Evening Reading: Finishing Games

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• hahah wow : mrvandelay
• e.x.p.o.s.e.d. : aggressor
• Hahahaha, your secret hiding spot has been found! : ArcKnight
• Oh jesus that is in fact the funniest thing I have seen all day!!! : hashd
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  rgoer, it seems you have a stalker! : yosemiteclimber
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    lol, I was on the main page and was wondering what was on the last page possible. Then there was multipl... : ant_hillbilly
    • and now you know how I found it :] : rgoer
• ahaa : mnsnota
• Is that it is like inside his head all the time? : sleepytea
• ahahahahaha : Blucklesworth
• oh god, this is so great. hahaha. : senseimoron
• This is why I use the preview post script. : mechanicalgrape
• whaaat the fu : Veegeezee
• bahahaha. Exposed : stump
• hahahahahah that is the best : Yanks
• BAHAHA : Moonbase Commander
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  It's funny because it's actually a decent idea! : Felraiser
  • hahaha I do this sometimes...but I do it in random chatty threads not all consolidated. hahaha : sparkly
• I went from annoyed to laughing loudly in the span of like three seconds. : mafu5150
• HAH HAH! : hussdelrio
• hahaahha : ateam311
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  Lol. I wonder how often this happens and whether there are more sub threads like this by others. : Mmmmmoo
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    http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=22295936 : sparkly
    • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=20105435 : Veegeezee
  • There is no better place to test shack tags than some ancient thread where you won't bother anyone. I ju... : CRasterImage
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  hahahahaaha. neat. why doesnt he just use that syntax checker site? lol : chilln
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    they're all inaccurate when you start doing wacky stuff : electroly
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      Yeah, my code tag handling isn't quite right, and I don't emulate the way the Shack prevents you from doi : rock elf
      • WinChatty's is also completely inaccurate. i didn't even look at the shack implementation when i wrote i... : electroly
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      exactly... I got burned once by the preview script, and burned by rock elf's preview too, so I just start... : rgoer
      • rock elf's page is all I use for simple stuff though :] love that thing : rgoer
      • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?story=60000 is my dumping ground. mine aren't quite as... inventive as ... : electroly
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        I don't suppose you remember what it messed up on? I occasionally search for people mentioning it in case... : rock elf
        • probably just hitting the nested tag limit it seems like if you have too many different tags nested, t... : rgoer
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          Edge cases, my man. Edge cases. Try this one on for size: q * [ ] * [ asdf ] q remove all spaces, a : electroly
          • ya the quote tag and the sample tag are always dicey : rgoer
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            q]*[asdf]q Says it's fucked up on rock elf's site. : ArcKnight
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              He gives the wrong error message and the wrong preview. Believe it or not, this isn't a contrived exampl... : electroly
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                like this q[quote]q : electroly
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                  I concede defeat. You are the best at shacktags. : ArcKnight
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                    this is the shacknews equivalent of the triforce : electroly
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                      Are you calling me a newb >:( : ArcKnight
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                        i just realized i could fix the code tag for winchatty users by exploiting this. i'd just have to escape... : electroly
                        • q[hmmmmm]q : electroly
                        • I'm still waiting for spell check : goatjc
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            Nice catch, and it looks like I handle it too well, haha. I'm not sure how to figure out what the shack's : rock elf
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              It has something to do with which kind of bracket is used. This works: q b { } b [ asdf ] q But this ... : electroly
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                The difference is probably because q{ isn't a valid tag. : rock elf
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                  Yeah, whatever it is, you do it differently :P As is generally the case, the way you render it makes sen... : electroly
                  • Yeah, I won't worry too much, since you'd have to ignore the error message to get bitten by the different... : rock elf
                  • this tends to be the problem whenever I've run into an issue... the previews tend to do stuff in some kin... : rgoer
              • only noobs use b for bold anyways : deject
• ah, the kind of post someone who has never eaten at Bojangle's would make : mnsnota
• hahaha I've thought about doing this once or twice but not 50 times in one thread. : NastyJack
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  everybody's got one. i picked a chatty with an easy-to-remember id though : electroly
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    electroly, I've started doing this to test my lolpost changes. It's not a bad idea! : askedrelic
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      there's plenty of room in story id 60000, we can have a party : electroly
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        haha the chatty of lost comments! : askedrelic
        • I'll join you guys, leaving shackware baby as it is today, like graceland : rgoer
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          What if there's a whole other group of murloc Shackers, who always post in an old chatty, hidden away fro... : rock elf
          • like 20721 trolltalk : rgoer
          • I'm going to pick a nice one to retire to, one day. : Dave-A
          • there used to be the 'latest comment' box that would show the last 5 stories that got comments where you ... : TroZ
  • I always just sm'd myself to test things, not that I ever do anything too elaborate. : action wombmate
• heeeeelarious! : StolenNosferatu
• fucking LOL at inf'd. so busted : crummynz
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  As dognose pointed out, the spoiler tag ones are hilarious : tbreffni
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    I can't stop laughing at: HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGHUGHUGHUGHUGHUGUGH : thetangent
    • I enjoyed the step-by-step refinement of the face fucking spoiler. Rgoer is truly a craftsman. : reelbk
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  I like the shack because we can always go back and shit in the past : Draugluin
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    That's right. NEVER add an edit button. : Dr_Cube
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      but you know that having animated avatar would be the BEST THING EVER. : HisKillSkill
      • And a signature so we can all show off our mad photoshop lens flare skills : the_burd
    • Adding an edit button I'm convinced would truly be the end of the Shack as we know it. The lack of an edi... : thetangent
• Hahaha, incredible. : Head Rush
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  fucking lol. rgoer: http://rock_elf.shackspace.com/tags/index.html : Arctic Fox
  • see: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=22332047#itemanchor_22332047 (and replies) : rgoer
• What a find! : pharom
• Holy shit, awesome find. : spazzium
• hahahah : Mad Brahmin Disease
• hahahaha this is fucking hilarious. : RetroRedEyeJr
• hahahaha : Bamtan
• As has been said, the spoilered ones are great! : MacemanInTW
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  man I really wanted that pig with ears joke to work, I did not want to give up on that : rgoer
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    You needed to step back and literally TEST SOME FUCKING SHACKTAGS! : obiquatro
    • look at the thread I tested the fuck out of it lol, it just wasn't meant to be : rgoer
• I guffawed :O : DrWaffles
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  it's like you caught him masturbating : das_runt
  • Oh god this is so true lmfao! : hashd
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    I just wanted to avoid littering the chatty with untested shacktag failures :[ : rgoer
    • like your failed children : das_runt
  • Just a minute mom... : bashildy@speakeasy.net
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  haha too bad he didn't pick a place to practice spelling "roger" : underground banana plantation
  • I'm gonna change my name to intentional accidental name misspelling : rgoer
  • lol : iamgoat
