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• I consider myself fortunate in that I saw the film first. : dognose
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  saw it earlier today, personally Thought it was great, quite a few laugh moments - especially the musi : captfarrell
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    You might be referring to John Murphy music, he used a modified version of the theme from 28 Days later i : dognose
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      and they inserted strains from the John Murphy work here and there : dognose
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        Enjoy this hi-def warehouse scene won't you? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BPjftEOWQw : dognose
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          such a good movie :) : captfarrell
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            Oh God : dognose
            • did you just come? : captfarrell
            • Book 2 : drucifer
        • Thank you, that's my favorite scene in the movie. : dumb.
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      that was it, the 28 days later one... I just could not place it : captfarrell
      • I am sad that there is not a proper soundtrack available, including the John Murphy, the Danny Elfman an : dognose
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  I thought the movie was dumb. : WhatIsThisFor
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    youre dumb : klearlyunseen
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      You're both dumb. : dumb.
      • There are clear shack guidelines against posting under multiple accounts. : boring gegtik
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      iawtyd : boring gegtik
      • Quit liking good movies >:( : dognose
• I liked the changes they made. : pimpium
• I would have preferred if they used the comic's flamethrower they bought from ebay instead of the jetpack : grabbie
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  Kick-Ass's love interest is hot. : Sailor of Fortune
  • IAWTP : Begawkiness
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    pedo. : boring gegtik
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      She was born in '87. That's about 5 years older than I would have guessed. : Ellissd
      • Awe snap, she's my age! It means we have something in common! : d0gbert
  • She's also the daughter on How I Met Your Mother. : ColoradoCNC
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  I'll keep saying this, is it too late to put Chloe Grace Moretz in The Expendables? : dognose
  • its not even too late to put her in lazytown : boring gegtik
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  I'm curious if we'll see Hit Girl in the sequels, since the comics make it plainly obvious that she never : thecray
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    No it doesn't. The comics are left open ended... She gives up the hero life, but it ends with Red Mis : walker270
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      dude, it's not open ended at all. quote: "She got to do all the things little girls were supposed t... : thecray
      • well, unless Hit Girl becomes a super hero who doesn't use violence. Maybe you'd like to see that, but I ... : thecray
• Totally surprised and happy with this movie. I thought it was funny that Kick-Ass doesn't really do much... : spyrext
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  He didn't get the girl in the comic? Really?? : Ellissd
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    spoilers: http://imgur.com/hkEQC : GloriousCow
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      hahaha i should read the comic : dantastic
      • I was just thinking the same thing : Begawkiness
      • This picture is my iPhone wallpaper http://www.comicbookmovie.com/images/users/uploads/8073/KickAssHitGir... : dognose
• The fact that they gave away the Red Mist plotline so early was a bit odd to me. I had heard about it bef... : byorn
• I enjoyed the movie much more. : DogDharma

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• I want to pick it up next week, but I have to wait until next month because of some expenses. : RomSteady
• I've got a little bit of hands on time with it. This may just be the first creepy survival game I actuall : darcspeed
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  is it actually scary? like the first time you ever played RE1 on the PSX scary? : xxiv
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    Fuck those dogs. Holy hell was I not ready for that, hahaha : wangel
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      Yea those dogs i shit you not made me jump out of my chair, scared the hell out of me. Now games and do ... : mastermike569
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        yeah RE1 will always be the standard i judge scary games by, simply because it was the first i played, an... : xxiv
        • Yea, that game was freaky in its own right but still could not hold a candle to RE1. I really do not thi... : mastermike569
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          Play Penumbra, it is the cream of pant-shittingly scary games. Nothing else even comes close to the dread... : Mr. Goodwrench
          • The first fear was good I thought. When you go to get on the ladder and climb down, and you turn aroun... : wangel
          • Yes. The dogs' eyes are PETRIFYING. : Shadsy
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    It does, but its not severe or anything. This is the first game that has made me jump in years. Sometimes... : warcrow
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      didn't you say that before? : RikiTiki2
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        Hush or he'll say rad again. : phil_mckraken
        • lol : marmite
      • I think? Perhaps? It's true though. :) : warcrow
    • i just went from 6 to midnight not being very interested, to looking at picking it up. time to check out ... : xxiv
    • I heard that enemies don't sneak up on you though. If you are not facing them then the camera will do thi... : Chrrs
    • Well, this is good news! Should be worth the purchase when it releases here next week. Last game that h... : monchipeters
• I love Remedy games because the games stick with you. They are also some of the only games that I beat m... : kingdepork
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  Just based on this thread I'm going to have to pick this game up. Console only or PC available? : SgtPepper78
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    console only : RikiTiki2
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      Oh well that's fine. I just finished GoW III and need another reason to boot it back up. Thanks for the... : SgtPepper78
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        Not only that, 360 only. Bastards. : Ebu
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          WHAT? Not for PS3? : SgtPepper78
          • Microsoft is the publisher. : BlackCat9
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  Is the advertising obtrusive? : NastyJack
  • To me it's handled tastefully and not obnoxiously, but I know some that have found it to be a bit intrusi... : warcrow
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    People aren't used to seeing real products in videogames, so it will always be a sore thumb to people. I... : kingdepork
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      I just don't want to be bombarded by it and I don't want it to take me out of the game. : NastyJack
      • Nah, it's not like that at all. : warcrow
• I'm pretty excited to play it. : marmite
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  Was so pumped to play this until the canceled it on the PC. They'll get what's coming to them... : Navy Spitfire
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    A hugely successful game that isn't incredibly easy to pirate? Is that's what's coming to them? : Ctrl-Phreak
    • oh god. : RogerDandy
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      Xbox 360 games are really easy to pirate and thats not the reason why microsoft isn't publishing a pc ver... : baron calamity
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        but they aren't pirated as much as PC games. sad fact. But you're right, that probably isn't why the drop... : master_disaster_17
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          I don't know. I know 360 games aren't torrented as much as pc games but the majority of 360 pirates I kno... : baron calamity
          • why rent and rip discs when you can just download an iso? : OrkO
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            "..but the majority of 360 pirates I know.." I hope you are doing the right thing - letting them know ... : humbleone
            • Yeah I let them know how much a disappove of them. : baron calamity
            • I read that as "butt pirates really piss me off" /hijack : RobTheZombie
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          I don't understand why people are still so naive. Microsoft wants PC gamers to buy a 360. That is the rea... : Tchest
          • * in the sense : Tchest
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            Sure, but it is demonstrably true that console games usually rake in more cash than PC games. If remedy o... : master_disaster_17
            • But that's not what happened. Remedy said it was up to Microsoft, Microsoft made up some bullshit. Why i... : Tchest
  • Yeah, horrible, horrible people they are. No less than hanging is fair due! : deadhorse
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    It was never a PC game to begin with. : abrasion
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      Yeah it was. It was going to be a Vista exclusive. : BlackCat9
      • No, it was supposed to be a release or near-release title for the 360. : deadhorse
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      lol wut : danws6
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        Sorry, I mean the gameplay- I saw the videos - the 3'rd person view etc - that game belonged on a conso... : abrasion
        • max payne : Tchest
        • That makes no sense. : Jobos
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      Thats why Intel demoed their quad cores with it saying it was the future of pc gaming. : baron calamity
      • oh you mean this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3HybhZjcGE : danws6
• The lighting in that game looks bonkers! : pancake humper
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  Having just beat Max Payne 2 last night for the first time, I'm way more interested in Alan Wake than I p... : beanman101283
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    I don't think Alan Wake is anything like Max Payne 2. : freakynipples69
    • Oh I know, I'm just more interested in seeing what Remedy has been up to since they put out Max Payne 2. ... : beanman101283
  • MPII \m/ !! : lukej1337
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    Oh man I'm so jealous. I remember the first time I played through MP2 I couldn't put it down. Brilliant g... : getfrisky
    • I thought the final boss was comically easy. I was expecting it to keep going for a while longer. Then he... : beanman101283
• I should also add that I really value & love single player experiences & for me this is shaping to be wor... : warcrow
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  Without spoiling anything specific, what kind of game is it? : JohnnyRey
  • From what I've read it's a story driven 3rd person action game with survival horror elements. : marmite
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    Man I had no idea what this game was going to be before I started playing it. I thought it was going to b... : warcrow
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      See alone in the dark but with good controls :). : TOnez
      • The controls are surprisingly well done. It's readily apparent they spent a lot of time honing the contro... : warcrow
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      wow, linear, eh? For some reason I had the same perception that it was open-world too : loppsided
      • It's very linear. : warcrow
      • it was originally touted as an open world game. : pyide
  • http://www.giantbomb.com/quick-look-alan-wake/17-2431/ Has about 30 minutes from what they say is an e... : Jenings
