
• Do they have no shame?! : wurt
• god cant wait for Tuesday. Want to shoot people with my UAV since pc didnt get alt uav fire :( : Iwannaacura
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  This review is aggressively mediocre. : MercFox1
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    Yeah, also feels like the reviewer didn't even play the game. Just looked at some screenshots, read the ... : PenicillinX57
    • Ha, that's what it felt like. Either that or he wrote in in such detail that they forced him to voice ove... : Godhatesfatpeople
• fuck IGN, don't even give 'em the hits : CecilPhilpot
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  These faggots wouldn't know quality if it was fucking them in the ass. : retarded talking dinosaur
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    This fucking retard didn't like the first one either. Who let this cunt review this? His first line is "T... : retarded talking dinosaur
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      Call me crazy. But I wasn't alone in saying "what the fuck?" when he mentioned that part about the match ... : Godhatesfatpeople
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        I'm betting he never even understood the ticket system, so it came as a surprise. This guy clearly did no... : retarded talking dinosaur
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          I think you're right. He's probably running around like an idiot expecting to see a scoreboard with: ... : Godhatesfatpeople
          • that's it exactly : CecilPhilpot
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        Hahaha I did the same thing. "What the fuck, what kind of review point is that?" : MercFox1
        • It's because he didn't understand the scoring system, because he probably only played MP for a few hours. : retarded talking dinosaur
      • hahaha yeah. he didn't like that people "abruptly" won matches. You can't really abruptly win a match, ca... : vile
    • That line about the match ending cracked me up. : pyide
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  Does BC2 use punkbuster? Because I'm having massive problems with trying to get it to work with BF2 right... : nevlos
  • yep. : smax
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    yes, it should auto install for you? what issues are you having? : Iwannaacura
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      pretty sure it did auto install through steam, I even downloaded it manually and updated all my files, bu... : nevlos
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        unblock in firewall? Maybe manually updating pb through their website : Iwannaacura
        • manually downloaded files and used their setup : nevlos
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        win 7? make sure you run as admin. : smax
        • for steam games can you just do that through the desktop shortcut? or is there something else you have to... : nevlos
        • i thought the newest patch fixed this : feek
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      Ohhh 3 corrupted steam files, hopefully this fixes things : nevlos
      • Fucking hell, nope : nevlos
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    go to PB's site and download their tool. : Sailor of Fortune
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      still kicks me =/ : nevlos
      • is the pnkbstr service enabled and set to automatic? iirc A is auto, B is manual : xsoulbrothax
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  What a strange video review. He goes on almost in detail about the SP but then leaves out a huge chunk of... : Godhatesfatpeople
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    Probably because there's not much MP to be had in the retail release right now? : schnitz76
    • A proper review would have used the beta or demo to get a feel, honestly. It's right fucking there to be ... : retarded talking dinosaur
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      He left out quite a few "major" design points about the MP. That's my problem with the parts he "did" spe... : Godhatesfatpeople
      • MO = MP. : Godhatesfatpeople
      • No the sound is a 9.0, the sound in MW2 is 1/10th better sound. those things weren't in the review becaus : retarded talking dinosaur
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  I like how single player is "too intense" yet... thats EXACTLY how modern warfare2 is... its like "OMG OM... : chilln
  • Like I said. Strange review. : Godhatesfatpeople
• I love battlefield! this is great. : malloc
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  They give sound a 9.0. I'm sorry, that is objectively INCORRECT. This game has the best sound of any game... : retarded talking dinosaur
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    Also I hate that they insinuate DICE copied COD's perks. BF was doing unlocks first. : retarded talking dinosaur
    • I laughed at that too. : Godhatesfatpeople
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    He never even mentioned it in the video review. Sound is a motherfucking 10.0 for this game. : MercFox1
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      MODERN WARFARE 2 gets a 10 from IGN for graphics & sound. BFBC2 gets a 9 for both. WHO THE FUCK ARE THESE : retarded talking dinosaur
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        I hope an AIDS-ridden hobo with razorblades for a dick puts a filled colostomy bag in all of their mouths... : vile
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          Your name lives up to the hype. : cactus44203
          • That being said, I'll sign your statement. : cactus44203
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    I would have to argue that the sound in GT Legends (or maybe another SimBin game) is some of the best sou... : schnitz76
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      I haven't played those games, so I can't say. I'm more comparing to every FPS, of which I've played nearl... : retarded talking dinosaur
