Evening Reading: DLC and Price

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  Currently active servers that make use of this system: · Dallas EFF YEAH! · Dallas DOS · FH... : ieGod
  • Come on Chicago!! : watcherxp
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    No Chicago make me sad, its the closest / best ping for me : FiReaNG3L
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      calm down guys, I was playing tonight. IEGod was testing this on the other servers first, I have sent hi... : trOmblyj
      • =) Yanni music is playing. I am calming : watcherxp
  • Chicago works now as well! : watcherxp
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  Looking forward to buying this when I get in in a few hours! I heard EA Online or whatever was rather fla... : AlexXdude
  • AlexXdude! EFF YEAH! And yeah, they are much more stable now. : Dschinghis Khan
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  woah, this is getting complicated. : chilln
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    so, now that im registered and on a server. i dont have to do anything right? : chilln
    • You can use the site to free up a slot by kicking a pubbie using that web page. : pyide
• AWESOME. : prime8
• +inf : yosemiteclimber
• Yeah baby! : watcherxp
• authorize'd : toneh
• This is fucking awesome. Thanks! : Bamtan
• Wow, that's awesome.. good work : Reeves
• AWESOME!!!! : moogle
• very awesome : RetroRedEyeJr
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  When we register, it asks for our BC2 in game name. Do we put [shack]pancakehumper or just pancakehumper? : pancake humper
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    just the name. Tags are completely separate from your name and are non-unique : aggressor
    • Tag. : uncle slappy
  • just pancakehumper (unless [shack] is a part of your solider name) don't put the clan tags in. : pyide
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    Your name only, no tags. If you registered an EA player account with the actual name "[shack] pancakeh... : ieGod
    • roger that : pancake humper
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    yeah, not sure how it is gonna use the BC2 name, can't see why : watcherxp
    • You mean besides the fact that it decides to kick based on your BC2 name? : ArcKnight
  • name only : memine
• ok , this rocks a LOT : watcherxp
• YOU ARE A GOD AMONGST MEN!! Nice work Shack Admins! : dedgecko
• ieGod, you're the man. Great idea, good interface. I hope to try it soon! : jimmy_legs
• Nice work by the brain trust! : midgetherder
• fuck yeah. thanks dude! : nyranger66
• So when we request a pubbie kick, we enter our Shack handle and not the BC2 handle? : Lunatic Angelic
• Sexy! Thanks ieGod for doing this and doing it so fast! :D : Alco23
• Very cool! : MacemanInTW
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  I didn't get an email with a password after registering : mobab
  • Shackmessage not email : moogle
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    http://www.shacknews.com/msgcenter/ : pyide
    • I'm an idiot... thanks : mobab
  • it's there, just doesn't show up. : Dschinghis Khan
• This is seriously awesome, thanks! : TabsAZ
• Cool, I will do this when I get home from work. : DM7
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  Things like this are why the Shack has the best community. : Brian Leahy
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    We stole the idea from SA. : ArcKnight
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      Things like this are why the Shack has the best community. : Wyvern
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        Because they steal stuff from SA? : Clay
        • We steal from the best and thus we are better. We're like an awesomeness aggregator. : retarded talking dinosaur
        • I prefer to think of it as "external concept integration". : Wyvern
      • haha exactly. : ant_hillbilly
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      touche : Brian Leahy
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        To be fair though, theirs is an IRC bot where ours is a nice web interface, so we one-upped them there. ... : ArcKnight
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          Those Web 2.0 assholes. : Brian Leahy
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            Closer to web 3.0 : retarded talking dinosaur
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              That's some bull shit. : Brian Leahy
              • I'd just like to say I enjoy that you're active in the ER. Carry on. : Agrona
        • hahah that would be awesome, would love to see that. : Clay
• nice! : WhatIsThisFor
• This is great!! : The Grolar Bear
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  What the fuck? I was gonna play but it just said it kicked unpaid.bill for me... I'm pretty sure he's a ... : Moonbase Commander
  • people playing right now aren't going to know about this yet. : pyide
  • Sorry? You think sorry is going to bring back his 29 kill streak? You make me sick! : Wyvern
  • remind me to point this out to him tomorrow. : trOmblyj
• Freaking awesome. Good work guys. : ant_hillbilly
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  so is this a good idea? I haven't had an issue joining the servers and when they are full I just join on... : stgdz
  • We had problems Sunday night. There were no admins around for about 4 hours while people were trying to ... : spazzium
• you win this time Diego : redfive
• well done, people. : Clay
• wow this rocks! : inc77
• Awesome! And thanks! : quartic0
• I finally broke down and bought it. Downloading now! : yosemiteclimber
• Awesome! : Link.
