Morning Discussion

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  If Dallas 1 fills up we'll password and make Dallas Dos available. : LoioshDwaggie
  • Ok. : Dschinghis Khan
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  OH CRAP!! Forgot the Team Speak info. Teamspeak 3 Shack servers: Chicago (hosted by re-verse) www : Dschinghis Khan
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    or use: ts.shackbattles.com which is where most of us were last night... : dedgecko
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      Well, i wanted this one to be ours. For Thursday nights. Set us apart from the rest. And so we don't have... : Dschinghis Khan
      • Either way TS is definitely needed since the in-game mic is completely unreliable. : ProtoPunch
• Wow, lot of missing verbs, i swear i'm not drinking already. : Dschinghis Khan
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  Khan you definitely type faster than you think. You are missing a couple verbs in those sentences. Al... : Duffman8369
  • 6 DRINK MINIMUM EFF YEAH!! : Dschinghis Khan
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  well that explains why I got kicked last night after 3 hrs. I mean rly. I was rocking you peeps, hanging... : runinal
  • Put the shack in your name, fgt. : Dschinghis Khan
  • Yeah no shack clan tag = kick if someone wants to get in. If the server is filled just ask an admin on t... : ant_hillbilly
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    You were too good I just had to kick pubbies to make room for shackers. I didn't recognize you and you... : Alco23
    • Yeah, well given he only has 42 posts I think it's pretty unreasonable to think you should have recognize... : ArcKnight
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  Anybody planning a 360 shackbattle? : getfrisky
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    probably not formally, but there was a good group of us online last night. : infallible
    • Yeah, there's a few of us. : kikilupo
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  fuck this bullshit : ass-street
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    Just buy it. It 0wns! : Dschinghis Khan
    • indeed : .frame
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      i doubt it will run well on my pc. : ass-street
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        I thought you were s0ld, ass-street! : MercFox1
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          i just can't justify buying a game that will more than likely run like shit. the only indication i have i... : ass-street
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            :( : MercFox1
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              :( indeed. i do, however, have plans to build a new pc this year. hopefully i will have it up and running... : ass-street
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                wellll, if you're going to upgrade eventually anyway, buy the game now and if it runs great, then WIN, if... : yAak
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                  damn it you are probably right...i'm running out of excuses here!! : ass-street
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                    Honestly you should be okay, so long as you don't mind turning down a few settings. My rig is a little n... : yAak
                    • Yea, depending on the socket you have ass-street, you could pop in a new CPU & probably see an increase i... : goatjc
          • Performance has improved quite a bit from the beta. : Arctic Fox
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    Man ass-street you know we would rock it in the back of an APC like old chums coordinating a nice spitter... : ieGod
    • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=22325143 : ieGod
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  Oh yeah, Game modes. Wat Game modes do you guys want? I say conquest because it is closest to DoD:S. : Dschinghis Khan
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    def conquest. Rush confuses and scares me. : SolveChrist
    • Yeah, that's what i want to do as well. : Dschinghis Khan
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    conquest has been horrible on pubs and thats my sole experience with it in BC2, however i would totally p... : theWhite
    • Yeah, that's pubs. : Dschinghis Khan
• Sounds like a plan. Maybe I'll have my mic volume set properly now too. : lunarbunny
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  What sort of processed animal byproduct snack food shall we enjoy tonight? I suggest http://dmbulletinon... : SolveChrist
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    YESSSS!!! Actually i have Combos and Bugles still. : Dschinghis Khan
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      i didn't know bugles were still on the market : ass-street
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        Yep. I went to Sam's(Costco) and got an entire case of them for only 6 bucks. Same with some Combos. : Dschinghis Khan
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          i bought one of those jumbo boxes of cheez its from costco once and it was not a good idea. i ate them al... : ass-street
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            I once bought a 24 pack of bottle Yoohoo. Yeah i still have about 9 left under my bed. This was like 3 mo... : Dschinghis Khan
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              I fucking love Yoohoo. So hard to find around here. I can only usually get them in singles at the bagel s... : SolveChrist
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                You got any rum in that Yoohoo? : focusdaily
                • Rum in Yoohoo? I should try this. : Dschinghis Khan
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  Is there much of a difference between this game & say cod:mw? What's so special about this game that cod... : goatjc
  • We are pretty much playing it all day everyday now. This night is just for designated drunkeness. And i h... : Dschinghis Khan
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0p4fkH9qC4M : CoreContingency
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    *cough* dedicated servers *cough* : Arctic Fox
    • haha this : the_burd
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    Ok, fuck you guys. I'm going to buy this game. Hope you're happy fgts. : goatjc
    • My joy knows no bounds... : CoreContingency
    • best game ever wins again : moe6
  • Requires actual teamwork to win. : ieGod
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  I won't be there :( : mrblarg
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    I know, get money, get new computer, get game. : Dschinghis Khan
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      What is game? : Duffman8369
      • It gets you chicks. : zen2k
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        Did you buy this, Duff? Please tell me YES. : Nitrium
        • Yeah he did. : Arctic Fox
• WOOOHOOOOOOOO : Nitrium
• I'll try to make it! : jonin
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  Is there team killing in this game? If not you need to enable it : chungathebunga
  • I think we should. : Dschinghis Khan
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    why would you want to do that : jonin
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      Because it's fucking hilarious with a bunch of drunkerds. : Dschinghis Khan
      • not on thursday nights it isn't : jonin
      • You would be first on my list. : ieGod
• I'm in. I will snipe somebody. : Clay
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  10 PM EST? wtf? : Clay
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    That's the time, fgt. : Dschinghis Khan
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      that's borderline bedtime. Check your head, yo : Clay
      • yea 9 would be nicer, but honestly, expect all 3 shack servers to be rocking all night long so i wouldnt ... : theWhite
      • We've done our Thursday battles at 10pm EST for years. Literally years. : ArcKnight
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  I will be there shooting my railgun slightly above your heads. : _jon
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    Is this really true for sniping? : wurt
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      yes. : _jon
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        That's rpetty weird, all my HS kills as recon have been done while directly aiming at the head. : wurt
        • Depends how far away you are. At greater distances there is definitely adjustments that need to be made f... : Arctic Fox
  • Do you remember yesterday when I shanked your ass? That was my favorite part. : ieGod
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  My penis is engorged. : vile
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    There's an app for that : jonin
    • iChode : wurt
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  I'm basically going to be playing this until 4AM just because I have to be up at 5 : MercFox1
  • Sounds like a plan. : Dschinghis Khan
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  Is it time to play yet? Fuck it is going to be a long day of waiting for this. : .frame
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    Just play now. : Dschinghis Khan
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      ya and I then can just go ahead and move to a nice cardboard box under a bridge when I lose my job. Do t... : .frame
      • Yeah, because my downtown owns. I can't help it if your downtown sucks. : Dschinghis Khan
• After taking what's no doubt going to be a brutal midterm, I'll need this. See you all there! : freakynipples69
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  Conquest and Friendly Fire ON for tonight yeah? : Alco23
  • Yeah, it'll be just like DoD:S. Only better and with guns vehicles. : Dschinghis Khan
  • Sounds like that would be the best for keeping in the spirit of our drunken DoD:S battles. : Duffman8369
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    That will be interesting with mortar strikes and vehicles. I hope it doesn't roadkill a helpful engineer ... : pyide
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      Hahaha... imagine that. A squad of friendly engineers repairing the tank then Khan suddenly freaks and re... : Alco23
      • oh man. This is going to be awesome : chungathebunga
    • IT DOES. : Merconium
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    I'm not really thrilled with FF being on because there are so many more explosions in BC2. : ArcKnight
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      Also, do we know if there are any consequences for FF? Like if you do it so many times do you get autokic... : ArcKnight
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        Guess we'll find out :P We have enough admins on the server to unban people if necessary. : Arctic Fox
        • I'm glad we are trying it out. It might be too chaotic with them on, but you never know till we try! : chungathebunga
      • I got a -20 "dkp" for running over two dudes on my team with the apc : crunkfunk
• Unfortunately, I'm busy tonight, so I will have to shoot you all another time. : Goncyn
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  I hope everyone who hasn't been involved in our DoD battles realizes that Thursday nights are basically t... : Duffman8369
  • To elaborate, Thursday nights are like listening to podcasts of drunk shackers talking about random shit ... : Alco23
  • That's good because I enjoyed the atmosphere and drunken antics of the DoD:S nights but I couldn't stand ... : pyide
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    Good. I like to take it serious every once in a while but I'm tired of whiners critiquing others style of... : majestik
    • We're thinking of serious Shackbattle on Sunday. Thursday is for the drunken laughs. : Arctic Fox
  • ahhh, okay =) that makes Friendly Fire + Conquest make much more sense (to me.) : yAak
  • Hell yeah Im so excited for this : MercFox1
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  .INI syntax to add shack servers to your history/favorites, pls. : Brian Leahy
  • Alternate EASY route: Server Browser, click Cancel on the refresh, type shacknews in the search window o... : yAak
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    in the GameSettings.ini file, Change the FavoriteGames= to this FavoriteGames=[Shacknews] Dallas - BC2 E : trOmblyj
    • fuck - I thought code would take out the bold tag... make sure to do * [[Shacknews]] * without the spaces : trOmblyj
    • Also realize that it's actually * [[Shacknews]] * without the spaces so you avoid the BOLD shacktag. : Duffman8369
• Lovin' you is easy 'cause you're beautiful, Khan. : vile
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  http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=55sqn81dskp3v6bjgvp42eqvkk%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=Ameri : MercFox1
  • There's probably going to be a Serious Business one on Sundays run by Rydogg1. : Alco23
• I will be there three hours early to reserve a spot. I will also be drunk. : wurt
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  I will be at next week's event (out of town from a few minutes from now until next Thursday). You fuck... : Xevo
  • WHAT THE FUCK : Nitrium
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  What mode are we going to play? Rush or Conquest? : Nitrium
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    Conquest + Friendly Fire on! : Alco23
    • oh AWESOME : Nitrium
    • lol going to be such a clusterfuck of awesome. : ant_hillbilly