      • If you ever have a chance to do a couple laps in one of those games you should turn up the volume a bit a... : schnitz76
  • Reviewers mess up. This is definitely one of those times. : threeup
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    The sound is amazing. DICE has always done sound well and BC2 cranks it up a notch. : Goncyn
    • absolutely, this was one of the shining points of BC1 as well. : Xevo
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  the beta alone is worth a 12. I'm not sure what grade of black tar heroin his mother was booting before s... : vile
  • I fucking love this post. : retarded talking dinosaur
  • Couldn't have said it better myself. : Alco23
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    ea should put this on the box : devpaul
    • --Shacknews.com : Merconium
  • i love you : hobosapien
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  is there screenshots of the server browser : Chandler55
  • http://taxdollars.freedomblogging.com/files/2009/04/abacus.jpg : vile
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    I just wanna know if all the "buttons" actually do anything. Can I sort by ping now? Or does that just lo : AgentPothead
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      in the PC video they posted it shows him able to highlight server. :51 mark you see him move over "gam... : Iwannaacura
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        Yeah I'm pretty sure in the beta those buttons were locked yellow like they were already pressed, so that... : AgentPothead
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          all that's left to do then is to let me bind the throttle on my joystick and I'm set : jimmy-buffett
          • I actually need to clear some space for my x52 pro. I didn't even try it out in the demo. : AgentPothead
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  Too bad people can't review reviews. I think a web comic based on this idea would do well, kind of lik... : Sailor of Fortune
  • It's odd. I'm not usually this annoyed by reviews. But seeing as how I played the Beta non-stop for hours... : Godhatesfatpeople
  • There is a site where you can sort of. I have to laugh at all the defensive posts though. : Fred Garvin
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  I've never been so pissed about a review. What an utterly shitty review this is. If I had not been in the... : retarded talking dinosaur
  • you can safely ignore any "exclusive" reviews that come out before the actual game...whether they slobber... : CecilPhilpot
• The written review is even worse. 3/4 of the review is about single player, with like 1/5 about MP. And t... : retarded talking dinosaur
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  Game Informer gave it 9.5/10, guess the scores will be all over for this title : Tattoo Trav
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    Does anyone really think there is a chasm between 8.9 and 9.5? : Fred Garvin
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      i think the much bigger chasm is between this guy's mediocre enthusiasm for the game and 8.9 : feek
      • he doesn't really sound like a gamer. he's all into "presentation" and "cinematic feel" Basically misses ... : gyokuro
    • That's the problem with these retarded review systems. : Rice-Rocketeer
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  wow that review really did suck. nothing to do with the score or his opinions of the game, more how he pr... : theWhite
  • yes : feek
  • ^^ This. : Bamii
  • ha yeah it does. He throws out the MP aspect like "Yeah this is there too if you're up for a go". lol : Godhatesfatpeople
  • Given that it was a 360 focused review BC1 is almost guaranteed his only BF experience. Even if the camp... : DirkSpanners
  • Exactly. : Sylvanus
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  The only reviews I trust are at Rock Paper Shotgun now. : MeestaNob
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    Eurogamer is good too. I like how they dissect games. But not in an obnoxious way. They do a solid review... : Godhatesfatpeople
    • I'm a fan of Eurogamer reviews. Ofcourse they have their ups and downs as well but in general they're spo... : Bamii
    • Eurogamer is completely hit and miss. Sometimes they're fucking totally WTF. : Rice-Rocketeer
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      ^Many Eurogamer reviews are written by Rock Paper Shotgun staff :) : PenicillinX57
      • I had no idea :D : Godhatesfatpeople
    • I liked their Sega Rally Revo review...they were some of the few people who got it was an arcade racer an... : Vorlonesque
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  Too bad it has limited edition gameplay-changing items just for people who buy it early. Pass. : Sixcos
  • Everybody can still unlock those items, the pre-orders just get them from the start. : Bamii
  • Everyone gets all the same items. People who got those editions don't have to unlock them and get them in... : Godhatesfatpeople
  • Your loss, the game is fantastic. : marmite
  • Sixcos post. Pass. : moe6
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    This is what I thought at first, but then I realized everyone can still unlock them so I have no problem ... : gibolas1234
    • Sadly Sixcos is not that far along in the evolutionary cycle to have rational thought. : FuryVII
• That was a very poorly done review - it's like they are presenting the game to someone who has never play... : Milleh
• I am getting really sick of 30+ second commercials in front of videos. : Crimsonbeak
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  Heh, even AndyB from VoodooExtreme has called them out on it http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/news/53419/B... : Beady
  • haha yah he nailed that... the IGN reviewer is full of it! : Shadowdane
  • Well Erik, that's because you ran out of tickets. Fucking lol! : MercFox1
