Evening Reading: Capcom Fight Clubs

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  Here are my thoughts on the game after 5 hours of game time. To summarize, it's already my favorite game : warcrow
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    after 5 hours lol : loboca
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      Why is this funny ? Was he supposed to take longer ? Or not take as long ? : taronish
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        Hey guys, I watched the first 20 minutes of avatar, and it was the <insert adjective here> movie I have s... : loboca
        • Hey guys, I just spent five hours doing something. Can I have an opinion yet? : StolenNosferatu
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          xplay estimated 9 hours play through for the first time... : kevp
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            that.. is not good. : loboca
            • I actually prefer my action games to be about 8 hours now. 8-12 or so. : qwpeoriu
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              is that any different than GOW1 or 2? : kevp
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                or many other great singleplayer games these days? no, it isn't : derelict515
                • ya, but I played through 1 and 2 twice, in addition to the arena modes. Seeing Kratos in my fish costume ... : kevp
        • uh, since the game is 9 hours long it be more like saying hey guys I watched the first hour and 45 minute... : Jackass1233
        • I think after 5 hours, he probably has plenty of experience to talk about the game. Perhaps not enough to... : taronish
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          did you really think God of War was going to be a 45 hour game? : derelict515
          • God of War, more like God of Skirmish. : Evil Benius
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            Well, 9 hours isn't enough to justify buying the console for. : loboca
            • ok... : derelict515
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          I had a great response written up but I pulled up another tab to check the spelling of a word and I accid... : uglysad
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            Here are my thoughts on reading the first half of Warcrow's 5 hour review. To summarize, it's already my ... : loboca
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              To be fair, he said impressions, not review. : uglysad
              • You can have impressions of something after little exposure to it. : uglysad
  • I like GoW as a game series, the combat is really just top notch, and what they were able to do with the ... : SpaecKow
  • Thanks for the write-up, man! I need to try the demo. : Dave-A
  • Cool post, I wish I could afford a ps3. : Lightzout
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  We're currently plowing through GoW2 to catch up to what 3 will be continuing. Also, everyone hates you,... : jingletard
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    But I liveylu jingletard! :) GoW2 is great, how far are you? : warcrow
    • The fiance is actually playing the shit out of it and she's at some tower with the twin sisters or someth... : jingletard
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  I love the God of War series... but after playing through Bayonetta, Kratos feels like such a lumbering o... : ChibiJosh
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    exactly. Bayonetta is clearly GOTY in this genre... unless GOW3 does something RADICALLY different tha... : TPSReport
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      well if we're judging purely off combat engines Ninja Gaiden was probably better than God of War 1 and 2.... : derelict515
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        I always played the God of War series for its high production values, the animation, the art, the environ... : TPSReport
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          GoW is not a button masher at all on the highest difficulty level, it's just that the default difficulty ... : derelict515
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            let me clarify, since calling anything a button-masher tend to drive flame wars.... This genre, hack-a... : TPSReport
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              I guess I don't see why that hook is required at all to make a good combat system. What makes it not a bu... : derelict515
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                sigh... I knew the mere mention of "button-masher" would derail the conversation. Forget I said it... ple... : TPSReport
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                  I see what you mean overall, but from your last statement I still get the impression you never played GoW... : derelict515
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                    I don't see why not having played GOW at the hardest difficulty has anything to do with what I'm saying. ... : TPSReport
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                      of course the difficulty matters... it's like complaining that a singleplayer game is super short because... : derelict515
                      • heh... internet arguments are interesting. We'll just agree to disagree. I'll end this subthread with thi... : TPSReport
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    I'm just gonna say it. Bayonetta is fucking retarded. She has guns on her feet. I guess people think s... : grendel
    • AWFUL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGTKftZnqAM : grendel
    • Late reply, but the line of thinking embodied within this post is why they fly planes into our buildings. : My Documents
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  Aaaaaaaaaaand it's done--credits are rolling. Overall, a very very cool series. SMS should be proud. :) : warcrow
  • That seems quick : MrLobo
  • Btw, mixed feelings about the ending and the way it was handled. Can't wait for everyone to play it so we... : warcrow

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  I talk about Ravenholm. : dognose
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    I'm not sure why people thought that was scary : redfive
    • zombies, headcrabs, poison headcrabs oh my! : soapland
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      almost as scary as talking to girls : GloriousCow
      • almost : Earl Greigh
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      Because the sound the poison zombies make still freaks me the fuck out. That and those little fuckers tak... : Dschinghis Khan
      • The howlers are the ones that pump the most adrenaline in my bloodstream : caveatemptor
    • It was pretty though! : dognose
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      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXuR41eisnM&feature=related : NastyJack
      • MIND BLOWN! shit how late am I to that? : Lucien Irenicus
      • that's pretty awesome : redfive
      • Hahahaha. Wow. I can't believe I've never seen that. : Ormsbee
      • I had no idea! : brickmatt
      • Amazing! : dmason
      • that's fucking cool : RetroRedEyeJr
      • Why is this lame video inf'd? : basketofkittens
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        Jesus guys, I swear to god this was posted a few years ago on this very site. : soggybagel
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          It's like people don't even read every single post from the last few years before posting youtube videos! : Vantage
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            Yeah but this is old as fuck. Like, posting where the warp whistles are in Mario 3 old as fuck!!! : soggybagel
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              Wait. There are WHISTLES in Mario 3? What do they do? : repeat2k
              • OMG, warp whistles you guys! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFvcHi0aIBM "I will show you how to go in t... : oO SilentK Oo
      • This is awesome : yosemiteclimber
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        creepy as fuck :((( : MercFox1
        • agreed dude. : jjjapan
      • hahahahaha : virus
      • Wow, adds another dimension to them! : destinyofdeath
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        I've got this feeling. . . : goatjc
        • There has to be a way to do sounds in BC2, needs more banana phone. : goatjc
    • It was Atmospheric! : SpaecKow
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      That was the first place those fast scary jerks showed up, right? The ones that run on all fours? Which, ... : tomservo
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        No, those dudes show up in the tunnel at some point when you can't drive past them. Right? Ravenholm ... : brickmatt
        • Oh yeah I forgot about the tunnel. Well that makes it more scary then, because at least you were safe ... : tomservo
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          No, the fast dudes were in Ravenholm, which was before the driving section. Remember they'd climb up the ... : Dave-A
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            Oh I think you win. My bad. =( : brickmatt
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              I played that game too many times! : Dave-A
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                Me too! I'll replay it again once steam works on my MBP. I was just placing the driving before ravenholm... : brickmatt
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                  You had me believing you. It's clearly been a while since we've played. : tomservo
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                    This is why we brought in the fresh meat, servo. We're old. Used up. : brickmatt
                    • Cut out the old man talk, I probably have ten years on you kids >:( : Dave-A
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    we don't go to ravenholm : jonin