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      Isn't friendly fire always on for the servers? : dnagenome
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        No, it is an option that is off by default (except in hardcore mode.) : LoioshDwaggie
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          Loiosh, respond to my SM, fgt : Arctic Fox
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            I thought I did! Send again please. : LoioshDwaggie
            • Thanks! :D : Arctic Fox
    • Rush is better :( : aggressor
• Fucking hell, I should have setup rdp on my home machine so I can get the dl started now. : goatjc
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  Anyone know how to disable the annoying HDR effects? I've disabled bloom in settings.ini and tried turnin... : code-e255
  • Its just part of the game. Try reducing brightness and contrast. : ant_hillbilly
  • i actually like the HDR, sure it can stress the eyes a bit, but its use i find adds to the realism quite ... : theWhite
  • It's one of the best uses of HDR I've seen. It's the bloom part that sucks balls, but it is better than ... : midgetherder
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  EFF YEAH! : Dschinghis Khan
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    Dude, I just got a call about this trip I'm going on tomorrow, and I'm going to miss everything from 10:4... : MercFox1
    • Sad panda :( : Arctic Fox
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      This doesn't make any sense. Tomorrow is Friday. Tonight is Thursday. The Shackbattle is on Thursday. ... : Duffman8369
      • A bad lie = cover up for doing something homosexual. : Alco23
      • We're leaving at 5AM to get on the road, packing the vehicles tonight. I'll see if I can get out of this ... : MercFox1
    • WHAT. THE. FUCK. : Nitrium
    • I am going to punch you so hard in the taint. : vile
    • Take your repair tool, kill them all, then return to play with us. : ieGod
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      UPDATE: EFFFFFFF YEAH GUESS WHO'S GOING TO BE THERE ALL NIGHT BABY : MercFox1
      • EFF YEAH : Duffman8369
      • EFF YEE... wait... who? : vile
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  I hope the internet gods will be kind to me tonight and give me a favorable route to the server! : nyranger66
  • take a right at albuquerque : kbnerd
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  Bump for great drunken helicopter flying justice : Arctic Fox
  • It's gonna be so hilarious. : Dschinghis Khan
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  i am stupid. how do i connect to a server IP? cant find shit in the ingame server browser... : naabster
  • See subthread here: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=22327340#itemanchor_22327340 : Alco23
• I cant wait for this!!! : hashd
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  Low-grav, Insta-Gib, Speed Freak, plz : MeenMunky
  • if only. : Dschinghis Khan
  • BIG HEAD! : Alco23
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  i was almost about to buy this game and now steam is all fucked up. fuck this shit. : ass-street
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    Looks like Steam Community is down for maintenance. : Arctic Fox
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      damnit!!! : ass-street
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        Steam's back up : LoioshDwaggie
        • not for me :( : ass-street
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  etherealTarget reporting for Medic-Shacker-rape-time! Getting 4k+ points is good times! : etherboy
  • I just had a 19k game. 2 gold stars at 5k each, some other medal which was 5k and then regular stuff. B... : ant_hillbilly
• m60 with upgraded barrel, 4x scope, and hardened bullets = nasty : ant_hillbilly
• I hope to be streaming some shackbattles later!!! : inc77
• Steam is at 30% for it. Come on, faster! : NFXFSX
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  I'm headed into an empty EFF YEAH, come and let me fuck your face with my SIEGA : acidravelamp
  • nevermind, grabbed a spot in Chicago : acidravelamp
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  Is there a way to view your stats on a website yet? Like in BF2, BF1943? : Bamtan
  • there was on the official website but it was busted so they took it down : Goncyn
  • I'm really hoping that they have some way for us to grab the stats off the server. I'd love to code a HLS... : Arctic Fox
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  EFF YEAH 6 DRINK MINIMUM!!!!!!! : Dschinghis Khan
  • EFF YEAH! : Dschinghis Khan
• I shall join! : DOOManiac
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  :( : DrWaffles
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    You bought from gamestop, right? :( : Nitrium
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      His computer spontaneously combusted :( : Arctic Fox
      • Get it fixed, Waffles. We miss you :( : Dschinghis Khan
    • GoGamer : DrWaffles
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  well, i did it. downloading the game now :/ : ass-street
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    :D! Don't forget to tag up (put [shack] in the "clan" slot). : Alco23
    • will do : ass-street
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    I THOUGHT THAT GAME SUCKED ASS YOU BUTTFUCKER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <3 I'm glad you came to your senses, cu... : vile
    • SHACKHYPE'd!!! : ass-street
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  I'm at home trying to buy this game & steam is crapping out on the purchase. It must be an omen of how b... : goatjc
  • Steam is up and down like a $2 whore at the moment : Arctic Fox
• about an hour before I can play -_- : mobab
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  Halp! How do you enter an IP? : Athlon7
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    I tried the adding to favorites method above, but none of the servers show up! FavoriteGames=* [[Shack... : Athlon7
    • I just copied and pasted this, opening the gamesettings.ini with notepad: FavoriteGames=3731698668,7e9 : mobab
• omg how did I miss this , rage!!!! : lordkosc
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  INVITE? How do I get an invite to shacknews group? : ianlippert
  • my steam tag is KidKorrupt : ianlippert

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• Install = Instantly : ShadowRam
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  I was playing a bit of conquest last night on pubs and holy shit is that round ending horn annoying as he... : NukemFornever
  • It ups the tension. Tension of every kind! : kingdepork
  • yeah it's worse than ever. worse than the other battlefield games. had to turn down the volume. : Jeepy McJeeperton
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  We had a "Black Hawk Down" moment last night. I was in a full BH on Isla Inocentes (the one with 2 BH's f... : saunders45
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    Wait. The missile actually flew through one open side of the heli and out the other? Like in an action mo... : Attica Blue
    • ROFL, this is awesome, I did this with the TOW missle while trying to shoot down a blackhawk on the islan... : beedeegee
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      There was an early preview of BF2 where they showed this happening. Ah the memories. : scanline
      • yea - that was fucking epic back then given that they were using some form of replay editor because they ... : dedgecko
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      Haha, this sort of thing is not new to DICE games. Back when Battlefield 2 was still being shown off and ... : MercFox1
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        I'd love a link to this video : zuff
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          I just made a post-it that says "ZUFF - BF2 missile video" haha : MercFox1
          • haha sweet : zuff
          • I guess you can crumple that note up and throw it away now :( : zuff
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          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Y6mr0w8YF0 : NukemFornever
          • awesome thanks! : zuff
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      LOL ya.. I had a tank round go through a window I was sniping out of just missing me. I ran back to the ... : ShadowRam
      • That is friggin' amazing. : Attica Blue
    • Yeah it did, and it was hilarious. That's probably why my brother crashed and killed us all because he co... : saunders45
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    haha last night, i think ieGod, flew into a restricted zone and couldn't turn around and killed a bunch o... : vov1n
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      Haha fuck I'm so sorry about that. : ieGod
      • (not really I plan on flying and crashing as long as it takes to learn to do it properly) : ieGod
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  I shot TWO helicopters out of the air last night with a tank. Too much fun! : hoopfam4
  • This kind of hype is uncool. Imma go knock off 7-11. : Lightzout
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    that's always fun. I still don't know the map names, but this morning I was playing one of the jungle ma... : valael
    • I love the tracers. I took a moment to stop and watch as a few guys on our team kept firing RPGs and TOW ... : hoov1185
  • I wonder if that's ever happened in rl. : Cubictoast
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  what is a quad : onji
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    http://www.adventureswales.co.uk/tinyimages/quads.jpg : waxthirteen
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      oh 4-wheeler : onji
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        I like ATV myself. : Lightzout
        • yeah that'll work too : onji
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        4 wheeler made more sense back when there were 3 wheelers to contrast them with. : MamiyaOtaru
        • There still are three wheelers. : ArcKnight
  • http://media.steampowered.com/steamcommunity/public/images/avatars/b5/b5f3c0c1fdaf2ebc6cb63219faa89a5643f... : dedgecko
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  My friend and I absolutely rape with the helicopter on the desert conquest map. Had 20+ kills in the back... : maulla
  • Didn't even know there was an AA gun on that map, until it fucked me up. : ShadowRam
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  So last night, we're on Dallas EFFF YEAH playing Isla Inocentes. I'm on Defense holding the initial islan : MercFox1
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    this map is fucking gorgeous but i haven't played it yet when attackers were able to get past the first a... : eeeealmo
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      No kidding, its really hard to get through that area. : MercFox1
      • people try too hard to go through the water when they need to hang right and take the broken down bridge : eeeealmo
    • man, they always get past when I play that map. I usually get freaking raped by snipers when we are tryin... : beedeegee
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    OK I think we have had enough of these posts today. : Lightzout
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      you wouldnt be saying that if you had the game! : theWhite
      • ^^^seriously. I'm at work, still hearing "Bravo's under attack, we gotta protect that shit!" ringing i... : beedeegee
    • "Its obvious the people that work here don't know what the fuck they're talking about" : ShadowRam
    • You know what must be done, Lightzout : MercFox1
  • Yeah! That was such a fun game. Specially the last base where we just walked in guns a blazin' not takin... : Techy007
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    This was pretty cool, but i liked the one snow map where one team was on one side of the wall, and we wer... : Dschinghis Khan
    • Nelson Pass I think is it, oh my god that map was crazy. : MercFox1
  • That was a great run we had. : ieGod
• Is it possible for more than 1 person to disable the bomb in Rush? Like, does it speed it up or somethin... : r_picmip 5
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  I just love watching people take off in the blackhawk and immediately flip upside down or fly backwards i... : beedeegee
  • Awesome, it's good to hear flying vehicle hilarity is still in place like all BF games :D : SolrFlare
  • I love using the UAV to spot infantry and drop predators on tanks. : mancide
• I really suck, but have only been able to play four rounds. Sometimes I do really good, other times I spa... : nevlos
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  I did the same thing last night (on the fucking 360 version wtf). It was on the beta/demo map and a quad... : Begawkiness
  • <DESTRUCTION 2.0> : MercFox1
  • that was a great shot last night, i remember just seeing the ATV roll to a stop without a driver! : infallible
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  Was anyone else on 360 noticing problems with the SPOT button early on? First day of play a enemy would b... : beedeegee
  • Yea, I think launch night it was acting wonky. Also it seemed like the netcode would be bad one game and ... : mancide
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    Yeah I have found no consistency with that whatsoever, vs the PS3 beta and 360 demo where it worked every... : Begawkiness
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      Yeah it worked great for me in the 360 demo, I think they fixed it I was playing late last night and it w... : beedeegee