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    No offense, but sometimes I like to imagine me hitting your face with a shovel until it turns concave. : ayesel
    • haha wtf : acheron
    • ha, me too, except not really. Funny though. : goatjc
    • *crickets* : reelbk
    • hahahahah : biskits
    • qq : abrasion
    • ok "easel" : moshman
    • uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh : datoo
  • cuz you are in the position to judge peoples names. : papaskot
  • Man I fucking hate you. Apparently so does ayesel, whom of which I can only pray smacks you in the face w... : ateam311
• Its so pretty! : DonarUDL
• LOL! i just pick a random one every time. i dont have a go-to post for that shit. : papaskot
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  Awesome... Nov 30, -0001 : sikander
  • It's the end of the negs as we know it, and I shack fiiiiiiiine.... : RomSteady
• Ahahahaha, how did you stumble on this GOLD mine? : thetangent
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  He needs this: http://rock_elf.shackspace.com/tags/index.html : the archvile
  • gah, already covered. I think the trick is that you can't cross-nest tags in laryn.x like you once could... : the archvile
  • Yeah, that's what I use. : guido anchovy
• I love the label of "batcave"! We also would've accepted "Fortress of Solitude" or "Montana Militia Hideo... : Bold
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  BOJANGLES ! : barichnikov
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    Bojangles! : cfalcon
    • oh fuk should have tested! : cfalcon
• it's like a text-only Pokey the penguin cartoon : r3dn3ck
• rgoer I love you come back to shackfighter (when Steam community is back up) : Foxhawk
• HAHAHAHA : theWhite
• I love year of that story. -0001 : filthysock
• I just heard the Unreal announcer go "Holy Shit". : Vorlonesque
• Oh my god it hurts. : not work safe
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  For TWO YEARS, rgoer was practicing to be THE BEST at Shacknews. This is his story. : CrustaR
  • /queues Eye of the Tiger : stump
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    THE BEST! : itsjames
    • You're THE BEST ... around...no one's ever gonna keep you down! : CrustaR
    • Clearly a reference to Buzz from Pit Fighter, the most awesome fighting game of the Genesis era. : Saman
  • just wait till he gets to fight haiku : r3dn3ck
• hahahahaha : proclone1
• http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?story=12345 : SqueegyTBS
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  That thread is amazing. Love the spoiler ones. : Scotty22
  • I love how edges asks back in '08. having fun? haha : Scotty22
• This is wise yet hilarious. : Lone Swordsman
• that's pretty awesome : anthonybean
• hahahahahahahah : Downforce
• i like the ones where there are four iterations and he still hasn't gotten it right, so he gives up. : papaskot
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  So has nobody realized that Shack tags also work in Shackmessages? And you can just send yourself a messa... : Robotic Puppy Eater
  • like that's any fun. : Makenxero
  • I practise LIVE}r : Boxelder
• i knew this stuff happened!! now someone go find a multiple homicide confession, or something. : waxthirteen
• haha that's too funny! : Shadowdane
• it's like a schizophrenic's diary. : aethyr
• hahaha 0wned! : MercFox1
• Ted Turner found a thread so old it was in public domain : dognose
• It's like discovering an ancient pharoah's tomb. But instead of him being dead when it was sealed up, he ... : Cliffzorz
• omg LOL. what a great way to start the day :D : xsii
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  Why / How did you come across this ant_hillbilly? Just reading random posts from ages ago? : CRasterImage
  • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=22331950#itemanchor_22331950 : ant_hillbilly
• Holy shit : Chris Remo
• Hahaha rub his nose in it like a dog which shit on the carpet! : abrasion
• Achievement Unlocked - Found the Shack Version of Tourettes. : Wyvern
• haha this is amazing lolol : exponen7
• It's so beautiful : umegastar
• BUSTED! : RogerDandy
• hahah wow how did i miss this. fantastic! : Xanthos
• test : squigiliwams

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  Someone kick a pubby off of the server so I can get in :( : freakynipples69
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    get on teamspeak and ask an admin. : ant_hillbilly
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      whenever I try to connect with teamspeak, it'll ask for a port and I don't know it. I need to enter somet... : freakynipples69
      • look below : ArcKnight
      • port 9987 : ant_hillbilly
      • thanks! : freakynipples69
• so the server is probably going to be full all night isn't it? i hope i can get in :( : ass-street
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  Is DOS down right now? : moogle
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    I cannot connect to any server now. :( : DM7
    • I can see the other two (full) servers but DOS is greyed out. : moogle
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    I can't connect to DOS either, no matter how hard I try :[ : TheVietSpecial
    • That's going to make it even harder to get on one :( : moogle
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    Dos has been resurrected : Arctic Fox
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      WHERE ALL THE PEEPS AT?! : TheVietSpecial
      • Oh never mind, kicked cuz of pub buster : TheVietSpecial
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  TS info: ts.shackbattles.com port 9987 pw:boxcar There's also the Chicago TS server but in my exper... : ArcKnight
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    Wrong TS3 info, we're using the Chicago server - info as follows www.shacknws.com port 9987 pw: maart : ArcKnight
    • Note: the server name is shacknws.com, not shacknews.com! : DOOManiac
    • it would probably work better if we had one TS server to use : Sapiens
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      It seems like everyone uses the ts.shackbattles.com server so why switch? : crunkfunk
      • Blame Khan. I wanted Rydogg's server as well. : ArcKnight
• whyyyy am i still unable to open bc2??? : extrahappyturtle
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  I see no shacknews servers. =( : Lucien Irenicus
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    goto Shack steam community site for instruction on how to add them as favourites. : duffman03
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      And the steam community is down also. WTF? Why can't the server browser just work. It won't even sho... : Lucien Irenicus
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        Go into your Documents folder / BFBC2 / Gamesettings.ini, at the very end there will be a line called Fav : duffman03
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          except instead of [Shacknews] it's * [[Shacknews]] * with no space between the asterisk and brackets. : ArcKnight
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            really? that one I posted works for me.. did it change in the last day or so? : duffman03
            • The server names have always been that. I guess what the favorite server thing goes by is the hex code an... : ArcKnight
• I think there should be a password for tonight, but fuck me if I know anything good. Ill still be there. : ant_hillbilly
• Finally got it purchased. I'll drop dicks tomorrow. : goatjc
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  I recommend a password... server has been full every night... for Shackbattles it should be Shackers only... : etherboy
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    You can't rank up with a password. Anyone without a shack tag will get kicked. : Alco23
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      It's a Shackbattle not a farming session :( I just want to shoot Shackers in the MOTHERFUCKING FACE! : etherboy
      • This soon though a lot of people won't have anything. So we'll be stuck w/ medics w/o health packs or eng... : DOOManiac
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  I'm sad to say that i have to miss another Thursday night shackbattle so make sure to spill your 40s for ... : RetroRedEyeJr
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    Hahaha, I used to watch it when I was a kid. For some reason I thought of it when I read 'First Edition'. : ArcKnight
    • lol, I'm now going to continue watching past the intro. : RetroRedEyeJr
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  Do you have to use the server browser to connect? It's taken me 30 minutes just to get a list of servers.... : MeenMunky
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    As far as I know, yes. : ArcKnight
    • Also, it's impossible to add a server to favorites. : MeenMunky
  • use server tab on the right side after following instructions above : nevlos
• Going to pick up vodka and pizza, hope I can get in the server :( : ArcKnight
• Fucking Khaaaaaaaaaaaaan! Found my Steam password, now I need to collect beer cans and take them to the... : Lightzout
• let me in! : ant_hillbilly
• The game is still downloading for me. :( : NFXFSX
• Bleargh, I keep getting kicked from the Chicago server... the first time I thought it was because I didn'... : r_picmip 5