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      I have a time share there : dognose
      • I heard you have a weird neighbor. : trOmblyj
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    i didnt like ravenholm felt like it went on too long : papaskot
    • I didn't like the mine shaft part. ....or am I thinking of Ep.1? Ravenholm did have you go through a mi... : oO SilentK Oo

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• Actually, it looks more like the 4870 and 5870 are pretty evenly matched. : Visceral Monkey
• I guess it comes down to.... how much? and indeed, what will ATI do in response to that how much? : Toraz Chryx
• Recent ATI cards are fantastic overclockers. I managed to get my 4890 oc'd from 850/975 to 975/1150 on th... : Mr. Goodwrench
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  Ok first things first, your analysis is basically spot on except anyone who discusses the 5970 is a ravin... : abrasion
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    I think a lot of people are hung up on this card being "6 months" ahead of ATI in terms of performance bu... : Visceral Monkey
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      I couldn't agree with your post more, I would say exactly the same thing. We're fucked for 6+ months the... : abrasion
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        Well,*you're* fucked, my 5850 is overlocked well past a 5870. Heh. : Visceral Monkey
        • The only 3 games I know of which don't perform at 1920x1200 on my 4890 are Starcraft 2, Crysis and GTA4 :... : abrasion
        • what clock speeds are you sitting at on ur 5850? ive got an xfx 5850 black edition. i want to OC it some. : chilln
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        I was hoping the Fermi's would outperform hands down by about 7-15%, looks more like a rock paper scissor : bld
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          Dragon Age hates AA? What do you mean? I have x16 AA running on my 4890 and it works fine. : Mr. Goodwrench
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            Every time I turn it higher than 4x, I get really bad frame rate drops, slide show like. Pretty much any... : bld
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              Weird. Are you using in game AA or forcing it via tyhe driver control panel? : Mr. Goodwrench
              • Tried both, usually don't try to force AA, it isn't that big of a deal to me. Just amazed me how it woul... : bld
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            Hum, I forced 16x AA in Dragon's Age on my 4890 and I would see massive framerate drops when there were a... : cetra00
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              I don't have any problems with it tbh. I get some slight jerkyiness when there's a massive battle, but it... : Mr. Goodwrench
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                Do you force V-sync? : cetra00
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                  No, i turn it off in most games. I'd rather have maximum visuals at higher framerates, and tearing rarely... : Mr. Goodwrench
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                    Ah, this could be the source of the discrepancy. I'll have to try it out with V-Sync off some time and s... : cetra00
                    • To be honest I have V-Sync off on every game so I can push the visuals to maximum, as I know v-sync will ... : Mr. Goodwrench
  • The sad part for Nvidia I think is that tessellation proved far more CPU dependent than GPU. Watching th : bld
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    Actually, if the 5970 is in the same price range as Fermi, it absolutely does matter. : Rice-Rocketeer
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      Not at all. Single chip > double chip always : abrasion
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        Except for the part of.. WHICH IS FASTER FOR THE MONEY because that's the part that actually matt... : Toraz Chryx
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          Dual chip is not only cheating, it sucks. : abrasion
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            See, the problem here is that you're applying standards that don't actually have any relevance to the thi... : Toraz Chryx
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              Yes cheating, that's how I see it. Just 2 cards strapped together, more heat noise and power. GTX285 is i... : abrasion
              • Wouldn't cheating be like... using an artificial benchmark to tout your superiority? Obviously they have ... : ryuuseki
              • as opposed to what Nvidia are doing this round... which is making a chip that needs lots of power pumping... : Toraz Chryx
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            Abrasion that's the most absurd thing you're likely to say today. : ieGod
            • I went to bed basically 5 minutes later :) : abrasion
• And yet regardless of all the above i'll still have to order one of the first ones to hit Australia for a... : Arsenal
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  Nothing special and 6m late to the game. Too bad temps weren't listed in those benches. Looks like i'll... : Tech T
  • Yeah, looks like that for me as well. Too bad the 285 doesn't run BC @ 1920x1200 and full details buttery... : ramshot
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  I'm very proud and surprised at the lack of fanyboyism in this thread. I expected someone to jump out an... : mrwolf710
  • give it time its way to early to call. : Hoax

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• it kinda.. works. http://jasonpaladino.com/mycd.php?id=75 : loboca
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  I love that game and the last time we played I had way too many creepy combinations. This one isn't creep... : rosewood
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    Too college radio for my tastes: http://jasonpaladino.com/mycd.php?id=87 : rosewood
    • Alright, I'm going to put this on and go to bed: http://jasonpaladino.com/mycd.php?id=98 : rosewood
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      lol http://jasonpaladino.com/mycd.php?id=74 : multisync
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        I could do this all night; I've yet to get a bad one http://jasonpaladino.com/mycd.php?id=213 http://... : rosewood
        • no way that last one is totally some random electronic group's third album : mikecyb
        • This one is awesome: http://jasonpaladino.com/mycd.php?id=213 It's such a cool concept. :) : fechols
• http://jasonpaladino.com/mycd.php?id=99 : oc3lot
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  :( http://jasonpaladino.com/mycd.php?id=96 : mikecyb
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    how apropos : multisync
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      it's really weird when you get a band for the band name :( http://jasonpaladino.com/mycd.php?id=112 : mikecyb
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        goddamnit >:( http://jasonpaladino.com/mycd.php?id=134 : mikecyb
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          that's kinda scary - flickr is trying to tell you something : multisync
          • you wrote the script >:( are you logging my ip address?! : mikecyb
• this one is pretty cool. http://jasonpaladino.com/mycd.php?id=111 : StolenNosferatu
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  Scandinavica - Pretend There's No Difference http://www.flickr.com/photos/tracy-perry/4410249126/ : Orange Pylon
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    Hey, I should've read the rest of this post! : Orange Pylon
    • it's ironic that you represent an guide that people mostly ignore : multisync
• lol http://jasonpaladino.com/mycd.php?id=135 : dahanese
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  I think I've seen this on one of Pitchfork's Top 10 lists.. http://jasonpaladino.com/mycd.php?id=170 : oc3lot
  • Is that Shane : multisync
• Here are the ones I made last year when we were doing this: http://grumbeld.shackspace.com/Album_Cover... : Grumbeld
• This is my new band for realzz. http://jasonpaladino.com/mycd.php?id=380 : soggybagel
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  http://jasonpaladino.com/mycd.php : jane911
  • man what a newb : jane911
• why i did it years ago i got http://cords.shackspace.com/gnn%20album.jpg : CoRDS
• Permeable Press - Won out over it http://www.flickr.com/photos/dans240z/4409794924/ : watcherxp
• http://jasonpaladino.com/mycd.php?id=63 Kind of fitting. : limpossible
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  surprised you let your real name out there better. I felt guilty calling it out on here : boomstickah
  • I'm too old to care anymore. It's in my twitter and facebook which most folks have anyways. : multisync
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  This is amazing http://jasonpaladino.com/mycd.php?id=557 : watcherxp
  • This one is my favorite so far. : limpossible
• http://jasonpaladino.com/mycd.php?id=594 : fufux
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  Creepy. http://jasonpaladino.com/mycd.php?id=639 : mafu5150
  • Hahah wow : multisync
  • Ha ha, that made me jump a bit at first. : Dong Patrol
• I won't use this because I've had a band name and debut album name in my head since I was like 12. Tur... : IndigoAK
• Hahaha. I like mine: Lean Consumption - as possible, all things http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyulaanm... : Ormsbee
• http://i40.tinypic.com/b530o3.jpg Works well sometimes : locater16
• I like the ones that actually work somewhat http://jasonpaladino.com/mycd.php?id=716 though the non... : MurrayTheSkull
• Wow I love everyone I got. http://jasonpaladino.com/mycd.php?id=854 http://jasonpaladino.com/mycd.php?id... : AgentPothead
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  unf and it works! http://jasonpaladino.com/mycd.php?id=874 : Reavers!
