Evening Reading: Digital Distribution and You!

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  I'm calling in unemployed.... : Tripps
  • Me too, unemployed is the "in" thing. : Tattoo Trav
  • I called that in, around June. : bombay
  • Not "unemployed"... just say "indie"! : Nullzero
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  Question: is there a way to download the full client without using the EA Downloader? : Bamii
  • I guess I'll just have to wait then :( : Bamii
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  Garnett might notice :( : Brian Leahy
  • Nuke your own post, and We'll cover for you. That stomach bug has been going around. : Tattoo Trav
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    Hey Brian are you guys going to update the Staff page? It's way way out of date. http://www.shacknews.... : crummynz
    • We call Brian "Nick" nowadays. It's far simpler than updating that page. : Alice O'Connor
  • Tell him to do a write up about it, that should keep him busy. :( : MercFox1
• Indeed I am! Yay for personal days. : The Wilhelm Scream
• I'm on vacation so I can enjoy the goodness!! : metldude
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  I'm actually sick. : moe6
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    Play some battlefield and feel better! : Tattoo Trav
    • soon as my brother gets home with the ps3 one (PC later this week) : moe6
  • I already am sick as well. There is no way with all that is going on in my life at the moment that i'm go... : Total Exodus
  • Same here and hope to get better because I cant get out of bed. : Cashh
• i'm self-unemployed! : datoo
• Trust me I am seriously considering it. : Thornfist
• I'm unemployed, so uh, yes. :( : Link.
• I don't have my copy yet :( : -efx-
• if only : CecilPhilpot
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  damnit, im starting to regret buying it from Steam. :( Walmart has it right now!! : burning eye
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    I have to wait til 4pm when my wife comes home with the car to go get my copy. :( : Tattoo Trav
    • i have the stuff ready (which makes it 20x more intense) , and i need to play now. UNLOCK STEAM!!! UNLOO... : burning eye
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    if you bought it from EA, supposedly you can play it already. Arrrrgghh. : burning eye
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      count down clock says 50 min left http://www.battlefieldbadcompany2.com/ : burning eye
      • It's released. Looks like EA is getting hammered. : burning eye
• I'm sorta sick, so it's a good enough cover to take tomorrow off :} : carbontree
• Was going to but have a deadline to hit tomorrow (didn't finish it on time today) :( : Alco23
• When can I download it already?!! : Link.
• I wish it was out today on EU Steam :( : nomaad
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  from the steam forums: http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/863/battlefield.jpg : Metatron85
  • meh disregard it. fake : Metatron85
• The entire office will be playing BC2 today, including the boss. : herradura99
• I got my key but can't play due to EU releasedate. Fuckers. : [7]kami
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  not me..it would be taking a day off to look at a grayed out pre order status >:[ : IcomeINpeace
  • ARRRRRRGH : MercFox1
  • same. : mmaster_pw
• What game would I play? It's going to take a work day to download the game if it unlocks.... got my first... : usmcmueller
• Need confirmation that PC server browser actually works! : PenicillinX57
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  Conveniently enough, I actually did end up being seriously sick today. Ate something my stomach didn't ag... : Full.Bleed
  • ... and by "downloading", I mean hit my max speed for about 5 minutes, then bottom out to 0KB/s for 10, t... : Full.Bleed

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  I would say it is a marketing ploy, but it is pretty weird way to do it. : byorn
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    plus I doubt if I would saying my relationship was "tense" with my owners if it was marketing. : byorn
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      oUR GAME IS sooo edgy even OUr PubliSHERS Are FREAKEd out! : trove
      • xxXXeDGyXXxx : dafugg
  • No it is not. : two50six
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  Actually, this reads more like an asset seizure after ties have been severed between companies. We'll fo... : Brian Leahy
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    Yeah, that's what it sounded like to me, too. That or layoffs, which really would make no sense. : MorrisatCNN
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      make no sense? This is activision we are talking about. They'd sell their own grandmother into prostitu... : deathofrats
      • Wouldn't layoffs at Infinity Ward scare investors? : pyrogen
      • People sure haven't been happy with Activision as of late. : dognose
  • Sounds about right, but isn't (wasn't?) Infinity Ward owned by Activision? : pyrogen
  • good point. What a backward way of doing things. : byorn
  • I am having flashbacks to the Acclaim ordeal here in Austin half a decade ago. I hope this isn't the cas... : deathofrats
  • This was my first thought as well. Eeerily similar to What happened at Rockstar Vienna. But if this were ... : yosemiteclimber
  • Yeah, it seems to be the likely case. I've asked around and that's the general consensus. Haven't heard d... : Fred Garvin
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    It just doesn't make sense, with how much IW is worth. : Danny5225
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      If IW left voluntarily, Activision may attempt to seize code and equipment that was created or funded on ... : Brian Leahy
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        This is certainly true. But where would they go? EA? Microsoft? Ubisoft? The field of available publis... : Danny5225
        • Activision sounds like a cock. EA needs shareholder confidence and would flock to IW. : TaintedSyringe
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          Independent. IW would have no trouble finding a publisher for their next game. : Brian Leahy
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            I suppose they would have the reserves to do that now. Still, that's a fairly tough existence. I can't th... : Danny5225
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              Bungie is independent now. They bought themselves out of Microsoft. : Brian Leahy
              • Hmm. Yeah. That's a good point. Though, this is beginning to sound like a move on Activision's part to... : Danny5225
• niggaz just wanna make games! : thecray
• Better check they bank accounts : snuff
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  Marketing ploy intended to steal back some thunder from the impending BF:BC 2 release - my guess is it's ... : wytefang
  • I don't think it is at all. : Fred Garvin
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    this is really stupid for a marketing stunt. : dahanese
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      You know it's really stupid when other marketing people call it stupid. : ArcKnight
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        to be fair, i call a lot of marketing stupid. : dahanese
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          A lot of marketing is really stupid. : ArcKnight
          • yes. : dahanese
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          how much did you guys pay that japanese dude with the chainsaw to carve out that big daddy? :p : edgewise
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            dude i want to talk to that guy! i don't know if he knows english though :-( : dahanese
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              Walk up to him and say "domo arigato mr roboto" in your most serious composure. He will either laugh or ... : skitzo
              • Or chainsaw her to death. In the form of a big daddy. : squigiliwams
            • That might have been the most bizarre thing I've seen all year. : edgewise
          • I want one for my backyard! I wonder if he is selling... : TheQuad
  • this is why you don't work in marketing : derelict515
  • It's conveniently timed, but it really doesn't seem like this is the case. It's not really a good way to ... : Ctrl-Phreak
  • if it is they need new marketing people. : thebigbeefsandwich
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    Upcoming??? : soggybagel
    • Weird my post got cut off there. : soggybagel
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  Why didn't anyone call the cops? If strange people show up at a place of business without giving any inf... : skitzo
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    I know I would have. At least that way someone would have forced them to identify themselves. : pyrogen
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      I would have broke out my nunchuks and kung fu'd them for answers. : skitzo
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        I would have used my superior grappling skills. : ArcKnight
        • This needs more love. : Dong Patrol
• It has been News'd http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/62577 : Brian Leahy
• Activision probably caught IW employees trying to buy copies of BC2, had to put that place on lockdown. : nbft
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  Not a ploy: http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/comment/9/2010/03/d4f055c42ad6d832e66c1d7bc2c53aee/orig... : LoioshDwaggie
  • One very sad former IWard CEO :( : LoioshDwaggie
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    wtf activision? I seriously hate the living crap out of that publisher. : deathofrats
    • i wonder why - i mean they made a fuckton of money huh : multisync
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    woah. : dahanese
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      seriously? : dahanese
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        That was sent to me. I don't have him as a bud on Facebook. So don't take it until someone who knows him ... : LoioshDwaggie
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          yeah there are a billion on facebook with that name. : dahanese
