Morning Discussion

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  Bullshit. I don't see how someone is going to be editing pictures using an iPad, courier, smart-phone. : dedgecko
  • They won't. It's typical media sensationalist bullshit. : ieGod
  • Not to mention that you'll always get more performance for the buck with desktop parts. : Lone Swordsman
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  This is as ridiculous as the once popular opinion that desktop computers would never be a household item.... : PenicillinX57
  • Also, games. : PenicillinX57
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  20-30 years maybe.. not 3.. : g0nk
  • that was my prediction as well. : ghost hacker
• what a load of bollocks : niceguynick
• sucks that google has some higher ups who don't know wtf : indosauros
• Why not, I love my laptop. : SlingBlaze
• Yes, I am going to photo/video edit on a fucking iPad. : lodit
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  How am I going to fit this gtx 280 in my laptop / cell phone again? Rediculous. : granpachook
  • The thing is, you WILL be able to one day, but the desktop parts will still be 100x better. : DinK
• pfft. I only use my phone for work. Fuck that noise. Whats with all these stupid "In X amount of years th... : shakybonez31
• FUCK THIS COCK SUCKER!! I would say 3 years is a good estimate for the Dell/HP etc. consumer grade des... : theghostofsmdever
• until the interface(keyboard) issue is solved, desktops/laptops won't be replaced. Sure it works on a sm... : stgdz
• What I'd really like to see happen is a modular system. Have a light laptop chassis for mobile computing ... : ryuuseki
• The desktop is mostly an enthusiast-thing at this point, with laptops and netbooks being so cheap. Would... : walker270
• all of us dudes with desktops, mid or full-tower cases, we are in an extreme niche at this point i'm f... : EvilDolemite
• As the dominate device that people search the web for information and to communicate, I think phones coul... : baron calamity
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  3 years is a little over-aggressive, but I could see desktops for general use fading away over the next 5... : Arcanum
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    everyone i know who computes for business purposes uses a laptop. the only desktop users besides gamers ... : EvilDolemite
    • Yep. 95% of the time my work laptop is docked and functions like a desktop, but it still makes sense to ... : DinK
• Retarded : CRasterImage
• They'll just reclassify gaming rigs as 'servers'. : Lunatic Angelic
• I can see that. Whenever I see people look for new computers they usually look towards a laptop of some ... : melkore
• Someone was trying to tell me that mice will be extinct as a pointing device in the same timeframe. : Haxim
• He's right that desktops are on the way out for casual usage - although smart phones will never completel... : Zek
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  20XX is the year of the Linux Desktop! : EricZBA
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    2XXX maybe? : Saman
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      XX11! : Dong Patrol
      • 20X6 : Haxim
    • 2937, I'm calling it : Postal
  • 2038 : boring gegtik
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    Holy Shit, I was just kidding around but check this out: 2003 Year of the Linux Desktop http://www.li : EricZBA
    • lolololololol good find : ghost hacker
    • LOL Gold! : YerMothah
    • linux tries so hard and still fails in so many ways : askedrelic
    • wtf : silent prophet
    • hahahahahahaha : MercFox1
    • hahaa awesome : manero
    • omg hilarious : Megara9
    • This is why that line has been a running joke for many, many years. : dmason
    • the Year of the Playstation 3 is a similarly mobile phenomenon : dirge23
    • HAHA, Awesome. And here's an article from 2001 making fun of 1999 as the year of the desktop: http://w : zakazi
    • i wonder what next year will be... : yAak
    • Lol this is pretty funny : chungathebunga
    • Sounds like DNF. :( : pigvomit
    • Sup. Just saying "hi" from the future. : foo
  • 201010.. maybe by then. : loboca
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    OMG that's also the year of Mega Man. He must run on Linux! : DinK
    • It's why he's compatible with so many different systems. : r_Ed
• no fucking way. : valael
• Until they make software keyboards at least as comfortable/accurate as an actual one- i doubt it. : Klebold
• We also had flying cars 10 years ago. : mystikal
• hahahaha : MercFox1
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  more like Google is irrelevant in three years. : metalremains
  • Google is basically SKYNET IMO, it knows everything, and much like anonymous, he does not forgive, and ne : Amnesty_intl2
• In related news, most fingers to become obsolete since we will all be typing with our thumbs. : Captain Loco
• side-jack: I've always lusted after an input that brings mouse-like senstivity to a handheld-device or... : dedgecko
• maybe if the keyboards didn't suck so much : Megara9
• lol : oldschoolbob-o
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  Things they've been saying for the last 10 or more years..... 1. Desktops are dead 2. The macintosh... : johnny rotten
  • 5. Polio is dead : Xanthos
  • You'll never need more than XXX RAM/HDD space. : DasCracky
• fat chance. hell, all government jobs will work off desktops for easily the next 30 years. : Xanthos
• i don't think so. i hate laptops. they are nice when traveling, but for serious hour-after-hour work, i w... : d0pamine
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  I haven't owned a desktop since 2006. : pgharavi
  • i haven't killed anyone since 1987 : whereiwannab
• 3? no.. 5 to 7.. probably.. 10.. for sure.... (at least what we traditionally think a Desktop is) : ShadowRam
• Heard that 10 years ago. : NexusOne
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  http://msmvps.com/blogs/bradley/archive/2010/03/10/cloud-meet-reality.aspx - I'm glad a few people still ... : rosewood
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    It really grinds my gears that people seem to believe that "The Cloud" is this new thing and not just doi... : Schnapple
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      It is pretty new though, until fairly recently doing everything entirely on the internet wasn't really a ... : Zek
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        I don't disagree that things are better now due to the march of progress but it's an evolution of what's ... : Schnapple
        • Well yeah, pretty much every new thing in technology is just a small evolution of the last new thing. Mos... : Zek
    • No, it's really not what we've been doing on the internet before, certainly not at scale. Some places had... : derelict515
• lol : Godhatesfatpeople
• i'm sitting a room with about 150 desktops that say google is wrong on this one. : Slowtreme
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  i've got a sweet lappy thats not even 6 months old but i'm super excited at the prospect of upgrading my ... : aurealis
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    Do you know how much docking stations cost these days? : KxRook
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      my point is that i know its unreasonable. i just like it =/ get off my lawn. : aurealis
      • But a docking station does exactly what you just described. Embrace the change! : KxRook
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  I really don't see how I could be doing development without a workstation... : mnok
  • You won't have to! The cloud can develop FOR YOU! : rosewood
• What's this? (noticed on the OP link) http://ca.tech.yahoo.com/blogs/the_working_guy/rss/article/4398 ... : vitaminzach
• They're already done, imo, the only problem with laptops/netbooks/smartphones is a tiny screen size, and ... : Amnesty_intl2
• for casual home users maybe, for work, never : headbone
• I think he's just drunk on kool-aid. Really I can see the "desktop" (think simple things, like word, ex... : xylothan
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  keyboards are going away in 5 years! : WhatIsThisFor
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    They're going to be lasered into our forearms and be fully functional. Will work with any device. : Godhatesfatpeople
    • OmniTool Mk I : Wadmaasi
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    I wish. The keyboard/mouse interface has to go. : jvox
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      blasphemy, it's YOU who have to go, get out of here : hanged_man
      • If someone took away his keyboard then he wouldn't be able to come back... : Schnapple
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      Yep, just as soon as someone comes along with something better. In 25 years of using computers I've yet ... : riptyde
      • touch screens will be a step in the right direction. I think before long the iPad format will basically b... : jvox
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    http://www.theonion.com/content/video/apple_introduces_revolutionary : ass-street
    • The production values for this skit are just amazing. lol : Godhatesfatpeople
• I don't know about smart phones, but I do believe laptops will be stealing a lot of that market share as ... : Ellissd
• I could see this happening one day (especially with cloud computing growing). Three years seems a little ... : surley_monkey
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  No. So long as phones remain more expensive and less powerful than PCs, they won't hold a candle to desk... : Ride-My-Rocket
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    I wish phone internet weren't such a rip off : Shai-Tan
    • haha, yeah. Text messages are yet another reason there's no way phones will supplant desktops anytime so... : Ride-My-Rocket
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  I don't believe he is talking about any of us. The point being most people who just use email, facebook, ... : drodver
  • imo desktops already are a niche market, especially full towers : EvilDolemite
  • My thoughts as well : Reeves
• That's exactly what they said 3 years ago. : the archvile

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  Did you pry any news out of them about a hardware revision? Also, how is Move in terms of accuracy? Do ... : jingletard
  • I found it laggy on some games. Last night seemed like an appetizer. The real test comes at E3, when the ... : MorrisatCNN
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  did they scale production back or anything recently? or are people just actually buying the system now : multisync
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    There have been so many awesome PS3 games to come out in the last few months that people are just buying ... : pancake humper
    • That's kind of it. It's more a surge due to the price cut. And rumor is they're making a chipset change, ... : MorrisatCNN
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  cone of silence! nice, morris. : Fredrik S
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    That phrase isn't used enough these days. I'm bringing it back. : MorrisatCNN
    • now bring in a shoe phone reference! : Postal
• that's too bad about the supply issues. good to hear there's a surge in demand, but it can't be good for ... : mindmann
