Morning Discussion: Women's Day

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• holy shit : ErneX
• Look at those lovely Sunburn missile pods. : trove
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  I think it's this one (or belongs to this class): http://www.vincelewis.net/ekranoplan.html : ErneX
  • That is really, really cool. : ColoradoCNC
• Old cold war relic. : watcherxp
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  here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lun-class_ekranoplan : ErneX
  • sweet, thanks! : tashtego
• Rapture Airlines : dirge23
• Those are great photos. Thanks for posting. Very cool. : Amadan
• Looks like a setting in Stalker. : InfoBiter
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  The Russians should be the only ones allowed to design starships when we get the capability. : Godhatesfatpeople
  • haha yeah man that thing is a beast : rbjester
• Whoa that thing is AWESOME. : Lucien Irenicus
• That is awesome. : lplasmatron
• So damn sweet. : Mad Brahmin Disease
• Thats an incredibly overpowered looking piece of hardware and it looks like its sitting in someones backy... : Skull the Troll
• Wow, that looks like something right out of C&C Red Alert. : zombie man
• This the Caspian Sea Monster (really) : vezatron
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  Reminds of something from Tailspin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TaleSpin : hrdwregk
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    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikorsky_S-42 : swimteampie
    • Didn't they have something called the Golden Goose or something : hrdwregk
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  The story behind the Ekronoplan is fascinating. US spy satellites didn't know what to make of the things... : ezanga
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    http://www.vincelewis.net/ekranoplan.html : ezanga
    • I want to punch the dude in the face for using the word "envisage" so many times : zerog83
  • Red Alert 4 needs to have them. : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • The Ekranoplan can achieve a good clearance above the waves. It can fly the same height over ground too, : Talonus.
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    whatever man, wolverines would have taken them out : handofthrawn
    • What about Wolverine? : Snuffles-
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    Can someone clarify how it flies under radar when it's about the profile as a ship, yet there are sea-bas... : Professor Darkness
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      faster than any ship by tenfold. so youd need to attack with a plane, and it would get lost in ground-cl... : papaskot
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        Ship based Harpoons would like to have a word with you. : Professor Darkness
        • The Harpoon is not designed to attack targets that travel at 100+ knots. : ArcKnight
• jesus, the russians built some crazy shit : Veegeezee
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  If I was Bill Gates I'd buy this, restore it, and fly across oceans laughing like a maniac. : Blackdawgg
  • * Howard Hughes'd * : Drocnoc
  • Firing missiles into the air that explode and spell out, "STEVE JOBS IS A FAGGOT". : Godhatesfatpeople
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ekranoplan_of_1980s.jpg : anhero
• Is it wrong to touch myself while looking at those pictures? : dumb.
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUTWWsh6iGA : swimteampie
• heres specific wiki for it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lun-class_ekranoplan missile launchers are for... : papaskot
• going to see something like that must be fun as hell. : retardhumper
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  Why aren't we using these to provide cheaper intercontinental travel? Their top speed is faster than a 74... : wasylm
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    I'd imagine in high seas it'd have a hard time flying. I guess planes do as well in storms, though. : crummynz
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      They cite heights of 20 meters in one of the links I read. I think that would clear just about anything, ... : wasylm
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        But I suppose the unevenness would mess up the ground effect. : wasylm
        • Yeah, that's what I was thinking. : crummynz
        • Watching the video linked in russian, they said the Caspian Sea Monster was capable of traveling in a 3 p... : Fpsnut
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    uhh because it has EIGHT jet engines on it. imagine how much fuel that thing uses. if it had less engin... : papaskot
    • It needs massive amounts of thrust to get out of the water, after that it probably shuts down most of em. : swimteampie
    • It's a ground effects aircraft, meaning it gets additional lift boost from beeing too close to the surfac... : Fpsnut
• Experimental construction complete. : Stanley Spidowski
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  That looks like something straight out of a James Bond movie. I could totally see the hand-to-hand comba... : hoopfam4
  • FYI: It was used in the James Bond novel Devil May Care that was published in 2008. Written by Sebastian ... : K1Bond007
• The bread delivery plane. : vital3d
• those things look fucking awesome : yAak
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbecl88NsEQ : Cygnus X-1
• I have one if anyone needs a ride just call me : Utopia

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  Yes - the graphics may be aged, but it is still solid FPS/RPG-hybrid gameplay. The second did away wit... : Masem
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    sounds like the mass effect series : dantastic
    • The transition was way more jarring in Deus Ex though. : Iazu
    • Deus Ex is on a completely different level to Mass Effect. : Mr. Goodwrench
• People hate the sequel so much because the original is so amazing and the sequel couldn't hold a candle t... : Nali4Freedom
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  Sucks because there's no cover system or health regeneration or : tomservo
  • waggle : veras
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    I think you mean "Is awesome because..." : one random winner
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      I'm just emotionally preparing for Deus Ex 3 :( : tomservo
      • Fair enough : one random winner
  • *twitch* : MercFox1
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    press X to not die : DinK
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      Hold left trigger to Deus : tomservo
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        why am I laughing so hard at this... : eskimo spy
        • Gesture left stick upward to solve international conspiracy. : tomservo
    • ^ from The Escapist for those who didn't catch the reference. : mlev
  • lean Wait, shit. : drhazard
  • not to mention how do i know im taking damage of the screen doesnt turn to strawberry jam? seriously gam... : smacknca
  • QTE? kids these days : X-GOUKI
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  oh man i hope i remember this when i get home. i've been wanting to play that for so long =/ : aurealis
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    theres a deal for all deus ex and hitman games today on steam. it says monday sale so it may not be on s... : dantastic
    • also you could just go to steampowered.com and buy the game for your steam account via the web : dantastic
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  The gameplay and story are still very good. Music is excellent. The graphics have not aged well. It's a s... : MercFox1
  • mods inf pls : tomservo
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    i love the main menu music. :D : varsindarkin
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      I still have the menu music, UNATCO, Versalife, Hong Kong , and Enemy Within tracks in regular rotation : Iazu
      • I have it on my iPod and it's always fun to listen to while I walk around the office building here at wor... : tomservo
    • I do like invisible war's rendition of the theme, even if the rest of it was only ok. : mroizo40
• Because the original is so awesome. : DinK
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  If the aging graphics are going to bother you, http://www.offtopicproductions.com/hdtp/?page_id=3 ... : mafu5150
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    if you're bothered by aging graphics, there's probably something in Deus Ex that will be lost on you. : Lunaran
    • quake 1 is still fun to play but the resolution scales pretty high in that game. : dantastic
  • i may try this. downloading GOTY right now. upgraded my net and am now downloading it at 2.5MB/sec :o : dantastic
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  decision-making in DX: I remember the first time playing the game and I let paul die in the 'ton hotel : varsindarkin
  • Same thing happened to me through a conversation with my friends after I played it. : SockMonkeh
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    same thing at the airfield with anna and lebedev. at first, i killed him, then months later, i found out : varsindarkin
    • I found that out completely by mistake. At the airfield I boarded the plane to find Lebedev, laying some : Mr. Goodwrench
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  I don't listen to gaming advice from people who haven't finished the damn game. Actually don't buy it,... : Amnesty_intl2
  • i'm not putting my money to halo anything : dantastic
  • No need to be bitter or nothin. Some of us didn't have computers that could play games back in the day :) : squigiliwams
• The graphics have not aged well at all :( : OverloadUT
• Sold! I got this on the PS2 back in the day and got stuck half way through it. : Rizob
• Wow, i've not encountered any major problems yet running on XP. I tweaked the res and FOV to get it runni... : Rizob

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• And this being a huge picture also in the paper today. Totaly the news picture of the year. : gummijoh
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  so what is it about ? google translate leaves huge chunks of text in icelandic. : barichnikov
  • A nekkid man but. Symbolic of the mooning of the continental banks by the Icelandic people. : trove
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    "please help us out or we'll hold more press conferences with naked dudes in the background until the cas... : jimmy_legs
    • do they want some of that internet money? : riptyde
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    I read it 3 times. i'm still lost. The translation was a disaster. :( : sheepraper
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      the text is not the point. : gakera
      • The tv in the background eh? Should they bust him for streaking the news conference? :P : plunkymeadows
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        What is "Polly TV" ? : semaphore
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          probably a mistranslation of "the movie "Along came Polly" was playing on the TV" : gakera
          • google translate is so hit & miss : semaphore
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        Thanks for pointing out man ass to me. : sheepraper
        • you're welcome sheepraper. : gakera
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  I'd love to live in Iceland if a) it weren't broke and b) I wouldn't have to learn Icelandic just to get ... : Lone Swordsman
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    Language looks easy imo...You already know half the letters too. : supi
    • It''s certainly more of a challenge for me than it would be to live in the US, the UK or France. : Lone Swordsman
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    everyone can speak english here : OrkO
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      But I'd have to READ Icelandic to actually function. : Lone Swordsman
      • You'd be surprised... : gakera
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  don't they britain something like $70,000 per person living in iceland? : handofthrawn
  • they owe britain : handofthrawn
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    I'll britain you : yossapw
    • I'll britain you with australia : deadfish
  • yeah, and the Netherlands too. Which was forced unto them. : lightsam
  • i heard on the radio it was $135 per person in iceland per month for the next 8 years : dirge23
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    kinda like the us owing 100grand per person to china. : stgdz
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      but i think they actually owe them the money, like fucking pay up. where our money owed is on low intere... : handofthrawn
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        I believe they are trying to restructure the debt, but the sheer size of it and the insistence of the Ice... : trove
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          they could sell bjork : itsjames
          • I don't think Space Ghost would like you talking about his wife that way. : AxeMan808
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          Actually thats were the media is wrong and they seems not to want to tell the news like they are. Icel... : gummijoh
          • very interesting to hear this from an icelandian (icelandic? bjorkian?) good luck and i would vote to... : handofthrawn
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            I can't claim to know anything about Iceland except what I get from the media and my own interpretation. ... : trove
