Morning Discussion

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  I love how well Quake has aged. It's still a fucking blast to rip through. : roushimsx
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    I'm pretty sure this video is Quake along with some pretty heavy graphical enhancements. :P : Vantage
    • Yea, I'm well aware of the DarkPlaces engine. It's the engine I used last time I played through the game.... : roushimsx
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    Wow you really thought those were the original graphics? : ventro
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      wait, you thought I was talking about the graphics? : roushimsx
      • that's all anyone cares about! : Halen
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        So what has aged well according to you? The sound effects? The movement? Maybe the hit-detection? : ventro
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          the gameplay, jackass. I don't care how you break it down, the game is fun as hell to rip through now a d... : roushimsx
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            Did you try FvF in coop? Of course you did. Wasteland + Cleric for badassery. : Marrbe
            • no, but it sounds like we might have to pencil in something for next weekend :D : roushimsx
          • Quakeworld to this day is the gold standard of deathmatch. I still have the original box in absolute mint... : Hoax
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  I always preferred the SNG for killing shamblers. : yonderboy
  • they were resistant to rockets, weak to nails : boomstickah
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  That lighting is really good. : skinlab133
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    Good lighting is massively important and hugely under appreciated and often overlooked., : Wheatloaf
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      I think the lighting is probably the most important aspect for graphic fidelity. : deadhorse
      • Yes, and true for basically all visual media. : Wheatloaf
• Awesome! : lukej1337
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  I still don't know how they went from the awesomeness of the shotgun sound in Doom to that pathetic noise... : Halen
  • Yeah, I hated the shotgun in Quake. : deadhorse
  • Glad they made up for it with the fucking awesome sound that is launching a rocket. : Ride-My-Rocket
• Darkplaces is great. I love how it gives my modern-day rig a run for its money. : The Grolar Bear
• So many good memories. Its art direction and overall atmosphere is still unparalleled by most games. : Nitrium
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  I want Quake remade using a new engine or a new Quake set in the universe of the first one. : pimpium
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    I don't think they're ever going to revisit the Q1 universe. : The Grolar Bear
    • I can still dream. :( : pimpium
  • They never will. I think it's probably a bit too "black" these days. Pentagrams and all. It's still the b... : Godhatesfatpeople
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  What's with all these fancy colors? Back in my day we played our Quake in brown and green and maybe a ... : Vincent Grayson
  • 256 shades of shit : Marrbe
• This is the game that busted my FPS cherry : Godhatesfatpeople
• Looks like autoaim is turned on. Some of those rockets are flying at an awkward angle. I love me some qu... : braker
• That looks awesome, but could definitely use some bump mapping on the skulls and assorted decorations. : TroZ
• I always found Quake to be creepy as fuck, eeek! : niceguynick
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  Look at that guy, using elevators. ROCKET-JUMP. : Ride-My-Rocket
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    He's just playing it for the first time! Don't spoil all of the neat little surprises for him! : roushimsx
    • He went and rocket jumped across that lava to bypass a whole other section of the level. : yonderboy
  • And the basis behind your Shackname is revealed! : The Grolar Bear
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  nothing compares to that rocket launcher : jvox
  • I'm not a fan of the way it was positioned, or the model from the player's pov, but yeah the mechanics of... : hatelull
  • q1 rocket launcher is one of the most phallic weapons in gaming history : vitek r
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  Ahhh, the good ole days when to reload your gun all you needed to do was run over a box of ammo. I miss ... : hoopfam4
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    If only more people buy Sin Episodes Emergence :( (to be fair, I passed on it initially as well becaus : roushimsx
    • sin episodes 1 was great. : lukej1337
  • quakelive : hatelull
• I think it is highly insensitive of id Software to come out with a game called "quake" in light of the re... : ninjase
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  am I the only one who doesn't like these graphical updates? in fact I don't even really like glquake, : DeBurgo
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    I mean I appreciate graphical fidelity as much as the next guy, but it belongs in a game whose art assets... : DeBurgo