• God damn it. Bad night to be out drinking. Or is it? : full_bleed
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  "You have been kicked by the administrator", thanks >:( : [eluder]
  • did you have your clan set to [shack]? if you did, no admin kicked you. when pb kicks you (and it often d... : re-verse
  • were you on the teamspeak server? : ass-street
  • Whats your in game name? : ant_hillbilly
  • We were kicking people who weren't in TEAMSPEAK. Alco asked a couple of times in TS if you were there and... : Duffman8369
• Also GOOD FUCKING GAMES. I think Drunken BC2 is a rousing success! : Duffman8369
• Boom goes the server? : duffman03
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  Why is teamspeak needed? : WhatIsThisFor
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    It isn't. I don't use it and I, uh, do pretty well. : aggressor
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      Does the game not have native voice chat on PC? : WhatIsThisFor
      • Indeed it does except it's squad only. : aggressor
      • It does, but it doesn't seem to work for me. : pun][sher
  • Teamspeak is for drunken hilarious alltalk : Arctic Fox
• So. Much. Fun. : Nitrium
• we need more shack servers, I ended up just playing SP instead : \ : proclone1
• That was awesome. : WaterSign
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  Good games, helicopter JIHAD FTW. : ProtoPunch
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    The first time you guys did that, it was like a scene from an action flick. I was staring you guys down ... : SolrFlare
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      Thanks for the ride out of bounds. but really, your a better man than I. I'll probably never touch the co... : TheQuad
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        The BlackHawk is easy to fly. If you're having trouble, see http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=22157999 : Arctic Fox
        • Pussies fly with gamepad/joystick. Real men fly drunk and with a mouse. (I am a real man.) : ArcKnight
• Need more dudes on DOS! One more level, one more map, so close to unlocks guys! : ghost in my shell
• Good motherfuckin game! : DOOManiac
• Had a blast playing with Shackers tonight!!!! GG's ALL!! : metldude
• GGs all! : Arctic Fox
• GGs everyone : MercFox1
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  GG's. So much fun! : Brian Leahy
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    Are you not Empathe in game?! : ArcKnight
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      I am. : Brian Leahy
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        I don't remember seeing you on Eff Yeah :( Maybe I was just too drunk to notice. : ArcKnight
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          No I definitely don't remember Brian on EFFF YEAH, maybe he was on Chicago 69? : MercFox1
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            Yeah, he made a post down below about the Shack Rush server, so I assume he was on Chicago. (since Dallas... : ArcKnight
            • I was defibrillated many times by the good Dr. Leahy on CHI last night. : AxeMan808
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  GGs! See, giving up dod:s wasn't that bad now was it? :P : Alco23
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    I had a very lonely drunk friday afternoon today. : Cliffzorz
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      :( : ArcKnight
      • I yelled at my computer for you guys. I'm glad its turned out so well. : Cliffzorz
    • hahaha, sad:( : Chandler55
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  Unlocked in the night for those of us in the UK Played the first SP level and now i've quit out to th... : losimagic
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    Did you run pbsetup (Punkbuster)? : Bamii
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      Bamii has been helping me via Steam. I updated Punkbuster with pbsetup.exe Ran BC2 again Server brow : losimagic
      • You know you've been tango'd when bamii is fixing your puter. : [7]kami
• I'm so close to getting the M95. I can't wait to blow holes in you with my "gun" : notdeadyeti

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  Check your e-mails =]. : irrerno
  • Key or Opt-in? were you sent a key or was it just activated on b.net? : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
• fu all : Chandler55
• fuck everything : Yanks
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  DUDE! and I was gonna goto bikeweek, hrmm ill be back in a bit with pics I hope : supermonkeyballz
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    you in? were you an opt-in? : Yanks
    • nope not yet just checked bnet and email.. meant back with pics of bike week. : supermonkeyballz
• bah : Head Rush
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  I think the fact I have never played Starcraft and suck at RTS games may be affecting my chances of getti... : Lightzout
  • No, no it doesn't. they still haven't given me one =( : famine101
• No email. Sad face. : Ellissd
• dang it! Nothing :( : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
• I didn't get one. You sir are a liar! : giant boy detective
• I'm starting to think you are a liar because I haven't read word of it anywhere else : Yanks
• I tried looking for a picture of a guy throwing his fists at the sky with the camera pointed downwards bu... : DrWaffles
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  You LIE >:( : locater16
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    Also: Hey Blizzard I own every game you've made from Warcraft 1 till today, some of them bought multiple ... : locater16
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      Everyone who opt-ed in had to own a blizzard game :/ if they did that they would have to invite thousands... : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
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        I wonder if they bias it against the amount of games you have registered on battle.net (I have 6) : Yanks
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          nah they just look at your computer specs. that's the only thing they bias against, if you have common st... : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
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            I have 8x2.87 Xeons! Those are probably pretty rare in the consumer space! : Yanks
            • Sounds like something they don't care about testing lol : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
          • I've got two accounts and I'm hoping that the other that I registered with my Macbook Pro will get some l... : DrWaffles
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            Can't be true. I have a 9800gx2. I'm pretty sure I'm the only one in the world. : TheVietSpecial
            • It is true. www.blizzblues.com/starcraft2 : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
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  since no one else got in, i'm guessing irrerno is full of shit? : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
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    magus.kalicompton : irrerno
    • oh what. sup kali buddy : deveus1
• Nope... : MacemanInTW
• Good joke!!! : bongturbo
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  HOLY FUCKING MOTHER LOVING SHIT I AM IN THIS GODDAMN BETA : Yanks
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    WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO : Yanks
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      OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! : Yanks
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        way to call him a liar earlier in the thread. you should apologize! : electroly
        • I do feel real bad, true statement. irrerno, you're an alright guy : Yanks
  • grats! : irrerno
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    congrats :) did you get a key or did it just show up? : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
    • just showed up. no email. (optin, btw) : Yanks
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    you are required to stay in the steam chat now and play games with us : mwasher
    • I am looking forward to doing so. I might get a game or 2 in tonight, but I'm leaving for a place without... : Yanks
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    God fucking damn it. How does everyone get into this beta except me. : Ellissd
    • A lot of us still aren't :( : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
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    Good to hear man :) : abrasion
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      If you don't get in in the next wave, I promise you that I will lend you the account for a full week. : Yanks
      • It's not the end of the world - you enjoy your account, also not sure if they are IP tracking logins, if ... : abrasion
  • I'll give you tree fiddy for the key. : thetangent
• FUUUUUUUUU : Dontdrop
• Did abrasion get in on his 6 accounts? : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
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  So what determines if you get an email or not? I didn't get an email, but it was activated in my Battle.... : IndigoAK