            • Some people are mixing up their anger with the authorities and bankers here and are forgetting that we li... : gummijoh
          • pff.. it's the vikings all over again. : bamb
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    just $7,000 I think : jcupitt
    • oh, £7,000 actually : jcupitt
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      I must have put a decimal point in the wrong place or something. Shit. I always do that. I always mess up... : handofthrawn
      • But, but, but that's my stapler. : one random winner
• http://funnyjunk.com/funny_pictures/240264/Meanwhile+in+Finland/ : rosewood
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  I've wondered about visiting Iceland, but I haven't heard anything interesting or compelling to make me a... : Boring Writer
  • the women appear to be quite hot : dirge23
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    i just assume that everyone in the country is like bjork : electroly
    • and lazy town : electroly
    • god I'd kill myself. And Sigur Rós - ugh : gakera
  • My aunt and uncle went last year and had a great time. Apparently there are elves there. : gigaduck
  • It's females there, for hundreds of years in a closed system, were strictly descended from the ones stole : Lunatic Angelic
  • An episode of No Reservations in Iceland is on Netflix streaming. I think it was the worst trip he's eve... : kingdepork
  • i've been once and it was the best vacation of my life. beautiful scenery, cool nightlife, nice people, g... : ass-street
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  Meanwhile, in Finland: http://i.imgur.com/qlrHy.jpg : Lunatic Angelic
  • meanwhile, on shacknews : azenmaster
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  Is that Stephen Fry in the crowd or reporters? : thecray
  • I clicked he thumbnail. It is not Stephen Fry. : thecray

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• I BELIEVE IN YOU : tashtego
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  Dag yo, if this was put in 2011, I'd be forced to choose between this and QuakeCon. :( : MercFox1
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    I still think QuakeCon should just continue to be the ShackCon as well. : freakynipples69
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      I'd be okay with this if quakecon was held in Vegas. Dallas kinda sucks :( : nyranger66
      • Bite a fart, pink boy >:( : dognose
  • That's kind of what I've been thinking since it was brought up. We should do this on an even year so we a... : ThomW
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  Make ShackCon this weekend. I'll be in Vegas starting Wednesday. : ateam311
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    Hey now, I'll be in Vegas starting Wednesday or Thursday (definitely by Thursday, I'm sure you of all peo... : Ctrl-Phreak
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      Sweet Vegas Comrade. Few friends and I are going for the 311 concert on Thursday and staying till Sunday ... : ateam311
      • Me and 3 friends were going, but I've had 2 friends bail on the trip (with legitimate reasons) and the fo... : Ctrl-Phreak
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      Wait, I missed the why about the date variability. : hbalce1
      • I bought 4 Tickets to 311 day on Thursday night. 2 friends thus far have bailed because of school related... : Ctrl-Phreak
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  This sub-thread is for those who would rather see ShackCon take place ANYWHERE ELSE besides Vegas. : freakynipples69
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    Name a place that's cheaper to fly to than Vegas. : ThomW
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      This is sort of impossible to answer. There are way too many variables. : freakynipples69
      • vegas is cheap to fly to and stay at then almost any other touristy place in the US. you also will have t... : maulla
      • Then you haven't done much plane fare shopping. If you pick a single, continental US destination, there i... : geedeck
      • Not really. Even us Canuckistans can't find a cheaper place to fly to in the US.. : eonix
      • You haven't even looked to see what prices are like. It's cheap to fly and stay in Vegas. : ateam311
      • Which is why Las Vegas simplifies the equation : rosewood
    • Vegas is pretty cheap if planned in advance. : mallfouf
    • While you're at it, name someplace that has cheaper legal hookers. Can't have a shackmeet without hook... : DianeOfTheMoon
    • Sorry but Vegas is pretty affordable. Lots of accomadation and entertainment for shackers! : mayooms
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      I was unaware of this, but is it really that cheap to fly to Vegas regardless of where you are located? M... : noobja
      • pretty much : maulla
  • Vegas has a good support system for events like this - they really make it easier to plan. : Jonathan
  • Gnome, Alaska would be my preference. : DonkeyPopsicle
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    Anywhere it's held will be problematic for people who don't live there to bring their PCs as I would imag... : wytefang
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      Quakecon proves two things 1. It's fairly reasonable to drag a PC across the country. 2. It's probably no... : Jonathan
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        any time spent doing a LAN is wasted time in vegas. : maulla
        • I would feel a chance to LAN with shackers would be a loss. : Lightzout
  • yes please : indosauros
  • yes : feek
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  replied. : maulla
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    i forgot to mention, as appealing as a weekend would be, hotel prices are drastically cheaper throughout ... : maulla
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      people also tend to be employed : aeg1x
      • Employment tends to come with vacation. : Jonathan
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        you think people dont take vacation days for qcon? : maulla
        • i did, i even flew around the world for qcon : CoRDS
• My research from a couple of years ago. http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=13043771 : Jonathan
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  I would love this to happen, but I have no idea when i'd be able to afford it in the future, so I shall r... : g0nk
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    can you afford to put away $50-75/month for the next year? Imagine if it happens in mid-late summer, that... : maulla
    • possibly. Right now my world is pretty much just upside down.. New Job Looking for a new Apt. Need ... : g0nk
  • ok, filled it out, 2011 might be doable for me, but no promises.. ;) : g0nk
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  Thom, what are you getting yourself into? : nyranger66
  • A sea of cock? : Fyunch Click
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    No. What have I gotten US into? You're helping me organize this. : ThomW
    • how to organize a trip to vegas: 1) provide a date 2) get cell phone numbers 3) its vegas, thats all... : maulla
    • This wasn't part of the deal!!!!! let me know what I can do : nyranger66
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    Three-five months of sporadic posts, then a gigantic dramatic meltdown about how Shackers are so difficul... : tashtego
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      I haven't melted down yet! : ThomW
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        Starting the poll here. I have dibs on June 26th. : cltcprd
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          March 9th. : Haxim
          • Beware the Ides of March. : Lightzout
        • What year? : ThomW
    • its like herding cats. : CoRDS
• Replied : hbalce1
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  Subthread. How many SoCal Shackers would be interested in grouping up and taking our motorcycles over to ... : hbalce1
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    >:( screw you guys! *folds arm in a jealous rage* : freakynipples69
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      Everyone point and laugh at the east coast shacker :P : hbalce1
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        Screw you guys! I'm driving 45 minutes to go to NYC. *sticks tongue out at west coast shackers* : freakynipples69
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          45 mins on a cold day to NYC vs 6 hrs through gorgeous desert to Sin City. Yeah, you sure have us beat... : hbalce1
          • I don't give a shit if you take a 6 hour drive to the Moon. 6 hours in a car isn't fun. : freakynipples69
  • I have a very fast car with no top, and I fully intend on not stopping in bat country. : DianeOfTheMoon
  • How many SoCal bikers do we have here? : Magus
  • I don't have a bike but would participate in a carpool. : crummynz
• Everyone should find comfort in this taking place in Vegas. So if there were to be naked shackers, random... : arcane_
• What a great idea! : RogerDandy
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  Count me in : spiffymc
  • I will fill out your spreadsheet when I get home later tonight : spiffymc
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  Ooh....I'll be 21 in 2011... : mysled
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    Thats a pretty big date range, care to narrow it down. I'd love to say you can have fun in vegas without ... : hbalce1
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      I'll be turning 21 in august of this year, so I'll be 21 all of 2011 :D Unfortunately though I probably s... : mysled
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        Will you not be able to afford it or is it just a scheduling problem? : hbalce1
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          Being in forestry, summer is the optimal time for seasonal work, and seasonal work is usually in the midd... : mysled
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            That sounds like a fun summer program, although I imagine it will limit your shacking and gaming. The for... : hbalce1
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              I may wait a bit, is there any time pressure for this? If I can wait until April it may be easier for me ... : mysled
              • I don't know what ThomW's timeframe is. I would recommend SM'ing him to find out. : hbalce1
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      This is bullshit. I had an amazing time in Vegas without drinking in August with you guys! : Galadriel07
      • I didn't say drinking, I said being 21. You have to be 21 to get into some places and shows, regardless o... : hbalce1
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        I wouldn't even be able to pull the handle on a slot machine once for fun :( : mysled
        • I gotta say after i turned 21 this was all i wanted to do :/ : mayooms
• If there's a LAN party associated, then I'd be VERY keen on attending. : wytefang
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  If it was on the same year as Quakecon I couldn't do both. : OverloadUT
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    quakecon is every year.... : RikiTiki2
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      Not every year matters! : OverloadUT
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        Actually fuck it; if it were in Vegas I could just drive, which would cut down costs and I could potentia... : OverloadUT
        • You're damn tooting you could drive. : hbalce1
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  I will be in Vegas next week, let's do it then! WHO'S WITH ME : nomaad
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    sorry but i will be in florida next week having copious amounts of sex. : kbnerd
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      /cancels trip to florida next week : ThomW
      • Well there goes kbnerd's sex plans. : hbalce1
      • lolz : RogerDandy
• I accidentally hit 'enter' and submitted the form.. good thing I was mostly done. doh. : TreMetal
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  whenever. i may be interested in it if it were a weekend. also not bringing my computer on a plane acro... : dantastic
  • also i wouldnt bring a monitor so it's kind of pointless : dantastic
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    Isn't the whole point of a con in vegas for the epic lols? Hot tub and hookers, getting arrested for cli... : ryuuseki
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      The whole LAN thing wouldn't work out anyway. Too many things to worry about -- getting space, power, equ... : ThomW
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        damnit. don't we know someone that lives there that could host it in their house or something? : RogerDandy
        • One of our guys is a pitboss in reno? : ryuuseki
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          lol, host 140 nerds + pcs. : biskits
          • well i'm thinking someone with contacts could figure out how to rent a community hall or something less p... : RogerDandy
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  only if everyone wears fanny packs and I LOVE VEGAS shirts and tucks in : EvilDolemite
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    I'm going to start growing my Vegas Beard now. : ThomW
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      i can't wait to cruise the strip with tapered stonewashed jeans tucked into white high tops! : EvilDolemite