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  I didnt know about the shortage,at least its not happening in here, theres tons of ps3/slim everywhere. : HisKillSkill
  • Same here. : MacemanInTW
• Dammit, this isn't Twitter, we don't need no stinking bitly. Thanks for the scoop. : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
• I finally found a PS3 at my local Sony Style store (which I forgot was there). Good thing no one goes to... : MaxPete82
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  I believe you are a trustworthy source. However I am reminded of the last time Sony said this, as are th... : spazzium
  • lol : Godhatesfatpeople
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  Gizmodo's saying it won't be possible to play 4 player with everyone using both the Move and sub controll... : derelict515
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    does it max at 7? I just assume so cause it throws the remote at controller 7 spot. : DogDharma
    • yea 7 and its a bluetooth thing : Chandler55
• Really? they didn't say anything about the new SKUs? : Deathlove
• Bit off-topic, and I'm not clear if this is in the works, but does anyone know if either Microsoft or Son... : holinka

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• damn check that out : Megara9
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  damn you jojomcbobo! : dewdman
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    well I guess since the cat is out of the bag, here's the images in order of appearance with direct urls: ... : dewdman
    • dewdman tell me, is it gonna own? : justwr!ght
    • i love this overlay stuff: http://images.idgentertainment.de/images/idgwpgsgp/bdb/2101682/1024x768_prop.j... : yAak
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  whats an angel have to do with deus ex 3? : chilln
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    Did you look at the other pictures? : jojomcbobo
    • yeah. but i was just asking about the angels part. lol sorry. : chilln
  • He seems to be dreaming during that part. : justwr!ght
  • they watched the Max Payne movie during development : grabbie
  • Square Enix got their Final Fantasy in my Deus Ex. : BlackCat9
  • Icarus. : supi
  • shit gets interesting when you get to 2101674 : dedgecko
  • I'm assuming it has to be a sort of Icarus kind of story. : Zollington
  • Looks more like he's supposed to be Icarus. : action wombmate
  • The name on his arm is "Sarif" which sounds awfully similar to Seraph which is a class of beings that hav... : ryuuseki
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  why are they so scared to show gameplay shots lol : spiderfill
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    The entire game is QuickTime Events. : trOmblyj
    • and the game runs using Apple's Quicktime, it'll be like those old school games that are just a cg video ... : sanchez
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    This is from a CG teaser. It is still early in development/they want to set the tone of the game. Pretty ... : byorn
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      is there any more worthless than a picture of a cinematic to show off a game. and dont give me that "its ... : theWhite
      • That's funny in reaction to a leak. : Conan
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  bonus: http://images.idgentertainment.de/images/idgwpgsgp/bdb/2101675/1024x768_prop.jpg You can chang... : ryuuseki
  • awe nice! even better. : jojomcbobo
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    no you can't, they're all 1280x720 http://images.idgentertainment.de/images/idgwpgsgp/bdb/2101675/Ispe... : mikecyb
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      Did you compare one named 800x600 to another name? Seems like a different size to me.. : ryuuseki
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        of course not, did you >:( : mikecyb
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          Yes but only to prove you wrong. : ryuuseki
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            well the 1024x768 one is 1280x720 :( : mikecyb
            • I didn't say it /was/ 1024x768, just that the resolution changed. : ryuuseki
• whoa, nice! : jvox
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  ...were they worried that modern audiences would find the name "J.C. Denton" too subtle or something? : Moonbase Commander
  • I don't think it's that. From what I've read, the player character isn't augmented the whole game. My gue : Conan
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  http://images.idgentertainment.de/images/idgwpgsgp/bdb/2101673/800x600_prop.jpg Interesting : one random winner
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    And very nice http://images.idgentertainment.de/images/idgwpgsgp/bdb/2101684/800x600_prop.jpg : one random winner
    • WHERE DOES THE BLADE GO???!? : ArtilleryMarker
• omg he SMOKES smoking is so bad for you. also WTF!!! what blasphemy he drinks his whiskey with ice, and ... : papaskot
• http://images.idgentertainment.de/images/idgwpgsgp/bdb/2101683/1024x768_prop.jpg sick glasses : fuell
• dey sure are pretty : shavenewok
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  someone check on tomservo : vov1n
  • he already filled the cup : grabbie
• This looks pretty sweet. : Vincent Grayson
• Looks hot. Not gameplay though. : CaptainSurly
• CG, but I like the style. Looks like a sign that it might not be a generic cyber punk game that leaches o... : byorn
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  I still don't "feel" the random imagery (I understand where it's from, any why it's there), but I kind of : Amnesty_intl2
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    They're using a proprietary engine. : jojomcbobo
    • Interesting... I didn't hear about this before, honestly from those pictures the rendering pipeline looks... : Amnesty_intl2
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  J.C, a bomb! : Fayk
  • What?! : BlackCat9
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    A bomb! : Conan
    • Oh, that's right. Please nuke my post. : BlackCat9
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  My expectations are on par with Dante's Inferno. : tomservo
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    I bet Linkin Park does the theme song. They sound futuristic right guys??? GUYS???? : tomservo
    • :( : dewdman
    • You can never go wrong with Linkin Park! : atom519
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    Although I haven't played the game that you mentioned, my expectations are still much higher, as the deve... : Amnesty_intl2
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      Well, being a prequel, there are at least some defined limits. My hopes are still high, even if my expect... : Conan
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        Welp, my expectations have gone even higher now thanks to this post, I mean doesn't a technophilic civil ... : Amnesty_intl2
        • They'll probably just have you do missions for competing coffee shops. That would be awesome! : tomservo
        • Sounds one sided to me. I look forward to killing luddites! : ryuuseki
    • You know, I of course am hamming things up here, but I do realize that this game could totally rule. So f... : tomservo
  • lolz I know it's just CG, but I think it looks pretty cool so far. : sevogajre
• The Adventures of Young Jet Black. :) : steauengeglase
• I hope there is a J.C. Tenton mode : sanchez
• I never played any of these games. I might pick it up on Steam for only 10 bucks : Metatron85
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  Why do I see nothing but white when I click on the link? : cool_canuckian
  • same shit happens to me.... : Break

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  Remember DoD? Yeah that was a great game. Good times. : MoreVespeneGas
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    Yeah, they were good times. Great times in fact. But now we are making new times with this and honoring t... : Dschinghis Khan
    • I fear change, and acronyms for butt crack : MoreVespeneGas
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      Password that shit mofo. : Lightzout
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        No. We're still ranking up. : ArcKnight
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          You can't pw a ranked server? whiskey!? : Lightzout
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            Why the fuck do you think the Shack servers are unpassworded : Arctic Fox
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              Do i look like Professor fucking Shacknews with a phd. in "Why EA servers suck dick" to you? : Lightzout
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                I may have posted a giant essay about this that you replied to just a couple days ago http://www.shacknew... : Arctic Fox
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                  PhDiddlyPWNED. : ArcKnight
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                    E tu, Arcknight? : Lightzout
                    • Less posting, more getting stabbed. : ArcKnight
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    BRING IT BACK! : ass-street
    • No, don't. It had a honorable death. : Nitrium
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      You would do it the disservice? Ever hear of Jay Leno? Bret Favre? Deon Sanders? Just let it be honorable... : Dschinghis Khan
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        Uh, Favre does not belong in your list of fail : MoreVespeneGas
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          True, but i couldn't think of other people who retired and came back :( : Dschinghis Khan
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            Michael Jordan? : dnagenome
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              yeah, he was good, though. : Dschinghis Khan
              • Not the 2nd time when he played for the wizards. He was awful. : goatjc
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        khan, i used to think you were cool. : ass-street
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          ASS-street I used to think you were cool. : Duffman8369
          • you thought wrong! : ass-street
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        Barry Sanders :( : mnsnota
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          Barry went out on Barry's terms. That is how I want to remember DoD Thursday. : Lightzout
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            that is why i was sad he left his name out. (coincidentally it is also my name on steam) : mnsnota
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              You should follow JPB's lead and change your shackname! : daedraug
              • Seconded man. : Lightzout
      • Dude, Jay Leno was never funny. NEVER. : Arctic Fox
      • You didn't just Brett Favre DoD did you? No, you wouldn't. : Lightzout
• I fucking love this game. I never got into CoD but I'm having a great time with BC2. : tashtego
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  C-C-CHANGES This week we are all going to be in the Chicago TS channel that re-verse has set up since : Dschinghis Khan
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    YOUR MOM IS A HARD CHARGER : KatyAnna : MercFox1
    • She got me pretty good....She always does. : Dschinghis Khan
