Evening Reading: My GDC Highlights

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• so cool : bad_fish
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  awesome, I can't wait until everyone is doing stuff like this and Euphoria for animations. : derelict515
  • Yep! : SockMonkeh
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    I love Euphoria. Playing GTA 4 and then Just Cause 2 shows perfectly why euphoria is so much better than ... : Johnnsen
    • I just wish devs would use it sparingly on the main character (like pushing through crowds etc.) I abs... : Beady
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  I really want to play around with that destruction demo! I loved the crates and barrels. Can't make a g... : Empyric
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    the barrels are badass! Isn't the cpu at max in most recent games? this must have an impact on perform... : umegastar
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      Not on quad cores. Dual cores are finally being saturated, but only a very few handful of games take adva... : aggressor
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        And with the trend of pushing for more cores instead of faster cores, we'll be seeing 4- and 8-core CPUs ... : Empyric
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          This new Gulftown (6-core) processor is a good indication of things to come. They didn't do much for freq... : aggressor
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            Moore's law says it will not always be two cores. Plus think about it, if we have 100 core processors, is... : Nali4Freedom
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              Maaaaaaaaaaaaaybe. : aggressor
              • 88 cores, because that will be when they start to make things faster. Get more power, for less! : Dong Patrol
        • It doesn't really pay off that way. There is still a lot of logic that has to happen in serial. Stuf... : CRasterImage
• It certainly doesn't look realistic, but it looks like great fun! I love stuff like that. I swear if they... : Dave-A
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  I don't get why havok doesn't just write a GPU accelerated version of their engine to work on both nvidia... : Nali4Freedom
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    because intel owns Havok, they wan't you to need faster CPUs : plat2on1
    • This is the worst apostrophe use I've ever seen, except for that one time where a news website wrote "guy... : Tchest
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  Cool, moving things to CPU on the PC is a very smart move. : SpaecKow
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    Man, it only feels like yesterday when everyone thought the exact opposite. I wonder how far it will reve... : aggressor
    • That was before we had quad core CPUs with hyperthreading. : Blackdawgg
    • CPUs on computers are reliably strong across models and price ranges, whereas graphics units tend to be a... : SpaecKow
  • Havok is owned by intel right? It makes sense that they would go away from the GPU. : d3tached
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  Holy fuck, that train track collapse was amazing. : DOOManiac
  • It felt very uncomfortable, like the guy in control should be moving out of the way. The last train to fa... : thecray
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    I didn't like the way the building looked as it was destroyed. It's like the wall disappeared and bricks ... : aggressor
    • yeah that looked a little off. everything else was pretty good. : Clay
    • BC2 looked better than that demo, and they use havok. : Turd Ferguson
    • Beats nothing at all happening, which is usually the case. : Pulveri
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  what was the engine where they had a large scale destructible city where every building had a interior? : strandgeck
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    It was a cryengine tech demo with procedurally generated interiors/exteriors. : Toth21
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      Not necessarily. It was some tech developed by 2 guys, one of whom works at Crytek. It may be in CryEngin... : SockMonkeh
      • they show a similar thing in the new cryengine tech demo from gdc : OrkO
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  I can't wait until they apply that fat monster's belly physics to some in-game titties. : pupismyname
  • I would like to subscribe to your newsletter, sir! : yosemiteclimber
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  PhysX will always have serious competition - because it was never going to go anywhere in the first place... : abrasion
  • I always thought PhysX was irrelevant, because it's sort of optional and mostly for the single player exp... : eisencc
• Anyone else make sound effects with their mouths while they watched these? : Rice-Rocketeer
• wowza, that is a fugly mofo : Lightzout
• The deformation looks amazing : Johnnsen
• Havok Cloth apparently also includes Havok Stomach. : pyrogen
• I'll take this over that PhysX bullshit any day. : Milleh
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  id love to see that in Rage or Doom 4 : hanged_man
  • Unfortunately id doesn't use third party physics stuff. It's all in-house so I doubt it will have fancy s... : freshyk
• Just wish they kept that last building video out. They did some really cool stuff. Then with the buildi... : kingdepork
• That stuff looks really good, but what hardware is this all running on? For all we know, it's a dual sock... : ajvitaly
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  Why does wood behave like paper? : Snipergen
  • Paper is made out of wood. : ArB

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  Also Nautilus (15 hours or so) runs terribly on the 360. I'd be curious to see how it runs on the PS3... ... : Yanks
  • ran fine for me, I haven't noticed any hitching at all on the ps3 version. : JuffoWup
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  About an hour in to that lake area, now that paradigm shifts are avaialble I'm liking combat more. The vo... : BioSector
  • It consistently improves as time goes on, IMO... as you get more options for paradigm shifts and have to ... : Yanks
• im sooo early in ( about an hour, in the fal'cie with snow ) and the lack of combat options is a little... : mankeroo
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  How did you skip X? It was so much better than IX! I'm happy to see that the level system in XIII looks... : Grumbeld
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    Honestly the leveling system is pretty damn linear with a few branches here and there for a single upgrad... : Evil Benius
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      They lock the progress?! : Grumbeld
      • Yes, and it's brilliant because it actually allows them to build fights at a particular level of challeng... : Vincent Grayson
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      you aren't very far in then. About halfway through, the entire tree unlocks. I'm at a point where each ... : JuffoWup
      • I do have unlocked trees, but I will have to wait and see on additional branches coming off of the circle... : Evil Benius
  • Yes. I love 13, but X is still my favorite FF (and... game.. period). : squigiliwams
  • I don't know about better. I was really turned off by X and loved IX. Of course I liked the pre-VII ones ... : zakazi
• yes : mwasher
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  I just did the first boss battle where I really had to swap paradigms around to succeed (Chapter 5 spoile : Evil Benius
  • the plant thing was the first challenging boss fight for me. But i sure did have fun! : mayooms