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        polo shirts tucked into baggy tan khakis with a brown belt and scuffed brown loafers with the white socks... : dantastic
        • this is my daily attire =-( : kbnerd
  • What exactly do you mean by "tucks in"? This is the shack, after all. : paulatreus
• Holding a LAN in Vegas is probably more hassle than it's worth. I think it'd be more worthwhile to do Ve... : omnova
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  I apologize for suggesting gangbangs : tomservo
  • I apologize for not suggesting gangbangs. : tashtego
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  I think What Year should've been a checkbox, not a dropdown :/ : Deathlove
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    Checkboxes are advanced technology : OverloadUT
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      There were checkboxes for the months! THIS IS BULLSHIT : Deathlove
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        SURVEY CANCELLED : MercFox1
        • Fuck it, I'm out. : iamgoat
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        whoa, deathlove I just realized I had a dream about you. I was in a hotel with some chick and were were g... : sparkly
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          It's because I make marriage look like a really fucking awesome good time (it is), and you projected what... : Deathlove
          • I have to say, this is the most interesting subthread I've come across today! : MercFox1
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            I dont think my date tonight is going to happen anymore! DIS! However, I had a good night last night...un... : sparkly
            • I slapped her ass later too -- I just couldn't help it. I said "I'm sorry I've been needing to do that fo... : sparkly
  • I agree and just updated it so people from here out will see them. : ThomW
• Hookers & Blow : Lightzout
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  I would consider going, but probably not to Vegas since that city has zero appeal to me. 2010 would not w... : Evil Benius
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    What does it matter if the city has appeal or not, it's about meeting shackers. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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      fine, everyone come to CT and meet each other in my living room. : freakynipples69
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        How many strip clubs are there in your town? : Mad Brahmin Disease
        • I've driven through CT, there may be more than you think. Whether or not you want to see the girls naked ... : hbalce1
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        Also do you have a Brazilian BBQ place? : Mad Brahmin Disease
        • yes to both questions. : freakynipples69
  • does having fun not appeal to you? the mexicans handing out escort cards is just an added bonus : maulla
• I can't really answer your survey with concrete information. I can't even begin to estimate where things... : DrWaffles
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  anyone want to split the cost of renting a Ferrari with me? : maulla
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    Why, feeling too cheap to get a cool car? : Deathlove
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      I have to have some money left over to tip your mom : maulla
      • not classy enough to even tip. : freakynipples69
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        also I don't know how serious you are but yeah might as well go balls out you know? : Deathlove
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          everyone on the shack could take felicia for a ride, for just $999/day http://motorsportslv.com/Car/Ca... : maulla
          • wow, someone on the shack is indeed his/her car. : Mad Brahmin Disease
          • haha, I'm vacillating between "holy shit that'd be awesome" and "holy shit too fucking paranoid to drive ... : Deathlove
          • Even the phone number is Shack-friendly! : Omaha
  • You pay for the rental, I'll pay for gas. : InfoBiter
• Filled out the survey. Aw how exciting :) : mayooms
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  I'll only go if H@rvester is there. : dmason
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    Haven't been around that long, but is this a shacker to avoid or embrace? :/ : mayooms
    • Nah, H@rvester is cool. : DrWaffles
    • Depends heavily on whether you have a pink bush or not. : omnova
• If certain things in my life happen - I am so there...so so there - survey filled out! : flagg209
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  106 responses. Anyone else want to fill this thing out before ER? : ThomW
  • i want to fill it out again : CoRDS
  • Done : spiffymc
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  I would definitely consider this, but it'd have to be 2011 or 2012. : Vincent Grayson
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    Will you bring the kids? : hbalce1
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      It would depend entirely on when it was, but probably not. If it were short enough, I might be able to br... : Vincent Grayson
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        if i was to go it would have to be during aussie school holidays and i would have to take the wife and ki... : CoRDS
        • Tell her there is a union strike and all the stores are closed. Problem solved. : hbalce1
  • i think doing it in 2010 is pretty much out of the question. : maulla
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  What are the logistics for us incredibly lame guys? You know, the ones who probably wouldn't be going to ... : c0bra
  • High five my incredibly lame brother! : ThomW

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  word. i've been really enjoying playing this game with shackers. i'm pleasantly surprised because this is... : dirge23
  • It was nice last night logged into one of the Shack servers and seeing [Shack] attached to every username... : tboomer2
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  I hope more people realize How much fun hardcore mode Is, we need to play that more! : Trips
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    is hardcore mode the mode where bullets actually feel lethal? because i want to play that. : dirge23
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      2 bullets you're dead. So amazing : Trips
      • We do have a Shacknews Hardcore server. : LoioshDwaggie
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        I feel like this anyway most of the time. GRRR. : Lucien Irenicus
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          It seems I die so quickly, but I can never take down an enemy quickly enough. : ieGod
          • i have this problem. i can hit them with quite a few rounds but i'm made out of paper. the only sure way ... : kbnerd
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            it just took me a lot of adjustment to keep shooting people well after reason would dictate that they sho... : dirge23
            • The pistol upgrades are surprisingly effective. I can kill someone with 3 body shots from a pistol, or 1... : Lucien Irenicus
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            Are you burst firing? It's ridiculously effective. I can practically snipe snipers with my silenced SMGs ... : hoov1185
            • Always (except with the medic). : ieGod
        • i feel like this too : yAak
      • this sounds good but then i think about recons : dirge23
      • unless i'm shooting, at which point I can unload an entire clip into someone and they still live. : Clay
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    Feels hardcore enough as it is. It's like playing in organized chaos on those servers. I spend half my t... : tboomer2
    • Yeah you said it. That is one thing about this game I love. You can get pinned down or move to take adv... : Lightzout
  • how does hardcore mode change the gameplay? 1-2 shot kills for infantry, easier to blow up vehicles? : busdriver3030
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    Vanilla game is already hardcore enough. Its amazing : MercFox1
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      seriously! also i'm terrible at this game and hate that i have to unlock basic things like medkits and d... : kbnerd
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        as mentioned in the other thread, me too. you have to sort of slosh through the beginning levels it seem... : kainen1
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          kainen, did you have your mic on last night? : Attica Blue
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            haven't setup in squad VOIP yet, need to today : kainen1
            • I was trying to talk to you last night so you could help me suck a little less. Teamspeak wouldn't connec... : Attica Blue
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        it's pretty ridiculous playing a "medic" who has no healing ability whatsoever : dirge23
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          i know! i thought i was doing something wrong. Perhaps my binds weren't set properly or something. an eng... : kbnerd
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            at least the engineer starts out with the RPG though : dirge23
            • that is true. the medic is incredibly useless starting out. you have to pointless grind for basic equ... : kbnerd
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        More people needed to take advantage of the Veteran unlocks, especially when you can get it using demos/H... : Evil Benius
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          what are veteran unlocks and how do i get them? : kbnerd
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            http://veteran.battlefield.com : Evil Benius
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              yeah that shit is not taking my bf1942 code or expansions : teethmarks
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                I get "This CD-Key has already been claimed." for all my 1942 keys and Vietnam too :( Someone stole them ... : LordHellMaX
                • Lots of us have been having this problem: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=22360704 : quartic0
        • I tried to redeem my BF2142 demo login but it doesn't work :/ : LordHellMaX
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        For all the people whining about the unlocks it takes 1070 exp to unlock the repair tool for the engineer... : hobohun7er
        • play against shackers last night i was averaging 230 xp per map. that's it. 230. i had no idea what ... : kbnerd
        • It took me about 6 games to unlock the med kit. That included time to get more used to the game, learn to... : unjustend
        • I have 5 games listed and no health pack yet. : X-GOUKI
  • please tell me you're joking :( : arcane_
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    I really like it myself and it's hard to go back to normal mode after playing HC all weekend, but HC mode... : at0micgarden
    • Issues with hardcore: Lacking of spotting Hard to stay with your squad when dealing with pubbies A lot... : unjustend
  • M60 with the heavy barrel is hardcore enough for me.. : Turd Ferguson
  • I do way worse on hardcore. I like to rush in guns blazing, or try to sneak around the flank. On hardcore... : S1ing B1ade
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  Has Dice announced any new maps coming out? : whistletits
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    Not sure - if anyone wants to vote on switching to conqest mode on my server post here. I could do it fo... : trOmblyj
    • I'd like to try some conquest - even if just to see the conquest maps that don't have rush versions. : re-verse
    • i think rush mode is much better, conquest gets too chaotic and deathmatchy : dirge23
    • I wouldn't mind a switch up for tonight : whistletits
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      I actually think some people don't understand exactly how rush mode works. Pubbies mostly I think but it... : Lucien Irenicus
      • the big problem is that when the defending team loses, they tend to DM for a while and not shift back to ... : dirge23
    • I vote for conquest. : Visceral Monkey
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      Are there any other modes other than the three I've seen on the shack servers (Conquest, Rush, Squad Deat... : ieGod
      • No, these are the 3 modes. A CTF or Package Push would be sweet, but would require all new maps probably... : sreyes22
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      conquest is fucking booooring. Hardly any "big" maps, and the lack of choppers is incredibly disappoin... : dedgecko
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        I'm pretty sure that are choppers in conquest mode. : Nitrium
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          which is what I said - but their use is relegated to 1 of the 4 maps, and it's a small map(compared to bf... : dedgecko
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            small maps > giant maps of ye olde bf2 (even with 64 players) imo. 64 player servers running 64 player v... : dewdman
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              It wasn't the size of the maps; it was the number of flags. There were too many in BF2. BF1942 maps were ... : UtilityMaximizer
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                agreed. They should have the spawn points and no more than 3 capture points. But currently, there are... : dedgecko
                • Let's start with Wake Island : Wisp!