  • LOL http://jasonpaladino.com/mycd.php?id=893 Site is great! : Reavers!
  • I'm laughing too hard :) http://jasonpaladino.com/mycd.php?id=907 : Reavers!
  • This is so perfect, it looks like it was set up! : treefingers1
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  http://dognose.shackspace.com/drucifer.jpg : dognose
  • oh boy : bashildy@speakeasy.net
  • lol : Bamii
  • dognose do I nuke this? : sparkly
  • lol wut : drucifer
• haha wut. http://jasonpaladino.com/mycd.php?id=1017 : Normality
• Nanotoxicology (journal) - "are the devil's sentences." http://www.flickr.com/photos/ir_photos_gallery/44... : chilln
• awww http://jasonpaladino.com/mycd.php?id=1126 : buzzbat
• http://jasonpaladino.com/mycd.php?id=1109 : fechols
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  What the hell? http://jasonpaladino.com/mycd.php?id=1162 : Dr_Cube
  • Cool site and program though. Thanks for posting. : Dr_Cube
• Quelimane - Recalled and perhaps remedied. http://www.flickr.com/photos/silviamartin/4419912020/ : supermonkeyballz
• great...... http://jasonpaladino.com/mycd.php?id=1180 =/ : Sludgehead
• http://jasonpaladino.com/mycd.php?id=1286 : Rice-Rocketeer
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  I spent too much time on this: http://troz.shackspace.com/shackchan/jasonpaladion_cd_game.user.js Thi... : TroZ
  • Wanted to do this but i'm so non creative. Will check it out tonight. : multisync
• Tee hee http://jasonpaladino.com/mycd.php?id=1336 : Dong Patrol
• Oh this is good! http://jasonpaladino.com/mycd.php?id=1394 : roggor
• I love it: http://jasonpaladino.com/mycd.php?id=1467 : s2jason
• El Jefe - Bend a Knotted Oak http://jasonpaladino.com/mycd.php?id=1516 : the_burd
• Bay of Plenty Steamers - Thought it was Hell http://jasonpaladino.com/mycd.php?id=1670 : Arsenal
• Mine works out quite well: http://jasonpaladino.com/mycd.php?id=1712 the album title & picture are fittin... : sonicdeathwalrus
• http://jasonpaladino.com/mycd.php?id=1799 : gimpness
• Here's a few that I did waaaaay back in a previous thread. http://prime8.shackspace.com/albumcovers : prime8
• http://jasonpaladino.com/mycd.php?id=1981 : prime8
• Haha this is freakin' sweet. :) : silent prophet
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  This is just wrong: http://jasonpaladino.com/mycd.php?id=2060 : ieGod
  • hahahha, tonight i'll add voting or something perhaps so we can keep track of the awesome ones : multisync
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  http://jasonpaladino.com/mycd.php?id=2181 : Snif DeCrac
  • that looks like the mr bonestripper from Nothing But Trouble : multisync

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  Yeah, the pricing doesn't add up to me... yet. If/when they ever get a killer exclusive game could be a p... : dmason
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    So tell me how OnLive actually makes any money? : mystikal
    • I just said $15 exceeds my WTP. I didn't say anything concerning OnLive's welfare. : dmason
    • Well they can (and will) take a cut on the sales price. And the game makers don't have to pay for the dis... : Geoffrois
    • So you tell me why they should? As in, if the service they offer is not worth the price to some people... : Schnapple
    • Same way console makers do. Take a hit on the hardware, and profit on games. : uncleanmonkey
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      Monthly fee + steam-like cut of game sales. Unless you meant something else. : DinK
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        I believe dmason was arguing that the $15/month is a deal breaker. mystikal then asked how dmason expects... : Schnapple
        • BFF 4 EVA! : dmason
    • They won't, because people won't buy this shit. : CyCo_PL
    • Well, they can probably negotiate a bigger cut of the 50$ than other platforms without too much trouble. : Tchest
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  How could that possibly have worked? Publishers would pay OnLive to let people buy and play their games..... : derelict515
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    I think the ideal would have been to strike deals with the publishers to allow this at zero additional co... : Visceral Monkey
    • That was my question, what conceivable deal would allow that? The publisher is presumably already getting... : derelict515
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    Works for Gamefly? : mrwolf710
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      and GameFly doesn't provide hardware and bandwidth and all the R&D behind the tech. : derelict515
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        But it manges physical product, the shipping of that product and it's X discs at a time rather say X disc... : Jonathan
        • GameFly is charging you per month and for that you get to have a number of games rented at any given poin... : Schnapple
        • I'm sure the costs of shipping 8 discs a month is really comparable to providing someone with the hardwar... : derelict515
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        An Xbox 360 costs $300. A year of Xbox Live costs me $40. Let's say the average console generation last... : mrwolf710
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          Average it out over a year or three months instead of 7 years and now what are the numbers? : WhatIsThisFor
          • Average it out of 200 years and it's INSANE! OMGWTFSNAGGLETOOTH! : mrwolf710
          • but if I buy a PS3 at what is it not $300? play it for a year and then sell it. Over 1 year the PS3 price... : hanabal
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          besides the fact that you're not locked into paying every month for 7 years, why are you comparing it to ... : derelict515
          • this idea is for people who can't afford new PC's to keep up with the required hardware. As far as I can ... : hanabal
        • I think a better way of looking at it is as if you get a new console every two years. The upside to this ... : maddy
  • With an OnLive model there is no piracy or DRM to worry about, its cross platform (mac and pc) and hardwa... : hadronflux
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  If the $15 includes one or two games on rental (like gamefly) then it could be worthwhile. : Jonathan
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    Then you'd be paying less than Gamefly to get games faster and have hardware provided to you... : derelict515
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      Yes. And? : Jonathan
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        And how in any way is that a realistic expectation? : derelict515
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          It's what they have to achieve to be worthwhile. Otherwise a console and gamefly subscription is more rea... : Jonathan
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            I guess, unless you value PC exclusives and PC controls and not waiting a week for new games and the abil... : derelict515
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              Nope not really. : Jonathan
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                great, and I think Gamefly should cost $5/year because who wants to not own games! Fail!! : derelict515
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                  OnLive is asking for money just to access the service - almost nothing else does that. It's mostly pay-as... : Jonathan
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                    And no other service provides what they do... Xbox Live doesn't give you an Xbox as part of the yearly fe... : derelict515
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                      They don't give me a PC either. So I still have to obtain hardware even with their plan. : Jonathan
                      • You have to obtain a flash player with their plan. I think the idea is your old win98 box should be able... : DianeOfTheMoon
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                        What are you posting from? Anyone in their target market already owns a PC of some variety, don't be daft... : derelict515
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                          Yes and most people have a DVD player and they can pay $15 a month to netflix for 2 discs at a time and u... : Jonathan