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        Yep had that happen to me. I also had a couple other bugs, one where it wouldn't let me join a friends' ... : Begawkiness
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          Yea, I can't believe they didn't fix the timeouts when searching for a game or creating a squad that they... : mancide
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            the game still seems like a fiasco. embarrassingly i bought it just to increase my veteran rank and deci... : valael
            • *Shrug* it got better on the 360 about a week after launch. However, there may have been a resurgence las... : mancide
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    It's always seemed iffy to me (on the PC). Sometimes it'll spot 4 or 5 people standing close together wh... : valael
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      They really need to implement a Q cooldown notification or something. It's badly needed. : MercFox1
      • I've heard there's a cooldown for it and it wouldn't surprise me a bit, but I've had times where I can sp... : valael
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      In my experience I have to tag them with a bullet or they have to tag me, then I can spot them. : acidnynex
      • I haven't noticed anything like that. Sometimes if I'm sniping and people are too far away and moving ... : valael
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    1. It depends on the range of your currently equipped weapon. 2. It can not be spammed (1-2 second cool ... : dedgecko
    • Yeah, I know, but it doesn't always seem to work. Like I said, I've had moments where it'll highlight 4 ... : valael
    • INF'D if this is true : zuff
• I was playing with a group of shackers and we were attacking the last point on some jungle map. We all ha... : Techy007
• Last night an enemy dude came in with a helicopter and jumped out to set the charge. The helicopter lande... : kikilupo
• Nothing particulary epic. I mostly ran around with jumpers reviving as many people as possible. I got ki... : Turd Ferguson
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  Is it as fun as playing BF1942 back in the day was? : Omaha
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    It definitely captures the feel IMO, and I also think this one is more fun. : Begawkiness
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      ^^^ BF1942 scores points for being the first and i'll always have a soft spot for it. but BFBC2 feels l... : valael
      • the game went to taco town, http://www.hulu.com/watch/1447/saturday-night-live-taco-town : bosst0ne
      • Its a lot of fun, but its nowhere near as cool without battleships, bombers, and huge maps. Its honestly ... : Toth21
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      I've been skimming past all this BC2 stuff until today and you guys are really making me want to buy this... : DinK
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        Yeah this is making me wish I was rich and could build a PC that could run it so I could play too. I lov... : Omaha
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          Yeah most of my PC is almost 4 years old except for my 8800GT, though it's dual core at least. I wonder ... : DinK
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            i think as long as you have at least a dual core cpu you should be ok with med/low settings. : theWhite
            • I'm definitely glad I went the "future proof" route back then, since single cores were still most common ... : DinK
          • I've got a similar setup and it runs fine on medium settings. Such a fun game. : Gary the Llama
  • just as fun? yes. but you cant go into the game thinking it plays exactly like 1942 : maulla
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  So, who here doesn't snipe every single game? : beedeegee
  • I got two Long Service Medical Ops badges in one round on Nelson Pass last night. 200+ heals in one map! ... : MercFox1
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    nearly everyone on the server I was on last night was the sniper class. pretty weak. only a few of them s... : Jeepy McJeeperton
    • SERIOUSLY...DRIVES ME INSANE : beedeegee
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      I had a blast last night fragging with the shack. (My first shackbattle) I had one epic moment where ... : Thornfist
      • accidentally replied, feel free to nuke this and the above post : Thornfist
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    I don't because i'm not a pussy. : Dschinghis Khan
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      RECON IS THE BEST CLASS : MercFox1
      • One of my favorite parts in the game is finding 3 snipers hiding together and fucking murdering them, whi... : beedeegee
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    I play engineer about 80% of the time. The 2nd rocket launcher you get is awesome for blowing up building... : PointlesS76
    • Yeah i switch between medic, assault, and engineer. you know, because i enjoy helping the team and actual... : beedeegee
  • I've been playing solely engineer. Blowing up folks hiding in buildings is just fun. : dnagenome
  • I like to do it every once in a while. The sniping in this game is really satisfying. And it's fun to w... : valael
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    I have been playing engineer mainly. I finally unlocked the heat seeking rocket launcher and its nice, b... : ant_hillbilly
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      You know, Im not a big fan of the AT4 either now that you mention it. Its great for tank busting but besi... : limpossible
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        sounds like it will be a good candidate for the faster reload perk. : dedgecko
        • The faster reload is only on primary weapon I believe. : ant_hillbilly
  • we knew this was coming though. huge maps with a sniper class. if MW2 had huge maps you'd see a proportio... : Downforce
  • I mostly play assault. Unlocked the Steyr Aug last night. : Goncyn
  • I've been playing Medic mostly even though I haven't unlocked the paddles yet. I guess I suck too much a... : giant boy detective
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    I snipe almost all the time but I usually use red dot for close combat (don't want to zoom past the enemy... : _jon
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      Same, I'll usually go long range but if close range is needed to defend/attack an M-COM I'll equip the AB... : Bamtan
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        yeah. I think people are also forgetting the huge importance of Recon for spotting. Although a lot of n... : _jon
        • i'm close to unlocking the spot scope, and i totally agree, spotting is pretty much your main job aside f... : theWhite
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          Care to explain the basics of spotting to a newb? :) : Gary the Llama
          • If you see someone, press Q on them, and it'll relay their position to everyone on your squad, showing up... : Bamtan
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      Aha! So that was YOUR 50 cal I stole last night! hahahaha even better : MercFox1
      • yeah, I do die sometimes, I guess : _jon
  • Me. I don't mind sniping, but me and my buddies have a squad that works perfectly. My bro snipes (he's cr... : saunders45
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    0 time as sniper. fuck that class : eeeealmo
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      I snipe sometimes, but I just hate it when it's the only class people will play. and procede to sit on a... : beedeegee
      • i plan on maxing out all medals for every other class before i even pick sniper. i've never sniped in an... : eeeealmo
  • I don't snipe particularly because there are so many of them. I have more fun actually, you know, contrib... : kelerian
  • i almost never do : yAak
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    I don't think I've sniped one person yet - but I've leveled up my recon class at least once or twice. ... : dedgecko
    • though - nearly 100% of my playtime last night was on Chicago, which was running Conquest. : dedgecko
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    Been alternating between medic and engineer depending on if I'm in a vehicle or not. Mad repairs or ma... : Alco23
    • I can't wait till I can revive :( GO MEDICS! : unjustend
  • i tend to play different roles throughout a map, though if i'm working for a particular unlock, i will st... : theWhite
  • i;ve been bouncing between the other 3 classes, recon is the only one i haven't played at all : grendel
  • I've only used a sniper rifle once because I picked up a kit. : Rice-Rocketeer
  • I just unlocked my m16. so no not really. level 12. : chilln
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  I dunno about epic, but I managed to bring down an already damaged chopper with a 40mm nade last night, t... : unholydonuts
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    I am a medic, I always check to see what my squad mates are doing then if its the right situation I spawn... : james_austintx
    • Yeah, I've been spawning into my squad. I guess it doesn't help that i don't join the TS servers for the ... : unholydonuts
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  Im thinking about picking this game up, how does the game run? I got a C2D 2.3ghz and a 9800gt.. 4 gigs r... : gornl1
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    I'm running an Q6600 at stock, 8800GT, 2gigs of Ram, Vista 32, and I'm at whatever the resolution is of 2... : dedgecko
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      AMD64x2 5000+ stock, 3GB ram, 1GB 4850, Win7 and I'm running it just fine. Little slow if I turn the shad... : unholydonuts
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        Awesome! I'll be picking this up then and joining you guys. : gornl1
        • I should note that if you plan to play the single player, I was able to crank the settings much higher an... : unholydonuts
  • You should be fine with everything on medium/low. : atom519
• I'll repost my moment of glory. Posted this yesterday as well. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CIvl_q... : dael
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  the M95 sniper (final unlock) is pwnage. : _jon
  • oh god it is... my favorite part is I can shoot down trees with it for LOS improvements : ghost in my shell
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  question, does anyone know if you revive players as a medic, if your team gets a ticket back? or once a p... : busdriver3030
  • Yes on the attacking team it is vital to revive players as you don't lose the ticket until they're dead a... : Begawkiness
  • Absolutely. That's why medics own. : saunders45
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  Story 2 I'm flying around on the Quad, and a teammate puts a hole in the side of a building with an RP... : ShadowRam
  • yea, I'm really happy they fixed the view for the passenger on the quads and jet skis. GET READY FOR R... : dedgecko
• My favorite moment so far? I was playing Rush on Atacamba Desert as Engineer when I spot a group of gu... : TheVietSpecial
• i haven't upgraded my computer in 6 years and this.... this tempts me. : liquidlies
• I almost managed to successfully register my CD key with EA and play online, but the copy and past functi... : mrtony
• i got stabbed twice by trOmbly. : devpaul
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  This game REALLY needs some kind of recorder to play back anything in the past few minutes... (from any a... : ShadowRam
  • That would be SO awesome. : atom519
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  Anyone know when DICE is planning to add their stat tracking stuff to battlefield.com? : dedgecko
  • Who knows, but I'd like them to make stats available again. They took it down. : saunders45
  • The link was on there yesterday but didn't work due to the server being swamped. Looks like they took it ... : Goncyn
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  I was in a duel with another sniper, and someone ran behind him when i managed to score a head shot on hi... : Durandal07
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    haha awesome, I was wondering if that was possible : Goncyn
    • Yeah I've had bullets go through people and make very distinctive impacts on a dirt hill or whatever's be... : MercFox1
• I was kicked by admin because I didnt have a shack tag on :) I guess that's not that epic : Lawgiver
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  I got the 'played for 2 days' medal in the beta. Last night I had a 2-20 round :( wtf. I blame the unl... : trOmblyj
  • yeah i was getting rocked last night, much more than in the Beta : yAak
• Is there a bug with getting the Russian team voices to be in English or are the servers set to disallow i... : TabsAZ
• Nothing special really, but I'll write it because I love this game and it's all I can think of right now.... : PointlesS76
• The game last night where the tickets on both side went 2-1, 1-1, 1-0, and 0-0 was EPIC. : ant_hillbilly
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  Epic Story time: On one of the Dallas servers, playing as a defender on the Attaca Desert map I think.... : dedgecko
  • Last night we had an amazing team. We held that map on defense, and the other team didn't even get inside... : saunders45
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    I spent nearly that entire round sitting behind the tread of a tank with my repair tool out, yet it was a... : Talonus.
