Evening Reading: Completely New Nostalgia?

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  Rushing is a totally valid strategy. : Rice-Rocketeer
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    it isn't when everybody is doing it and have never heard of stalkers or any other unit... : vujinovicm
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      Do they win? Then it's a valid strategy. : BingusLargus
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        so cheating is valid as well then in any form? : vujinovicm
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          It's not cheating if it's a strategy in the game. Get better at it. : SnakeIRye
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            it's not strategy, it's what every ass does when he doesn't know what else to do in the beginning. : vujinovicm
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              Then you need to get units to defend your base early on. : Rice-Rocketeer
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                yep, either the game is broken (doubtful) or your not good enough. Even if its a shitty obvious strategy,... : disembodied potato
                • That's how Blitzkrieg got popular! : Vividvoid
            • you need to protect against the rush. sorry if his rush attack slows down ur deep-unit building. but that... : chilln
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              And whining is what every terrible player does when they encounter something new. Cheese may not have : Felraiser
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                No Felraiser, NO! Don't make me agree with you you bastard! : ArcKnight
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                  You will find yourself agreeing with me from time to time because I'm not insane, unlike most of the "ecc... : Felraiser
                  • I think we're all a little crazy on the interwebs sometimes. : Sapiens
            • apparently they do. they're winning, right? : mindmann
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  sounds like you're the one that doesnt have an idea how to play : nova_x
  • well I probably am not the best in the world but I know a thing or two... : vujinovicm
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  If you know they're going to do it then you can defend, surely? : chazums
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    with what army? I am expanding my base.... : vujinovicm
    • Part of expanding your base should include an army to defend what you're building. : NotACommunist
    • Then you're not adapting to the situation and you lose on account of not having a good macro strategy. : Rice-Rocketeer
    • expanding while being rushed is not the best strategy in the world : [7]kami
    • These are the general macro strategies of most RTS games: Boom - gathering resources and getting advance... : Nali4Freedom
    • Don't expand your base, put your money towards repelling rushes. Don't waste 400 minerals on another Nexu : Serpico74
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      Did you think they would let you build up your economy uncontested so you two could have *awesome* battle... : Moonbase Commander
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        Even though I obviously agree with you, it's surprising how often exactly what you're saying is cited ser... : Felraiser
        • When me and my buddy used to play C+C Red Alert Aftermath a lot we would have a 1 hour build rule sometim... : Mr. Goodwrench
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          I don't see what's wrong with that, it's definitely what I want out of RTS games. I am under no illusi... : peanut-
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            Right, but you can't expect to get that out of a public ladder match. If you want to lay ground rules wit... : Serpico74
            • Definitely - especially in a game like Starcraft 2 that really isn't designed for that style of play. ... : peanut-
  • Well for terrans the common approach is to build a supply bunker & barracks wall to protect your base unt... : chazums
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  i guess you haven't learned that a rush is a hard counter to someone trying to take an expand quickly? ... : miasma&!
  • ^This Scouting early is key... : inc77
• Best thing I've read on the internet today. : the_burd
• God I hope this isn't serious. If it is ... lol. : InfoBiter
• lol, how about you counter the first rushes and kill them over by tech jumping properly : [7]kami
• "kids who have no idea how to play are kicking my ass in the beta test of the game." I wish I could smac... : barcibus
• bgh nr20 pr0z only!!!!!1 Hey look there's a free slot for you. : Omaha
• WHY WON'T THEY LET ME EXPAND UNMOLESTED WAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH : lefthighkick
• 3 gate rush is pretty much a known issue man, don't worry about these guys dude, I know your problem also... : abrasion
• You're joking right? Rushing almost EMBODIES Starcraft's gameplay. Instead of complaining, learn how to ... : R@zzle
• lol'd : even4
• Sounds like they know exactly how to play. : action wombmate

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  http://www.enterprisedesktopalliance.com/ : ArcKnight
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    The Enterprise Desktop Alliance (EDA) is a collaboration among enterprise class software developers to de : xsoulbrothax
    • lol yeah no bias there... : derelict515
    • haha : WhatIsThisFor
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      has anyone ever seen one of those apple rack servers? : stgdz
      • in catalogs. : Fyunch Click
      • Yep, we used xserves at my last job (see my post below). It was great because we could never find a sy... : MagicWishMonkey
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      that said, the majority of those "omg use Windows don't use Linux/Mac" enterprise studies were paid for b... : Postal
      • haha, yup. : zakazi
    • Hahaha : Hoax
    • ... : ProtoPunch
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  Less mouse buttons to fix when they break down. : jingletard
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    I heard you liked macs, so I gave you a car with one pedal. : HisKillSkill
    • by posting this, you better be driving a manual transmission : ]pm[chem
    • So Toyota gave up on stopping all together then? : yosemiteclimber
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  I used to work with a dude who managed to kill his Mac at least once per year, it was pretty incredible. ... : MagicWishMonkey