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    man i really must be doing something wrong. i'm already having to swap paradigms quite a bit to stay a l... : mwasher
    • Oh I have had to swap Paradigms before for various reasons, but this was the first big fight where I was ... : Evil Benius
• Not as good as 12 but still good. : WhatIsThisFor
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  Fuck Odin for making me use not one but two shrouds to get through that battle. :( : slax0r
  • lol, same here. they were my last 2 non cloaky ones. : squigiliwams
  • haha yea that fight pissed me off so bad until i just popped 2 shrouds :( : mwasher
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    Once I figured out the secret to that fight it was stupidly easy. : Evil Benius
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      what was the secret? i popped 2 shrouds, went in as med/med, and switched lightning to rav whenever i cou... : mwasher
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        I had Hope throw up protection spells and once both were full HP I went Rav/Rav and destroyed him. I thin... : Evil Benius
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          uh, that is not what i experienced at all. : mwasher
          • No idea why I had such an easy time with him then. : Evil Benius
        • I actually just finished this fight and did the same thing. Died twice before I figured this out though. : breadsticks
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    Everyone says they've had problems with that fight... But I did it on first try. However, I've died on a ... : Shivawn
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      did you use shrouds the first time? otherwise I have no idea how you lasted. he could 2-3 hit Hero. ... : mwasher
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        No shrouds. I really don't remember having a problem with it... I did have a 2 medic build which helped c... : Shivawn
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          man my bar was fucking slow as balls just from straight up med curing. i had to do it through damage. ... : mwasher
          • It was a combination of both. I can't spoiler, so I'll just send you a PM : Shivawn
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        I potioned a lot, it allowed me to keep in my Rav/Rav combo while still staying alive. I think I used 5 ... : Rasnowl
        • Ah I didn't use potions, just constantly switched to med to heal. : mwasher
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    I don't know if i'm using Odin correctly. When you ride him, is there a time limit to how long he stays? ... : mayooms
    • you should have a datalog about using Eidolons and the restrictions on how long they can be out. : mwasher
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  Is FF12 any good? I havent played an FF since 10 : yautja
  • It's great. Possibly my favorite combat system in the FF series. I think it didn't get much attention s... : smax
  • yeah, it's excellent once you figure out how to program your squad. : Boxelder
  • I found it boring. Baltier was cool. : breadsticks
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  This game is so fun and i'm loving it so far. I'm not too sure i'm upgrading my weapons correctly though.... : mayooms
  • I read somewhere not to start upgrading until Chapter 11...is this accurate? I'm holding off for now, I ... : Rasnowl
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  Holy fuck I am at a boss I cannot beat, first time too! It is an eidolon battle, sazhs in nautilus. (Do n... : Yanks
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    Of course after I post I totally rape the guy. Hardest fight so far though for sure! : Yanks
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      you raped a guy huh : MoreVespeneGas
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        Virtually. : Yanks
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          so you have dreams of raping guys? : creep
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            No. : Yanks
            • but soon right? : TwiLyght
• Still loving the shit out of it. I think this second playthrough, in English, is making it easily one of ... : Vincent Grayson
• Holy crap, I've played this game for about 10 hours today. 18 hours and just got to Nautilus. The bos... : slax0r
• I'm about to hit the 19 hour mark. I'm on the airship after Sazh's Eidolon battle and this game is still : TheVietSpecial
• Chapter 7 (no idea how much time invested) and I'm pretty glad things have picked up a bit. Chapter 6 dr... : omnova
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  The combat system is so good that it makes me wonder if FFXIII Vs. is actually what it sounds like. It ... : Boxelder
  • The system they are talking about that centers around the main characters ability to throw his swords (ap... : cetra00
• The battle music is catchy and haunts me wherever I go. : slax0r
• Well after reading this thread I'm glad I picked it up today. I just wish I had stayed in and played it... : fry975
• I just got to a pretty major boss, about 21 hours in. Crazy shit going down! Sleep now. : Yanks
• Boss fight against Cid Raines. Died three times trying. Fourth attempt was easily one of the most tense... : IndigoAK
• Chapter 8-9-10 (somewhere around there) spoilers. Finished Palumpolum last night, and this is where it : squigiliwams
• i am only in chapter 3 but i am loving the game so far. when do i get to upgrade weapons? how do i know... : grendel

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• Same. :( : guido anchovy
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  Spoilers: How many squad-mates did you lose? : Sexpansion Pack
  • NONE, baby! But that's probably because I kick ass. : fatman
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    I lost Mordin :( : action wombmate
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      You're aware that might've been a bug, right? Depending on when you played, there was a bug that could r : Wadmaasi
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        Oh, no, I don't think I'd heard about that. Bummer. What non-bug conditions would make him die? : action wombmate
        • Not entirely sure; I'd somehow spoiled that bug for myself and thus purposefully sent him off to be out o : Wadmaasi
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        No, it's not a bug. Mordin is inherently more squishy than the others and he is placed on the top of t : Rice-Rocketeer
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          Score? Did ME2 suddenly become an 80's arcade game? : action wombmate
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            The way that they calculate whomever dies during the mission is based on certain factors like upgrades, w : Rice-Rocketeer
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              Oh, interesting. I had everyone loyal, did all the upgrades I could (I think) including Mordin's Omni-To... : action wombmate
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                Well, the thing with Mordin, is that he's super squishy, and you basically need an amazing score (like... : Rice-Rocketeer
                • Er...not colonists. The crew. : Rice-Rocketeer
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    I lost Tali on purpose because I hate that cunt. : Nitrium
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      You really DO want me to buy a ticket and kill you until you die from it, don't you?? I'm warning you, m... : Wadmaasi
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        I hate that stupid mask and blanket over her bucket head :( : Nitrium
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          But the way she moves is so sexy, with her reverse-articulated knees and three fingers and pseudo-Russian... : Wadmaasi