    • I think the big thing was the UAV, as that pretty much can one-shot any vehicle (no armor on top). : dedgecko
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  So far my best experiences have been squadding it up with shackers. At one point yesterday I was with : limpossible
  • Friggin tags. : limpossible
  • d0gbert became my NEMESIS, heh. More like my executioner... : yAak
  • EFFF YEAH : MercFox1
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  Best thing so far was my 6 kill with an RPG off a com point last night. : DonarUDL
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    I 40mm grenaded 3 people on a point last night. 'Triple Kill' :P : trOmblyj
    • I was probably one of those people lol. For whatever reason last night almost every death seemed to be fr... : DonarUDL
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    I got a 4-person "Multi-Kill" with a direct hit on a hummvee with a tank shell on the desert conquest map... : Goncyn
    • I think that might have been me and a crew of dudes. We lol'd. : d0gbert
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  I would like to know how I got an Epic Fail last night healing a tank? : hashd
  • suicide : oldschoolbob-o
  • If you were next to a tank that was about to blow up anyways that's considered suicide because you should... : zuff
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  it's way harder to see people in this game. the smoke, dust and camoflage screws that all up. Also, wtf i... : edgewise
  • I love it. My only graphical complaint was on the one desert map, I played both sides. 1 Helicopter w... : ShadowRam
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    I actually like the smoke and snow and whatnot. It makes things interesting. And it's pretty. : Goncyn
    • I do too. : Thornfist
    • I don't like the fact that smoke is a big framerate hit :( : pyide
  • I do like all the smoke and camo and all that stuff. I do agree though that one of the sides has their bl... : PointlesS76
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    If your force dx9 pretty much everything is turned off and you can see a lot better. : ant_hillbilly
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      This shouldn't be allowed in some maps. That's a disadvantage. : ShadowRam
      • It's a completely different game with dx9. I switched to it quickly yesterday to see how it would run. ... : ant_hillbilly
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    It's supposed to be like that! War isn't easy. : Bamtan
    • yeah, and whats with all this having to run around and kill people....I should just be able to watch peop... : beedeegee
  • Try 3rd person view. : ant_hillbilly
  • i honestly think that was deliberate, as a sort of balancing thing. BF2142 started it at the same time th... : xsoulbrothax
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    http://www.shackpics.com/files/edgewises_battlefield_sjr9d173d3y5hjeavxc6.jpg Is this what you want? : zuff
    • ROFL nice : beedeegee
    • hahaha : ShadowRam
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      oops, fixed: http://www.shackpics.com/files/edgewises_battlefield_fixed_dowyd7tonzy0lv9fi4mw.jpg : zuff
      • ahaha @ the triangles : pancake humper
      • That barrel has the smoke upgrade, so you're still screwed. : beedeegee
      • perfect : yAak
      • Even better : Godhatesfatpeople
    • effin' LAWL! : DeejayKnight
    • hahahhahahaahha : Downforce
    • Brilliant! : ChibiJosh
    • lol : Godhatesfatpeople
    • hahaha : Bamtan
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    I actually prefer the fact that it's harder to see enemies. It really ratchets up the tension. : Gary the Llama
    • Its awesome that stealth characters don't require some kind of invisibility ability since fidelity enable... : Klebold
• I also ran my quad into a full squad of four guys. I believe I smashed 2, jumped off and shot the other.... : hoopfam4
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  Creeping up on an engineer to knife him when he turns around and kills me with the repair tool. FML!! : metldude
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    I have been trying to kill people with the defib and just cant seem to get it right. Suicide runs hahahah : hashd
    • Ya. It says not to use on healthy peeps but it does nothing. I've died several times trying also. : metldude
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  Every time I flank and knife a sniper I find more joy than I do in most games. : Sturm08
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    This x 100, it's just so much more damn satisfying than most games. : zuff
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      I stabbed some dude in the skull who was at the UAV station. :P : trOmblyj
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        I wonder if he watched you stab him in the skull via the UAV. : ShadowRam
        • I imagine that most people are yelling HOOAH every time they do that to me while I'm picking their team o... : LoioshDwaggie
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          I was on the UAV station the other night and I spotted an enemy running up behind me, instead of just esc... : ant_hillbilly
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            also awesome - you die but the rocket kills him right after he stabs you : trOmblyj
            • awesomer: you dive attack-kill him with the uav itself : papaskot
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      almost as satisfying as circling in the blackhawk racking up assists as you mow mothers down. : beedeegee
      • That's how we do it! : zuff
  • Probably because rather than just seeing your knife swing animation, and dude fall dead, you actually sta... : Entity
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  I had a blast last night fragging with the shack. (My first shackbattle) I had one epic moment where ... : Thornfist
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    no matter in this game or MW2, shotguns are always in style.... especially when it's used to kill snipers... : TPSReport
    • Actually the pump shottie is kind of shit. But it was a useful tool in my anti-sniper guerilla commando ... : Thornfist
• I sniped two guys with one bullet on a moving ATV. Still can't believe it. : slickdoody
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  SIDENOTE: I WILL NEVER PLAY MW2 AGAIN. : beedeegee
  • This. : Gary the Llama
  • rated M for Much better than MW2 : gyokuro
• I helped win one of the desert maps w/ my AT mines. It's so early in the game that people don't realize w... : cygnus
• IS there a SCREENSHOTKEY???????? : Iwannaacura
• I knifed 23 dudes on that nighttime snow map, and then the server crashed :[ People never see the reco... : ghost in my shell
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  I got a TRIPLE KILL, it actually said triple kill too. : shortbuscaptain
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    In big booming male voice ripped from UT2004? : ChibiJosh
    • it just says "triple kill" in tiny letters on the HUD. : chilln
• Was playing conquest on Atacama Desert as an Engineer and got into an epic battle of cat and mouse with a... : DirkSpanners
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  Shooting 2 Blackhawks pilots in the head as a sniper. FUCK YEAH. : Moonbase Commander
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    O wat....... you can snipe through Blackhawk cockpits like in BF2??? : Lucien Irenicus
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      Yes and even snipe people inside of the open doors. : Godhatesfatpeople
      • As a medic with an LMG I frequently spray transport helicopters as they circle us (assuming they are full... : crummynz
      • Hahah, yes. My friend sniped out a door gunner last night as it was zipping by - he freaked out and start... : ArcKnight
• had a fun time last night, i was in a squad with 2 snipers and I was playing Medic. i hid nearby and kep... : grendel
• Knifing all 4 people in a circular match of death. Also it's cool EA let me keep my knife kills from the ... : Godhatesfatpeople
• I killed 3 people at once with 1 grenade last night on Chicago server. : whistletits
• A noob helicopter pilot was trying to make a suicide attack crash-run on me, so I burst fired 14 bullets : Rice-Rocketeer
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  Also, I suck at killing shit. My K:D ratio is 1:2. :( I am a PRO MEDIC, though. Fuck yeah. Refunding t... : Rice-Rocketeer
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    Actually, this one game...I think Dr. Alco and me were reviving people so hardcore that from one set of R... : Rice-Rocketeer
    • Hahaha yeah that was awesome. : Alco23
  • Is it reaction time or aim? : Godhatesfatpeople
  • I think they balanced assault and medic (in terms of killing people, not earning points) nicely. I sta... : jimmy-buffett
• How's the single player? : Rag and Bone Man

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  Yup. : slickdoody
  • Pitching or catching? : Lightzout
• I haven't logged in in days. I've been moving into a new apartment, but all that time i could have been q... : squigiliwams
• got my hide outs upgraded so won't lose any loot (can you lose gold?), recruiting scouts to fight enemy s... : devpaul
• I thought you were rambling but I Googl'd and found out what it is, Beta server is full :( : supermonkeyballz
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  lol, quotes from Alliance Chat in game: [aznmaster] It's ok. I get 3 wood a second. Use yours :) : squigiliwams
  • it's actually 1,5 a sec, I calculated it after :P : azenmaster
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  Server appears to be down. : Ride-My-Rocket
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    crap, right as I'm about to go to bed with an empty queue and full stores :( : Supine
    • just as I was about to click on upgrade TH to 9 : azenmaster
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  I have SHIT TONS of iron. Who needs? : Lucien Irenicus
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    LOL, I think everyone has shittons of iron.. : g0nk
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      I just can't use all of mine, and I have 42 (!) nodes of iron on my map. 105k iron in the warehouse. : Lucien Irenicus
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        start nuking some of them : g0nk
        • The destroy time doesn't seem worth it considering what you could upgrade in that time instead. Most reso... : pyros
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  anyone have any long-term planning help? I figure to have an army we're going to need a ton of grain? : azenmaster
  • grain demand will rise and fall as your dudes die, but gold seems like it will be a serious bottleneck. t... : Supine
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  I already see a castle close to me. oh noes! : jonin
  • Same here. Looks like if you build a castle before your noob protection expires, it kills your protectio... : Lucien Irenicus
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  Come play, my Lord g0nk! : CrustaR
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    nice rack CrustaR! : r3dn3ck
    • r3dn3ck, play DISCREETLY on your browser NOW! http://toblender.com/comic/how-to-get-gamers-exibit-a-ev... : CrustaR
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  I'm planning to make a second city very soon : boring gegtik
  • How do moonstones work? Do they get produced automatically with a level 10 mage tower? : Lucien Irenicus
  • gegtik, does that game have women with large breasts like that Evony game did? : CrustaR
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  I have been plundering since this morning, my castle completed at 11PM last night and I've been out of ne... : trOmblyj
  • lol!! he's doomed. let us know how it goes. : g0nk
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    they are returning with 2100+ of each resource. I can run this every 40 minutes (until he runs out) : trOmblyj
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      niiiice. : g0nk
      • my next target 56 minutes away has the following resources: 25k wood, 12k stone, 27k iron, 5k food : trOmblyj
  • I've got a couple of those about 90min away with 6k of each. There's one nearby that I think I'll be able... : Haxim
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  So what does it take to raid a L3 or L4 dungeon with minimal losses again? : Ride-My-Rocket
  • i was sending 300 to level 3s losing 1-2 zerkers each time : Viprime
• Sooooooo everyone is talking about having these huge armies, but does anyone know how combat really works... : Geoffrois
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  Can anyone play? I logged in but when I click "play now" it says servers are full. : Iazu
  • I can login just fine right now. : Geoffrois
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  Can you actually DO anything in this game? Remember how you couldn't do anything in Ogame or Ikariam? C... : Vantage
  • Yes, PvP is fully enabled once you build a castle. Otherwise it's Ogame/Ikariam: you can get resources r... : Ride-My-Rocket
• Currently hiding in a corner : Johnnsen

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  LOLS, who was is that said this would be hard to crack? : jonin
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    I hope someone bookmarked those posts, because jesus christ were they wrong. : MercFox1
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      all the YOU OBVIOUSLY KNOW NOTHING ABOUT PROGRAMMING! THIS DRM IS SRS BZNZ lolz : Sovos
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        lolz thatz soz funnez : yoonix
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          lmfaozzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz : yoonix
          • ROTFLOCOPTERZZZZ! : dumb.