    • there are some clients that do that and ad some necessary stuff like a server browser, fps filter hud ele... : Hoax
  • GLQuake was ok, but the lighting was completely fucked up in it :( I never really understood what all was... : roushimsx
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    I love original software Quake. glQuake and the like look awful. : Cliffzorz
    • read the link roushi posted. also most modern clients support things like overbright lighting and fullbr... : Hoax
    • You guy's are nuts! THE single most jaw dropping moment in gaming graphics was when I installed my Canopu... : u sir name
• I'm so hard right now : Omning
• Man those sound effects were fucking beeeeefy and that twitch gameplay - daymn - they don't make em like ... : abrasion
• that is fucking glorious :O : Downforce
• Nice. I really miss those days, so much fun. : Colleton
• Man just watching that brought back so many great memories. It is still my favorite quake and probably my... : cigam
• That looks sooo good. Very cool. I especially like the light that comes down from the sky. Very well d... : mrwolf710

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  wurt and i rescheduled for tonight. he had some work thing last night or we would have played. so barring... : maulla
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    What time? I want to spec/stream your game : pancake humper
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      probably 9 or 10pm est : maulla
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        I shall insert my thick bandwidth pipe into your SC2. : LoioshDwaggie
        • * aroused * : squigiliwams
  • man last night was horrible. I was up till 6 am working on a server crash. I should be good for tonight ... : wurt
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  Look at my boys bongturbo and Delusional dominating their brackets, c'mon.. way to go team ! : kgargs
  • I am looking forward to bongturbo vs forty : pancake humper
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  Where are all the terran players at? The bracket looks like 70% protoss, 25% zerg, 5% terran! : Delusional
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    I'm a terran player : kgargs
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      you're not in the bracket, idiot : Delusional
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        i'd be winner if i was : kgargs
        • duh, that's why they didn't let you in : Delusional
  • I think most people find them somewhat boring, because they are the most similar to traditional RTS. Th... : D45hiz
  • Im a random : oldschoolbob-o
  • I'm Terran! : StolenNosferatu
  • I think Protoss is the easiest to play at lower to immediate skill levels. Just my .02 but it seems that... : kainen1
  • Too many Protoss and Terran on Bnet, needs far far more Zerg :( : abrasion
  • I'm terran. : razlebol
  • I sort of wish I hadn't picked Protoss. I'm a random player and it seemed like I was doing best with the... : agrosheep
  • Anyone pick Protoss mainly because beam weapons are a hell of a lot cooler than projectile weapons? : cetra00
  • I like protoss because they get the best casted abilities at tier 1.5 and I need micro practice. I still ... : sammyl
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  I may be having a schedule problem. School stuff today. I can play from 3:30pm to 5:30pm PST. : Wikus Van De Merwe
  • You need to contact Razlebol : pancake humper
  • I'll try to be there around 7pm EST/ 4pm PST, maybe a bit later. Too bad chill won't be able to cast :( : razlebol
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    Eating supper right now. I'll be online for the match in about 20-30 minutes : razlebol
    • Going in : razlebol
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  these games should start becoming mandatory streams / set times because I want to see all of them! : kainen1
  • or at least stream the replays :) : Demius
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    Trust me, that is where this is going. The next rounds are going to be all played at once over a weekend.... : pancake humper
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      Ive bumped my matches up a day to get cast :D : oldschoolbob-o
      • I kinda love the fact that SC2 is making streaming more popular. It's something I've enjoyed and wanted t... : LoioshDwaggie
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      That's pretty much impossible for some people. : abrasion
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        Welp, they won't be able to sign up then unfortunately. : pancake humper
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          Lame - I got my shit organised at exactly the time we figured out. : abrasion
          • so what's the problem then? :) : pancake humper
      • It's pretty typical of all online leagues for games. You sign up and have a set day and time to play. If ... : sigpro
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      Eh, which wedding? : StolenNosferatu
      • *weekend : StolenNosferatu
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        what? : pancake humper