                          • and that doesn't include the whole library, doesn't include new releases and costs Netflix nowhere near t... : derelict515
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                Also MMOs can provide a game a month for $15. : Jonathan
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                  Yeah, so you're willing to pay $15/month for one game but not $15/month plus $100 for 2 other games of yo... : derelict515
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                    If by future trials you mean demos, those can be downloaded now for free right now. The idea that they in... : Schnapple
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                      I don't think OnLive is for someone like you. It's for someone who cannot afford a gaming rig. It's for... : WhatIsThisFor
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                        True, it's not for me. And true, Steam on Mac does not mean all Steam games are coming to the Mac. But... : Schnapple
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                          I know several people that can't afford anything other than a netbook. If there's a game they really wan... : WhatIsThisFor
                          • only for non action games... there is absolutely no way it would work over a G wireless connection, you'r... : alexthegreat2
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                      They could do a free trial of anything, they wouldn't need a developer made demo. Ex you just get the fir... : derelict515
                      • Why do you want Armored Core 2 on the Mac? : repeat2k
                • So can OnLive. What do you mean? : SockMonkeh
  • It doesn't : locater16
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    It's about $24 for two games. : WhatIsThisFor
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      Where did you find that out from? : Jonathan
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        (I think he means GameFly) : Schnapple
        • Oh. Right. : Jonathan
      • gamefly.com, it's actually $22.95 for two games : WhatIsThisFor
• Yeah I figured this was going to work like Netflix -- pay a monthly subscription for access to a library ... : kill9
• bah i thought it was like gametap. : Turd Ferguson
• I predict a points package system similar to xbox live where the price will seem (and is) slightly reduce... : icon_of_syn
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  Question for folks who thought this would be all you can eat: how much did you expect the monthly fee to ... : derelict515
  • I personally always knew that the games would be individually priced, I wasn't expecting an additional $1... : Visceral Monkey
  • If there were enough games and i could play them whenever I wanted I'd be willing to pay quite a lot per ... : mrwolf710
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  I can't keep up with 720p YouTube streams sometimes on a 10mbit connection. What chance does this service... : yakz
  • YouTube is serving many many orders of magnitude more people. : derelict515
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    It's not using the same sort of streaming algorithm and has datacenters spread across the country to redu... : DianeOfTheMoon
    • That's what they're saying, anyway. "Datacenters across the country" might mean "We have rented a rack fr... : Mad Jack McMad
  • What incentive does youtube have to provide you with a steady 720p stream? I'm not sure that the problem... : WhatIsThisFor
  • They would have to impose a limit on the number of players active at any one time to guarantee available ... : Sovos
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  The real issue for me is paying $180 a year (practically the cost of a new console) and then paying full ... : Xevo
  • You know what, as weird as it sounds, I wouldn't have a problem having to pay $15 a month in order to buy... : Visceral Monkey
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    It is more then I spend on upgrades per year on my PC and this was the thing that was supposed to sole th... : erebus
    • sole=solve : erebus
    • exactly. with consoles, at least I only need to pay that once every 3 years or so, max. : Xevo
    • If you already have a capable gaming PC I don't think they're really aiming for you. : derelict515
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      You have to upgrade your PC once a year? Wow. That definitely doesn't sound right. : wytefang
      • I definitely upgrade 1-2 components a year... I'm about to get a 1TB HD and Win 7 (still on XP). : Xevo
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    I would rather spend $180/year on an all you can play service than $180 on 3 shitty games that I don't li... : MagicWishMonkey
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      clearly, but everyone is saying that their business model cannot support unlimited gaming for $15. I don'... : Xevo
      • ahh yea, $15/month is my max for monthly subscriptions. I get mental block and have a hard time justifyin... : MagicWishMonkey
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      Don't you have to pay for those 3 shitty game in addition to your monthly $15? : Sovos
      • I didn't realize... if that's the case, then LOL : MagicWishMonkey
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  For me, the deal breaker is *purchasing* games which are then tied to this subscription service which I m... : AxeMan808
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    Same here. I could understand if they did it like Gametap where you pay for levels of access. But "owning... : Serpico74
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      Owning a game where you need a subscription to make it work would never fly. A game like that couldn't po... : SockMonkeh
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        I see your slightly veiled MMO-ism. I'm talking about buying multiple (full priced?) games which vanish i... : AxeMan808
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          As opposed to buying one (full priced?) game which vanishes when your subscription ends? (I'm talking abo... : SockMonkeh
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            But an MMO is not really a game. Or rather, you are not paying that 15$ a month for the game, you're pay... : alexthegreat2
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              Not exactly: Also included in the monthly service fee are features you'd expect from standard online gam : derelict515
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                oh yeah that sounds horrible : alexthegreat2
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                  It sounds like xbox live. : WhatIsThisFor
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                    Well I meant the video part.. I get the feeling it would be nutsack TV : alexthegreat2
                    • I hear no downside to this. : repeat2k
          • The problem is that these games aren't MMOs. They're stand alone no-subscription based games that all of ... : ieGod
  • What if they are offered at a discount? We don't know what the price for purchases will be yet. : WhatIsThisFor
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  Does anyone here besides derelict515 believe this will work both technically and as a profitable business... : alexthegreat2
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    How does it not work technically? : WhatIsThisFor
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      I made no statements about that : alexthegreat2
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        You post insinuates it. : WhatIsThisFor
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          no, I do believe it will work okay for certain types of games. I was merely commenting that everybody se... : alexthegreat2
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            A lot of people on this site, specifically IT types and developers, have said that it would never-ever-ev... : WhatIsThisFor
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              The technical issues that I've seen discussed mostly fall into these categories 1) that it won't work ... : alexthegreat2