• I'm in, thanks so much ieGod, this is some beautiful scripting! : Xevo
• Awesome ieGod, thank you. : Piett23
• it works great btw. nice job : pyide
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  Awesome ! How can I get this to work on the Shack ILTC server ? : Cashh
  • SM ieGod. : Alco23
• I feel like I have a back stage pass! Nice work guys. : punchdog
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  I love it. Thank you. kicking rheroux... kicking (pC)BrotherSiege... 2 players kicked for you, y... : CoreContingency
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    lol (pC)BrotherSiege is a shacker. He needs to get on the list! : majestik
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      Yeah, apparently clicking it once can boot two people. I also thought it would boot only people with [sha... : CoreContingency
      • Er, people without shack tags. Right, anyway... : CoreContingency
• EFFFFFFFFF YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH : DrWaffles
• You are the man dude : H@rvester
• You're awesome. : project13
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  Very cool...unfortunately I don't have anywhere near 100 posts at the moment. : GrnMonster
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    just start calling people who deserve it 'fgts', and your post count will add up quickly. : nyranger66
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      fgt!!!!! (posts +1) cha ching : GrnMonster
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        ahaa : the_burd
        • i concur. shameless im sorry. : shinta420
  • get those cogs moving. : noobja
  • Your lurking days are over son! : CoreContingency
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    Also is there anywhere I can see my number of posts? : GrnMonster
    • you're up to 7 : electroly
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      http://www.shacknews.com/search.x?type=comments&terms=&cs_user=GrnMonster This is the page used when d... : ieGod
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        Just do this: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=13356961 On further thought, don't. ;p : DianeOfTheMoon
        • That's one way to do it I suppose. Makes me feel dirty though. :P : Ryu Connor
        • Hahahahaha : spazzium
        • No, do this: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=238454#itemanchor_238454 : Mmmmmoo
        • hahahaha : MercFox1
      • Thank you! : GrnMonster
    • go to your profile and look at your comments. it will say how many you have : noobja
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    Maybe registration date should be another metric? Or, let Shackers with less than 100 posts register for... : DrWaffles
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      Would be nice for a different metric, but I don't suppose there is a way for everyone to win. Register... : Ryu Connor
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        Those with the lightning bolt should be given admin privileges. We're just that much more important than ... : Mmmmmoo
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          Those with lightning bolts should donate more to Shack BC2 server costs since they obviously have $$$ to ... : Alco23
          • I don't mind donating. I know I put a link in the Shackwiki page but that site is down right now. : Mmmmmoo
    • 100 posts isn't unreasonable, I thought this was quite low to begin with and you aren't really a shacker ... : Alco23
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      My lurker self would be fine if it kicked nonshack] tagged pubs first, then [shack] tagged unregistered l... : TheHammerOfGod
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        And this is why I don't post. : TheHammerOfGod
        • lol. Don't worry, it gets easier with practice and hoverboards. : Ormsbee
  • yea that's about 60 minutes worth of effort. FML : mwasher
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  Is there a way to bookmark a page in the in-game browser? : UtilityMaximizer
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    You can add the URL to your profile, then hit the community button to view your profile and select the pa... : Hagbard
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      Good enough. Thanks! : UtilityMaximizer
      • np! : Hagbard
• I will go ahead and risk the post + username = win! Good job man! : hashd
• Good job! : Mmmmmoo
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  So if I change the BC2Name I still use my Shackname to authenticate and kick a pub, correct? : Hagbard
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    That's correct. The shackname lets you kick, the bc2name is the playername that gets kick protection. : ieGod
    • Thanks, just making sure, as my default Shackname on the page got changed to the BF2Name I entered. : Hagbard
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  I tried to register you as I Like the cock. Sadly you were already registered :( : S1ing B1ade
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    BTW if this were done to someone who wasn't registered, they'd just have to play with I Like The Cock in ... : S1ing B1ade
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      You can change your in-game name if you want. : ieGod
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        Damn you thought of everything =P Great work. One tiny suggestion, on changing your password you might wa... : S1ing B1ade
        • Oh and I hope you'll forgive my earlier joke. I couldn't resist. Nice job really :) : S1ing B1ade
• this is awesome, good work dudes!@!! : theWhite
• cant wait to give it a try. : mmaster_pw
• wooo thanks! : loboca
• This is so awesome. Big thanks to all involved. : Lightzout
• NICE! : smax
• This is awesome, Internet Explorer Gathering of Developers. : Mad Brahmin Disease
• INF YEAH : Duffman8369
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  Chicago has been added. : ieGod
  • Thanks! : trOmblyj
• This has to be the slickest way to let members in a server I've ever seen. Awesome work guys! =) : DscytheX
• IEGOD IS CREDIT TO TEAM : Arctic Fox
• Truly awesome! Nice job! : ProtoPunch
• LOL, this explains why I got kicked from Dallas tonight, even while kicking much ass and playing as a tea... : PenicillinX57
• Tagging for registering tomorrow when I'm back home with the gaming machine : SolrFlare
• +1 post to my account : Chupa808
• Awesome job! : Merconium
• Is there anyway to set bookmarks in the Steam overlay browser? Mine is defaulting to Google and I can't ... : Dechter
• Greatest thing ever. : Visceral Monkey
• very nice : sanchez
• fucking genius. : edgewise
• You're a god, Internet explorer. Thanks! : Nitrium
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  should I put a [Shack] in front of my BC2 name or just the name itself? : mista mista
  • ignore me i read pancakes post : mista mista
• Solid work me boyo. Awesome. : Full.Bleed
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  Cool now i just need to get my posts up. : Digital_Bath
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    participate in some discussions is the best way. Post a pic of your girlfriend and how many times she's... : redfive
    • Roger that. : Digital_Bath
• this is AWESOME! Thanks to everybody involved! : .Jayson
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  sadly, I predict a lot of spam on the forums from this point on. : awolronin
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    See you can see that you are new here. You already called it a "forum". Anyways, welcome to the shack... : .Jayson