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    Can we replace booze with a plant that's criminal in some states? : at0micgarden
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      Yeah. Doesn't matter what it is just as long as you are intoxicated in some form or another. So in yo... : Dschinghis Khan
      • I like the way you think. : at0micgarden
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        what if i'm intoxicated on the lord?! : theWhite
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          Hmm...I dunno. What's the ruling on spiritual intoxication? : Dschinghis Khan
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            While it can make some people crazy, it does not qualify as intoxication per se because it's completely i... : ArcKnight
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              Hate to tell you this, but so is alcohol and drug intoxication : Arctic Fox
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                Please. Alcohol and drugs both physically affect you whether you want them to or not. Spiritual nonsense ... : ArcKnight
                • And why you gotta bring a bunch of srs bsnz up in this shit? : ArcKnight
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                  I was just riffing on your use of "completely in your head". Well, yeah, everything is. Colour doesn't ac... : Arctic Fox
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                    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQD7yvkKK9c : ArcKnight
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                      Goddamn, I need to watch that movie again. Willem Dafoe is so goddamn young, lol. Also: I also made a : Arctic Fox
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                        Platoon fanfiction! I can't wait until everyone has one big gay orgy in the jungle with a bunch of NVA. : ArcKnight
                        • Platoon would be far more fitting than Inglorious Basterds. Plus Platoon was a far better movie. : Arctic Fox
                    • Platoon is so amazing. But it does prove that the M69 is overpowered. : Dschinghis Khan
    • But we want to hear the bong hits over teamspeak! : dnagenome
  • Ok, i'm gonna try to be there. I've been playing a bunch, maybe with everyone being wasted I'll actually ... : unholydonuts
  • Fag. : Alco23
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    PLEASE PASSWORD SERVER WITH REGULAR THURSDAY NIGHT PW TO KEEP THE FREAKIN YAH-WHOOS OFFA MY LAWN. : Lightzout
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      We'll do this in a few weeks, for now people are still levelling up mostly. : Arctic Fox
      • OK bro 5. : Lightzout
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    I shall be there for my first online game of BF:BC2 ever! : c0bra
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      hahahah that'll be a memorable introduction to the game : Arctic Fox
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        How to be my bitch 101 : Lightzout
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          I thought everyone had to be drunk :( : c0bra
          • I'm better at games drunk. : ArcKnight
          • This is what Lightzout does when he's drunk... : Alco23
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    Arcane and I don't drink, so I guess we'll be sitting this one out heh. : re-verse
    • It's not really required. I insist you guys play. : Dschinghis Khan
• If only I could run direct x apps over remote desktop >:( : DrWaffles
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  I wish I could be there tonight. Damn guests visiting all week. :| Can I play next week? Can I be t... : zebosausamite
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    Yes, and we'll see what MercFox has to say about it. : Dschinghis Khan
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      Eff yeah : MercFox1
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        *shakes fist threateningly* : zebosausamite
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          *hops in Bradley* : MercFox1
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            *mans the.... machine... gun?* oh shi-.... *realizes we're on the same team* : zebosausamite
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              I wish you could snipe the driver out of the tanks. I would truly be invincible. : LoioshDwaggie
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                Seems like that would be a terrible design flaw. : the_burd
                • http://sites.google.com/site/peterbseelsite/_/rsrc/1248781296867/home/family-history-and-reunions/vietnam... : zebosausamite
• Fuck working late...by the time I get home it's going to be full of drunk bastards. : usmcmueller
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  EFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF YEAAAAAAAAH : Duffman8369
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    Looking forward to this shit. Can we scrap the individual team channels for this because let's get real, ... : ieGod
    • That's the whole point of scheduling these. We're even going to be using a different TS server. : Duffman8369
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  Can I play even if I don't drink? : trOmblyj
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    Yes. Just be in the right TS server. : Dschinghis Khan
    • What the fuck is this shit? No, no you can't play and you should be ashamed of yourself for even wanti... : ArcKnight
  • That's cheating. : c0bra
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  I don't think we actually need to declare shackbattles (yet), they just seem to happen. : Clay
  • This one we do. : Dschinghis Khan
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    This is a special case. Thursday nights are for drinking, all talk, stupidity and fun. This is to make th... : Duffman8369
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      so the only real difference is the requirement of TS... I'm pretty sure the "talking really loud, yelling... : usmcmueller
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        Nah, believe it or not on Dallas they started doing the separate channels serious play deal. : Dschinghis Khan
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          which makes me sad because alt+tab makes BC2 angry. and for the life of me I can't get the hot key to bin... : usmcmueller
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            Really, that's interesting. The alt+tab in this game is the smoothest I think I've ever had since the Q2 ... : ieGod
            • Not for me :( Well me, it's alright compared to TF2 or something. But sometimes it crashes and that's ... : Dschinghis Khan
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              I'm with ieGod on this one. This is probably the best alt+tabbing I've had in a game. Of course I did jus... : Duffman8369
              • I think that's where I'm hurting... I was going to upgrade this month but water heater went out and that ... : usmcmueller
        • That was because we kept running out of space in the main channel, so we had to split into teams or peopl... : tashtego
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        The only real difference is the amount of alochol consumed. : Duffman8369
        • Goonfleet affectionately refers to these as "slosh ops" : Clay
• I love thursday nights! : freakynipples69
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  are we playing Rush or Conquest? : _jon
  • (please say rush) : _jon
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    hopefully conquest! : Nitrium
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      the only conquest map I like is the one that in a swamp area... : usmcmueller
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        the snow one is good too. panama canal is just too big for only 32 people. 64 would be way better : eeeealmo
        • sorry I still haven't learned the maps...that's the destroyed harbor one right? Yeah that is way spread o... : usmcmueller
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          That snow one is my favorite. So many tactical choke points and strategies to be used. : ieGod
          • I love it because after a close round it looks like the place has been carpet bombed. : ArcKnight
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    SQUAD TDM!!! : MercFox1
    • That wold be really cool but the servers are smaller :( : Dschinghis Khan
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      I don't know why this isn't played more, it's really fun : kainen1
      • We have a dedicated server running this 24/7. : LoioshDwaggie
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        It is, but the server isn't that big. I know there is a server hmm. Hey Mercfox1 how would you feel about... : Dschinghis Khan
        • If you need to kick puggies, the settings are the same as Dallas DOS. : LoioshDwaggie
        • EFFF YEAH I don't know what time I'm getting back from work, I gotta hit up the store and get stuff toget... : MercFox1
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    RUSH is so much more fun : .frame
    • I think both modes have pros and cons. : Nitrium
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      I wish the modes could be randomized because Rush starts to get boring after running through all the maps... : ieGod
      • ya this is true. I hope they change that at some point. : .frame
  • I wouldn't mind alternating every week. Last week we did Conquest, now it's Rush time. Oh man, now I w... : Duffman8369
  • Yeah, we'll do Rush. Like Duffman said we can switch off every week. : Dschinghis Khan
  • We can switch the modes like last week when the server inevitably crashes... : Alco23
• Can I come to level up easily again? : Techy007
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    Yeah, but you're in Germany. Who the fuck does anything on a Friday morning in Germany? So set your alarm... : Dschinghis Khan
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      Pretty much. Don't be a pussy It's 1AM for me and I just go to work wasted the next day. : Nitrium
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        God bless this man. : Dschinghis Khan
        • this would work if I could do home office or work at my company tomorrow but I work as a consultant right... : razorblade79
      • ^^^ This is a how a real man does it! : Alco23
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  We have a few on the Chicago server right now. Also, the M60 is overpowered. :( : UtilityMaximizer
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    Your knowledge of economics is overpowered >:( : Dschinghis Khan
    • lmao : MercFox1
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  OK what happened to the 4-pack? : .Jayson
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    Wasn't there a post about it a day or 2 ago? : Duffman8369
    • yeah, I saw it, but its not there anymore : .Jayson
• Man, I'm comin for the Stonkin' Great Tits. : kainen1
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  I logged in last night and my entire fucking friends list was gone. Has this happened to anyone? : at0micgarden
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    Yep, happened to me as well : MercFox1
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      Did it ever come back? I was so pissed I just closed the game and played FF13. : at0micgarden