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  I wish the release date was last week and not next week. This is killing me. : baron calamity
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    I'm going to pass it up in favour of Red Dead Redemption. I don't have time for both right now. :( : Haku-Jin
    • I'll get both, but probably spend most of my time with RDR. : freakynipples69
    • But at least with RDR there might be a pc version later if I wait. : baron calamity
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      They picked a bad week to launch Alan Wake. Especially after all this time. : Pneum0
      • If it came out a week ago I would have bought it for sure. : Haku-Jin
• I might have to buy a 360 now :( : moe6
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  How long is this game? : prime8
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    ~6 to 8 hours : CrustaR
    • Thanks! : prime8
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  I hate the word rad. When you say Rad, I picture you being a guy with a mohawk who is wearing a t-shirt w... : bozer
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    17 results for him 18 results for Bean and then this : http://www.shacknews.com/search.x?type=comments&... : mwasher
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      I blame Chris Remo : bozer
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        this is completely correct. hanging out with remo destroyed my verbal lexicon. it was not at all rad. : dahanese
        • I have a feeling Rad will go into overdrive now so consider yourself a trend setter : bozer
    • dahanese must pay, manwasher. : CrustaR
    • Mark is the epitome of rad! : hoopfam4
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      http://www.c0bra.net/shackwords/rad?trended=1 : c0bra
      • http://www.c0bra.net/shackwords/quake?trended=1 RIP :[ : CrustaR
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        Other trends of note: http://www.c0bra.net/shackwords/crustar?trended=1 http://www.c0bra.net/shackwor... : CrustaR
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          could be fgt is on an upswing! : c0bra
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            2004 shall be remembered as the year of fgt : r3dn3ck
            • That spike is actually do to a db crash. Ignore. : c0bra
  • Rad post. : freakynipples69
  • Geographical thing maybe. I have lots of buddies from California who say rad nonchalantly. I personally d... : at0micgarden
  • are you one of those guys that thought I literally meant my girlfriend gets paid in peanuts? : not work safe
  • Groovy. : pigvomit
  • ^^^ not rad : theylookwolfs
  • Totally tubular dude \m/ : boredguy
  • RADICAL post there boozarz! : warcrow
  • ^^^Was never Rad in life : stgdz
  • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=15934858#itemanchor_15934858 : omnova
  • Sheesh, don't have a cow man : pancake humper
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    i'm glad i'm not the only one that feels this way about the word "rad" : electroly
    • except for the weird mental picture. that is all you : electroly
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    bozer getting old post : Mr.SEX
    • lol radical dude : bozer
  • I'm going to start saying Tubular, just for you bozer. : one random winner
  • bossa nova! : chungathebunga
  • what about k-rad : pyide
  • gnarly post, bra : riptyde
  • I agree : boomstickah
  • Rad story, maaaaaan! : MercFox1
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    Cool beans : prime8
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      Required viewing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGGAAKkQh5Q : pigvomit
      • Man, that's number one. : atom519
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      fuuuuuuuuuuuuuu i knew a girl once who said this non stop. also called her portable a "lappytoppy" : mwasher
      • Lappytoppy? Fuck don't let my wife hear that one. : Lucien Irenicus
    • this is the one i hate so much : oHnOES
  • Rad Gravity was awesome though. : SilverSnake
  • radiculous : shirif
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  It's out?!?! I had no idea. : voodooraze
  • Next week, alongside RDR. : getfrisky

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  Lol, just looked -- 11 out of a maximum of 18 civs already claimed! Who knew demand was this high?! : bolange
  • Time to start charging cover... : Dessicator82
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    I´d be interested in joining up, but I´ve never tried PitBoss, any complications I should know abou... : gebz
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      You need to be willing to take your turn every day. You need to expect your fellow players to be ruthles... : bolange
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        turn every day is a non issue. PitBoss is a mod or built ingame? : gebz
        • It's built in functionality. If you have Civ4:BTS and are on the latest patch version, you're all good. ... : bolange
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  Awesome! Bravo game is already on player away from a two turn day. <3 : bolange
  • Please excuse my momentary bout of retardation. : bolange
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  I presume we'll get some instructions on how to connect to the game once it starts? This is my first PBE... : lordlobo
  • Yep. Once we have a full list of participants and I have the game ready to go I'll send out connection d... : bolange
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    It's very easy and it's all done in-game. : ajvitaly
    • ^^ This. By far the hardest part is waiting for that last guy to take his turn so the game will advance ... : bolange
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  Can't decide if I want in on this. : twifosp
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    no room for prince/monarch war mongers! : Jikim
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      What level you usually play on, Jikim? : bolange
      • noble lol : Jikim
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      What about immortal/diety war mongers? : twifosp
      • This game will be unofficially all peace until I find your civ's location : bolange
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  Question about the turns. Are we shooting for 1 per day or more? (I read the rules and it didn't really s... : Gary the Llama
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    Everyone would like more than 1 per day, but there will officially be at least one turn per day, and that... : one random winner
    • You are only required to take one turn per 24 hrs. If everyone finishes early, then the next turn begins... : bolange
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      You're not gettin in on this one random weinner? Only 3 slots left! : bolange
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        Haha, no, for the same reasons I didn't get into the last two, simply won't be able to keep up daily this... : one random winner
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          considering you seem so interested, its such a shame : Jikim
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            It *is* a shame. That's why I just emailed him about a play-by-email game :) : bolange
            • I may just take you up on that. : one random winner
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          what you can do is find someone else who isn't interested in the early game stuff and then when summer co... : Jikim
          • Lol. You're basically offering for him to act as a Civ fluffer! : bolange
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      Sounds good. I can definitely do one turn per day, although they may end up being late at night. : Gary the Llama
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        Mine would be in the evening after work. : pimpium
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          If you are the last person to take your turn, or you take your turn and the turn ends an hour or so after... : ajvitaly
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            That's not to bad! : pimpium
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              I consider 2 turns a day to be a super tasty fun treat and I throw a gangster party each time it happens. : ajvitaly
              • Multiple turn days _are_ pretty gangster! : bolange
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    The timer makes it so there will be one turn per day minimum. If everyone logs in and finishes their turn... : OverloadUT
    • Speak for yourself alpha croney! : ajvitaly
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  Is everyone going to play for a few hours or something at first in the beginning to get it going or? : pimpium
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    That would be great but with 18 people signed up it may be hard to pull of logistically. : bolange
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      this. its hard to coordinate with 18 different people with 18 different schedules in different time zones... : Jikim
      • Yeah. I think the best we can hope for is: "Please try to make yourself available on the first weeken... : bolange
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  so anywho, lets talk about some real pitboss games. Anything happening on bravo that I don't know about? ... : Jikim
  • The peaceloving peoples of Rome continue loving their peace. It seems they've discovered money and how a... : bolange
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    Not much to report in alpha. I'm going to look around for the source of this sudden barbarian onslaught. ... : JonathanBedrava
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      I am about to dispatch my second barbarian city encounter in Bravo. Plus I have a barbarian axeman pranci... : ajvitaly
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        Poor ajvitaly. He has neither the troops nor the resources to deal with a mighty assault from the barbar : bolange
        • That couldn't be my GNP you are seeing in the demographics screen, could it??? : ajvitaly
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      Screw that, I'm loving the endless supply of free promotions. : twifosp
      • isn't there a max on the amount of experience you could earn from barbarians? : Jikim
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  Well, damn. Charlie game is full! I'll get everyone's choices confirmed and any last minute stuff strai... : bolange
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    I'm fine with this Friday. Will you be Shackmessaging us the details? : Gary the Llama
    • I'll post a thread either tonight or tomorrow finalizing everything and then shackmsg everyone the connec... : bolange
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    BTW, does anyone have a overwhelming desire for a map script other than Fractal? (Don't waste my time wi... : bolange
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      If the game is maxed out in players, the largest map possible is best. : ajvitaly
      • Right. When I was playing w/ the generater screen last night it looked like a huge fractal tops out @ 18... : bolange
  • No objections. : JonathanBedrava
  • I don't currently see an issue with starting sometime Friday. : pimpium
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    How does the game notify us when it's our turn? Do we have to login and check, do e-mails or do e-mails g... : Gary the Llama
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      Once you login and register your civ, you will get emailed when a new turn starts or a diplomatic mesage ... : bolange
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        Well you need to register on Civstats to do that : OverloadUT
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          Yeah. I'll be sending everyone an email like the one I got for the Bravo game laying it all out. : bolange
          • need to also register the game first! : Jikim
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            don´t you need the emails of people ? : gebz
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              think he means shackmessage : Jikim
              • /me sits everyone down in front of a 24hr Bob Ross marathon so they'll relax : bolange

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  I hope its not like Cloverfield aka one huge cocktease : bolneze