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                They're all valid concerns but none of them mean that this whole thing is a lie or that the service is te... : WhatIsThisFor
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                  If those issues bear out it means that many of the statements the company has made are lies. I don't... : alexthegreat2
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                    How has the company lied? : WhatIsThisFor
                    • I don't know, yet. : alexthegreat2
                  • I don't think they're lies so much as it is that the company has numbers and estimates and they've done t... : Schnapple
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    I think it's inevitable they'll have to throw in some level of content at this price to succeed. : Jonathan
    • would a couple of one time only free game rentals do it for you or do you mean something recurring every ... : alexthegreat2
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    I don't think anyone who believes it is technically possible has ever worked in IT. : Schnapple
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      So they're pretending to launch the service in June but not really. Why are they doing this? : WhatIsThisFor
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        he's an IT professional, all the full time hardware and software developers they employed for 8 years can... : derelict515
        • OK, my comment was snarky. I apologize. I think it could be technically possible in limited circumstan... : Schnapple
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      What are you on about? It's been demonstrated multiple times, and a few people here have used it. The... : Danny5225
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        It's been demonstrated in controlled, limited circumstances at trade shows. The people in their beta w... : Schnapple
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          Earlier you implied that it is technically impossible. : WhatIsThisFor
          • See my post above. I'm clarifying my post : Schnapple
    • A few shackers are in the beta, and though it's not perfect, it's certainly not vaporware. : dmason
  • I've never once said it would be profitable. We don't even know their public facing charges (rental/purch... : derelict515
  • I think it could work but will fail because they obviously did a horrible job marketing it. : SockMonkeh
  • maybe not this company or even this decade but their model seems inevitable for the future : spiderfill
  • I think it would have better success in South Korea and Japan. I think it has potential here, but it's a ... : Danny5225
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    It's technically feasible, I think. One of the main developers of x264 was able to modify that encoder to... : sgtsanity
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      That's just encoding, the problem is more complex than that : alexthegreat2
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        How so? : MaJeStu
        • Mostly network issues.. I don't think that anyone was ever all that worried about encoding.. except perha... : alexthegreat2
      • In the youtube video posted on the front page the guy goes into how they are dealing with latency issues ... : hadronflux
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      There's keystroke lag-to-server + game's own processing lag (which can be non-trivial, sadly enough) + en... : sgtsanity
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        game's own processing lag (which can be non-trivial, sadly enough) Presumably this is the one thing t... : SpaecKow
        • Some games actually have a few frames of input lag. http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-l... : sgtsanity
• Extra features like the live spectating and instant recording of clips looks kinda cool but we don't get ... : SynthetiX
• I'm beginning to question how much research the OnLive folks have done regarding consumer pricing expecta... : Danny5225
• If this was a streaming Steam, it would be a megahit. If their costs are such that they have to charge a ... : SpaecKow
• Agreed. I was never a fan of giving up control of my hardware in the first place but no computer maintena... : Dr_Cube
• I was hoping to use it to play Civ4 on my netbook, but $15 a month *on top of* a locked purchase to tha... : pyros
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    What about TV's? They have what Perlman calls an essentially free box with wireless controller support t... : hadronflux
    • Yeah, that too. I'm honestly more intrigued by that, especially once the 1080p/60fps service hits next ye... : freakynipples69
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  Looks like I'll find out for myself a little sooner, ATT Uverse has a beta for onlive starting on March ... : Visceral Monkey
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    luccckkkkyyyyyyy Fuck any NDA, post your impressions. : freakynipples69
    • I will. : Visceral Monkey
    • I've been in beta since January. : SynthetiX
  • wait i have uverse how do i sign up for this? : GloriousCow
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  • this does appear to be true, you should move to a real state with real internet : derelict515
• I would consider it as a "lease" price on a decent gaming rig. What's that going to run you with a good ... : r_picmip 5

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• awwwwwww yeaaaaa : mrvandelay
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  in before where did her boobs go : redfive
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    hey, where DID her boobs go? : mrsparil
    • Even she has no idea where they went. http://joshlyon.com/stuff/aub/DSC_3141.jpg : watcherxp
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  She is smokin! I'd be interested in a side angle to really be able to evaluate some things! : jane911
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    I dare say, good sir, there is a whole directory there to be plundered! : sparkly
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      Already plundered. Mooore. : Edges
      • unfortunately that's all I have at the moment. I have like 100 photos marked to edit...I'll probably do l... : sparkly
    • she really needs to do nudes. : metalremains
    • I will probe all these resources good sire : jane911
• MR F : kill9
• stroke victim : llamameat
• One of the hotter ones that's for sure. : Edges
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  http://www.shackpics.com/files/1232_gz55wl7cnvkk1vnowtba.jpg : anthonybean
  • jhahahaha : Utopia
  • fits so perfectly : hobosapien
• Attractive. Very nice. Too much eye makeup for my taste but still : uglysad
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  Very cute, good shot sparkly! : ColoradoCNC
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    I think it's possibly the cutest expression I've ever photographed : sparkly
    • I agree. Awesome photo mister. : Bamii
• Damn, hubba hubba : Thresher
• kelly clarkson! : burningpantsman
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  sparkly where were you the other night when i posted my band photos :( no one cares about photography ... : n0v4
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    pretty much. i try to steer these threads towards the photography but sparkles plays into the shack : RikiTiki2
    • On the photography side of things, I had tremendous issues with the Nikon 70-200 F/2.8 VR I rented. It wa... : sparkly
• Eh? No boobs? : jjjapan
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  Don't you keep saying you're going to stop shooting women? Am I misremembering this? : systatic
  • This was my last weekend for a while, pretty much. : sparkly
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  Tone down the sharpening a bit, looks very artificial and forced : bipolar
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    refresh...that better? : sparkly
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      Still looks oversharpened to me, but I'm drunk so take that with a grain of salt. : bipolar
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        For example, her right cheek (on our left), the shadowed area around the jawline and ear looks fairly spl... : bipolar
