Morning Discussion

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• It's currently $39.99 CDN at HMV. Not that that helps people in the states too much. : Bob_Loblaw
• I think it's a pretty good deal, considering blurays can cost $30+... : nyranger66
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  Firefly is now streaming on Netflix. Also most of the chicks in Firefly are already ugly enough without h... : snot3353
  • Our Mrs. Reynolds would like a word with you. : trOmblyj
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    You must be blind or mentally impaired. : slickdoody
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      You must have very low standards. : snot3353
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        no, it's called 'taste,' something you apparently aren't familiar with : Halen
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          http://www.collider.com/uploads/imageGallery/Joss_Whedon/joss_whedon_firefly_cast.jpg GROSS. I would l... : snot3353
          • Different light? http://2img.skins.be/2/6/0/3/8/4/46744-jstait3-122-177lo.jpg I wouldn't say no : biofrog
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            Admittedly, that's a very unflattering picture. Post some pics of chicks you think are not gross! : Halen
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              Well since we're on the Sci-Fi-TV-Show-Theme here I guess I'll try not to go out of the category. Tricia ... : snot3353
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                What a fucking hag. Man your standards are nearly rock bottom. : Lunatic Angelic
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                  i think you've all got horrible taste. that kaylee chick made sg:a suck, and that battlestar blonde look... : crypt420
                  • You know how I know you're gay? : CRasterImage
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    I would fuck the shit out of Kaylee : amrbean
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      no shit. : dedgecko
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        No, it's there, 5th word. : Ebu
        • lol : Godhatesfatpeople
        • :P : [fry]
        • haha : sikander
        • lolz! : RogerDandy
        • hehe smartass : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • Devastation and ruination to her vagina. : Nullzero
    • Indeed. : Arctic Fox
    • Who wouldn't? : thetangent
    • Yes! I don't know what it is about her in that show.. but she is so hot. : Gwyndion
    • I have a second cousin that looks really similar to Kaylee. It was torture being in the same room with : Rice-Rocketeer
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      the episode "Out of Gas" was awesome where she was getting railed in the engine bay by the original mecha : .Jayson
      • Yes.. I watched that scene.. you know.. a FEW times. :) : Gwyndion
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    Which ugly one are you talking about? Zoey is the only maybe, and she's far FAR from ugly, just pales ... : Ebu
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      Actually I kind of like Kaylee. Something about Anara just bugs the hell out of me though. Shes too puffy... : snot3353
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        If it's a note to yourself - why bother posting? : dedgecko
        • It was a direct response to the question above it. If you're only going to make a hostile and baseless co... : snot3353
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        http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/726184245/TWITTER.bmp She is kind of incredibly adorable : Halen
        • Damn. She is such a Cutie. : Lexicon_Leidun
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        Anara is incredibly sexy : CRasterImage
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          INARA INARA INARA INARA INARA : Ebu
          • No matter how hard you try, you will not be able to summon her. I have tried. : CRasterImage
  • INTERNET!! : hamachi
  • What????Safron says otherwise : Iwannaacura
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    you sir, are wrong, and need to be on your way.. : g0nk
    • Yes sir :( : snot3353
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    I've never seen this still, and I didn't know it was on Instant Watch. Thanks for the tip. : tomservo
    • Came to instant watch on the first. : Iwannaacura
  • Obvious troll. Trying to hard or gay : uglysad
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    Listen, if you're going to make a post about LTC, try to be more subtle or make it longer or something. : ejectorpod
    • we basically need ILTC foreplay : Clay
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      What is LTC? : snot3353
      • Laughing Til (I) Cry. : Ride-My-Rocket
      • Listens to Country. : massdev
      • Loves The Count (ah ah ah ah!) : thetangent
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        Listens to Coldplay : ColoradoCNC
        • ^^^This conveys the proper meaning. : Fyunch Click
      • bunch of smart asses up there. it means Learn To Copulate. : greydog
      • Lick The Children : voodooraze
  • I've been trolled by a LA'er : rbjester
  • Look how wrong you are. : o0JediBeavis0o
  • You know how I know you're gay? : thetangent
  • Your sense of "ugly" needs some tweaking : ColoradoCNC
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  I dont understand why TV shows cost so much on dvd or blu ray. These shows have already been paid for by ... : jarek99
  • Fox is pretty good about pricing compared to other distributors. I got Firefly off of a gold box deal for... : Totenjaeger
  • They cost that much because the market has established that it is an accepted and sustainable price. ... : Ebu
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  Nice, its "Gold Tier" on this list http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1168342#anchor0 Get... : KxRook
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    Bronze? : Ebu
    • Mother fuc : KxRook
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  Problem with that is the effects will look bad. From what I understand they rendered them at 720x486. Not... : gooblerampling
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    It's Firefly, the effects already looked bad. You didn't watch this series for the special effects. : boarder2
    • I didn't? : gooblerampling
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      Eh? Like what? : CRasterImage
      • Depends on your definition of "bad" I guess. I just re-watched the first episode the other day and the ef... : snot3353
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    I watched the series on HDDVD, it really wasnt too bad at all : Maarten Goldstein
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      I think you are confusing it with the movie. FOX never released anything on HD DVD. If it were I would ha... : DarkWolf5
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        Remember that Maarten is in the land of wooden shoes so it may have seen an HD DVD release there. There w... : Prozium
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          I bought many of those European releases and never saw a foreign distributor for firefly. But I suppose I... : DarkWolf5
          • yeah, I'm kinda glad I waited for the blu-ray release of BoB. Ended up getting it for $25 off an amazon l... : Prozium
• I bought my copy for $20 bucks from Amazon thanks to a pricing error. : Ellissd
• I got it for $25 a few weeks ago from Amazon lightning deals. The quality isn't much of an upgrade over t... : silaslang

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  I like to strike when the iron is hot... if you know what I mean. : d3tached
  • love that! : RogerDandy
  • hahaha the little smirk that follows : givemesnacks
  • What does he mean? I must know! : CRasterImage
  • I think he said "strike when the ion is hot." NERD ALERT! : hussdelrio
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  He kind of goes flaccid a few minutes in. : Klebold
  • the video keeps giving all the way till the end, though. The slow unveil that he wants to win so he can m : kevp
• Darth Cranium. : trove
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  When the sound starts to get out of sync with the video I was expecting some David Lynch shit there. : trove
  • man I started watching this and imagining the walls start breathing and he starts melting and i started t... : kgargs
• someone show this man a pussy... stat. : usmcmueller
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  You can always expect come from behind victories when you least expect them! : Zeeliv
  • suprise behind victories! : CRasterImage
• "over 7" why not just say 8 : rgoer
• you can always expect a come from behind victory when you lease expect it. : papaskot
• Guy needs to go outside and get drunk. : Mr. Goodwrench
• Good lord. Thanks for the confidence boost. : The Grolar Bear
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  hahahaha "you can always expect me to come out on top. And if you don't expect me to. Those can always ... : .frame
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    hahahaha WHAT? He should come out on top of the english language. : slickdoody
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      I expect him to when I least expect it. : magistersmax
      • whilst he is coming on top of you no doubt. : ihya
• I could beat this guy with my blood elf rogue : jingletard
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  The world is full of such amazing and diverse characters. : theghostofsmdever
  • http://blog.codefront.net/2007/08/13/mmorpg-called-outside/ over 56,400 character archetypes : Alpha Class Android
• why is it that nerds seem to be a lot fatter than they used to be? we went from nerds looking like woody ... : cptstern
• He reminds me of Professor Fink : losimagic
• the way he talks is just : mayooms
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  I didn't listen for most of it but damn what a SAD ending. : bongturbo
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    He kinda sounds and looks like you dude, what gives? : kgargs
    • You know whats almost creepy? I was gonna say he reminds me of a tall, fat kgargs, but I resisted. : bongturbo
  • He seems so proud of it, too. : action wombmate
• my SKILLS are second to none! : ErneX
• "how do I know?" hahaha : RogerDandy
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  this is seriously one of the hardest things i've ever watched. : akirabob
  • For you and me both, Akirabob : Reeves
• poor guy, he's reading all that and sometimes gets stuck in some sentences, he must be reading from a scr... : ErneX
• once i master the game in single player mode.. I am ready to take on the challanges in multiplayer. go g... : rbjester
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  LOL this is how I picture 99% of the shack. : Old8Leg
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    Really? From the shackmeets I've been to, most are in shape and dress very well. : jcrockerman
    • Yeah Old8Leg clearly hasn't actually met other Shackers which leads me to believe he is the one in the vi... : OverloadUT
  • that is more like 15% of the shack : EvilDolemite
  • We barely play games as it is. : bashildy@speakeasy.net
  • Honestly, I do as well. Even though I'm sure it is incorrect, I still think of that as my stereotype w... : TheVietSpecial
• Most NPCs could film a better audition tape :( : tometome
• He is just nervous in front of the camera and he made the poor decision to read a script. : socksta
• I.. uh.. er.. wow. : glio1337
• I like his word: Majurity. 9 out of 10 gamers agree that he is the best. : duncan432
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  women are replused by nerds because nerds are socially awkward and havent quite figured out that talking : cptstern
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    I at least would be not interested in someone like this because he obviously puts video games first in hi... : mysled
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      Also there is the whole "lack of understanding of reality" thing he's got going for him : mysled
      • haha : skinlab133
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      Feeling needed by someone is fine for family and friends but a random person you are getting to know? Why... : Mr. Goodwrench
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        So you wouldn't run away fast if you went on a first date with a girl and all she did was text her friend... : mysled
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          That was probably a bad analogy now that I think about it. Plus I should clarify that obviously many peop... : mysled
          • Maybe I misunderstood what you were trying to say. It seemed like you were saying that if you meet someon... : Mr. Goodwrench
• It was me :( : mysled
• 100 thousand dollars, very nice. : givemesnacks
• WTF that shit was dubed over was it not? Stupid his comments where useless. Maybe I should apply? I wo... : valcan_s
• Hey Bedrava, this guy sounds a lot like you. I know you're not such a crazy nerd but the inflection in h... : kainen1
• this is the kind of thing I would've recorded when I was 15, god damn : Majuju
• He is RESPONDING TO YOUTUBE COMMENTS! Normally gamers are internet-savvy enough to know you just don't d... : hussdelrio
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  let's beat his ass! : xxiv
  • I wonder what his opinion is on the psychology of grunts in the frontlines... : CRasterImage
• He reminds me exactly of a kid I went to high school with. Glasses, manner of speech, everything. I've ... : Zakko