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    :( the emails take awhile. you are very lucky. They just flip a switch on battle.net and you're in, but t... : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
    • In that case I'm not in. : abrasion
• Yay! I got in! : Robotic Puppy Eater
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  ;_; : derelict515
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    Are you in or no? : abrasion
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      those are tears : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
      • Could be worse, he could have 6 accounts that aren't in! : abrasion
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        looks more like a walrus : shika.art
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          Ok I've decided I'm more disapointed than I originally let on, ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff... : abrasion
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            I'm still here with you abrasion... ; _ ; : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
            • Look at us two crying like a couple of little girls Mikey! : abrasion
        • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-MZE0y_9bc : bashildy@speakeasy.net
      • indeed :( : derelict515
• FML. I woulda had all weekend to play. Still a super sad panda. : bongturbo
• Ah well I'm having fun with flotilla and greed corp. Also DOW2 needs my attention. : zakazi
• There is no justice : MoreVespeneGas
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  SWEET IM IN! I've never played SC though :/ : noobja
  • good sign that people are getting in though : Chandler55
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    Hahaha, you're lucky it's late. That's a hell of a thing to say in this thread. : spazzium
    • I sigh every time i see that :/ : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
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      Yeah I know, I feel terrible about it sort of, but then again it's a game I think I will pick up. I've al... : noobja
      • I hadn't even read the thread yet, all I saw was the OP. I didn't realize how lucky I actually am apparen... : noobja
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  Just curious. Any dudes with 8800s or c2d e8400s in? : bongturbo
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    I have now 6 configs in on 6 accounts on 5 different domains created with 6 different IP's i7 920 wi... : abrasion
    • Man if you didn't get in I have very little hope. : bongturbo
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      I can't decide whether it's more fun to let him suffer or whether or I should give this insufferable bast... : deveus1
      • Although, I think Goldfish actually watches Starcraft with us on the weekends sometimes.... : deveus1
      • haha you have a BONUS key. CONTEST!!! : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
      • He's not the only one suffering, I'll trade you a key for, my sister : Moonraker7
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        Nope - I don't deserve it and you can profit - seriously, I'm a greedy man and totally would understand t... : abrasion
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          isn't our happiness worth more than money? : Moonraker7
          • I haven't been that bad! : abrasion
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          oh fuck it. : deveus1
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            What does this post mean? : Felraiser
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              I'm guessing he pm'ed it to abrasion lol :) : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
              • Amazing reverse psychology (?) by abrasion if so. He only spent $18! He wasn't that desperate! : Felraiser
              • Lucky guy if so :D : bongturbo
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              It means that abrasion has repeatedly turned down my bonus key. I'll have to think of a contest for it. I... : deveus1
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                Yep, sorry guys but I don't want to do that to deveus, potential profit is only fair for him. : abrasion
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                  abrasion, what is this Jesus shit? He's just going to give it away to a random Shacker. There is no poten... : underground banana plantation
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                    I hate the idea of being the squeeky wheel / whiner who gets rewarded for that, I'd like to maintain some... : abrasion
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                      well, just let him give it to you, then you can give it to me and not feel guilty : Moonraker7
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                        Actually I nearly considered changing my mind and then I'd give him my key to sell (account) when it come... : abrasion
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                          He's in bed, I fucked up! : abrasion
                          • :( : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
              • I got a good contest. Give it to me. Everybody wins!! : bongturbo
              • my comic for the sc2 contest needs to be put to use since blizzard takes to long to decide the winner ove... : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
  • Yes, I have both and got in at the start, 2 weeks ago. : rock elf
• I'm in, never updated my profile, archaic specs: # Operating system:Windows 2.5.2.3790 (SP 2) # CPU t... : crockroches
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  Anyone who got in, did you all get an email? : abrasion
  • No email yet. Read this post, checked account, victory. : crockroches
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    no email, i just saw it posted here and checked gmail then my bnet. it was on bnet. : noobja
    • Yeah so I'm suspecting they just tick a box on X amounts of accounts and the emails go out slowly, it's n... : abrasion
  • no email here so far. just logged in to battlenet : afrochops
• No key/opt in activation here :( Good thing I've got BC2 to keep me busy : SolrFlare
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  Do I need to wait for the email before I can start playing? How does this work? I get sent a key? : noobja
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    if it's in your account you can start playing. last time it took about 30 minutes to propagate to the ser... : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
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      so can i technically get the client from any host? blizzard downloader is taking forever and my friend al... : noobja
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        download it from fileshack or something. that works too. : deveus1
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          i had no idea it was on there thanks : noobja
          • np. That's what I ended up doing because the blizz downloader was taking too long. : deveus1
• I don't think Blizzard realizes how terrible I am at StarCraft and how much practice I'll need, otherwise... : Haxim
• :( ill keep waiting : supermonkeyballz
• fuck yes my brother got in : R@zzle
• holy shit i got in!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : afrochops
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  ive never been accepted into a blizzard beta. never. : jarek99
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    15 minutes ago I was in your shoes, don't despair. : afrochops
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      Are you saying the invite popped up 15 minutes ago (and no earlier), or only that you first checked 15 mi... : Felraiser
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        I checked back when this was first posted and didn't have anything, but do now. : DianeOfTheMoon
        • I love false hope. : Felraiser
      • I don't know precisely when I received it, didn't check until about 20 minutes ago when I saw this post. : afrochops
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  Guess who's got two thumbs and a StarCraft2 beta? This gal! : DianeOfTheMoon
  • :/ : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
  • I'd settle for one thumb and a starcraft 2 beta key : Durajim
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  I've checked my battle.net account like 7 times since this thread was created. : Ellissd
  • Pretty sure you only need to check once, if you're not in, it ain't hapenning till next round I've checke... : abrasion
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  lol, I got in! : Bamii
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    make that 8 times. I need to step away from the computer now. : Ellissd
    • Same here. I won Biosector's Mass Effect 2 contest, i've obviously worn out my luck. : burning eye
• Lies! Lies and slander! : thetangent
• I want play :[ : Reeves
• I didn't get an email, but then I checked the management and STILL NO DAMN BETA FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU : jbury
• Everyone add me!! Samizul.thegreat : sammyl