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          did you mean the next rounds as in RO8 and onward? : StolenNosferatu
          • Yes : pancake humper
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    Pick up your microphone :P : Blucklesworth
    • for what bro? : kainen1
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  So I got a beta key but I completely fucking suck. Any tips guys? I rock the hell out of DOW2 and Com... : morsxcessum
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    It gets kind of tiring giving the same advice day in day out... : Blucklesworth
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      http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=22921584#itemanchor_22921584 Blucklesworth - you could link to you... : flagg209
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        I actually did write a Step 3 but somehow it never got added to the list :) Step 1: http://www.shackne... : Blucklesworth
        • its really good stuff, but some people might not know that when you say "10 gate" or "9 pool" you are ref... : flagg209
    • Just make it your signature in all your posts. : wurt
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      Well let me start by saying I understand the need for a good build order. I know you need 2 to 3 workers... : morsxcessum
      • it's situational - read his step 3 : flagg209
      • Cool I read the guide listed by flagg209 linking to a previous chatty post by Bucklesworth. Definitely w... : morsxcessum
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        So you just want to know what beats what? Read the help menu and look at the unit counters. : Blucklesworth
        • Yeah that helps too. Thanks again. : morsxcessum
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    those are inferior RTS games so yes that is why you suck good tips in blucklesworth's post history som... : DrFlammable
    • I wouldn't go that far to say they are inferior so much as completely different. The only things in comm... : morsxcessum
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      Where is that post of his which is apparently helping people? : abrasion
      • So far it is "How to play SC2 like a Pro" in 3 steps. Step 1. http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=225... : morsxcessum
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      Oh cmon dooshy you can't say Company of Heroes is an inferior RTS to any game! That game is bloody brill... : kainen1
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        no it sucks cause i don't have complete control over all my units like i do in sc. it was an okay game bu... : DrFlammable
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          Well that's like saying a Ferrari Enzo owns an Audi TT but that doesn't mean the Audi's a bad car by any ... : kainen1
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            i dont know what those cars are : DrFlammable
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              they're both sitting in my garage bro, bam : kainen1
              • and i have a poo poo sitting in my toilet right now, owned : DrFlammable
  • defend/attack early rush, build lots of shit, attack-move. : filthysock
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  I think I lost against Maulla due to my mouse mat! Yeah it was the mouse mat. : abrasion
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    I am pretty sure it was because of your Void Rays sitting idle for 5 minutes. : pancake humper
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      Yes but if the UI made idle units more evident..... : Blucklesworth
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        My UI would be full of little icons of my shit doing nothing. Are you going to be commentating the Wikus ... : LoioshDwaggie
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          I'm not free until like 11 PM EST tonight. If it's after that I can cast. : Blucklesworth
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            Wikus come here. : LoioshDwaggie
            • Oh wait: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=22923926#itemanchor_22923926 Doh : LoioshDwaggie
      • I already told him the void rays being idle was one of the few ingame decisions I consciously had time to... : abrasion
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      meh, that really wouldnt have changed much. I had already stopped unit production at that point (which is... : maulla
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        I honestly felt like I had a slim chance - I think if I had a warp prism and did my mass expand bullshit ... : abrasion
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          my heart wasn't in it lol : mwasher
          • I don't think that's the only reason I lost game 2, I just kinda knew after game 1 - I was fucked. : abrasion
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  I believe I've figured out the main reason I lost my 2 games in the second round: I was not high enough. ... : NexusOne
  • In summation, next shack tournament I will be baked out of my head. : NexusOne
  • anyone who smoked weed in college should know that you always take the test in the same mental condition ... : electroly