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    God that movie was a steaming pile... : saunders45
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      I enjoyed it. :[ : CrustaR
      • CrustaR, I also enjoyed it. : deject
    • I thought it was pretty good! : Yanks
    • i liked it quite a bit actually. had a good sense of 'shit going bad, and noone knows wtf is happening" : papaskot
    • It's the best kind of sci-fi thriller. people running around and no one to jump in and tell the audience ... : Sailor of Fortune
  • more like waste of time. That movie was terrible. : -=kodiak=-
  • worst movie ever : mrtony
  • Watch that movie with Rifftrax, it's the only way. : Dschinghis Khan
  • why, because they wouldn't show the whole monster in the first five seconds? :P : Postal
  • I actually liked the "cocktease" nature of Cloverfield. Unfortunately I couldn't stand the yuppie charact... : gooblerampling
  • You mean have a meaningless name? Yeah, it's exactly like that : ctlaltl33t
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    Cloverfield was awesome, a lot of people missed the point of it though. : niceguynick
    • yeah, the point of is was how big of a middle finger they can give to the audience while still making a p... : headbone
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      Agreed. It was a modern day Godzilla. Nothing more. The one's that don't get it are probably the same ha... : Darthbrooks
      • Hmm, I enjoyed Cloverfield and was unimpressed by Avatar because of that God-awful paint-by-numbers story... : Attica Blue
      • Pretty much. I loved getting to see what it would be like to be one of the people trying not to get stepp... : ColoradoCNC
    • Yea, I loved it. : WhatIsThisFor
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    Well it wasnt TERRIBLE but it didnt live up to the potential awesomeness : bolneze
    • It's not that great as a monster movie, but as a disaster movie it does that very well. : Sailor of Fortune
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  A train would never derail sending one of its cars twirling through the air like that if it were hit by a... : get_navi
  • Movie action debunked! Another first for Shacknews. World, you're welcome. : Old8Leg
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    Stop. : foo
    • Maybe you can accept these sorts of massive plot holes in movie trailers for a film that hasn't even had ... : walker270
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      suspension of disbelief doesn't mean we have to be accepting of every action scene in a movie. A train h... : riptyde
      • Example: In 2012 where the couplings holding the arks in place could withstand the force of a trillion t... : riptyde
  • I thought it looked pretty stupid too, and when I saw that I thought maybe the truck had the monster in i... : SlingBlaze
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    I was thinking the same thing. Then I realized it's a FUCKING MOVIE. I bet you saw Iron Man and went "Tha... : stelth
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      I think thats different though. Ironman is in the future, or at least I assume it is, and I can believe ... : SlingBlaze
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        So based on that here's how the movie should go: - Train carrying top-secret materials from Area 51 to... : stelth
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          Why wouldn't they instead have maybe an airplace crash and hit it? A transport truck that instead of the... : SlingBlaze
          • SlingBlaze, why does anyone give a shit? : ShekkyBoy
          • Is that like an flying fireplace? Sounds dangerous. : saunders45
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        Super 8 hasn't even started filming yet. The teaser was a teaser -- none of the material will be in the ... : walker270
        • O seriously? Nvm then. : SlingBlaze
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      No and I'm quite good at suspending my disbelief. Just like I did with some of the bullshit in the movie ... : get_navi
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        It's just a train wreck...are you a train wreck expert? : Saman
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          I've seen enough threads on the shack to know a train wreck when I see one. : get_navi
          • No doubt you are always apart of them. : FuryVII
      • Fuck you sound like a downer to go to movies with. : eonix
  • Maybe it was a super dense F150. : Saman
  • Also it wouldn't it have been an F100 back then? : Saman
  • I thought something was in the F150 making the train de-rail but I agree with you. : stgdz
  • Dude, 1979 physics were different. : gooblerampling
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    i usually pass over that stuff, but the baysplosions really bothered me with that train accident. my bra... : papaskot
    • You know what would be nice and "meta"? If they made a sci-fi movie set in 1979 using '79 era special eff... : gooblerampling
  • So what. : scud
  • they went a little too far with that one. Might as well have had the train hit an old lady and derail, at... : mista mista
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    The truck was filled with the computers belonging to Michael Bay's effects company. : Godhatesfatpeople
    • Too bad it wasn't filled with Michael Bay. : Saman
  • Quick, someone get Spielberg on the line! : phobium
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    Actually, minus the Bay-xplosion that was pretty realistic. You should look up the resulting train accide... : gooblerampling
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      You mean, like the car getting kablammed and the train going on like nothing happened? : sgtsanity
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        http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/speed-and-poor-visibility-caused-fatal-truck-crash/2007/02/07/1170... : gooblerampling
        • sounds like it hit a big truck : extrahappyturtle
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  It's so hard to tell if these new spielberg movies are good. Like War of the Worlds... was that a good mo... : lukej1337
  • Yeah, it was okay. Some parts were cool. Well, maybe it was good. Wait..I'm not sure. :| : CrustaR
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    decent. Got bogged down in the basement with Tim Robbins and then had a horrendously stupid, sappy endin... : DonkeyPopsicle
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      It's been a while since I've seen it - what about the ending was stupid? : thetangent
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        the fucking kid was alive, that shit pissed me off. : papaskot
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          the kid that ran off TOWARDS the m1a1abrams tanks that were getting their shit owned by the aliens. : papaskot
          • Oh yeah, that was pretty stupid. :) : thetangent
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        Two things #1. It's a typical happy ending family reunion type of thing. How did the son survive? Bull : ieGod
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          As for #2, you're referring to the fact that the aliens died of disease right? That's just how the story : thetangent
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            It is pretty lame though, how these interstellar beings with technology centuries ahead of our own could ... : Saman
            • To be fair, the story was written in the late 19th century and was a commentary on Imperialism. It's not ... : thetangent
            • Yeah, and note that they were naked and drank from pools of water when they were walking around outside t... : gooblerampling
    • I loved it...its one of my favorite movies to watch in the dark with the subs turned all the way up! : Saman
  • It was definitely entertaining. : orgcaptainnemo
  • Started off real strong, was very entertaining, then the basement scene slowed it down and it went out wi... : Begawkiness
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    I felt similarly about AI....was that good? Was that art? Yeah..I just don't know. : lukej1337
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      I love AI. Such an awesome ending! : .frame
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        Whoah me too. What's up AI loving buddy. : ieGod
        • So awesome! : .frame
      • the movie went on 15min too long. should've ended underwater : shyguy74
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        Its been so long I forgot how it ended : chungathebunga
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          thousands of years in the future the only thing left are super intelligent evolved robots that look like : .frame
          • I loved the ending but hated having to explain to everyone else that those were NOT aliens. : gooblerampling
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    Were you entertained? Y/N Who cares about the rest. : walker270
    • Jesus Christ.. well said. : Werkin
    • Two thumbs way up! : gooblerampling
    • This. : OrkO
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    War of the Worlds would have better without Tom Cruise : cptstern
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      And Dakota Fanning, and the son, and that script. : Godhatesfatpeople
      • ...even Tim Robbins couldn't save that script. : mn3m0n1c
  • the bass is pretty awesome in that movie : stgdz
  • Ha! Yeah, he has the craft of film making down so well that it could be a shiny turd or a diamond. Hard t... : gooblerampling
  • I hated it : mikecyb
  • i thought the strider sound effects were really cool. : xxiv
  • I thought it was awesome. : opengl128
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    It's terrible. Spielberg hasn't made a good film in a long time. : Godhatesfatpeople
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      Munich? : Lone Swordsman
      • 2005 was a while ago. : Godhatesfatpeople
      • He's only made one since then right? The onscreen abortion they called Indiana Jones, right? : Saman
  • The action is awesome. I hated the characters, though: I wished nothing but death upon Tom Cruise and hi... : Ride-My-Rocket
  • it sucked big donkey balls : riptyde
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    It was great until the last 5 minutes : bozer
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      I'm still pissed about the son magically appearing : riptyde
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        As far as I'm concerned, that's the only real flaw with the movie. Otherwise I thought it was brilliant. : action wombmate
        • I agree : bozer
        • It was like George Lucas visited the set at the end of production and threw a tantrum chaining himself to... : Sailor of Fortune
        • I just thought it was boring. It didn't really bring anything new to the table to set itself apart from ... : riptyde
  • It's one of those weird films that's half-amazing and half-awful, like Silent Hill. : sgtsanity
  • It was fucking GREAT. : NastyJack
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    War of the Worlds should have ended like The Mist : indosauros
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      Honestly, I kind of wish The Mist had ended the way the short story was originally written. The scene : thetangent
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        And to the imagination of anyone wanting to do a sequel. The only way King was on board with having it be : Marauder IIC
        • As a father it seemed totally unrealistic and as a creative writer I thought it was a cheap shot at "subv... : gooblerampling
  • I feel the same way. I did like how dark it was but I hated the ending. : WhatIsThisFor
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  does this have to do with the motel chain? : wetard
  • It's a film about Super 8mm film, duh!!! : ctlaltl33t
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    it costs 10+ dollars for 2 hours of entertainment that will leave a bad taste in your mouth after. : papaskot
    • ummm....come on people. this is pretty funny^^ : papaskot
• I mean what else could it be, probably some raging alien on steroids that is hell bent on taking a shit o... : mastermike569
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  has JJ abrams ever directed anything that challenges the audience to think? : kokujin