          • Agreed. The lack of transport choppers in Conquest is a goddamned travesty. : ArcKnight
    • Not bad for a change I guess but it plays a lot slower. Not nearly as action packed. : S1ing B1ade
  • April 1st is the date for the first map pack which has a Rush version of that dam map (can't remember the... : getfrisky
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  I'm really starting to regret playing an engineer. My guns actually appear to get more shitty as time goe... : Visceral Monkey
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    The Compact XMP is pretty awesome. I can snipe with it. : LoioshDwaggie
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      ^^^ This. I get sniped by more engies with LAW rockets than I do by snipers. I don't usually play engie... : Lucien Irenicus
      • It's so fun to use especially when you have a smart squad with you. Taking down Heli's and Tanks with ano... : Godhatesfatpeople
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    I don't use the SMG's at all. An engineer is a defensive / support class - close combat only == shotgun. : dedgecko
    • for reals. i've regretted trying to rush an engineer as a medic several times, for that reason : busdriver3030
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      yeah that'd be great and all if I had a shotgun unlocked already. :( Most of what I do now is find a rock... : MisterPhoton
      • IIRC shotgun is one of the first weapons to be unlocked (it's non-class specific). Hop in a vehicle as a... : dedgecko
  • The engineers XMP with the accuracy or extra damage perk makes it lethal as hell. I love sniping people r... : Godhatesfatpeople
  • The (something)2000 has been incredibly lethal for me (with the machine gun upgrade package). Even thoug... : fr0x
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  I am terrible, but I've been having fun. : Clay
  • hey thats all that counts! besides, kill you adds to my enjoyment. its like double fun : theWhite
• Guys what am I doing wrong? I keep having massive connection issues when trying to play on Chicago, and o... : MisterPhoton
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  You put a lot of hurt on me this weekend - I'd say you're a force to be reckoned with : dumb.
  • Oh I have my moments! I feel especially good with the 40mm grenade launcher I am getting pretty good at ... : trOmblyj
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  Where did you rent the server from, and also how are the admin tools? : ashkie
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    Rent from Gameservers and the admin tools suck balls. : Alco23
    • Reverse was telling me you used them and you kept losing admin privs. What do you do when that happens? C... : ashkie
• lol, yeah that was my first taste of what an RPG was. i didn't know wtf was going on. trOmblyj, you are a... : arcane_
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  I took down so many helicopters with a standard non-seeking rocket. That is so much fun, but somehow I fe... : ieGod
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    I have a harder time hitting helios with the "seeking" rocket than I do the non. The fuckers just refuse ... : Visceral Monkey
    • By seeking I meant the tracer dart fire and forget iterations. I don't bother with the guided one because... : ieGod
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    same with the person disarming and arming the THING (what is it, a bomb?) or at least give names of who d... : arcane_
    • you can hit ESC while dead to see the scores : naabster
    • you can hit the scoreboard tab during the level loads to see the final scores : dirge23
  • I took one out with a seeker (via tracer dart) and aimed. I almost missed it but when it hit the tail I ... : trOmblyj
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  you killed me quite a few times with those damn 40mm HE grenades. was fun : naabster
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    you were doing the same to me :P : herradura99
    • i would never do such things. I'm a pacifist : naabster
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  I'm still amazed that we are filling two to three servers and have a bunch on the Squad TDM every night. ... : MercFox1
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    Yeah it's crazy. Sometimes the TS adds to the confusion too. Last night Loiosh was in the wrong TS channe : ieGod
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      yeah i'm thoroughly confused about the TS channels. it looked like everybody was in the server level one ... : Clay
      • that is the case. we really need to split up into teams in the TS channels and actually try a strateg... : kbnerd
  • TF2 was like this for a good long while as well. I still ove the hell out of that game. : Dschinghis Khan
• It's of fun, when the login servers are up. : jonin
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  what do you get the star pins and dog tags for? there's no explanation in the summary screen : dirge23
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    you get dog tags after you knife kill someone. : kbnerd
    • Silver dog tags if the person is over level 20. Haven't knifed anyone over 30 yet. : dafugg
  • Star pins are for killing people with weapons, you get pins for getting X number of kills with a gun/knif... : MercFox1
  • Stars are number of kills per weapon, bronze silver and gold... 50 for silver, 100 for gold I think, mayb... : heyrobscott
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  >>> Someone write a web app that simulates the helicopter so I can practice! : zebosausamite
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    You can just jump on an empty server with a map that has a chopper and practice that way. : mechanicalgrape
    • But this doesn't help me practice flying a helicopter during the work day does it? : zebosausamite
    • no you can't - because 99.99999% of the empty servers are empty for a reason - PUNKBUSTER'D : dedgecko
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    Find an empty server is what I do. A built in sandbox would be AWESOME to have to practice in. : tboomer2
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      I wish we could run our own local servers for just this kind of thing. Lame DICE, lame. : ieGod
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        That's why the sandbox would be awesome. Go to the menu which shows you all the weapon systems and click ... : tboomer2
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          They did this in Arma2. It works beautifully. : GrimmyD
          • That little sandbox is an entirely separate game almost - you can unlock so much shit in there. Want to b... : ArcKnight
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            Hm. Maybe that's where I thought of it. The ArmA map editor thing. Just drop a unit and click play. : tboomer2
            • That's the editor alone. They added a unit preview thing that allows you to spawn with a specific gun, ve... : GrimmyD
        • Agreed. I still don't know how the range on the various weapons works, like the grenade launcher on the a... : ieGod
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  Anyone given thought about having a Shack BFBC2 Tournament? At least something to start us out on, with ... : kainen1
  • I would be down. : mechanicalgrape
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    This would be awesome - I think everyone should post their in-game name, the classes they play (and how t... : trOmblyj
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      I call MercFox1, sanchez and ant_hillbilly! : _jon
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        Get out recon fgt, I call MercFox1 as my gunner bitch. : ArcKnight
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          I'm not sure you understand the concept of calling : _jon
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            I understand you're a recon faggot that sits in the back and doesn't do anything except sneak up and knif : ArcKnight
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              STOP WHINING : _jon
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                I'm down in the streets every day. You're a straight up punk, because you ain't got the heart to come dow... : ArcKnight
                • Mofucker, I own these streets. : _jon
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              Hahaha between this subthread and the one last night where people found my KDR on the leaderboard, this i... : MercFox1
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                Your KDR is only like that because you use the UAV and bradley all the time. And are a beast with them. A... : Dschinghis Khan
                • Haha, true, but you're missing the times I'll get 3 or 4 kills in a row with knife, or mow down a squad w... : MercFox1
    • Yeah we just need an organizer and some captains...then once the team gets drafted they can elect squad l... : kainen1
    • tboomer2 - engineer - god incarnate. : tboomer2
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      I can't do that, I enjoy mixing it up too much. Sometimes if a tank is pelting the base pretty hard I go ... : ieGod
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        I'm not saying classes are set in stone, just that if someone was picking a squad they'd want to know wha... : trOmblyj
        • Well I've played and racked up the most points as an engineer, but I'm not exactly better at one class th... : ieGod
    • jbury, medic, pretty shitty : jbury
    • mechanicalgrape - I play recon mostly, and I'm actually pretty good at it! : mechanicalgrape
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      Moose Drool - engie - bullet sponge : usmcmueller
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        oh that was you! I was wondering if it was a lurker or something : tashtego
        • yes I had your number yesterday.... : usmcmueller
    • dumb - medic - not bad, can place top 5 or better on a good day : dumb.