      • TBH I don't even use the friends list, I just immediately hop on the Shack servers. :( : MercFox1
    • I lost mine yesterday as well, and some other things from the stats. Don't know if they'll come back tho... : dnagenome
  • I think it happened to everyone. : UtilityMaximizer
  • Yep it's happened to me : jbury
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  I will be there. : JonathanBedrava
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    you changed your name?! : ass-street
    • Yeah, cool, huh? : JonathanBedrava
  • HEY! nice new handle name!! : Nitrium
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  and its downloading : .Jayson
  • Yaaay!! : Dschinghis Khan
  • About time, fgt. Ok, so the "AT4+ShapedCharge" is probably my favorite AA missile launcher now. Even m... : MercFox1
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    Woohoo! Did you get a new vid card? : Arctic Fox
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      Yeah Alco sent me a link to a great deal on a GTS250 to replace the 8800GT. I'm not expecting stellar fp... : .Jayson
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        Yeah a GTS250 should hold you over nicely :) Good to have you back mate. : Arctic Fox
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          Played a few rounds on publics servers... I am gonna get raped tonight, I suck badly. At least the ca... : .Jayson
          • I think you have forgotten how drunk everyone will be : Arctic Fox
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  32 slots onry :( : mnsnota
  • I so hope BF3 has 64 player support. : Arctic Fox
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  don't you fuckers work on friday? I don't see the appeal in getting drunk on a thursday night... : proclone1
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    These people aren't pussies and can work hung over. : Dschinghis Khan
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      working hungover is so terrible :( : ass-street
      • Terribly awesome! : Dschinghis Khan
    • You mean to say they're english ? : imperator
  • because making it through work on friday will feel like an achievement and we all love achievements. : mnsnota
• I don't have a lot of time clocked for MP, but I'm there! I hope all 32 slots aren't full when I join. : jcrockerman
• I'm hoping to get in on this. I haven't played for two days now... :( : hoopfam4
• If I can get in I will be there. : ant_hillbilly
• I will try to get on after I get my i5 up and running... Server will probably be full by then! : etherboy
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  I just bought this game. Can I play as well? : sesmaster
  • Only if you are drunk and on Teamspeak : Arctic Fox
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  Check out what i did! http://www.shackpics.com/viewer.x?file=index_oiyoi59s1kvd03tqr7jm.png : Dschinghis Khan
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    wrong thread. : jcrockerman
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      I wanted to snazz up my bump :( : Dschinghis Khan
      • Cool dragon tho :D : jcrockerman
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    Is that a dragon? : daedraug
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      ...Yes. : Dschinghis Khan
      • I thought he was a Man? or, maybe a Dragon-Man? : Xevo
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      it's fucking trogdor you fag! : Dschinghis Khan : ass-street
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        Oooh, that's actually a remarkably accurate portrayal then. I did not know of this Trogdor :( : daedraug
        • www.homestarrunner.com you've got some laughing to do! : ass-street
  • wonderfully crafted image! : .frame
  • TROGDOOOOOOR : DrWaffles
• BAMF!!!!! : Dschinghis Khan
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  I've been getting kicked from shackservers for punkbuster again (some error about heartbeat timeout). Ann... : jbury
  • Thursday nights are at 4am CET, so 3am GMT? : daedraug
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      It was happening tonight (had it happen twice) I think it was on #69? It's not the same pb kick as I wa... : jbury
      • I know PB is definitely off on Dallas Dos and EFF YEAH, not so sure about trombly's server. : Arctic Fox
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  Is there a way to make the game remember your favorite loadouts for assault, engineer, medic, etc? Its a ... : FiReaNG3L
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    No, because that would be an intelligent, intuitive UI feature. DICE prefers confusing and irritating yo... : Arctic Fox
    • They want you to feel stressed out, just like on a real battlefield! : ArcKnight
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      You guys are such entitled pc elitist pricks. Just play it the way it was meant to be played. : .frame
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        .frame, why does the 360 version have more tickets for each side on Conquest maps? : ArcKnight
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          haha really? : Nitrium
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            As far as I can tell, yes. Unless I'm completely getting the number wrong, but each side on the PC has 10... : ArcKnight
            • I swear I've seen some maps on PC where each side gets 150 tickets. : Arctic Fox
        • wow. just wow. : .frame
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        I'm sorry a game from 10 years ago had such a feature and had some expectations that it would be in a sim... : ghost in my shell
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          .frame may be being a little sarcastic : Arctic Fox
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            Everyone is sarcastic. : ghost in my shell
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              No one is sarcastic. : ieGod
              • sarcasm is not allowed on the internet : theWhite
        • Stop being so entitled, gims. : Dschinghis Khan
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        NOT BALANCED FOR ENTITLED PC PRICKS : MercFox1
        • I think this is pretty much every game in existence right here. : Arctic Fox
      • Tribes had saved load-outs in 1998. NINETEEN NINETY EIGHT. : c0bra
      • Actually, this would be a great feature for consoles considering input is slower... : yAak
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  How not to be seen, BC2 style : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMG2td0EF2k : hoopfam4
  • BRILLIANT : trOmblyj
  • I love monty python. : usmcmueller
  • It was the middle... one. : Lucien Irenicus
  • hahahaha...that's a fucking classic for the ages! : CecilPhilpot
  • awesome! : .Jayson
  • They already did this with Halo :/ : Rag and Bone Man
  • hahaha : MercFox1
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  Imma be there, you fuckers better have basic gadgets unlocked this week! Shit... : Xevo
  • Oh, you'll be cursing when I impact wrench your thick skull! : CoreContingency
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  i probably will not attend : feek
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    Feek you. : ArcKnight
    • i would if i could. i will if i can! : feek
  • this is the wrong answer, feek. :( : MercFox1
  • 50 DKP MINUS! : Xevo
• I'll be there if it doesn't fill : SolrFlare
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  Whoah http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9z_Z8dSZas&NR=1 : ieGod
  • Whoah! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF1b1pf9DRY : Dschinghis Khan
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  Need a shack admin to kick some people on Chicago ASAP! m{hugs and kisses}m : Crimsonbeak
  • done : trOmblyj
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  Game is installed, got my settings in order, TS is setup, pizza is ordered, beer is chilled in the fridge... : .Jayson
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    Hell yes. Speaking of pizza, I just ordered from another local place that I ate at for the first time ... : ArcKnight
    • Those are some unfortunate names. I am just rocking some Dominos tonight. The kid likes it and we had a... : .Jayson
• Since I have BF1943 for both the PS3 and the 360, how come I cant unlock these in the battlefield veteran... : .Jayson

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  Dammit, if only we had some sort of completely touch-based Internet browsing device to check pre-sale tim... : Bobthecow81
  • it doesnt seem to be listed anywhere : multisync
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  Will Smith on the ipad being the best netbook: http://www.tested.com/news/meet-apples-netbook/21/ : Dave-A
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    i had to click this only because i thought it was will smith the actor : multisync
    • lol me too : JohnnyRey
    • shit, it's not? :( : nyranger66
    • welcome to earf : Jinxplayer
    • ahahah so did I. : pgharavi
  • hit the jump'd : GloriousCow
  • Oh nice, I was wondering what his new gig was. : .Jayson
• Prob mid day when Jobs wakes up and has thrown a chair or two : MoreVespeneGas
• Not sure yet. Probably, at the latest, 10am PST : SolrFlare
• Are they going to be in the Apple stores now to play with since you can pre order them or not until April... : kek
• I almost want someone from the States to ship one to me in Canada. I don't want to wait an other month :( : Geoffrois
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  As with every new Apple product, I would wait to see if it suffers from any problems before blindly throw... : jingletard
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    it's just cash - you make more : multisync
    • You wouldn't mine buying me one then, I can pick it up to save shipping costs....wait it's just cash, you... : freakynipples69
    • Haha, wtf. By this reasoning you should have every device ever made. : Nali4Freedom
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      Sure do, but spending cash on something that might not work as advertised or have some defects is getting... : jingletard
      • Also, to further the point - the new iMacs with the huge screen seem to be suffering from a yellowish tin... : jingletard
    • now that's the right attitude! : CecilPhilpot
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    As with every new Apple product, I would wait for the 2nd or 3rd generation of the hardware. : kek
    • Pretty much. : Hoax
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  I'm still skeptical if it can handle heavy data days : burningpantsman
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    Apple knows not every consumer is the same, that's why they've introduced the new iPad Super: for heavy d... : Rooster Cockburn
    • ew : SqueegyTBS
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  Just use the simulator, it's Free! : SqueegyTBS
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    Is the SDK still real buggy and fucked up? I have beta 2, I noticed B4 came out recently : Yanks
    • autoresized Table cell still barf on themselves, but there are workarounds. It's not bad otherwise. : SqueegyTBS
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  I'm getting one for my mom. It's pretty much all she'll ever need. It's still a shame that it doesn't mul... : phipple
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    rumors of iphone os 4.0 multitasking are picking up steam. flash does suck but i just hope flash dies a ... : multisync