• i have a nightmare where i have kids and they turn out like this : extrahappyturtle
• Always expect come from behind victories when you least expect them. : mexicanimator
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  I don't think this kid realizes they will only be bringing on attractive, trendy people to the show. : limpossible
  • Hrmm.. maybe not. Just watched a clip from that show : limpossible
• I give the kid props. Who gives a shit what others think. He has the balls to post the video. I say GG. : pun][sher
• This makes me sad : ColoradoCNC
• What a charming individual : Begawkiness
• Wow, I feel sorry for that poor kid. : thetangent
• - drifting A/V sync - serpentine-to-nonsensical writing - grandstanding yet self-conscious nasally deli... : drazz
• this video slays me (1) the hard swallows between sentences, while the start of the next sentence soun... : kevp
• I have a cousin who is arguably worse than that. : omnova
• Watch out for those come from behind victories with this kid. : ColonBlow1
• the first season was so stupid. It was supposed to be about hardcore gaming and they are playing DDR 3, a... : headbone
• 10 OR 12 years, kid. Which is it? : Goblin au

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  Gears of Splinter Cell Ubisoft has ruined another franchise, boys and girls. Gamespot gives it an 8.0 an... : retarded talking dinosaur
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    8.0?` : aaarrrgh
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      as low as you can go without pissing off ubisoft? : Foxhawk
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        Why don't they just change the scale to 1 to 3? That's the only range they use anyway. : Albemuth
        • Because then people will think that a 1 is 33%, and the worst game ever. I think the problem is that t... : famine101
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    8.0 to me means pretty darn good, but your review is scathing. Does not compute : OverloadUT
    • 8.0/10 on the ILTC scale? : ryuuseki
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      To clarify I am not questioning Gamespot's score, rather I am questioning you agreeing with it when your ... : OverloadUT
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        It's still a FUN GAME, I'm more pissed that they took something awesome and made it mediocre. : retarded talking dinosaur
        • that is the most passive aggressive review. FUN but MEDIOCRE : spiderfill
    • the part he agrees with is stealth being toned down : Chandler55
    • Yeah an 8/10 is a high quality game in my opinion, 7 is not great, but pretty ok, and 6 is getting pretty... : Begawkiness
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    Sounds like a 4.0/10 : MercFox1
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      No, I think a 4.0 would have to have some fundamentally broken parts. There are parts of SCC that are pre... : retarded talking dinosaur
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        Ruining stealthy gameplay in a Splinter Cell game sounds like fundamentally broken :((( : MercFox1
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          I agree with you, MercFox. I also feel the same way about Rainbow6. Though the Shack disagrees with us, w... : LoioshDwaggie
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            Let's play some Chaos Theory over the weekend, hooah? : MercFox1
            • Now there was some good MP! Pandora Tomorrow is #2 on my best MP list. (Tribes = #1) : LoioshDwaggie
          • Hasn't been a Rainbow Six game since Raven Shield. Shame, really. : AxeMan808
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    Let us know if you get a chance to try co-op. : hoov1185
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      the online campaign is exactly like the single player w/ a couple coop additions. its a solid 4-5 hours a... : wilcon
      • Good to hear. I have a buddy I play co-op games with all the time so this sounds perfect. : hoov1185
  • Things that are good: (because apparently I forgot those parts) - Execute works pretty well. Sometimes i... : retarded talking dinosaur
  • i think it's neat. it's nothing like the rest of the series but it does a lot of cool things. it's comple... : JINKY
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    An eight is bad? : Haku-Jin
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      with the amount of hype I've been hearing about this game, it's like if heavy rain/gow3 got 8.0, which wo... : Chandler55
      • He said the franchise was ruined. That sounds bad to me. : Haku-Jin
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      if its not 9 or 10 it's garbage : dantastic
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        No but it is decidedly mediocre, and not even really a genre pleaser. I love action games and stealth gam... : retarded talking dinosaur
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          8/10 does not = mediocre in my book. Sounds like the score should have been 6.5 or 7. : JohnnyRey
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            9-10 = amazing. you will enjoy nearly every minute. 8.0-9.0 an overall good experience with a few bad mar... : retarded talking dinosaur
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              What would you rate it? : JohnnyRey
              • i havent finished it yet. right now im pretty pissed but i think it will get better before the end : retarded talking dinosaur
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      An eight is bad because they delayed the game for years to make it a better experience. : choppp
      • 5 years for this is lol : retarded talking dinosaur
      • How does that make an 8 bad? What if the Hobo-Sam game was a piece of crap? (Which it was, by all acco... : evildanish
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    I disagree, they basically trimmed the fat and unleashed you to play the game. Plus once you learn the ne... : wilcon
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      I think the game could have GREATLY BENEFITED from not being called Splinter Cell. Original story, not be : retarded talking dinosaur
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        Like, the old games took themselves somewhat seriously. I'm a globetrotting badass who cannot move quickl... : retarded talking dinosaur
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          it sounds like itd be the greatest bourne movie tie in game ever : spiderfill
          • yeah, it would have been a pretty respectable bourne movie game. It just doesn't like up to blockbuster q... : retarded talking dinosaur
      • The problem is that the Tom Clancy games have almost universally had terrible writing, and it started a d... : ArcKnight
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        Games change and evolve. Basing your review on the name is ridiculous. It might not be what you expect... : Rice-Rocketeer
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          1. They could have named it something else if they didnt want comparisons. 2. I am judging it on the game... : retarded talking dinosaur
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            You state above that you think the game would have "GREATLY BENEFITED" if they had changed the IP. How... : Rice-Rocketeer
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              Yes, but he is basing those beliefs on the 15 games that came before it. It's not like he is pulling them... : JohnnyRey
              • Or Halo into an RTS lolololol (poor ensemble, saddled with a shitbag project idea :( ) : retarded talking dinosaur
            • i think you missed the point of that sentence. the game suffers from trying to shoehorn old story element... : retarded talking dinosaur
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          Games do change, but Splinter Cell has always been about stealth. Sounds like this game shits all over th : JohnnyRey
          • There are plenty of times when you can sneak around in the dark, but you pretty much have to kill everyon... : retarded talking dinosaur
          • All the previews and videos I've seen still incorporate stealth...only this time you kill EVERYTHING inst : Rice-Rocketeer
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      The AI is NOT a lot better on realistic. Hanging from a pipe and throwing proximity mines at 8+ enemie... : Brian Leahy
      • yeah i did a lot of piling bodies. Also, the repetitious voice acting is pretty bad for the guards. if yo... : retarded talking dinosaur
      • well on normal they pretty much sit back and wait to get picked off. on realistic they'll actually try to... : wilcon
  • You're like Homer Simpson the Food Critic. Ubisoft ruined the franchise, they've thrown out everything : evildanish
  • Well whatever they did, they got me interested enough in Splinter Cell to buy a copy today. And you're fu... : Entity
  • I knew this game would suck when I saw their presentation at E3. They had some marketing guy standing ou... : twifosp
• I've been watching this guy's stream, I'm waiting for the bargain bin, it looks fun though! http://www... : ghost in my shell
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  For some reason the demo didn't do much for me. Probably my own fault though. I haven't played a lot of ... : humbleone
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    No... thats what the game is now. I see no reason to play it any other way. The stealth is not very enjoy... : retarded talking dinosaur
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      But it didn't seem very good as a shooter : humbleone
      • thats where the mediocrity comes in, its not really the best at anything it does. : retarded talking dinosaur
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  Oddly enough, MASS EFFECT 2 did a similar "Gears of Mass Effect" thing and it worked out very very well f... : retarded talking dinosaur
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    Well ME was always wishing the combat was as good as and similar to Gears, SC was always something comple... : derelict515
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      I agree. the guns were an absolute last resort in splinter cell. the entire direction of the franchise ha... : retarded talking dinosaur
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        Your statement is ridiculously hyperbolic. Jesus. There's nothing stopping you from trying to do steal... : Rice-Rocketeer
        • I haven't completed the game, so nothing is for sure, but so far stealth has been a part of maybe 1 or 2 ... : retarded talking dinosaur
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    The original ME's shooting was really fast dice rolling with no ammo. You only had a 'chance to hit' if t... : Entity
    • I agree. Mass Effect 2 is extremely well done. : Rice-Rocketeer
    • They did change that for ME PC though, which plays a lot better and more like ME2. : enyakk

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  Group sex with whores? : ryuuseki
  • Real-time face mutilation if they laugh at our small pecker? : oO SilentK Oo
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  I don't know, I think it might be like the GTA4 multi which was fun for a bit to mess with, but didn't re... : FormerHPB
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    Yah GTA4's multiplayer was lacking of a leveling system and upgrades. Also Posse's are going to add a lot... : zuff
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      GTA IV lacking a leveling system / upgrades is not what made GTA IV MP suck (after the initial couple of ... : dedgecko
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        What made it suck to you? I felt GTA IV mp had no purpose, no goals, and it was always a free-for-all run... : zuff
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          Dude, we did an all faggio shackrace that was awesome and the cops and robbers mode had a ton of potentia... : ryuuseki
          • I remember Cops & Robbers was the best mode out of all of them. Good times were had. I wasn't much of a s... : zuff
          • But the fun didn't last very long. Everything outside of free-mode and race was unbalanced, limited, and... : dedgecko
        • In GTA4 multi free mode you did spawn with your friends : OverloadUT
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    It interests me how most people have no idea how boring these open-world exploration games can be in mult... : LoioshDwaggie
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      Never played Arma, I take it? That game is mostly traveling. : zuff
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        Never did. Mostly I get my MP jollies from WoW and BC2. : LoioshDwaggie
        • Supposedly if anyone of your posse members gets in an engagement, everyone can be "summoned" to them in a... : zuff
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      That's why most games today cater to ADD kids... : saunders45
      • I'm not sure it's fair to call someone ADD for not wanting to sit in a Russian jeep for 20 minutes to get... : Sturm08
• Holy shit. That looks awesome. : Bull
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  I cant wait. Unfortunately I will have to (See: PC version) :( : Godhatesfatpeople
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    Do you not own a 360 or just refuse to buy it on a inferior system? : zuff
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      I just dont own any consoles. : Godhatesfatpeople
      • Change your shackname to Godhatesfatpeopleandconsoles : DrZettl
      • Same. : Mr. Goodwrench
    • After GTA IV on the 360 - I'm waiting for any future Rockstar games to show up on the PC and get a favora... : dedgecko