          • What I posted earlier is confirmed now. He's gone. Just updated his linkedin profile as a former iward em... : LoioshDwaggie
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    that'll teach them to make a shitty SP game and focus on a buggy as fuck MP game. : multisync
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      lol : nyranger66
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        those bioshock fags are next! : multisync
        • paging ??? : Dong Patrol
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    Online Petitions fucking work dude. : skitzo
    • Power to the People! : Wyvern
  • what the fuck? : mwasher
  • wow wtf is going on : wvuong
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    Haha, wtf. They make one of the fastest selling games in history and then get shuttered? : spazzium
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      Harmonix'ed (sort of) : DOOManiac
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        Yep. Modern Warfare: World Tour of Duty by Neversoft. : BlackCat9
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          It will be harder than actual warfare. Also it will focus exclusively on beach assaults since that is wha... : DOOManiac
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            Beach assaults by bikini clad linger model lesbian warriors who play guitar and skateboard. Also ninjas : locater16
            • "It's like Halo, on a beach" -IGN.com : Amnesty_intl2
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        didnt they just say a few days ago they regretted letting harmonix go? lol : chilln
        • Maybe they're trying to forget about that regret by doing something they regret even more. You know, lik... : CyCo_PL
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      maybe played slightlytoohard-ball on some negotiations? : 60days
      • This seems to be the only possible explanation. : master_disaster_17
  • Here's an awesome idea. Let's shut down the studio who made arguably the most successful game ever create... : BlackCat9
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    Wow Activision is working hard to out douche EA. : alphablu
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      I think that's already happened. : DianeOfTheMoon
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        Ubisoft has ridiculously stupid new DRM, Activision does this; what is EA going to do? I'm not used to... : ArcKnight
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          Thing is, they're not good. It's just that everyone one else is getting more evil at a horrific rate. : master_disaster_17
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            EA have certainly improved in the last few years. Still not great, but they arent busy killing franchises... : Beady
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              Pandemic would disagree. : master_disaster_17
              • They released unfinished games that sold poorly. : Beady
    • they managed to do that ages ago : eeeealmo
    • Yeah, Activision has been on the forefront. So far, my list of most despised publishers is: 1. Activi... : pigvomit
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      EA hasn't been the "evil one" for years now, try to keep up :) : Serpico74
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        they just closed up Pandemic, doesnt that count? : smacknca
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          Multiple flops in a row, surprise? : Serpico74
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            low blow! well maybe not, but its pretty clear they bought out elevation just to grab bioware. also i t... : smacknca
            • mercs2 got delayed for something like a year, too. :( i'm guessing they just got origin'd, though i could... : xsoulbrothax
        • No one cared about Pandemic anyway. : Godhatesfatpeople
        • No, because they kept making the same shitty game with new textures. : Vincent Grayson
  • i literally cringe whenever i drive by the activision building in santa monica. wtf that name used to me... : smacknca
  • What!? That's... inconceivable! : five_percent
  • I bet IW was like: "Fuck you, Activision, we want [out/more control]." Activision was probably like: "... : Rice-Rocketeer
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    So Activision is getting rid of all of their talent because....why? They're off to a great start pissing... : Mecha Tofu Pirate
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      King's Quest? Link? : lightly inclined
      • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?story=62558 : AgentPothead
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    I am NEVER buying another motherfucking Activision title (besides Rock Band 2, which I don't own yet) eve... : Amnesty_intl2
    • Good thing for you that Rock Band 2 is an EA game... : Tripps
  • Allow me to brag about how retarded people are for calling this a ploy. /brag. : soggybagel
  • Jesus.... : lightly inclined
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    I really wish they didn't have Blizzard. : pigvomit
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      Blizzard is pretty autonomous. They don't have shit to worry about or wory about getting messed with. : soggybagel
      • Shit man, they just fucked up their 2nd most profitable studio (after blizzard). : te[R]ror
  • Jesus what the fucking fuck. What the hell is happening. : bombay
  • Who hit the like button?! : Dave-A
• Hey Activision! You just published the best-selling game of all time, what are you going to do? Sack th... : trOmblyj
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  So, does this mean Modern Warfare 2 players can forget about seeing any more multiplayer exploits fixed? : BlackCat9
  • To be honest they've been pretty proactive about trying to fix the exploits...the problem is there were a... : soggybagel
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  Update pushed to the front page story. New info including SEC filings! FUN! http://www.shacknews.com/one... : Brian Leahy
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    Well that's interesting.... : K1Bond007
    • very interesting to be honest. : soggybagel
  • 'The Company is concluding an internal human resources inquiry into breaches of contract and insubordinat... : vynn
  • WTF, that has to be some egregious shit to go down like this. : bombay
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    Wow. Looks like Activision higher-ups decided to chop off the IW heads before they managed to successfull... : Danny5225
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      That is pretty presumptuous and with the looming threat of litigation I somehow doubt its merely them pos... : soggybagel
      • Agreed, there has to be some serious shit going down, or it would be wing clipping and in private. : bombay
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        You don't think so? The litigation really depends on their specific contracts. The mention of insubord... : Danny5225
        • No, he's saying it is more than just going for a larger stake; which would result in normal discipline an... : bombay
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    "the Company does not expect this matter to have a material impact on the Company" !!! : CecilPhilpot
    • 'Because it doesn't matter who makes our shit' : master_disaster_17
    • "Shareholders, please don't sell." : Danny5225
  • Doesn't that kind of sound like the two front guys were trying to grab key personel and leave? : master_disaster_17
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  They're all signs D: 1. The PS3Apocalypse 2. Infinity Ward being gutted from the top. 3. ????????... : Malku
  • my offhand did not drop in HoR!!!! : spiderfill
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  I am guessing, but I have a couple of buddies at IW and they have told me they don't want to make any mor... : Thornfist
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    IANAL, but that wouldn't lead to litigation woudl it?. But maybe they were told no and then tried to run ... : master_disaster_17
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      IANAL always makes me laugh :) : burning eye
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        EYE-ANAL : bombay
        • that just crazy enough WORK!!! : burning eye
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    Hence the "insubordination". Now they'll farm out the franchise and shit out the sequels for years to ... : Visceral Monkey
    • They were doing that already. : master_disaster_17
    • It's sad. They didn't want their studio to get turned into a sequel mill like Activision has done to so m... : roushimsx
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    I hope this is the case, and that former IW guys go on to make something new and revolutionary. While the... : quadeh
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      Agreed. I would expect a new studio announcement within a month. : Thornfist
      • Unless they are in serious litigation, and then, no. : bombay
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  My completely uneducated guess. They didn't want to keep making CoD games. So they decided to leave the... : Crimsonbeak
  • Yup. Fits the facts. : master_disaster_17
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  Any truth to the rumor that this comes a day or two before royalties were due? : Gary the Llama
  • I'll ask : Thornfist

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  I think the LHC deserves that crown. : MagicWishMonkey
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    Nope. : loboca
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      This is what you call discussion? : rudds
      • Nope. : Turd Ferguson
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        I made the assertion, he gave no argument against it, and proved none of his own argument. Therefore, he ... : loboca
        • Nope. : Whistler77
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      Dude, look at this thing: http://www.st.com/stonline/stappl/publish/stwebresources/PL__Press__Release/... : MagicWishMonkey
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        The LHC by itself is impressive, but won't have a lasting impact on our species' development unless it ac : ecclesio
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          Even if it *doesn't* discover something directly we will learn a ton. : MagicWishMonkey