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      I agree, but not being able to watch Hulu on an iPad really, really sucks. : Rooster Cockburn
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        There will be another method to watch Hulu, that I am sure. : Yanks
        • That'll work for Hulu, but it sucks that for every company that wants to stream video they'll have to lik... : Rooster Cockburn
      • I believe Hulu is already working on a solution to that. : DianeOfTheMoon
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      It seems to me that if even there was a viable alternative, apple wouldn't support it anyhow. They want e... : phipple
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        It seems to me that They do support a viable alternative, and it isn't through the app store. : vigilante
        • Please elaborate. : phipple
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  Give me 600 bucks to buy one and I will let you know when you can pre-order ;-) : surley_monkey
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    Lol....Ug....I hope it's not at midnight tonight, because I will be sleeping =( : JohnnyRey
    • I've heard stories of shortages but that may be some hype to get everyone preordering one. Either way, go... : jingletard
• They usually don't do many things at midnight. Noonish PST is probably plenty safe. : Barnahog
• I can see it now. Its April 2nd, a young man has been standing in front of an Apple store for hours to be... : gyokuro
• more multitasking rumours for iPhone OS 4...hope it's true: http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/03/11... : CecilPhilpot
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  tuaw is saying 5:30am tomorrow morning PT : whereiwannab
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    Who? : JohnnyRey
    • apple blog site : Chandler55
• skippin it for the courier :P : packav
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  Man I have been so back and forth on this thing. The reason I really want it is to read comic books. Al... : DogDharma
  • do it so u can give us a good review : gyokuro
• not gonna buy one but i jumped on the stockbandwagon, and its been a good ride baby! : rbjester
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  8:30AM Eastern: http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/03/11/apple.to.take.orders.at.regular.morning.... : Postal
  • Sweet! Thank you! : JohnnyRey

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• Yeah, but I would love to have it working to talk to my squad and TS3 for general banter. Or use TS3 for ... : Nitrium
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  Yeah, you almost need them to fix it or some heavy TS3 scripting where you press 1 key to talk to your sq... : trOmblyj
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    If Teamspeak could overlay a little voice icon on the screen to indicate who was talking that would help ... : ieGod
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      http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/keyboards/keyboard/devices/3498&cl=us,en : ghost in my shell
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        an alternative to this - 2nd Monitor with TS running. Anyone else do this - but then sometimes it works ... : dedgecko
        • Yeah Same here.. Win7? Alt tab and back in seems to fix it. Stlll if there's too many in the channel you ... : Flinz
• You can use playclaw or voipoverlay for ts3, but these aren't free. Hopefully their will be some free sol... : jonin
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  the teamspeak configuration was really awesome in shacktack. Using the overlay you could always see who w... : Klebold
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    yea but it doesn't work with TS3. They are working on project tint for ts3 which is in beta, but it will... : jonin
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      scratch that, looks like they have a beta 64 bit. I'll give it a shot. : jonin
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        report back with details! : Klebold
        • Update. Just did a quick test in Chicago. Tint works fine, however I could not get the 64 bit version to... : jonin
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        link? : pyide
        • Yeah link pls : Flinz
        • Link look below : jonin
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    Whoah whoah whoah overlay that's exactly what I suggested above details please. : ieGod
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      the rooms were organised so that each team had different companies, each companies had different squads. ... : Klebold
      • I have to agree Shacktac has a kickass system for their Saturday sessions. TS worked really well. : jonin
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        Was there an in game overlay though? I mean as in, the TS interface paints on top of the game graphics to... : ieGod
        • Yes, it's 3rd party but there was a TS 2 overlay. It was used in the 1942 and BF2 Shackbattles also when ... : sigpro
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          On the screen ingame you'd see the name of the person who was talking at the time. I played with the tim... : jonin
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            Dayum that's sexy. : ieGod
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              Hay everyone let's get together and write an open source version of this. : ieGod
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                the beta supports ts3 though! http://www.projecttint.com/index.php : Klebold
                • Oooh not bad. I'll give this a shot and see how it works. There's also an official Teamspeak Plugin SDK t... : ieGod
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      You had to use a seperate program called ts overlay that you ran along with TS. It would show who was tal... : jonin
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        So what's the secret word for beta participation? : Flinz
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          Far as I know there is no secret word . You sign up for it.it's still rough Around the edges but it works : jonin
          • You can't without the word (registration at the bottom) : Flinz
• I've yet to have the ingame voip work for more than about 10 minutes. : marmite
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  Why don't they just make it more or less like TF2? Works great there. There's no way at all in BC2 to tel... : Attica Blue
  • everyone should just put Steamworks in their games to get Valve's VOIP and Server Browser software, but s... : Xevo
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  I've been memorizing voices, but its still difficult as hell sometimes. : limpossible
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    I would be easy to remember because of the thick accent. : Nitrium
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      because due : Nitrium
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        Either "because of" or "due to" would be correct. : UtilityMaximizer
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          Thanks. : Nitrium
          • you English is waaaaaay better than you give yourself credit for, dude! : Xevo
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      Actually, yes. The accent makes your voice distinct from others. MercFox and JPB are also two voices that... : limpossible
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        Duffman's is pretty recognizable. : MercFox1
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          nobody recognizes me :( : ass-street
          • SNAAAAKE ROPE! : MercFox1
  • I'm going to start every sentence by screaming HEYY-OOHHHHH so people know who it is. : NastyJack
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    who is the guy that sighs all the time? : re-verse
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      khan? : pyide
      • Khan's more like: Fuck fuck shit damn retarded shit fuck. WTF!!! NO, FUCK! BULLSHIT! ARRRRGGGHHH! Fuck : Alco23
      • not khan, there is one dude who for some reason turns on his mic to give long sad sighs when he is killed... : re-verse
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    i'm the guy that talks a lot and is annoying : mista mista
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      I thought that was me. : trOmblyj
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        or me, except he didn't mention name calling and being an asshole : Xevo
        • RyDogg :) : LoioshDwaggie
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    If you hear someone saying 'cunt', it's probably me. : ArcKnight
    • ...calling for your mother to bring you more chocolate milk : proclone1
  • I'm usually: "Are you fucking kidding me?!" or "Will someone please shoot that UAV I keep spotting for us... : AxeMan808
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  If you have dual screens, you can just put teamspeak on your second screen (that's what I do). That doesn... : UtilityMaximizer
  • Yeah, this is what I do with TS/second screen. There were some overlay plugins at some point, but I do... : lunarbunny
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  G15 Keyboard FTW!!! : RyDogg1
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    My G15 does not work with TS. Is there a plugin you suggest? : Wyvern
    • I use http://www.schmads.com/g15teamspeak.htm but I'm not sure it's still the best. : Jonathan
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      You have to go into the plugin setting of TS to turn it on. : ArcKnight
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        TS3 comes with a built in plugin, or at least it did for me. The path is Settings -> Plugins. : ArcKnight
        • Sweet. Thanks! : Wyvern
  • Rocks because you can admin and change channels etc all off the keyboard. Genius! :) : Alco23
• meh, it was all we had for BC1, and was annoying that the other squads on your team didn't know wtf you w... : Xevo

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  did I miss something -.- : ]pm[chem
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    What is going on in this EvE thread? : hashd
    • It's a sandbox thread. Make your own topic. : bolange
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  Do you have a direct highsec to friendly nullsec gate? If not, how are you planning to deal with gatecam... : bolange
  • He is using the alliance jump freighter service. : JuffoWup
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  I'm kind of pissed, I spent the last week working on my new computer, and now I'm getting some weird fps ... : MarkovChain
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    Do you use chrome? : JuffoWup
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      Yup. Por que? : MarkovChain
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        Try starting up chrome in the background and see if that helps. I think the chromium browser fucks up if... : JuffoWup
        • Hmm, I'll have to try that. I was playing on my other computer last night as well, and it worked fine, bu... : MarkovChain
  • I've seen a similar issue. It doesn't happen right away after a while the game starts to freeze-frame ev... : bolange