• same, so excited : busdriver3030
• I didn't really know anything about this game until my gf pointed it out (she says the horses look and ar... : jbury
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  I just found out that my friend who I was going to play it with probably wont have his 360 for the summer... : TheVietSpecial
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    buy it anyway, we will be your friends : busdriver3030
    • I still have it on pre-order, because it will be awesome anyway. : TheVietSpecial
  • I help boner : deadhorse
• Ditto. One of my most anticipated titles in years. : Sgt_Boomstick
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  I've been trying to think of a clever cowboyish name for my character.. : str8upkiller
  • ..ooO 420 SMOKER Ooo.. : DrZettl
  • str8upcowboy : tomservo
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  Only cost $45 to order from Amazon (for 360) , ships on launch day. Amazon makes this shit too temptin... : MagicWishMonkey
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    Not seeing that price: http://grab.by/3JDn Did you have a $10 discount from a previous game or something... : zuff
    • Yea, every time I buy a game from them they give me a big credit towards my next purchase, I haven't paid... : MagicWishMonkey
• Can't wait! : WhatIsThisFor
• I don't generally like free-roam (up until recently) or Westerns, but this is my most anticipated game of... : etherboy
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  In this subthread PS3 or 360? : etherboy
  • 360, more of my friends will have it on there. Plus more people with mics, too. : zuff
  • PSTriple : obiquatro
  • PC if they release it soon enough, 360 otherwise. : LoioshDwaggie
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    360 where my friends list is full : WhatIsThisFor
    • pretty much : dantastic
  • 360 : TheVietSpecial
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    360 - but I should probably finish some games before I can allow myself buy it. Hell I should probably f... : humbleone
    • to buy* : humbleone
  • 360 : greydog
  • 360 : klearlyunseen
  • 360 : AltZero
  • 360 : saunders45
  • All my friends have PS3s... but I might get it on 360 (and later PC) if enough don't buy in... : etherboy
  • 360 : adsriordan
  • 360 : hussdelrio
  • three-sixty : ErneX
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    wii : ateam311
    • hahaha DUDE its not makes for the WIi lolol : humbleone
  • PS3 because I cancelled my Live Gold (fuck that noise) : Majuju
  • 360 : Cashh
  • 360 : oO SilentK Oo
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  PAGING TOMSERVO. PAGING TOMSERVO! Far Cry 2-esque open world MP? Here we gooooo!!!!! : MercFox1
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    Hopefully! I'm going to hold out on buying it day of release just to read some impressions around here. B... : tomservo
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      you better buy the 360 version so you me an ajax can ride in a posse. : sigpro
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        ajax will be too busy playing WoW to play. : cltcprd
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          Good point. He's off the fucking team. : sigpro
          • I already pre-ordered my copy. : cltcprd
      • That will OWN : tomservo
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    Hopefully its nothing like Far Cry 2. :( : pimpium
    • Agreed! : zuff
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  I was excited but being a multiplayer whore this announcement just bumped the game on top of my list. Nee... : Cashh
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    Side missions: * Bounty Hunting ** Initiated by tearing a Wanted Poster from the wall ** Bounty is mar... : Cashh
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      Each NPC follows their own routine and way of a life. For example, one spends all day working in a blacks : zuff
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        Well shit. I want this really bad now. : tomservo
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          I just watched my first video. It looks like it's basically GTA4 in the old west. People have probably... : tomservo
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            Watch all the videos you can on it. The hype I have for this game is unbearable. It's so bad I'm playing ... : zuff
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              I'm going to buy a cowboy hat and wear it on release day : tomservo
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                pix + divx please, but no chapps : zuff
                • incoming naked tomservo in a cowboy hat pics... : dedgecko
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        Saints Row had a bank robbing system? I thought it was just hold ups / breaking into the back room saf... : dedgecko
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          well, I meant the robbing system in general, but yes, how you hold up liquor stores and stuff. : zuff
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            shame there's no streaking system.... : dedgecko
            • I do miss the silliness of Saints Row :) : zuff
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      MP Texas Hold em while in game. This game is going to be soo sweet! : AltZero
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        Where did you see that? That's awesome if true. : zuff
        • Eh, I actually meant that as a question. Saw *Poker listed above. : AltZero
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  As long as you can kill horses/steers easy. I want to see streets and fields full of dead animals. : retardhumper
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    40 kinds of dead animals! : deadhorse
    • I want to be able to headshot someones horse and watch them do a faceplant : retardhumper
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  It's easily my most anticipated game, although not to the level that GTA4 was. I seriously thought about ... : at0micgarden
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    Now the question....PS3 vs 360? I won't be able to wait for the PC version (but I'm sure I'll re-buy it). : at0micgarden
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      Get 360 and be in my posse until I betray you and bury your clothes in the desert sands : tomservo
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        We'll see if you're able to display your conniving ways with no scalp. I'm gonna sell that shit for gold,... : at0micgarden
        • hahahaha : tomservo
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  It looks to me like it'll be just like GTA4 Free Mode which is fun at first but there isn't any real game... : OverloadUT
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    I personally think that this MP will be leaps and bounds better in terms of gunplay, team organizing (and... : zuff
    • I am going to play the shit out of it even if it's exactly like GTA4, but I hope you are right! : OverloadUT
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  I'll wait for PC. Hopefully they will incorporate steam and we can all join each others game from our des... : fadetofunk
  • in all likely-hood they will go via the craptacular GFWL route. : dedgecko
• All of this excitement is making me more excited. : deadhorse
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  I totally want to tie chicks to train tracks. : saunders45
  • I want to make an Indian character named Lagsalot. What do you think of that paleface? : Haku-Jin
• I want to get this game yes : ErneX
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  I hate westerns. I hate them with my entire body. I hated them growing up, I hated my hick cowboy step-fa... : Rooster Cockburn
  • You will definitely not like it : OverloadUT
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    Why would you even ask that question? : TheVietSpecial
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      Hey guys I absolutely hate first person shooters, do you think I would like Quake? : OverloadUT
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        Hey man, I've been willing to open my mind based on video game recommendations before and been quite plea... : Rooster Cockburn
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          Well you said that you hate westerns with every fiber of your being and then asked if you would like this... : OverloadUT
          • I could have left more room. I'd be willing to grudgefuck a western. : Rooster Cockburn
  • How can you hate westerns to such an extent? Are you an eunuch? : dewdman
  • I was going to ask if a western shot your dog...but that's sorta a western trope, so nevermind. : Conan
  • how can you hate westerns? : cltcprd
  • I have a friend that hates fantasy stuff (dwarfs, dragons, wizards, etc.) and often refuses to play games... : AltZero
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    and yet, your name is a ripoff of a John Wayne movie... : saunders45
    • hahaha! : thechunder
  • So you hate the Spaghetti Western Trilogy? : Rag and Bone Man
  • probably. i dont watch a lot of western movies, but i cant wait for this game. i dont watch many fantas... : papaskot
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    Maybe, I love westerns but I can't take John Wayne seriously he's a fucking cornball. He has some good mo... : qwpeoriu
    • i meant leone, not leono there. Also this is going to be like a GTA game probably so it will be a good ga... : qwpeoriu
  • lol, daddy issues. : d0pamine
• Holy shit thanks for the link. I had NO clue they were doing something this cool. If they pull this off..... : Sturm08
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  lol... some of the same hype in here as there was in here: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=16080740 ... : dedgecko
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    But GTAIV turned out to be awesome? : Godhatesfatpeople
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      a matter of opinion, one that I do not share with you. : dedgecko
      • I didn't care much for GTA IV, but I think the setting of RDR works with the "serious" genre a lot better... : cltcprd
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    you're like the shack wet blanket, the anti-christ of shackhype. At least you can be converted, sometimes... : dewdman
    • yea, I'm happy that I stuck with bad company 2 after the initial bad-impressions / poor comparison to id-... : dedgecko
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    It is a different Rockstar studio that is making the game though. I guess the comparisons make sense giv... : MaxPete82
    • And I don't see how being excited for a game is "hype". Rockstar is releasing a ton of gameplay videos (... : MaxPete82
• eh. dunno how i feel about that mp vid. : head crab

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  Common consensus actually seems to be that they're underpowered, from watching copious amounts of youtube... : aaarrrgh
  • I'll chalk it up to me having terrible micro, then. : maulla
• If you use Thor with their cannon ability you can stun them and basically take them out of the game. The... : wtNORTHMAN
• Ultralisks are the complete opposite of OP. They are way too weak. They melt so fast. : pancake humper
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  I just can't beat air, I can not in any way beat it. I am not good at the game and I hate it when people ... : abrasion
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    What race do you play? Sounds like it may be a scouting issue. : pancake humper
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      Protoss and yes it is a scouting issue. 3 in a row to air now, wow. : abrasion
      • You need to use Stalkers/Sentries more. Blink absolutely RAPES air. Protoss anti-air is the weakest of... : pancake humper
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    photon cannons and sentries? if you dont have a carrier or void ray build then thats probably all you can... : maulla
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      I think Toss's AA is pissweak personally - but I can't deny my scouting has cost me so so many games. I'... : abrasion
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        Whats your typical build? I know nothing about protoss, but I know their AA gets bitched about a lot. ... : maulla
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          Typical build is 3 warpgate, dual robotics, pylon city. Problem is early scouting - I can build my shit ... : abrasion
          • cut one of the robotics if your'e only going 3 gateway early.. you wont be able to constantly produce fro... : Demius
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        how come toss aa sucks? psi storms / phoenix or voids / stalkers. wouldn't those do a decent enough job i... : xxiv
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          Sentries are some of their best AA too. That shield helps to reduce damage and their damage isn't too ba... : Grumbeld
          • Yeah I just think they're so expensive...I know they're good but I don't build too many : kainen1
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    As a general rule of thumb, air is weak against anything that can shoot back. That's why they get to be i... : Zek
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      With how fast mutas are it's not hard to outmacro Protoss : chrisschutz
      • This. : abrasion
• Ultralists are uselessly weak. They move so slow I wouldn't expect to hit anything with them. : Blucklesworth
• Hell no. I think they're pretty shitty myself. Before work went 3-0! Really starting to get better ... : kainen1