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            like don't let birds drop bread crumbs into the worlds most complex piece of technology. : Turd Ferguson
            • This. : unholydonuts
          • HWM is the pinnacle of mankind. : Lightzout
        • Lasting impact will be black holes sucking us into another dimension where the zerg rule. Starcraft is r... : geneshifter
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        Oh, now you're actually discussing.. welcome to the party. The Great Wall of China is big and impressive ... : loboca
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          Your OP was about technological achievement, the LHC dwarfs the space shuttle by several orders of magnit... : MagicWishMonkey
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            It hasn't DONE anything. The Great Pyramid is pretty, but doesn't do anything. : loboca
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              you need to read about the LHC. it has already "done" a shitload. there is already so much data it will t... : thechunder
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                Unfortunately that 'data' is mostly noise. And takes so long to go through cause it is just a volume of d... : loboca
                • noise accounts for the vast majority of any data set this large. : thechunder
      • nope : MamiyaOtaru
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    Maybe if it WORKED. : ThomW
    • uh its already working its causing the higgs boson particle to go back in time and fuck shit up : boring gegtik
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      if it worked right it'd be mankind's last achievement too : RikiTiki2
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        You buy into that whole black hole thing? : ThomW
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          It's something Mace can get behind. : loboca
          • Only if we bleach it. : Mad Brahmin Disease
      • If that were the case, cosmic rays colliding with each other would be devastating the universe. : Turd Ferguson
    • Well, it just doesn't work with bread. : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • 100% The science, technology, an money are all amazing. It even spans countries. It's the pinnicle of our... : terath
• It allowed for horizontal landing that let it land anywhere a runway could accommodate it. It could carr... : loboca
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  I vote for the internet. Vast amounts of knowledge available at your fingertips, instant communication wi... : ecclesio
  • I can see this one. : loboca
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    I hate to say it, but I really do think you are right. : dealie
    • The internet will be a part of human development FOREVER. It will evolve and change and may be vastly dif... : ecclesio
  • Yep, this is my first thought. : crummynz
  • gonna agree with this : bad_fish
  • I vote for this one. Instant knowledge, perspective, communication, there really has been nothing like th... : MercFox1
  • I think the internet takes the cake till they create strong AI : lord_omega
• Damn I want to see it before it's done. Haven't been to FLA in 20 years. I would like to catch one of the... : kagath
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  No way. Saturn V / Moon landing : get_navi
  • yeah, Space Shuttle is really small potatoes compared to the Saturn V. : YamatoTwinkie
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    it was pretty much a political pissing match with Russia, but as an achievement it was a tremendous leap ... : dooberzoo
    • This is why we needed theCold War. : Omaha
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  I'm going to go with...I dont know, mother fucking fire? : Saman
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    Well, why it was an amazing .. thing.. we didn't really "achieve" it. The match or the Bic lighter.. mayb... : loboca
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      so when you BBQ you just wait for a lightning strike? : MamiyaOtaru
      • I wait for a volcano to erupt so I can cook over lava. : loboca
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  I'll vote for the scientific method. : LilCrypto
  • that one is absolutely no fun : Clay
  • Too bad Australia doesnt use it when trying to prove that the link between violence and video games is as... : Xencer
• Electricity. : Modica Sol Solis
• Air conditioning. : massdev
• sybian : ant_hillbilly
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  That really depends on your definition of "greatest." If you mean "most useful" then I'd probably go wit... : Whistler77
  • Decreasing manual needs for food production. nice. allows specilization, etc. cool. : loboca
  • Printing press : spiffymc
  • this is my answer as well. All the other things we've accomplished, we wouldn't even have time to do if ... : riptyde
• mankinds greatest achievement......probably tool creation. thats how it all started. : mindshot
• solar panels : noven
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  the International Space Station -- the first long-term habitat outside of Earth! : Postal
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    except for the whole Skylab and MIR things. : Crimsonbeak
    • first deliberately internationally-backed space station. there, fixed it. :P : Postal
  • I think the Russians might want to have a word with you. : Evil Benius
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    the ISS gets my vote over the shuttle...getting to orbit is one thing, staying there is another! : CecilPhilpot
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      staying there's no big thing. Look at the moon, or any of the thousands of little bits of space junk orb... : MamiyaOtaru
      • Living there then : Hiro
• hubble, the moon missions, and the global satellite network beat the shuttle for space achievements : RikiTiki2
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  Our greatest achievement is either figuring out how to make / control fire or the wheel. One of the two b... : spiffymc
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    the spear is the key behind which all other inventions follow : RikiTiki2
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      Well the question was for all of mankind. Not Americans, not this century but of all time for our entire ... : spiffymc
      • if you want to go that way then stone tools were far more significant than anything that followed : CecilPhilpot
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    We were never Neanderthals ;) : MagicWishMonkey
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      ^ knows what's up : CecilPhilpot
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        Some people think we might have eaten them. : MagicWishMonkey
        • we are what we eat? : MamiyaOtaru
    • theres actually a little debate about that. its really fascinating shit! : thechunder
  • the wheel? the Incas were doing fine without it.. : lord_omega
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    the space shuttle and fusion is pretty much derivative from fire. : anhero
    • er.... i meant fission. we haven't gotten fusion down quite yet. : anhero
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  I vote vaccinations.. : stonedonkey
  • I vote they are humanities greatest mistake. Charity breeds misery. : anhero
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  Soap. : Godhatesfatpeople
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    Price. : Blamco Mac & Cheese
    • Who's Soap? : Gojirah
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  Why the shuttle over the Saturn V? : twifosp
  • Because I'm going to miss it : loboca
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  harnessing fire : mwasher
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    thats the whole porpoise of the space shuttle. it is a fire harnesser. : radula
    • It is big, fat and shoots fire out of it's ass, Like your mom : loboca
  • This. Specifically, the fireplace. The simple fireplace let people have a much better chance of stayi... : Kniggit
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  AIR-CONDITIONING. : CoRDS
  • I propose that our species may actually have been better off being unable to live in Nevada. : ecclesio
• Language is mankind's Greatest Achievement. : Beaginator
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  Toe socks. : JT
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    P.S. Do a Google image search with safe search off. : JT
    • I did and i was disappointed =( : SigENeaT
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  philsized.com : Saman
  • I'll be in my bunk. : loboca
• ISS > Space Shuttle : jabuck
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  Mankind's greatest achievement has not yet been thought of yet. : Ride-My-Rocket
  • Yet. : Ride-My-Rocket
  • "thought" is a pretty good one. : loboca
• Free Internet porn is mankind's greatest achievement. : electroly
• I will vote for the semiconductor. Runners up include the space shuttle, electricity, and internet. : jingletard
• Landing on the moon by far yo. : [fry]
• the motherfuckin semicolon : delataur
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  spoken language. shit is basically a telepathic technology. : thechunder
  • idea virus : MagicWishMonkey
• The Internet. : Grumbeld
• Toaster Strudel : rosewood
• http://www.YTMND.com : pigvomit
• http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=13971599 : filtersweep
• from a technical perspective i think phoenix was much more impressive : Enraged Pineapple
• What about the Fleshlight? : alphablu
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  Theoretical physics. Understanding the universe on such a grandiose level is beyond my comprehension. : Lone Swordsman
  • This. : TabsAZ
• Saturn 5 + Apollo program >>> all : watcherxp
• boobs : Halen
• Taco Bell : menar003
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  beer : smax
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    I'd have to go with this. Or cheese. : mindmann
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      And never the two should meet. : Klebold
      • What?!?! There are so many nice cheeses to have with beer. Have you tried cotswold? A lot of english chee : mindmann
• Sleep. : dumb.