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    launch EVE in safe mode, turn everything off, log in regular and one at a time enable the features to fin... : m0rfus
    • for all the years I've played this game: EVE has a safe mode? : MarkovChain
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  Also, after chatting with Shackers yesterday I discovered I'm not 22 days out from new ships (Covert Ops : bolange
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    yeah you should get a battlecruisers trained before T2 frigs, makes life easier : ]pm[chem
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      My concern is that while I may be able to pilot a large ship I couldn't fit it well whereas I should be a... : bolange
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        BCs use the same mods as cruisers and it's very easy to train for medium sized guns. if you don't believ... : ]pm[chem
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          It's not that I don't believe you I'm just overwhelmed by all the options :) Thanks for the link, mayb : bolange
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            I agree with you on covert stuff, actually. I just view BCs as a way to easy, easy cash. hard to missio... : ]pm[chem
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              I could certainly use some easy easy cash :) I'll play with Evemon tonight to see what my time tables lo... : bolange
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                Remember as well that a t2 hull isn't as insurable as a t1 hull. Also (and this may have changed and not... : JuffoWup
                • Pretty much still fleet-only for the ewars. : Reptile
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                learning skills are fucking ass and should have been removed from the game years ago. I need to spend 3... : ]pm[chem
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                  So you'd rather not have the bonus? : Reptile
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                    I'm saying everyone should learn at the same rate (aside from implants), and no learning skills should be... : ]pm[chem
                    • They should slowly phase them out effectively, yeah. They already did a HUGE step in that direction by re... : Fayk
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            Learn from my mistakes dont take a brand new BC that you cant fit well out to fight.... : hashd
            • ...again and again and again : Reptile
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        Congratulations, you are already ahead of 99% of eve players by realizing this little tidbit. People l... : Fayk
        • I rushed to a bs so I could run L4's. I had to run away constantly because my tanking skills were shit. : melkore
      • this is gold right there. only fly what you can lose and fly the best you can for the skills at hand. ... : m0rfus
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  last night i bought over 1.5mill units of ozone in IRC and tanked their market. :D : m0rfus
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    Wish I was a successful market mogul but I'm just as bad with ISK as I am with USD. :( : bolange
    • more-so, i dont care about profit, im making it more difficult for those cap ships to go anywhere. : m0rfus
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    Not sure if that is more or less fun than my night... Had to go about 7-8j to nuke this battleship (ra... : Reptile
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      nice km, he was T2'd out. so you do faction warfare? is that for all your chars? I've been wondering w... : ]pm[chem
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        We swap to FW during the "off season". And unless its a special occasion, I don't do missions.... And... : Reptile
        • http://caldari.eve-kill.net/?a=kill_detail&kll_id=6024428 Don't play undock games with a small ship if... : Reptile
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          off season? hmm, if I ever get uninvolved with 0.0 alliances, I will probably check out FW : ]pm[chem
          • off season being when activity is low for various reasons (work or other games primarily) : Reptile
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  I can't decide what to train next. :/ : Fayk
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    could link your skills if you wanted opinions. : Reptile
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      What's the current hotness for linking your character these days? Ineve is long gone. : Fayk
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        eve-sheet.com is great : harold.johnson
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          Wheee http://eve-sheet.com/skills/Kali_Sanzen : Fayk
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            As should be obvious from this, I fly mostly smaller ships. : Fayk
            • Maybe all the trade skills to lvl5 to help with the nickle and diming? : bolange
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    max all your main weaponry and/or tanking skills until you decide. : m0rfus
    • More or less done, for anything I'll have trained any time soon. I mostly fly smaller ships. I'll link in... : Fayk

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• I agree with your post. : metalremains
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  PC or 360? : orgcaptainnemo
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    PC, not sure if this dynamic exist in the 360/PS3 versions (perhaps due to a lack of precision with the c... : Saman
    • it exists on the 360. And it's amusing. : Fyunch Click
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  mortar strikes feel okay to me. what needs to be limited is defibs. given that you can already spawn on s... : dirge23
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    Someone suggested it take 2 full seconds to defib someone. I think that would be perfect. Make it more da... : NastyJack
    • that'd work, or at least giving it a substantial cooldown : dirge23
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      How about the amount of time for the Ed Harris line from the Abyss? : Fyunch Click
      • you should have to administer CPR with a QTE : dirge23
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      That would make defib almost useless, a delay between defibs would balance it a lot more. : MagicWishMonkey
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        There is a delay between Defibs. : unjustend
        • Looks like it's balanced then! : Dong Patrol
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          Maybe extend the delay? Forcing me to wait 2 seconds while being shot at in order to revive someone wo... : MagicWishMonkey
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            Only problem with that is that sometimes I miss defibs and it's annoying waiting for them to warm up agai : crummynz
            • easy enough to not run the cooldown timer if it doesn't actually revive somebody : dirge23
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              I've had that happen a few times, usually I get confused and someone kills me while I'm waiting for the r... : MagicWishMonkey
              • I usually don't look to see if they got up or not until I'm in cover again. : unjustend
          • Rather than add a delay, why not make defib delays stack. It would stop the constant defib resurrections.... : Beady
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    I hope Dice never listens to you people about Defibs. If you want to counter a medic, have a medic on yo... : unjustend
    • what do you mean "you people" : dirge23
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      The constant yoyoing between two squads of medics trying to take each other out is comedy. It doesn't ac... : midgetherder
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        just spam some mortar strike on top of them :) : unjustend
        • Also I will admit that 4x medic is kinda lame. Squads with explosion support are so much more useful. : unjustend
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          but you can't because they keep moving around - resetting the attack timer (which is a grievance that I h... : dedgecko
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            pssst, you can target mortars at inanimate objects : Arctic Fox
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              So looking forward to fucking you up this weekend :) I would still prefer not having to hold it down o... : dedgecko
              • Aim at the tops of lightposts/trees. : AxeMan808
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      They just need to allow people being revived to be able to be killed again. None of this 1 second invulne... : ieGod
      • I will support gibbing.. I don't support a lot of changes, but gibs make me horny. : unjustend
      • ^^ this ^^ its because once a game starts some sort of an animation, you become invincible, it happens wi... : chilln
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        Unrevivable kills really are a necessity. You shouldn't be able to revive if: -You've been headshotte... : midgetherder
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          I agree with everything except for You've already been revived : Arctic Fox
          • You're probably right. : midgetherder
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  i want less 40mm/gustav; tired of dying to explosive weapons so much. If they are using the gustav or th... : Foxhawk
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    Yeah, 40mmGL is pretty frustrating too when people walk around with that as their primary weapon, but it ... : Saman
    • The M60 doesn't 2 or 3 shot people unless its a headshot. You've got to be close-medium range for the m6... : sreyes22
    • Are you sure you're hitting them in the head and the bullet isn't dropping and hitting elsewhere? I have... : uncle slappy
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    Yeah the gustav is annoying, they should reduce the splash damage to infantry : kainen1
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      the gustav is the more "infantry" gun if you read the description. : Iwannaacura
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        the gustav seems to do substantially less vehicle damage : dirge23
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          What does Gustav mean anyway? : Marrbe
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            http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Gustav_recoilless_rifle : dirge23
            • it's the second anti-tank weapon for engineers : dirge23
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        IMO it should be used as a weapon to expose enemies that are behind cover. Not as a sniper rifle with a m... : PointlesS76
        • ^ pretty much this. It's like a quake rocket : kainen1
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          not my fault some of you guys get sniped by rockets lolol. : Iwannaacura
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            I play exclusively engeineer, so I know how much damage you can do with it. In the White Pass conquest ma... : PointlesS76
            • I got a quad kill last night with a Gustav. Saw a squad preparing to assault from the beach. I had the ex... : CoreContingency
