Evening Reading: I Don't Care About 3D

So, Nintendo revealed the 3DS early this morning in Japan and I could not be less excited. Not only do I care absolutely zero about 3D-gaming (about as much as I care about 3D-movies), I can't imagine it working on a handheld.

Maybe Nintendo has a big surprise up its sleeve, but I think we could be looking at the next Virtual Boy here. Either way, we'll know more at E3.

You know what I am excited about? LOST!

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Game of the Evening - First-Person Shooters:

Tribes: "Mastered combat in 3 dimensions more than a decade before today's games could master combat in 2." (MercFox1)

Remember to submit your choices for Game of the Evening in this comments thread.

From The Chatty
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    March 23, 2010 5:00 PM

    ER'd. I think it's about time I start organizing another Northern California Shackmeet. The one in November was fucking awesome.

    We got together for Paintball in the morning. We had a large enough crowd that we were a completely private party and hired a private ref so that we could play on the big fields with only us. We went to my house to shower (no gay stuff) and then met up with the rest of the Shackmeet people at a brewery where we ate and drank. Finally we went back to my house where much drinking and gaming took place.

    I think the Paintball was so successful that I am going to do it again for the next one. We'll hire a private ref from the very beginning this time, as the split cost was more than worth it. I will also buy a ton of paint in advance which should cut down costs significantly.

    I am thinking June or July. Now is your chance to tell me dates that you definitely don't want it to be, and then I will either avoid that date or pick that date depending on if I hate you or not.

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      March 23, 2010 5:01 PM

      I really want to attend this one. I was super bummed that I missed the last one. :(

      At this point, I am hoping to schedule around it!

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      March 23, 2010 5:02 PM

      give me enough warning so I can fly in like I did to Mysled's shackmeet.

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        March 23, 2010 5:04 PM

        I assume both June and July, if I were to set the date very soon, would be enough warning? I'm trying to really have enough advance warning this time that everyone who wants to go can go.

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      March 23, 2010 5:05 PM

      Definitely looking forward to this one.

      Are you gonna doodle (thanks again for that reminder) it up again?

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        March 23, 2010 5:06 PM

        Oh, 12-13 June weekend is not too flexible for me. 15-19 July period I will be out of town.

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      March 23, 2010 5:05 PM

      Is it going to be on a weekend? Maybe i'll drag Jikim up with me.

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        March 23, 2010 5:07 PM

        Yeah, it'll be a Saturday for sure. So if you want to attend Paintballing and you're from out-of-town you'll need to come the day before because Paintballing starts at like 8am or something ridiculous.

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      March 23, 2010 5:06 PM

      not june. june is hellish for me. or at least, late june if you must. like last week.

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      March 23, 2010 5:07 PM

      oh man, I might there that month anyways, so maybe I can somehow make that!

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      March 23, 2010 5:08 PM

      Hijack: What's some good paintball accessories for my Tippman A-5 marker?

      Mine is real standard and I mainly only upgraded it with a bigger feed tube thing. I'm mainly looking for a good longer barrel and a sighting system.

      Also I think a detached air tank with hose is something else I'm considering too.

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        March 23, 2010 5:19 PM

        I used to play pro in gts and nppl series and my vote would be to leave it stock and get a remote if you really want one. An a5 is fine but I wouldn't bother upgrading it, money would be better spent saving for a better marker or mask or whatever.

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          March 23, 2010 5:24 PM

          I don't plan on playing pro but I like to be the one eyed man in the land of the blind.

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            March 23, 2010 6:13 PM

            I stopped cuz real guns were more fun

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      March 23, 2010 5:08 PM

      These are the best Shackmeets. I'll deserve a vaca by then. Maybe I'll take one.

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      March 23, 2010 5:10 PM

      Also I plan on going through the Shackmeet page and sending a Shackmessage to every Shacker that has ever signed up for a California Shackmeet. I really want everyone that might be interested to know about it this time. Every single time I do one of these there are several people who find out about it afterwards and are disappointed they didn't hear about it despite me posting a billion threads.

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        March 23, 2010 6:03 PM

        I don't know how they miss it. You're always so artsy with the colors too!

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          March 23, 2010 10:34 PM

          I think Overload needs to add bold and italics to his posts to make them really pop

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      March 23, 2010 5:10 PM

      BAD June 5/6, 19/20 July 17/18, 31/(Aug 1) Please don't hate me :(

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        March 23, 2010 5:12 PM

        I don't hate you! I'll hate the guy who complains that I scheduled it when he can't go but never replied to my planning threads ;)

        It's of course possible that I'll have to schedule it on one of those weekends anyway, depending on other people, but I'll do my best to maximize attendance.

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      March 23, 2010 5:11 PM

      I'm out of town the weekend of June 19. Otherwise I'm interested. Not so much paintball but food later would be good if late-comers are welcome.

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        March 23, 2010 5:17 PM

        Oh of course! At my last two meets the "morning activity" has only involved a small subset of the total attendees. Far less than half. Most people arrive at the brewery.

        I really really really wish the PRL didn't limit you in threads you started.

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      March 23, 2010 5:11 PM

      Not... mid June I think? Yeah, going on vacation then. Whenever other than that.