    • symantecs... I am not a big poster of comments. I have been around a long time, and have played with lots... : awolronin
• myself included : awolronin
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  are you kidding me...fantastically slick. could use a go back or something after processing/saving things : IcomeINpeace
  • Hah, ah yeah, good call. I'll do that tomorrow. : ieGod
• sweet, <3 diego : moe6
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  Your BC2 name is CASE SENSITIVE AND SO IS IEGOD'S APP. Make sure your BC2 name registered is EXACTLY a... : ArcKnight
  • ^^^^^ : ieGod
• This is TITS! Thanks it works great! : .frame
• You are my new hero. : NastyJack
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  getting kicked repeatedly after registering :( : Lawgiver
  • does it say 'kicked by admin' or something else? Because if it is something else, this app is def. not at... : Arctic Fox
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    I noticed you registered on the app with the name [shack]lawgiver. You need to use the exact same name th... : ieGod
    • Yeah it wasnt to clear until i read the pancake post above. Perhaps it should say just "game name" no cla... : Iwannaacura
    • ok thx man! : Lawgiver
    • Perhaps add some instructions on the register page so that people know not to include the clan tag and th... : Nali4Freedom
• this is awesome : hobosapien
• BUMPING THIS SHIT! :ADMIN JERKS : Alco23
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  this is fucking beautiful : Juno
  • Will this system be implemented for shackbattles as well? : dnagenome
• I'll be getting this game soon. I look forward to playing with you guys - and man, good work. : ElArabDeMagnifico
• thanks! : rheroux
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  Awesome, i have over 100 posts but i bet no one actually recognises me :( : Viprime
  • You can change this with some M60 carnage. They'll remember you then >:) : ProtoPunch
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  Is there somewhere to see how many posts you have? I am sure I am not even close, but that will teach me ... : Amneziakk
  • Profile->Comments-> XX results for all items is your post count : MindFukr
• Greatness! Finally got BC2 today. Now I just have to practice. Even the single player seems enjoyable alt... : MindFukr

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• That's totally cool. : abrasion
• That's almost disturbing. : mechanicalgrape
• Holy crap. That is insane! : ArcKnight
• That's awesome. I love the second picture where you can see the clearly freaked out dude staring at him. : Ctrl-Phreak
• That's blankety blank! : MagicWishMonkey
• I'd start to wonder if I'd entered Waking Life by mistake : Postal
• That is so awesomely weird. : kallanta
• Fantastic. : tomservo
• Wow, that's incredible. : midgetherder
• That's pretty nuts. : prime8
• I want to see a vid of these people in action : hussdelrio
• Garnettttt, you should convince Jeff Green and JWHD etc to post here. GAF is for chumps! : Dave-A
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  I miss hearing Jeff Green's voice on a regular basis. And this art is amazing. : Earl Greigh
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    Doesn't he do the EA podcast now? : Dave-A
    • Oh. Well I'm obviously out of the loop on this. Thanks. : Earl Greigh
    • He does but it isn't that same. Every time he even comes within an inch of something critical about EA he... : baron calamity
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    Jeff Green does podcasts? Tell me more. : limpossible
    • CGW Radio, GFW Live, 1up yours, Out of the game. :( : abrasion
• whoa that is rad : ass-street
• oh god this is like crossing wires in my brain : GloriousCow
• Amazing isn't quite a strong enough word. : yosemiteclimber
• amazing stuff : ErneX
• holy crap! : MercFox1
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  I'd like to see it in motion. : CrustaR
  • As would I! Where's the youtube? : spazzium
• acrylic camel toe for the win : bling1bling
• DAmn that is so creepy : StolenNosferatu
• That's cool : bombay
• wow, very impressive. : two50six
• holy O_O : humbleone
• Neato! : Mmmmmoo
• My brain, oh SHI : ProtoPunch
• that is so cool! : RogerDandy
• wow, that's nuts! : anthonybean
• O_O : g0nk
• That's quite amazing. : Goblin au
• Careful, you might start something disturbingly similar to culture here if you keep that radical stuff g... : Lightzout
• That art is amazing. : DM7
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  I can not think of the proper adjective for this art. : creep
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    Hyper-Realistic Acrylic Body Painting : aeg1x
    • Realistic Acrylic Paint Experience. : Dong Patrol
  • weird : papaskot
• fucking awesome!! : m0rfus
• thats insane... wow : stelth
• wow, that's really creative, ppl who come up with crap like that i.e. artists blow my mind : nodge69
• green is awesome. I loved his columns from CGW : whistletits
• Very cool. It's really hard to see them as real people in most of the shots. : MrBig0
• That is some crazy ass shit. She should take a video of it, I want to see it in motion : ninjase
• WOW...that is cool. : byorn
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  That's simply awesome and also shows how trained the human mind is. The illusion works primarily because... : SolrFlare
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    My brain seriously has trouble parsing the information that's in the pics where you can see an unpainted ... : Ctrl-Phreak
    • The moment I see that, or really look at the subject's eyes, I instantly CANT beleive that it is a "paint... : SusanTD
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  now that's an artist doing something cool instead of putting a urinal in a white room and charging $100k ... : steelsamurai
  • Some toilets are more proficient than others! : Amnesty_intl2
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    Postmodernism sucks. This stuff is better. : Marrbe
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      P0}rtal is basically heavily influenced by modern art... So it is indeed you who "sucks". Also avoid a : Amnesty_intl2
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        Whose character account is this? : Dong Patrol
        • His posting has always been this terrible : fishbone
      • Are you implying iPods as art? because that's what i see when i think of portal aesthetics. : Klebold
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    the fact alone that this gets referenced so often by people, along with black square on black ground and ... : xxx2xxx
    • Yeah. People don't like it. That's something. : oO SilentK Oo
• mind = fucked. : -hyroth-
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  The artist is hot. How the fuck am I the first person to point this out? : node
  • Probably because she's not really hot. She's all yours, bro. : contentious roy
• i never thought there would be the anti-gerhard richter. : entropy
• Wow, very cool! : Athul
• Neat! Some of them are way cooler than others. : Jobos

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• 11. Single player campaign short and uninspired : watcherxp
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  11. That shit still made a gazillion dollars so Activision feel every choice they made was totally justif... : aeg1x
  • sad but true / but its more of the good press from mw1 and its intensive marketing that made those gazi... : Gapyro