    • Funky Koval - pilot; with single press of a button I can "fly" the choppa from home base and into an enem... : devpaul
    • bamtan - recon. frequently in the top 5. k/d ratio isn't great (1.2:1 or something), but that's because i... : Bamtan
    • eeeealmo - #1 medic all the time : eeeealmo
    • SL0P - typically Medic and I do 'ok'. : hoopfam4
    • arcaneetc, medic, i think i mainly suck (die way too much); but i'm getting better i think? : arcane_
    • vile4ever - engineer, assault Agreed. I'd love to do a tournament, and it's also kind of my dream with... : vile
    • empathe - mostly medic/assult, but I can snipe pretty well. : Brian Leahy
    • DschinghisKhan, medic and engineer. Pretty good i guess, i dunno i don't think i'm anything sepcial. I li... : Dschinghis Khan
    • Sergeon, medic, can't aim - so I play medic (like in tf2) : sergeon
    • hobohunter - assault/recon - SHOTTY RUSHING!!! : hobohun7er
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      Dr. Alco - Team EFF YEAH!! Medic/Engineer - Level of play depends on amount of alcohol consumed. : Alco23
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        I'm on your team, we call Fox and Duffman. : Dschinghis Khan
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          And Arckight. : Dschinghis Khan
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            And vile. : Dschinghis Khan
            • and .frame : Alco23
    • FrogHat - Medic, I'm okay. Engineer, just started playing it. : Link.
    • Goncyn - I like all the classes - above average skill but not as good as the best guys : Goncyn
    • Whiteshack - i tend to play what i think is needed. If i see no medics in my squad, i go medic. if we are... : theWhite
    • Dunwich - Medic - pretty good as support medic (paddles at the ready) : Dunwich
    • Nitrium - Engineer, Medic or Assault Recon with shotgun as last resort : Nitrium
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      I don't know if I'm good enough for a tournament, but I'd definitely like playing with a regular squad. : MisterPhoton
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        i dont think that matters does it? It's about getting everyone involved, the more the merrier (the more ... : kainen1
        • WELL IN THAT CASE: MisterPhoton - I've really only played Engineer yet, but I'm considering giving Rec... : MisterPhoton
    • [shack]James - medic all the time : james_austintx
    • LordHellMaX - Engie - I backstab recons : LordHellMaX
    • D0gbert: I'll play anything. I can break shit with any of the classes. : d0gbert
    • Curious - would people want to do a draft or bring your own team? : kainen1
    • Eggyolkeo - Engineer, Medic : TrptJim
    • nevlos - medic (pretty decent) and recon (okay) : nevlos
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      [shack] JonathanBedrava...or is it JonathanParkerBedrava? I am typically assault/soldier and pretty aweso... : WaterSign
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        haha me and you kept killing each other yesterday didn't we? : kainen1
        • That was a lot of fun, and I am only grateful that I got revenge for your knifekills. I've got to brag, t... : WaterSign
    • SHORTBUSCAPTAIN, I blow whole squads up with C4 and crash helicopters elegantly. : shortbuscaptain
    • SolrFlare: Assault/Engineer. Assault I'm solid but nothing spectacular. Engineer I stick to your tank's t... : SolrFlare
    • edgewise - Target dummy. : edgewise
    • Wisp. I'm good, but not great with all the classes. I play all of them evenly, although if I had to choos... : Wisp!
    • AxeMan808 (duh) - Assault, Medic, Recon, Engineer, in that order. But I'm working on my Engy more lately.... : AxeMan808
    • vovin, engineer/media mostly, i can sling some rockets pretty good like : vov1n
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    I think being able to coordinate strategies with squads would make this game so much better, but I'm not ... : ieGod
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      Yeah, these are my reservations as well. How many shack tournaments have NOT ended in flaming dramabombs ... : ArcKnight
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        Yea, I'm not looking forward to doing a tournament with random shackers. If I'm going to play some BF,... : dedgecko
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          well then recommend playing with premade shack teams instead of a draft......what's the big deal : kainen1
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            actually - here's a better idea. Instead of drafting teams - Captains draft squads? : dedgecko
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              that's kind of interesting actually : kainen1
              • I mean, you could set a player limit - 12 to 15, and require 3 squads of 4, plus up to 3 lone-wolves. ... : dedgecko
    • you just gotta man up past the drama. In other words, there's FAR more fun to be had than drama to be en... : kainen1
  • Do want! : hobohun7er
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  M60 + 4x Optical + Stabilizer == Headshots! I was sniping the hell out of people on Port Valdez & that j... : bosst0ne
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    Yeah I use the 4x, but opted for improved healing over the stabilizer. : Evil Benius
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      half the time you drop a health-pack to someone who needs it, they run away. : bosst0ne
      • Maybe things are different on the 360, but people always stick around for my heals. : Evil Benius
      • I just throw that thing wherever people gather and fish for points with it : snuff
    • Also 4x - racks up the +20 pt "Spot Assist " kills : bosst0ne
• playing as a medic is like ezmode for points. the best game i had with any other class was 1600 points. ... : pandastrong
• Yes! It's been much, much fun. Yesterday I saw two enemy blackhawks collide and spin in a beautiful ba... : unholydonuts
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  so i unlocked the m95 last night and my first impression was. meh. slow reload, not instant kills ( like ... : theWhite
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    What kind of walls are talking about? : mechanicalgrape
    • we* : mechanicalgrape
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      metal and wood (not the destructible ones that fall apart whe you shoot them) from what i remeber last ni... : theWhite
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        That works with other rifles as well, at least I know it does with the GOL. Now if you could penetrate th... : mechanicalgrape
        • hmm i've never noticed that with the GOL before, if thats the case the fuck the m95. sooooo slooooooow : theWhite
• Many thanks, trOmblyj! I had a great time last night reviving people and being revived (in the middle of ... : quartic0
• had a blast as well; one shack servers were full I went to play on a pub for few rounds... my god... the ... : devpaul
• This game is seriously the shit, and I think it's popularity is a testament to how badly we all want BF3. : at0micgarden
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  Neat Stuff You Should Know? The engineer repair tool can be used to kill players and damage enemy vehi... : GrimmyD
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    if you're a recon sitting on an ammo box you can practically spam the motion sensors... which net you 20 ... : hoopfam4
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      I really fucking wish recon players would use those sensors (AND THE SPOT BUTTON) more often. Half the ti... : GrimmyD
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        i don't know why people don't spot more aggressively, it's just free points and it helps your team : dirge23
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          Yeah, most of the time I swear I'm the only one spotting on my squad, Recon or not. : Bamtan
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            i am pretty much mashing Q through the whole game regardless of my class : dirge23
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              Unless I'm suddenly rushed with head-to-head combat, I'll always press Q before taking the shot. : Bamtan
              • Yeah I pretty much do this myself too : LordHellMaX
            • Haha same except I'm on the 360. Pretty sure my Back button is going to wear out soon. : hoov1185
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              Yep. Except that sometimes it doesn't work? : ieGod
              • It has a cooldown on use. It lets you pop it about 3 times in a row before the cooldown happens. : LoioshDwaggie
              • sometimes it seems to demand higher accuracy with a longer delay. with the UAV you gotta be like right on... : dirge23
            • Yup, unless I get jumped or I'm otherwise forced to shoot, I always hit Q when I see players. : Link.