  • although i liked star trek and even mission impossible 3, i felt like a grandpa being spoon-fed : kokujin
  • the first two episodes of Lost? : mikecyb
  • Felicity? : Patch-e
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    lol...what kind of troll is this? Do you seriously judge all movies by questioning how much you had to th... : byorn
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      where's the hat and monocle emote when you need it : das_runt
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        ┌─┐ ┴─┴ ಠ_ರೃ : FlameNut
        • this one is wrong because his hat falls apart!! : mikecyb
      • where's the mong emote : MamiyaOtaru
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      Might as well set off fireworks or look at porn if you're not going to think during a movie. : Lone Swordsman
      • i like my wank material subtle and complex : sneakyalmond
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    I like your tranny stories better than your attempt to critique directors. : PowerofA
    • for reals. : xxiv
  • I think all day long. I don't go to the movie theater to pay someone $10 so I can think some more. : riptyde
  • He's like a slightly more talented Michael Bay. : Frank_Mackey
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  let me guess, its an 8 armed monster that wrecks a town in nebraska. : stgdz
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    Actually the monster has been confirmed as Terry Crews. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7PD4f5uTOU : mastermike569
    • P-P-P--power!! : stgdz
• That dude really likes lens flares. : Godhatesfatpeople
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  wtf...Abrams and Spielberg have the exact same noses, eyebrows, and forehead: http://www.slashfilm.com/wp... : Poor Yurik
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    This just in! Many Jewish males share same features! More at 11! : Saman
    • Jewish features: http://live.drjays.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/SAM1.jpg : cptstern
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      Then where are the horns, huh? : Floppygrandma
      • do you know how much you can sell a jew horn for? : GloriousCow
      • underneath all the money : NexusOne
• I love this teaser, as it feels like Spielberg's old movies (humm.. Amblin was it?). The train door being... : eonix
• I look forward to a season of supperate puns. : sgtsanity
• it's a movie about a family or group of 8 superheroes from another planet :\ how much you wanna bet : industro
• Written and Directed by J.J. Abrams. I'll probably see it just based on that. : WhatIsThisFor
• Oh yay, two of my least favourite directors! : GreatGooglyMoogly
• Why can't all movie trailers/teasers be like this? No major spoilers, just a simple setup and a taste of ... : ovrlrd
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  I remember when a Spielberg movie used to mean something. Sadface. : Ellissd
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    Does anyone actually know anything about this movie, or are we all having a hissy-fit for no reason? : Vantage
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      I didn't even watch the trailer. I was just pointing out the facts. : Ellissd
      • Yeah his name means nothing. Except you know, being huge and important and being able to influence and f... : soggybagel
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  I hope its like E.T., but more violent. : ultramega
  • E.T is back home, and he is pissed! : Gojirah
  • I hope it's like Jaws but with even less shark. : mrwolf710
• Nice little homage to Close Encounters with the train crossing and the pick-up. : Fred Garvin
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  According to this thread everyone hates everything but we'll all see it anyways. : soggybagel
  • pretty much yeah : mikecyb
• I used to love trailers like this. Now... nothing. How did I get so cynical and jaded? Can I undo it? : Home Nugget

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  Do you think the Natal will be a flop? : MagicWishMonkey
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    Not at all. I think it will be huge. Like everything Microsoft is doing with the 360, I also think it wil... : MorrisatCNN
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      it will be revolutionary for checking the bottom of your avatar's shoe : gmd
      • BAM! : grandmasterlee
      • I find that video to be extremely entertaining & funny. :) : warcrow
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      I want Super Street fighter 5 Natal. that would be a cool work out. : NukemFornever
      • Lets see your spinning bird kick, bitch! : nodebug
      • The grabbing knees panting taunt will be a hit online : zakazi
    • It'll be huge all right. A HUGE FLOP here on the shack. : ThomW
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      have you seen a Wii? do you think the technology is better? : Slowtreme
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        Wii? You're making that name up, aren't you? : MorrisatCNN
        • I'm the one asking the questions here : Slowtreme
    • Do you have to wear a bright red jumpsuit and use a special carpet for it to work? : lukej1337
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      I have a hard time believing it will be able to do much beyond simplistic games without having buttons. ... : pyrogen
      • If it's a hybrid of controller and Natal from a few things that would be best. I always liked that ar... : Sailor of Fortune
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    Yes as will the PS3 motion controller. : abrasion
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      The PS3 stuff is cooler to me because at least it has buttons. Beyond batting balls at the screen (lol i... : ThomW
      • natal requires me to move my coffee table, unacceptable : gmd
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        I think the PS3 one looks incredibly accurate and awesome but 99% of games will use it wrong. The only g... : abrasion
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          See... I played some Move games at GDC and found the lag and accuracy issues to be a big hurdle Sony need... : MorrisatCNN
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            I thought lag could be an issue but the accuracy looked leaps and bounds better than the competition in a : abrasion
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              You mean promotional videos made a product look better than it actually is? Whoa... : Fred Garvin
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                The ones at E3 weren't edited, it was pretty much cut live - you could clearly see it all as it occured. : abrasion
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                  I didn't say edited. Any company is going to demo best case uses for a product. E3 demos are rarely ever ... : Fred Garvin
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                    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiX-26VL4bM I think anyone who watches that video would have a hard time... : abrasion
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                      I think it won't be as popular simply because by the wider population it will be seen as a 'me too' copy ... : Carnivac
                      • Exactly, plus it wasn't released with the initial product. Anyone who follows the gaming industry basica... : abrasion
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                      That's a super simple scenario. Show it to me in the context of a full game. : Fred Garvin
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                        So wait are you deciding the video is or is not edited or are we now changing our stance here to be somet : abrasion
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                          I can't imagine the resources being so intensive to capture that data that it would drastically effect a : derelict515
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                            Not to be one of those wacky "PS3's CPU is a cray supercomputer" guys but umm the PS3 is renowned for it'... : abrasion
                            • Or maybe people still won't be able to harness them for whatever reason, maybe the Move requires more tha... : derelict515
                • I just want metroid prime 3 like fps controls : gmd
          • I didn't hear there was lag. Great. lol : ThomW
        • Honestly I just want to sit on my couch and press a few buttons on a controller. NSMB Wii is the best Wii... : ieGod
  • Depends entirely on the software. : freakynipples69
  • You could say it may have SIDS. Sudden Interface Death Syndrome? : TheNiXXeD
• I bet that son of a bitch isnt a yo-yo champion either! : Degenerate
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  Does anyone actually want to use Natal? : bozer
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    My 55 year old uncle does. Then again he went batshit crazy over how "cool" the Wiimote was. : lotus2133
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      Bill wants to kill the 53-74 demographic. : Lightzout
      • One way to save social security... : mobab
      • But Bill got raped by zombies. : Vegtro
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      Since when is the Wiimote not cool? Did you forget how hugely popular and successful the Wii console was... : doomed
      • hugely popular things are cool? since when : OrkO
  • Notatall. : Lightzout
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    i like the concept of exercise games for the wii but in practice they are annoying and the remote isn't r... : jenisthebest
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      I think this could be huge on Natal. By monitoring all of your joints instead of just a Wiimote, the exer... : Arctic Fox
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        plus using xbox live you could work out with your friends, or do challenges or something. they could do ... : jenisthebest
        • have virtual sex with natal using xbox live! : mobab
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      I think Natal will be great for this sort of thing, but for traditional games it's not even as good as th... : Zek
      • Natal's value for traditional games is going to be in augmenting, not replacing, traditional control sche... : Carnivac
  • not really but i'm gonna be pissed when developers start requiring it for their AAA titles : dantastic
  • Um, yes. Very much so. : deadhorse
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    My expectation: mediocre sales, but lessons learned are implemented into the Xbox 720, which forces real ... : Lone Swordsman
    • you know why they call it a 720? Because you walk up to it, do a 720 then walk away get all lightheaded a... : Slowtreme
  • If they break new ground beyond what the Wii has already done, of course. But I have my doubts. : Ride-My-Rocket
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    No, the Wii has effectively soured me on the concept of any motion based gaming - I don't think it's impo... : veras
    • I just don't think it will be fun or optimal. No matter how accurate the input tech gets. : CRasterImage
  • No. : CRasterImage
  • No. I refuse to support this 3D/motion trend. It needs a quick death. : freakynipples69
  • not me : shirif
  • If it's not hugely expensive, I'll probably buy into it eventually. Assuming it has any practical value. ... : BlackCat9
  • No. Especially if it will be added as a peripheral to the 360. Fuck peripherals. : Home Nugget
  • Definitely. It has a lot of potential, if it can be responsive enough. I worry about the cost though. I'm... : OverloadUT
  • no, but I don't expect them to market it at me either. there's different audiences for gaming than us, as... : thebigbeefsandwich
  • it is a necessary step towards holodeck but not all the pieces are there yet : spiderfill
  • Absolutely, mostly for secondary control. For instance, a RPG where it detects your facial reactions or ... : exigence7
  • I'm looking forward to playing with it at E3 : ColoradoCNC
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  interesting ... but I also find it strange that MS doesn't have something along the lines of http://www.... : johnhead
  • Most companies don't have external mail lists because of privacy concerns. : hbalce1