  • that is hard core apple behaviour : boring gegtik
  • you worked with a clever dude : ]pm[chem
  • Was his name Shane? : abrasion
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    oops I accidentally poured mt. dew on my computer, new one please! : Fayk
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      hah, well he never spilled anything on it. The hardware would just fail, I swear the dude is cursed. H... : MagicWishMonkey
      • My co-worker is like this. There's some sort of reality distortion field around him and computers. Electr... : Arctic Fox
  • There's a designer in our office who uses a Mac, which is fair enough since pretty much every designer us... : thecray
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  this is like saying "people who do not own cars spend less money on car repairs than car owners" : wimpy1
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    that makes no sense : grifter
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      Kinda does. The less stuff you need your computer for, the more likely you are to use a mac, and the less... : uncleanmonkey
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        what? I'm a Mac user and I both work (lots of work) and play from mine. you're still operating on the m... : Postal
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          It's not a myth, it's just a generalization. An accurate one at that. Have you never seen an apple ad?... : uncleanmonkey
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            IF that's all they did, Mac Pros wouldn't exist. : Conan
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              You don't understand the concept of generalization? Look, it's really not that hard. Let's boil it dow... : uncleanmonkey
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                I don't know if you remember, but we've had an argument about generalization before. : Conan
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                  I wouldn't be surprised if we have given that you mistook a generalization for some sort of non-existence... : uncleanmonkey
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                    Yeah, no one else agreed with you on that one, either. : Conan
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                      I don't really care if you agree with me or not, that's what the word means. "Scandinavians are generally... : uncleanmonkey
                      • you seem to be mistaken here : Slowtreme
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                I'm pretty sure we've established you don't understand the concept of generalization. http://www.shack... : walker270
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                  I think we've established that you have no problem arguing against a fucking dictionary: http://www.shack... : uncleanmonkey
                  • Yeah, you keep thinking that. : walker270
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            right, but that's an ad targeting the majority of people. (who have simple computing needs) that's bas... : grifter
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              I think it's perfectly plausible that people who are able and willing to use macs for work do different k... : uncleanmonkey
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                That's just not true. Macs are used professionally for pretty much any task PCs are in this day and ag... : sKetchflow
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                  I think you underestimate just how much wacky and custom software exists out there in the enterprise worl... : uncleanmonkey
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                    I think you underestimate how common virtualization is on the mac platform. : Conan
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                      Are you talking about bootcamp of some form wher eyou could boot into a windows platform? : mobab
                      • there are a ton of virtualization options that don't require that. and more so he's specifically referrin... : sKetchflow
                      • Boot camp is not virtualization. : Conan
                  • you keep saying stuff like this without validating your point with an example. Also the majority of "w... : sKetchflow
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                  I'm not quite versed in mac software. At one point my desktop was 1. Web server 2. File Server 3.... : mobab
                  • Mac OS X comes with Apache, PHP, Ruby, fileserver… : ErneX
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                    Is this a question if these things can be done easily with a Mac, or are you just trying to show that you... : pres589
                    • That I need my machines to be as polymorphic as possible with my hardware to match depending on what I'm ... : mobab
          • Have you seen Windows ads? What's your point? : zakazi
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            I don't know if I agree about your marketing point. But I do agree that things tend to work out the way ... : CRasterImage
            • Our office is the complete opposite. Every mac is in development (along with some linux boxes, and all ou... : zakazi
      • this makes no sense : disembodied potato
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        oh shut up : walker270
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          The brain trust is here folks! : uncleanmonkey
          • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=22436374#itemanchor_22436374 : walker270
      • Look who knows nothing about the thing he's ignorantly criticizing! : rudds
      • brilliant post of the year ladies and gentlemen : ErneX
      • Troll posts smell like the work of trolls. : pres589
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    And once again an analogy helps us understand an otherwise indecipherable concept. : jim bone
    • stupidity? : sKetchflow
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    uncleanmonkey pretty much has it.. pc's are more effected by their users than Macs.. this is not any s... : wimpy1
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      holy shit, you really have no clue. stop trying to use logic from 1998. : grifter
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        well that post really added to the discussion! : wimpy1