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  Nope. The Internet. Manned space travel accomplishes nothing until we have somewhere to go. : The Wilhelm Scream
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    And the Internet accomplishes nothing until we have something to say. Chew on that for a while. : watcherxp
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      But we say a lot, and have said a lot throughout history. The internet has given us the ability to easily... : Vincent Grayson
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        99% of it is useless information. : terath
        • and the other 1% is headers : bostrov
    • whoa : GloriousCow
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  the Printing Press : -=kodiak=-
  • probably this. mankind advanced exponentially since this : CoRDS
• pres589 : pres589
• the internet : gyokuro
• So far? Man on the moon. Easy. : thetangent
• Pussy : bombay
• Gravity and then peanut butter! : gustjar
• Guns and bombs. Bombs with guns on them will be the next greatest. : contentious roy
• There's a WWE wrestler named Space Shuttle? : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  the shuttle was exhibit A for greatest engineering failures in one of my classes. It was also considered ... : deadfish
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    Both explosions seem like 'wtf, duh?' things now. The Challenger O-rings were already something of an is... : Jumperus
    • oh yea they knew about both before hand. They just didn't want to cancel any launches because of the mone... : deadfish
• USA : mnsnota
• Coffee. : Vincenoir

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  What a shitty way to die : guido anchovy
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    died in a real dump too : smackpiece
    • Another young life flushed down the toilet :( : jbury
• That happens every couple of years. Shitty way to go. : ChibiJosh
• In before any more shitty jokes : sundance
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  How much to you think that diver that investigated afterward charges per hour? Also, what do you thi... : filtersweep
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    "John Roberts Diving - I pull dead people out of cesspools" : guido anchovy
    • http://dl.dropbox.com/u/57328/jrdiving.jpg : guido anchovy
  • Surely when they're scouring a lake/cesspool for victims they wouldn't outsource the task! : Ellissd
  • it's called a public safety diver. It requires an insane amount of training, gear, and surface support. I... : deadfish
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  shit, that sucks. : moe6
  • I feel bad but Postmortem results: Victim is full of shit. : moe6
• He took a dunk at the donut shop. : Ziz
• did he fall in, or was someone dumping a body? : MamiyaOtaru
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  sad :( a local hit a power pole over the weekend, he wasn't hurt too badly. called his family to help ... : harold.johnson
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    didn't myth busters prove that was impossible? : strandgeck
    • on the train tracks, not powerline I think. : moe6
    • The first time they tested this was so half-arsed. They didnt simulate the pee stream properly. They r... : Beady
    • "prove" : skryte
    • here's national geographic testing it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tU1UKn7iXv8 : GloriousCow
    • and here's mythbusters re-testing it : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-er-G-j6r8 : GloriousCow
  • At 110volts yes, but I think it'd be possible if it was one of those high voltage power lines, as it coul... : Hiro
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    Don't whiz on the electric fence. : Afterglow
    • http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1187083/ren_stimpy_dont_whiz_on_the_electric_fence/ : papaskot
• So eat shit and die huh? : Ziz
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  and by cesspool you mean New Jersey? : goosetickler
  • Ha ha, you're from California. : heartsauce
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  "Amiri Zeqiri, 17, of Central Islip, an employee at the Dunkin Donuts on Nesconset Highway near the inter : Fooldozer
  • *BADOOM-SPLASH* : zakazi
  • Also, "Dunkin" : SiW.
  • 9:11 never forget : aeg1x
• Poor kid :( : Godhatesfatpeople
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  I wonder how much the city is going to settle for? : pulse2115
  • it's a crapshoot at this point. : waxthirteen
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    It was mentioned that workers might have left it open prior since two workers were spotted there. Anothe... : grabbie
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      :( I left a manhole cover off one time. When I remembered I went back and crawled down the sewer (it was ... : NastyJack
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        creepy as hell. i did it pre "stephen king's: it" miniseries otherwise i don't think i would have had the... : waxthirteen
        • The sewer itself didn't scare me. It was the thought of some kid having fallen down it that scared me. I ... : NastyJack

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  I still like Digsby : aggressor
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    after that spyware thing got around I stopped using it : AllYourBase
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      You mean that complete over-reaction by everyone? Well, okay. Me? I just disabled it. : aggressor
      • I only remember the original articles. I switched to Trillian after that and was happy : AllYourBase
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      all of that extra shit in the installer is optional, Digsby is still a great app : vynn
      • Last time I used it, it randomly dropped messages from both me and my friends. Got too annoying to lose h... : kelerian
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  VMWare + OSX so you can install Adium : multisync
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    After using almost every chat client on the windows side, I completely agree, Adium + Growl > everything. : DonarUDL
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      apart from that growl annoys me every 5 minutes to install the newer version, which I cannot install beca... : moshman
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        Isn't the update $30? : terath
        • don't know. tried to install once and it said I was old and had old osx : moshman
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  pidgin : Goncyn
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    i use pidgin at work but man it's a ugly crashfest - could just be my shit computer : multisync
    • its your shit computer : oHnOES
    • I've had a few problems with the last few releases but in the long run it's been stable. It's nice and si... : Goncyn
    • I've never seen it crash : derelict515
    • yeah I couldn't use it, it crashed at least twice a day. : marmite
  • seconded : megarust32
  • Pidgin is great. I used to use Miranda and loved it but I have switched because Pidgin is more reliable. : datoo
• pidgin, no doubt : oHnOES
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  Miranda : Godhatesfatpeople
  • This gets my vote. Also favor meebo if I don't feel like installing anything right away. : Maddog_Delphi97
  • pretty nifty. : Jikim
  • Miranda also : Piett23
  • +1 : MatzL.E.