• I wish they were more powerful to be honest. : DM7
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  i watched a video of them going up against thors yesterday, they died incredibly fast without hardly touc... : valael
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    That makes me sad. As a zerg player, the ultralisk is the pinnacle of zerg evolution. Years of morphing t... : DM7
    • Well if you can make them without the terran player knowing, or without him knowing what to do, then you'... : Reeves
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      I think zerg high tier units need help. they can't stand toe to toe with the other races. the best I c... : kainen1
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        um broodlords rape hard : Reeves
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          I dunno, I think they're incredibly slow and more than anything expensive to be feasible. If you know z... : kainen1
          • Nobody masses brood lords because they have no anti-air. They're meant to be siege support. : Zek
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            They need some mutas or something for defending them. If thy have proper air support they can just eat up... : DM7
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              Well any support + top tier unit is going to eat up base. :) I don't think broodlords exclusively hold... : kainen1
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                What are some other top tier units you think are better? Battlecruisers? Carriers? : DM7
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                  Carriers, Archons, Colossus. I guess for Terran since I dont like BC's I'd rather have a pack of tanks ... : kainen1
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                    I literally never see archons come out. I don't even know what one looks like after like 70-80 games and ... : derelict515
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                      I dunno why, they're really strong as hell. hit like a mofo and can withstand alot of punishment : kainen1
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                        They're a T3 unit that costs 100/300, and do 25 damage (+10 bio). Their splash damage was also significa... : walker270
                        • Yeah archons are pretty useless, especially if you compare them to ultras. I can't wait until they get a... : dkrulz
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                      You never build for archons. You build high templar and merge during/after a battle when they're out of ... : walker270
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                        or DT's too : kainen1
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                          I don't see a reason you'd ever merge DTs, unless you went hard DTs and your opponent responded with a fu... : walker270
                          • its not my strat damnit I'm just saying you could pop some archons if let's say the opponent responded wi... : kainen1
                      • Right, I just meant I never see them at all : derelict515
          • you dont need to "mass" broodlords to tear shit up, you just need a handful with an escort : yAak
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  I'm about 10 games into SC2 (Never played SC1) So is the raven the only detection unit the Terrans ha... : judoka2
  • Scan with an Orbital Command : pancake humper
  • The terrans can build a com station on their HQ that is a detector also. : DM7
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    missile turrets are only 100 minerals and build fast. : maulla
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      that would be for detecting banshees, that is. : maulla
      • They can detect land, too. : walker270
  • Scan with the CC upgrade or build turrets. : Agrona
  • if you're not being rushed, when is it the best time to expand? Pretty much right then. Take your force ... : derelict515
  • Missle turrets and scanner sweep upgrade on the command center : ninjase
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  Anyone have any good replays to link?? : kainen1
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91XjX59O-VQ www.youtube.com/hdstarcraft www.youtube.com/huskystarcraft : Reeves
    • I like Psy as well: http://www.youtube.com/user/PsyStarcraft : briandubau
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      Anybody know why 75% of their videos load INCREDIBLY slowly? It takes a good half hour for the entire vi... : fishbone
      • HD... : yAak
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  I think I've actually gotten worse in the past 10 days than better, quite seriously :/ : abrasion
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    The matchmaking is supposed to be pretty good, so maybe you've reached a point where you are playing peop... : Duffman8369
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      I'm just terrible, I make mistakes WORSE than what I made a month ago. I need a tactics guide because I j... : abrasion
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        I have similar problems. I always identify what I should have done instead of what I should be doing. So ... : Duffman8369
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          I find most 2v2 games horribly lame and cheesy, 1v1 feels like skill vs skill : abrasion
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            I think I've seen your arguments against 2v2 before and I just disagree. I feel that there is still skill... : Duffman8369
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              Win in a 2v2, easy. Don't play twighlight fortress, because the other guy can protect the other player e... : abrasion
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                If you are decent at defending your choke at all you can hold off a double rush until your partner arrive... : Duffman8369
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                  Depending on the map, I can hold off the rush but it's tricky - I build a forge before a gateway for good... : abrasion
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                    That could be a problem too if they rush your teammate, you wont have anything to help him with. : Duffman8369
                    • Like I said, it's rarely fun! 1v1 is very intense but much better. : abrasion
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                I like it, I think you've just haven't been in a good competetive 2v2 games. There really isn't too much... : kainen1
                • I agree, I've got 2 or 3 other friends I run with in SC2 and being able to team up against 4 others on a ... : Duffman8369
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        maybe you should just try playing different races : yAak
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          I want to master one first - at least partially. In War 3 I started as random for 3 months - then a yea... : abrasion
          • Protoss does not have less focus on expansions. Protoss needs to keep up with zerg and out-expand terran. : walker270
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            I guess what I'm really suggesting is that you may suck at Protoss and might be better at Terran or Zerg ... : yAak
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              I think I just suck period - Zerg confuses me so much though. I will stick with Protoss for a year or... : abrasion
              • It basically sounds like you're determined to have a bad experience... Why does Zerg confuse you? I... : yAak
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                Zerg is pretty simplistic I think. You make 2 Hatcheries and pump some combination of Ling Roach Hydra. ... : Blucklesworth
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                  yeah.....do you dislike mutas too then? : kainen1
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                    no i love them zvp but im not going to suggest them to bad players : Blucklesworth
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                      i have trouble with them.....they feel like pure harassment units. if i want to do that, i just build a ... : kainen1
                      • They're very strong harassment units, but with more harassment options than just peon/base killing. ... : yAak
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                        A nydus is nowhere near as good harassment as a swarm of mutas. Not even in the same category. : derelict515
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                          turning a base from inside out from two dozen hydras popping out unexpected definitely constitutes as har... : kainen1
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                            It's just nowhere near as effective. You're not going to get a nydus off at a lot of expansions with good... : derelict515
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                              I guess i'm not pro enough to micro them while maintaining adequate macro then : kainen1
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                                I'm in copper so it's not like I'm pro, I lose all the time to muta harass, rarely to nydus worms if some... : derelict515
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                                  i've used it in gold 2v2 with great success. granted, im bringing two dozen hydras with range upgrades t... : kainen1
                                  • yeah I mean there's no doubt it can wreak havoc at a base, it just doesn't have the constant harrassment ... : derelict515
                  • mutas are wonderful! : yAak
                • is zerg the easiest race to learn for a new player? I'm getting better at terran but I completely lose si... : maulla
            • (Just play Zerg, I find it easy to improve macro when production is so simplified) : yAak
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        Stop playing protoss. Protoss is "supposed" to be the expensive + strong units race, but they're not i... : walker270
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          It almost seems terran is the strongest for their food to $ ratio. : abrasion
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            They do. I also don't think terran are being played correctly atm. Marauders are just so ridiculously... : walker270
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              I really agree. For me, watching TheLittleOne play Terran vs Nazgul gave some hints at what could be don... : yAak
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                Last night's Day9 Daily featured a really solid game with highlighted the power of a few Ravens. LzGamer... : walker270
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                  right now everyone seems mostly interested in massing units... : yAak
                  • As much as they can get away with. For the longest time protoss needed the most diversity to win, bu... : walker270
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                  Can you elaborate on Ravens? I've been trying to figure out how to use them. I usually bring 1-2 with my ... : derelict515
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                    In the replay Day9 was commentating on, one guy used point defense drones to drop the damage from the oth... : walker270
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                      What was the ratio of drones to marauders to make that effective? Do I need to have like 3-4 ravens? : derelict515
                      • Hell if I know. The guy was dropping 1-2 drones out to stop all of the damage to a giant blob. : walker270
            • I don't use Marauders as much as before to be honest. The nerf was really hard on them and people learned... : razlebol
            • I got fucked by a drop last night of m/m/m again - I hadn't seen it in a while. He did outbuild me so I... : abrasion
      • You realize the more you win and get closer to your skill level you should be 50/50 right? : Chod
• I have been so damn busy lately but I am looking forward to some SC2 later this week! : ]pm[chem
• Play is so different at "low" levels. I don't mean to sound like i'm awesome (I capped at at #1 but in th... : sammyl
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  I think im just terrible : Moonraker7
  • you saved my ass in our other wins lol. I was surprised that we ended up about even on the econ breakdown... : maulla
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    the only thing terrible about your play is your habit of doing that fgt ass "float the command center int... : mwasher
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      I think we should be allowed to repeatedly punch people that do that. In the nuts. Until the stop doing... : asylumn
      • was a full shacker game, other 3 people wanting to just get started with a new game, so i just booted him... : mwasher
    • LOL that is great. :D : DM7
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      I made sure to take note of that during your games and wrote that name down so I never have to play with ... : pancake humper
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        hahaha he prolly doesn't know any better : kainen1
        • told him multiple times to not do it and he just ignores it. very odd. : mwasher
        • they were telling him in game. He was completely aware of what he was doing. : pancake humper
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      people do that with people they know? : Blucklesworth