        • right, and you trying to rationalize an ignorant view of macs and their capabilities is any better? : grifter
• it seems the opposite at my workplace, but I'd have to have the deskers run a report or two to verify. b... : hamachi
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  "Yeah, we get less tickets about Macs breaking down than PCs." "How many Macs do you guys have?" "L... : cetra00
  • Worst part about Apple is their hardware support. When shit breaks it needs to be mailed off to them and... : Crimsonbeak
• I highly doubt it, but I'm not some Admin of some massive corporate (or any small one for the matter), so... : mobab
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  closed environment is less to support? mainly for personal use, no worries about large interaction scopes... : Downforce
  • I don't recall anyone mentioning it in the countless "apple tax" threads that argue about the relative co... : boring gegtik
• Tomorrow I have to take a Mac Pro from work, into my car, then drive it over to the Mac store so they can... : bozer
• Interesting. Not going to change around here or in game development overall in the near future. : Fred Garvin

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• yay! : spiffymc
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  c4'ing a full vehicle is lotsa fun. drop those proxy mines, lots of easy points that way. : Clay
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    and you can throw them hella far. I spam the fuck out of them whenever im around an ammo crate. I had ... : -=kodiak=-
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      i wish they lasted a little longer or you had more of them. : Clay
      • yea it's annoying sometimes. I toss them pretty far and by the time i advance up to that position it's al... : -=kodiak=-
    • You can only have 1 active at a time. : Klebold
• I tried it tonight as well and it's hilariously fun. Seeing a bunch of guys huddling up on a roof and ju... : Lionhart32935
• No matter how good of a shot you are, nothing compares to the utility you provide with motion mines and c... : sreyes22
• Bringing down the building can be really annoying when you've been doing a good job defending/disarming i... : proclone1
• Once I started playing recon it became my favorite class : On the Brane
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  You still playing? I'm about to hop on in a few. : Head Rush
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    yea ill be back online in 20 minutes or so. ran out of smokes and im feeling lazy to walk down the str... : -=kodiak=-
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      I'm on now, but your list is still full. : Head Rush
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        lol yea i realized that after it was too late. "doh" : -=kodiak=-
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          Playin MW2 if you're still up : Head Rush
          • naaah think im done playing games tonight, catching a late night meal and then probably just vege out on ... : -=kodiak=-
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  Use the pump action with long range option. You can still effectively snipe at short to medium range! : mobab
  • i thought about using it on the saiga, but went with the extra c4 option. : -=kodiak=-
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  If you kill an assault, just take his kit, drop an ammo box, and pick your recon kit back up : snuff
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    kinda tougth to do when the entire enemy team was m60 toating medics and GOL snipers...... : -=kodiak=-
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      Don't forget the engineers sniping with M2 Carl Gustav.... I swear, nothing BUT those 3 weapons are in us... : SumTingWong
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        hahaha the game previous to the one i talked about in the OP, was the start of the desert map. We won def... : -=kodiak=-
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          People who don't squad up should be instakicked. Get that Rambo garbage outta here and back to MW2. : SumTingWong
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            Seriously, only good comes from joining a squad. You don't even have to work with them, just being able ... : boredguy
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              I would rather a far-range sniper stay out of a squad, as he isn't a good spawn point and isn't doing any... : TrptJim
              • As long as it is away from the base spawn point and forward in the direction of the objectives, I'll spaw... : SumTingWong
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  i just did this tonight and got like 2800 on my first round... haha. lots of points for sensor'ing the ho... : jane911
  • think i ended up w/ 8K+ on my jungle attack round. 2k for recon score, rest was combat + pins. Lots of... : -=kodiak=-
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  Does *anyone* spot anymore... sigh... : mobab
  • I spot :( : mechanicalgrape
  • I spot so much that sometimes I die b/c I spot before I shoot. You can earn so many points it's ridiculou... : Sturm08
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    I try but a lot of the time i seem to be outta range or something is obscuring it like a leaf falling fro... : Digital_Bath
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      Make sure you zoom first. : daedraug
      • Still not 100% working. : prime8
    • Need to be holding a weapon that can actually hit them at the range they are at. So no spotting of hil... : Beady
  • i spot. i try to use everything in my ability i can do to make points lol it is a good motivator. : jane911
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    I literally just spam Q while I am shooting people. : crazywigga
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      couldn't you bind spot to the same button at shoot? : gibolas1234
      • Sometimes defeats the purpose and discloses your location to boot. : SumTingWong
      • Dear god gibolas, I think your on to somethign! : Reeves
    • bind it to spacebar and put an old keyboard under your desk. hit it with your toe. : GloriousCow
  • i am a spotting fool : Mansmells
  • spotting machine : moe6
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  You can take the C4 as the Assault class dood, its awesome. Saiga, C4, shotgun clip size upgrade, and am... : ColonBlow1
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    THIS^ My fave setup is Assault / Saiga / M1911 / C4 / Lightweight / Shotgun Clip So much fun :) : hobohun7er