• Good Article Chris, thanks for the heads up. : cjcharv
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  I hope they don't fuck up Forza and some other titles with this thing. : Lunatic Angelic
  • Maybe they'll just stick to the tradition of fucking up PGR like they did with 3. : abrasion
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    You can use your feet like a real car man ! imaginary gas and brake pedals it will be just like driving e... : gmd
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      and just imagine it tracking your head, so you can look 90 degrees left at the wall of your living room a... : gmd
      • Personally I'd love to look near the edge of my TV and have the view change to be like I was looking out ... : derelict515
    • OH GOD THIS TOYOTA WON'T STOP ACCELERATING! : Lunatic Angelic
• For those that don't read the front page: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=22916964#itemanchor_2291696... : rosewood
• The microsoft website says holiday 2010 : fluffy64

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• AND you stopped to post about it. Sad times, indeed : aggressor
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  Since you're a girl and you're playing lasertag with just your bf, I'll let you use the super-frownie. :C : moe6
  • also; I've played lasertag with 2 people once. It sucked. The last time before that though, my best fr... : moe6
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    moe6, do you ever play lasertag with electroly? : CrustaR
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      crustar, do you think it's time for a moe6 thread? : moe6
      • moe6, I think it's about high time for such a thread. : electroly
      • No. : Ajax
  • ah she's just got a hairy upperlip, that's her moustache ! :P : proclone1
• You guys should just start fucking right in the middle of the course. : PointlesS76
• Sounds like the perfect time for strip laser tag. : one random winner
• Pics + Divx : The Key
• laser tag is fun :( : oHnOES
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  pointyelbows is the greatest laser tag player that ever lived. : Rigg5
  • Weird, everytime I was in a laser tag group the girls ALWAYS dominated. My excuse is that I was a huge ta... : boomstickah
• Impromptu make out session? : TheVietSpecial
• i hope this post got you tagged : cpt_gloval
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  Are you at Q-Zar? I should totally drive up there and play : OverloadUT
  • Nope, Scandia in Fairfield : mayooms
• pew pew pew : drucifer
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  Damn ya'll. I got owned. http://www.shackpics.com/files/iPhoneUpload_6rt5dpjt6trqczaebi9s.jpg : mayooms
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    that is one of the worst quality pictures ever posted : dantastic
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      i don't even know what i'm looking at. is it a boat? : xxiv
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        No, dumbass, it's a Schooner. : Rotten Deadite
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          a schooner is a sailboat stupid head : everybodysuncle
          • YOU KNOW WHAT?! : hussdelrio
      • I think it's a horse. : Gary the Llama
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      It's the end of game score card. It shows that she scored ~7,000 points and he scored ~26,000 points. : OverloadUT
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        What crime lab do you work in where you can enhance like that? : Haxim
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          its called 'looking' you do it with your 'eyeballs' : papaskot
          • I have the eyes of a human : OverloadUT
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      I have an iphone 3G :(. The sun was in my eyes. I was outside! I was wearing sunglassea! It's really shit... : mayooms
      • It's 106 miles to Chicago, we got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark, and we're wea... : cjcharv
      • iphone 3g is all the excuse you need. what a garbage camera : dantastic
      • You miserable slug! You think you can talk your way out of this?! : miasma&!
  • Looks like a scorecard : pun][sher
  • clearly! : cpt_gloval
  • lol : Phil
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    I was going to ask for pics of your mayooms but now that I've seen how bad that camera is I'm sure the be... : ieGod
    • HOT! I think... : sanchez
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      we've seen pics of mayooms before but i'm too lazy to search for them : electroly
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        lol, yeah. pretend you dont have a db of shack-women pictures. : papaskot
        • Hahaha : wurt
        • no tits, no save. disk space is expensive bro : electroly
    • the hell is that : Waffles!
    • rest of series plz : Home Nugget
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    You score on paper? That's different than the laser tag I've played. : zipr
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      It's more like warhammer. : c0bra
      • but with guns. in the same way that fallout was oblivion with guns. : Klebold
  • Enhance. : prime8
  • Now you know what happens when you're shacking instead of shooting! : ChibiJosh
  • You scored worse at the Assertron? : ArcKnight
  • Enhance! : Carstman
• Invite the girl with puffies and bring some champaigne. : abrasion
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  Shit, I've got a laser tag place down the street that we've never gone to. Need to make that happen soon. : BlackCat9
  • sounds like a future shackmeet : everybodysuncle
• It's better than playing against Teddy Ruckspin. : zipr

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• That's photoshopped :) : aasyranth
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  wow, that looks pretty damn good. is there an android phone with a really good camera? is there any s... : gokart.
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    The Incredible has an 8mp. Most other 'current' Android phones have a 5mp, and first gens (G1, MyTouch) ... : Clasifyd
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      not so much concerned about the MP rating, moreso the quality of the actual camera. i'm going travelling ... : gokart.
      • I've been happy with the Droid camera, doing mostly landscape photos. : umcpwintermute
      • I can't be much help here, but I can assure you the G1 camera is garbage. Every picture looks like Michae... : Clasifyd
      • Xperia X10 has a great camera. : ArtilleryMarker
    • droid is a 5. : Fyunch Click
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    The Incredible has a good 8MP one. : Deathlove
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      records decent video as well. : Fyunch Click
      • The video is awesome. : datoo
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    Smartphone cameras are always limited by shitty lenses. The current ones boost a lot of pixels, but the ... : walker270
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      My NexusOne takes fairly good pics, much much better than the iPhone at least. : MagicWishMonkey
      • Yeah, my Droid takes great outdoor (read: well lit) images. Indoor ones are horrible, though : foo
    • It's tough to fit a nice prime lens on there. : c0bra
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    The Nexus One is adequate: http://picasaweb.google.com/113471976299359511394/OregonApril2010# (all pics t... : cltcprd
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      those look pretty good. how's the shutter/focus speed? are you standing there for 5 seconds every time yo... : gokart.
      • it probably takes 1-1.5 seconds to focus. : cltcprd
  • check out the pictures in my burglary thread. All of those were taken with the Droid. I notoriously can... : granpachook
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    i've yet to see a phone camera that doesn't throw a shit fit in less than ideal light. : Klebold
    • see use : Klebold
    • And you won't either because no matter how big the sensor gets, the aperture will always remain relativel... : ovrlrd
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  I don't remember anyone saying that it CAN'T run flash... (just that they won't let it) : uglysad
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    Flash often been buggy, incompatible and a performance drain on portables until just now. : Lone Swordsman
    • So it has nothing to do with people bypassing the app store and cutting apple out? : timaste
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      Weird, you mean people developing apps can't write them horribly too? : TheNiXXeD
      • Oh, of course they can. Just saying that there's some legitimate reason to oppose Flash, even if I think... : Lone Swordsman
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  I wanna see it run a 1080p banner at 120FPS and 50 sloppily coded onEnterFrame event handlers : MagicWishMonkey
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    So, you want it to handle poorly done Flash? : Fred Garvin
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      I was being facetious, the *flash is slow and buggy* argument is stupid. Flash is great, unfortunatel... : MagicWishMonkey
      • Yeah, I have a hard time buying a lot of the arguments Jobs put forth. I have run across all kinds of app... : Fred Garvin
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  http://phandroid.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/tumblr_l0w1cwIzaR1qz9bwro1_500.jpg : harold.johnson
  • This needs more love. *bump* : MeestaNob
• yeah it's amazing, too bad Apple needed this more than 3 years ago : ErneX
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  I'm curious to see how the battery life is with flash. : pyrogen
  • 34 seconds : guido anchovy
  • i don't understand the battery life arguments if games and the youtube player drain the battery as well a... : Hoax
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  LOL at Flash ruining Firefox's performance as I watch that video. : get_navi
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    You have some other issues then. I am watching that video in FF and there is no obvious performance hit. : Fred Garvin
    • I basically can't watch Flash in FF on my work machine. It's a dual core but doesn't have a dedicated GPU... : Dynotaku
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      meh, i got the gist of it. i've always had issues with flash on FF / OSX, not sure why. that being said, ... : get_navi
      • oh yea, and i'm not holding my breath for androids performance with it but i admire their effort to provi... : get_navi
• looks real nice. wonder if the droid can handle it and if motorola will be updating droids and milestone... : dantastic
• But Flash on the iPhone means I could skip the awesome App store! :( : timaste
• i really haven't missed flash on my ipad. only once did i ever wish it was there when it wasn't and that'... : [fry]
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  "runs like butter" ?!?! seriously? that is considered "like butter"? that looks pretty choppy at point... : Korban
  • Haha that was the same thing I noticed. I mean it looks fairly nice and yay it's flash on a phone, but it... : OverloadUT
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  There's no point to Flash now that HTML 5 is quickly being adopted. It is terrible for web video, which ... : talonite
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    I read a pretty interesting article out of Microsoft the other day in regards to HTML5. The gist of it... : stonedonkey
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      Given that Google's business model is "give people lots of cool stuff online for free," I'm much more com... : Zek
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        That is an incredibly naive response. Microsoft is actually being fair and responsive to open standards w... : X Fuzion
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          So you think Microsoft is simply acting out of the kindness of their hearts? A business is a business. : Zek
          • It is being a business. Its just that their business is a wider audience on the web than Google since it ... : X Fuzion
          • and they give away lots of cool stuff for free as well, the difference is, they have even cooler stuff th... : Halen