      • not "people," moonraker :) : mwasher
    • I've started to relish crushing people that do that. I don't know what's going on but the bad manners in ... : Serpico74
    • That was probably my first or second game, I dont do that anymore : Moonraker7
• It sucks that EU and US can´t play together, would be fun to do some stompin with the shack crowd. : gebz
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  They cost 300 minerals, 200 gas, 6 supply. So 10-15 of those should fuck you up hard. They can get 5 ar... : SqueegyTBS
  • they can also be kited and destroyed by tier 1.5 units. marauders : wurt
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  Bah, SC2 isn't running on my machine at work. Any reason why the game would just stall on a windows 7 dua... : sammyl
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    try setting executables to "Run as Administrator" : yAak
    • so did this work? : yAak
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  Got 3rd place on their comic contest from February. Glad it finally got decided on. http://us.starcraft2... : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
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    I'm not quite sure I understand the 1st place one, I think yours is much more clever and funny. : Jackass1233
    • thanks :) We'll have to play some more once i get a little better. : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
    • i agree : valael
  • Did you get another key? : abrasion
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  Got a Zerg tip I'm not sure people know. I map all my bases to 5 and all my queens to 6. You tap 6 then R... : SqueegyTBS
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    I like to hotkey all my queens and hatcheries togethor for larvae spawn. That way i dont have to move my ... : wurt
    • ^^^ both are good tips here guys... I always have trouble micro'ing the Queen's : TPSReport
    • Oh that's cool. Gonna have to try that. : SqueegyTBS
    • i must do this : yAak
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    How do you 'click on a hatchery' from the minimap? You cannot click buildings from that. : pancake humper
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      you click int he general area. : wurt
      • Ok that's what I thought he meant. : pancake humper
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    Isn't there the risk that if the nearest queen doesn't have enough energy, another queen will walk over t... : Zek
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      There is - but that's minimized end game when all your queens are synced up like the bitches they are : wurt
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        synced up mana wise*** : wurt
        • yeah girls do that : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
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      if you have 1 queen per hatchery, there is no risk. Because it takes exactly the same amount of time to ... : SqueegyTBS
      • I use multiple tumors to make smiley faces. So when you walk into my base you know you're in wurt territo... : wurt
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    So wait. not only do overlords automatically see cloaked, you don't automatically get larvae at your hat... : hanfeitzu
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      its for extra larvae. so like you dont need to create 8 hatcheries like in brood war : Chandler55
      • oh ok. I love starcraft but I watched some early replays of SC2 and couldn't tell the background from th... : hanfeitzu
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      no, inject larva is an ability the queen uses to create extra larva : mwasher
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        But a zerg player not injecting larvae will never even get close to winning. I would say at least 60% of... : SqueegyTBS
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          That's the goal with muta build save up for atleast 6-7 mutas right when spire spawns. Pro touch would be... : wurt
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            ^^^ Hidden spires always screw me up. If all I see are roach and hydra tech then I'm going to go heavy on... : Serpico74
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              thors are actually pretty good against them, looks like they do splash damage vs air : noven
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                Yeah, I play Protoss so Thors don't really help me :) : Serpico74
                • heh I guess I read robo as mech : noven
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            At the risk of undefended expensive tech that takes like 2 minutes to rebuild. Also, dont move that ov... : SqueegyTBS
            • haha yea - it's definitely risky : wurt
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              is that the case with non defensive structures? otherwise buildings are your base would pop soon after ... : mwasher
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                yea mwasher. any zerg building w/out creep starts losing HP . : wurt
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                  ah, I thought buildings provided their own little bit of surrounding creep. : mwasher
                  • Pretty sure that was true in SC1, but not SC2. : one random winner
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              You could also spawn creep tumors, either by hoofing a queen over or by constantly expanding creep throug... : Serpico74
              • so can you make a permanent glob of creep by dropping it with the overlord then putting a creep tumor on ... : valael
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    this is precisely why i suck with macro as terran or toss. :( : mwasher
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      dude its so easy ! i actually find toss to be the easiest ATM. I need to step up my zerg game. and terran... : wurt
      • oh i can spit out units with warp gates like a pro, but i don't know what units to be making nor proper b... : mwasher
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    I am 99% sure you can't cast on an icon like you can in Warcraft 3 right?` : abrasion
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      U can. Try it : wurt
      • You know what I mean by icon right? in the black box down the bottom - NOT in the minimap? : abrasion
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  HIJACK - Its sort of lame how long they are letting you guys all get ramped up before this goes live. I... : topkatz
  • it's ok we all suck : wurt
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    Odds are there are going to be a few significant changes to each race between now and release which will ... : walker270
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      Doubtful. They will probably make lots of small changes and one or two large ones here and there. But t... : dkrulz
      • Doubtful? Right now whatever balance the game has is largely dependent on a handful of things that a... : walker270
  • I'm sorry, I don't understand what the problem is. : Serpico74
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    Trust me, the number of people playing beta is a drop in the pond compared to the numbers that will be pl... : Zek
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      Maximum number of players you're seeing at any given time is 10000. It'll be a lot more than that when th... : Serpico74
      • Ok, closer to 13000, point still stands. :) : Serpico74
  • huh? : kainen1
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    People have been playing SC1 non stop for 12 years, a few month lead time on sc2 isn't gonna make much di... : slickdoody
    • you'd be surprised, even people who constantly play SC1 had to make adjustments to get used to SC2 simply... : Jackass1233
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    Thats what matchmaking is for. Plus now you can go look up some basic builds online and destroy 75% of t... : yAak
    • Also, if you're really worried, just go play SC1. A lot of the skills transfer over almost directly. : walker270
  • I'm sure it will sell a couple of millions in the first few week. Plenty of noobs to play with. : razlebol
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  I'm so bummed about not getting a key. It seems like everyone and their mother's dog got keys. =( Do y... : JohnnyRey
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    yes, probably after the content patch, which is supposed to hit this month. : yAak
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      does anyone know what this patch could contain apart from new maps? : JohnnyDanger
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        3v3, 4v4 modes + maps available bleeding zerg buildings "few example achievements, improved Voice Chat... : yAak
        • cool thread. thanks yaak. i read most of it lol : chilln
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  i'm sure everyone has seen this but yet another reason i need to learn to play toss. http://www.youtub... : mwasher
  • yeah thats like hacks. impressive lol. : chilln
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    yeah watched it the other day. makes me realize how incompetent my micro is. I can barely get groups of... : valael
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      supposedly holding shift will make them blink kinda in a line. but u gotta like hold shift and assign a w... : chilln
      • HDStarcraft has a vid of how to do it. It doesn't really seem that bad. : midgetherder
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        You just shift click where you want them to blink from and than you choose the blink location. Not really... : razlebol
        • well no its not hard to do, but when youre macroing, building units, and every second is life or death it... : chilln
• I'm on my way home from work - watching SC2 youtube videos on the train - getting ready for some pwnage t... : wurt
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  Is there a way to rebind the mouse buttons? E.g. the back button functions as the middle button for scrol... : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
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    Huh, how would you scroll in 4 directions with a mouse button? : derelict515
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      Hold down and pan, like Maya or Max. : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
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        yeah that seems more complex than a simple rebind. You want to rebind what's normally like just an arrow ... : derelict515
        • Middle mouse already does that. He just wants it for the back button instead. : razlebol
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    Pros use the minimap more often than not. : walker270
    • To move even a screen-length? : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
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    Just use what you are more confortable with. Most of the time, you will move screen by just double tappin... : razlebol
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      This is for in-battle stuff. : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
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        Then you should just double tap the group key. All your units should be in a group. : razlebol
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          They are. But frequently with unit diversity I run out of keys that are reachable (#6 for me) : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
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            I also hate having to find 'M' so my medivacs will follow and heal instead of pickup. : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
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              M? I just put them in the same group and they stick together. : razlebol
              • that's sub-optimal for healing, though : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
          • Just keep them all in the same group and your specialty ones in 1 or 2 group. You don't really need more ... : razlebol
          • Throw everything in group 1, then use groups 2-4 for things you might need to micro. : walker270
  • When I hit one of my side buttons the mouse disappears and any scrolling i do moves the whole screen, it'... : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
  • I had to do that remapping through my mouse driver software, couldn't be done through starcraft. Feels mu... : ratman
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  Silly question. Can Warp Prisms power buildings? I mean, they have the power grid for warp gates to war... : valael
  • yes : mwasher
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  Ultralisk are not so good right now. They do seem to work well against a mass of units that don't have bo... : razlebol
  • I love this video. Completely unrealistic, but awesome. : valael
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    Ive found they die easy, but say youre on a giant-econ battle in 2v2 on that twilight fortress map, u can... : chilln
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      In large numbers they are hard to stop like other massive units but it doesn't really happen often. : razlebol
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        no it doesnt, and they cost too much and are FAR too vulnerable. You can spend a ton of cash on a carr... : chilln
        • They are not worth it in 99% of the cases but we were just dicking around and a huge wave of ultralisk ca... : razlebol