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            SPOILERS: "Tali" is actually a colony of sentient ants working together. : Dong Patrol
            • I infected the shit out of that hot-ass ant pile! : oO SilentK Oo
        • You offended my lady's honor and you must be shot out an airlock. >:( : DM7
    • I lost Jacob for the same reason. FUCK HIM. : valael
  • I lost no one. :D : DM7
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  I killed Jack on purpose, took a screenshot then sent it in an email to Bioware telling them not to put f : cetra00
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    What was wrong with Jack? I thought she was pretty awesome. : action wombmate
    • I'm sheltered. Bald, tattooed bitches scare me : cetra00
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    they talked about this on 4Guys1Up. They were comparing movies to games and how in movies if you make a c... : derelict515
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      I wouldn't have minded hating her if she had been well written. I have no problem with unlikeable charac... : Whistler77
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        I don't think she's unlikable at all. The more I talk to her the more I like her. She's abrasive but pr... : brickmatt
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          I never found her to be particularly interesting. She struck me as a stereotype with some monumentally b... : Whistler77
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            The concept of her is fantastic though. They should have committed to a truly psychotic character. : brickmatt
            • Oh I agree, she had potential to be quite cool, though I knew from that first trailer that she wouldn't b... : Whistler77
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    Yeah she was pretty terrible. : Sexpansion Pack
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      I appreciate the effort they made with her character, they just made her a bit too one note. Like Jacob! : brickmatt
      • We live, we get loud, and spill some drinks of the Citadel. : Dong Patrol
  • That's...pretty sociopathic. :| : Rice-Rocketeer
  • Jack was one of my favorite characters. You're dumb. : grendel
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  I really hope that on the third one they find a way to implement all of the awesome stuff and none of the... : action wombmate
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    I'm in my second play-through. I'm being a space-bitch this time, and this is the first play-through wit : Wadmaasi
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      I'd agree that 3 will probably be more like 2 than 1, whether or not it will come out faster than 2 did i : action wombmate
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        All I really want is for Shepard to kick ass, Tali'Zorah vas Normandy to wind up as Mrs. Shepard, Garrus : Wadmaasi
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          I don't really like Tali all that much. I think she's well-written but she's too timid for my tastes. M... : action wombmate
          • Well we still have the Liara problem with the Shadow Broker for ME3. : Vegtro
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      I completely agree with that last paragraph, and so does everyone I know who played both. : mafu5150
      • I'm suffering a bit of a dichotomy. I really enjoyed playing both games*, but the gameplay in ME2 is muc... : Wadmaasi
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      that last part is exactly my feelings after finished ME2 the other day : Halen
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        It would actually be surprising to me if Bioware didn't try to incorporate more player feedback into the ... : action wombmate
        • they just might change it up again for ME3, based on Ray Muzyka's comments at GDC: ---------- Muzyka ... : CecilPhilpot
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  For the third game, it'd be awesome if you could be able to recruit the Geth to fight against the Reapers : Mmmmmoo
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    Pretty sure that will be in 3 : Mondo
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      Yeah, especially if you did Legion's side mission about saving/"reprogramming" the heretic geth into the : DM7
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        I really liked that. It was totally unexpected. : action wombmate
        • one of the best parts of the game, imo : Halen
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      The Volus or the Geth? : Mmmmmoo
      • if i can't have a volus squaddie in ME3 i'ma be pissed : CecilPhilpot
  • I wouldn't be surprised it there's a full on friendly geth city to visit : valael
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  I'm worried I messed up my romance with Miranda. I did her loyalty mission and she touched my arm and sa... : brickmatt
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    Nah, you're in. : Whistler77
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      Well, almost in. : Whistler77
      • Word. Thanks. : brickmatt
  • gotta take the game through the omega relay and it'll trigger the scene : steve_o

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  New QA http://forums.battle.net/thread.html?topicId=23767157319&sid=3000 Q. Hi. So many people are co : razlebol
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    Currently we do not have plans to integrate friends between regions for launch. This is so lame :( : GloriousCow
    • "for launch" : spaceyme
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    Grid-based templates! Well, it may not mean much at this point. It would have when it launched but now... : Serpico74
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      Is this where keys are bound to correspond to the way they're displayed on screen? : vynn
      • Yes. : razlebol
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        yeah think so. I think this is a better system over all. : TPSReport
        • It most certainly is. : walker270
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      I'll have no problem relearning the keys if they add it. Someone hacked it in DoW2 and it didn't take muc... : razlebol
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        Grid-based makes it really easy to switch between races. Instead of having to use E for pylon or s for s... : walker270
        • I know. I used it in DoW2. It's great. : razlebol
      • Yeah, it would only take a few games to get used to new shortcuts, no big deal : Serpico74
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        You can gridmode it now. There were a few forum posts about how to do it. Just involves putting this m... : crockroches
        • Hmm, after reading through this stuff, maybe Blizzard doesn't intend to leave this method in there. So t... : crockroches
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      ^^This. Get with it, Blizzard. No one wants to memorize hotkeys mnemonically. : Wikus Van De Merwe
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        Its weirder now too since the hotkeys have been moved to the left side of the keyboard. This is great sin... : Serpico74
        • Cybernetics core >:( : abrasion
        • Also it's just total fucking bullshit on a dvorak keyboard. I'm not sure how other European keyboard lay... : Agrona
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    Question 2 MUST BE ADDRESSED >:( : abrasion
    • No shit : MacemanInTW
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    "We definitely will be adding a lot more people to the beta over the next several weeks so stay tuned. If... : vynn