        • Given Microsoft's history, I wouldn't be championing them on the topic of open standards... Microsoft ha... : yAak
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      BS. http://www.w3.org/2000/09/dbwg/details?group=40318&public=1 A search on page counts 17 hits for Mi... : Cheeziologist
      • The Chairperson works for Microsoft for Christ's sake : Cheeziologist
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        for reference: 11 Hits for Google, 11 Hits for Apple, 15 hits for Mozilla : Cheeziologist
        • 18 from Opera, 13 from Adobe, 6 from Nokia : mikecyb
  • How's it terrible for video exactly? I have no real issues with it. And if the platform is easy to develo... : ieGod
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    Call when this great migration happens. HTML5 supporters keep saying this, but how many people even use a... : Fred Garvin
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      around 40% : mikecyb
      • 12% of speedtest.net users use Chrome, more than half are on an HTML5 capable browser. : haiku
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        FF is HTML5 compatible? : Fred Garvin
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          Didn't do all that well according to this: http://html5test.com/ : Fred Garvin
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            Firefox 3.6 gets a 101, Chrome gets 142, Safari 4 (which also uses Webkit) gets a 113. So yes it is. : mikecyb
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              Yeah, it got a 101, but doesn't it fail in a lot of important areas? Like H.264 support for example? Are ... : Fred Garvin
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                Man just shut up already. If you actually did any real research before you opened your fucking mouth most... : haiku
                • Gonna grab my popcorn for this. : myfasha
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                  Or you could just not read my posts and keep your blood pressure down. Why do you care so much about what... : Fred Garvin
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                    Nope. First you answer my question. Why do you constantly take such extremists positions on things relate... : haiku
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                      Why do you persist in asking me my motivations and getting all uptight about my posts? Or even other peop... : Fred Garvin
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                        Dude it's not just him. You post a lot of stuff where you seem to purposefully go against the grain, to p... : sonicdeathwalrus
                        • Thank you? : ra1n
                      • He is the master agitator. A lot of it is skill, he's really good at making the comment that wrecks the ... : ra1n
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                H.264 or any video codec is not finalized in the HTML5 spec yet. I have no clue how that site grades thi... : mikecyb
                • -moz-border-radius that should say and the last it's should be it, among other horrible errors : mikecyb
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                  Okay, so at this point if everything went HTML5 would FF or Chrome be enough or would it be like the bad ... : Fred Garvin
                  • If they were to go full bore in an attempt to implement incomplete specifications that require browser sp... : Danny5225
                  • okay well comparing now to then is wrong because standards didn't exist at all back then, and neither did... : mikecyb
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                  YouTube's HTML5 beta doesn't work at all in Firefox. They resort to Flash when Firefox is detected, even... : electroly
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                    I would assume that's because they don't offer Theora encodings? Not justifying the incompleteness or ... : Danny5225
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                      Correct. YouTube is all H.264, which Firefox does not support. The chances of YouTube supporting Theora... : electroly
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                        why are they hiding their heads about H.264 anyway? is it because you need to license it? : mikecyb
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                          Yeah, the licensing stuff. I believe they oppose it on ideological grounds, not on $$$$ grounds. : electroly
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                            there may have been some point about it requiring closed-source code but I'm not sure anybody actually ca... : electroly
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                              can't they just use a dll or something? I dunno... Chrome suports it and it's open source >:( (probably... : mikecyb
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                                Actually Chromium, the open source version of Chrome, does not support H.264 (presumably for this reason)... : electroly
                                • yeah that is really what's happening I'm sure :( : mikecyb
                            • I think there's a vocal minority in the Mozilla foundation that are like the religious fundamentalists in... : BlackCat9
                          • that's lame. don't they know that they are ruining the internet? : mikecyb
                • Firefox 4 is supposed to go into beta next month and it will have "nearly full HTML5 support". I assume t... : BlackCat9
  • A) HTML5 isn't even near the market penetration of Flash. And that's even when you're being generous and ... : uncleanmonkey
• It seems to make scrolling annoying. When he's displaying the NG page and there's a biggish flash object ... : jcupitt
• That looks not nearly as bad as I expected. I remain unconvinced (but considerably less so), I look forwa... : Yanks
• I need flash to stream Grateful Dead off Archive. Org on me iPhone (shakes fist angrily at sky cursing) : Lightzout
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  So funny how the geek m.o. about 2-3 years back concerning Flash was frothing hatred for sites that use i... : emcea
  • I'd like to be able to watch videos from other sites besides YouTube and also play some Flash games on my... : pukerat
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    People were complaining about web devs who made entire web sites in flash. They were not complaining a... : CRasterImage
    • Well there's also those SUPER RAD hybrid sites that are html but use flash based navigation. Then there's... : emcea
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    heres another possibility perhaps flash use in sites 3 years ago is different than today : boring gegtik
    • maybe if you're talking about videos. otherwise it's still pretty much the ground effects of the internet... : emcea
  • I am still in this position. I don't think I've ever seen a website that uses Flash that became more usab... : peanut-
  • I think most people still hate sites that are 100% flash. A few years ago it was worse, because they w... : Beady
  • I think you're combining two separate issues. Sites that still use 100% flash for things that shouldn't b... : ieGod
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    Try telling that to my boss. They tried making a website entirely in Silverlight. It's slow and clunky ... : melkore
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      I've never had any speed problems with Silverlight apps. : Dave-A
      • if he's talking early days of silverlight maybe, but its fine now. : filthysock
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      you realize people can make slow and clunky applications in virtually any language/platform? No matter ho... : mnok
      • Yeah I know that happens but for what it was supposed to be used for was just overkill. All it needed to... : melkore
  • I still hate it~ : ]pm[chem
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    Here is the answer: The entire web should be standards based and sans-flash, in an ideal world. But it d... : SqueegyTBS
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      In this ideal world, we would only have Javascript to work with for making Rich internet applications? : mnok
      • Javascript is a fantastic language. Flexible, fast and and a very close syntax relative to ActionScript.... : SqueegyTBS
  • I hate flash. If it goes away I'd be happy as a clam. The reason I dislike the anti-flash/pro-apple crowd... : uncleanmonkey
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  I want to see the battery usage meter. That's all I'm saying. I also hope that we are given the ability t... : Cheeziologist
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    browsing the mobile web will become 200x shittier when flash ads on every page kill your battery. (even i... : Cheeziologist
    • you can disable flash if you want, you can click on a specific flash panel to get it to run : hanged_man
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    Earlier leaks have show an settings option to turn it off so hooray : chazums
    • thank god : Cheeziologist
  • I think flashblock/clicktoflash like functionality would be required in any mobile browser. : SqueegyTBS
• i notice he's keeping the device plugged in for power : Slowtreme
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  Where is your Jobs now? : Beady
  • lol : Godhatesfatpeople
• I want to see if this addition to Android keeps their market share differential on the same trajectory. ... : Danny5225
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  Steve Jobs took a shotgun and shot himself in the foot. why is he giving his competition a "free" featur... : gyokuro
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    the iphone does not compete on a feature-by-feature checklist. that's not why people buy iphones : electroly
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      Well, it is a reason I am considering NOT getting an iPhone. : CRasterImage
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        what i mean is that the iphone has a ton of areas where it falls short compared to the competition. a fe... : electroly
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          The reason Apple doesn't market the features of their products is because Apple is as good at marketing a... : haiku
          • Kind of like creationists. : CRasterImage
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            Yup. I'll buy my technical engineering tools from technical engineering companies, not design and marketi... : NexusOne
            • you seem biased to me though : mikecyb
  • Steve Jobs isn't interested in reasons why you don't want an iPhone, or any Apple product. : yakz
• :D I've worked with the guy who developed that ecodazoo site... it's a few years old now tho. : ThrillKill
• This is great news for the few people who want to play some flash game, but anyone who wants this over HT... : ovrlrd
• My phone already runs flash fairly well - youtube works fine. This isn't that surprising. : Conan

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  wurt and I are playing tonight after LOST. ~1015pm est : maulla
  • as far as casting goes, if you wanna do our matches I could probably swing the start time as late as 10:3... : maulla
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    We should also play tonight around 9:30pm EST if that's ok with wikus. : razlebol
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      have you talked to Wikus? : pancake humper
      • Yeah. It's supposed to be today but he hasn't reconfirmed yet. : razlebol
  • nice, i wanna watch that. bob_loblaw and i will be playing tonight at 5pm PST / 8pm EST : Demius
  • that's fine with me. : wurt
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  Can someone spoiler tag who won between oldschoolbob-o and retroredeye? Browsing from my phone and can't... : ImageOmega
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    bobo won 2-1 : pancake humper
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      his games really confuse me. he has such odd build orders but manages to recover really well. I cant tell... : maulla
      • No idea. I only saw Game 3 I think. : pancake humper
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        chills casting throws people off too, because even if I do something intentionally, he says its an accide... : oldschoolbob-o