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  God, it almost feels like they know who wants in the most ... and are purposely not giving it to them =( : InfoBiter
  • There's probably over a million people applying for it, I'm kind of surprised this 3'rd wave was so soon.... : abrasion
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  Patch 3 is also out, yet another Terran buff (wtf?) and nerfing the Protoss. I expect patch 4 to take the... : Serpico74
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    It's not very severe. Nowhere near the scale of the Chrono Boost / Gateway build time nerfs. : Felraiser
    • It certainly isn't. That said, combined with last week's patch and yet another Terran buff, well, its get... : Serpico74
  • Protoss are still very strong. They are the only race I have trouble with. : razlebol
• I almost just shit myself. I was playing a comp stomp match and near the end, I get Player 2: gg on my... : IndigoAK
• I love you for posting this, it would appear that I'M IN WOOOOOOOOOOOO : the_burd
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  Woooo I got in to the beta! : Athul
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    This is fully gay, like balls to balls gay. : abrasion
    • this is http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e9/Tv_snl_ambiguously_flying.jpg : PlanetPerfecto
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      I know it's a beta, but I have every blizzard game you can possibly add, added to my account... but I'm s... : jbury
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        I have 5x as much chance as other people getting in and I didn't :( : abrasion
        • how do you know the multiple accounts really increased your odds? did the accounts have any games on the... : the city
      • I only bought the original starcraft after the beta started to add to my account and submitted my laptop ... : Athul
  • ok i will rape the next person who says they got in, that is a promise : Chandler55
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  :( ( : * & ( : PlanetPerfecto
  • is this some kind of regular expression? : razorblade79

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  I thought thats exactly what the AC2 system was. The server provided part of the client. : aeg1x
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    I'm pretty sure that in the current implementation, the server just asks the client "can you hear me now?... : Loxodrome
    • yea if they did something like quake3 and counterstrike, these games are unpiratable from what I can tel... : Chandler55
• It wouldn't be PC gaming anymore. : Marrbe
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  At the end of the day piracy can be 100% stopped. Look at the military, we know how to encrypt shit. You ... : uncleanmonkey
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    The reason military encryption isn't instantly cracked is because no one but the military has the devices... : ArcKnight
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      No, that's not it at all. It's not obscurity that's preventing decryption - people generally know exactly... : uncleanmonkey
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        The key is in the device the decrypts it, as you said. I don't think there's a way to embed the key in th... : ArcKnight
        • The consoles sign their stuff and nobody has been able to reproduce that yet. Its the same thing except y... : uncleanmonkey
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        Then the installing on multiple computers issue still arises. : kingdepork
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          It's not an issue. Just don't make that an option. : uncleanmonkey
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            So if your PC goes to hell, it takes all your software with it. : kingdepork
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              Yep. Just like if you lose your movie ticket you can't go see the movie even though you paid. It's not a ... : uncleanmonkey
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                But it does happen very often that I go out of town and want to play the games I normally play on my desk... : Loxodrome
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                  Well like I said then, you'd just reintroduce the dial-home functionality so that you could give back the... : uncleanmonkey
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                    These seem more like details that make or break your argument, actually. : Sapiens
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                      This entire discussion has been debated hundreds of times over. Wikipedia has a good summary of many of t... : Kentor
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                        Wikipedia links aren't as exciting as a debate, though. : Sapiens
                        • check the talk page, perhaps :p : crummynz
                    • How? They're totally solvable and in no way would cause a publisher to go "nah, I prefer 90% piracy". : uncleanmonkey
              • Yeah people won't want to upgrade their PCs. We can keep the same CPU forever. : kingdepork
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                Whatever we would be using at that point, it wouldn't be PC's. : Marrbe
                • It'd be consoles :o : one random winner
      • What if someone just spoofed the CPU identifier that is sent out and the response from the server? : Portax
      • I think Wii/XBox/PS3 all work on the principle that the hardware decrypts the encoded contents on the dis... : Nullzero
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    This would end the complaints consumers have about a persistent Internet connection, but it doesn't resol... : Loxodrome
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      Some of that solvable through a number of means: a) Tell consumers to fuck off. Why should they have t... : uncleanmonkey
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        I'm willing to sacrifice a few things as a consumer if it means reviving the PC market. I really don't ca... : Loxodrome
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          Games aren't physical objects, they're experiences. You can imagine a system where you pay (a lot less) p... : uncleanmonkey
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            What does that make a book? How come I can read it more than once, or give it to my friend to read? When ... : Loxodrome
            • That's untrue. You're paying for the licensing fee that the theatre had to pay to show you the movie. You... : uncleanmonkey
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    Didn't intel try to do this back in the day? I thought everyone flipped out and it never happened. : echoinggreen
    • i remember vaguely something like that : Chandler55
    • Yup, back in the Pentium III days. The experiment lasted about a year: http://www.wired.com/politics/l... : Loxodrome
    • What he's describing is pretty much trusted computing, which quite a few companies have dabbled in to var... : Kentor
    • yes there was a major uproar on the hardware and software side about it killing innovation. Destroying pr... : italiano3d
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    That's such a half baked load of misinformed pseudo science... An xbox 360/PS3 is pretty much that, us... : tcs
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      The 360 is not pretty much that at all, as I explained. If each Xbox had a unique key it would be the sam... : uncleanmonkey
      • Every 360 does have a unique key. : LoioshDwaggie
      • That wouldn't change anything. FIrst, each 360 has a unique key and it has state of the art tech that all... : tcs
• A slave new world, if you will. : Mondo
• makesmorepirates? : massdev
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  If I were a publisher, my stance would be to forget DRM entirely, and shift all of those resources into e... : DerHuhnTeufel
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    Yeah - put the money into community involvement instead. Maybe fostering a sense of ownership of the prop... : Conan
    • Good demos and good press can move a lot of copies I bet. : d0gbert
  • If you were a publisher, that wouldn't be your stance at all because you'd know better. : uncleanmonkey
• The best way for publishers to combat piracy is to control the entire chain of manufacturing from the cod... : pixelat3d

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• Run Lola Run, Goodbye Lenin are fairly major international successes! : SpaecKow
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  The Lives of Others!!!! : FirstPersonCooter
  • ^^ right here : themaestro2657
  • Yes, this is an amazing movie. : Super Sparker
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  Run Lola Run (Lola rennt) Action movie, the title heroine Lola has to try to get $100,000 to save her b... : shogberg
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    oh as the others said Goodbye Lenin was ok too (but I prefered the other 2 :p) : shogberg
    • This is bringing back memories of college German classes. Das Experiment was kinda interesting too (it... : shogberg