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    see its the total opposite for me, i take one puff and next thing you i'm building 2 cyber cores, forget ... : theWhite
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      you gotta work up to it, start with playing simple games stoned. let me tell you it is easy as shit to ma... : NexusOne
      • i would never raid stoned either, at least not before i stopped caring about it. The one time i remember ... : theWhite
      • Yup one of the mages in my guild plays best when he is high. We had a new guy yell at someone for saying... : morsxcessum
    • You are not the only one, don't worry. : bongturbo
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      Yeah, I was playing stoned when I was living in LA but since I moved to texas I haven't played high at al... : sammyl
      • certainly, i'm on most nights : theWhite
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      I'm guessing his memory of how he played differs somewhat from reality. : walker270
      • memory has nothing to do with it, its all there in the wins and losses : NexusOne
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  Where can I find these casted games? :< : Xencer
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    I think it is livestream.com/tlchill : bongturbo
    • that would be it : oldschoolbob-o
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  ME VS BEAGY TONIGHT 7OR8 : 7621305
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    Stop this '7 or 8' bullshit. PICK A TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : pancake humper
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      If it's okay with everyone I'll offer a stream of this and the Wikus game. : LoioshDwaggie
      • Yea unless this is 7 or 8 AM Indian time, I can't cast. : Blucklesworth
      • I'll probably end up streaming it : pancake humper
    • okay we play tonight 7 and/or 8! : 7621305
    • Play at 8 : pancake humper
• I wish i had the effort to stream, maybe after the tourney is ova : oldschoolbob-o
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  Demius, I'm expecting you to WIN this thing. : yAak
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    I've yet to face an opponent lower than high silver, and looking ahead, i doubt that will change. :( : Demius
    • You could practice versus Terran on me and totally think you are getting really good. : cetra00
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  fuck I may have to forfeit. I flashed my phone to a new rom and didnt remove the authenticator from my ac... : maulla
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    just use someone elses account? : wurt
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      also which rom did u flash? ;D : wurt
      • damage control 2.08.1 : maulla
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    Looks like abrasion might get into the next round! : walker270
    • Hahahha : abrasion
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    I will send you the dummy account information. You can play on that. : pancake humper
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      alright. what time wurt : maulla
      • 9:30 pm est i'll be on ! : wurt
    • Awwww I was looking forward to making everyone laugh again. : abrasion
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  I've got the local stream system ready here. Loiosh.shack - Contact me in game if you want to be live str... : LoioshDwaggie
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    Where are you streaming it to? I wanna watch shackers being terrible/awesome. : sammyl
    • When it's up it'll go: http://www.justin.tv/loiosh I'll be sure to post when I'm beginning a feed toda... : LoioshDwaggie
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    You will have to spectate the games I am in. : pancake humper
    • Happily so. Poke me in game when things are getting ready. : LoioshDwaggie
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  where can we get replays? : rbjester
  • Click on the names on the bracket page and then "view match" for the download : JarEme
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  hey Cigam! you playing tonight? : theWhite
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    Just got done playing! : cigam
    • awesome : theWhite
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  Paging Wikus Van De Merwe for our match. : razlebol
  • Aaaagh, alright let's get this over with. : Wikus Van De Merwe
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    We are about to start. Anyone wants to cast the game? : razlebol
    • i will watch it though : bongturbo
    • i can cast if no one else can : Demius
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      where dat stream at? : Delusional
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        link that shit! : theWhite
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          demius is casting. He will probably post the link in a few minutes. : razlebol
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            pankake is streaming too : razlebol
            • i am streaming me watching both streams : electroly
      • www.livestream.com/demius : Demius