        • Every time I see something twitch, be it a shadow, geometry or what, I zoom and spot. It's just safer ... : DianeOfTheMoon
    • You can only have one deployed at any time. : ieGod
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    What's even better is to run up on a tank, throw a mine down in front and behind it, then take out the re... : MercFox1
    • Haha yeah. AT mines are my forte now, I keep getting the explosives badge. Best in one round was 10 kills... : GrimmyD
  • Protip: If you are aiming at something and then the screen shakes from getting hit by bullets or nearby ... : _jon
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    EVERY NEW PLAYER WATCH THIS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0p4fkH9qC4M : Dschinghis Khan
    • Spot button on the PC is "Q" : Dschinghis Khan
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      meh - we need a PC version of this... : dedgecko
      • Well, it still applies. : Dschinghis Khan
    • ^^ this is good, i spent all weekend learning the stuff this guy will tell you in 9 minutes : dirge23
    • i lol'd at "Recon - Calmly run in the opposite direction when encountered by anyone who's not holding the... : shinta420
  • NS2000 + Slugs + Magnum is the best gun in the game hands down, I got 54 kills with it last night in one ... : shortbuscaptain
  • When someone Spots the UAV, and tells you a UAV is up, and is firing at the UAV, and gets killed by the H... : AxeMan808
• Had some great rounds this weekend too, such a great game. I have the medic class down, m60 + LMG traini... : jojomcbobo
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  Loving the shack servers. I gotta get my ass on Team Speak. A lot using it? : pun][sher
  • I jumped on last night willy-nilly and there were about 30-40 people online among the various channels. : MercFox1
  • Everyone pretty much. : ieGod
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    Pretty sure Chicago had at least 95% of players on TS for most of last night. : Bamtan
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      have people finally lost the desire to sit in and "all talk" ? I can't stand it. Squad comms, let alo... : dedgecko
      • While I would rather listen to Shackers talk than pubs. This is the sole reason I refuse to have TS runni... : tboomer2
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        I usually mute TS when I'm doing squad talk. That said, people need to use squad talk more. FGTS! : Bamtan
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          I have VOIP turned off completely in game. : tboomer2
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            wait so you don't use TS or Squad chat? : Bamtan
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              Correct. You don't need too if people know how to use the 'Q' key. : tboomer2
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                If I ever see you in my squad, I'll move to another squad. : dedgecko
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                  You prove to me that Squad talk actually WORKS most of the time instead of the lag / crackling / broken i... : tboomer2
                  • It's useful for telling people to mortar a point after you've armed an M-COM, to find cover to act as a r... : Bamtan
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                    1. I don't use in game voice 2. If I'm using VOIP, I'm communicating solely with my squad / team over TS... : dedgecko
                    • Additionally - since the spot has a cool-down / is broken when something is half way behind cover, VOIP i... : dedgecko
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        The thing is, all talk should only be reserved for our non serious business Thursday night shackbattles. ... : Dschinghis Khan
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          more like people are too lazy to make the extra effort to switch to the correct channel for fear of their... : dedgecko
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            That is true, because alt tabbing and crashing is fucking lame and gay. : Dschinghis Khan
            • However, BC2 has been the most stable of any BF game for me. Be it alt-tabbing or alt-enter, it's been i... : dedgecko
• last night was pretty EPIC. I wish my xfire was working right so I could take video off yesterday's game.... : X-GOUKI
• Was out of town all weekend, really excited to play tonight and hopefully get rank 4 or so! : atom519
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  So how do you unlock sights/optics on a weapon? By using that weapon? : byorn
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    It's class specific, which kind of sucks, since you can have zoom scopes as the "next objective to unlock... : ieGod
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      :( their unlockables were really implemented poorly. They don't convey the unlocks in a way that incentiv... : byorn
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        ?! When not in game you can look at the "barracks" and see what every single pin is worth (in terms of... : dedgecko
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          sorry, i meant the section in CoD where you can look at and earn special bonus XP by doing unique things ... : byorn
          • again... http://battlefieldbadass.com/gameinfo/insignias All of which is available for viewing in t... : dedgecko
      • My only beef with it is that you can't decide where to put your xp. If you could "buy" certain upgrades/g... : ieGod
• I am so freaking pissed I can't get in any online game. I have un installed the game, beta, and Punk Bust... : BubbaPut
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  Question about spotting... I'm on the 360 but this shouldn't matter. When you spot an enemy, is this info... : TPSReport
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    you're entire team sees the enemy target - which is why there's no reason why you shouldn't be spotting. : dedgecko
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      same goes for Darting an enemy vehicle - your ENTIRE team can lock onto it with either the Carl Gustave o... : dedgecko
      • nice good to know : TPSReport
    • Yeah when I am shooting at people I spam the spot button at the same time. : Evil Benius
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      Entire team? I thought that was the Spot Scope's speciality. I assumed spotting only informed your squadm... : Bamtan
      • iirc the spot scope just auto spots any target you are looking at, negating the need to hit the "spot" bu... : dedgecko
      • Anything spotted shows up on the whole team's HUD. : Arctic Fox
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    also you should always be in a squad. WTF are you not in a squad?! : dirge23
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      The squad thing is a bit hit and miss... sometimes you request to be in a squad, then the system fails to... : TPSReport
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        i think it just puts you in an empty squad sometimes : dirge23
        • (like if there isn't one with people and slots open) : dirge23
      • ...so click the squad panel and join a squad? : Goncyn
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  Didnt get much MW2 in this weekend but its always a great time. Also, if I revive you when we're on D... : limpossible
  • BFBC2 rather. Time for a nap. : limpossible
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    Oh, you were on long enough. I believe I have a few of your dogtags. : tboomer2
    • Give them back >:( : limpossible
• Now we just need to ban all the racist/homophobes from teamspeak. : lodit
• hey what's the default buttons for using the voice chat? I was trying to use it this morning (thought it ... : MisterPhoton
• Is it bad if I had bf:bc2 dreams? : loboca
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  toneh got saucy when he knifed me, so i knifed him back : maulla
  • I was typing at the time, Mautta. D: : toneh
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  My best moment was sniping a pilot out of a helicopter. I was trying to do it, I lead my shot and account... : Dynotaku
  • My best moment so far was knifing two people in a row in my first night of play (last night). Nothing lik... : MisterPhoton
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  It's fun playing with shackers. When the server fill with general pubbers, the funness level begins to d... : mobab
  • yesterday i had a round with 100% shackers against 90% pubbers. I was on the pubbers team. at least my "t... : naabster
  • yeah, westside got invaded by pubbers and it wasn't much fun. : yAak
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  Why are so many of you afraid to go defuse a bomb on defense? Its not like you lose tickets or anything a... : Iwannaacura
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    isn't it Arica Harbor? : _jon
    • whoa... http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=arica&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=... : dedgecko
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  Heya trOmblyj! I don't think most of us are the best player, but I had fun playing with you in your squa... : yAak
  • I wish I had more consistently good rounds - some rounds I just get stuck in a never-ending cycle of suck... : trOmblyj
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  Squad Battles! Rather than just playing Rush and Conquest constantly I decided to try Squad TDM with a... : hobohun7er
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    it's not fun when you are a beginner with crap weapons I can tell you that much. : redfive
    • pick up your dead team-mates gear - or pickup the gear of the guy you DID manage to kill. : dedgecko
  • We have a Squad TDM BC2 server based in NY. Can't remember details but the Admin should post the info in ... : Alco23
• I think BlackCat and I had a lot of fun last night, especially once he got his FPS legs under him again. : DianeOfTheMoon
• 3-screen 3D BC2 filled the cup :( http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/nvidia-3d-vision-surround-eyes-on... : eeeealmo
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  I'm beginning to really hate this game. It is ridiculously unbalanced. If you're at a low level you just ... : Albemuth
  • I completely disagree. : dedgecko
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    This part is kind of true, without those unlocks it is really unbalanced, especially if you're at level 0... : ieGod
    • It doesn't take long to pick up those basic traits though. As the Engineer I only had to get to level 3 ... : tboomer2
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      It took me all of two games to get ammo supplies and maybe four games to get the first gun unlock. I thi... : DianeOfTheMoon
      • The M60 is probably the most advantageous unlock I've seen so far. I couldn't figure out why pumping roun... : pyide
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      If you pick up other people's kits, you can do ANYTHING. : dedgecko
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        actually: PRO-TIP If you're running with your squad (doesn't matter if you're on offense or defense... : dedgecko
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          You should only do this if there are no other medics around though, especially if you're not a very skill... : ieGod
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            Well how else are you going to get points good if you don't practice?! : dedgecko
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              Then play as a medic! Don't steal someone's class for it! :D : ieGod
              • My post was for medic noobs that don't have the should be standard medic gear (paddles / kit). : dedgecko
          • You can swap the medic kit you picked up for your original kit, if you're quick enough. : AxeMan808
    • I'm one of those who took forever (2 days to get medic paddles), but it was mostly a result of me knowing : LoioshDwaggie
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    you can always get spot assists. always. : dirge23
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      oh boy a whole 20 xp :( : Majuju
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        i was semi-kidding but spot/kill assists really do help. even if you don't get the kill, a critical kill ... : dirge23
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          the honest best way to do it is to get into the heavy MG turrets and get a few generic levels. once you'... : Majuju
          • this is actually what i did. blowing up tanks with the rocket turrets will get you a pile of XP : dirge23
      • Keep mashing 'Q'. You get like 20 exp every 10 seconds. Adds up pretty quick. : hobohun7er
  • focus on one class and just get over the hump. its pretty poorly balanced at low levels but doesnt take t... : maulla