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  Zerg question: For every hatchery you zerg players build, do you make a queen for it? Even if it's an ou... : DM7
  • yes I do and it's definitely worth it. that way you can (re)build your army much faster : JohnnyDanger
  • eventually. the FE shares a queen until i have the income to build a 2nd and actually make use of larva ... : mwasher
• holy crap 4 game win streak and im rank 17 :) Im in copper but it still feels good : maulla

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  Only the 15" and 17" get the i5/i7 procs, I wanted a 13" i5 macbook :( : Affliated
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    Did the 13" get a graphics bump? : Jonathan
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      It's got a geforce 320m in it. No idea what was in it before. : Affliated
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        I think it had something like a 9400m GT before. : Bob_Loblaw
        • That's what I thought but I wasn't paying attention really. : Jonathan
• oh hmmm nice :D : packav
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  Not cool. I'm cursing my 13'' MacBook today. I miss having a 15'' MBP. :( (forgot my display adapter a... : zakazi
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    15" is the perfect size for me. Good balance of portability, power, and screen size. I went from a 15... : genom
    • My iBook G4 is running like a tank and it just passed it's 5th birthday. My MBP is in for repair for the ... : peanut-
• Finally! : jason bergman
• bout time : spaceyme
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  what a disappointment on the 13" MBPs Why should I buy that instead of the regular Macbook for 300 ââ€... : rookieone
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    the white supports up to 4GB ram the Pro supports up to 8GB, among other things… : ErneX
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      no application that runs reasonably well on C2D chips really requires more than 4GB of RAM. You're not ru... : rookieone
      • if wouldn't buy a plastic macbook anymore… : ErneX
      • I'd rather have the 13" mbp over the mb and I'm a designer with a 23" external display, which I use with ... : not work safe
  • Casing is nicer? : DogDharma
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  13" is disappointing :( I was hoping/expecting i5 in there, not another Core 2 Duo. I imagine that no... : TwiLyght
  • Yeah, me too. I really need to replace my MBP, and was hoping the 13" would get a sizable bump. Looks lik... : jason bergman
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    hmm so whats the difference between the Macbook and the MBP 13? : Slowtreme
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      Old: Core 2 Duo 2.26 GHz 2 GB RAM Geforce 9400M New: Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz (which was always an optio... : TwiLyght
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        What I'm really seeing is the MB is now the previous MBP 13, basically handmedown specs and the white tre... : Slowtreme
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          The MB and MBP have been almost identical since the October 2009 update. The only differences between th... : TwiLyght
          • Makes since that they didn't go i5 for the mbp13, or they would have been compelled to push it into the m... : Slowtreme
    • Fuckers took out the infrared sensor in the MB with the latest plastic unibody version. : kramweil
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  Hrmm we are ordering 100 new macbooks at work this month. I wonder if apple will try and push off the ol... : Crimsonbeak
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    new ones of course, you might get a chance to buy the previous ones at really low prices too : ErneX
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      Yeah who knows what Apple pushes at us I think we are just waiting for the quote. : Crimsonbeak
      • It's going to be the new ones. Usually you can't even buy older models at their stores anymore on the da... : TwiLyght
      • they won't try to give you older ones, that would be bullshit : ErneX
• Damnit Apple, I was ready to give you money today for a 13" i5 macbook pro, why must you disappointment s... : Affliated
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  No SSD's yet? : abrasion
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    look harder.. : g0nk
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      http://www.apple.com/mac/whichmacbook/compare.html Control F SSD "Phrase not found" : abrasion
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        look harder.. http://www.apple.com/mac/whichmacbook/compare.html Control F solid-state drive : jbury
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          ahhhhhhh ok - still only on that one eh? damn the time is soon for everyone to have one but I guess not y... : abrasion
          • You can get a 512 if you want. : MoreVespeneGas
          • yeah I still don't have an SSD yet just because of the price - I think once they start to come down a bit... : jbury
          • SSD is an optional upgrade on the MB Pros as well, you just have to go into the store to see it. : Arctic Fox
      • It's an upgrade option. Go to the store to see it. Also, it's labelled as "Solid State Drive", not SSD... : evildanish
      • Control F solid-state drive : Patch-e
  • you can pop in your own if you don't want to get it from the app store directly : ErneX
• :: fap fap fap fap fap fap fap fap fap fap fap fap fap :: Sadly, my unibody macbook is still going str... : squigiliwams
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  So did the 13"s get updated at all, just not with the i5s, or were they totally ignored? : umcpwintermute
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    I can't remember the old CPU speed, but they did get a gpu bump. : DogDharma
    • 2.26 GHz. If you want to compare the previous MBP 13" with today's, just look at the white MB 13" becaus... : TwiLyght
• I think it's kinda lame that you need to upgrade to the high-res display in order to get the anti-glare s... : evildanish
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  The best thing is the on-the-fly GPU switching thanks to the nVidia Optimus tech (for those i5/i7 laptops... : spaceyme
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    You linked the wrong article. : shurcool
    • yeah it's a cpu fan WTF : ErneX
  • Fixed: http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=868 : shurcool
  • well, turns out it's not the nVidia Optimus Tech: "The automatic graphic switching capabilities in the... : ErneX
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  10h battery, nice! : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • but it only last about 1h if you play farmville : HisKillSkill
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  a friend bought a Macbook Pro 15inch last friday, he was freaking out but I told him to return it, good t... : ErneX
  • apple normally allows a couple week grace period if you purchase right before an upgrade : Audhuml4
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  So, do retail stores sell the old models cheaper now or not? : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • I've seen them doing that in Spain, they put everything on "clearance" and you can get really good oportu... : ErneX
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  Core2Duos and no SSD? Ehhhh : kainen1
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    yup, damn shame. I wanted a 13" i5 with ssd. but noooooo : moshman
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      Yep, you only have the option of 2010 Sony Vaio Z there. 13", i5, ssd, 3 lbs... -.- : shurcool
      • thing is, I want to run the mac dev tools :( : moshman
• So who thinks the iMacs update later this year will have an SSD option? Because that would be fucking pim... : node
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  ooh you can switch between integrated and discrete graphics without logging out now : opengl128
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    ooooh http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=22675103#itemanchor_22675103 : spaceyme
    • Oooooh you posted a link to a CPU cooler article. : shurcool
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  Wow. What a huge disappointment for me. I had already basically decided to buy the new 13" one, but I am ... : ramshot
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    Why was anyone expecting SSDs to be standard? : peanut-
    • Look at the new 2010 Vaio Z series. : shurcool
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    A few more years? Apple updates the macbooks twice a year. One major update and one minor. : TwiLyght
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      Isn't this the minor? The major one is usually unveiled at one of their press events. : walker270
      • This is the major. The only time they announce them during press events is if there is a huge change in t... : Serpico74
  • same thing, getting an older model one with a discount. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    i5 + SSD? You're going to be paying a lot. : aethyr
    • I'm in no hurry, that's why I was waiting for the new MBP's to begin with. : ramshot
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    Eh, why don't you go check them out anyways, maybe you can learn to live with the 15"? : proclone1
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      Because I won't pay "Apple prices" for something I am not satisfied with out of the box. Size is basicall... : ramshot
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        I love how this myth just refuses to die. : terath
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          It's not a myth. He's saying he can get a 13" PC laptop with better performance than the 15" Mac laptop f... : OverloadUT
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            That has nothing to do with "apple prices" and everything do to with being different hardware. When revis... : terath
            • It doesn't matter what it has to do with. Ramshot made a true statement that you claimed is false; that's... : OverloadUT
          • Link? I couldn't find an i5 + SSD on dell's site for less than the price of the 13" MBP. : walker270
        • I really don't see how a myth fits in between me and the price lists of my local retailers. : ramshot
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          Clamp your hand over your ears harder, maybe it will make it true. : YerMothah
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            One of us has done comparisons, the other is just talking. : terath
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              So apple stuff is competitively priced for the hardware in them? : YerMothah
              • Depends on how you compare. The Sony Vaio E series machine referenced below is ~$800 less than a simil... : walker270
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  mini displayport now sends audio out, so if you use a hdmi adapter you get audio now : opengl128
  • oh man, now I am going to regret my mac mini purchase. : radicus
  • Sweet. : dmason
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    Wait what?? There's no way they can do this for the previous 13" MPB's? : pgharavi
    • It is a hardware difference. : Fayk
  • Is this brand new today for these new MBPs or was this present in the last iMac revision? : zuga
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  Damn. Now is it worth $600 for bigger screen and i5? : dmason
  • Yes. Check out gizmodos benchmark article today : historyinthemaking
  • Yes. Check out gizmodos benchmark article today : historyinthemaking
• man, some of the 15" models still have the same CPU clockspeed and video memory as my 2007 MBP :) : ]pm[chem
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  What brand does Apple use for the SSD's? : ant_hillbilly
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    samsung last i checked. : pgharavi
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      fuck that import shit - i only want american made drives : multisync
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        Multisync are you being sarcastic? Your Mac is made in China. : ryuuseki
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          but it's DESIGNED in California. That's all that matters! : pgharavi
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            and each spacebar is swabbed with a drop of Steve Jobs' semen extracted from his office in Cupertino : proclone1
            • that's why my keyboard tastes sooo good : multisync
        • intel ssd is where its at though : retarded talking dinosaur
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  Ordered a 15" MBP w/ the Core i7, 500GB 7200rpm drive and the high res glossy panel. Replaces my current... : Tripps
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    Trying to decide between 13" 2.4 and 15" 2.4. Is the i5 really that much better? This is a gift for someo... : dmason
    • The I5 + better graphics card is definitely a better idea for CS4 : ryuuseki
    • it is a lot faster, yes. : nomaad
    • god damn mason that's a hell of a gift : kainen1
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      it's probably 10-15% faster all around, and much much better in video transcoding it's not like core 2 d... : Chandler55
      • Yeah, $600 is quite a bit. I could put an Intel SSD in the 13" and still come out ahead. : dmason
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    how much?? : mwasher
    • sm'd : mwasher