  • And not just Activision. Ubisoft is following their example by raising the price of AC2 on PC to $60. You... : beanman101283
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  I havent looked back once since bc2 release : Milleh
  • Yeah, all of the above reasons were pretty clear signs it wasn't worth buying. So was stuff like this: : Ryu Connor
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  Lesson: You can screw everyone over and still make billions of dollars. : mobab
  • Lesson: Thats how you get rich. : HisKillSkill
  • More like.. "making a popular and hot selling game makes you prone to tons of stupid 'controversies'" : K1Bond007
• http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/530103 : the archvile
• 11. hacks on xboxlive and pc : gyokuro
• 12. Who gives a fuck anymore, BC2 is 11,000,000 times better. : Dschinghis Khan
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  I just checked, and there are 700,000 players currently online. I think these people are having fun - oth... : ayesel
  • I think we all know there's a ton of people currently playing it. Why else would they sell a billion or ... : mobab
  • I agree. The number of people playing MW2 on PC dwarfs every other game listed on Steam (unless you combi... : Serpico74
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    Do you really think that the fact that a lot of people are playing a best-seller is any sort of argument ... : DinK
    • Ad Populum arguments are always correct brah. Didn't you know? The more people think a certain way, the... : BCFire
• MechWarrior 2 had none of these issues. : hussdelrio
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  sofa king sick of these threads. guess what. lots of people are having fun playing, so why do you care : FrayLo
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    the most sad thing is ppl who would pay 15dollar for stuff that is usually free are those ppl who dun sur... : Gapyro
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      YEAH BRO, YEAH!!!!!!!!!!! PEOPLE WHO PAY $15 FOR STUFF R DUM. TARDS. : FrayLo
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        video game companies are here to serve us!!!!!! not make money. : FrayLo
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          ps i paid $10 for a movie ticket. $15 for a map pack is way too much, learn to fucking not gouge your cu... : FrayLo
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            My game can beat up your game. : Brian Leahy
            • them's fightin' words! : Mmmmmoo
            • My game will beat up your game. : mobab
          • I like this subthread. $3 FUCKING DOLLARS PER MAP! WHAT GREEDY OLD MEN! : Cygnus X-1
          • You paid $10 for a movie ticket? Well that's the problem here. Find a cheaper movie theatre and then the ... : repeat2k
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    I think this stuff is pretty relevant to the industry as a whole. I actually am interested when people vo... : Rice-Rocketeer
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      Really? Pretty much every MW2 related 'issue' involves multiple posters unironically saying a variation o... : veras
      • "giant omega-level meltdown".... LMAO... thats the best description ever : megreedy
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  11. Tremendous amounts of hackers that InfinityWHORE/HACKtivision doesn't give a shit about. If they on... : Mister Fister
  • why would they care >.< money money money : Gapyro
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  IW is like the Michael Bay of the gaming industry. : two50six
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    The whole fucking industry is Michael Bay, IW is just the Michael Bay to which all other Michael Bays asp... : SpaecKow
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      Not really. Valve would be like Davied Fincher, IW=Michael Bay and John Romero=George Lucas : two50six
      • John Romero=George Lucas is especially fitting. : The Grolar Bear
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        Oh please, David Fincher? Valve? Come on. They're a James Cameron at best but they're not aiming for prof... : Tawler
        • It was the closet respectable film director I could think of out of comparison to the others I listed ;) : two50six
      • Of all the action games that come out, very few aspire to be like Valve games and almost all aspire to be... : SpaecKow
  • ^ yes. But it wasn't always that way. Remember when they actually cared about PC gamers as a group? : BCFire
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  $60 wasn't a precedent set by Modern Warfare 2 : RikiTiki2
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    also, GTA3 beat MW2 to getting the media hot and bothered a long time ago : RikiTiki2
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      and BF2 had $15 map packs IIRC : RikiTiki2
      • totally split the community too : gyokuro
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        BOOSTER PACKS : HisKillSkill
        • Aw yeah : Booster Cockburn : Dong Patrol
    • It's not getting the (main stream) media "hot and bothered" so much as it is the gamers themselves? I'... : pgharavi
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    $60 a game try Nintendo 64 : peat
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      I think I remember paying $70 for Super Metroid. : TrptJim
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        Chrono Trigger and FF6 were around there too. : slax0r
        • But Super Metroid was 24 megabits! : TrptJim
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          These games were generally regarded as being awesome. The scale of mw2 is nothing compared to those tw... : mobab
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            someone is literally reaching into your wallet and making you buy this game : FrayLo
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              i am literally calling your posts retarded : FrayLo
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                You're even worse than any anti MW2 user. You're literally retarded and need to learn to read and comp... : mobab
                • *so you may understand* : mobab
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                  already made 12 babies WITH YOUR MOM OH SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : FrayLo
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                    [ L O L ' D ] : FrayLo
                    • fraylo is like megatron dethawing on this mother fucker. everyone is about to get OWNED : Downforce
                  • OH SNAP!!!!! : dedgecko
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            You're being silly. And this is coming from someone who considers Chrono Triggers as one of the best ... : geedeck
            • No way dude. Games are always priced based on how much awesome is included on the disk. MW2 was the first... : deveus1
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          FF6 was 70 fucking dollars, that was like in 1996 : Jackass1233
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            I paid $79.99 for it at Babbages in 1994. : pigvomit
            • lets be honest though, worth every penny:) : Jackass1233
      • if you were 1337 enough to have a Neo Geo you got to pay $300 a game, and thats in like early 1990's doll... : ninjase
      • i remeber Super Street Fighter II on SNES was over 99 bucks at Toys r' us back in the day... : TheMadTaiter
  • $60 for a standard PC game was the first time PC games have become that expensive in a long time. : pigvomit