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    sounds like you just suck seeing as how everyone else managed to level up just fine : eeeealmo
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      He's probably new to the series - it's not that he sucks - he probably doesn't know what he's doing. T... : dedgecko
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        you are correct and i was harsh in my initial assessment. perhaps he should watch the "how to not be a n... : eeeealmo
        • I actually watched this and it was very helpful. I've been playing shooters for thirteen years, but I ne... : granpachook
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    You're just bad. An AK with a grenade launcher is pretty damn good! The M24 sniper is also really good : hobohun7er
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      Yeah, the assault class starts with one of the most deadly weapons, a one hit one kill grenade launcher. ... : pyide
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        As far as I remember, it doesn't start with the grenade launcher. I believe that was an unlock. : LoioshDwaggie
        • It must have been an easy one because I don't remember not having it :( : pyide
        • it started with it for me, assault was the first thing i played on Retail : yAak
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          It comes standard. You have to unlock the smoke launcher and shotgun later : hobohun7er
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            I killed someone with a smoke grenade last night when I was trying it out. A direct hit must do some seri... : pyide
            • Hahah, fuck you, that was ME. I was at full health! I'm pretty sure I yelled "what the FUCK?" : yAak
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    i dont buy it. the impression that the unlocks are imbalancing is only due to the fact that 90% of the pe... : theWhite
    • ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ : Arctic Fox
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    Just grab some poor dead medic's kit and start electrocuting corpses! : chungathebunga
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      Oh that's the other thing, that little ECG icon on the map is huge and kind of makes spotting bodies diff... : ieGod
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        I get killed *ALL THE TIME* while looking around on the ground for a dead body that the map says is there... : MagicWishMonkey
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          The problem is that the minimap icon marks where the person was killed, but the actual corpse might have ... : Arctic Fox
          • This explains everything! : ieGod
          • Oh, I had no idea. I guess that explains why it happens most often on steep inclines. : MagicWishMonkey
          • ohhhhh, that makes so much more sense now : Goncyn
          • Holy crap, I didn't know that. Thanks! : Portax
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        There should be an icon floating above the corpse too. It goes away after a while though, I assume when t... : pyide
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          the problem though - is that the corpse ICON is far too small, and the alpha texture makes it blend in wi... : dedgecko
          • Yeah I wish it wasn't transparent. : crummynz
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            It's bright neon for squad mates provided they've died recently. It seems to fade as time goes on until t... : ieGod
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              you're color blind. : dedgecko
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                It's Green for Squadmates and Blue got team members. : kikilupo
                • ...and I'm an ass, though it's likely that I usually end up reviving more Team mates than squad mates. : dedgecko
    • A bonus to that is if you want to quickly level up your other class when you grab it all the xp goes to t... : usmcmueller
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    Albemuth and everyone in a similar situation, watch this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0p4fkH9qC4M&fmt=... : Arctic Fox
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      This only sort of helps. It gives you some ideas of what to do, but you're still woefully underequipped ... : Majuju
      • I think b) is the more important point here. Learning the firing characteristics of the guns, and learnin... : Arctic Fox
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    Knife is always an instant kill. : MercFox1
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      except when you miss :/ : dedgecko
      • And stab them again because they're not paying attention!! This is particularly fun when sneaking up o... : dedgecko
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        I have over 200 dog tags already. I think all the tags I collected from the beta carried over... : MercFox1
        • Nah, I have over 200 as well and started at 0 at launch. : Moonbase Commander
        • Yea, I started the retail with 130 some from the beta. I haven't check stats recently - probably closer ... : dedgecko
    • False. Ghost In My Shell and I had a knife fight where we hit each other twice (I hit 1st, 3rd; he hit 2n... : AxeMan808
• Racked up like 30K points by having a squad in a Bradley. 1 guy driving (Or just standing in a dug in spo... : snuff
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  As a UK based shacker the ping to US servers really affects my hit rate. Back on a euro server and sudde... : nrgXs
  • yeah i noticed in going on a euro server i get the drop far more frequently. oh well : Bamtan
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  So can I get all the weapons from the single player campaign (excluding the ones in the opening mission) ... : NastyJack
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    I think the answer to this is no, as I've played about half of the single player campaign and none of my ... : MisterPhoton
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      Think he was asking if all of the guns in SP show up in MP as unlocks? Not if finding them in SP unlo... : pyide
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        That's what I meant. I'm wondering if all the weapons I used in single player can be unlocked in multipla... : NastyJack
        • I haven't played much single player but I haven't seen anything yet not available in multiplayer. Some ar... : pyide
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        oh, then I think the answer is yes, you just can't have them unlocked because of SP. : MisterPhoton
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          Cool, I gotta figure out what class has that gun I liked and play that class tonight. : NastyJack
          • I'm guessing it's the Recon T88 S or SVU rifles with red dot sight. You should try those with the 4x scop... : pyide
          • Yeah, that sounds like the first T88 you find at the Stone Tower before attacking the Lumberyard. : AxeMan808
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  Since were on the topic of BC2. Can someone explain why the shadows (even while on High) look like comple... : Godhatesfatpeople
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    because the game isn't designed to be played with DX9. Consider yourself fortunate enough to still be ab... : dedgecko
    • The game is definitely designed to be played with DX9 as much as DX10/11. The console versions are pretty... : TrptJim
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    I want to know why the HDR/bloom make looking out the windscreen of the choppers impossible on the desert... : Arctic Fox
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      Tanks are the worst on Attacama Desert - complete whiteout. : dedgecko
      • It's just as bad with the rocket scopes. I have no idea why they did that >:( : ArcKnight
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  WTF. Just ragequit after my game CTD twice in a row just before the game ended. Fuck this. : Bamii
  • :( : [7]kami
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  How can you tell who's tags you have collected? : loboca
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    goto your stats in the main menu : dedgecko
    • Thanks! : loboca
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  Is there a way to look at your stats online, similar to TF2 stats? Anyone know if they have announced an... : atom519
  • 1) I believe that there will be, BC1 had something like it 2) I would love if they gave us server operat... : Arctic Fox
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    Do you mean stats on a website? Because there are a lot of stats viewable in game already. : pyide
    • Yeah he means a website. : Arctic Fox
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    Stats were taken down as part of the Server Stabilization Act of March 5th, Year of our Lord, Two Thousan... : dedgecko
    • awesome, great to hear thanks! : atom519
• I was just driving home from work and when I pulled up to a stoplight I saw a couple people walking under... : mechanicalgrape
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  I'm starting to get irritated with the game. Some complaints so far: -The way that I have to choose my : UtilityMaximizer
  • Yeah, the UI really does leave a lot to be desired. 1) totally agree, we should be able to do this at ... : Arctic Fox
  • I agree on all points. I have found that it's not possible to spawn on a teammate that's swimming, so tha... : edgewise
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    I keep saying saying it here but you unlock the class specific gadgets (repair tool, ammo, medkit, and mo... : pyide
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      The defib at level 3 is idiotic, though. That took me at least a couple nights (admittedly one where I wa... : Arctic Fox
      • I agree with that one for sure. : pyide
      • I mean, look at the flipside. The way it currently stands, the new player goes 'cool, I'll play Medic so ... : Arctic Fox
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        The defib being there at all is idiotic :[ At the very least it should have a cooldown. : daedraug
        • 1) it's got about a 2 second cooldown 2) it fits in nicely with the 'ticket' game mechanic. : Arctic Fox
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          It does have a short cooldown. You can't revive 3 guys in 3 seconds, it takes more like 9 because of the ... : pyide
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            Which still strikes me as completely broken. Then again I can't wrap my head around how the spawn-on-squa... : daedraug
            • I think that is, in part, an incentive to get people to play as squads and therefore work together. I don... : UtilityMaximizer
            • I love that it fixes the "spawn, run for a minute before briefly firing my gun and dying" aspect of multi... : Arctic Fox
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      The defibrillator paddles took me quite a while to unlock. Maybe they don't count as essential? I could ... : UtilityMaximizer
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        I got every vehicle unlock during the first night of playing. Those come ridiculously fast if you know ho... : pyide
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          I can never seem to find an available vehicle, aside from the ATVs. The tanks are nearly always occupied ... : UtilityMaximizer
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            Play a map like Arica Harbor on rush. The attackers get 3 M1A1s in the first stage and they all spawn fai... : pyide
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              Hopefully that map will come up the next time I get a chance to play. : UtilityMaximizer
              • Even though that one as a bunch, any map with an armored vehicle or two you could always chill near the s... : pyide
  • If there is one thing that needs to be nerfed other than the M60, it's the 40mm grenade launcher : Drewus
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    I miss the larger maps where tanks could roam free like buffalo. You could find a quiet spot and repair y... : edgewise
    • Yeah, I'd like to see a map like Tobruk, with two tank armies duking it out, and infantry supporting them... : UtilityMaximizer
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  can i get an invite to the shack group? http://steamcommunity.com/id/porp/ : porp
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    done. : Arctic Fox
    • thanks! you da best : porp
• i was thinking of getting this game but I thought bf1943 on live and it sucked so bad that I didnt want t... : ultramega
• Here's a BC2 Launcher that lets you tweak different graphics options ,etc. http://www.moddb.com/games/... : Visceral Monkey
• I'm having a blast playing with all the Shackers. : mrwolf710