        • ahhh I see. I will clean it up some. thanks! : sparkly
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  Little too retouched for my tastes (either that or she has caked on the makeup). : Arctic Fox
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    Well, for reasons I wont go into she was wearing a lot of makeup....the wrong kind of makeup that reflect... : sparkly
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      Either you started smacking around your models again or she has the herp, Which is it? : ryuuseki
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        Reading comprehension has never stopped me, either. : Boring Writer
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          We cajoled him into having deviant pre-marital sex with women, we can cajole him into this. : ryuuseki
          • Point taken, good sir. OUT WITH THE GOODS, SPARKLY. (Is that too forceful?) : Boring Writer
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            Very true. I wonder what else the shack could make him do... : MacemanInTW
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              Up next: sparkly turn's lesbian! : sparkly
              • I assume this is after your balls drop off from overuse. : Dong Patrol
• A very Penthouse look. I like. : dodob
• she is hot : ass-street
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  fiiiiine : drucifer
  • drucifer, I agree completely. : deject
• this is win : Downforce
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  im so glad she has no tits and never decided to get fake tits. i absolutely love women with self respect ... : hobosapien
  • Her breasts are absolutely beautiful. They're small, yes, but they work on her body so well. They are lov... : sparkly
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  sparkly, i love you but if you don't post more pics you're a bigger cock tease than this slut. : orgcaptainnemo
  • You've got to give a man, time! I've got at least another 20 I want to edit. But I work a full time job, ... : sparkly
  • perhaps an offering of your accord will prompt him to escalate. THAAAAANKS. :D ;) :P :) : Downforce
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  Now show me a picture you took : rosewood
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    what you talkin bout : sparkly
    • I was teasing you. That picture is really good and thus obviously too good for you to have taken it. : rosewood
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  One of your better shoots as of recent. : Amnesty_intl2
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    Thank you! I attribute that two a few things -she asked if I wanted to take a shot while I was setting u... : sparkly
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      I can't really critique anything you do, on even an amateur level, but the new place where you're shootin... : Amnesty_intl2
      • Wish I could shoot there all the time -- it's this older house in long beach, dark hardwood floors, natur... : sparkly
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  its about time you took pix of someone pretty : CoRDS
  • 50% less makeup but yeah she has potential : abrasion
• The bassist in the music video I shot today looks exactly like you, sparkly. None of my set photos show ... : Wheatloaf
• Josh, I am so jealous! : cjcharv

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  What the? that is so cool! : supi
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    Okay i used it for 5 minutes then I closed it and opened it again and now its broken :C : supi
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      It probably won't work that well in FF, from what I gather. Chrome and IE have better HTML5 support. : yoonix
      • I'm using Chrome. Guess its still miles away from completed. : supi
      • That's not true. Trident (IE) has way less support for HTML5 than Gecko (FF) IIRC. Webkit is ahead of the... : K1Bond007
      • worked just fine for me : harold.johnson
      • IE's HTML5 is non-existent : mikecyb
      • Safari and Chrome will be your best bets. Everything else is a crapshoot : Serpico74
• I just saw this today too. So awesome. : sKetchflow
• that's a very neat effect. : Nali4Freedom
• looking good in Opera 10.5 (unlike shacknews chat threads) : MamiyaOtaru
• Nonsense, HTML5 can never be as good as Flash! : Serpico74
• make-your-own-deviantart-wallpaper! : miasma&!
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  Wow it works on the iPhone. : marmite
  • Apple is always at the forefront of internet web design standards, always, so this is no surprise. It'... : Amnesty_intl2
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  Wait, how the fuck do you do that in javascript??? : ventro
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    MATHS! : sikander
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      Must be a lot of them : ventro
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        Also: someone should make an app like flash that is all GUI based and lets you build this stuff without k... : ventro
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          Was just thinking this also. It wont be too much time before somebody does this... and until somebody doe... : historyinthemaking
          • Only problem, is that your audience probably has slower computers, than are needed to handle the complex ... : Amnesty_intl2
  • it's the <canvas> tag, you can make quite fancy photoshop-type stuff, eg: http://mugtug.com/sketchpad ... : jcupitt
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  Been playing with it today. Just did this the past half hour. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2175873/harmony1.pn... : historyinthemaking
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    :O wow : sparkly
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      and on a track pad.. ha..lol, actually its not that hard.. this thing makes it way easy to do cool shadin... : historyinthemaking
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        Actually... i cant wait to use this on the iPad (with a stylus which I willll demand and find) : historyinthemaking
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          http://www.tenonedesign.com/stylus.php : ventro
          • ya ive seen these, but they have big fat ends like a finger.. really want one with a nice point :) : historyinthemaking
  • Holy hell. : ShekkyBoy
  • intestines? : sikander
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    7 days.... : thejm4n
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      What does this refer to, a movie or somthing ? : historyinthemaking
      • The Ring : thejm4n
  • holyshit : Reeves
• Fucking addicting. Oh yeah, AWESOME AS WELL. : thejm4n
• Oh man, that even makes me look like I can draw! : chazums
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  This is great, I just drew this with a fucking mouse! WOOO - http://www.shackpics.com/files/download_f... : scottythejock
  • Holy sheep you can change the brush type! : scottythejock
  • Stonehenge Man? : Xencer
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  neat. Here's an ugly disproportionate monkey man. : aaarrrgh
  • In before monkey post. : Dong Patrol
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    http://www.shackpics.com/files/monkeyman_f92lswpme2icut65wlzm.png : aaarrrgh
    • haha thats an ape in drag : filthysock
• woah, and it uses barely any cpu : filthysock
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  This thing is pretty neat! http://www.shackpics.com/files/Harmony1_7ebf0coafiedpuhyk58r.png It can ma... : Dong Patrol
  • Shit, mods mark NWS please! : Dong Patrol
  • And god damn did I ever screw up those breasts. : Dong Patrol
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    Um, not anyone. http://agentpothead.com/wtf.png : AgentPothead
    • I like yours more than mine, if that counts for anything! : Dong Patrol
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  I just drew some wicket pubes! http://www.shackpics.com/files/wickedpubesJPG_xmpltpk8k3in7ln252oz.jpg : steauengeglase
  • The pubes do get away from you pretty quickly. http://www.shackpics.com/viewer.x?file=CaptureJPG_l6dm6 : mafu5150
• looks like it was used to make the pics for Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark : freak!