• To tell you the truth, the price thing was the big holdback for me. I'm just not paying that much for ga... : Thresher
• The FAGS video. : TimeDoctor
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  LOL - yea, billions of dollars being made there. Stock price is virtually unchanged since the release of... : dedgecko
  • That's because investors (and Activision) know that they're a 2-trick pony. Investors want to see them di... : LoioshDwaggie
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  Missed opportunity? Activision made a shit load of money and laughed all the way to the bank. You need ... : PenicillinX57
  • Activision is not reporting "record" profits, so they really aren't making THAT much money. Their stock ... : dedgecko
• The good news: Activision's shareholders make bazillions of dollars. Actually, I owned Activision stoc... : Wikus Van De Merwe
• $90 USD price gouging in Australia : biofrog

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  It's ok, I found it , lego set 6980. : abrasion
  • Can I make one in lego universe? : loboca
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    space LEGO was so awesome : humbleone
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      The 6980 was the set of my dreams as a kid, I always wanted it :( : abrasion
      • hey, i had that set! i still remember opening it on xmas morning, best present ever! : CecilPhilpot
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        Link?? : red2lucas
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          http://images.google.com/images?q=6980%20lego&hl=en : abrasion
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            I had that mofo! The detachable science module on the back was totally sweet. Blacktron was neat too, b... : Vantage
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              But they were awesome looking specialty pieces that could be used to create just the right kind of flare.... : rosewood
              • True, true. I liked how they always had alternative builds too. : Vantage
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            where's the original site you were after though? I had these http://www.1000steine.com/brickset/images... : red2lucas
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              We always called the original space lego guys (pre-visors) cosmonauts and always considered them vastly i... : rosewood
              • Except for one guy I had in Yellow. He had a special air tank that allowed him to be on par with even the... : rosewood
            • I had this too, but I don't remember it being that shitty :( http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1381/93091... : red2lucas
          • Oooh I had that as a kid! I merged it with a ton of other stuff and built BSG with functional launch tube... : yosemiteclimber
          • I too had this set. : redfive
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    Good choice of set! I'm sad that Lego doesn't offer the old sets. I have a number of space sets which I... : Aldebrand
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      It sold for 144$ US recently. : abrasion
      • That's not too bad. I imagine that you could make a killing if you were able to manufacture these old se... : Aldebrand
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    I always wanted http://www.brickset.com/detail/?Set=6988-1 - I loved the blacktron and the m-tron series.... : rosewood
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      My favorite small kit of all time: http://www.brickset.com/detail/?Set=6850-1 : rosewood
      • You see this was the fastest ship lego built because the deflector dish cleared out all space debris infr... : rosewood
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      Oh snap, I had that one too! I always felt deprived as a kid because I didn't have the crazy cool Gi Joe... : Vantage
      • I never had any of the big sets but for as poor as my family was in 87-93, it looks like i had all the ma... : rosewood
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        I also had THESE bad boys! Blacktron http://www.brickset.com/detail/?Set=6987-1 (SO badass) http://w... : Vantage
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          I can't decide which I like more - Blacktron or Blacktron 2. I loved the fucking jetpacks! : rosewood
          • Blacktron was awesome because it had all sorts of detachable modules. Like with the Blacktron Renegade, ... : Vantage
        • Damn, I had a LOT of Lego. These Pirate sets too! http://www.brickset.com/detail/?Set=6270-1 http://... : Vantage
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          The older Blacktron were awesome. My prize and joy was: Space Police http://www.brickset.com/detail/?... : lyme
          • Yeah, I was jealous of my friend's space police stuff. He had that one, and my M-Tron helicopter dealie ... : Vantage
          • Damn you! I always wanted that model but could never afford it. :-( : Aldebrand
        • I had 6941 and 6981 too! Those sets were AWESOME! : Aldebrand
      • I was a Lego / Meccano kid. I never had any interest in GI Joe or Transformers. I'd go over to a frien... : Drewus
    • i had that one! : mwasher
    • I had it as a kid. YOU SUCK! : Drewus
    • I had that one =D : SigENeaT
    • Oh man I had that one and it fucking rocked : OverloadUT
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    6982 http://media.peeron.com/pics/inv/setpics/6982-1.1105127515.jpg my baby : ventro
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      Too new! Ewww - wild guess, you're about 28/29 or younger right? : abrasion
      • Hey! I'm 26 and I think that's new. :-( I did like most of the early Ice Planet stuff though. : Aldebrand
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  I met with some people from LEGO last week :) LEGO is awesome : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
  • My one regret in life is not doing whatever it took from gradeschool on to become a lego master builder. : rosewood
• holy shit, the Inter-Galactic Command Base! i loved it cause i could use the black minifig as Darth Vader... : CecilPhilpot
• My first Lego set! http://www.brickset.com/detail/?Set=6382-1 I still have it around here somewhere... : sanchez
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  I have to choose between 6980 the classic I never had or 6985 the classic I did have but have gotten rid ... : abrasion
  • Wow I have the exact same 6985 one. In fact, iirc it's standing on my parents' attic fully constructed. S... : henrikb
• My first set: http://www.brickset.com/detail/?Set=370-1 It's so old the Lego dudes don't even have fa... : Snif DeCrac

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  warcrow says so ! : AlexXdude
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    Warcrow also said that he thought the new planet exploring mechanics in Mass Effect 2 were going to be re... : SpaecKow
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      thought they were going to be cool or were cool? : pandastrong
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        he liked them for some reason : SpaecKow
        • He also played though masseffect 20 times. : Hoax
    • I think warcrow posts come in a couple of flavours: 1) Hay guyz, look at this game I've got that you g... : exponen7
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      I liked them better than ME1 : two50six
      • ewww : Halen
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      When did i say this? : warcrow