  • miranda miranda rah rah rah : inchwide
  • +1 : swimteampie
• I'm using digsby, but i've never tried pidgin, so can't give a comparison : StolenNosferatu
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  meebo notifier + web bowser : kallanta
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    i like the cut of your gibs : crummynz
    • wait ...am I about to become a killcam highlight? : kallanta
  • ^^^^ the best client is no client! : GloriousCow
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  Does anyone make an all-in-one client thats actually any good at multi-user chats? thats the one thing i ... : Arsenal
  • None of them are, I'm sure of it :/ : abrasion
• I switched to Pidgin now, only one with sametime support for work, Miranda is just too difficult to maint... : abrasion
• gmail. fuck everyone who doesnt get with the times man. with android integration, gtalk is the shit. no m... : retarded talking dinosaur
• Throwing down for trillian, i still like it and it does a lot of smart things if you use it on multiple m... : pixelat3d
• Trillian is still badass. : Hiro
• While Digsby and Pidgin are both good, I prefer Digsby. Trillian remains a giant abortion. : Sapiens
• digsby is all you need. : -efx-
• Adium, shame it isn't on Windows :( : Serpico74

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  Keep trying. I got that message a half dozen times until it finally went through. : pyide
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    Tried clicking through 15+ times. No go :/ : Trips
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      Same for me - won't take either my BF1942 or Road to Rome keys. : ArcKnight
      • Keep trying, spam the damned thing. It will work, eventually. : Beady
• Fuck! I wish I wouldn't have given away my copy of BF:Vietnam : MagicWishMonkey
• its ok you can just take it off the Tromblyj's body, then you will have your own garand :) : Iwannaacura
• I went through 1942 both expansions and bf2 and not a single key worked : Crimsonbeak
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  it wouldn't work at all for me, then I decided to try it in IE and it worked : lonepie
  • Just tried in IE as well. Nope. Were you getting "This CD key has already been claimed?" : Trips
  • This just worked for me. I was only able to add Battlefield 2 in Chrome, but IE 8 let me add BF1942, Road... : UtilityMaximizer
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  I cannot remember my BF2142 account name. I want my friggin status >:( : Sturm08
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    pro tip download the demo and make a new account. it still counts as regular : oHnOES
    • grrr I have soo many hours in that game. (but good idea). : Sturm08
• I just installed the 2142 beta and Battlefield Heroes for a veteran rank. Hope one is enough :/ : Arctic Fox
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  What do you get if you add these things? : DM7
  • ++ ePenis and I'm sure you get weapon unlocks on day one (instead of having to play a bit to get them). : Sturm08
  • some sort of unlock. and cool numbers by your name in game. : Iwannaacura
  • You can start with a few unlocks, also, your veteran status shows up on the scoreboard. If you noticed du... : Trips
  • Supposedly an M1 Garand http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2010/02/17/bad-company-2-rewards-battlefield-1943-... : pyide
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  I had a hell of a time getting all my old Battlefields to register, but eventually they all went through.... : wendigo
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    did it say they were claimed? : eeeealmo
    • i did this back when bc1 came out and i must have typed them all in a dozen times and each time it said t... : wendigo
• I would be happy if they fixed 1943. : Goncyn
• I've got all of the games sitting somewhere. I'll have to dig them up. : MacemanInTW
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  Where the hell do you register? All I get is a page with battlefield boxes twirling around. : PointlesS76
  • "Select a battlefield game" dropdown box in upper left. Expect to have your keys rejected. : yAak
• Yeah, you can contact support and get it sorted. Same thing happened to me with 1942. I just took a pi... : Onward, to futility!
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  all of my 42 and expansions keys are claimed too :( : eeeealmo
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    Its a glitch : Lightzout
    • yea it suddenly started working lol : eeeealmo
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  Once you get Veteran Level 1 do it really matter? : ant_hillbilly
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    no, I think it's just bragging rights after the first : Goncyn
    • Ah ok, I have level 1 now, but my cd keys were used already for the other games. Glad I dont have to bot... : ant_hillbilly
  • It do it really do : Lightzout
• No matter what I do, it won't take my BF2142 info :( : etherboy
• same thing happened to me. i got BF1942 and i think call of duty 1 or 2 in some WW2 pack for cheap a L... : oHnOES
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  So is it also impossible to link your XBL account with your EA account? A SYSTEM ERROR HAS OCCURRED : kill9
  • mine was linked to an old email and i contacted support. they fixed it within a few days, i had to give ... : oHnOES
  • I had the same problem when I got BC1 recently. Had to download the Fight Night 4 demo and connect to th... : dirtboxer
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  holy shit, i just retyped my BF1942 key for about the 10th time and it worked on the first try. they mus... : oHnOES
  • I'm still having a problem with it : MercFox1
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    so.. it worked on the 10th try? :) : delataur
    • ive been there a couple times over the past week or two, but i submitted it more than 10 times yes : oHnOES
  • yea mine suddenly started workign too : eeeealmo
• It works now holy shit : ArcKnight
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  Man, I wish I could find my 1942 discs. At least I still have my BF2 case, so that in addition to BF 194... : MaxPete82
  • go make an account with battlefield heroes, and download the demo of BF2142, those count towards your sta... : oHnOES
  • It counted 1943 for you? I can't get it to register mine no matter what I do. : Goncyn
• How do you register BF1943 for the 360? : Serpico74
• i can't find my 1942 cd case = ( : Break
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  What does this actually get you? : Lunatic Angelic
  • m1 garand : oHnOES
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  Update: Success!! Just tried again in Firefox, and boom! It worked! Did use another computer though, with... : Trips
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    Mine keep saying the cd-keys are invalid. : ant_hillbilly
    • mine never said that, it always said they were already claimed : oHnOES
    • So did mine, try it a bunch of times, then try it in another browser, then try again the next day in both... : Trips
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  Uneccessarily infuriating : snuff
  • This is a great band name. : Wyvern
  • FUH-HUCK!!! : snuff
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  What do I get if I bought 5 copies of BF1942, 2 Vietnams, 3 BF2s over the years, dicks? : Lunatic Angelic
  • Share the love with Shackers that want to raise their veteran level. :v : Link.