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      I roll with something similar but use the fast primary reload perk. : ant_hillbilly
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        Fast primary reload? There's a perk that does this? : TrptJim
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          for the vehicles. : ant_hillbilly
          • Ah, yeah. You got me excited there for a second. Most of the weapons in this take forever to reload. : TrptJim
    • I use this all the time, but with tracer dart pistol instead of the 1911-- I never run out of my Saiga cl... : Empyric
    • Love shooting peoples faces with a M1911. : Vincenoir
  • He doesn't get his Motiion Mines though. : AxeMan808
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  I love slapping C4 on a Quad and race my way into the enemy team, kamikaze style. KABOOOOOOOOOOM BITC... : [7]kami
  • lol, jihad jeeping will start getting kickable on many servers like it did with previous BF games. I love... : Mr. Goodwrench
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  Had a 6.3k Medic round last night me and Jimmybuffet (i think) where healing bitches! We where getting ow... : Vincenoir
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    I've been playing tons of medic. Not just because it's amazing for XP to gain levels, but because keepin... : Empyric
    • Exactly, especially as people seem to get bored with it after getting there points.. theres not too many ... : Vincenoir
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  I'm feeling so useless as Assault :( I should probably just stick with medic, although I've unlocked ever... : Bamii
  • Id say just play what you enjoy playing mate, bound to get good at it eventually :) : Vincenoir
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  IS being a sniper considered pussy in BFBC2? I am going to play my first game in the next few hours and I... : Mr. Goodwrench
  • I've never had an issue with the class or its players, but with the fact that there are so many of them. ... : ramshot

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• AWESOME, thanks dude! Gonna add that shit tonight and shoot you in the face! : [7]kami
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  Sweet! Was trying to buy a server, but they had closed for new servers. Does this feature the shack-au... : bundy
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    It doesn't yet, I need to talk to whoever set that up and ask that this server gets added to it :) : jbury
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      ieGod : LoioshDwaggie
      • Cool, sent him an SM about it :) : jbury
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  Jbury, you are the man! Logging in to try it out right now. : Bamii
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    Let me know if theres any problems (I didn't get a chance to join it yet) : jbury
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      I can't find it yet. Did you link the right name? : Bamii
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        Found it, there's no spaces in between * and [[ : Bamii
        • Yeah you have to put the spaces in here or it thinks its a shacktag :) It should be the same naming co... : jbury
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  Awesome I will be there tonight unless I have too much Guiness today and don't make it home! : marmite
  • You slut. : [7]kami
  • The question is, what will give up first: Your body or Your mind? The first two are always so easy :( : Klebold
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  Runs smooth. By looking for the server I found out there's actually quite a few Shacknews servers I didn'... : Bamii
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    It's quite sad seeing the server there with no people on it - how the hell do you encourage people to joi... : jbury
    • I think it has something to do with the time of the day ;) I have no doubt it will fill up tonight. I'll ... : Bamii
• Great! Thanks! : Flinz
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  Cool, will try it out tonight. Also do you have a donation system? : Athul
  • Errr I don't have a donation system or anything, I wouldn't worry about donations :) : jbury
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  sweet thanks, I will play on this during evenings : moe6
  • just downloading the recent update. I wish there was a manual patch :(. Slow :( : moe6
• Can i just append this to my favourites in gametsettings.ini or do i need to bother with that 1587464437,... : Klebold
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  SWEET. : Mr. Goodwrench
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    Awesome, 33 ping as opposed to the 120+ i get on the US Shack servers lol : Mr. Goodwrench
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      Sweeet, if anyone is playing in an hour and 20 minutes I'll be on my lunchbreak there :) : jbury
      • I shall play with you tonight! Sadly I will be away in an hour 20 minutes still :( : moe6
      • I won;t be able to play until later tonight unfortunately. It will be my first game as well lol : Mr. Goodwrench
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      pffft, 120 is nothing. : moe6
      • 120 was unacceptabe when I was playing BF2/2142. : Mr. Goodwrench
• Anyone else got the problem that newly added servers do not refresh under the Favorites tab ? : Nihil ME
• Oh fuck yes. See you tonight. : ramshot
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  Oooooooooo Shineyz :D:D I shall be on in this evening!. Tyvm Jbury! : Vincenoir
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    Hey, I got youtr invite. And tonight I will have your dogtag to go with it! : Bamii
    • Yeah yeah bamii, wait until you feel the wrath of my De-fib! : Vincenoir
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    Hey chap, add me, I'm Nodebug as usual. : nodebug
    • will do will do. : Vincenoir
• thanks dude. will be on tonight. : naabster
• Nice one! I'll be on tonight filling it up with plenty of dead bodies! : nodebug
• nice, will be on there tomorrow. : even4

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• hyaha sweet picture : noobja
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  then who was camera???? : GloriousCow
  • dognose is traveling with his friend from the UK : ass-street
• =]:i : IcomeINpeace
• That photo is awesome. I would like a hat like that, but I know I couldn't pull it off. : Durajim
• god damn dognose, you are so cool looking. : orgcaptainnemo