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  So 8.9 is bad these days? Or are people pissed because MW2 got a higher rating? : humbleone
  • That is an objectively bad review; 8.9 is a great score...but that review was a piece of shit. : MercFox1
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    Well it is wrong in certain places. The sound is the big one, Bad Company 2 absolutely blows MW2 out of ... : Crimsonbeak
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      Because of the name. : Dschinghis Khan
      • It's like back a few years ago when the 2k Games Football games were actually much better than Madden, bu... : Crimsonbeak
  • I only buy games that get a 9 or above from IGN, PRE-ORDER CANCELED! : phate81
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    I don't see anybody here seriously bitching about the score. : pyrogen
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      well, that's ultimately what it comes down to. : humbleone
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        Not at all. People are complaining about the actual content of the review, which is completely fair to d... : pyrogen
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          Yea, I'm not trying to dispute that it is a fair thing to do. Discussing the actual content of reviews is... : humbleone
          • What's ridiculous is that the sound in MW2 was fucking terrible, yet it scored higher than BC2. Every gu... : kill9
• since when do you take IGN reviews seriously !!! We played the beta and we had endless hours of fun, that... : hanged_man
• What a dumb review. He talks about how awesome it is and then says it sucks because of that. What a fuc... : mrwolf710
• I hope this reviewer gets ass-raped to death with a Red Boxed copy of Biodome covered in bleach by a spac... : vile
• Holy shit this game looks good. : reelbk
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  wow, that review is complete bullshit, especially when you consider they say that modern warfare 2 has be... : klearlyunseen
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    No. You mean someone didn't get paid. : kingdepork
    • I was referring to modern warfare 2 getting a freaking 10 on graphics and sound, but yeah that too. : klearlyunseen
• This generation of reviewers are such a bunch of dumb asses. And I wouldn't be surprised if that's exactl... : thebigbeefsandwich
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  Review kind of makes sense, no? Medicore single player, great multiplayer with a shitty interface. Exactl... : bozer
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    I can't see the perks in BC2 causing anything overpowered or gamebreaking. I do think having everything ... : kingdepork
    • You don't get "everything" unlocked from to start with pre-orders. Just certain items. Where did you hear... : Godhatesfatpeople
  • Thank you for reading this thread and posting stuff that's been answered already. IW didn't create "perks... : Godhatesfatpeople
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  Reading the review keeps making me go back to the view that I share with Chris Remo and others that revie... : Vorlonesque
  • Also, wtf is up with video reviews...I think I'm turning into a grumpy old curmudgeon...but I fucking hat... : Vorlonesque

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  Sam and Diane > Sam and Rebecca. : underground banana plantation
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    ted danson in CYE > all : boring gegtik
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      it's funny seeing danson so young. yet he still has that dry, smarmy condescending attitude, reinforced ... : EvilDolemite
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        have you seen him in bored to death? : papaskot
        • yes, love that show and him in it : EvilDolemite
        • "We enthrall and then we disappoint." Love his character in that. : gooblerampling
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    yeah i could tell right away they had a really good on-stage chemistry. and i remember (god knows why) a... : EvilDolemite
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      The chemistry wasn't as good, but I think the writing actually got better as the show went on. Great sho : bipolar
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        Is that the same Harry as in the first scene in this clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXoKZAxvezM ? : underground banana plantation
        • Yep :) He was to be a recurring character - think he had 5 appearances in the first couple of seasons - ... : bipolar
        • ooo that trickster. : chilln
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        Hrm, the Nanny G episode is fantastic too. I don't know if I can choose between them. : bipolar
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          Wow, she was in a cheers episode, too? Played by Laurie Metcalf? She was in a Frasier episode and I never... : invisible_kid
          • It's a great episode :D On youtube if you're interested, part 1 here: http://youtube.com/watch?v=IVHG_vR... : bipolar
      • I think the fact that Shelly Long left actually gave the show a longer lease on life. They would have eit... : Schnapple
  • Yeah Kirstie Alley was terrible on that show. Also Frasier was an awesome spinoff. Some of the best sitco... : invisible_kid
  • Their chemistry was the thing of legends. : thetangent
• I've never seen it, but you make it sound pretty appealing. : digweed014
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  Sam Malone was/is a lady getting machine! It got plenty of credit I believe it was the #1 show after c... : mcpstoner
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    I also can still never get over how versatile Woody Harrelson can be since that show was obviously my fir... : invisible_kid
    • Natural Born Killers is still one of my favorite movies ever. : Ride-My-Rocket
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    She wasn't written off, she left of her own accord. Giant mistake IMHO (which the joked about on the show... : thetangent