• It's so close. Any minute now, i can feel it. : burning eye
• My local Office Max sells both Battlefield 1942 and Vietnam for $9.99 each, might as sell go and buy both... : Darkfox76
• Question Is there a way to unlink my Xbox Gamertag from one account so that I can add it to my other ... : Mad BH
• lame. still broken. : edgewise
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  Ugh, so frustrating. I have every Battlefield game (I know! I was surprised too) and has taken none of m... : mrwolf710
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    Keep trying, and try different browsers. What finally worked for me was waiting 2 hours after my initial ... : Trips
    • It finally worked. I'm level 3 now...wish I would've bought a 360 at some point so I could have some of... : mrwolf710
• What unlocks do you get for this? I only found this reference: http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2010/02/17... : nomaad
• the site is all fu*ked up. None of my serial #'s will work. : mikefr24
• Tried with 1942 and Vietnam (yeah, I actually bought that) with no luck. Maybe tomorrow it will feel lik... : contentious roy
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  Holy shit, the veteran system is awful. This thing is a fucking gong show. I got my rank 1. Fuck it. I... : Rice-Rocketeer
  • hha, Same here. I got Rank 1 and I'm out. : jonin
• Took both my games right away now, must have been a traffic issue : snuff
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  Does 1943 not show up for anyone else? : n0v4
  • Yeah - I have it on PS3 and my account is linked to my EA profile but it still doesn't light up for me on... : dengar65
• This site, and trying to get the 2142 icon to appear, just serves as a painful reminder of how EA switche... : riptyde

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  Valve announced today that Episode 3 will come out in 2012. : soggybagel
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    Hahaha : wurt
    • Valve announces the day after that it will be delayed until two thousand never. : locater16
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    That would mean it's really coming in 2014 : PenicillinX57
    • Which would actually mean it's coming out in 2018, but we'll have a screenshot in 2015. : Sink the Pink
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  What valve announcement? ? What's going on?!?! O_o : DM7
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    Valve release a Portal patch today which kicked off an ARG. There were several new audio files containing... : OverloadUT
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      this one's made more progress http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1169218 : Veegeezee
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        Dunno how true this is: "From images: 9459C6CAC8C203B8128B7CC63068D4FD Translates to BBS#: (425) 822-... : Creepin_Jeezus
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          Shall we play a game. : massdev
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            Bwahahha. "I googled "phone number lookup" and got this, which says that the number is an unpublished ... : Creepin_Jeezus
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              That just means its a land line that valve setup. Someone needs to hyperterminal that bitch : pancake humper
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                Oh, excuse my lack of geographic knowledge, Kirkland near Valve? I thought that was Seattle / Washington?... : Creepin_Jeezus
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                  Costco headquarters is in Kirkland, the next clue must be there. TO COSTCO! : alphablu
                  • I got my skidsteer on the trailer lets tear this bitch apart! : pwnjoo
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                  Valve is actually in Bellevue, which is just across the water from Seattle basically. Kirkland is next to... : Iwannaacura
                  • word is valve was founded in Kirkland : wimpy1
                • Yeah it's close to them : pancake humper
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                  http://filebox.me/files/uydn1ftcz_a.png http://maps.google.com/maps?q=47.6762+-122.2086&ie=UTF8&hl=en&l... : yAak
                  • H&R block uses temporary buildings. THat could very much not be an H&R block NOW. : squigiliwams
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          So, who has a modem to dial into that with? : Serpico74
          • I think I have an ISA modem somewhere...but where would I plug it in? : Conan
          • a LOT of laptops, especially business laptops, still have modems. mine does, but i have no idea how to us... : retarded talking dinosaur
        • fucking awesome, the hash is correct : Veegeezee
        • Probably translates into another image? : kingdepork
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          im amused that no one knows how to dial into bbs's anymore. those were the days : retarded talking dinosaur
          • get off my lawn fiber, grandpa! : devpaul
          • BBS? Don't they make wheels for cars? ;) : ArbyBean
          • i used to yell to my parents, "DON'T PICK UP THE PHONE I'M DOWNLOADING STUFF FROM A BBS." : FrayLo
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          "Here's what happens if you call the # with a regular phone. The time it takes to pick up really makes me... : Creepin_Jeezus
          • sounds like more pictures : acidravelamp
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            I can't listen to that, but the call I made sounds like a normal not in service message. : Octagator
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              err, did it change from a modem sound to a no longer in service? : Octagator
              • Hmm, either I misdialed or it was down. I probably misdialed. Seems a little odd, hangs on that high no... : Octagator
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            Doesn't sound like any modem or fax machine I've ever heard. : BlackCat9
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              Sound like more morse code. : razlebol
              • Save the sound file and run it through Audacity. If you slow it down you can see like it's morse code. : tboomer2
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            Get the fuck out of here, this guy is trolling, right? UPDATE ON BBS Someone has successfully conne... : Creepin_Jeezus
            • He is probably not trolling : OverloadUT
            • Supposedly you get back this signal? http://www.tindeck.com/listen/urou : Masem
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              I don't know the username, but the password is probably gaben. : pyrogen
              • probably an account with no password, like the account the hacker that released the hl2 source got into t... : Haxim
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            it's 200 baud. : Yanks
            • THEY MADE AN AI! I demand atleast 14.4k/s from my AI providers! : tboomer2
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              fuck i have a powermac g4 right here with a modem but my boss is on the phone : Yanks
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                I'll wake up my crazy amiga friend. He's one of those bearded hermits who hordes old technology. : LoioshDwaggie
                • I realized also that it would be a long distance call, stupid landlines. I probably shouldn't do it :( : Yanks
          • There is definitely something underneath that tone. : Crimsonbeak
          • more sstv : anhero
          • such a pitty the iphone does not have the capability of dialing a dataline for a connection. : CoRDS
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          Bwahahahahaha! <+Robin> The number you people are non-stop telnet accessing is someone's home. <+Robi : Creepin_Jeezus
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            Although... http://i46.tinypic.com/2uhmfy0.jpg : Creepin_Jeezus
            • Yeah...that's Valve. Not someone's home. : majestik
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            As in Robin Walker? Hahahahaha : spazzium
            • It's just some guy trolling the forums. : Octagator
        • Time to bust out my l33t hex edited TELIX client : jingletard
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          Maybe this BBS is actually storing a gold copy of Half-Life 2: Episode 3. The catch? You have to downl : Arctic Fox
          • so its just as fast as steam dls games on release day anyhow : papaskot
          • 8 years. : chilln
        • Damnation, I pulled out my PCI modem to try and dial this number but then I realized that my land line do... : alias
      • That's pretty cool... : ShadowRam
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        Can I just say that after spending an ice age reading people rehashing info from 3 hours ago because they... : Creepin_Jeezus
        • lol, you think people read Shack threads : Arctic Fox
        • It's the only place I comment regularly because of the reply system. : OmegaRed59
        • Haha, I never consciously realized why I liked the format here so much. : quadeh
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          ...And I'm awake again. I swear the people on that forum are retards. This also makes me think this would... : Creepin_Jeezus
          • AHAR! https://wave.google.com/wave/?pli=1#minimized:search,restored:wave:googlewave.com!w%252BWICUVG8AA : Creepin_Jeezus
    • I bet the transmissions are from the Borealis. : Mad Brahmin Disease
• this is really cool : _jon
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  i <3 my Companion Cube plushie that accompanies me on my bed. so anything Portal related is <3 for me :D : head crab