• I love how they end the article... This is incredibly serious. : Saman
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  Who said their new DRM would be more difficult to crack though? The point was that in its uncracked form ... : enyakk
  • ..and the old if (true) substitution is as old as the hills : skryte
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    what is the fucking point then? even if I bought the game, I'd download the crack so I wouldn't have to ... : retardhumper
    • Well, I assume you don't have to have the CD in the drive to play the game, that's actually a plus for me... : enyakk
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    Except that it does periodic checks during the game, and that the saves are not locally stored at all. Th... : Skrynkelberg
    • it has to send the save game data to the server so it seems like you just need to grab that data and writ... : skryte
    • Are savegames actually stored online then? I was aware that this would be an option to sharpen up the cop... : enyakk
    • A thread yesterday (which was nuked for obvious reasons) had a link to a news article on some torrent-rel... : MercFox1
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      Windows also periodically checks to see if it is legit, but people have been cracking that for years. All... : Sovos
      • it's naive to think any copy protection won't be broken with the entire might of internet piracy working ... : deadfish
  • News flash: pirates don't play games uncracked. "In its uncracked form" means "when used by paying custom... : Zek
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  I can confirm it. There's a guy here that is already playing it - he even offered me the game (the same o : Nitrium
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    That guy should be killed immediately. AC2 is awesome. : MercFox1
    • Or was he talking about Silent Hunter? : MercFox1
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      Silent Hunter 5. : Nitrium
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        Yeah I made the mistake of believing the hype about SH3... what a yawn fest that was. : dumb.
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          lol its a freaking u-boot/submarine simulation. what did you expect? ninja nazis from space? : Hoax
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            Yes. Yes I did, after seeing a 9.1 user score on Gamespot... nine point fucking one... I really thought i... : dumb.
            • It is a good simulation. My friends love this game. But it really doesn't have any mass appeal for obviou... : Hoax
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    It just goes back to my warez as overwhelming. When people play everything for free, they value games so ... : geedeck
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      This is actually a pretty ridiculous argument. If money isn't a factor then the only thing you are judgin : NoCopy
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        The point is that when you buy a game you are more likely to see past its faults and dig into the game wh... : h o s t i l e
        • if I pay for a game I'm much more critical about it because need to feel i got my moneys worth : deadfish
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          I think NoCopy has it right. When you're actually paying for a game (or whatever product) you are going ... : gokwyjibo
          • guess it depends on the personality, but i've seen more than my fair share of pirates who do exactly what... : waxthirteen
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            See, I think that's a broken mindset to use. A game is a game. You get it for whatever price you feel com... : geedeck
            • The price would certainly affect how much I'm willing to criticize a game but it wouldn't eliminate it. ... : gokwyjibo
        • I think it easily works both ways. There are definitely times where I can't help trying to force mysel... : Vincent Grayson
        • It doesn't matter how much you pay for a game nearly as much as it matters how many games you have. The f... : roushimsx
        • That's buyer's remorse, not a badge of honour for paying. : Moonbase Commander
      • I agree with NoCopy. : zebosausamite
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        That's still different from paying something - you respect something you paid money for and want to find ... : abrasion
        • same. what a shitty way to "enjoy" the hobby. : waxthirteen
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        I think you are a pretty ridiculous argument, and that mine is awesome. I'm just talking about overex... : geedeck
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          Well I am going to assume that is a grammar error and you really aren't trying to personally attack me - : NoCopy
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            I think you and I just have different perspectives, and I just disagree. : geedeck
            • Gentlemen, I think you are both right. I'm sure some pirates do it for the compulsion and reap no value i... : dumb.
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            In addition to what I said above, Steam sale numbers are only further prove the point I am making. Som... : NoCopy
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              Maaaaaaan. I'm not disagreeing with you about that stuff whatsoever. I just don't think it's relevant to ... : geedeck
              • you guys both have pretty good points : slickdoody
    • this is so effing true it hurts. : waxthirteen
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      So true :( I'm glad I gave that shit up, 'collecting for the sake of collecting' - what an idiot hobby. (... : abrasion
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        I do that too, except I actually pay for the game. I have so many games that I've paid full price for bu... : slax0r
        • You're not alone. Dawn of War 2 is the most recent victim of this. Bought it on release day, played the... : gokwyjibo
  • "the game is a piece of shit because there are not many explosions and it is boring" But dognose doesn... : slax0r
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  I've read conflicting that it's been totally crack to the game is bearly functional. : baron calamity
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    what in the hell? : MercFox1
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      in soviet russia bear crack your functional : razorblade79
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        It's so flawless that bears can play it! : zebosausamite
        • Bears totally walk up to crack : dumb.
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    Both can be true if the game is buggy enough. : pyrogen
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      Well, according to Nick's tweet yesterday or before the game was quite buggy. : Nitrium
      • Here's the correct information: http://twitter.com/Ratsofatsorat/status/9912788529 : Nitrium
      • SH games are always full of bugs, they always release them way too early. : jonin
  • even if this is the case, it's just a question of time, like it happened to batman: aa : Nitrium
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    Lol apparently you people are not familiar with the silent hunter series. It usually taked 2 patches and ... : Hoax
    • which is precisely why i'm not bothering with 5 until maybe a steam sale : deadfish
  • Well, is the retail version functional? That could explain a lot. : melt_core
  • reading usenet comments, the cracked version seems to run just fine. no comment about how buggy it proba... : valael
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  Doesn't mean the game actually works as well as it should : MrLobo
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    From what I've read from legitimate customers, it doesn't work very well no matter what. : pyrogen
    • Is there still that DDOS going against the Authentication servers? : Crimsonbeak
• Who didn't see this coming? : melkore
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  Linking for posterity: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=22272329#itemanchor_22272329 Though I know ... : peanut-
  • I lol'd it for you. : ThomW
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    He apparently didn't know anything about the implementation of the DRM, so laughing is OK. : pyrogen
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      He apparently didn't know anything about the implementation of the DRM anything, so laughing is OK. : Jinxplayer
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        Not fair to put words in somebody's mouth. Fixed: He apparently didn't know anything about the implem : DinK
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          Isn't that what jinxplayer just said? My brain is garbage right now. : kingdepork
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            jinxplayer added an extra "anything" : valael
            • I think anything about anything is a good phrase, eh2? : Jinxplayer
  • YES! : jonin
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    retarded talking dinosaur : LoioshDwaggie
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      yea let's give him a break since he is obviously fucking retarded : eeeealmo
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        The fact that a dinosaur can talk, much less a retarded one, is profoundly impressive. : dumb.