• Look at some of his other stuff http://mrdoob.com/blog/post/689 : Xencer
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  http://www.shackpics.com/files/face_atroge56eniykq5re1ls.png : aaarrrgh
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    holy shit awesome! : Trips
    • I like playing with textures! : aaarrrgh
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  http://www.shackpics.com/files/index_z1das11erq13t7l0m23c.png Might be artistic NWS in some locales... : steelsamurai
  • Very creative : gimpness
  • That's really beautiful work. : ArB
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    The worst part about coming from an art education background is knowing that people would pay money for t... : Dong Patrol
    • I actually thought you were lying... Until I remembered post-modernism :/ : Amnesty_intl2
    • That is the worst part. A lot of popular art is taking less and less skill as time goes on. It used to ... : kingdepork
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    6 fingers on that hand : Patch-e
    • Worth even more money now. It symbolizes greed! : Dong Patrol
  • stunning. : steve_o
  • fucking awesome : moshman

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    ... and by "spontaneously goes on the rag" you mean she got banged by your friends multiple times a day, ... : synic0
    • ...you don't have a lot of interaction with women, do you? : Korban
  • More like her vagina spontaneously develops teeth, sometimes in the middle of intercourse. : ArcKnight
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  Loving the Final sniper rifle unlock. First round out i managed to shoot two folks out of an Apache and ... : watcherxp
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    M195? : trOmblyj
    • M95 : _jon
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    SCREWWW YOUUUU : Bamtan
    • SEE YEW AT THE PAAA-TI, RICHTER! : MeenMunky
  • I also find it hilarious that they kept the anti-vehicle properties of that sniper rifle in game. It mak... : Moonbase Commander
• Ok guys i got my Platinum medal on my M2 so when you get killed can someone tell me what does it show ... : Iwannaacura
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  Anyone have the G3 yet? What level does it unlock? Does it own? : trOmblyj
  • it's ok. : _jon
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    The g3 is the automatic gun for recon right? or is that the replacement garand? If its the auto gun on... : Iwannaacura
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      No, the G3 is a rank unlock for all classes. Next step up from the M14. The lack of red dot/ACOG on th... : ArcKnight
      • yeah. definetly needs like red dot to be even remotely effective. : chilln
  • It's pretty good, at least compared to the M14. The extra range is great when playing engineer on the mor... : Noobler
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  I'm digging the small speakers audio option. With my headphones everything sounds louder and beefier than... : pyide
  • Yeah, what an awesome improvement that was for me! : trOmblyj
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  I shot down 7 choppers with my RPG-7 this weekend. Insanely satisfying. : Sturm08
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    i'm getting better at this. you really have to lead them at the start. : gyokuro
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      Friday I was on with a group of 10 friends. I got so good at shooting them down that every time a chopper... : Sturm08
      • loving the engineer class : gyokuro
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  EA SERVERS ARE BACK UP I'll be kicking pubbies from 69 starting at 9PM Eastern! : trOmblyj
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    Yay! I'd love to jump right in but I just went to take a piss and realized my dick smells like the zoo. D... : The Wilhelm Scream
    • good to know.... : theWhite
    • Thanks for sharing. (WTF?) : ArcKnight
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      I don't think I have ever been to skank cock zoo. Which town is this located near? : erebus
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        The one where Arnold kills an aligator with his gun : Iwannaacura
        • Eraser! : Dong Patrol
    • uhm..... yeah.. : jcrockerman
    • TMI : Dontdrop
• It owns when you can sometimes actually play - you know, when the Master Server isn't down. : wytefang
• Having to lead your targets makes the game so much more satisfying than other shooters. Getting a tracer ... : Blamco Mac & Cheese
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  After playing assault for a few days, you can honestly just run around with the 40mm and do fine just abo... : mechanicalgrape
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    I hate that gun. : ant_hillbilly
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      I really hate mortar strikes. If they're coordinated, they make defusing an M-COM nearly impossible. : edgewise
      • Strategy my friend! : ghost in my shell
      • That requires timing. If they all just dumped on when the alarm went off or as they saw people defusing ... : Moonbase Commander
      • this is why you need a recon guy to be anti-recon. : moe6
      • i took out 8 people with a mortar strike today. today was a good day : mista mista
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        That's the point! : ieGod
        • Also counter recon is key. I still seem to have trouble with my sniping though. Last night I did the whol... : ieGod
• definitely ragequit the fuck out of this game earlier, but Chaos Rising came out so it's all good. : Majuju
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  Question: It shows that the Body Armor unlocks at Rank 12. I'm Rank 12 and it's still faded out? WTF? : Wyvern
  • I thought body armor was much higher level than that. : kingdepork
• as a medic I was the last one alive / defending at the last stand defense point and killed all the 6 atta... : razorblade79
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  What amazes me is just how damned good the game looks. Even running it on High settings, there are parts ... : ColoradoCNC
  • Crysis is 3 years old. : Johnnsen
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  I still dont understand how medics can snipe me with their LMGs : Xencer
  • I love doing that. It's the perfect fuck you to the hillside nuisance. It would suck if you had to swi... : kingdepork
  • it's really easy actually in short to medium range (and I'm playing the 360 version which works like the ... : razorblade79
• I just picked up the game and it's updating but it's taking ages. How big are these patches? : Dontdrop
• Can I score a shack group invite? My steam nick is The Dork Knight : Argonaut

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• Based on reviews (yours included) it sounds like it might not be as good as I want it to be but it still ... : NastyJack
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  I hear the two biggest complaints are 1. Nothing even resembling an open-world (sorry, a corridor doesn'... : lotus2133
  • Calling the battle system boring is one of the most wrong things about this game I've ever seen. If anyt... : IndigoAK
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    i've hit about 9 hours in and the battle system has become pretty fucking sweet. O.o also, if they go... : mwasher
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        Would you agree that XIII follows in the footsteps of previous games in defining a generation of RPGs? ... : IndigoAK
        • i'm not a good person to ask that as i am not a connoisseur of rpg's this is my first next-generation ... : mwasher
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          Final Fantasy hasn't really been one to set the innovation bar but it has always set the quality bar. FF... : cetra00
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            I meant to say JRPG. : IndigoAK
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              Even JRPG wise, its the gameplay in the series is simplistic. It's usually Tri-Ace or the smaller unknow... : cetra00
              • I didn't really mention innovation though, simply that Final Fantasy as a JRPG defines the generation. T... : IndigoAK
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  Your statement that the game is a 90% on presentation and production quality alone negates anything else ... : serenj