    • ya theres still hope! for us : supermonkeyballz
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  Latest patch notes: StarCraft II Beta – Patch 5 (version 0.7.0.14356) Balance Changes P... : vynn
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    Dammit where are the Terran buffs? They could use better air defense... : oldschoolbob-o
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      The last two patches were nothing but Terrans buffs, plus they get AA right out of the gate. Neither Zerg... : Serpico74
      • Agreed. : abrasion
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        I dont mean early game I meant late game, I mean what are your Marines going to do against mutas corrupte... : oldschoolbob-o
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          Ah, I see. Pumping out vikings and banshees doesn't do well? How about battlecruisers for carriers and mo : Serpico74
          • Mutas rape vikings, carriers and vikings i think carriers are slightly under powered compared, but viking... : oldschoolbob-o
    • what? the problem is most people and most noobs play Terran; they're always going to heard by Blizzard as... : spaceyme
• Still haven't gotten in. My brother who created two new accounts the week before the beta started got bot... : Sailor of Fortune
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  My skill is almost non existent, I think I'll be in copper at this rate soon. : abrasion
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    are you in the EU beta? : pancake humper
    • I believe the US one, with Mwasher and Electroly. Can you help me with my post below, once you finish la... : abrasion
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  HELP >:( FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUCKING REAPERS :( I wish I was skilled enough to call imba but ... : abrasion
  • (I just watched the replay and yes my handling of the stalkers was apallinggggggggggggg but I still don't... : abrasion
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    Cannons are shit against reapers. If you're getting reaper harass then plant stalkers on your mineral lin... : Serpico74
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      how many stalkers are necessary to defend against 2-3 reapers? : derelict515
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        Two or three, not many. Just plant them on your mineral field and don't chase. The point isn't to kill th... : Serpico74
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          I lost 4 games in a row I think, finally beat a protoss player :( I feel guilty too : abrasion
          • It happens. Just watch replays and learn from mistakes, what your opponent did, etc etc : Serpico74
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    the best counter against reaper is just unit placement. there's usually only a few reaper entraces and i... : ant321
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      I don't think I can do charge in time TBH. : abrasion
      • Not for an initial rush, but charge is useful later in the game (as are many other units against reapers ... : Serpico74
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    wow, 10 reapers in a hurry and nitro packs upgrade as well. You did kind of feed him your units one at a ... : vynn
    • That was my figuring, even if I had handled that battle better it's a very difficult thing to defeat :/ : abrasion
  • Should have just scouted and rushed him. He didn't even wall. : D45hiz
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    First thing you did wrong was failed to scout. If you know he's going reapers defending reapers isn't ha... : dkrulz
    • I knew it was the same guy as the previous game, I did build a bunch of stalkers :( : abrasion
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    A few tips. Work on your macro some, keep building probes and units non-stop, don't stop on probes until... : Senate5000
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      how do you guys keep track of how many probes you have? : StolenNosferatu
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        Its easy to just asign 3 to gas. Minerals, no idea, I just keep cranking them out. By the time you need a... : Serpico74
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          3 per gas / mineral patch is full saturation : vynn
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            I understand that, I'm saying that its awfully hard to visually guess how many probes are on minerals whe... : Serpico74
            • I just shoot for 24 workers and then when I can start making even more and transfer a bunch when the firs... : vynn
            • in sc1 ... i would box select each half of the mineral field and see if each take up the entire unit sele... : miasma&!
      • Select them and count. Usually you can make a box around only the mineral patch workers, each row is 8 s... : Senate5000
      • ctrl click one or double click one. If you don't have a full 24 group, you don't have enough. : razlebol
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  I'm back. Lets 2v2 it up. : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
  • waiting on pancake humper : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
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  Current Shackers... abrasion.abrasion AdmSnackbar.shacknews Anastomosis.tool Brosu.shack Canukian. : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
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    Poor fucking bamii! : abrasion
    • I'd be happy to be in his position :D : Lionel2b
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      I'm in the EU beta too. kami.seven : [7]kami
      • But we're both playing BF:BC2 most of the time. : [7]kami
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      I'm ronery... so ronery : Bamii
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        So there's literally no way I can play you? : abrasion
        • I have no idea really. : Bamii
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    Holy shit, finally another European! I didn't even bother adding my name to the list, I was so sad. Ta : rock elf
    • :( http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=22341160#itemanchor_22341160 : rock elf
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      I'll add you but I totally suck. : Bamii
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        Me too! : rock elf
        • lol, I just played my first match with kami and we won! Too bad that was mainly because one of the oppone... : Bamii
• I managed to go directly from bronze to gold league by abusing the hell out of nydus tunnels ( went for 1... : Neech
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  I am the worst scout ever, macro wise I'm fine but tactics, I'm clueless >:( : abrasion
  • i'm pretty bad at scouting too : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
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  damn you pancake humperrrrrrrrrrrr : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
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    I just rage quit for the night : pancake humper
    • :( maybe another time : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
• lol nice comeback on a live game Blucklesworth. Just saw a TL live stream where you played a 2v2 and some... : Lionel2b
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  Boy do I feel like Zerg are my new Night Elf, the race I've chosen (toss) just slice through them like a ... : abrasion
  • Terrans suck and I hate them : abrasion
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  interesting interview with Garimto a retired SC1 progamer, who's at the top of the asian ladders: http... : miasma&!