    • the carl gustav is an anti personnel/bunker buster weapon i've sniped so many people with that its n... : Alpha Class Android
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  It's weird because if I remember correctly the M60 was also massively overpowered in Battlefield Vietnam.... : NastyJack
  • It was the combination of the M60 + Rocket that made it a bitch. You were a terminator taking out swathe... : dedgecko
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    Yeah that's what I think of too. You were the fucking terminator with M60+Rockets. : RyDogg1
    • That's kind of you to say. : NastyJack
    • lol... : dedgecko
  • i feel oddly compelled to suggest you were a terminator : yAak
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  Are mortar strikes X projectiles with Y splash damage, or are they just X damage within a certain radius ... : tashtego
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    7 rounds come in, the first is a ranging / warning round, then 2 bursts of 3. You could be dead center a : Lunatic Angelic
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      I dont think Mortars need to be nerfed and I cant even use them. They keep people from camping. : Lightzout
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        A couple of recon guys spamming mortars pretty much fucked everyone over. : chazums
        • I saw this once.. 10+ recon units spamming mortar rounds made spawning not possible. : ShadowRam
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          they can make defusing an M-COM impossible. : edgewise
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            it would take a large number of very well-coordinated recons to do this, so i don't think it's unfair : dirge23
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              It pretty much happens on shack servers every night. : james_austintx
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                if the team can set the charge and then totally cover it with mortars for the whole duration, they deserv... : dirge23
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                  it only really takes one mortar strike plus the normal attackers defending the charge. It happens constan... : james_austintx
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                    one mortar strike is helpful but it hardly makes defusing impossible : dirge23
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                      plus the normal attackers defending it pretty much does : james_austintx
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                        so basically you're saying if you have a balanced team using a mortar strike and other classes on defense... : dirge23
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                          not stop a defuse, but prevent it from being planted in the first place. : dedgecko
                          • either way, by "defense" here i meant attackers switching to defense to cover the charge : dirge23
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                So, shackers play like fgts then? : saunders45
                • They use the tools they have : james_austintx
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        I wouldn't nerf them at all, in fact I'd make them even more powerful, considerably so. I'd just limit t... : Saman
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          I think one per life or perhaps like a 3-5 minute cooldown. There's really no reason to allow snipers to ... : noven
          • Nope, then Defending Recon will just die after their mortar strike, and get another one. It'd be HELLA un... : AxeMan808
    • That's what I thought- I've always found it pretty easy to survive by just taking cover or getting out of... : tashtego
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  I feel your pain, Saman. I agree with all of your points, for the most part. Having fired an actual M... : wytefang
  • Yeah I have no issue with this not being a combat simulator, its just the relative dominance of it versus... : Saman
  • Pfff, John Matrix and John Rambo had no problem aiming an M60 accurately with one arm, thus proving you w... : tbreffni
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  I am ok with everything in this game except for 2 things. -Nerf the revives so those who are knifed/... : ant_hillbilly
  • No revive on headshots/knife would be good. Also, I don't think you should be able to spawn on a squad... : ShadowRam
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    If there is a ticket bleed in Conquest mode, it REALLY needs to be made more prominent in the UI. If ... : Arctic Fox
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      I don't think there's ticket bleed? Holding more then half of the flags will make the enemy lose more tic... : unholydonuts
      • No there's ticket bleed, it's just really really really slow. : MercFox1
    • Right now, the only thing capturing does is give you more places to spawn at. : dnagenome
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  i just finished playing a pub game. Not only did we lose, but we lost badly. Why? Cuz of mortar strike... : -=kodiak=-
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    counter snipers! : HisKillSkill
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      at least i got my bronze star for the SCAR-H engineer gun. It seems to be literally the only gun i can ki... : -=kodiak=-
      • Throw motion mines around objectives. Also, you can bring down buildings yourself, with C4. : Arctic Fox
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        Throw motion mines. lots of them. Toss some C4 in places around the mcom and then arm the charge for it, ... : unholydonuts
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          Can you use more than one at a time? I haven't tried recon but I remember reading somewhere that while yo... : Arken.ca
          • More than one motion mine, that is. : Arken.ca
          • I'm pretty sure this is the case. : Arctic Fox
  • You need to mortar them back. (Or snipe them) : ShadowRam
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    Adding some sort of sharing mechanic to the mortars would probably help. Something like if there are mor... : midgetherder
    • ^^ this would be a fine solution. Its basically as if every sniper on the game has his own mortar team ... : Saman
    • This is a fantastic idea. : TrptJim
    • Yeah, isn't this what RtCW: Enemy Territory did with.. air strikes? : xsoulbrothax
    • ^^^^^^ This is the answer. It's not individual mortars that are the problem. It's coordinated mortar st... : SolrFlare
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    I love the challenge of taking out snipers, either by counter sniping, rpgs, grenades or flanking : gebz
    • ...or mortar strikes : dedgecko
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      I like stabbing them in the taint, personally : Arctic Fox
      • For these kind of people I get extra devious, : LoioshDwaggie
  • counter snipe, flank, toss smoke grenades, mortar strikes : mista mista
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  I would like mortar strikes. How far down in the recon unlocks is it? Also, how to make good points as re... : jane911
  • spotting. throw the motion mines at active control points. : dirge23
  • I think the mortar strike is 4 unlocks in, iirc. Also, I got alot of points from spot assists. : cyclonebee
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  One thing that sorta made me go :O was yesterday 3 guys had come to destroy A. We killed all but 1. The o... : jane911
  • I've seen people do some smart things with the squad spawn mechanic. One dude parachuted out of a chopper... : Arctic Fox
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  Also, with the amount of explosions and stuff in this game - they really, really should have added gibs. ... : jane911
  • the instakill yet totally bloodless knife is particularly puzzling : dirge23
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  I was getting raped by that neostead shotgun it seemed like that gun can even one shot you at long distan... : Lawgiver
  • i LOVE that gun. i unlocked it yesturday. im gonna retire the m60 for my medic : head crab
• I kind of wish the assault class and medic class switched weapons. So something like this: Assault: M... : PointlesS76
• I've been trying to play the assault class and all I do is get owned by the medics. : Magmaticzebra
• Yeah with the medic's weapons being so powerful they have almost completely negated the assault class' us... : Begawkiness
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  Two things I've noticed: 1) Smoke is incredibly effective 2) People need to scuttle their jeeps/atvs/... : midgetherder
  • I'm usually too busy dying right after I hop off an ATV. : Arctic Fox
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    yeah smoke is a real leadership tool for the assault. Especially on Rush maps for attacking. : gyokuro
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      did they ever fix smoke for DX9 users? I remember in the beta if you're running DX9 smoke disappeared ... : dedgecko
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        Fucking DX9 Opaque MG Glareshields. I haven't been able to use a Heavy MG with Shield since the Beta. : AxeMan808
        • I thought this was an FOV issue, ie you change the FOV slightly and they work then. : TabsAZ
    • nice on defense when trying to defuse as well. seems to block mortar targeting as well as concealing defu... : stgulik
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    unused vehicles blow up on their own after a while so they should respawn eventually. : pyide
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      Good to know :D : midgetherder
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        You should still take that shit out. : midgetherder
        • Right. I've seen the enemy team steal blackhawks a bunch of times when they don't just explode. Best to n... : unholydonuts
  • Vehicles that have moved from spawn will die if they remain untouched for X number of minutes. That said... : dedgecko
  • it's funny how far vehicles will keep ghostriding with nobody on them. especially the UAV : mrtony
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    I just started using the smoke last night. I'm a little confused as to the proper placement though. If yo... : edgewise
    • Cover defender's sight lines while keeping your own as open as possible. It really depends where the defe... : Arctic Fox
    • It really depends on the scenario, but generally I try to toss them right in front of wherever they've du... : midgetherder
    • Shoot smoke in best efforts to conceal your advance upon the enemy. If attacking an MCOM - shoot it beyo... : dedgecko
    • I shoot smoke on MCOMs a lot if I'm defusing or planting, I'll also yell out stuff in TS3 like "AWWW SHIT... : MercFox1
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  What I want to know is, HOW do people use the mounted .50 Cal guns with the bullet shield mounted on them... : Lucien Irenicus
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    This is a Direct X 9 bug. I think someone here posted a thread about it yesterday. : Arctic Fox
    • This would make sense, it's just opaque. I'll check around. : Lucien Irenicus
  • Use it to create fields of fire by laying waste to all the trees in your field of view. From behind it y... : dedgecko