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      She essentially pulled a David Caruso - she had a potential movie career that didn't jive with the televi... : Schnapple
      • How can you say her career tanked when she has such hits as http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098519/ : rosewood
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  Great show. Another show from a little later that didn't get the credit it deserved was Wings. It was n... : Thresher
  • I love Wings! : invisible_kid
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    Wings was great. Good stuff and I'm glad I'm not the only one that enjoyed it. : grover69
    • The greatest prime time period for me was back when USA syndicated Wings for an hour then Quantum Leap. J... : invisible_kid
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    i'm trying to remember the name of a show probably mid 90's that took place in a diner. it had something ... : GloriousCow
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      Nightmare Cafe : bipolar
      • holy crap thats it think... but what the hell was i remembering about the font? :( : GloriousCow
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    Wings was great. Roy Biggins, Lowell Mather, and Antonio Scarpacci were the best part of that show. : DMac20
    • And look where NBC has gone since ... : rosewood
• The first five years are near perfection. The Rebecca years are funnier, I think, because everyone is com... : David Craddock
• I bought the first two seasons a few months ago, on a bit of a whim and really loved it. : Sacred Sperm
• it's a great show : ]pm[chem
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  For some reason, I just loved the Frasier character from the Cheers episodes all the way through his show... : plunkymeadows
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    Frasier is a fantastic show as well. : slax0r
    • Yes, I really enjoyed Frasier. I think it was best before Niles and Daphne got together, but there was s... : Omaha
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  most heartwarming theme song ever : GloriousCow
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    i noticed the very first episode that norm has a serious problem yet it's just kind of laughed off, 80's-... : EvilDolemite
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      The show was criticized for that since they would sort of address some issues but not go far with it. Nor... : Schnapple
      • The episode where Sam's old teammate comes out of the closet was really well done and imo ahead of its ti... : bipolar
  • I sing it quietly to myself whenever I feel blue. : Albemuth
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  Cheers is hands down the greatest sitcom of all time. Sam Malone may very well be the single greatest CHA... : thetangent
  • I dunno, the 4077th may wish to have a few words with you over that one but it definitely is one of the h... : DirkSpanners
  • Kirstie Alley definitely filled the gap : rosewood
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  NORM! : Wyvern
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    What do you know there, norm? : themaestro2657
    • How to sit. How to drink. Want to quiz me? : Schnapple
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    How's life treating you, Mr. Peterson? : MurrayTheSkull
    • Like it caught me in bed with its wife. : David Craddock
    • It's a dog eat dog world, Woody, and I'm wearing pork chop underwear. : AxeMan808
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  I was too young for Cheers but I knew the show enough to recognize the actors outside the show. Ted Danso... : Sailor of Fortune
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    Too young for Cheers? You are 2 years younger than me and I remember the finale very well. They did some ... : invisible_kid
    • My dad watched it but I paid more attention I think to Three's Company or something. I remember liking th... : Sailor of Fortune
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  That's ok I have never been in the "Cheers" bar even though I worked down the street from it for like 4 y... : peter
  • The inside of the Bull & Finch Pub (now Cheers Boston) bears no resemblance to the show's set, so you did... : Schnapple
• One of my favorite shows growing up. Really good distinct and funny characters. : Reavers!
• My favorite episode is when they sneakily used non-alcoholic beer in the bar due to their alcohol license... : Dimmona
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  I must be a bit older than you because this is exactly how I feel about MASH and Taxi. : Sze Ior
  • Sweet merciful crap-on-a-stick! I had completely forgotten about Taxi. The one two punch of Andy Kaufman ... : DirkSpanners
  • Taxi is fantastic. So damn funny. Danny Devito is also amazing in that show. : FormerHPB
  • Taxi was great too. I watched it in reruns. Ted Danson is on one episode as a gay hair stylist and that i... : bozer
• Cheers was good for a while. Diane and Sams relationship was fun for a bit but then it became a parody o... : humbleone
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  Women.. can't live with 'em... pass the beer nuts. : ThrillKill
  • It's a dog-eat-dog world and I'm wearing Milk Bone underwear : Schnapple
• Agreed. I feel Cheers is one of the most consistently well-written and funny shows ever made: EVERY episo : Bold
• Oh Yeah it's the best sitcom ever after seinfeld : themaestro2657
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  My favorite sitcom ever I think. I've seen every episode I'm pretty sure. There are some really really fu... : bozer
  • kelly, kelly, kelly , kelly , kelly : bozer
• Cheers was one of the best sitcoms ever and had one of the most touching and properly done last episodes.... : SolrFlare
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  I'm going to steal your girlfriend, Woody. : .sticks.