  • "Ygosu: I’ve felt this as I’ve played, and perhaps you’ve felt it to as a first gene... : abrasion
  • Great article thanks! : Lightzout
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  gg everyone who played with/against me, see yall tomorrow : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
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    Pancake and I just got schooled twice in a 2v2 :( : abrasion
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      I'm pancake btw i wish they would invite more people in so 2v2 at this time of night could still be ev... : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
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        So I was playing with you, lol now it makes sense - I thought PH was higher than bronze :( : abrasion
        • I FEEL VIOLATED I TOLD YOU ALL MY SECRETS : abrasion
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  Anyone up late and wanna play? : RevRaven
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    I am up - you down? : abrasion
    • Sure! I'll add ya! : RevRaven
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  I've now figured through about 5 replays my APM is an average of 40 by the end of a game. : abrasion
  • yeah I know that's crap : abrasion
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    To be honest when you're at a level where you're still figuring out what to do/build APM doesn't mean jac... : R@zzle
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      Probably true but I do find the people who beat me 99% of the time are 45+ - it has to be some kind of i... : abrasion
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        Yeah I guess, I still think quality counts far more than quantity though. That's not to say it [APM] doe... : R@zzle
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          I need so much more training :( I hate being the aggressor and scouting! : abrasion
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            I feel ya. My problem right now is early scouting (lack thereof) + not attacking early enough. I really... : R@zzle
            • Pretty much the same - I don't like them too long. I had one tonight against RevRaven on that huge 2v2 m... : abrasion
            • Yeah late game is a bit harder. I'm getting better at it but it's my weakness. : razlebol
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    What about the opponents you are playing? : razlebol
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      The ones I beat at 35 and less, the ones which beat me are 40 to 60. : abrasion
      • Well than there is nothing to worry about. You seem on par with people you are playing against. You will ... : razlebol

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• Nothing. : Jumperus
• Tripod conjoined hotties? : watcherxp
• my dick isnt in both of them? : epit
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  Someone is missing something. : Thresher
  • No she's not, you can see her black heel : Phreakin
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  It's there, it's just behind the other girl. : Just A Girl
  • Yup you can see her leg pointing down by the girl in the pink's skirt. : Scotty22
• It kinda looks like she only has one leg? : jamesray
• Joey Tribbiani threw a log on the fire. : Scotty22
• The one on our left has a leg up on the competition there : rosewood
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  just a weird angle. she does have two legs. http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs425.ash1/23521... : fsck
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    And a high forehead! : Dong Patrol
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      Just more forehead to come on. : prime8
      • Sometimes true art requires a bit more canvas. : Dong Patrol
• She clearly needs a lap to sit on. Mine just happens to be available. tl;dr I get a hot chick, fsck rem... : theangrywaffles
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  wtf is the right one wearing : Lionel2b
  • Some curtains from my aunt's apartment : rosewood
  • Looks like a towel rack hanging off her rack. : oO SilentK Oo
• Nothing I haven't worked with before. : siknsyko
• I'd hit it either way. : Ellissd
• i bet she sings like an amputee can't hold a note, can't carry a tune : davislovestacobell
• It's blurry : boarder2
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  Nows a good time to share this. http://jasonpaladino.com/facebookdecode.php : multisync
  • This rules. : prime8
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    invalid url? what's it looking for? : watcherxp
    • self explanatory! : multisync
  • whoa, that's great! : fsck
  • multisync what is this? : Dong Patrol
  • It doesn't do anything for me... : SeaLlama
  • It was only a matter of time. The slightly more resourceful knew how to do this but now everyone has the... : Moonbase Commander
  • you put in the picture, you get the profile: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Georgina-Wilson/243605087117 : Xevo
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    didn't work : Halen
    • I don't get how you people can fail at this. : multisync
  • impressive. : Goblin au
  • man way to take all the effort out of being creepy : mikecyb
• Severely point knee? : snuff
• That Eileen, so what? : oldschoolbob-o

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  "dyc" is censored. : snuff
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    How about "Biggus Dickus" ? : CRasterImage
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      I nearly killed the last man who called me "Dickus." : Wikus Van De Merwe
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        was it me? : ass-street
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          Dickus penetrates ass, more at 7 : Dong Patrol
          • Hahahah! "more". : AxeMan808
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  Agreed. Also, team autobalance is horribly broken, and the game needs to wait until a certain number of p... : crummynz
  • Absolutely : Serpico74
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    lol they really need to fix the ATI long load times. : moe6
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      Thats an ATI thing? I wondered why people were halfway across the map before I popped in. : Turd Ferguson
      • yeah I'm getting tired of that shit too : Xevo
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      Dx9 = super fast load on ati. I went from 1minute to 15seconds sometimes : Iwannaacura
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        ah its probably on 10, i'll give that a shot. : Turd Ferguson
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          Bleh, i get texture glitches in DX9 mode. Certainly waaaay faster load times though. : Turd Ferguson
          • yeah apparently that happens in DX9 when you turn up the brightness, SOOO annoying. : Xevo
    • No wonder! Oh well dx10/11 is worth it IMO. : majestik
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  They also spelled the word "default" wrong on one of the loading screens. It bothers me. : Mmmmmoo
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    haha yeah. Deafault. C'mon Dice. : NastyJack
    • SPELLING DEAFAULTFEAT !!! : Wikus Van De Merwe
    • WINNERS DON'T DO DRUGS! : Sailor of Fortune
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    "FAVOURITE" bothers me too. lol we must be in england. : chilln
    • or Canada....or Sweden...or anywhere not USA : SlingBlaze
    • This word is spelt correctly and I won't hear otherwise. : silentbobuk
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    The Blackhawk's name is mispelled several times too - should be "UH-60", and I've seen "AH60" "UH-64" etc... : TabsAZ
    • Leave it to me to misspell misspelled... : TabsAZ
• They need to remove the spotting scope completely. Even (especially) if it worked. : Cihte