  • avatar is proof that you can polish a turd until it is gleaming haha :D : mwasher
  • Even if you have a good concept, it doesn't matter if you can't present it well. Also great presentation... : cetra00
  • At the end of the day, I care more about artistic presentation of a coherent world more than I care about... : Ovate
  • Yup, it only works the other way around. : Marrbe
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  fucking balls. all of a sudden now that i have access to all these paradigms and job sets and stuff the ... : mwasher
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    oh wait i just got lightning back and it is retarded how much easier it is to fill up the chain gauge or ... : mwasher
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      That's the Commandos primary role, to fill the chain gauge. Lighting should be using this role 99% of ev... : IndigoAK
      • yea, with her she is always commando. but without her................................... :( : mwasher
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      Yeah I'm really having some rough fights when its mostly just the casters in the party fighting battles. ... : MovingTarget
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        Use the debuffer. Their attacks function like commando attacks in slowing down the chain gauge from deple... : Vincent Grayson
        • "Saboteur" in the US version, for anybody who doesn't know what he means ! :P : IndigoAK
• All you bastards need to stop getting me excited about this game! I don't have the time to commit to a 60... : Arceihn
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  i don't want to stop playing but i must sleep :( i like how it is constantly splitting up the party ... : mwasher
  • it also forces you to take different approaches to the battle system. The multiple parties I think is de... : IndigoAK
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  but what if I don't like jrpgs? : gydot
  • Do like me and skip it hard. : enyakk
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  90% of the fun I've had with JRPGs was with the battle system. FF1+4 were really solid, 5 had the jobs re... : razorblade79
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    Okay, let's break this down for you. The heart of the XIII battle system is the ATB gauge. The gauge ... : IndigoAK
    • you can't ignore it* : IndigoAK
    • Also, there's no MP. You can cast multiple spells per turn as long as you have enough sections on your A... : IndigoAK
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      that sounds really complicated. I always liked about FF that I always knew what does what, just by lookin... : razorblade79
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        The game gives you a few presets, but you can also put together your own combinations, although the game ... : IndigoAK
        • that removes at least the problem that I could ragequit because of AI teammates ;) thanks for the heads u... : razorblade79
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    It's not a PAL thing, FFX was just bad. : ieGod
    • most characters were boring, some really annoying, the minigame was uninteresting and unfitting, the game... : razorblade79
• i liek it : smax
• bullshit, it's more like a 91% game on presentation : chazums
• It is one long and continuous mission...but that's the story, so stopping to chat wouldn't really work, e... : Vincent Grayson
• I just picked it up, played for a couple hours now... chapter 3 now, I think. Loving it. Awesome game! : hankyJR

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• yes please : vynn
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  I'm want to try to do a terran cheese bunker rush on my next game but I'm having trouble finding sc2 buil... : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
  • Oh yay you got in : mwasher
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    Just make one. : walker270
    • I did and it worked :) : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
  • Just cannon behind peoples minerals. Its really the best :) : Blucklesworth
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    I almost always go 9 supply/ 11 barrack/ 12 scout with scv 14 gaz/ 16 comsat/ 17 supply and t... : razlebol
    • sounds about right, i just did a crappy 2 fac 1 reactor hellion rush and destoryed him. playing noobs tha... : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
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    I got excited for a second that maybe they sent keys again... I forgot you had a FF :) : supermonkeyballz
    • Sorry :( : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
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  Here's the list of people I have friended frmo shack abrasion.abrasion AdmSnackbar.shacknews Anast : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
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    we will play some games starting tomorrow night. it is useless right now with my broken right mouse butt... : mwasher
    • ahh sucks :( : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
  • Pancake.inapicklejar doh forgot my name : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
  • dwho.biggs : rbjester
  • you can't possibly be as bad as me. : Old_Fart
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    Bamii.bamii I really suck so be nice everybody! : Bamii
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      Says you don't exist : Serpico74
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        Is it case sensitive? if so it's probably Bamii.Bamii : Bamii
        • cant put uppercase in the second name IIRC. : razlebol
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  Razzle, I played with you last night and tonight you don't know who I am lol... whoops. : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
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    It probably wasn't me : R@zzle
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      It was whoever was on your account :/ we played 2 2v2s won first lost second. : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
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        I mean I played with you, but it wasn't me who said I didn't know you. My brother plays too : R@zzle
        • Ahh ok, i was afraid i was going crazy.... :) : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
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  So what do I do against roaches as terran? m/m/m? : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
  • Just marauders should do the trick : vynn
  • MMM + micro roaches are range 3 MM are like 5/6 : R@zzle
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  Any Zerg here use infestor? I haven't used it myself but eager to try. Its parasite spell(where you take ... : TPSReport
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    Hydra Infestor is ridiculously strong. But it's hard to control so I haven't gotten the exact hang of it... : Blucklesworth
    • hdstarcraft's g21 http://www.youtube.com/user/HDstarcraft?feature=chclk#p/u/2/EEi5eZZxPqY has some ... : TPSReport
  • I've senn it used mostly as a way to lasso an escaping army's high value units and kill them. 10 sec isn'... : kek
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  Come join us in chat. http://steamcommunity.com/groups/Shackcraft There's 3 of us and we have noone t : Senate5000
  • Why log in to steam for a non steam game? : abrasion
  • Senate what's your name in game? is it in the list above? : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
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  I'm totally hooked on HDStarcraft's youtube channel. I'm sure it's almost as good as actually playing. : SqueegyTBS
  • I keep telling myself it's better, because I don't have the beta :( : jbury
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    why does he have to be so damn apologetic all the time : vynn
    • having played him in SC2, he is very much not apologetic when you are the opposition. :( : mwasher
  • Haha, yeah - first YouTube channel I've ever subscribed to. : Rice-Rocketeer
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    He's a dick :( too many 2v2 (noc!) and not enough Protoss. : abrasion
    • ... : razlebol
• I want to get in on this beta thing. A lot. )c: : JonathanBedrava