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  Hey look, supermonkeyballz is actually Ben Stiller! : Reeves
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    3rd time ive heard this >:( : supermonkeyballz
    • i was actually going to post that and then figured "nah i bet he gets that all the time" : GloriousCow
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      If it makes you feel better I think you look like Sascha from KMFDM :( : SpaecKow
      • I looked him up and the gf confirmed.. his nose needs to be a little bigger tho! or mine smaller. : supermonkeyballz
    • does it get better every time? : Crazy Hawaiian
    • It's okay, I get called Keanu all the time :[ : Reeves
  • http://www.cinepremiere.com.mx/files/images/ad10fe5.jpg : abrasion
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  Dognose, you look like such a sweet dude. : lodit
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    Well I'm not >:( : dognose
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      I'm only going by photos and posts but from what I can tell that is bullshit dognose don't you fucking li... : Dong Patrol
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        Dognose ate my homework : Durajim
        • :O :/ :( ? : Dong Patrol
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        you look into dognose's eyes and you can tell that this is a man who has killed vampires with his bare ha... : GloriousCow
        • Where else do you think a man gets a hat like that, that so obviously isn't made for his head? : Dong Patrol
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  That is pretty fucking awesome. Did you like Alice? : Galadriel07
  • More than I thought I would, which isn't saying much :/ : dognose
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  hey dognose, tonight I met zero|dpx and he was awesome : askedrelic
  • That dude is indeed awesome : dognose
• which one is the pitcher, and which one is the catcher? : jimvolk
• You both look like you have something stuffed in your butts. : yosemiteclimber
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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLEuWEvH5GI : SpaecKow
  • haha :) : m3lior
• Impassive Battle: FIGHT! : Borzoi
• Hahaha. Made me think of: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHa_jqxnn4o : SolrFlare
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  are you two holding hands? : Juno
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    I got your Shackmessage asking me about my penis but I can't reply on iphone : dognose
    • I really hope that feature is in the future plans : Juno
• Anyone in Orlando who wants to hang out tomorrow we are going to Universal and then seeing Green Zone at ... : dognose
• Photographic evidence of Dognose in the wild http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/9325/mendognose.jpg Co... : supermonkeyballz
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  dognose you seem like a pretty cool dude : kill9
  • Yeah well so do you >:( : dognose
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  I know ya cant respond to SM. Sent you some info..kk : supermonkeyballz
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    Yup, stonedonkey and Slowtreme. Thanks for helping us find our way, we made like six u-turns after you le... : dognose
    • haha what a trip! : supermonkeyballz
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      Um, I wasn't there last night dognose, did someone ruffie you? : stonedonkey
      • dun dun dunnnnn : ArcKnight
• This picture rules. : SockMonkeh
• The Spider-Man ride at Universal Islands of Adventure is the most incredible ride I have ever been on : dognose
• Dognose, I also watched Alice 3D tonight! :D But I did not get a margarita. D: : ChibiJosh
• Waitin for the ZOMBIES : Albemuth
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  really which admin is this.. obvious ploy to get us to believe there is a real dognose : rbjester
  • If I told you that isnt me in the pic. The names of the mods I did find when I arrived. That there is a... : supermonkeyballz
• this picture is so awesome and yet wrong at so many different levels... : m3lior
• I'm loving the Stanhope t-shirt : Mr. Goodwrench

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  BF1943 was done right. : ArcKnight
  • no way, not until I see Stalingrad where you can drop buildings like BC2 or remakes of the classics, Omah... : thebigbeefsandwich
• BF1943 was a proof of concept for putting a small strike team on a game with a much smaller focus that co... : Brian Leahy
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  1943 was pretty much the most perfect game $15 can buy. I would have paid more. : Sturm08
  • Indeed.I got far more than 15$ worth of enjoyment out of it : jonin
  • I still dont know why Dice/EA didnt want to make money by putting it onpc. : Iwannaacura
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    Has it been cancelled? I forgot about that game lol. : Digital_Bath
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      KM Troedsson tweeted this today: People ask me about BF1943 PC, when is it coming out? Answers is we won : Nitrium
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        I have zero interest now in a PC port of 1943. If we're talking last summer/fall when it was originally s... : Xevo
        • yeah, too late now really. : moe6
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          Yeah, it's not even about the money. Why would I play that over Bad Company 2. : te[R]ror
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            Especially when they fix the M1 Garand unlock, just spec that if you feel like you need a little WW2 in y... : moe6
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              Or use the Thompson and the 1911. : ArcKnight
              • Yeah those too. : moe6
• 1943 was fantastic, what are you on about you bloody lunatic? : Bamtan
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  I just want it to come out for PC already. It probably never will. : dmason
  • It'll probably show it's face as a BFBC2 map-pack now. : Topsiderover
• The one thing it needed, was a map pack with another 3 maps. There was only so many times you could play ... : Rizob
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  Why do all you guys refer to it in the past tense? I just played it for an hour. : biskits
  • It was just fun to mess with you. : Theatrikal
  • Woo, thought I was the only one here who still played. : tfsbrian