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          http://girlonthepark.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/denver1.jpg : c0bra
          • W.T.F? : one random winner
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            Holy crap, I remember that TV series. No clue what it was called, though. : Mad Brahmin Disease
            • Denver the Last Dinosaur! : c0bra
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              Denver, The Last Dinosaur. oh god kill me : geedeck
              • He's my friend and a whole lot more.?????????! : c0bra
            • Denver the Last Dinosaur. : Lone Swordsman
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              the theme song will get stuck in your head: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1fUqSQFdAI : GloriousCow
              • 20 years later and it's still stuck in mine. : c0bra
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                I'm fucking loving this. : Omega Blue
                • what is that kid doing to Devner's ass at 0:16 : GloriousCow
              • I don't even have to click this, it's already playing in my head. : Vincent Grayson
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            I hate myself for the fact that I watched that abomination of a show as a kid. : dumb.
            • What's sad is I still remember the theme song. What's worse it that I'll probably be singing it in my he... : gokwyjibo
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            why is that guy on his knees? why is that other guy holding his foot in the air? i'm so confused : GloriousCow
            • Don't play coy, cow. You know what's about to happen there. : dumb.
            • "SUCKKK MY DIIIIIIIIICCCCKKK!" : Omega Blue
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    In retrospect, I gave the crackers way too much time. : MercFox1
    • well less than a month wasn't a bad estimate : jonin
  • this is the first title using it so it may not have incorporated all the DRM's features (like online save... : GloriousCow
  • 0wned!!! : CrustaR
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  oh wonderfull, even more copy protection will head our way : stgdz
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    It's a losing battle, eventually they'll get tired of wasting their money on this crap. I hope you like S... : Zek
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      it's literally they're like 20-50 man DRM firm they outsource to vs the entire internet. No fucking chanc... : deadfish
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        ung epic grammar fail : deadfish
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          your reply is far more disgusting than your original mistake : boring gegtik
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            'fail' has become a red flag to me - I see that word and I just stop reading or even caring what the pers... : dumb.
            • turn that frown upside down you're completely justified : boring gegtik
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            how so? You think they will eventually make an unbreakable DRM? I don't see any chance of that happening : deadfish
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              If the typical PC ever becomes a closed system, it will become harder and harder. Look at the PS3 - took... : GloriousCow
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                this is true but then it wouldn't be a normal PC, it'd be some kind of gaming consoleish thing. The only ... : deadfish
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                  yeah, but look at the ipad - if such a thing is successful i could see the open PC platform becoming a ve... : GloriousCow
                  • either way that wouldn't happen anytime soon. It's much more likely that the PC will simply be dropped fo... : deadfish
                  • As long as servers are around and they're configurable and upgradeable, there will always be a consumer P... : spiffymc
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                It wasn't a problem with awesome protection on the PS3, GC. None of the hackers were interested in it sin... : LoioshDwaggie
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                  i guess that the 360 has its pants down in terms of piracy does starve the interest for a cracked ps3, bu... : GloriousCow
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                    I'd have to check the forums, but I believe it was not any more difficult than BluRay or the 360. : LoioshDwaggie
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                      the 360 was easy as pie. You just flash the dvd drive. It basically bypasses the whole DRM system entirel... : GloriousCow
                      • *i do not even own a 360 and do not condone piracy blah blah blah : GloriousCow
                      • The thing about cracking consoles is that you always have to be terrified of updates, which means newer g... : Zek
                    • Are you talking about HyperVisor? Isn't that still protecting the PS3? : MercFox1
    • Wait are you saying Steam has an effective copy protection? Because I have no doubt you could find cracks... : dumb.
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      or they will just up and leave the PC market place and head for the console realm like other developers h... : stgdz
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        This is probably what will happen. : one random winner
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          its sad really and it just pisses me off even more about the pirates and the shit they do. : stgdz
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            It's sad and it just pisses me off even more that companies like Ubisoft will just make even worse DRM ne... : gokwyjibo
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              your last paragraph is completely false, if people can come close to stealing the game and playing it the... : stgdz
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                Wrong. It completely accurate. I'm not making a blanket statement that every pirate is going to turn le... : gokwyjibo
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                  please back that up then with a statement from either of the two companies : stgdz
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                    Damn it! I had a huge reply written up and hit the "back" button. D'oh! Clearly neither company is g... : gokwyjibo
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                      *facepalm* : Moonbase Commander
                      • Problems? : gokwyjibo
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      Steam and Impulse, to me, are the perfect form of DRM (GoG games are DRM free, right?). If anything, it'... : valael
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        Valve and Blizzard know how it's done. : LoioshDwaggie
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          Impulse != Blizzard, you're thinking Stardock. Blizzard is an Activision property now. : one random winner
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            They have an online digital store where you can buy and download their games, install them on any compute... : LoioshDwaggie
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              True, but he was talking about Steam and Impulse, I guess you just moved the conversation in a way that d... : one random winner
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                The Blizzard store seemed decent from what I remember. It basically just gives you a CD key and a downloa... : valael
                • It now is just an installer that places the game on your computer, no CD or key (the key is encoded into ... : LoioshDwaggie
• AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR : r3dn3ck
• Unsurprising, and predicted. I wonder how Ubisoft will react? : Lucien Irenicus
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  Ubisoft says no: http://www.edge-online.com/news/ubisoft-no-drm-crack Wtf does "not complete" mean. : kek
  • Means you get non-working features, probably random crashes and bugs and maps might be missing mission cr... : MrLobo
  • They may have implemented multiple ways to do the same thing that only happen part way through the game? ... : one random winner
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    What they want people to think is that as they play the pirated copies of the game, core features will be... : pyrogen
    • considering the amount of money they probably spent, they'll never admit it was fully broken : deadfish
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    reminds me of FADE with operation flashpoint (i'm still pretty sure it was all bullshit) : [fry]
    • i had it trigger once trying to play LAN coop with the same cd key on 2 computers : deadfish
    • i saw it kick in by accident, i think. it was hard to tell when it was a bug or fade - iirc i would just ... : xsoulbrothax
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    The forums say differently. Ubisoft is running a Fud campaign, what else have they left? Also hackers hav... : Hoax
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      shareholder damage control probably : deadfish
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        I don't really know if share holders pay close attention to this they probably look more on the sales num... : Hoax
        • Analysts pay attention to this shit. : peanut-
  • now i want to download it just to see for myself. : valael
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    "not complete" means you're missing out on the DRM : azenmaster
    • The DRM is an essential part of experience, especially during the mission where pirates board your ship a... : Beady
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxMd93aCvd0 : palewussy
  • I'm calling bullshit. Lying as a last form of damage control is pathetic. : Omega Blue
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    no DLC according to VE3D : eeeealmo
    • hah. Ubisoft: Plz don't disable our DRM, it will prevent us from further profiting from you with DLC. : kek
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  One thing that is suprising to me is that the video card designers haven't put any hardware copy protecti... : stgdz
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    I am having more issues with legit bought games now than ever. : ghost hacker
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      Me too. The last PC game I bought (Red Faction Guerilla) took me 4 hours to get running because of the bu... : Ctrl-Phreak
      • the more drm shit that is put in, the more likely people will get the pirated version because all that ga... : ghost hacker
  • It's why they're moving towards high end number crunching instead of GPUs for teh GFXSEX! : one random winner
  • something like HDCP for games? : GloriousCow
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    Hmmm I don't know, I figure they're the ones most benefitting from high PC piracy anyway (even though obv... : melt_core
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      yes I really don't understand this, take away the PC game market from ATI and Nvidia and the only thing l... : stgdz
      • I'm not sure this threat is strong enough and immediate enough for them to start acting against piracy wh... : melt_core
    • ^^ good point here. I know several people who buy a more expensive card because they know they are getti... : r_picmip 5
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    I think what stgdz is trying to say is that if this keeps up, and enough devs stop making high-end PC gam... : mlev
    • pretty much so, and posts like these just confirm it more and more http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=2... : stgdz
  • Are people pirating video cards now too? : Stanley Spidowski
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  http://www.bradcolbow.com/archive.php/?p=205 : ieGod
  • I remember going through something similar trying to stream Netflix videos (worked great, then all of a s... : valael
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  DRM only stops casual copying and does not prevent pirate group releases of video games. : metalremains
  • Simple disc checks stop casual copying. This is obviously aimed at piracy. : melt_core
• Hackers can all go eat a bag of dicks. Yeah yeah, draconian DRM only hurts legit consumers and in the re... : action wombmate
• so WHO is this fucking for? the people that buy the game? : gyokuro
• Only took a whole day? These pirates are getting slower. Looks like DRM is working! : Godhatesfatpeople

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  you didn't like antlers and phoenix? those are the best 2 bands on either of your lists besides radiohea... : wtf242
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    This is correct. I've bought plenty of things you've recommended (MGMT, Little Joy, Red Sparowes) but I ... : kgargs
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      also, how can you say the XX is bad??? fartin amazing : kgargs
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        i love xx. i just think the 2 bands you dislike are the better : wtf242
        • Usually you are spot on, and I found 2 other bands that I bought b'c of your recommendation (Black Mounta... : kgargs
  • i just made a post yesterday about the antlers. awesome that you're a fan! : aurealis
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  You may enjoy: Elliott Brood: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZqvz33PQog Heather Woods Broderick: htt... : tomservo
  • update: can't stop listening to Heather Woods Broderick : tomservo
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    I'm still checking out the rest but Elliott Brood might be hitting the spot. Do you recommend Mountain Me... : kgargs
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      Holy crap - Conference of the Birds might be amazing. : kgargs
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        Yeah, Shels is a great band. They only have one album right now, but it's a really good one. There's a li... : tomservo