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    Have you coupled with it? : BlackCat9
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      He's a head crab, of course it has. O_o : DM7
      • Wait, that means it's now an undead zombie companion cube o_O : master_disaster_17
• What an awesome way to leak an announcement :D : Arctic Fox
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  Valve is announcing that they're having pizza for lunch tomorrow. toppings still undecided. : crypt420
  • Update: pepperoni : pancake humper
• Hay, we made the Valve Forums Megathread! woot : Octagator
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  Valve is the best game developer mankind has ever known. I will fight anyone that disagrees. : filtersweep
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    Blizzard. FIGHT ME : Felraiser
    • Nintendo. : David Craddock
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    I disagree, Blizzard is better : mnok
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      Please, Blizzard is a one trick pony. : PenicillinX57
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        Where the "trick" is that every game they make is fucking amazing : veras
        • hahaha, exactly. : yAak
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        Trick 1: Most successful MMO of all time. I'd argue that it perfects the "addiction formula" that is at t... : Felraiser
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          It would be nice to see Blizzard take their money hats and actually come up with something that doesn't i... : Rag and Bone Man
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            They took risks in the creation of these IPs... now that they are cash cows, there is little risk being t... : Simulacrum
            • No, the creators took the risk. Blizzard just stole the ideas. (Ok, except maybe Diablo.) : Ebu
          • Blizzard Confirms New MMO Based on Fresh IP: http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/58605 : yAak
          • Do you really believe that if Blizzard did come out with a completely new IP, that it wouldn't be amazing... : dmaownsyou
          • I'd rather they take risks in design, emboldened by the financial safety of leaning on recognizable franc... : Felraiser
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            All you people talking about their IPs should keep in mind that most of their IP was stolen from Games Wo... : kill9
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              well GW shouldn't have turned them down, and until Relic came along no one was executing on the similar I... : derelict515
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                Theft is theft, so yea, in this context it is kind of a big deal. : Ebu
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                  if it was actually theft rather than just heavy influence at this point then Games Workshop could've sued... : derelict515
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                    I'm fairly certain they settled out of court : kill9
                    • Although that's just hearsay, I can't find any evidence of this : kill9
                    • well then it's done with and Blizzard is still executing better on their ideas than GW is on theirs. : derelict515
            • I wouldn't say stolen. More like inspired from. : razlebol
      • If that one trick is taking good ideas and executing the fuck out of them, then yeah, okay. : slax0r
      • What a terrible argument. Blizzard pioneers action RPG, RTS, and MMOs (with cancelled projects in adventu... : derelict515
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      Counterpoint: They merged with Activision. -1 : MercFox1
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        Vivendi Games merged with Activision, Blizzard was previously owned by Vivendi... : yAak
        • Yep sucks to be them. Maybe not, though, all that money. :< : MercFox1
    • ehh i dissagree, but im biased as rts are lame and so are mmos. only thing blizzard has going for it is ... : papaskot
    • I don't think Blizzard has quite the level of innovation Valve has. Blizzard tends to take existing ideas... : Nali4Freedom
    • The only Blizzard game I've ever enjoyed was Starcraft because apart from that, they only seem to make f... : marmite
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    Valve should do an RPG and Blizzard needs to do a FPS : Metatron85
    • Both would be pretty awesome. : Turd Ferguson
    • How about Valve + Blizzard do an FPS/RPG? : Marrbe
  • I dont disagree, but lets rumble anyways. : alphablu
  • They're also the friendliest. : Amnesty_intl2
  • lets dance : red2lucas
  • Origin > * : razorblade79
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  ""dinosaur17.wav" translates as this: "BEEP BEEEP BEEP BEEP BEEEP BEEEP BEEEP BEEP BEEEP BEEP BEEP". If y... : Link.
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    it just makes me think, "you have discovered: satellites." : skryte
    • hahaha, I was wondering if anyone else thought of that as well : JuffoWup
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  Could one of you with an SA account pull down the audio file from here: http://forums.somethingawful.com/... : LoioshDwaggie
  • NM, got it. : LoioshDwaggie
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  LET IT BE KNOWN: http://www.shackpics.com/files/cs_militia0001_n3utqufh5se7lg6tob5n.jpg : _jon
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    oops wrong thread sorry : _jon
    • Hey, a Valve thread is a Valve thread! : guido anchovy
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  Yeah I think we need Portal 2, then L4D3, then TF3, then L4D4 then............ ffsake Valve, episode... : abrasion
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    Well, Portal 2 or TF3 before Ep. 3 wouldn't be totally wrong. L4D3 would be upsetting though. And there... : Grumbeld
    • No, L4D2 was upsetting, L4D3 would be riot worthy. : abrasion
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  Me and my friend just spent the last 3 hours looking for all the radios.... we found 25 of the 26. So an... : TheVietSpecial
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    did you get the one at the bottom of the incinerator? there's also a hard one in the piston room. they... : Xevo
    • Thanks, I think I found out which one we missed :D : TheVietSpecial
• how do I see my achievements? It is in-game only right? Or can I see them via the steam ui? : baconisgod
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  The best running theory right now, as people try to log into the BBS, is that the system there is reporte... : Masem
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    I would really doubt Valve would go to so much work to tout the GDC. : Octagator
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      lol they either have a panel or Gabe is announcing the date of the next game at his awards speech, that's... : Xevo
      • Yeah, but it's not like the 3/11 date is a surprise. Anyway, all kinds of info is coming out now with AS... : Octagator
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  Counter-Strike2. It *has* to be done. : sukabljat
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    I love CSS but I wouldn't mind a refresh and an upgraded engine. I know the guys over at joe.to would be ... : Dr_Cube
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      ^^^ I want to see an update to the physics engine at the very least. I hate jumping on an object only t... : deathofrats
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        I wish we could get some of nippers maps on Rydogg's CSS server. He just uploaded some new customs so it'... : Dr_Cube
        • Zombie Escape is a LOT of fun, it's fundamentally different then the L4D style of gameplay, but I've had ... : MercFox1
      • That's already there... The server just needs to turn it on : sv_turbophysics 1 !!!! : ArtilleryMarker
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  Absolutely L4D2 Part 2 : snuff
  • snow map! and zombie shark map! : radula
• ASCII images after logging into the BBS being to different sites now. : Octagator
• This image was decoded from the BBS!!! http://scuttle.mirror.waffleimages.com/data/files/74/745d2d133bd68... : retarded talking dinosaur
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  GDC. Wait for it. : -sk-
  • ^ inside info here. : Godhatesfatpeople
  • More like OGC fap fap fap fap fap fap fap fap fap fap fap fap fap fap fap fap fap fap fap fap fap fap : Maddog_Delphi97
• I hope at the end it's goatse or something and Valve is like "ARGs are dumb. Here's the new shit" : ventro
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  Let's hope it's not another 2 hours of shitty repetitive wallspace levels. Cut out 75% of that and I give... : capt tripps
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    What game are you talking about here exactly? : justwr!ght
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      Wolf 3D : bombay
      • That sounds about right. : justwr!ght
      • lol : Godhatesfatpeople
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      Fucking Portal : capt tripps
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        ...was awesome. I finished your sentence for you. : Godhatesfatpeople
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          Oh, I liked it. It was just that the part between the beginning puzzles and the end was way too long. : capt tripps
          • This makes no sense. : Nali4Freedom
          • So you're saying that you liked Portal, just not the game. : master_disaster_17
          • having to jump on board with the "what the fuck are you talking about?" train : mwasher