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    Well, it can be hard to see through but you'll get used to it. The biggest problem is that the second yo... : midgetherder
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      but you can only be directly assaulted by an explosive warhead - otherwise you just have to make sure som... : dedgecko
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        I'm usually engineer, so if I see someone in there it's Charlie G. to the rescue. : midgetherder
        • No no, I know what to do with them. The problem is I can't see anything through the shield, it's black. : Lucien Irenicus
  • Use the Force Lucien. : mrtony
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  New aerial warfare in BC2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKKLewxIBgA : Arctic Fox
  • haha awesome. : dedgecko
  • !! The return of stunts !! How far could that have flown with more than 1 dude laying C4? : pyide
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    haha. You can have someone stand on the UAV and it can carry them up into the air. Just chute down afterw... : Godhatesfatpeople
    • I tried this on Tuesday, but I kept sliding off. : quartic0
    • I think they fixed it in retail... : etherboy
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  For Xbox 360 I just noticed in the options autoaim. I was wondering if this option only affects single pl... : bling1bling
  • I believe auto aim is supposed to be off on the 360, but it's pretty common for those types of games (MW2... : midgetherder
  • I think it's off in multplayer but on in single player, the single player difficulties reference how much... : Begawkiness
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  M60 bitching threads, the new prone bitching knife bitching threads. : Xevo
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    Next up is the Carl Gustaf, the new prone knife mortars M60 40mm grenade bitching threads. : pyide
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      Posting this made me realize every class has an infantry rape weapon. Assault : 40mm Launcher Medic ... : pyide
      • every class is good at killing people? NO WAI! I propose we ban all weapons! : Xevo
      • NOT BALANCED FOR INFANTRY RAPE : MercFox1
      • So it's balanced then, right? ;) : saunders45
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      meh what about the homing rocket? I haven't unlocked it yet, but it seems like it would be good... : Xevo
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        I haven't used it much. It works like the stationary AT guns. I think it's easier to just dart something ... : pyide
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          I haven't used it at all but I thought there was a heat seeking component. : midgetherder
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            It's a laser-guided rocket. It's also helicopter rape if you use it right. : MercFox1
            • ^^^ I haven't got it yet, but I can see it being excellent for taking down helos. : Arctic Fox
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              I actually find the M2 CG a better chopper killer. It travels really fast and fairly straight and it usua... : TrptJim
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                one shot from any HE weapon will down any heli. : Xevo
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                  Not true. 40mm grenades will not kill them - they will throw them around a bit, but you can recover. T... : ArcKnight
                  • Or if the pilot is decent, I've recovered from the chopper's nose pointing directly downwards before. It ... : Arctic Fox
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                    ok fair enough, I concede those two... I was meaning stuff in the vehicle raping category (tank shells, s... : Xevo
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                      Yep, those will all kill in one hit. Also, has anyone else noticed that if you get hit with a rocket that : ArcKnight
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                        I think this is like a "killed versus gibbed" thing. If they take you down to 0 health in the vehicles yo... : Arctic Fox
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                          I think this is the right answer. : MercFox1
                          • I have also noticed this being the case as well. It's a weird way to differentiate it, but you still have... : Xevo
              • Hehe, I took down several Blackhawks on Isla Inocentes last night (a couple of them were in mid flight an... : MercFox1
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            It's not a HEAT seeking rocket - it's a HEAT rocket that is fly-by-wire - like the ERYX from BF2, or Stat... : dedgecko
            • the thing I don't like about them - is that you're exposed to fire since you need Line of Sight to your t... : dedgecko
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          the stationary AT turrets are MASSIVE vehicle rape... being able to shoot those rockets from anywhere see... : Xevo
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            I don't think it does the same amount of damage as the stationary AT, it just functions the same way. : ArcKnight
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              Yeah, I haven't used them extensively but the damage doesn't seem anywhere near as good. Plus it's hard t... : pyide
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                Though hitting one of those with a tracer is can be initially difficult as well. I should try using the M... : pyide
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                  I can hit the helis with the stationary ones fairly regularly when they're dumb enough to be near one... ... : Xevo
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                    I'm gonna have to go back and try this rocket out with the high explosive perk. I've been running with t... : dnagenome
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                      In my experience, the Gustav is better vs. buildings than the AT-4. : ArcKnight
                      • well bah, guess just the isle map for the AT-4 then. The apache in Valdez is annoying, but I think is mo... : dnagenome
                      • Yeah, the CG blows the shit out of buildings, and anyone hiding behind the wall of one. It's amazing. : pyide
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    Fuck the M60. In the ass. Seriously. : RyDogg1
    • you should kick anyone using them! : Xevo
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      I started using it because, damn, why not. : ieGod
      • i started to, but it seems much weaker without red dot and the LMG perk, and the healing boost + improved... : stgulik
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      Surprised you aren't complaining about rockets after I killed you 5 times in a row last night. :D : TrptJim
      • Nah rockets I don't have a problem with. : RyDogg1
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  I agree with point 1. As a soldier, I constantly get pwned by medics who have a gun that's just as accura... : surley_monkey
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    "The medic is basically a more badd @ss version of the assault class." No he really isn't at all. Whe... : Godhatesfatpeople
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      It's absurd thata revive gives as many points as destroying an objective. One is very hard to do and the... : Boxelder
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        I think that is more related to how FEW points you get from an objective, rather than how many you get fr... : Arctic Fox
        • ^ yeah, agreed : crummynz
        • Yeah, I agree with this. Moreover, it seems like they want you blow the MCOMs up with explosives rather ... : Moonbase Commander
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        I love how damn near everything in this game is defined as being "broken". Medics should get a fuck to... : dedgecko
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          not to mention medics with paddles out are SUPER vulnerable to being killed while trying to revive : Xevo
          • For like .8 seconds though. Maybe paddles should have a charge time or something. : the_burd
    • I just went 50/13 as a medic : _jon
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  I still think the killcam is bullshit. It doesn't take a player much to recognize most of the landmarks i... : ghost in my shell
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    So play hardcore mode? : Godhatesfatpeople
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      I already own Rainbow 6, what's your point? : ghost in my shell
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        Saying you have options to play without that feature if you want to. : Godhatesfatpeople
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          Not on Shack servers :( I do the same thing ghost does. I'll sneak into the enemy base, knife the UAV ope... : MercFox1
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            Loiosh keeps saying he'll turn on some of the hardcore features on Dos, and I know he hated the killcam. ... : Arctic Fox
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              apparently it is bugged, at least last I heard him saying... : Xevo
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                Wait....its possible to stay in normal play mode, but turn off kill cam? This would rule : sreyes22
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                  Yeah, you know all those things that you see on the loading screen? Friendly Fire, killcam, spotting, etc... : Arctic Fox
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                    right except that turning off the individual ones is currently not possible, maybe... =P : Xevo
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                      It's possible. People just bitch when I do it. : LoioshDwaggie
                      • So for now, SUCK ON YOUR KILLCAM SHACK. We have an HC server for you anti-KC people. : LoioshDwaggie
                  • Totally going to make our west coast server no-kill cam when it gets fixed then : sreyes22
            • And maybe it's not...hmmmmmm.... : RyDogg1
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    Yeah that's one of reasons I hate it. I hesitate to kill anyone because then they know exactly where I'm... : RyDogg1
    • It's supposed to be a server-side option, like a lot of other things you see when connecting / loading. L... : pyide
  • How dare you think that you (or any sniper) can kill me without repercussions! Good day, sir! : Wyvern
  • After a behind the lines kill, face a wall and look down, I'm pretty sure the kill cam is based on your p... : dnagenome
  • Some of us think sitting in one place the entire map and sniping is bullshit. : The Wilhelm Scream
  • kill and move, kill and move... : CecilPhilpot
  • suck it, gims : proclone1
  • Bitch, bitch, bitch. : Dschinghis Khan
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    i dont see how it's a problem, in both cod:mw2 and now bf:bc2. especially with the delayed respawn, the ... : greydog
    • Yeah. The only time I catch people in the same spot they were in before are stubborn recons. But for the ... : Godhatesfatpeople