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        like before the game came out. : SpaecKow
        • I didnt have the game before it came out, and I dont like the mining mini-game in ME2. : warcrow
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    Alexdude! Welcome back, bro! : Dschinghis Khan
    • Thanks! I'm back until Saturday or Sunday and then back at base for a week and a half and then back home ... : AlexXdude
  • that bastard never came back to tell us anything meaningful :( : Milleh
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  The first reviews are good. First pc review- 90 "4A Games leaves you no choice but to engage with t... : DarkDeus
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    yeah, but he also talks how inefficient the PC is compared to the 360. and how it requires much bigger ha... : chilln
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      It's not ineffecient. It's rendering a bazillion - yes, a bazillion - more effects. Read here: http://www... : ajvitaly
      • Do we thank Gearbox for popularising the term "bazillion" ? : SigENeaT
      • wow, sounds impressive : GloriousCow
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      I don't think he was saying that 360 hardware is better tho. The pc version has many more effects. Here's... : DarkDeus
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        I wonder why their recommended system specs are so high? : TrptJim
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          those are the specs to run it in 3d vision maxxed out. : scud
          • Ah, that makes more sense. : TrptJim
  • That last quote could only refer to Crysis, cause I mean what other PC only releases lmao : SpaecKow
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    Sounds like another STALKER >:( : atom519
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      why? I think the game is going to be very different than Stalker. Here's a quote from the 360 gamer revie... : DarkDeus
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        Based on the review quote above: A brilliantly atmospheric shooter with forgivably imperfect gunplay. ... : atom519
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          Did you ever try Stalker SoC with the 2009 complete mod? It made the feel of the combat easier and bette... : DarkDeus
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            No, I've heard good things about COP though and have been waiting for it to go on sale. : atom519
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              if you own stalker SoC on steam you can get Cop for $20. You can also buy Stalker:Clear Sky for $10 on st... : DarkDeus
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                Can't you also prove you own stalker through the loyalty tools (if you own them and don't have it on stea... : Fayk
                • ah cool i didnt realize they had that option. So yea anyone who owns any stalker games can get Cop on ste... : DarkDeus
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      Even if it was, I'm cool with that. : kelerian
      • Yea same here. The stalker games are some of my favorite games ever. : DarkDeus
    • god I hope so : crummynz
    • 2033 is a linear shooter so you'd dead wrong : spaceyme
  • cool, looks like I should get it, then. : TimeDoctor
• German reviews say yes. : Hoax
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  http://www.gametrailers.com/video/exclusive-struggle-metro-2033/63066 new launch trailer. : chilln
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    holy shit - i've seen this before - completely forgot what it was... What's the music from ? 28 days lat... : dedgecko
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      laff... wtf video dies 75% of the way through... just when the music ramps up. : dedgecko
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        worked for me. and yeah thats 28 days later. : chilln
        • Funny that they used that song (In the House / In a Heartbeat), seeing as how it's one of the songs that ... : full_bleed
  • fuck it looks awesome. Part of me wants to wait until a steam sale to pick it up because of the length bu... : DarkDeus
  • Really liked this trailer. Thanks. : TimeDoctor
  • great trailer, i wish stalker played as fluid as this : ballystix
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  Is there a demo? Any gameplay videos? : dedgecko
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    Gameplay vids- Part 1- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVpWQl4FafI Part 2- http://www.youtube.com/watch?... : DarkDeus
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      ...interesting... : dedgecko
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        ...more interesting than I expected... : nevlos
        • oh god his gamepad shooting skills are painful : nevlos
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      Geeze this game looks hard as fuck. : Rotten Deadite
      • ...only if you're playing with a controller, game looks awesome. I'll pick it up during a steam sale pro... : dedgecko
    • Looks nice, but that giant red bubble on the bottom right makes me want to stab someone. : PointlesS76
  • No demo but there are some gameplay trailers. http://www.gametrailers.com/game/metro-2033/3190?show=Fe... : lunarbunny
• I need to upgrade for it. :[ : CrustaR
• sleeper hit of 2010? : eeeealmo
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  Holy shit this comes out tomorrow? Fuck : kill9
  • yeah I was surprised as well. : TimeDoctor
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  Ooo... 4A Games was founded by people who split off from GSC Game World a year before the release of S.T. : LoioshDwaggie
  • interesting! : megarust32
• I hope this game is good : james_austintx
• Pre-loading right now, I'll have more answers for you in a few hours. :) : wytefang
• did Nick Breckon sigh??? : deject
• No real interest here. Sounds more survival horror than a shooter. : byorn
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  someone post how it runs w/ specs pls : jaytima
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    eastern euro/russian games dont have that great a track record with performance :/ : jaytima
    • It runs fine on my 2.6 Ghz C2D and GTX 260. : TimeDoctor
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  I just want to know if it is a corridor shooter or a open world shooter, form the videos it seems to be m... : shortbuscaptain
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    Okay, some impressions: Feels like a corridor shooter so far but I think there are open-world moments ... : wytefang
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      Glad to see that I am not the only one with a wonky monitor res, 2048x1152 ftw! : Milleh
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        Also, thank you for the impressions kind sir. : Milleh
        • Just trying to recapture some of the glory of my former PC Gaming reviewing days. Sigh. Sometimes I mis... : wytefang
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  Post Count +1 : GrnMonster
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    Post Count +1 : GrnMonster
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      Post Count +1 : GrnMonster
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        Post Count +1 : GrnMonster
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          wtf is this? : Milleh
          • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=22429268#itemanchor_22429268 : Zombiegum