          • you're out of your mind. : moshman
          • a thousand disfigured kittens purr in unison : ArB
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            But the game is just 5 hours long : crunkfunk
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              In the future, there will only exist mini-games since attention spans would have withered to tiny husks. : Klebold
              • The future is now it seems : crunkfunk
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            Are you talking about the sections after you break out of the testing areas? Those were the best parts of... : popkorn
            • I assume he's talking about the starting levels leading up to that with all of the gray walls. : valael
          • *record scratch* : MercFox1
          • troll right? : umegastar
      • such a sad broken thing you are. : master_disaster_17
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  so the borialis has the moving platforms and the weird forcefields from portal. ep3 is going to the bori... : papaskot
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    half-life 2: episode 3: portal 2. rolls right off the tounge. : jujubeads
    • Half-Life 2: Episode 3: Portal 2: Electric Boogaloo : quadeh
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  It's going to be fantastic, I really cannot wait. Especially since the Orange Box was such a ridiculously : quadeh
  • Also, I'll bet anything Valve includes L4D2 in any new "Box" deal just as one last act of attrition to th... : quadeh
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  i must be broken because neither of those excite me. portal just made me kind of motion sick and HL w... : xxiv
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    Yup. Go see a doctor, your fun-o-meter is showing some real strange readings. : master_disaster_17
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      i can see people being all omg about hl, i can understand. but portal to me just felt like i was a rat... : xxiv
      • You're right, there is not much story in Portal as such, but what there is is very well done. When it ... : master_disaster_17
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  I will say, all spite aside, I am 100x more happy about this announcement than the L4D2 one. I quite en... : abrasion
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    im glad i got to play through it before all the "cake is a lie" crap got around. : jujubeads
    • Yeah exactly that, I found it novel and fun overall and the cake stuff was mildly humourous the internet ... : abrasion
    • Seriously. : Arceihn
    • ditto. talk about beating shit into the ground : Draugluin

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  I'm really interested to hear how the real game AI is. While the haxed stuff is fun to play around with, ... : Lionel2b
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    is it possible to hax around with AI without a beta account? : Patch-e
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      Yes. I played the new haxed ai that came out tonight and it was decent. It didn't counter air though. ... : kek
      • which did you play? the v5 model that doesnt cheat did anti air if i recall correctly. it had cruisers an... : Hoax
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    I think they've talked about it in interviews a bit. How only the highest level AI cheats and otherwise t... : derelict515
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      oh, it's not included in the Beta? thought you could actually play games vs AI... : Lionel2b
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        "Very Easy" AI is in the beta, and it is really bad... like, kill it with 5 marines bad. Mostly just the... : yAak
        • yeah, I should've been a little more specific, the 'it' I mentioned was the 'real game AI' not just AI. : derelict515
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          oh I had no idea, thanks. thought all modes were in. no wonder hackers are having a hard time making the ... : Lionel2b
          • it's amazing what they've done so far given what they have to work with : MamiyaOtaru
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        You can but it's the Very Easy skill level. They're borderline retarded. They just sit in the base and ... : kek
        • If you want to challenge yourself versus the Very Easy AI, make it a 3v1 and give yourself a handicap. I... : slax0r
• Yea but it's nice to get plenty of sleep at night! : zigzag
• I've got my streaming up and working now http://www.livestream.com/mwashergaming Will be doing some... : mwasher
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  For those that have gotten in, does it email you? Or should I be checking battle.net 60 times a day? : Haxim
  • Opt-ins don't get emails, as far as I know. : Felraiser
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  Still no luck man - don't think any waves today. : abrasion
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    heard in a few days and much more opt-ins, but take that with a grain of salt. : Lionel2b
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      Fingers crossed, 6 battle.net accounts can't be wrong! : abrasion
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        6 bnet accounts from the same ip/hardware... : the city
        • No 5 diff hardware configs, 5 diff ip's now. : abrasion
  • yeah, and I don't expect the comic contest to be decided very quickly. they've taken quite a whilte the l... : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
• LOL :( http://forums.battle.net/thread.html?topicId=23425556583&sid=3000 : abrasion
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  i wonder if i have better odds of getting in with sending blizzard my specs in windows7 or osx on my macb... : opengl128
  • since there isn't an osx beta, I doubt it. : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
  • considering there's no Mac beta at the moment I'd say Windows 7... : derelict515
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    fuck! redoing that now... : opengl128
    • ok specs sent in windows. fuckers. : opengl128
  • this is why you're not in the beta : electroly
  • Yeah I did the Windows 7 side on my Mac Pro. On the plus side, with the windows 7 stats picker it combin... : SolrFlare
  • I have put in XP, Win7, XP, XP, Server 2k3 results now - all different rigs. : abrasion
  • lol. once again mac user perception of their os as gaming plattform clashes with reality i was thinking t : Hoax
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  On a typical resource field (8 crystal patches and 2 geysers) how many workers are you supposed to have? ... : kek
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    i think its 3 per geyser : yAak
    • 3 was pretty much what I used in SC1 most of the time since you start getting queue backups going in and ... : geneshifter
  • well they give you two geysers because worker return rate per gas is lower. I think it's 4 per return. I ... : Lionel2b
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    3 per geyser 2 per patch right? : abrasion
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      a 3rd per patch gives you 1.5 minerals/sec more iirc. Technically 16 on minerals would be 'optimal' in th... : derelict515
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        Yeah 16 optimal then toss in extra workers as they become available(freed up builders, scouts, etc). Als... : SolrFlare
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          is a 2nd CC per patch really worth it just for a Mule? 2 hatcheries for Zerg I understand (plus 2 queens ... : derelict515
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            The idea is you build the second CC early and double mule a single mineral patch. Then float one of the ... : SolrFlare
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              ahh, that makes more sense. How early are you talking? Right after a supply depot and barracks? : derelict515
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                I think it depends on your build. There is a HDStarcraft match on youtube that demonstrates it pretty we... : SolrFlare
                • what was the SCV count for the 2nd CC, around 20? : Lionel2b
          • I think the CC costs 400 minerals and the MULE mines 300, and of course over time you'll call in many, ma... : vynn
• Don't watch the commentated video blizzard bosted on sc facebok/twitter earlier. Commentator fucking suck... : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
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  streaming a few games in case you wanna watch me suck ass http://www.livestream.com/mwashergaming : mwasher
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    :( is your F&F in austin? I be he knows my f&f who won't talk to me lolz : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
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      no, i have another at blizzard austin who i am supposed to hear from tomorrow and i will do a contest or ... : mwasher
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        oh that was nice of him. I am still waiting on comic contest, not like i have a chance for that one slot ... : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
        • (or her) : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
• Still no key, I will commit seppuku at midnite. : abrasion
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  ~50 games played, beginning to not completely freak out during match. still have no idea what to do if a... : mwasher
  • oh yea, it's fun. : mwasher
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  Don't matter now, bf2 is out today. : jonin
  • No. Thursday :( : Bamii