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          I just bought Sea of the Dhying Dhow and Tin Type (was only 5 bux on amazon). Pretty stoked... gonna div... : kgargs
          • Awesome! I'm glad you enjoyed some of that stuff. I am pretty sure it is *Shels, but it probably doesn't ... : tomservo
    • Both are great, but I think I like Mountain Meadows just a tad more (that's their 2nd album, Tin Type is ... : tomservo
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  veckatimest by grizzly bear : anthonybean
  • If you like this, also try Department of Eagles; some of the same members. : Spezzer
• http://www.reverbnation.com/play_now/song_1921243 : ateam311
• Buckethead - Shadows Between The Sky, Colma, or A Real Diamond in the Rough for more of a mellow guitar. ... : Rag and Bone Man
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  Rural Alberta Advantage http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GupdrkZMYpA : wasylm
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    This might be really cool? This song was - what's an album you recommend? : kgargs
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      I bought Hometowns : kgargs
      • That's the only one they have AFAIK : wasylm
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  If you like folksy/bluegrassy stuff, you should give Sarah Jarosz a try. : elocanth
  • Eh, I hit my girl singer quota for some reason recently. Thanks though, I'll keep it filed. : kgargs
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  I would give these bands a try: Andrew Bird, Gillian Welch, Damien Rice, Death Cab for Cutie, The Flaming... : TheVietSpecial
  • Gillian Welch is so, so good. Especially Time (The Revelator). : Sacred Sperm
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  Since I enjoy helping people find new music that they may have never heard before I'll throw a few songs ... : NastyJack
  • \m/ Gram Parsons \m/ : ass-street
• Rogue Wave Morning Benders I've been enjoying these two quite a bit. Check 'em out! : khaosman
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  For the first time in a long time, I listened to pretty much all of Opeth's catalogue yesterday and it's ... : Yanks
  • And on a completely different note, I've discovered that there's some young folk in Japan making some swe... : Yanks
• The Helio Sequence. : Trimis
• check out Trifonic : skelom
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  Okkervil River : chrisschutz
  • i love their song starry stairs : aurealis
• washed out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHKCw3dJhqA bat for lashes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00... : aurealis
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  RATATAT are excellent background/working/walking music. I also suggest COLD WAR KIDS, GRIZZLY BEAR, WE W... : Geoffrois
  • oh man i've forgotten about ratatat! nostrand and shempi ftw : aurealis
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  Warpaint: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOFxb0F2F2A : pandastrong
  • another http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wkqau1HbCtM : pandastrong
• Frank Zappa: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4cjNUgZFr0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uv3ia0cFWI#t=1m... : retardhumper
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  Dr. Dog - http://www.myspace.com/drdog Delta Spirit - http://www.myspace.com/deltaspirit Husky Rescue -... : sparkly
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    Dr. Dog came to our little rhythm n rootz festival last year. Same place I found avett brothers, langhor... : kgargs
    • I'm very excited for their new album next month :D I will check those other bands out though, thanks : sparkly
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBjko6dR21I : Foxhawk
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  these are my favorite threads : mwasher
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    You're welcome : kgargs
    • oh man everytime I see that Apolo Ono commercial I wonder what that song is and it wound up being Intro b... : mwasher
• you might also like - Sleigh Bells: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3z8ppcFGPlY Broken Bells: http:/... : Jenings
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  Metric - Fantasies Noisettes - What's the time, Mr. Wolf? (Wild Young Hearts <- not bad either) Vampire... : ezanga
  • Metric is awesome. : Dschinghis Khan
• Tiesto : 7621305
• Bon Iver : _myself_
• Vampire Weekend Them Crooked Vultures Cage The Elephant : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  Early Avril Lavigne, you wouldn't like the new stuff : dognose
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    don't you mean miley cyrus? : skelom
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      I seriously doubt he would like any of that : dognose
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        and he would like sk8r boi??? : skelom
        • I would guess not : dognose
• Four Tet - There is Love in You : Postal
• You could try: - The Bad Seeds - Salmonella Dub - Trinity Roots All good New Zealand music bands ... : Rodeoclash

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  1. You can get better performance-per-dollar with a socket 1156 processor. 2. If you do stick with the i... : Goncyn
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    Thanks, Goncyn! : Rampancy
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      Make sure you are running Windows 7 for the TRIM stuff though on your SSD : Yanks
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        And use the default Windows sata controller drivers. TRIM won't work on anything else. : TrptJim
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          I've heard that also, but it surprises me, especially considering Intel manufactures both the drive and t... : Goncyn
          • Maybe Intel's working out RAID support with TRIM before releasing anything. : TrptJim
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      Make sure its the G2 Intel, Not sure if they made the g1 in 80gb, but just gotta be sure. : ant_hillbilly
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        Has OCZ released their new line of sandforce SSDs yet? And hints on price? : Alco23
        • Yea $430 for the 100gb. But they are the limited edition ones http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductLi... : ant_hillbilly
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  Cant you run 3 monitors off of the 5850 alone with eyefinity? : alphablu
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    That is a good point, you can drive three monitors off that one card! Don't need a second! You might need... : Goncyn
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      The dongle has to be an active one too... Probably cost as much as the 4650 in the end... : etherboy
      • I'm pretty sure you can use a passive dongle. They cost $10-20. : Goncyn
• I'm going a similar route: -Intel i7 920/930 then going to OC to 4GHz+ -ASUS P6T / Gigabyte board -6... : etherboy
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  also: do you have a micro center nearby? their i5/i7 prices absolutely slaughter the rest of the planet's : xsoulbrothax
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    I wish I did but there are none in WA. :( : Rampancy
    • Don't you :( we have FRYS! : kanix
  • I can attest to this. Their prices overall are pretty awesome. : Do_Or_Die
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  IF you're gonna dump that much into the whole PC, might as well tack on another $100 for the 5870. Also, ... : tostador
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    I'll probably go for an i5 since you and Goncyn suggested it. This is why I ask you guys! Thanks! : Rampancy
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      I just ordered up a new rig with the i5 750 and a Radeion 5770. Putting it together tomorrow, but i5 is d... : theylookwolfs
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        high five i5 buying buddy! I'm just waiting on my new ram. : cltcprd
        • ^_^ i'm just waiting for the freaking case to arrive. stupid case-makers making cases in South Carolina. : theylookwolfs
• this board takes ram sticks in threes. did you mean 6gb? : wendigo
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  Looks rad to me. Honestly I have a completely ridiculous framerate on my q6600 with 4gb and a 5850. ... : Thornfist
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    Ridiculous framerate with the settings maxed in BFBC2, that is. What is your old machine? : Thornfist
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      C2D e6600? 2.4ghz Nvidia 8800 gts 4g ram I think the dual core is what's mainly killing me in BC2. I hav... : Rampancy
      • the dual core was my problem too. Though I never dropped that low. C2D e4500 @ 2.5ghz ATi 4870 4 g... : cltcprd
• That looks pretty good, Flawless_Cowboy! : grendel
• you can save some money and get the 1156 i7 860, it easily overclocks to 3.66 Ghz. I have it in my set u... : dysfunctional
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  Let me hop on this train, but with a twist! My current specs: Core 2 Duo 2.13GHz E6400 GeForce 9800G... : Code RedBeard
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    Hm, perhaps I should try overclocking My E6400 before laying down cash for a new chip. : Code RedBeard
    • Well to give you an idea. My new stock i7-920 feels as fast as my old overclocked Q9450 @ 3.2+Ghz.... : Alco23
  • BC2 seems to like Quadcores, so a Q9400 or thereabouts would likely give you a big kick in performance. : Toraz Chryx
• I think that DDR3 is tripple channel, so you're best bet would be 6, 9(? not sure if they make 3 gig stic... : capt tripps
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  why the blue ray burner? : stgdz
  • It isn't, it's a blu-ray reader that also burns DVD's : Toraz Chryx
• i7-860 will get you better performance unless you manually overclock the 920. LGA 1156 mobos are cheaper ... : Serpico74

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• MLB10 the Show came out Tuesday and there are supposed to be a few more coming out this year like Sakura ... : .Jayson
• so many good times and classic games on the PS2... glad it turned out how it did after the system launch ... : sevogajre
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  What was the PS2 game that you logged the most time playing? I would have to say GTA3 for me. San Andreas... : tomservo
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    Between GTA3, GTA: San Andreas, and DOA2. DOA2 might win because I had it since launch and my friends an... : Begawkiness
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      what is doa? I can't recall haha : tomservo
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        Dead or alive? : drbriefs
        • Oh duh. Thanks! : tomservo
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    GTA3 easily. I still have never finished the game and I have spent hundreds of hours playing it. It... : .Jayson
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      GTA3 is my top one probably because of the Vigilante missions. I've spent SO many hours doing those. They... : tomservo
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        My close 2nd is Vice City. Motorcycles \m/ and 80's music!!! : .Jayson
        • Yes! That was my favorite part! Bike stunts and Flock of Seagulls wasted so much of my time back then. : jcrockerman
        • When I found my first bullet bike in Vice City, I don't think I did any story missions for at least two o : tomservo
  • Probably Dark Cloud 2, actually. :D : xsoulbrothax
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    Probably Gradius V. I'm getting the urge again. I wish you could install PS2 games onto the PS3 hard dr... : Omaha
    • And Gradius V isn't even a DVD, so it wouldn't eat up much space. : Omaha
    • An on that note, where is Gradius VI?!?!??!! Oh God, it could be so beautiful on the PS3. : Omaha
  • ico, must have played through that game at least 4 times. Or GTA3 with me mates : steve_o
  • tekken 4 : mr.sleepy
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    Either Kingdom Hearts of Kingdom Hearts 2, over one hundred hours in both. : MercFox1
    • Kingdom Hearts 2 for me, I beat it over and over and over again. : one random winner
  • The MOST time? Don't know which one but it has to be either GTA: Vice City, Final Fantasy X, Dragon Ques... : sevogajre
  • Probably Star Ocean Till The End of Time. 150+ hours across two play-throughs and completing all the bon... : omnova
  • Persona 3 probably. I played through it and the expansion twice with each play-through being around 100 ... : cetra00
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    either baldur's gate: dark alliance or god of war (3x playthroughs plus all of the challenges) : EvilDolemite
    • oh man I LOVED the original BG: DA. I probably played through it like 5 times, with the last couple bein... : DinK
  • probably FFX closely followed by GTA3 : Lawgiver
  • San Andreas, hands down. GTA3 really didn't do it for me on the PS2, i had it on PC first. But even then ... : Dschinghis Khan
  • Probably FFXII. : Vincent Grayson
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    Tekken Tag Tournament, either in VS mode with friends or playing Tekken Bowl. Strike! : Rehevkor
    • tekken bowl :D : mr.sleepy
  • Shadow of the Colossus because I played it twice and I only played like four PS2 games! : mikecyb
  • it's a tie between San Andreas and FFX : mayooms
  • Tony Hawk 3 probably. It's what I bought my PS2 for back in the day. : Entity
  • Gran Turismo 4. : serenj
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    FFX. Damn you blitzball : j2theizzay
    • I could never get into turn-based sports. : Omaha
    • Oh yes this is probably what I spent the most time on as well for the ps2 : chungathebunga
    • FFX might be one of my biggest PS2 time consumers but I played virtually no blitzball. I think maybe aft... : DinK
  • gta3 : anthonybean
  • I bought it for and almost exclusively played the shit out of Gran Turismo 4. : MatzL.E.