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  I'd kill any one of you to have the entire BF42 and Road to Rome maps in the new engine. : dengar65
  • ^^^^^^^^^^^^ : lowayne
  • I want this so bad. : Empyric
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  where 1942 the first large scale shack battles? I feel like they where. good times. : IcomeINpeace
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    no, i remember playing Q3 Beta with shackers and getting my ass handed to me. : biskits
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      with 64 players? : lowayne
      • there was a 64-player Q2 map wasn't there? : Old_Fart
• It wasn't exactly something that they poured a boatload of effort into :p It seems like it turned out jus... : m3lior
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  now that BFBC2 is out for the PC, they should just release BF1943 for free on the PC : Patch-e
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    Nah, DLC for BFBC2. : ArtilleryMarker
    • but I don't own BFBC2! : Patch-e
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      It would be awesome to see a few WWII-era maps in a DLC pack for BFBC2, especially considering the first ... : Empyric
      • I would like that too, and the rage and drama about "rehashing old maps" would be awesome. : Nitrium
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      WAKE ISLAND : ArcKnight
      • Yes plz! : Empyric
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        If they are only going to release one BF42 map I hope it isn't Wake Island - we've played that one to dea... : dengar65
        • Wake Island will never die because it is the best MP map ever designed. : ArcKnight
• Id retort, how awesome would bc2 had been if the players and guns worked as well as 1943. : stonedonkey

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  Wait nvm. That was just the first boss. : pancake humper
  • lol :D : herradura99
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    Haha. Are you playing on hard? : sumo-hacker
    • Fuck hard mode. I'll admit i'm not that good : mayooms
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      Normal for first play through. I want to enjoy it without possibly getting frustrated on specific parts. : pancake humper
      • How's it feel to lack a large penis? : sumo-hacker
      • I'm playing on Hard, and it's much more brutal than it was on GoW2 : mallfouf
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    That was funnier when penny arcade did it a few years ago. : Conan
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      He's like the shack's Carlos Mencia. : silent prophet
      • haha. Nice. : afty04
      • hahaha : jimmy_legs
      • ahah : abrasion
    • the first 30 minutes of gow3 are way more epic than even part 2. : wtf242
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      Play the game : pancake humper
      • Yeah, I picked it up on the way home. I'm just saying, the reference has been made. : Conan
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    what !, I am just past the part in the demo, so amazing : gmd
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      do I watch Lost or keep playing, oh god I am so conflicted (no dvr and hate watching on hulu0 : gmd
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        No DVR what the fuck are you a farmer??? : MagicWishMonkey
        • Lol. : Edges
      • keep playing if you just got to that part there is so much more cool shit coming up : Iwannaacura
    • I just got to Hades. This game is insane. first person kratos kill cam??? ON MY FACE are you kidding me??... : pancake humper
  • lol what, was this a joke post then haha : Chandler55
  • http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2007/3/19/ : Haku-Jin
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    haha seriously that first boss was pretty damn epic. i actually stopped after that because i needed a br... : smacknca
    • Yeah people just have no idea until they play it. It was holy shit from 'New Game' : pancake humper
  • me too! gaia is gonna pay >:( : smax
• I finished it last week! : ArtilleryMarker
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  I just did my awesome sex scene. This game is faptastic : Iwannaacura
  • "Kratos, come back to bed!" "No, wench. Kratos does not cuddle!" (smashes woman's skull against headbo... : Omaha
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    I hope I didn't miss it :( : pancake humper
    • you really can't : dopefish
• Gonna rent it this weekend if i can find it anywhere in stock. : Digital_Bath
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  yo pancake send me your ps3 when you are done : mwasher
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    come over this weekend fool. show you demon's souls and god of war 3. like saturday during the day or som... : wtf242
    • how many times must we go over that i work on saturdays? =P sunday would be good tho. saturday is su... : mwasher
• Game is Godly, the second lvl is better than the first, bloody camera some times f$%#, still I love the b... : valcan_s
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  Poseidon getting Kratos' thumbs in his eyes was pretty brutal especially from that first person perspecti : giant boy detective
  • Also the platforming in the game is some fuuuuuuuuu fodder if there ever was any. : giant boy detective
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    I need to stop clicking on these spoilers >:( : dodob
    • Its like 20 minutes into the game, and has been covered in a TON of previews and whatnot. : MacemanInTW
  • yeah the first person perspective was a really cool choice for that. liked it a lot. : jimmy_legs
  • Seriously. They should have called this game Greek History X. : BlackCat9
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  ok I had to stop since it is late and I have to turn surround sound off, but this is the best looking gam... : gmd
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    ya think? oh god why don't i just buy this : Deathlove
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      do you have a ps3? : mwasher
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        no i do not i am waiting for the new SKU :( : Deathlove
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          I hop there is a $199 sku. :( prob not tho : mwasher
          • no, i think they're going to be the same prices, just a revised mobo or smth. >:( : Deathlove
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          Rumor is that the new SKU is just a new mfg for some of the parts. Who knows though. : capt tripps