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  i can never stay connected to dallas. Sucks too, cause I just used my pub booter so I have to wait 20 mi... : DogDharma
  • Sounds like you just booted afrochops. : Ctrl-Phreak
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  i look forward to the hundreds of threads just like this that will happen during the next week : mwasher
  • The herd shall be thinned. : aggressor
• read the big BFBC thread tonight.. orange letters. : Iwannaacura
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  http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=22426042#itemanchor_22426042 : moogle
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    well I guess i feel a bit better about it being some automated system. Thought the admin was just being a... : afrochops
    • Look who's the jerk now! :P : Alco23
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  yes. for each of these posts I shall grow from a super lurker to regular old lurker so can friggin regist... : shinta420
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    dude, 11 posts per year of registration? that is pretty epic right there. : mwasher
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      and a lightening bolt. Crazy. : ant_hillbilly
      • hahaha there is something poetic about having a lightning bolt and not having enough posts to register fo... : mwasher
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        He really doesn't want front-page ads. : mlev
        • Best anti-virus money can buy : Beady
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      He has 420 in his name, though, so that means he knows what's up : chrisschutz
      • 420 post every once in while. : Dong Patrol
      • Yeah, that must be the secret code. : phil_mckraken
• read the chatty noob : Bamtan
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  who is "[shack] indifference", getting annoyed this guy calls his team a retard after every round : Chandler55
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    Shut up, retard. : skankcore
    • Quite right. : gnomish
  • Fucking retard etc : lodit
  • He's not on the player list. Obviously, he iz a spy! : Wyvern
  • Possibly a pubbie posing as a shacker? He hasn't (or can't) registered on the Shack BC2 Authenticator yet... : Alco23
  • The shack BC2 servers are the first place in years where i've experienced some shithead actually enragin... : Klebold
  • It's probably alias. : Dschinghis Khan
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  So this is all because EA/DICE hates passworded servers, right? : Boring Writer
  • Exactly. Idiotic, isn't it? : yosemiteclimber
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    I actually think having public servers with a kick system works out better. Provides fodder during the sl... : AscorSix
    • I agree completely. : chilln
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      I'd often rather not play at all than play with some of these pubbies. Killing them just isn't as satisfy... : pyide
      • I dunno, I only enjoy smiping pubs. They make is so easy. : Moonbase Commander
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        I think you give shackers way too much credit and not nearly enough to non shackers. Plenty of retards on... : AscorSix
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          That's ridiculous, I'm not giving shackers enough credit. Forget the fact that the non-shackers can't joi... : pyide
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            And while I would assume a majority of people here would prefer a full 32 player server with random conne... : pyide
            • My problem is I still can't hold a connection to EA servers so I just give up. I'm so far behind that I c... : .sticks.
      • Yeah but it is about the viral nature of the server, the server dies if we are too aggressive with pubbie... : kaddar0
  • If the servers were locked down all the time we wouldn't have nearly as many full 32-player games so freq... : Sapiens
• stop being black/mexican/gay/non texan then : CoRDS
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  I kind of think kicking lurkers is retarded, there aren't enough non lurkers to keep things fun? What ha... : kaddar0
  • I think there's just too many players wanting to play,and not enough servers. : jonin

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  PC players, how do the controls feel compared to something like MW2? : vynn
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    slower an not as fluid or accurate, typically for battlefield games you have weird movement but its very ... : Hoax
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      I will agree with Hoax for the most part. Do not expect Q3 like running, jumping, shooting. If you expe... : dedgecko
      • After playing tons of BC2, I went back to MW2 the other day for a few rounds with a buddy of mine... it w... : Empyric
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        the more i want to play this game the more i hate reading stuff like this, completely turning me off of e... : synapse19
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          Its a good game and i would pick it over cod6 every single time. its slower paced but actually less rando... : Hoax
          • To me, the main differences between MW2 and BC2 have to do with pacing. I wouldn't call BC2 slow by any ... : Empyric
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            probably not for me then cause I don't have any friends playing it and I get really irritated when stupid... : vynn
            • if you are in the us (ping/netcode) you can play with shackers, they have a few servers running and alway... : Hoax
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            ignoring the pacing and all that, how's the gun accuracy? i know there are drops over certain distances, ... : synapse19
            • The ballistics in BC2 are amazing. As mentioned in a post below, it doesn't suffer from MW2's "railgun" ... : Empyric
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              if you can aim and compensate you will be rewarded, the hit detection has some issues but if you adjust p... : Hoax
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                how long until the guns you get at the start dont completely blow? : synapse19
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                  9:15 in this video concerns me http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7WzlO_SHBs : synapse19
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                    What concerns you about it? : Empyric
                    • The fact he's still alive after camping in that spot so long surprises me. Must not be a very busy serve... : Ryu Connor
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                    his screen is shaking all over the damn place as he's shooting and it takes over half a clip to bring a g... : synapse19
                    • It's like I said above-- burst = win. If you fire continuously, you spread bullets all over the place. : Empyric
                • doesn't take that long, unlocks come fairly quick especially if you have a good run ramping up points. : Hoax
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        in terms of shooting - none of the weapons are like the railguns of MW2, and again everything is a bit sl... : dedgecko
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          Getting 2 kills with a 30-round assault rifle is really hard in BC2. I really hate how little damage bull... : code-e255