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  They need to save our loadouts. I know it's small compared to what they really need to work on but don... : nbft
  • Yes this is something I would love. : crummynz
  • Yes, the class loadouts always save on the console. My buddy showed me this last night :( : midgetherder
  • Ooh that's a good one. Wouldn't it be amazing to be able to have saved loadouts that you could switch bet... : NastyJack
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    It happens way too often when I jump into a new game after I realize I didn't change my loadout for the m... : Serpico74
    • Happens to me a lot too. Pretty annoying. : Mmmmmoo
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    They had the same problem with BF2, then they fixed it with a patch a year later. They had the same probl : Trips
    • Same problems in every DICE game? Gasp : Lionhart32935
  • Lets start by saving a friendslist mkay? : [7]kami
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  I absolutely hate it when you are trying to disarm the objective and there are dead guys laying right nea... : mnsnota
  • I actually just had one where I started disarming, changed kit and finished all with one e press. Then I... : unjustend
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  Invulnerability while being revived is a huge one. : midgetherder
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    meh, just gives you time to knife the medic. : Turd Ferguson
    • It's hilarious watching a nade go off in a squad and three guys drop ... and one guy stands up. : midgetherder
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  - Forgetting key bindings or just keys flat out stop working. But when I switch to a different weapon th... : ant_hillbilly
  • Key bindings are better than BF2 but still crappy. I somehow ended up without the ability to look left an... : crummynz
• The knife thing is just old, I'm over it. It was fun, yadda yadda, stabbed people in the head, yadda yadd... : Visceral Monkey
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  Unless I'm reading your post wrong - you are holding down the button for the mortar, right? You have to h... : braker
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    Yeah holding it down. It doesn't charge up probably one in every ten times I try. Drives me nuts. : NastyJack
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      you're probably moving your mouse right as you start it. : Xevo
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        No. If it doesn't work the first time I try it it won't work for a minute or so after. Gotta be a bug. I ... : NastyJack
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          you're the first one I've heard complaining about this, dude... don't know what to tell ya. Maybe your mo... : Xevo
          • Or maybe Dice released one of the most unpolished games I've ever played. : NastyJack
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          im with ya nastyjack, ive played enough and know exactly what youre talking about. : chilln
          • Yea me as well. Sometimes it will bug out and you have no indicator if you are actually targeting somethi... : mrseldowski
        • Just aim and keep it held down. It is still targeting, it just dosent show properly. : Beady
      • no, i have experienced this too, it only happens to me if i have gotten reloaded. i have to click in and ... : chilln
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      Are you sure the object you're pointing at has no interference between crosshair and the object? The prog... : nbft
      • gotta love when the mortar targets the leaf right in front of your face -_- : moe6
      • THIS! : nevlos
      • trees seem to big the big culprit for me in blocking mortars and spottings. : midgetherder
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      Says the pirate with the wheel attached to his groin. : thejay247
      • that is the second greatest joke ever. : Clay
      • lol : ghostnote
    • Chiming in to say this shit was happening to me the other night. I thought it might be a max-range issue... : Majuju
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      Sometimes the fill-up animation doesn't play, but it still works. Just hold down the button until your gu... : Goncyn
      • Hopefully that's the case. I'll give it a try. : NastyJack
• Agreed on all points but oh god so hard to hate.... : at0micgarden
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  1. You shouldnt be using the mouse wheel. 2. I love the way knives currently work. I agree with you on ev... : retarded talking dinosaur
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    Mouse wheel works fine in every other game I've played. : NastyJack
    • mouse wheel works fine for me in this : valael
• they need to add context command menu. And i like the current knife implementation : hanged_man
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  i like when u go to defuse a bomb and u pick up some noobs gun instead :( : gyokuro
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    It actually does defuse as you pick up another kit, it just doesn't give you a visual on it. I started d... : Iwannaacura
    • hm good to know, I'll try to remember this! : Xevo
    • i think i was like FFUUUuuuuUuuUuuUUU then died before i could defuse it : gyokuro
• I swear to xenu I will play this weekend. I can totally sit in a chair guys. GET READY. : Downforce
• agreed on most of those things. but lol on the defuse/kits key. there are toooo many times when i had bee... : arcane_
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  I wish there was a way to see what weapon you are killed with most often... because I don't think I get n... : MagicWishMonkey
  • takes 25k xp on a medic so they're not all over the place yet. I did see one earlier though and it sucked... : thebigbeefsandwich
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  I'm trying not to get angry at this game but the crashing to desktop and EA server issues are really tick... : Blackdawgg
  • Also, is there a guide anywhere that explains leveling, dogtags, picking up weapons, etc? : Blackdawgg
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  Other people can see your health but you can't see your own. Other people can see if your weapon has a b... : Robotic Puppy Eater
  • No ability to shuffle teams. No auto-team balancing, : Robotic Puppy Eater
  • The stars are shown under awards and unlock menu right? : bling1bling
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  LOL. I knew there was a reason I made myself remember not to buy anymore Battlefield series games. I ca... : barcibus
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    Even with these numerous flaws, it's still an amazing game. : aggressor
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      I remember awesome times with the older games too (especially the Desert Combat mod from BF1942)... but t... : barcibus
      • Dice are lucky this game is so goddam fun because if it wasn't it'd be the biggest gaming joke of the yea : Xevo
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  I'll add this: - Squad Joining screen needs to show Icons of each players class, so you can see what e... : coyoterys
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    i like when the building is collapsing and youre like 3 feet away and you die : gyokuro
    • Pressure wave. It's science. : Wyvern
  • Definitely, I find that have to cycle through my squadmates just to see what class they're playing as. : Mmmmmoo
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    lol Destruction 2.0 is a MAJOR part of the engine, stay on Conquest / Squad Deathmatch servers if it bugs... : Xevo
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      It should probably require a tiny bit more damage than it currently requires. Maybe 15% more or so. : aggressor