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          We're you listening to the stream as you were playing? : pancake humper
          • no i spent the rest of my night, watch the casts after, its really enjoyable : oldschoolbob-o
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          What do you mean fake reaper? thats the part i dont get. thats exactly how you use reapers but you just... : Blucklesworth
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            I had intended never to build more than 2 reapers to make him think I would be in shambles from it, knowi... : oldschoolbob-o
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              So you did attack with reapers to force him to go stalkers so you could go banshee? Wouldn't you rathe... : D45hiz
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                they arent strong against banshees like equal numbers banshees win unless they are microd well : oldschoolbob-o
                • Banshee's need a nerf again :( : pancake humper
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                  Equal numbers or equal resources? : D45hiz
                  • unit numbers : oldschoolbob-o
            • The "real" reaper rush only builds 1-2 reapers. The harassment is shut down when the first stalker pops,... : walker270
            • ^--- A lot of rookie terran players I see go all in reaper rush and usually end up screwing themselves in... : limpossible
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              you were in shambles though, it was a huge waste of time/resources, especially if your logic was to press... : brewsterdog
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                that was a gamble i was willing to take :D : oldschoolbob-o
                • fair enough, I like a good gambit, and it was fun to watch :) : brewsterdog
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          ... how was that a fake reaper? : walker270
          • And he would have gotten away with teh fake reaper if it weren't for you meddling kids : Demius
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      sadface I was just so happy i beat back the reapers and got an expansion up that i didn't think of bansh... : RetroRedEyeJr
      • you mass and expand really well transitioning to a good late game, i worked hard to prevent that last mat... : oldschoolbob-o
• correct player list link: http://bit.ly/dsgZQd : maulla
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  pancake humper why does your stream look so much better than chill's? i was sad when we switched last ni... : electroly
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    PH post your settings so I can copy. I've never put any effort into playing with the settings because I ... : Blucklesworth
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      http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=22885899 : maulla
      • This is what I use but depending on your computer you may have to tweak it more. I haven't tried the VP6 ... : pancake humper
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        Okay I'll try. I can run everything on Ultra but as soon as I start streaming it's sometimes a little la... : Blucklesworth
        • try turning the shaders down to High. That fixed all of my stuttering. Anything else made no change. : pancake humper
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    Probably because I have tweaked my channel. My channel goes pretty blurry though when the camera moves no... : pancake humper
    • i think the resolution is just higher on yours. i could read all the text clearly on your stream : electroly
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      I think the bit rate might be the key. I was playing around with it and noticed quality changing on the f... : maulla
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        The problem is, livestream limits free accounts to 500kbps bitrate :( I can jack it up all I want but the... : pancake humper
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          Livestream sure is expensive, 350 bucks a month? Man, I was going to suggest we all pitch in and pay for... : Jimb0v2
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            If someone could walk me through setting up a good ustream channel, I would have no problem paying the pr... : pancake humper
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              yea its a pain in the ass on any service aside from livestream. procaster makes it so much easier : maulla
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                I think Ustream has their own software now like Procaster. I haven't looked into it. Maybe I will get sto... : pancake humper
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                  I found using vh screen capture and flash media encoder on justin.tv pretty easy. They don't have a rate ... : JarEme
                  • justin.tv can show some good hq streams : oldschoolbob-o
                • Couldnt you get your own good bandwidth and programs for that price and stream awesomeness? : oldschoolbob-o
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              The best site is Justin.TV for this. They allow you to set whatever bandwidth and resolution you want. I ... : LoioshDwaggie
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                So how do you do that to stream a PC game? : pancake humper
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                  I think you have to get one of those encoder dealies to actually capture the image. : maulla
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                    That's what Flash Media Encoder does. http://www.adobe.com/products/flashmediaserver/flashmediaencode... : pancake humper
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                      Yea you can use that with justin.tv : wurt
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                        Something about justin.tv irks me and I have no idea what it is. : pancake humper
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                          It's the ugly interface and ugly buttons in the player. I get the same feeling. : wurt
                          • Also tons of pirates use it to stream shit. It just seems like a site that would have no problem stealing... : pancake humper
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                  Sorry it took me awhile to see this thread again. You can use VhScreen Cap and then feed the 'camera' it ... : LoioshDwaggie
                  • Maybe that's why I was having all sorts of problems before with FME. I was trying to force it to output a... : pancake humper
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                    If you want dedicated hardware to do 1080p capturing, it is possible, but a bit expensive and only Justin... : LoioshDwaggie
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                      I think a lot of the people streaming would have a problem with 1080p even if Justin.tv was okay with it.... : electroly
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                        It's transcoded down to a significantly lower bandwidth. The maximum I've pushed JTV was 10mbps which onl... : LoioshDwaggie
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                          Here's what my 1080p stream looks like (transcoded down to 720p-ish) http://www.justin.tv/loiosh/b/263395... : LoioshDwaggie
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                            yeah that looks fantastic, other than being able to see the titlebar at the top :P i'd love if the starc... : electroly
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                              I would be willing to do it, but I cannot be an observer. If I could slave to someone else's controls (li... : LoioshDwaggie
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                                All you have to do is to follow that person in the spectator menu and it snaps to the spectators camera. : pancake humper
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                                  Oh shit! Well, I'd be happy to do this if you guys would like. I have nothing planned for tonight. Let me... : LoioshDwaggie
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                                    Let me see how good I can stream before we get another person involved with casting etc.. You going to... : pancake humper
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                                      Yes, I'll be on steam and shackirc : LoioshDwaggie
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                                        What a shocker, it's not working. : pancake humper
                                        • http://www.ustream.tv/channel/pancakehumpers-starcraft-2-show all black. Awesome. : pancake humper
                  • Dxtory is the best for streaming PC games. direct framebuffer capture with hardware resizing, only downsi... : plat2on1
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                yea plat2on1 put up an amazing quality justin.tv stream for the SSFIV tourney. : Foxhawk
                • I saw those replays, they looked awesome : pancake humper
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    I bet he lowers the game resolution closer to the actual broadcast resolution. That's how I did this one... : abrasion
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      Nope. I don't change any in-game settings : pancake humper
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        Why are you in 1366x768 then? Sounds like a low res to me, I guaruntee if you up this to 1920x1200 the st... : abrasion
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          The stream is running at that resolution, not the game. It's a 16:9 ratio for livestream to keep the prop... : pancake humper
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            What the hell machine do you have? : abrasion
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              i7-860, 8gb corsair, ocz ssd (SC2 runs off of it), 4870 1gb, 25/5mb FIOS line : pancake humper
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                Maybe it's the FIOS line, I figured it would fuck that picture up pretty bad if you run too high a resolu... : abrasion
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                  The stream does get a little blocky if I move the camera (at least that's what moogle says). How does ... : pancake humper
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                    this is a pretty high-resolution offline message : electroly
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                      I figured you would be smart enough to click on the replays :( http://www.livestream.com/sothebysgamin... : pancake humper
                      • wow on chills stream i cant read the text, so i can read it clear on yours : oldschoolbob-o
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            You can stream in 16:10 with livestream as well if you want. : razlebol
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              Their player only does 16:9 though : pancake humper
              • I don't know. Works fine for me. Did you try using the custom ratio option? : razlebol
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  So I am guessing round three starts this weekend? : D45hiz
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    How about you hold your horses!! : pancake humper
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      Its all good man, I was just asking a time frame. I have strategies to design anyway. The more time the... : D45hiz
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        haha I only say that because I honestly have no idea yet. I would like them to be done this weekend (for ... : pancake humper
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          how shitty would it be if the beta just shut off in 6 days : maulla
          • :( : pancake humper
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        more asshole nuke builds plz. they are a crowd pleaser : electroly
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          I rewatched the stream last night, didn't realize nukes are the asshole thing to do now. I've always see... : D45hiz
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            it was the best thing ever. please do not stop : electroly