          • aim better, if you're going full auto on someone, don't expect to hit them at all. BF games have alway... : dedgecko
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      You need to tweak your config a bit to get it running at smooth as possible (which still isn't as smooth ... : code-e255
      • I just made this adjustment and joined a public server... and I actually managed to kill things! : Toraz Chryx
      • bloom - false that also helps. : ant_hillbilly
  • Feels like BF2, very much, in terms of ... "feel". : crummynz
  • Not nearly as fluid as MW2 (that engine is awesome for smoothness), but still the best feeling battlefiel... : jaytima
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  Does this have a good singleplayer campaign? : airrob
  • singleplayer? : mechanicalgrape
  • yes, it is quite awesome : kill9
  • I thought it was mostly boring and unoriginal with a couple fun sequences here and there. MP is where it'... : shika.art
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  can you add the pc version to steam? : synapse19
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    the game does not use any Steamworks features, so it doesn't matter. Any non-steam game can be added to ... : dedgecko
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      you can add a non-steam game's shortcut to steam. This doesn't let you download it via steam when you los... : TimeDoctor
      • ^ this is why it matters : synapse19
    • "Any non-steam game can be added to steam" is fairly disingenuous, since for a lot of people the advantag... : veras
  • No. Steam doesn't have the key database. : Ryu Connor
  • https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=7480-WUSF-3601 : deject
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  god damn it. i'm trying to save money : davislovestacobell
  • i JUST bought it 3 hours ago on steam for full price.. fuck :( : yosemiteclimber

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• Starting in 5 minutes. : razlebol
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  Also, I need some Terran to play to try and stop the M/M/M if I want to switch back to Protoss. Foxhawk? : Brian Leahy
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    I can try give me 15 to finish dinner. I'm not amazing and i've been playing protoss recently... : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
    • (but i know m/m/m really well... in fact I don't know any other builds) : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
  • get in shackcraft chat! : Foxhawk
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    I will. I'm still at ShackHQ though. : Brian Leahy
    • ping me: pancake.inapicklejar when/if you need me i'll be on all night : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
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    do you stream? : StolenNosferatu
    • sometimes. have had issues with Procaster. When i do, http://livestream.com/empathe : Brian Leahy
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  How do you do stream without slowing down your PC? : abrasion
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    It's pretty much only bandwidth intensive. You aren't capturing a local copy to disk. : Brian Leahy
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      Yeah but it must use some CPU or something? : abrasion
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        SC2 isn't that intensive. Haven't noticed anything. I'm on an i7, though. : Brian Leahy
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          So am I, if I run maximum detail at 1920x1080 it runs as low as 60fps at the opening of a match,...... be... : abrasion
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            I run at 1680x1050 with everything maxed. Never dips below 60fps. I'm on a stock i7 and a 4870. Maybe ... : Brian Leahy
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              Damn, you found 2v2 slow down? : abrasion
              • None at all anywhere. Haven't done anything above a 2v2 though. : Brian Leahy
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            60fps is low? lol : razlebol
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              Key words, at the opening of a match.... : abrasion
              • So what? It drops 40fps during battles? : razlebol
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    I take the hit to the fps. I get around 25-30 fps while stream but it's still playable. I'd get more by l... : razlebol
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      What PC you on and what detail? : abrasion
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        Playing on ultra for most settings and high settings on the one that affects the cpu. I have an overc... : razlebol
        • Ahh you've got a better video card :/ : abrasion
• anyone want to play 1v1, i play terran. i have a new rush strat i want to try : R@zzle
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  I just started, and I suck. If I stream will people provide some critique? : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
  • Sure, why not! : Brian Leahy
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    http://www.livestream.com/chowyuncat Hopefully this works. : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
    • Suckage commencing. : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
    • is that music from the game? If so, god thats horrible. : two50six
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      why is it all slanty? : walker270
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        I dunno, it's also offline. Are there any special settings I need to use in Livestream? : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
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          Looked like you were broadcasting a webcam and feed. I don't know anything about livestream, so... : walker270
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            I turned off the webcam explicitly in the client. Time to figure out wtf is going on. : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
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              I donno.. I was still seeing a ceiling light pretty clearly. : walker270
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                I noticed at the end when it popped up. I'll watch the Red Wings game and then play some 1v1 where I can... : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
                • Streaming my ineptitude again. : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
      • Christ man it's 2010 I thought we put that kind of racial hatred behind us years ago? : abrasion
• Sorry, I have to stop streaming earlier than I thought. : razlebol
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  I'm so sick of checking my battle.net account every day only to be disappointed =( : JohnnyRey
  • Me too. Sigh. : famine101
  • VEE MUST PREVAIL! : wurt
  • they are probably done handing out keys at this point : Jackass1233
  • Every day? I wish I could cut back to just once a day. : kek
  • deveus1 really is a hero. : abrasion
  • Mornings and when i get home from work :( I bet i get in on Friday when i have Metro 2033, DA:A and Go... : shavenewok
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  Abrasion, is that you? lol http://forums.battle.net/thread.html?topicId=23767559562&sid=5000 : razlebol
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    lol, yeah it's my alt acct :) : abrasion
    • lol... : razlebol