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  If you like older movies you can always check out R.W. Fassbinder and Herzog's productions. : woddemandred
  • Like the rather classic Aguirre. (that's germans playing spaniards, watch it to have your mind blown!) : SpaecKow
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  Schubert is wonderful. I have the Fischer-Dieskau Winterreise and play it very often. Sample: http://w... : jcupitt
  • nice!! : gydot
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  das leben der anderen; goodbye lenin; das experiment; there's another great thriller film about a gro... : moshman
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    ^^ These three films are great. Also: Der Baader-Meinhof Komplex, Lola Rennt, Metropolis, Funny Games, Da... : sonicdeathwalrus
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      yeah, baader-meinhof is great : moshman
      • Just watched that recently; a really fascinating part of history. : TShandy
  • Das Leben der Anderen is good stuff indeed. : swimteampie
  • You probably mean Anatomie? : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  watch Stromberg (tv show, I think it's similar/ a ripoff from the office) : razorblade79
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    it's licensed from the office : moshman
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      ah ok... I never saw the office but figured by all the fuzz around it that it had to be similar. didn't k... : razorblade79
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        really? It's worldwide, possibly the most successful tv franchise ever. : moshman
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          so how does stromberg compare to the original then? are those the same dudes or is just the same basic se... : razorblade79
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            same basic setting, totally different people, mainly original writing but some recycled jokes. I think it... : moshman
            • by same basic setting I mean, it's about the boss guy, mockumentary style, and similar employee people : moshman
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            Stromberg is actually one of few very good German TV series (copying existing material). It just translat... : Mad Brahmin Disease
            • gervais probably told them to get their act together on stromberg or he would pull the plug, so they did : moshman
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      Yeah after gervais had to sue those assholes because they really had the gall to claim it was unrelated ... : Hoax
      • that was a huge joke, they used some of the stuff from the first UK office series WORD FOR WORD. : moshman
• German Phil: FFFFFIIIIIIIIIIIII : Marrbe
• I enjoyed the Edukators. I think it was the last German film I saw. : lyme
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  also "14 Tage Lebenslänglich" & "Lammbock" : razorblade79
  • I hate german movies (although I'm from germany) but Lammbock is pretty good :) : matthaeus
  • lammbock is actually a funny german film, I was surprised :) : moshman
• Soul Kitchen, it's brand new though. : alexpr
• Das Experirment, Adams Äpfel, Knocking on heavens door, Wer früher stirbt ist länger tot : matthaeus
• Cool suggestions, looks like I'm set for the next couple months! : gydot
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  I'm surprised nobody mentioned "der bewegte Mann". One of the funniest german movies ever. : alexpr
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    i hate it and i hate til schweiger : Flinz
    • I thought I was the only one. I want to shit on his smug face : moshman
• I liked Das Leben der Anderen, Lola Rennt and Das Experiment. No war there. Highest recommendations for t... : tcs
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  Stalingrad : hanged_man
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    oh fuck yes, that film is amazing. so intense : moshman
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      WWII, guys. : Lone Swordsman
      • yeah he wanted non-war movies, but it's easily one of the best war movies out there. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  cant go wrong with some german scheisse porn : xsii
  • Raus hier : Johnnsen
• The White Ribbon should be nice when it finally arrives here. : Lone Swordsman
• There's nothing more soothing than Hitler's screaming voice. : imperator
• I lived there for five years and married a German woman... I remember as a kid I thought the language was... : Gwyndion
• Whatever this is from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8fbrUjjivw : cerealSAM2
• - Knocking on Heaven's Door is a fun movie (It has Til Schweiger from Inglorious Basterds as lead, Rutger... : Mad Brahmin Disease
• If you like situations that are fucked beyond all control, das Experiment. : Omaha
• The Edukators : piddy7

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  It'd be rad. I wonder how far the BBS progress bar has gone? : Yanks
  • http://half-life2.nl/index.php?title=The_Progress_Bar : DrWaffles
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  i would much rather they be two kickass games versus one kickass game. : ass-street
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    Why stop at 2? Threesomes are the Shack number. : givemesnacks
    • As long as we don't have to wait three years for the third one to come : Durajim
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      Valve doesn't deal with threes well. : ass-street
      • Worked well in the Orange Box. : dmason
      • you mean like 1, 2, drop the ball for 3 years 3? : oldschoolbob-o
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    i think it'd be interesting to see what kind of game they'd create by hybridizing two awesome games, rath... : Psigun
    • I'd only ever trust Valve to be able to do something like this. There is no way in hell that they'd take ... : Durajim
• I hope for Orange Box 2. But I will take Ep. 3 by itself any day. : ant_hillbilly
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  Portal 2 and CS 2 as Mac exclusives and Blue-Shift: Source for PC : The Wilhelm Scream
  • PS: What I want is CS with TF2 visuals. Or a sci-fi CS. : The Wilhelm Scream
  • Haha, jesus christ, I'd never look at the front page comments again if that happened. : Durajim
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    "it's as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror..." : riptyde
    • I sense a disturbance in the force master. : pwnjoo
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  I'd rather see Portal and EP3 take place at the same time and you can see two sides of the story : Schnapple
  • Sort of like Blueshift? I'd not thought of this, that'd be really cool. : Durajim
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  i think the best we can hope for would be a Portal Prequel and Episode III, since Epy3 seems to be settin... : pharom
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    Although Episode 3 and CS:S2 would be kinda nice and tossing in a Portal2 would make it incredible for an... : pharom
    • This is what I am hoping for. But we cant be greedy. : ant_hillbilly
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    but we dont really know when portal takes place right? i keep thinking that portal sequel would be part... : wimpy1
    • Yeah that's where I'm kind of headed in thought, that a sequel to Portal would be Episode III, but involv... : pharom
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    why would they change the ending of portal if it were a prequel? : ass-street
    • Possibly just to tie in the story to ep3. We don't know yet. I can't wait to find out : CaptainSurly
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  What if this isn't "Episode 3" but full blown Half Life 3 combining the Black Mesa and Aperture worlds... : TabsAZ
  • Possibly but unlikely. I think the stories will be linked between the two games more so than the previous... : crummynz
  • Episode 1-3 are Half Life 3. Doug Lombardi: Once Episode Three is complete, we will basically have made : matthaeus
• Episode 3 with Team Fortress 3 (just to piss off all the TF2 owners) and another copy of HL2 for $60 : capt tripps
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  Portal 2 confirmed for this year, Ep3 assured for next year. : Masem
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    I'd cry if 2011 and Ep3 are in the same sentence :( : Durajim
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      >> "Ep3 will be released before 2011" : sikander
      • I'll still cry, out of happiness. : Durajim
      • Like Valve's word is good for anything : capt tripps
    • 2011 would be hopeful for me. : spazzium
    • Come December you'll be begging for 2011. : capt tripps
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  I don't think Valve is going to combine EP3 and Portal 2. They might (well, probably) intercent story-wis... : jermm
  • I don't think they'll do a new multiplayer game. I think instead of an iterative jump on the Source engi... : spazzium
• L4D3 : smax
• Orange Box 2 containing Ep3, Portal2, and ?? : onji
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  We need a game where you play the role of a combine elite cut off from his squad. : SigENeaT
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    What would be the object of the game? Oppression? : Durajim