          • Yeah, that's my bet, but figure on getting the new hotness I guess :/ : Deathlove
    • the scale is like nothing I have ever seen before and it runs silky smooth, : gmd
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    I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO glad I bought a subwoofer a few months ago. Now I need al... : pancake humper
    • my sub is not plugged in, way too much for a condo : gmd
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    Best looking game? Not really. Fucking sweet game, YES!!! I stopped playing at about 3am. Seriously... : MacemanInTW
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      best looking really, this includes art and atmosphere : gmd
      • It's real close between this and UC2 at least. Not sure whichnis prettier yet. : Begawkiness
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    i love how they zoom out and you think it's a cutscene but are still in control of kratos : wtf242
    • Maybe they are doing some video overlaying for some of the scenes? It is unbelievable that all of those a... : fsck
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    Does Kratos smash fucks in the head with rocks, doors, logs, chains etc? If so, buying. : abrasion
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      Yes and it shows the smashed heads in great detail : gmd
      • Sold. : abrasion
      • That particular scene was interesting. I wasn't really expecting it go on as long as it did. Good stuff... : MacemanInTW
  • I kind of wish it was 1080p. Still I have to agree that it does look very good. Some scenes the jaggies a... : afrochops
  • mmmm yeah its good. it makes me all kinds of happy, everything is just better than 2 the way 2 was bette... : smacknca
  • Good looking for sure, I'd hardly say it's the best looking game out there... Fucking jaggies everywhe... : etherboy
  • Kratos is Ancient Greece's version of Jack Bauer. : BlackCat9
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  i wish i could rent a ps3 :( : GloriousCow
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    Doesn't Blockbuster rent consoles anymore? : spiffymc
    • Back in high school when we first moved to Canada and the first Blockbuster opened in our neighbourhood, ... : dodob
  • omg me too :( I don't want to spend so much money for just one game : Halen
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  I tried so hard tonight to finish part 2. Played for a good 3 hours but I got stuck and had to get ready ... : bozer
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    Hint: You can use the Golden Fleece to "parry" the medusa's gaze and then QTE freeze her : etherboy
    • Or : Run past them into the next room, and use the movable box thing as a shield so only one of the med : MacemanInTW
  • I got stuck there too for an hour i think. : fsck
• lol...the jump from God to Titan difficulty is pretty huge. I wanted a harder difficulty, but it does not... : byorn
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  I'm going to wait a couple weeks and rent it. Doing my part for the environment. : ArB
  • except the developers losing $20 means they are now more likely to smoke, use plastic bags, and drive cra... : Chandler55
• launch trailer: http://www.viddler.com/explore/sceablog/videos/860/56.23 : irrerno
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  You seem surprised? I always thought God Of War was a trendsetter for sub-10-hour games. : Endymion_
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    Whooooooooooosh! : abrasion
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      That's the sound of how quickly you can blast through God Of War games, man. : Endymion_
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        read post #2. : irrerno
        • Way ahead of you. : Endymion_
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        I'm not sure if you're taking the piss and just playing around for fun or something (or being more sinist... : abrasion
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          And I'm not sure if you're gay or just pissed that I don't worship at your altar of Kratos, but I've comp... : Endymion_
          • well you two sure have created yourselves a shitty subthread : mwasher
          • Who the fuck are you and what's your problem? The GoW series has never been labelled as a short game, ev... : abrasion
  • i wish more games were 10 hours, the metal gera solid series is my favorite because i can play them in 3 ... : Chandler55
• Is anyone else having problems with the double jump? I'm assuming there's something off in my timing, or : Kniggit

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• freakin sweet : Downforce
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  Cool, except I don't see any BFBC2 improvements listed :( : GrnMonster
  • I guess the best case scenario is a hotfix, oh well. : ProtoPunch
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  I've been running the betas, much more stable than the 10.2 crashy issues, but still get the vertical gre... : yosemiteclimber
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    this work around fixed that issue for me http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/276896-33-radeon-5750-disp... : Lawgiver
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      thank you thank you thank you! although i'm hoping the final 10.3s won't require this ;) : yosemiteclimber
      • oop hit replt too soon. the leaked 10.3s looked fine to me and ran a bit smoother as well, it was noticea... : yosemiteclimber
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  I'm really happy i got a 5850. This card is sweet and the drivers aren't terrible! : burning eye
  • same. My last 3 cards were nvidia : gyokuro
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    Do you overclock? You can oc it to out perform a 5870 at stock. : Visceral Monkey
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      haven't done it yet, but ill have to look into that :D. : burning eye
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        Wow. So this involves flashing the card with a 5870 bios? Wouldn't using the sliders perform the same f... : burning eye
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          What? Yea, you don't have to flash the bios. Just use msi afterburner, unlock the volts in the .ini file ... : Visceral Monkey
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            Sort of reading around and it looks like some folks are just flashing the card altogether. I'll be stayi... : burning eye