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        what? it's hard to blow up any of the point buildings, if the defenders are all pushed out and/or aren't ... : Xevo
        • Yea, it sucks when it happens... but it's only happened when my team was getting steamrolled. It's never ... : MagicWishMonkey
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          I disagree that it's hard. It happens so often on accident\without team coordination that if an entire te... : aggressor
          • yes, and all of those things need to actually hit support structures of the buildings... if they're aimin... : Xevo
      • I would say that it requires 16.789% more damage. : Nitrium
  • Irritating how features have disappeared. In BF1942 you could see everyone's class on the scoreboard, yea... : delataur
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  DirectX Questions: How can you tell which version you are running it in? How can you change it? Is the... : uncle slappy
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    Do you have a dx10 card and running vista or win7? Then you are running dx10. Running XP then you are i... : ant_hillbilly
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      5770 running win7 : uncle slappy
      • Your running dx11 then :p : Beady
  • in your ini file it will say DXversion=auto i think you can force 9 just change auto to 9 It ... : Iwannaacura
  • The game runs so much better for me in dx9. Its hard to explain, but its not fps-wise. Its just runs more... : bundy
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  where do i go to attempt to redeem the pre-order code? : ass-street
  • nevermind i got it : ass-street
• Who has the teamspeak serer info in their profile? I just reinstalled Win7 after an upgrade. Thanks. : Derringer
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  The mouse wheel works fine for me except that up and down are treated as the same key as far as BC2 is co... : aggressor
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    No, sometimes UP WHEEL gets me the pistol and sometimes UP WHEEL gets me something else like my fucking a... : ashkie
    • I have this problem sometimes with my mouse; it's hardware related. It likes to send clicks in the oppos... : Agrona
• the chat filter is so people don't use any racist or offensive language. it's still pretty stupid though : Metatron85
• i agree with all of your points, i will probably reinstall the game eventually but for now fuck it : grendel
• Most those those issues can be fixed by a patch (which i hope EA is working on). I too noticed the knife ... : Darkfox76
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  A character in game will scream "Die you motherfucking piece of shit" but I can't type swearwords? What? ... : Attica Blue
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    #&%( you : redfive
    • just like that... language filters in an M-rated game with tons of cursing, it is hilarious : Xevo
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    Not kidding. It's insane. It's like they put it in as a goof and forgot to take it out. The in-game ch... : NastyJack
    • part of it might be to keep the multiplayer rating also at M, since otherwise you'd have to indicate the ... : Xevo
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  - Can't access squad or kit screens when alive. - Can't bring up scoreboard while dead. : prime8
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    Hit enter when you are alive to access squad\kit screens : aggressor
    • also good for changing teams and committing suicide after fixing your gear loadout or deciding you want t... : Xevo
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      I thought hitting enter commits suicide? : prime8
      • no, you hit enter, then there is a suicide option next to switch team. : Xevo
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    ESC brings up scoreboard while dead : Arctic Fox
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      oooh I did not know this one, thanks! Is there any way to text chat while dead? : Xevo
      • No, I wish. >:( : DM7
    • Sorry, I meant just by hitting tab. : prime8
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  Question: what was the point of the beta? There are so many things wrong with the game. I never took part... : Mmmmmoo
  • beta was performance and server tweaking mostly. They can't test the many millions of PC configs at DICE ... : Arctic Fox
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    On Port Valdez, M-COM Station A of the first set was slightly moved a few inches in retail from its origi... : nbft
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      They modified the map also because you cant climb mountains like you could before in the second and 4th p... : Iwannaacura
      • Think they changed the ability to climb all steep hills, there are other legitimate places on that map th... : Beady
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  Did anyone else in this thread play the first one? Am i wrong int hinking it's rush maps were just much ... : Boxelder
  • I do think the maps were better in the first. Especially that big one with the lush green fields and roll... : bling1bling
• Never noticed the irony of swear filter + VO cursing. Now that will bug the crap out of me too thanks. ... : Lightzout
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  M60 and the 4x scope. HOLY SHIT. That is all. : CecilPhilpot
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    I find the 4x scope annoying because it reflects the muzzle flash. Better to spend my specialties on lig... : PenicillinX57
    • steady barrel is nice : gyokuro
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  I always figured the no chat while dead thing was so you couldn't spam "THEY'RE PLANTING!" if you die def... : valael
  • "THEIR STACKING THE ELEVATOR!!!" : gyokuro
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  Also, FUCK THE CARL GUSTAV! SHIT! I HATE this noob cannon so much... : ArtilleryMarker
  • I dislike mortar strikes a lot more, no teamwide cooldown makes it pretty obnoxious. A team can just shu... : Turd Ferguson
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  How about being able to bring up the scoreboard while you're dead instead of having to hit escape and cli... : mobab
  • fucking agreed. the scoreboard is totally de-emphasized in this game. annoying. : ashkie
  • Seriously, this is so annoying. And not being able to chat when dead. : code-e255
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  Found another bug: http://www.shackpics.com/viewer.x?file=BFBC2Game2010031301311816_xunvgb85xw8hao03z6px.... : NastyJack
  • Occurs on DX9. If you use 10, it goes away. : Trips
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  seems like a lot of shit is wrong with this game. : exmx
  • but so much is so goooooood : gyokuro
  • Not really. The only things I actually notice are the overpowered M60 and the shitty server browser. : Drewus
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    They probably could've used a couple more months to polish it up but the core gameplay is quite awesome. : Mmmmmoo
    • I much rather the game be released now and being able to play it rather than wait months for the fixed ve... : Klebold
  • Par for the course for Battlefield games until after a few patches it seems. : Mansmells
  • IT seems that way, but it still kicks the shit out of everything else that came in the last year. : Dschinghis Khan
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  I like the way knives work, they're too fucking quick and cheap in MW2. Here you push them into their fac... : node
  • I use them in BC2 as well because they are still quick and cheap : Lionhart32935
• Man I gotta unlock the m60 and knowing dice/patches I'll have plenty of time. Also, 40mm is annoying as h... : SnakeIRye