  • Either MGS3 or (funny enough) SF Alpha 3, which is actually a PS1 game. : ieGod
  • Nocturne. Max group and did all endings. : lohke
  • I'd have to say probably either SSX as a series or GT3-4 : Yanks
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    GTA3 A-Spec. I had most of the endurance runs finished. : Ride-My-Rocket
    • GTA3 Gran Turismo 3 A-Spec : Ride-My-Rocket
  • I'm gonna go with GTA: SA and MGS3 : focusdaily
  • Vice City : Mr. Goodwrench
  • I played a lot of Dynasty Warriors. 2 - 5, we probably peaked at 4 for playtime. 3 was the best, though... : mrblarg
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    GTA3 and the Ace Combat games. : NFXFSX
    • high five! : ucanbfuzzy
  • Probably Suikoden 5 at around 105 hours. A few years back I got about 50 hours into this long fucking gam... : Orange Pylon
  • rez and katamari received my full attention. : j0nchan
  • NHL05 : Ellissd
  • Guitar Hero 2 (I just bought a PS2 a couple years ago, and haven't played it much.) : Bold
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  Still playing mine. Picked up Oni for $3 (with the box and manual!) and I've been happily beating the shi... : Rehevkor
  • So am I. I just started Yakuza last night. A really good game so far. : .Jayson
• I'm pretty sure PS2 games are still being developed in other markets. : Agrona
• I was looking through my post history today trying to find something and I found this post linking some x... : Lawgiver
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  So is it weird that I never owned a PS2 and never played a PS2? : rosewood
  • Yes : one random winner
  • Never owned one but I play SSX Tricky with my nephew for a few minutes. It was fun. : Lightzout
  • count me in for that achievement, I went nes - dreamcast - xbox - xbox 360 - ps3 : OrkO
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    Me too. : spazzium
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      Ffffffffffffffffffail : sevogajre
      • I did play some PS1 ala Chrono Trigger and FFVII though. Did I do well? : spazzium
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    Never owned one, but I played Madden on it a couple times. That was it though. For systems I went: ... : K1Bond007
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      just as long as you've played MGS in some way shape or form, you're in the clear. : dopeman
      • Umm no. :( I was going to buy Twin Snakes or whatever for GameCube, but I never got around to it. : K1Bond007
    • I've played a little guitar hero, that is all : rosewood
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  Another thing I find interesting is that Gamecrap still sells used PS2 games but not original xboxen game... : Lightzout
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    They still sell used PS2's as well. : one random winner
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      You don't say. : Lightzout
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        O wait you mean the consoles? That is interesting. : Lightzout
        • It must be the slim design. You can take a slim + 2 controllers anywhere. With the xbox you need anothe... : Lightzout
        • Yup, at least the one's by me do, they've always got like 1/2 a dozen on display. : one random winner
• New games are still coming out for the PS2. I'm pretty interested in checking out Aragorn's Quest when it... : roushimsx
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  I'm still vexed that someone stole my Final Fantasy X game. I only put like 10 hours into the game, but I... : bob3578
  • Had you said this a few months ago I could have hooked you up! : Omaha
  • I'm sure you can find a used copy for cheap, even new they're like $20 tops. : one random winner
• i stayed away from ps2 and xbox because of the low res mess. now that that this gen's consoles can all d... : vassili_zaitsev
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  Easy question I know, but; What are your FAVORITE games on the PS2? So many to pick from, but I gotta ... : sevogajre
  • Sly Cooper 1 & 2. GoW 1 & 2, XIII, SW Bounty Hunter... Not necessarily the most popular games around but ... : Thund3rball
  • MGS3, FFX, Suikoden 3 & 5, SOTC, Katamari Damacy <3 : Orange Pylon
  • Shadow of the Colossus, ICO and GoW1 and 2. Complete slam dunks, they were system sellers for me. : Halen
  • Katamari Damacy : dmason
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  I can finally play PS2 games again, since emulation has matured to a point where the games play pretty da... : Orange Pylon
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    Is it legal? : abrasion
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      if he owns the games, why wouldn't it be? : Halen
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        it's not fun to breach the D M C A : CoRDS
        • is there love for the DMCA around here? : MamiyaOtaru
    • The system emulation is pretty much legal, the only catch is you have to rip the BIOS from your own PS2 s... : Orange Pylon
• 10 years ago today I would've had just finished waiting outside Best Buy all night with a hot, but vapid,... : ColoradoCNC

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  3 JoCo songs? It's like I've died and gone to heaven. : Haxim
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    There's at least 2 more coming. : Masem
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      Code Monkey annnnnnnd? Dance, Soterios Johnson, Dance? : Haxim
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        Mandlebrot Set and I think there's one more too, but I can't recall it off hand. : Masem
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          Shop-Vac, I think. : Deathlove
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            yup those are all the ones I've heard him say he's releasing. : Xevo
            • I want "I Crush Everything", even though I'll butcher it trying to sing it. : BlackCat9
      • I'm surprised Code Monkey wasn't w/ this launch batch. :( : DOOManiac
• awesome day is awesome : Deathlove
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  ohhhhh KMFDM! juke joint jezebel and drug against war, fucking awesome. : dirge23
  • uug that short guitar solo in ADAW will be murder. : -=kodiak=-
  • Oh shit, I might have to actually buy this game now. : Rehevkor
  • So much for ripping the system, eh Sascha? : yonderboy
  • I haven't listened to this music in years! Maybe I'll check it out. : MrBig0
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  Oh nice! So I haven't been paying attention, do these songs just show up on the Rock Band store just lik... : Begawkiness
  • First: xbox 360 only for 30 days, but I assume you're fine on that. EU players will have to wait a bit, ... : Masem
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    Also: you can only play these songs in quickplay or tug/score battle modes or in tour "make your setlist"... : Masem
    • Cool good to know, thanks. I only play quick play and make setlist these days anyway. : Begawkiness
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  Oh shit!!! Flogging Molly – “Drunken Lullabies (Live)” | Punk/Alternate|Video Difficu... : hashd
  • Yessssssssssssssssssssss! : sevogajre
  • Fucken AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA : Arctic Fox
  • INF + UNF!!!!! : MrLobo
• Gracias! New Music Hoooooooo! : Sylvanus
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  Wow, I don't know any of these bands. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    I haven't liked any RB DLC in the last 6 months...maybe i'm just too old? : gyokuro
    • You didn't like Megadeth? Or Iron Maiden? Or Tom Petty? Or Alice in Chains? Or Blue Öyster Cult? M... : DOOManiac
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  I didn't recognize a single song on that list... : Saman
  • You can try a 30 -sec sample of each song in RBN before you buy. Then you'll get to know them :D : Masem
• Fuck me. Despised Icon & Suicide Silence = I wish I still owned rockband =( : aux7
• Nice! Skindred! : TheNiXXeD
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  Do these songs cost the same as the other songs? : skunk_ape
  • Artists can set a price of 80, 160, or 240 msp ($1-3) for the songs. That said, it appears that many have... : Masem
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  wait, it's live for non-RBN users now? goddamn there goes a lot of money down the drain =/ : Xevo
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    yeah, I'm pretty glad I just waited and didn't nut the $100 up for XNA. :) : Deathlove
    • likewise, although beta testing new songs would be cool. : Xevo
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  THE. HOLD. STEADY. : zyklonbee
  • Yeah. Very cool! Only one song though and it's pretty much the only decent song in the whole list. : NastyJack
• Happy times! : pwnage1232
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  "Unable to connect to the Rock Band Network store. This may be a temporary problem, or it may indicate th... : Haxim
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    http://twitter.com/RockBandNetwork/status/9982421621 Today's store launch is supposed to be US/Canada. : Deathlove
    • I hate being discriminated against. FIX IT. NOW. : Haxim
    • Fixed now. The Future Soon is just as awesome as I was hoping it'd be. : Haxim
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  OH SHIT - FOR THE LOVE OF GOD! \m/ : jake
  • RBN Game play of this song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9b817U_TIZE Good luck! : jake
• I finally put all my rock band stuff in the closet. Fired it up for the last time last weekend and I knew... : Ellissd
• Still waiting for Stars of the Lid. : Lone Swordsman
• lol, they have Tripolette. I want some Honest Bob & The Factory To Dealer Incentives, like the two fro... : DOOManiac
• Kristin Hersh is giving me two reasons to play Rock Band. : Ely
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  That jazz song is BAD FUCKING ASS. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mjqNMcMtpE I remember when it was... : xsoulbrothax
  • fuck you youtube for streaming so slow : FrayLo
  • I love how they put the musical notes for the voice part. If you had a sax and knew how to play you could... : DOOManiac
• Soo, how do I get to these? Is RB1 supported? I didn't get an update and don't see any new songs. : zyklonbee