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      Objective-based. He goes around making people "pick up that can", but the twist is.. not everyone wants t... : K1Bond007
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        It sounds thrilling : Durajim
        • At the end you tell Gordon to pick up a can, but he bludgeons you with a crowbar. : the_burd
    • He starts a Combine rebellion! Although I don't know if that's possible since they're altered to follow o... : Mmmmmoo
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  The <color> Box: Ep3, Portal 2 and some unannounced game that probably isn't CS2 or DoD2, but is multipla... : K1Bond007
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    It'd be nice to see a (new) original valve game, they've got to be working on something new! : Durajim
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      They are. They got that DoTA game of theirs going, but I just don't see them throwing that into FPS-gamin... : K1Bond007
      • I mean something completely original, a new piece of IP that they've worked on from scratch, not an exist... : Durajim
• They're actually going to go through a Valve time wormhole and announce TF6 and Portal 4. : zipr
• An EP3 trailer would be nice. : justwr!ght
• Although it would be mass market suicide, I enjoy the name "The Oranger Box". : SLUDGE^
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  If they ever decide to release a Midnight Riders game I will decide to buy it :) : dognose
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    An original game or a L4D based game? : Durajim
    • An L4D-based original game! : dognose
  • Midnight Riders have songs in Rock Band now. : BlackCat9
• I can't see Portal and HL combining just yet although I am convinced that they are part of the same story... : Wombat Woo
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  I can't wait for the Portal 2 trailer. If it's anything like the first Portal trailer then it's going to ... : sanchez
  • Oh hell yeah! I had forgotten how awesome that trailer was. The music, the action... That trailer had me ... : Goblin au
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  Motherfucking Ricochet. : Cliffzorz
  • YES. PLEASE. Fuck the haters. I'll decapitate them. : Durajim
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  That would be like seeing the cast of Left 4 Dead in Episode 3. Portal / HL2 are two completely differen... : jingletard
  • They are different games but are in the same universe. : Nighteyes
  • Aperture Science and Black Mesa were rivals! : Durajim
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    Perhaps it will be like those Gearbox HL expansions, where you'll meet each other/cross paths/ work toget... : heartsauce
    • The more I think about it, I fucking love that second idea even though it's unfeasible and something most... : heartsauce
  • Portal shares the same universe designs. Especially the two rival companies involved. : Godhatesfatpeople
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  Interesting connection or coincidence on the steam forums. Caught it off of SA. http://forums.steampo... : Greymatter42
  • Wow, that's some wicked theory. : Bamii
  • This is the best conspiracy theory I have ever read : dognose
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    good theory but Valve all but ditched the Orange Box idea pretty quickly after it was released because a ... : mikecyb
    • Even for the 360/etc? Do we know which platform sold more? : Halen
    • It is still available at (high street) retail, though - At least in the UK - Do they not sell it in the s : Durajim
  • Blue Box sounds stupid. Please be wrong. : noxiousgg
  • Phone Phreaks also used Beige Boxes, but I can't imagine Valve calling it that. : Conan
  • I think he's reaching. : abrasion
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    If you combine the "static" from all of these images and combine it, you get to see a nude picture of Gab... : ArB
    • Nobody wants to see that. : alexpr
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  Steve Jobs style, "Half Life 2 Episode 3 will be available on Steam, tomorrow" : Serpico74
  • man that would be so sweet : aeg1x
  • I just had a think about this and considering how long it's been this BETTER be how they fucking do it, n... : abrasion
• Episode 3 with a dash of Portal. : Stage
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  The Blue Box: Half-Life 2: Episode 3 Portal 2 Black Mesa Availiable on PC The Mac Box: Half-Life 2: Ep... : ProtoPunch
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    Black Mesa? Now theres a sexy thought... : jbury
    • That gives me the shivers. That would be unbelievably awesome. But there would have been rumours before n... : master_disaster_17
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    Why would they do this? They could charge 40$ for more portal, 40$ for EP3, 30 to 40$ for Black Mesa,....... : abrasion
    • Why would they do the Orange Box then? They could charge 20 to 30$ for portal, 40$ for EP2, 30 to 40$ for... : Patch-e
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  When is Valve expected to announce something? : matthaeus
  • GDC next week. : baron calamity

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  ...record scratch at *Dalton??? : trove
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    Dalton was the first Bond I ever saw so he occupies a special place for me. : dirge23
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      He occupies a special place for me too. HE IS THE WORST BOND : ThomW
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        late roger moore is clearly the worst bond : dirge23
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          Roger Moore was an OLD MAN. What was Dalton's excuse? : ThomW
          • Poor scripts : Durajim
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            uninteresting movies...? : dirge23
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              ... then why do you guys like him? : ThomW
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                he was good in the role, even though the rest of those movies are pretty tepid : dirge23
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                  Ever seen Flash Gordon (1980)? haha : caveatemptor
                  • Saviour of the Universe! He'll save everyone of us! I love the Queen soundtrack that went with it. : dengar65
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        That would be Lazenby : caveatemptor
        • You're almost as wrong as ThomW : Durajim
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          He is the worst Bond because he was in the worst Bond. : -hyroth-
          • i can see saying lazenby is the worst bond, even though i disagree, but there is no way in hell that OHMS... : dirge23
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            You need to watch the Bond movies again. : ThomW
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              I've been meaning to. I own all of them except the newest one, which I wasn't the biggest fan of either. ... : -hyroth-
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                I think there are too many of them that I dislike to name a worst. haha I like Connery the best and al... : ThomW
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                  I love all the Connery ones, though I agree about You Only Live Twice and would put it at the end of the ... : -hyroth-
                  • Goldeneye, eh. It's certainly the best Brosnan movie! : Durajim
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    Dalton is awesome. He's just about as close to Ian Fleming as you get. When I used to read the Fleming no... : K1Bond007
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      We saw that transistion(to the more violent bond) in the world in not enough. Especially the part where b... : pwnjoo
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        I disagree at least somewhat with that. I thought he was way too emotional in that film. Bond might be a : K1Bond007
        • and by "was" I mean "written for". : K1Bond007
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    Dalton had a great Bond character, but got stuck with two lousy adventures. : Masem
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      he disagreed with something that ate him. : Toraz Chryx
      • Fucking lol'd. : -hyroth-
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      The living Daylights wasnt that bad, but license to kill was terrible. : -=kodiak=-
      • I enjoyed them both although the intro to License to kill was stupid : Toraz Chryx
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  which one has the crazy skiing scene at the beginning? i'm pretty sure it's a connery film. : ass-street
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-pASz2jjn4 That? : Durajim
    • yeah! i guess it isn't connery. that scene rules. : ass-street
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  wait , dalton? : FrayLo
  • He helped re-make bond! Sure, the movies didn't do too well and they returned to the tongue in cheek sort... : Durajim