  • Just ordered exactly the same thing. Yay for mac i7 laptops. Boo that they're dual core. :( : bostrov
• God. Still terrible discrete video. I mean I'm not asking for SLI or crossfire here or even (relatively... : johnny rotten
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  sony vaio e series i5-520 4gb ram (empty slot available for upgrade) 500gb 7200rpm ati 5470 w/ 512m... : mwasher
  • go for it : ErneX
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    I have to agree with your post. Having bought one of these Vaios I love the hell out of it. It's sleek,... : kainen1
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      BUT I WANTS A MACBOOK PRO :[ : mwasher
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        and 1366x768 resolution for 15" sucks imo. that 1680x1050 on the hires mbp screen makes me hot and bothe... : mwasher
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          they dont do 16:10 resolutions anymore. 1680x1050 is dead : retarded talking dinosaur
          • How is it dead? That resolution is an option in the 15" model. : Serpico74
          • you are wrong : mwasher
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    any other comparable features? what about battery life/quality, the batteries Apple are using now suppose... : ErneX
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      battery life is like half what a MBP gets, and they are made of plastic, and no awesome trackpad :( also... : mikecyb
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        also no backlit keyboard, no magsafe, MBP is slightly thinner and weighs slightly less (though not really... : mikecyb
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          and even the non-fancy screen has a higher resolution than the Viao. 1366x768 is kind of barf : mikecyb
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            I already brought up the screen as a major downside in my post, and obviously I recognize the "niceness" ... : mwasher
            • I dunno the higher quality screen and insane battery life seem like a pretty good reason. most laptops u... : mikecyb
            • Apple tax is a nonsense term that you should stop using. Tea partiers make more sense. : vigilante
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            I posted more differences above - http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=22678782#itemanchor_22678782 You... : walker270
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              yes I agree! but it's cool people want to shout about an apple tax instead. ugh I want to sell my 13"... : mikecyb
              • Yeah. I've extensively used 6 laptops from various companies (HP, Sony, Dell, Sager, Apple). The 13" MBP... : walker270
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                how old is the unibody? I was waiting for this one but i might be looking to get a used one instead : extrahappyturtle
                • it's the very first line of unibodys, when they were still called MacBooks and not MacBook Pros. I only ... : mikecyb
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    Ya. It makes me sad that the MacBook prices have crept right up to being Apple taxed again. I've yet to c... : node
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      iMacs have been Apple's best value for a while, given their displays, performance, and cost relative to o... : Serpico74
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        I hadn't actually priced it up but that sounds right. I'll probably get one soon, I just hope they don't ... : node
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          The i5 750 iMac is the sweet spot. Getting the i7 860 upgrade in the iMac isn't terrible considering that... : Serpico74
          • Yeah that's what I plan to pick up. I'm just trying to remember if any of my friends can get the educatio... : node
          • I priced a top of the line iMac with a Dell with almost identical specs including a giant ips screen and ... : chrisschutz
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    Bet it doesn't have an 8-hour battery life though. http://www.anandtech.com/show/2870/6 : Arctic Fox
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      And the new ones are getting 8-10. No i5 option on the 13" is surprising but the 10 hour battery life is ... : Serpico74
      • the display is amazing as well. i would pay a $200 premium just for the screen, they are hot. : Enraged Pineapple
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  My 17" fully loaded MONSTER just arrived. Unboxing soon. : virus
  • New i7? Jealous... : Tripps
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  i like the hi-res option on the 15", before you could only get 1440x900 : Enraged Pineapple
  • thats one of the best 'new' features of the refresh for me. obviously the cpu bump is great, discrete vi... : smacknca
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  HIJACK: Developer (wo)menz Anyone has a 13" Macbook and can tell me if the screen size is sufficient f... : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    I don't even find the 15" MBP size big enough, FWIW. I have a 24" as well. : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
    • You are getting me worried, I can't shell out money for a 15" or bigger right now. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    you should connect a bigger monitor to it, I love my 24 inch iMac and I don't really want to know what's ... : ErneX
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      yeah yeah will do at home, I'm talking about developing on the go. In a library, train, etc. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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        it's fine. not optimal but do-able. helps if you set the dock to auto-hide too. : mikecyb
        • yes, I'm also reading something online about a single window mode in Xcode... Thanks for the auto-hide ... : Mad Brahmin Disease
      • well for sporadic Xcode I guess it won't be impossible : ErneX
  • I code on a 15" without too many problems, I just make the text small, shrink or hide the dock, and run f... : umcpwintermute
• doesn't seem like you can order from amazon and opt for the high res screen. :( i want my no tax + $4 ... : mwasher
• :( now they come out and i cant get one : CoRDS
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  KSJLGHF -- I've had 5 different people on my nuts for 4-5 months about these things. Since December I've ... : rosewood
  • well, it's not like you didn't tried to help, also, his laptop isn't magically slower now that the ones a... : ErneX
  • bleh, they shoudlve got one in december, these are good upgrades but not wait 5 months upgrades. also if ... : Chandler55

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  PC Gaming ... : midgetherder
  • haha nice : dantastic
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    As opposed to console gaming who didn't even get the game. : DerHuhnTeufel
    • For a good reason : Mad Brahmin Disease
• wut : Godhatesfatpeople
• O_o : CrustaR
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  You can play in offline mode. You have to be logged into your GFWL profile, but that profile does not nee... : deveus1
  • In steam, select the game, go to properties, set launch options and put in "-nomovies" (without the quote... : deveus1
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  Honestly? Raging against a pagefile? Yeah let's expend effort catering to a suboptimal feature that .001%... : derelict515
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    I don't program games so I might be speaking out of my ass, but why should the program be explicitly depe... : Cheeziologist
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      they probably got sick of retards with 1GB of RAM turning off their pagefile and then calling tech suppor... : electroly
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        Why not just warn those retards when the game starts, "You have no pagefile and 1 GB of RAM, retard." : Rooster Cockburn
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          Because if they had to write a case for every single retarded thing someone could do, 99% of the code wou... : Haxim
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            Then again, they already coded in the requirement for the game, so it's essentially an unskippable warnin... : famine101
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              I doubt there was any 'code in the requirement' bit, it's just an assumption that was made (pretty safe o... : derelict515
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                Popping a dialog box requires code, too. And if what the OP is saying is correct, if they don't let yo... : famine101
                • Correct. If you try to run the game without a pagefile set, it gives you a dialog box telling you that yo... : Ebu
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            If they can code something that detects your hardware and adjusts the display settings accordingly (I don... : Rooster Cockburn
            • It's not a matter of 'can' it's a matter of how many fringe corner cases you're going to spend time guard... : derelict515
        • that's what they did. except instead of a warning it's an error : electroly
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  But the opening cut-scene is awesome, why would you not want to watch it at least once? : TheQuad
  • he's blind and the awesome can not be properly viewed via brail. : dedgecko
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    I might have had I not already been pissed about the pagefile thing. Now that I know you can play offl... : Ebu
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      Yeah, it's like Fallout 3. : The Grolar Bear
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        How did that work as far as switching between offline/online mode? I seem to remember starting the game o... : Ebu
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          You will need to sign in to the same profile to access the same saves. But even while not connected to th... : OverloadUT
          • Hmm. Wonder what happened with FO3, then. I remember at some point something happened and when I logged i... : Ebu
• You can save in offline mode (as in, not logged in to GFWL). And your other complaints are kind of stupid... : The Grolar Bear
• Also, unskippable cutscene when you first run it. When I was already pissed about the DRM and pagefile. A... : sheepraper
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  This is NOT TRUE. You only need to be online if you're using an online profile. And once you log in to yo... : OverloadUT
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    This was further misinformation. The game didn't make it clear, and my source was incomplete. Call off th... : Ebu
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      I understand your frustration though; GWFL is not nearly as intuitive as it should be. I don't mind it be... : OverloadUT
      • I had a 360 (and my profile is from that, originally), but it was far more transparent on that system tha... : Ebu
• I think you can bypass the pagefile. There's a commandline option. I know I found the commandline option ... : enyakk
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  ebu it appears that all of your complaints have been addressed in about 4-5 posts. has your rage subside... : busdriver3030
  • He probably blew out a forehead vein and died in a puddle of his own liquid anger. : Johnny Law
• calm down : JINKY
• What are you really angry about? : Klebold
• You need to get out more. : Thornfist
• I have to jump in here because of all the reasons to be pissed at game design, these seem to be pretty we... : IHATEDUST
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  You know...pagefiles are really useful even if you have a lot of RAM... : Rice-Rocketeer
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    BUT IT IS WASTING 1.5GB OF MY 3TB HARDDRIVE SPACE WHICH I TOTALLY USE ALL OF : Arctic Fox
    • I HAVE 8 GIGS OF RAM AND A $300 HARDDRIVE THAT IS REALLY SMALL : kevp
• Yeah I'm with you there. I bought it because I liked the first one enough to support the company but I di... : DerHuhnTeufel
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  http://lifehacker.com/5426041/understanding-the-windows-pagefile-and-why-you-shouldnt-disable-it : mrvandelay
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    Right, but read/writes shorten the lifespan of SSDs (even by a little). With 8gb of RAM, why would I want... : Ebu
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      Do you think you're still be using that tiny SSD in 8 years when the writes finally wear it out? : GloriousCow
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        With luck! : Ebu
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          $20 thumb drives will be bigger than that by then : GloriousCow
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            Faster, too. : famine101
            • With luck! : Ebu
    • Are you really running win7 without a pagefile? Jesus christ you are dumb. : crazywigga
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      Put your page file on your non OS drive. Problem solved. : melkore
      • Except that I want that drive to spin down when I'm not using it, but with a pagefile on it, that will ne... : Ebu
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    That article is good but this is bad advice: "The other size-related advice is to set the minimum and ... : midgetherder
    • Also, unless windows defrag defrags the pagefile, then it's silly. Who fucking pays for a defragger? : cerealSAM2