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  Kicked from DOS despite the shack tag while leading the team. A lovely first experience with shackers. My... : Dick Marcinko
  • Yeah its a difficult situation right now. If the admins dont know your name, then they check to see if y... : ant_hillbilly
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    If you had the shack tag on, it is most likely that it was a mistake. Sometimes if 2 admins are kicking a... : Arctic Fox
    • Also, the cause might be on his end... took me about an hour of screwing around with PunkBuster updaters,... : yAak
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  Ok, this is an embarassing question....... But what key is it to chat? I swear I've tried them all...... : fr0x
  • j, k and l are for text chat to squad, team, and all. Then I set teamspeak to T for alltalk : crunkfunk
  • Seriously? You could have gone into your controls and checked, plus you could have customized them to you : Trips

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  That looks amazingly good considering how old Doom is. : AgentPothead
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    yah I've been extremely impressed with it : Shadowdane
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      Would you mind posting some screenshots of the map overlay? I'd love to see some of those. If you're at w... : tomservo
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        yah at work... I'll post more stuff when I get home. : Shadowdane
        • Shit this looks like a lot of fun. I like that they've kept the fast paced gameplay intact too. I can't w... : tomservo
• Oh, yeah, I downloaded that once. I need to go through it sometime. : CrustaR
• its a lot harder, too. Either that or i just suck at doom :( : GloriousCow
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  doom 2 textures in doom 1 map is a travesty : manero
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    .......... : tomservo
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      it just looks wrong! : manero
      • it really doesn't bother me at all considering how good it looks overall. : Shadowdane
  • so is the shell casing hitting the floor sound. ugh. : waxthirteen
• Wow, I haven't heard of this. Thanks. : tomservo
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  Wow that does look good. What was ZDoom anyways? : RogerDandy
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    http://doom.wikia.com/wiki/Zdoom : tomservo
    • I personally prefer this one http://doom.wikia.com/wiki/JDoom : tomservo
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      Thank you I just didn't remember it. : RogerDandy
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        It's crazy to me that ZDoom has been around more than 10 years. Jesus christ that makes me feel olde. : tomservo
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          Want to feel older? Doom will be 20 soon. FUCKING 20 JESUS : Sapiens
          • I believe it, I think the first time I played it it was around 1 or 2 but I know I was a young fucker bac... : one random winner
          • WTF!!! I'm getting too damn old now. I want to go back in time and relive the golden age of my life. Th... : mastermike569
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  The Doom shotgun will always have a special place in my heart. It was the default weapon for the entire ... : SqueegyTBS
  • Doom 2 double barrel shotty was all kinds of awesome too! : RogerDandy
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    I remember seeing that hand too and being utterly blown away. Also, doom 2 super shotgun has the greates... : vitek r
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      Yeah. Both the hand and the metallic shine of the barrel were so amazing to me. : tomservo
      • The reload sound was great, but the best sound is a person being liquified. : LoioshDwaggie
• This would be a good time for anyone unfamiliar with the amazing Doom source ports that exist to check in... : vitek r
• That dude is terrible with his barrels : askedrelic
• The video makes it look pretty fucking awful. I'd rather play the original. : Sapiens
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  The drama surrounding kdizd had more entertainment value than the actual project. I'm not a fan, there's... : fen boi
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    It has a lion?!? : CrustaR
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      with a shield : fen boi
      • lol wow... haven't made it that far. : Shadowdane
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    I just like to pretend the project didn't happen... and I wasn't even involved. : Afterglow
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      Does it really blow that much? :[ : CrustaR
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        no its fucking awesome... i don't get the hate? I bet they are all like OMG someone touched Doom Class... : Shadowdane
        • It's basically the most extreme example of a movement within the Doom community promoting the use of thes... : Afterglow
• i'm gonna check this out : X-GOUKI
• God I hate that noise of the shell casing hitting the floor. Expand the levels, raise the resolution, but... : OverloadUT
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  Here, check it out: http://www.justin.tv/rydogg1/ : RyDogg1
  • lol you died! : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • Nice streaming ftw! \m/ : Shadowdane
  • sick, I was hoping you'd be jamming on some BFBC2. I'm gonna watch. : focusdaily
  • Cool stream there RyDogg1. : ErichTopp
• Damnit now you are going to make me get that and play it some time this week. : Chod
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  Some of the levels are HUGE! : crunkfunk
  • yah I think it took me almost 35-40 mins to get through E1M2... lol : Shadowdane

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  Already pulled, lame. : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • Boo, didn't see it in a search. Nuke this from orbit then. : plunkymeadows
  • plays for me : sanchez
  • me too : aux7
  • Worked for me just right now. : dumb.
  • That's the official ABC Jimmy Kimmell channel I highly doubt it will get pulled. : AgentPothead
  • Good to see YouTube's MBD filter is finally working. : tomservo
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    maybe in your stupid country! : papaskot
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      Yep. This video contains content from Jimmy Kimmel Live, who has blocked it in your country on copyrig : Mad Brahmin Disease
      • america: denying other country entertainment since 2008. : papaskot
  • works for me in canada at 720p : dantastic
  • I hate this unavailable in your country bull shit. : moe6
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    Worked for me in UK : iambinksy
    • You are not part of Europe anyway. : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • Uh nope its working : bolneze
• haha, that was awesome, thanks for that : foo
• haha that was pretty great : Yanks
• haha, good stuff : papaskot
• this is amazing : DrFlammable
• bravo, nicely done! : TPSReport
• Big Daddy Handsome : tashtego
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  Landa! Yeah it was great. : pigvomit
  • oops, a different video from last night, but still funny as well. : pigvomit
• hahaha, fantastic : Bamtan
• hilarious. : usmcmueller
• That is awesome. Seriously awesome. Can't believe he got them all to do that. : Ormsbee
• The best Saturday Night Live sketch that never was. Fantastic. : Albemuth
• ahha well done : Barnahog
• really really funny. Good stuff! : Fredrik S
• that was amazingly twisted : askedrelic
• haha awesome, i hope they make that into a regular thing and we get a couple of handsome men club skits a... : Jackass1233
• haha so awesome... kimmel is hilarious : skelom
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  John Krazynski was great in that. : edgewise
  • "I had your back... punk ass bitch..." : Rotten Deadite
• that was awesome : jonin
• that was amazing : headbone
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  That ending was just perfect : Lionhart32935
  • Yup, the ending made it all worth watching. Plus the whole Lenny part in the middle just fucking killed ... : plunkymeadows
  • sooo disappointed they didn't kiss :( : GloriousCow
• That... was... AWESOME. : Home Nugget
• that was fantastic : riptyde
• I definitely didn't expect that many celebrities to show up, that was good shit. : Ctrl-Phreak
• Wow that was amazing. : virus
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  Lenny Kravitz absolutely kills it. : dearjamie
  • i had yo back! : Iwannaacura
• Handsomely done! : ImageOmega
• Amazing. : Haxim
• Amazing. Kimmel puts together the best celeb-heavy skits. : Danny5225
• BLOCKED >8( : vx2o
• hahaha so awesome, so much better than anything Leno's ever done. : Edges
• this skit was AWESOME!!!!!!!! : m0rfus
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  Can't stop laughing haha. I just love how more random celebs kept showing up. : Chod
  • Yeah the reandom reveals were good. : bolneze
• I didn't think it was that funny. I stuck around for ~7 minutes. Does it get better? The first 30 ... : mlev
• Im not even halfway through and I approve : bolneze
• A better ending would have been with Kimmel waking up with Matt Damon instead of Affleck, and the chick b : bipolar
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  International viewers: http://abc.go.com/shows/jimmy-kimmel-live?cid=showsitelinks_search : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • Thanks! : vx2o
  • Holy shit that was pretty awesome. : Hoax
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    And make sure to check out Der Humpink with Christoph Waltz: http://abc.go.com/watch/clip/jimmy-kimmel... : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • This is awesome. : ieGod
    • Oh yeah, that kicked ass too. : plunkymeadows
    • holy shit LOL! : papaskot
    • lol. I already liked the guy but now I love him. : Prototype
    • Yes this was awesome and what I wanted to link below lol : Cashh
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  http://shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=22358734 >:( : Afterglow
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    sorry, didn't mean to snag your glory. : plunkymeadows
    • You sonuvabitch. : Afterglow
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  Kimmel must be a pretty cool dude to always be able to get people to do things like this. : underground banana plantation
  • it was oscars night and they were on abc, kimmel on abc, was probably easy to set up this one. but the ot... : Chandler55
• Ben completes this shit. Hahahahaha. : ateam311
• "I had yo back, punk-ass bitch!" : Godhatesfatpeople
• OMG, this is absolutely amazing. LOL. : Super Sparker
• super hero tights! : chilln
• http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?story=62680 more funny skip to 1:10 : Cashh
• That was fantastic. Best skit I've seen in a long time. : InfoBiter
• They shoulda ended with the door close and mad triumphant laughter. That was surprisingly funny. (I reall... : AxeMan808
• Amazing : rosewood

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• Is the ME2 system just dialogue trees too? Or are you talking the UI part? : trove
• it really should, Dragon Age felt like a big step back in this regard. the practical answer is that payin... : dirge23
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  to me it always seemed like the mass effect system but with numbers instead of a wheel : Sapiens
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    i assumed he meant the lack of voice acting and animation on the main character : dirge23
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      I'd rather keep dragon age's way of dialgue system. Just because one game did it and people may more or... : mobab
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        ehh, it feels antiquated to me. for all the extra dialogue in DA:O, most of it is that lawnmower shit whe... : dirge23
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          like 2. OMG PLZ TELL ME MORE ABOUT ORZAMMAR'S GOVERNMENTAL BUREAUCRACY zzzzzz : dirge23
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            God forbid you get the option to read about the lore outside of the index in masseffect... basically mass... : Hoax
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              they did this in DA:O too with the codex, it's exactly the same. they just tacked on way more of it in co... : dirge23
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                i'm always happy for the lore and don't really care how they deliver it. i would go out of my way to add... : Sapiens
                • it works in a fantasy epic like DA:O but i like how they took most of the "tell me about your weird alien... : dirge23
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                different scale though. in mass effect you had barely any info at all in comparison. i read the info in ... : Hoax