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  i still think the train fight scene in From Russia With Love is one of the best fight scenes ever : dirge23
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ea7JxAvzUMg : dirge23
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      Absoloutly awesome, it's so freakin' raw. : Durajim
      • yeah, it just feels real in a way that most fight scenes don't : dirge23
    • Jesus, was the foley guy getting paid by the decibel? : bipolar
  • I support this comment 100%. : gimpx32
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  I'm a Sean Connery, early Roger Moore fan. I'm gonna get crucified for this, but I hated the last tw... : Thresher
  • I really liked the last two movies! They reminded me of the Dalton ones. : Durajim
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    I liked Daniel Craig as Bond but didn't enjoy the movies all that much. I've yet to see a Bond movie that... : NastyJack
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      From Russia With Love, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, The Spy Who Loved Me : dirge23
      • You sir deserve a good Cuban : bisongreco
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      Dr. No is a good starting place. For early Bond, I'd say Dr. Now, From Russia with Love, Goldfinger an... : K1Bond007
      • Just make sure to skip over, You Only Live Twice. They should have ended the series there. : steauengeglase
    • Licence to Kill >:D If you like the Daniel Craig ones, the Dalton ones really are the closest thing t... : Durajim
    • Hard for me to rank, but Goldfinger is probably my favorite Connery movie. I also really liked You Only ... : Thresher
  • I thought the last one was absolutely terrible. I kind of thought that maybe I did like Craig in the role... : maddy
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  I actually kinda dig Roger Moore. I don't think he was the best Bond by any means but he had a particular... : Schnapple
  • i've always thought Roger Moore was best at being the tuxedo wearing, martini drinking playboy type bond : dirge23
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  I always loved "You Always Live Twice" or whatever that one's called. It's the one where Sean Connery bec... : Sturm08
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    I loved that one, but it seems to be the one that the critics love to hate. : Thresher
    • When I saw it again recently it didn't hold up AS well. Connery was getting older and it's one of those B... : Sturm08
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      he's the worst pretend japanese man : RikiTiki2
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        Whose the best? : Sturm08
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          Paul Muni: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Good_Earth_(film) : Borzoi
          • pretend Chinese, but who's counting...... : Borzoi
    • The movies just keep getting better and better, building up this evil organization with an unseen villain... : steauengeglase
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    Never say never again! Great film. : Durajim
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      Oh. You only live twice. Great film. *cough* : Durajim
      • Fun fact The script is by Roald Dahl. Which might explain the chocolate factory scale base :) : ysbreker
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      Never say never again was not a real bond movie. It's made by a rival studio and is an uofficial bond mov... : ysbreker
      • I knew this, but it was still great. : Durajim
      • Sean Connery playing Bond makes it real enough for me. : dirge23
      • After Never Say Never Again they were gonna do it again. The scripts are fucking crazy. In one SPECTRE ta... : K1Bond007
      • it's weird that they remade Thunderball with the same guy playing Bond but it was like 20 years later : mikecyb
• for favorite film, Spy Who Loved Me followed closely by Goldeneye. Favorite Bond is Brosnan, but only his... : RikiTiki2
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  What about favourite theme? Because. That's an easy one. Nobody does it better. Also, Aimee Mann did an a... : Durajim
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    worst bond song is, without question, A View To A Kill : dirge23
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      I feel like this thread is taking place in Bizarro World. I won't say it's the BEST but there are far w : ThomW
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        i like duran duran too which is one reason that song is so painful. what do you think is the worst? : dirge23
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          Oh that's easy. The Man With The Golden Gun. : Durajim
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            haha, yeah wow, this is pretty awful. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50T8nEAa1GU : dirge23
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              Without question A View To A Kill, eh? WITHOUT QUESTION!!! : ThomW
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                you thought i was correct? idiot : dirge23
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                  You're the idiot that said "without question." ;) : ThomW
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                    whoa whoa whoa, let's not turn this around and make it about me now : dirge23
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                      Without question it's about you now. lol : ThomW
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                        that "dance into the fire" part of that song just rubs me the wrong way. maybe not the worst but it's a p... : dirge23
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                          I'll still be shaking my head as I fall asleep tonight. : ThomW
                          • may sweet dreams of simon le bon comfort you : dirge23
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      Nah. The Man with the Golden Gun, Die Another Day, and the recent Quantum of Solace one are worse. I also... : K1Bond007
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        all time high just doesn't really sound like a bond theme. the other ones are all fairly bad, yeah. i thi... : dirge23
        • I agree. A View to a Kill is a shitty movie and I'm not a fan of the theme probably because of my opinion... : K1Bond007
      • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maeELHysFPE : Durajim
  • From Russia With Love's instrumental only intro : RikiTiki2
  • Easily. The best "Nobody Does It Better" cover is by Radiohead though. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... : K1Bond007
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    my favorite is probably the instrumental for On Her Majesty's Secret Service, but there's so many good on... : dirge23
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      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5OCxwZI7YA : dirge23
      • Totally forgot how awesome that is. : Durajim
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      That's my favorite too. Lazenby gets a bum rap. IHMSS is a pretty decent Bond flick. : ThomW
      • Never quite understood why Lazenby was hated so much, he had good scripts and is a great actor. : Durajim
      • best bond flick : buzzbat
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    You Know My Name. There. I said it. : coldfusioncs
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      any bond theme with a dude singing is off to a bad start, really : dirge23
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        Live and Let Die is one of the best themes. In fact it's my #2. Explain yourself! : K1Bond007
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          some are good, but in my mind a bond theme should have a woman singing, that's just how it should be : dirge23
          • except that mccartney is such a girly man, so it works. : Borzoi
  • Favorite theme is Live and Let Die (also Goldfinger) Worst: Thunderball - lame in every way. : Borzoi
  • Chris Cornells theme "Know My Name" is amazing. I also happen to think its probably the best bond title ... : johnny rotten
• Sean Connery is my favorite though I feel that Roger Moore portrays the character closer to what Fleming ... : WhatIsThisFor
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  you guys obviously haven't seen flashpoint. the entire movie is basically the best fight scene ever reco... : vassili_zaitsev
  • i've only seen the one with jenna jameson : dirge23
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  Sean Connery will always be the best all around Bond. The others had their moments in different ways, bu... : SolrFlare
  • Is that your view from reading the books, or simply because he was the first person to portray him on the... : Durajim
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  Dalton. He combines the Cold War feel with the most authentic rendition of Bond. : Marrbe
  • It's amazing how few people seem to like him! : Durajim
  • I liked Dalton too. : node
• who cares about bond, what about bond girls? Ursula is #1 of course but who is your 2nd? http://www.sn... : dooberzoo
• <Alan Partridge> Stop getting Bond wrong! <Alan Partridge> : fen boi