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  there is 0 reason to disable your pagefile : GloriousCow
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    Never been married have you :( : dognose
    • lol what : bolneze
• silly ebu : dewdman
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  An actual useful response: adding -disablepagefilecheck to the launch arguments will fix that part of you... : Mo__
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    And ignore or were written before the SSD factor. : cetra00
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      Or you're trying to outsmart the OS even though all these things were considered in its design: http://b... : derelict515
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        It's not about performance, it's about having a damn 1.5GB page file on your tiny SSD drive. : cetra00
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          Is the tiny sad drive the only drive in your pc? You don't have a large disk installed as well? If you do... : VectorJKL
          • So...put a pagefile on my storage drive so it has to be spun up at all times? This is a good idea? : cetra00
      • +inf : Cheeziologist
• huh? : dael
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  I fucking hate Games for Windows Live. For awhile I could never login, then *poof* one day it just start... : hoopfam4
  • http://portforward.com/ : Arctic Fox
  • I can't have it automatically log in for me. If I do that I can't log in but if I restart the program an... : melkore
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  Can you do something crazy like symbolic link the pagefile to a location in RAM via a ramdisk? : hadronflux
  • Can you even do 1.5gb RAM disks in Windows? I do have a link for my steamapps dir to a partition on my... : Ebu

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  I'll take one of their spots after I get eliminated from the Bravo game later today. Fuck Persia. : amrbean
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    Our Arabia guy is a real bitch. I don't think he'll last much longer. : JonathanBedrava
    • Hahaha, "Our Arabia guy". : twifosp
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    You could always capitulate.... : twifosp
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      Doesn't that require a mid-game tech? : Goncyn
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        It does as far as the game is concerned, but since we allow external diplomacy. . . : twifosp
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          You can conquer my people. But they will not go down without a fight. Amaz-zing Graaaace, how sweeet : amrbean
          • Your resume was too long to be my vassal anyway. : twifosp
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  Wow you're unpleasant about this. : Jonathan
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    I'm just trying to promote discussion. I checked, and it's allowed under the rules, unlike skipping turns... : JonathanBedrava
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      Has anyone done it 3 days in a row? : twifosp
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        One person, and he's no long in the game. : Goncyn
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          Anyone who is missing 1 turn a few times a week? : twifosp
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            It's hard to tell that for sure. I'd have to take notes each turn and tally them up over time, which is m... : Goncyn
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              CivStats makes it pretty easy http://www.civstats.com/viewplayer.php?gameid=1663&playernum=12 : Jonathan
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                Maybe if OverloadUT would make a summary screen that didn't require clicking on each individual person an... : Goncyn
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                  There is this secret feature which is really useful: http://www.civstats.com/viewgame.php?gameid=1663&la... : OverloadUT
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                    Yeah, I know about that, but it doesn't solve the problem we're discussing of seeing total-missed-turns-o... : Goncyn
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                      I have thought about your request... and I realize that I didn't organize the database in a way that make... : OverloadUT
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                        Given how your table is organized on the page, I can't imagine why that would be. You already have day.... : twifosp
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                          Well see I store "last login" in the user table for convenient access. But that doesn't store every login... : OverloadUT
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                            I meant on the game summary page, not the last login page. Select day, user, case when last_login_time... : twifosp
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                              It seems like you think I store a last_login_time for each day. I mean you're checking to see if it's nul : OverloadUT
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                                No but you obviously store a login time per day. That query wasn't supposed to be literal and all it soun... : twifosp
                                • You keep saying per day when maybe you mean per turn? In that case it's exactly what I said: The info is ... : OverloadUT
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                      A simple percentage of turns taken would be nice but it shouldn't be neccessary. If you guys are seeing ... : twifosp
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                        No, it shouldn't. You guys are missing the point of the rule. The rule, at least in my games, has been th... : OverloadUT
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                          You're right, we might be getting a bit over zealous about this. But that said, the unwritten rule is lo... : twifosp
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                            jikim logs in enough every day for everybody combined! : Degenerate
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                              I hang out with him in person. You should hear his shit in person. D: : StolenNosferatu
                              • IN PERSON : StolenNosferatu
                            • My brother was like that in the very first Pitboss game I played. He won. : OverloadUT
                            • D: I can't help it if i have nothing better to do! : Jikim
                  • Sweet! : JonathanBedrava
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  And as always, I'm sure your charm offensive is massively useful : geedeck
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    I think OverloadUT is far more receptive to jovial trash talking than you are. : JonathanBedrava
    • I for one am stunned and enthralled by the elegance and effectiveness of your jovial trash talking. I'm s... : geedeck
• Eat shit. Wow, nice. Good way to to help the situation! : pimpium
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  SO what's happening with this potential Fall from Heaven 2 game? Are we going to make this happen? Aft... : Mr. Goodwrench
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    Good question, there really hasn't been enough interest yet in the previous threads to warrant starting o... : twifosp
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      I have never played that mod mentioned but it sounds interesting and I might want to play. : pimpium
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        I've never tried it either, but I remember reading about it and thinking I might give it a go. : randomjgj
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          First things first, people should download and try the mod. There is absolutely no way you want your firs... : geedeck
          • <3 Fall from Heaven : graceofdragons
          • People should definitely try it, it's a fantastic mod that took a lot of effort to create. It turns Civ i... : Mr. Goodwrench
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            But i like surprises! : pimpium
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              There's a lot to get to grasps with with FfH. It's still essentially Civ but there's a lot of new mechani... : Mr. Goodwrench
              • I get my ass handed to me in regular Civ as it is. No surprise there. : pimpium
• I am going to miss this turn just for you! : OverloadUT
• It's a good thing you aren't in Bravo, or I would be sending an army at you right now just to shut you th... : NexusOne
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  After my last Civ 4 pitboss thread, I've been taking names of the people who are skipping their turn (acc... : Jikim
  • Btw judging by your last login, I hope you can play soon Pacalon! : Jikim
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  FUCK YOU GUYS http://www.civstats.com/turnsummary.php?gameid=1663 I hope you're fucking happy you coc... : OverloadUT
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    I did not know this. Thats pretty useful. Also did you just make the turn summary? Thats pretty nifty! : Jikim
    • The individual turn summary pages has been there forever, but even I had forgotten about them. That huge ... : OverloadUT
  • god damnit deathlove : Degenerate
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    Awesome. Now everyone knows who is a deadbeat. I hope I remember to take my turns. : Goncyn
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      The CSS class for the cells that are red is "deadbeat" : OverloadUT
      • nice touch : Goncyn
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      what I want to know is how you managed to put all the scum in the Alpha game. Alpha: http://www.civsta... : Degenerate
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        Just lucky, I guess. : Goncyn
        • haha, seriously. I guess it's probably for the best. : Degenerate
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    So Sze Ior, moogle, Goncyn, Degenerat, and Vantage are the only one's with perfect attendance records so ... : one random winner
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      (in the last 30 turns) : OverloadUT
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        Ah, I didn't see that, you've really already been playing that long? : one random winner
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          we've been playing for three monthsish : Goncyn
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            Why does it feel like you started 3 weeks ago? : one random winner
            • It takes about 40 turns before anything interesting and worth taliking about happens : twifosp
    • I would have been but I forgot to hit the end turn button :( : Jonathan
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      I would be too but for some reason changing names after ending turn results in the turn not being ended :... : Jikim
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        The stats aren't perfect because of the really janky way I have to get the data to send to the server. Ch... : OverloadUT
        • it wasn't civstats that changed it, it was the game itself. : Jikim
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    wow deathlove : maulla
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      no wonder nothing is happening in alpha, nobody takes their turns : maulla
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        Jesus it really does look different in Bravo http://www.civstats.com/turnsummary.php?gameid=1664 : OverloadUT
        • lol wow that's a huge difference : Reeves
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      Yeah, I genuinely feel terrible now. I had no idea I missed that much. : Deathlove
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        I had no idea I actually missed 3 turns in a row! By the rules I should have been booted! : OverloadUT
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          I have been going by this method: 3 days since last login, I send you a warning 4 days since last log... : Goncyn
          • I am actually quite pleased with how dedicated people have been. Usually dropouts happen in the first mon... : OverloadUT
          • You've set a sword of Damocles over my head AND I WILL NOT LET YOU DOWN GONCYN wait i hope i will let ... : Deathlove
      • lol lets all jump on this guilt train! : Edges
  • I blame a rash of missed turns making the new turn time difficult to predict for my one lost turn. : Juno
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    And you guys thought I was making a big deal for nothing! : JonathanBedrava
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      For the record, I still feel that way. Except for me and one other person a month ago, nobody has been mi... : OverloadUT
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        I'm just sayin' is all! You are still my comrade in arms...bitch. : JonathanBedrava
        • Paging Alpha game members: JPB + OverloadUT alliance confirmed. Commence retaliation. : StolenNosferatu
• I want to play a Pitboss game so fucking bad! : zerog83
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  How much time are you given to take your turn? 24 hours? : hoov1185
  • officially, 20 hours. in reality it's probably around 24 or 25 hours because Sid can't tell time. : Degenerate
  • Yeah. From the time you get the "a new turn has started" email you have approximately 24 hours before the... : OverloadUT