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  Raz vs Wikus stream is live: http://www.livestream.com/demius : Demius
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    what does everyone use to capture your screen to live stream? googled some programs but not sure what's b... : Lionel2b
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      Procaster. You can download it on livestream.com : razlebol
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        Is that why more people use livestream? I'm trying to setup with ustream. Hate livestream ads. : Lionel2b
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          I see they have something called Producer. Interesting. I take it you won game 2? : Lionel2b
          • Yeah. Adblocks actually blocks those ads btw. : razlebol
• calling all beaginators to starcraft 2 and add drakky.spacek : 7621305

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• You :) : dognose
• What will retirement communities be like in 50 years? When I'm 80, and if my mind is still there, I ... : zebosausamite
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  Starcraft 2 Shacknews tournament. Also check your SM's! : pancake humper
  • I'll be sad if this doesn't earn 3-5 minutes of discussion. : Grumbeld
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  What are your favorite games that were failures with the critics. : tree8
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    that's a good one. : pyide
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      Yeah, I agree. (Shadowrun, to hell with you haters) : Clasifyd
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        The retarded thing is that Shadowrun did some amazing things and people ignored them. Cross-platform mul... : R@zzle
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          I thought it was amazing. The amount of customization you could do was just uncanny. There was no one s... : Clasifyd
          • Fuck, I'm totally playing this tonight now. I wonder if there will be enough for a full game. : Clasifyd
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          Cross-platform multiplayer(console/PC) is a horribly stupid idea for any sort of game that involves preci... : Zek
          • Was it a nerf in mouse control? I thought it was adding a degree of auto-tracking to console users. Reg : Clasifyd
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            How can cross-platform unification be a bad thing? As a general concept it brings together types of game... : R@zzle
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              Because there is a difference between controllers and keyboard/mouse as a control scheme that is fundamen... : Zek
              • I guess it depends on the type. Games with limited controls, like platformers, could work. : Home Nugget
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    Enemy Territory Quake Wars. This game was awesome beyond awesome, and was much simpler to learn that... : flagg209
    • Loved that game. Other shooters haven't compared for me since RTCW, and Enemy territory. : tree8
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    Brutal Legend :( : Deathlove
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      I wouldn't say it was a failure, just that people were expecting more. : Lone Swordsman
      • I don't know if more is the right word. People would play the RTS sections solely from the air and then w... : Haxim
  • Bionic Commando : o0JediBeavis0o
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    C&C Renegade : zebosausamite
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      Loved the multiplayer in it. : NFXFSX
      • Me too. We had a good team going with sneak attacks, main assault force with tanks, and myself (in a heli... : Marrbe
    • If you loved that, check out the Renegade-X mod for UT3. :) : Wolfanoz
    • oh that was some fun coop : supaLink
  • BloodRayne! Admittedly I only played the demo, but I played the hell out of it. I had my actions memor... : Lone Swordsman
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    Too Human : tohm82
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      This! Coop is an absolute blast, even without the cutscenes. Friend and I have been going through it agai... : ArcKnight
      • hey i am ALWAYS up for some Too Human co-op - Le Borzoi is the name. : Borzoi
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    Backyard Wrestling on the PS2. : greg-m
    • Really? That was at Eidos when I was in QA and it was fucking ropey as sin. :( : node
  • Unreal 2. : Marrbe
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    Deadly Premonition ...what do you think, Zach? : SymGeo
    • Amazing! : zebosausamite
• how much I want to hear Copeland playing California :( : moe6
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  Video Game stories! Richard K. Morgan says they all suck. Admittedly I've only played 2 games with storie... : locater16
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    Yes. Yes they are nearly all crap. Japanese games generally try way to hard but fail to convey a cohesive... : Dynotaku
    • The pacing in video games is usually just horrible. You get like ten minutes of story-crammed text/dialog... : StolenNosferatu