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      March 23, 2010 5:14 PM

      not end of June (20th) thru beginning of July (17th).

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        March 23, 2010 5:15 PM

        Ah man you're the first to object to early July D:

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          March 23, 2010 10:19 PM

          I might be able to change stuff for July 17th given the early notice. however July 10th is out (daughter's bday party).

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      March 23, 2010 5:14 PM

      So far it looks like early July is going to be the best bet. That'd be July 3 or 10. Would the weekend of July 4 be a problem for people? I don't know if it's common to have big July 4 plans as I never do.

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      March 23, 2010 5:22 PM

      ThomW I demand that you come to this shackmeet

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        March 23, 2010 5:25 PM

        We could set up a laptop with Skype so he can watch us through an effigy of him.

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        March 23, 2010 6:29 PM

        Set a date and I'll look into doing it. Just make sure you avoid my Conan O'Brien June 7 tickets, and Aziz Ansari on July 16. :D

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      March 23, 2010 6:16 PM

      Also I just wrecked the fuck out of my knee playing paintball on Sunday but it was AWESOME.

      There were two guys in a bunker trading shots with me behind a barrel from across 30m of open space that was covered in mud. I caught one of the guys looking away to talk to a teammate and nailed him in the head, leaving one guy inside the bunker. He poked out to shoot as I checked my ammo and realized I was completely out, save maybe two dozen shots.

      So with eugthinks covering me, we unloaded at the bunker, making the guy inside duck back down - the instant he did, I hopped up from behind the cover and took off at a dead sprint towards the bunker, crossing the open area with zero cover and shooting to keep his head down. I covered the distance in a few seconds, dove to my knees without slowing down and slid past the left side of the bunker in the mud, shooting to my right one-handed as I skidded past the opening and nailing the guy inside with my last few shots.

      Then I couldn't really walk immediately afterward and I'm still in a knee brace two days later. Totally fucking worth it though.

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        March 23, 2010 9:55 PM

        Dude where are you guys playing

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          March 23, 2010 11:35 PM

          We played at Los Gatos Pursuit Paintball in the Santa Cruz mountains. Way smaller than the place we went for the Shackmeet, and oriented toward beginner/intermediate players. It was well-run though, and quite fun! Even my female came out and enjoyed herself. Maybe we can get her to come to the Shackmeet this time! :D

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      March 23, 2010 7:30 PM

      I would LOVE to play some paintball w/ some shackers. I did the private party thing at the American Canyon Paintball for my bday and it was awesome.

      I think June would be best for me, as in July I have to attend a wedding and may be in crunch mode at work.

      Please don't hate me.

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        March 23, 2010 9:55 PM

        That's exactly where we went this last time and it was great.

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      March 23, 2010 7:44 PM

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        March 23, 2010 8:09 PM

        You guys still do like 3X more shackmeets there than we do in NorCal. Also many more undocumented ones too.

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      March 23, 2010 7:48 PM

      i would love to go to this. How north are you? like Weed-north? Chico-north? Sacramento-north?

      Also, 4th of july will be probably be busy for me, but i think everything else in my schedule is flexible.

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      March 23, 2010 7:59 PM

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      March 23, 2010 8:34 PM

      I'll actually come to this one (rather than signing up and not coming) and I'll probly bring my girl. she has no idea I frequent a video game site. should be funny

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        March 23, 2010 8:40 PM

        if it's any help i'll pretend it's a porsche owner's club meet

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          March 24, 2010 1:44 AM

          Well how do we explain the lack of porsches when she comes?

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      March 23, 2010 10:07 PM

      DOODLE POLL
      http://www.doodle.com/9aepvs3d9tf7v844

      PLEASE ONLY ANSWER THIS POLL IF YOU ARE REASONABLY CONFIDENT YOU WILL COME! It would be awful to have people that would have come get left out because it was scheduled on a day that no-shows said they would come.

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        March 23, 2010 10:21 PM

        gah. i reversed my check marks. can you erase my entry?

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          March 23, 2010 10:23 PM

          I think you can. I am having trouble making it let me modify shit

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            March 23, 2010 10:24 PM

            Bah I can't even modify my own which makes no sense. I just added a new line for you

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        March 23, 2010 10:46 PM

        Bahahahahhaha, that poll degenerated quickly! More people need to click this

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          March 23, 2010 10:54 PM

          Well fuck; since I can't modify the poll I can't fix it

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            March 23, 2010 10:58 PM

            Hahahahah, dear god I'm still laughing

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            March 24, 2010 12:01 AM

            Okay I figured out how to delete shit

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        March 23, 2010 11:19 PM

        [deleted]

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          March 23, 2010 11:40 PM

          Honestly I expect that it was a doodle troll, but I guess there is no way to know :(

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        March 23, 2010 11:35 PM

        mischievous badger, indeed

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      March 23, 2010 10:38 PM

      i'm down! Sundays would be best for me

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      March 24, 2010 12:05 AM

      So by "Northern California" I assume you mean the SF Bay Area right? Not the actual Northern California (Mendocino, Humboldt, Del Norte).

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