            • DOn't worry about flashing GFX bios or volt modding or anything. I managed to get my 4890 from stock cloc... : Mr. Goodwrench
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      linkkk, i guess ill google this. :D : chilln
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        TRY THIS Overclocking the 5850 past stock 5870 speeds. You can use this guide here: http://tech.icr... : Visceral Monkey
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          I did all these things. and the damn thing wont switch when i click "apply". the bars slide up, but it ke... : chilln
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            nvm. im dumb and somehow edited the wrong CFG. works great. thanks sir! : chilln
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              This is badass, it has 2d and 3d profiles, so i can run OC only when im in games. winner is you. : chilln
              • orly? gotta get on this bandwagon!! sounds good : Downforce
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                I'm not sure if the 2d/3d thing works. I just save my oc profile and before I start a game, select it and... : Visceral Monkey
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                  Also, just for refrence, my stable oc is thus: Volts: 1250 Core: 935 Memory: 1200 Core is the big... : Visceral Monkey
                  • Hmm, I should try this. I got an XFX XXX edition which is already at 755\1125, but I bet I could push it ... : aggressor
                  • Ugh, something is wrong with my PC. my heaven benchmarks are WAY too low. I was seeing people with reg... : chilln
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          Man I got an open box 5850 from zipzoomfly for $250... figured it maybe was a bad overclocker or somethin... : noven
          • Nice. Any voltage adjustments? How does it affect cooler noise? : aggressor
  • nVidia needs to come up with something to compete with ATI so the prices go down. : Crimsonbeak
  • same here... hell of an upgrade from my 8800GT : zerog83
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  I wish i could update my drivers on my 4850. Every time i try it becomes crazy unstable. I have to use ... : Digital_Bath
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    That sounds like a PC issue, not the drivers. : SirX
    • Yeah, my 4850 has the newest. : bilbo202
    • Could it be a defective card? Cause this problem has bugged me for a long time. My system otherwise run... : Digital_Bath
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  does it fix 5770's hardlocking people's computers? : Jackass1233
  • Ah, so it is a 5770 thing. Hope the drivers take care of that bit. : SumTingWong
• How about some proper game profiles ATI? : cetra00
• Will it help my x1800xt D: : OmegaRed59
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  NVidia is now charging for drivers. : RuffasBluetain
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    Activision-Blizzard-NVIDIA?? : ErichTopp
    • http://i.engadget.com/2010/03/15/nvidias-3dtv-play-finally-solves-the-hdmi-1-4-gap-for-3d-vision/ : RuffasBluetain
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    The drivers are free, however the fan speed controlling part costs extra. : guido anchovy
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      FAN SPEED CONTROLS? Fuck, if I didn't crank my 8800 GTX's fan speed up to 100% all the time, the card ... : Rice-Rocketeer
      • Just get Rivatuner. You can manually control it or it allows you to set up advanced controls based on ch... : bipolar
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    What? Really? : melkore
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      They are will be charging $40 for 3D stereo drivers. : RuffasBluetain
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        "all 3D Vision customers will be getting this as a free upgrade later this spring. NVIDIA will also be of... : jipey
        • I assume "3D Vision costumers" are people who have purchased the $200 3d nvidia kits. : RuffasBluetain
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  Why would the WHQL driver not contain the AVP optimisation? : Goblin au
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    Might have been added after they got them certified and didn't want to delay the release any further. : IndigoAK
    • The last time I installed non-WHQL drivers, blu-ray playback was disabled. No amount of driver rollback o... : Goblin au
• Will it fix mouse cursor corruption on the primary monitor? : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
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  Is it going to fix display scaling in Windows 7? or do I have to format back to XP for that? : Cliffzorz
  • That works. : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
• Looks like somebody is afraid of Fermi :). Be sure to check ot image quality modifications... : matthaeus
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  What about the slow load times in BC2? I went from being the first person in the server on map changes wi... : skinlab133
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    Is there a reason everyone is sure this is something for ATI to fix? The beta didn't have this problem, ... : JHelgie
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      Yeah that reason would be reality. http://forums.amd.com/game/messageview.cfm?catid=260&threadid=129047 : AgentPothead
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        And what precisely should I be looking for as I read this? : JHelgie
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          Everybody with an ATI card loading twice as long as everybody with the same system on an Nvidia card? I k... : AgentPothead
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            I'm not saying it's not a problem associated with using ATI cards, but that doesn't necessarily imply tha... : JHelgie
            • I actually spoke to one of the BC2 DICE graphics developers directly and he said it's because of DX11's c : AgentPothead
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          Again, here's what someone in that thread that YOU LINKED says: "Hi, I've got the same problem, but th... : JHelgie
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            I actually spoke to one of the BC2 DICE graphics developers directly and he said it's because of DX11's c : AgentPothead
            • It affects directx 10 cards as well, so I'm not sure how confidence I have in that statement. : JHelgie