  • ♫♪Kelly Kelly Kelly Kelly Kelly Kelly Kelly♫♪ : edgewise
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  Back when I was a kid, probably middle school, I was home sick one day watching morning television. I hap : Schnapple
  • And now that I've been WD'd no one will read this but I still liked typing it up :) : Schnapple
  • Cool. Yeah cheers Never gets old. It kind of cheers me up everytime I watch one. : themaestro2657

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  (for real tho, the zerg voice needs some work) : mwasher
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    Are you allowed to customize which verbal notifications you get? : Wikus Van De Merwe
    • no, and the zerg's are so annoying, but you hear them the most because you are constantly spamming for un... : mwasher
  • Holy shit does it ever, I hope that isn't Tricia Helfer because it's TERRRRRRRRRRRRRIBLE. : abrasion
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  There's some of us in Foxhawk's chat. Come join us. http://steamcommunity.com/groups/Shackcraft : Senate5000
  • be there in about 2 hours >:[ : mwasher
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  we need more beta keeeyysss : derelict515
  • Word. : Rotten Deadite
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  Patch Notes : http://www.starcraft2.com/launcher/patch-notes.htm Balance Changes * Terran ... : walker270
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    Also -- given those notes, I think I'm playing protoss wrong.. haha None of the protoss nerfs have rea... : walker270
    • You don't spam chrono boost? : chrisschutz
  • holy mothership nerf bat. also reaper nerf yay. : mwasher
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    Why do blizzard always ALWAYS pull the ridiculous nerf bat? They never seem to take things lightly, they'... : abrasion
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      ... because it's a beta. They're trying to see how these sorts of changes effect it's use in play and ... : walker270
      • Nah they did the same shit for production units in War 3, they would go with an across the board nerf to... : abrasion
    • I have faith in David Kim. : slax0r
    • When they nerf it that much they'll see where people will adjust their strategies to better and see how m... : Sailor of Fortune
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  Ok fuck my other post. So anyone can now play SC2 since 'they' added the ability to just play against no ... : abrasion
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    bah, terran music is fantastic : mwasher
    • It is. All the music is. : razlebol
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      I have to agree with the very very early opinion on the beta, the green time icon is confusing, I was lik... : abrasion
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        Time icon should probably be bright orange/yellow or something more distinct. : GrimmyD
        • Totally, I'd post on their forums but.... : abrasion
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    Really? Do I just have to get the client? : dextius
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      Yeah you kinda do have to have the client............ lol : abrasion
      • Sorry abrasion, wasn't sure what hackery is going on here, thanks for the tip. : dextius
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        he didnt say 'do i need the client' he said 'do i just need the client. : papaskot
        • I failed :( you need the client, the cache zip, probably t he bnet folder crack and the launcher. : abrasion
  • terran music rules! : veras
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    Don't you have an i7? I've seen it smooth as butter on an i7 and 4890 in 1920x1200 max detail. : derelict515
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      I'm pretty picky, I want 60 to 90fps when I scroll / pan the window, it looks better and I can see stuff ... : abrasion
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        you are quite possibly the weirdest person on the shack abrasion. :) : mwasher
        • seriously :p : derelict515
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          Melbourne summer has 30 to 45c days (86f to 113f) .......... seriously! : abrasion
          • mwasher it probably accustomed to high Texas heat. The difference is we all have AC. : derelict515
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            Woooo, 86F! How will you survive! : Ebu
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              That's all night............ : abrasion
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                We get nights that stay in the 90s. And 95% humidity. : Ebu
                • But really, I'm agreeing with you. That kind of weather sucks balls. :( : Ebu
  • You are wrong again. Terran music is awesome. Has a total Firefly vibe to it. It's probably the best musi... : Duffman8369
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    And terran music is fantastic. My favorite of the three. Space hillbillies! : slax0r
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      It's so bad I finally just snapped and disabled it. : abrasion
      • Different strokes I guess. I like them all, I just find the Terran the most relaxing. Sometimes I play ... : slax0r
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    so happy about this, it's a slice of the cake at least. : Lionel2b
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      I wish I could choose race :( : abrasion
      • word. more like crumbs off the cake. : Lionel2b
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        just hit restart until you get what you want although i got protoss like 10 straight times so i dont kno... : Chandler55
        • Yeah I got Terran 4 times in a row, ugh! : abrasion
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  my life for hire! : jayares
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    Aiur. : Hoax
    • after saying it in my head couple of times i like hire more. : Jikim
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  is bnet still down? it's telling me my login information is wrong as soon as i type in my email : electroly
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    NO ONE CAN PLAY UNTIL I AM HOME : mwasher
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      i played some sc1 while i was waiting and got raped by the computer AGAIN. i tried to zealot rush and th... : electroly
      • you can safely forget about sc1 now (did you fix your framerate issue?) : mwasher
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    It's not anymore. : razlebol
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      indeed. seems to work now : electroly