            • we were a little confused about how many ghost academies you had though : electroly
          • That wasn't a negative asshole remark. It was like rubbing salt in the wound type asshole move :) : pancake humper
          • In SC1, nukes were generally a "I'm so much better than you I can use inefficient/useless buildings and s... : walker270
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            How much does a nuke cost? : SqueegyTBS
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              sc2 100/100 : oldschoolbob-o
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                Wow, I thought it was double that. Dropping 3 on an expansion is totally worth it. : SqueegyTBS
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                  ghost building is like 150/100 or 150/150 though : oldschoolbob-o
                  • reusable + EMP makes a couple of them well worth it : mwasher
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            They were in SC1. They are totally viable in SC2 and totally awesome. : Blucklesworth
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              You want to cast tonight? 3 matches I think are being played : pancake humper
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                no plans but cant commit. well see. when do they start? : Blucklesworth
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                  8pm est it looks like : pancake humper
                  • doubtful well see. : Blucklesworth
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            shift queuing 3+ marines to carpet nuking an area is an awesome feeling! : mwasher
            • marines ghosts : mwasher
          • lol you fucking asshole D45 : Jackass1233
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            As the person you demolished, I did not think it was an asshole move at the time. You owned me game one, ... : Lionel2b
            • also I was planning ZvZ strat for a few days. Was so upset you were Terran. Surprise! :D : Lionel2b
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  Has anyone else had SC II crashed everytime you try to close? : thecatinthehat
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    Logout first and it won't crash. : Blucklesworth
    • Yea, this has been working on and off for me though lately. It's friggin annoying. : wurt
  • me...I don't even try anymore, I just ctrl shift escape and end task : flagg209
• the commentating is hilarious sometimes, also anyone want to play right now? : Jackass1233
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  So say I needed a beta invite... What kind of silly hoop would I have to jump through in order to get one... : Ajax
  • check your shackmessages in a couple seconds : NexusOne
• Any gold level players want to help me practice PvZ or PvT in 30 minutes? Message me on bnet, samizul.sha... : sammyl
• anyone up for streaming a game? : Demius
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  http://www.livestream.com/sothebysgaming I made some quality changes. Can you guys check it out and se... : pancake humper
  • aaaaand sc2 crashed : pancake humper

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• "Oh, the Prius has a lane indicator!" <-- no context with the events in the show, might as well be right... : Rehevkor
• Worst I've ever seen is on Eureka, when they throw in the Degree deodorant stuff. So fucking blatant. :( : thetangent
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  The worst is all the crap Heroes pulls with the Palm Pre. Every character has one, complete with closeup... : foo
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    don't forget the awful product placement with the Nissan Rogue. : grabbie
    • <Hiro> Yatta! Nissan Versa! </Hiro> : mn3m0n1c
  • Dude.. Smallville built an entire episodes (plural) around product placements. Heroes is pretty bad too t... : K1Bond007
• I dont like that sort of advertising ""Oh, the Prius has a lane indicator!" ..it kinda of cheapens the m... : cptstern
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  I would much rather shows not have any kind of product placement / endorsement. Increase the length of co... : spiffymc
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    ...and that is the exact reason product placement is becoming more prevalent. You can't have your cake an... : Arctic Fox
    • I am constantly paying more for the cake and consistently getting less and less of the actual cake. : ghost hacker
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  JBPH: "here let me use my sprint mobile hot spot to circumvent all our security" : hirez
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    Damn you I didn't see this when I posted! I totally agree how cheesy was that? : .frame
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      what I loved is that they just left it there on the table for anyone to see. why not ...I dont know, drop... : hirez
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        I love how he said "SETTING UP ALTERNATE NETWORK NOW!" even though Chloe was the only one in the room and... : .frame
        • And how he moved to the other side of the table for no reason lol : bolneze
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  24 does this pretty bad. The Cisco product placement is so terrible it's almost embarrassing to watch as... : .frame
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    Splinter Cell Conviction had a Cisco moment that was pretty lolz. you're talking to someone on a screen ... : mikecyb
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      The bulletproof screen thing is interesting. I spoke with someone who worked on The Sims 2, and he told m... : OverloadUT
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        well branding is the reason it's impossible to flip or wreck your car in a game like Forza. companies ju... : mikecyb
        • What about DiRT? You can mess up cars pretty bad in that game and they're all real cars. : IndigoAK
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          What are you talking about, you can wreck the fuck out of your car in Forza 3. : ArcKnight
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            isn't is like in Forza 2 though? you can scratch the fuck out of them and make it all busted up but you ... : mikecyb
            • I've flipped stuff quite a bit in DiRT2, but yeah you can't make a car explode. : IndigoAK
        • This was always the excuse given for no damage in Granny Tourismo, but I think its been pretty much debun... : Beady
    • Haha, yeah. SC has always been bad for that. I think in...Pandora Tomorrow, they had a Sony Ericsson p... : Rice-Rocketeer
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    lol.. gotta love how everyone has telepresence though. I just don't understand why Cisco wants 24 to ... : K1Bond007
    • it's just for brand awareness and presence : mikecyb
    • The only place I've ever seen Telepresence used is on TV shows and movies. I've never once seen it in ac... : riptyde
  • infotainment, advertainment. : ghost hacker
  • http://planetdawnofwar.com/24productplacement.jpg : Beady
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    The car product placement is really bad with 24. : riptyde
    • The other funny thing is that when Jack steals or otherwise commandeers a product-placement car, he never... : riptyde
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  Bones has the fucking worst advertising. They spent like 5 minutes talking about a minivan and dedicated... : mikecyb
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    but that b plot was pretty hot with the tent and all that ... : hirez
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      Yeah. That girl was total bonerparty. : Vincent Grayson
      • that's true :( : mikecyb
• My innovative advertising model will change the world. Patent Pending : ra1n
• Despise it. Totally fucking ruins the show and destroys any credibility the characters/story have. And it... : dumb.
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  Fringe last week he was driving a Ford with Sync and he asked directions and said that was fast and then ... : pimpium
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    it kinda worked though because he wanted to just get away. didn't actually like how fast it took for the... : dantastic
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      Yeah, it wasnt that bad. Now the Subway stuff on Chuck..... : pimpium
      • If it weren't for Subway, season three wouldn't even exist. : Vincent Grayson
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    They have used the Ford Sync stuff a few times in Fringe. While it is product placement, the way they use... : Beady
    • i noticed her make a call on it a couple of episodes back. thought it was amusing that it was probably b... : dantastic
• Product placement is almost always insidious. It's bad enough I'm being sold on a "lifestyle" in regular... : Lone Swordsman
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  my girlefriend likes to watch The Biggest Loser and the product placement in there is the most blatant ev... : ninjase
  • is it worse than american idol? don't they have the contestants sing in some commercial or 2 every week : dantastic
• i love the attention to detail in the office. all their products are from wegmans (the best grocery stor... : papaskot
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  the nokia phones in The Matrix was a good way to do product placement; they never actually had a close up... : ninjase
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    also in season 1 (or was it 2?) of 24 there was a scene where a badbuy has jack bauer locked in the back ... : ninjase
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      season one of Lost had hilarious briefcase product placement. I forget the exact circumstances but a bri... : mikecyb
      • actually it was more like an entire episode haha http://lostpedia.wikia.com/wiki/Halliburton_case : mikecyb
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        The way they did that was the best because everyone on that show has heard of them and how unbreakable th... : Sailor of Fortune
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          it's a halliburton, you can't possibly open it!!! they eventually did get it open but I forget how. the... : mikecyb
          • Yeah, they dug up the owner of said key. : Sailor of Fortune
  • i remember that. everyone was saying how badly they wanted the phone with the sweet slide-off keypad cov... : riptyde
• Its fine if it fits. Like drinking a Busch beer, smoking a Marlboro, driving a Chevy, a ps3 in some kids... : granpachook
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  There were a couple episodes of Burn Notice where Sam was painfully shilling some crappy beer. I remem... : Teiresias
  • Sounds like it's time for some $5 footlongs from Subway! : theargent
• I don't mind it. If it's going to help keep a tv show I like on the air, then I'm all for it. : Ellissd
• I like when they parody an existing one with a fake name. We all know what they are referring to. Nerd... : Sailor of Fortune
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  I don't mind seeing characters using real products, as long as the products don't take the spotlight. : aasyranth
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    I hate it when they use fake products. Soda Can Vending Machine. Wtf, just call up pepsi or coke and ge... : handofthrawn
    • http://smeat.net/ : cerealSAM2
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  I just rewatched Iron Man and when he gets his American cheeseburger theres a Burger King bag. RIDICULOUS... : bolneze
  • i thought that was funny. : dahanese
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  BEST WAY TO DO IT http://www.bestweekever.tv/2009-02-05/for-your-consideration-least-subtle-product-pl... : heartsauce
  • Gah FUCK, video not available... this is seriously amazing if anyone can find it. : heartsauce
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  Mr. Deeds' flying a helicopter to Wendys and then calling out each menu item while they're eating it is t... : Entity
  • Sandler does it the best! Popeye's Chicken is AWESOME! : AxeMan808
• 30 Rock. Tina Fey just asks the camera if they could have their money from the advertiser now. : Super Sparker
• What bugs me is when, in order to make the product placement, they have to position things in such a way ... : riptyde