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  I can't remember the last game I played which had a decent server browser. : ShekkyBoy
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRp_mVi969I Do you not own steam? : AgentPothead
• I think there's some kind of issue with getting the English VO to play when you're the Russians too - I h... : TabsAZ

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• I think the shackhype didn't generally apply to console versions. : watcherxp
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  I thought shacknews was playing this on PC? Anyway, I just got rainbow six vegas for like 10 bux to play ... : SpaecKow
  • We are playing the shit out of this on PC. Let noone say otherwise, because they're full of shit. : MercFox1
• i think you might have missed the mark. : Clay
• Right game, wrong platform :( : aggressor
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  we were hyping it for PC, you faggot, not $uckb0x0rz : Nitrium
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    CRAP BOX : Shivawn
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      SHIT BOX : Dong Patrol
      • SEX BOX? : TheVietSpecial
  • Ahahahahaha. So funny. : Rice-Rocketeer
  • FLOPZA!? : MercFox1
• It's a step down from mouse+KB for sure, but you'll get used to it, and your skill will improve. : tfsbrian
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  Its slight more horrible on xbox, fail. : stonedonkey
  • Also I'm bitter because my pc won't run it. : stonedonkey
  • Actually, aside from the controller, the 360\ps3 versions are probably less buggy\annoying. : aggressor
• lol why did you do this? PC!!!!!!!!!!!! : OhSnapHighFive
• You should feel like a retard for not getting it on PC! : Sapiens
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  no one hyped this game on 360... it's your own fucking fault you bought a console for one game. : Xevo
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    A ton of people have hyped it for 360, it is a great game for the system. The original was huge and is th... : Evil Benius
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      dude, *I* was the main guy around here hyping BC1 on 360. all the "shackhype" he's referring to did not e... : Xevo
      • I must have imagined all of the Shackers I played the first one with then along with all of the posts whe... : Evil Benius
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        Haha, are you fucking kidding me? You were the single hype train around BC1? Xevo, it was fun playing wi... : Head Rush
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          ok whatever, clearly I quit playing it before some of you, but I also organized a lot of Shackbattles and... : Xevo
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            When did you ever organize Shackbattles? I'm not sure if you recall, but it was near impossible to get mo... : Head Rush
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              lol you forget so easily, read the post directly below this one... I can dig up several more examples if ... : Xevo
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                Xevo, that might be the case. I'm still cracking up about "dude, *I* was the main guy!!", so I might have... : Head Rush
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                  heh whatever, glad to see you're so butthurt over some imaginary violation. I am not "one of those people... : Xevo
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                    Wait, what? I'm not butthurt, I find this situation amusing! I think I mentioned that before. Also, I... : Head Rush
                    • yeah it was near impossible to get more than 4 people in a game and if you did there was no guarantee tha... : dantastic
              • dude who cares if it was you or not : dantastic
        • seriously, have you already forgotten threads like this? http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=17187757#ite... : Xevo
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      I would say that Battlefield 1942, Vietnam, 2142, and 2 are the reasons why everyone got BC2 for PC... I ... : zerog83
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        No I am saying the game would not exist if the first had not been successful. : Evil Benius
        • it wasn't a huge game though. this one has clearly outsold it, and a whole lot of that is PC gamers who h... : Xevo
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    Of ALL the games to buy a console for too? WTF - I got my 360 for Forza 3 (and ME2, one day) but BC2? rea... : abrasion
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      hah exactly... I mean, BF3 is coming out at some point in the relatively near future, and may not even be... : Xevo
      • it's not coming out in the near future. they havent even started any marketing for it, no release quarte... : dantastic
• I have both versions, aiming is fine, it's just that long range shooting takes a while to get accustomed ... : Bamtan
• My problem with that stage was keeping the tank from killing me, not aiming. : RuffasBluetain
• You'll get used to it. I was a PC-exclusive gamer before as well and it took a couple of days. No probl... : herradura99
• It isn't as easy as a mouse/keyboard, so it takes a lot of practice to get used to it : jingletard
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  Thresher's rule: Unless the FPS game is single player, buy it on the PC if at all possible. : Thresher
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    dantastic's rule: if the game is multiplatform and has a 360 release, buy it on 360 so that you don't ha... : dantastic
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      lightzout's rule: Take the money and run. : Lightzout
      • I'm sorry, that's actually Bobbie Sue's rule : Old_Fart
    • I dunno about that. For no good reason my 360 SFIV save has randomly got corrupted and now i've lost all ... : Klebold
    • This rule is stupid. Even more stupid than "No walking on the grass." I don't care that it ruins it, ... : Dschinghis Khan
• i just got this game for PC and shit its awesome. (sorry utopia). but anyway damn it looks like crysis bu... : prancing_jackanapes
• you get used to the controller. it's like using mouse aim and wasd for the first time. : dantastic
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  well buying an xbox360 wasn't a retard move. Its a great console. buying it for bc2 is borderline retard : gyokuro
  • This. : Mad Brahmin Disease
• I bought it for both 360 and PC. 360 controls are just as good as any modern fps, the more you practice t... : sharpie
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  "I fucking hate playing a FPS with a controller." Then why the hell did you buy it on 360, hype or oth... : Moonbase Commander
  • i have a friend that made the switch from fps with mouse on a pc to controller on a console...and he's ge... : gyokuro
• You should. : Mad Brahmin Disease
• The 360 version is fine, if you're proficient at using a controller, which you obviously aren't. Why ... : Drewus
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  I really think every developer would benefit by hiring one guy whose sole job is to pick through these sh... : ghostnote
  • This was meant for NastyJacks thread. Same game wrong post... must sleep. : ghostnote
• Put a really stiff neckbrace on and then the controller in a FPS will make sense. : Matt Burris
• It will take about a month to get proficient. This game is perfectly fine on the 360. It would have cost ... : bling1bling
• Theres nothing wrong with the 360 version, you just suck with a controller. : klearlyunseen
• I did this about a year ago, bought a 360 not for BC2 but some of the games that were out at the time. Ne... : boomdeath
• You get used to it, but it does take some time. : Sexpansion Pack
• It;s not the shacks fault you cant use a controller to play an FPS. It's not hard. : saunders45