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        jesus christ, did they change EVERY single hotkey? why is rally not "R" and probe not "P"? : electroly
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          they moved them so they can be easily reached by your left hand without moving it much, instead of using ... : veras
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            really glad i re-learned all those sc1 hotkeys : electroly
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              the only one i can't figure out is Shift-F2/F3/F4 to save a screen location. what is the SC2 equivalent ... : electroly
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                There isn't one. : Senate5000
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                  /!\ : electroly
                  • This might be common knowledge to you SC1 folk, but I found out that the Delete key cycles through your b... : Anastomosis
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  Found a very small bug already - >:( I should be in the beta. : abrasion
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    WHAT IS IT?! : Brian Leahy
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      Why does this post read as sarcasm? Can you get me in to the beta for such a tiny bug? I doubt it!. : abrasion
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        I barely got myself into the beta. : Brian Leahy
        • It's just the screen not focusing on the centre of a unit when you double hotkey it under some circumstan... : abrasion
    • If abrasion calls it very small you better get ready to break out the microscope :p : derelict515
  • :( going to watch HD Starcraft's game today to cope... : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
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  What's the deal with SC2 part 2 and part 3? This first one has so many units, upgrades, buildings and c... : abrasion
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    From what I understand, the one coming out this year will be the Terran single-player campaign, with spec... : slax0r
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      That's right but we're pretty much under the assumption that the multiplayer will change between version,... : abrasion
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        I don't think so. Probably minor stuff that would otherwise be a patch. : Agrona
        • They are adding units etc just like between sc1 and broodwar. they've already said this. Otherwise they w... : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
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        I don't see why new SP content would affect the MP. I'm sure there will be balance patches and things li... : slax0r
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          they've said in interviews that parts 2 and 3 will have multiplayer additions for all 3 races : veras
          • Ah, I must have missed that. I'm pretty bad at multi, and I'm really looking forward to the full release... : slax0r
        • I couldn't agree more, the SP content shouldn't affect the MP in the slightest but your average SC gamer ... : abrasion
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    in brood war they essentially only added 2 units per race (with protoss getting 3 because of dark archons... : veras
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      2 units per race when you only have a handful is good though, you know? I mean SC2 has so many fucking u : abrasion
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        Yeah, TFT added a lot more than BW did in terms of outright additions, but BW had a ton of minor and majo... : veras
        • I honestly feel lost in this, I just said to myself "fuck there's so many things!" - soooooo many. : abrasion
        • I know a lot of people who actually preferred playing without TFT. : razlebol
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  Is SC1 still worth buying? : Ocelot
  • I'd say it is. I don't think I'd try to hop online since I'm sure everyone would stomp me, but the singl... : valael
  • It is if you have a few friends that play it and want to have a few games - Otherwise you probably won't ... : Durajim
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  Something awesome from the beta people might not notice, the unit portraits actually lip sync the sentenc... : abrasion
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    dude you are blowing like the biggest load over this game haha : the city
    • I thought it was a nice attention to detail, that's the shit I notice in games. : abrasion
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  How do you build a fusion core for the Starport? I genuinely can not figure this out. : abrasion
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    I don't play terran, but you can get a listing of the tech trees for each race by hitting f11 I think. : slax0r
    • Ahhh! it's a building on it's own, I thought it was like a reactor. : abrasion
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  Zerg music? So so much better than terran but that womans voice, holy shit! : abrasion
  • Wow, the Protoss voice sounds like a Professional voice actor! maybe that really is Tricia Helfer doing t... : abrasion
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  I am finding the tier structure of Starcraft very different to Warcraft :( the lines of tier 1 tier 2 a... : abrasion
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    hm? http://www.teamliquid.net/staff/FrozenArbiter/zerg_tech_tree_cropped_June_.jpg Pretty clearly s... : derelict515
    • I haven't upgraded a single one of my Nexus and I have every building right now, War 3 is based heavily o... : abrasion
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    Only the zergs are like that which you should like because they are similar to the undead in Wc3 : razlebol
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      Actually I was thinking of going protoss. Definitely not interested in terran, zerg seem so complex. - I... : abrasion
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        Zerg were my favorite in SC1 but I'm finding them really complex in SC2 so far, and Protoss (who were my ... : veras
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          Warp gate seems awesome, so far I really like protoss. : abrasion
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            I can't wait to see what pros do with warp gates and the shuttles that deploy pylon fields, seems like th... : veras
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              I find it hard to see units, I have to admit I'm now running in lowest detail - I can see stuff now. : abrasion
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                dude : derelict515
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                  I can't see anything :( I have AWFUL eyesight. It's so much cleaner and clearer to see things, yes I kno... : abrasion
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                    1) apply lasers to eyes 2) turn up graphical settings to the max : derelict515
                    • It's not just about my bad eyesight though, maybe I have a bad brain somehow, it just seems cluttered, so... : abrasion
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                Just imagine that there's a bunch of underscores in front of the unit names and you should be fine. : deveus1
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                  _____________ahh these jokes were getting old but i like this one : abrasion
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                    It's all in good fun, bud. Add me, deveus.noto : deveus1
                    • oh, nm. i just realized how you were playing haha : deveus1
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                  you can have the unit health permanently displayed, so you see little bars : Lionel2b
                  • I turn that on, of course. : abrasion
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    For Protoss, for example, Zealots and Stalkers are Tier 1 because you can build Gateways straight away. ... : slax0r
    • lol so easy! sorry, I prefer War 3's style, upgrade the main building and then it unlocks that entire t... : abrasion
• Sick of sandbox now, want to fight AI or humans :( : abrasion
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  Motherfucker, I can NOT counter mutas. No matter how many rays, carriers, or stalkers I build, it's neve... : slax0r
  • Same here, everything is in streaks. :) : Serpico74
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    you getting blink with the stalkers? only thing i can think is to blink in right under the group of muta... : mwasher
    • also, i am more and more enjoying terran. not really feeling zerg which was my fav in sc1. :\ : mwasher
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      Protoss anti-air seems really poor right now. Mass Stalkers and Carriers seem to be the best bet. Is ther... : Serpico74
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        Skill. : abrasion
        • Then I'm screwed. :( : slax0r
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        Are Phoenixes no good? I thought that was their whole schtick : veras
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          Phoenixes feel pretty weak to me. They're air only, and it seems that Rays and Stalkers can do what they... : slax0r
          • Pheonix should take care of them. They cost less too and their Graviton Beam is pretty good. : razlebol
  • Casters you goober - do they not have casters anymore? Templars could fuck a swarm of mutas up bad. : the city
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  I'm in the same ladder group as sparkly! yesssss! go copper players! : Jabby
  • This is also where I will end up. : abrasion
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  LOL electroly and I just had a placement match against HDstarcraft and a buddy of his. if you want ... : mwasher
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    http://rapidshare.com/files/356487236/2010-02-27_00-42-59.SC2Replay.html : mwasher
    • Thanks! : Serpico74
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      I don't think the cracks work anymore :/ : abrasion
      • I can confirm replay playback is no longer possible :/ : abrasion
    • Sweet. I have almost just as much fun watching replays as I do playing. : slax0r
    • file limit reached :( : smax
    • http://www.starcraft2streaming.com/replays/electrolymanwasher.SC2Replay : pancake humper
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    damnit, how the hell did you guys get in? :( : burning eye
    • we both cheated. he got a F&F key and i bought one : electroly
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    http://i50.tinypic.com/nx8ktg.jpg : mwasher
    • (look at the APM chart in the top left. guess which one HDstarcraft was) lol : mwasher
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    oh, and i had fucked up and picked terran (which i've never played) instead of protoss. just my luck tha... : electroly
    • youtubed for sure : crunkfunk
    • so did you win : GloriousCow
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    Can't wait to get in :) : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
    • It is so fun, and Battlenet is a huge reason why. Getting matched up in games is so easy now. : Serpico74
  • If it's any consolation, I think that was too one-sided for him to consider putting on Youtube. : rock elf
• Haha, I won a game! 3 player FFA where it was myself, my brother, and a friend of mine. P, Z, T. Z a... : slax0r
• Even though I suck, I'm enjoying the game. So far I'm playing with the "Straight for Vikings" style, and : RevRaven
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  http://i47.tinypic.com/2afjzo9.jpg electroly and his void rays :P lol : mwasher
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    Man you need a serious AA counter for that one. : abrasion
    • or just caps-lock and the G key : pancake humper
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  Fuck. For people wanting a challenge against the computer, have it 3v1 and set your handicap to 50%. ... : slax0r
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    FUCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU SLAXXXXXXORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR : abrasion
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      http://serpico74.shackspace.com/lum.jpg : Serpico74
      • Tell your friend who I am! : abrasion
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      Why ya gotta hate? You're in too! : slax0r
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        No I'm not, I'm using the hacked copy to play 'sandbox' - no AI, no online, no LAN and now no replays sin... : abrasion
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          Ah, I didn't understand. Sorry. :( : slax0r
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            I am not in the beta, I am using the client from fileshack, doing 'shady stuff' to it just to mess around... : abrasion
            • Oh, I got that when you mentioned the sandbox thing. I just thought all this time in the thread that you... : slax0r
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  played about 20 games tonight, got rocked about 80% of the time. jesus. :[ games are pretty much de... : mwasher
  • You mean in terms of build decisions or rushes? : Serpico74
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    Like shit as simple as 2 terrans going dual barracks with reactors having 50 billion marines in under 8 m... : mwasher
    • If you play terran, tanks and banshee If you play protoss, high templar and colossus If you play zerg, ... : razlebol
  • we suck so bad at this game, but it's still fun! :) : electroly
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    I scouted early and noted this poor Terran wasn't even walling in, so I wandered about his base a bit, bu... : zakk
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      is walling in necessary for all games now? it seems the game encourages walling in for terran players (wi... : ballystix
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        pretty sure walling for Terrans is kind of a no brainer now between your basic unit being ranged and how ... : veras
        • Yeah. It would be stupid not to take advantage of it. : razlebol
• Even comp stomping is fun. When you know it's not going to attack, so you turtle to hell, get 5 or 6 exp... : slax0r

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  nuke the install, only way to be sure : oHnOES
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    Oh noes :( : KxRook
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      Did you install any WoW add-ons or other bnet related apps? I would want to find it then nuke it. : Lightzout
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        No, no new addons. This blows. : KxRook
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          Well how did it get there? How do you know its a keylogger? : Lightzout
          • his password is password : goatjc
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  Run a couple anti-virus programs, along with Spybot and ad-aware and anything else you can get your hands... : Ctrl-Phreak
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    Are we really still recommending people run Ad-Aware over something like MBAM or ComboFix? : Sapiens
    • I was just throwing random shit out there and it was one of the first few that came to mind. I haven't us... : Ctrl-Phreak
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  lol install a virus scanner? : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
  • he doesn't need to since he never gets viruses : indosauros
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spybot_%E2%80%93_Search_%26_Destroy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superantis... : roushimsx
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  I saw a documentary yesterday where the kaspersky guys said there were about 10.000 hackers/malware/spywa... : umegastar
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    I'd guess that their estimate for hackers is off by an order of magnitude or more. : alias
    • oh sorry I think they were talking about the ones making virii only, not spam or other types of obscure m... : umegastar
  • and they interviewed the Blind israeli brother hackers and that was so awesome : umegastar
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  This is why I don't use their little authentication thing, id rather know my pc is compromised than prote... : stonedonkey
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    This is an incredibly backwards and wrong view. First, as Slowtreme states below, your account can get ha... : Robotic Puppy Eater
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      I'd put it more like, I'd rather have the shed get robbed before the house... if they are logging my WoW ... : stonedonkey
      • But it just doesn't follow. Thieves could be after any number of things. Keyloggers and such can be focus... : Robotic Puppy Eater
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  Mine got hacked a month or so back and I hadnt logged into it in almost 2 years. (predating both the new ... : Slowtreme
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    I'm hoping this is the case. As long as my pc isnt compromised they could keep the account for all I care... : KxRook
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      go reclaim it on blizzards page atleast... dont let them have a free account dude. thats fucking lame. : chilln
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        Eh, its 3 80s and a couple k of gold. Not even worth anything really. : KxRook
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          Is one of them a pally? If so I'll give you $50 to recover it and give it to me. :p : acidnynex
          • Sorry, my pally was stolen over a year ago :( : KxRook
  • Same here. My account was hacked last fall and I hadn't logged in to it in almost 10 months, and I don't... : Dechter
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    I don't play WoW so I could well be wrong, but does that mean you were paying monthly for this account yo... : bipolar
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      I will answer for him "yes". : mcpstoner
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        Is that the only way to keep your character or something? That is, if you unsubscribed and then wanted t... : bipolar
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          Nope. Characters are kept in exactly the same state they're in indefinitely. : slax0r
          • Hmm : bipolar
  • same thing happend to me. they even added an authenticator to the account : malloc
  • how did you know it had happened? I almost don't want to login to account management to check. : dooberzoo
• Run a virus scan. If it picks anything up, I'd probably go ahead & nuke your install. . .if you're machi... : goatjc
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  How does this shit happen? :( you got Firefox, fully patched PC and a virus scanner? This kind of stuff... : abrasion
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    Completely out of the blue. I feel so violated. : KxRook
    • You were most likely phished, unless you downloaded any weird files or visited any suspicious websites re... : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
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  QUESTION : You happen to use the Curse client to manage add-ons? : Zips
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    No, I do my addons manually. Also, there's little chance. I was phished, I know where to put my login and... : KxRook
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      Yeah, but here's the thing. There is a good possibility that one of the addons (or I believed the Curse ... : Zips
      • I got my stuff back already so it must have been a very cut-and-dried case. I'm using pretty much only m... : KxRook
• Heh. A friend and I merged our WoW accounts to BNet on the same day, and were both compromised on the sam... : zigaroo
• COMBOFIX : Mondo