  • I'm really surprised to hear Richard Morgan say that. His books are awesome, but a game like Dragon Age o... : Rooster Cockburn
• With the release of Steam on mac this week, do you think this will cause other devs to sit up and start t... : ukmostwanted
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  Steam on Mac and how it will expand valve's product reach and what it means for Episode 3. : ant_hillbilly
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    And what having viable gaming on the Mac means for their market share overall. I think people are underes... : Dynotaku
    • Plus they will be the first large scale digital download service for games on the platform correct? : ant_hillbilly
• Movies and Games - why can one rarely make the transition from one medium to the other? : Deathlove
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  How can we show our employers that it's okay to let us play games at work? I'm a software developer (not ... : Gary the Llama
  • At my last job my IT director had no problems at all with us playing games because we worked 12 hour nigh... : o0JediBeavis0o
  • i almost play more at work than at home :( barely have time to play at home most days, but i always have ... : barichnikov
• What is your absolute #1 favorite sandbox-style game? : Majuju
• E3 Shackmeet! : Vegtro
• What are your thoughts on the newest wave of games doubling as game development platforms, i.e. SC2 and L... : Zek
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  I want you to call Lucas Arts and demand why a tie fighter remake isn't being made. : dextius
  • yes, apparently listening to their fans is not part of their business model : supaLink
• please dedicate the entire episode to Red Dead Redemption : Degenerate
• Boxers or Briefs? Which do you prefer your man to wear, and why? : skinlab133
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  The X-Com brouhaha has me thinking about: 1) Memorable games set in the 50's, 2) S.W.A.T. 4 awesomeness r... : Borzoi
  • We will have a S.W.A.T. 4 shackbattle some day, and it will be glorious : megarust32
• How will the recently released Mac Steam client affect the Mac gaming ecosystem. Can it start a revolutio... : warcrow
• The possibility of Bungie's new Activision IP being linked with the best game they ever made: Minotaur: : Grumbeld
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  Gaming on weed good idea or bad? : at0micgarden
  • I second this in light of CA's impending legalization. : Rooster Cockburn
• Civ V's elimination of stacks: boon or bust? I'm a hardcore civ player and one of my favorite game styles... : Rooster Cockburn
• Steam for Mac and Linux: what does it all mean, man? : Ride-My-Rocket

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  Got one of them link thingies? : deveus1
  • It's a page in the new Mac store, so I suppose it will refresh soon : TastyWheat
  • just go to the steam store : Juno
• http://store.steampowered.com/freeportal/ : Masem
• I would have paid $5, but it never went on sale for $5 :( But now its $0! Hurray! : YerMothah
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  fucking socialism : mista mista
  • how does it work? :) : Masem
• Capitol? CAPITOL? : woddemandred
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  "Play Portal Act before May 24th to get your free copy of Portal!" Is this like a free weekend where ... : jet-poop
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    No, it's free forever. : Masem
    • My Lord. : woddemandred
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  +INF You freaks of nature who haven't played Portal yet have no excuses left. : dumb.
  • "I only use Linux" OH WAIT : Masem
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    Some just aren't interested in it. : pimpium
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      Haha what? Who on this site doesn't like great games? : Wheatloaf
      • There are several regular posters here who don't play games period. : ArcKnight
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        I just have no interest in Portal. : pimpium
        • after the first level, you will find out that you have spent the last 3 hours playing the whole game and ... : ghost hacker
    • These people should be chemically castrated. : Deathlove
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    it requires that you install Steam : retardhumper
    • Steam isn't viral or anything. Just install it, play Portal, then uninstall it... treat it like any other... : dumb.
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      oh no, NOT STEAM!! : DonkeyPopsicle
      • That shit can cause serious burns. : Nali4Freedom
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  IF YOU HAVE NOT PLAYED THIS, KILL YOURSELF, THEN GO PLAY IT : Zero|DPX
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    But ghosting is considered cheating in many online games! : helvetica
    • I had to double check the name, I thought this was a Dave-A post. : ArcKnight
• Make sure to check the front page Shack story for a great Portal video (hints at P2, but no new info ther... : Masem
• Nice, you get it free on both platforms. : mancide
• Praise Xenu!! : Lucien Irenicus
• This was a triumph. : BlackCat9
• Such a fantastic game. Bought it in the Orange Box edition. : ghost hacker
• wow nice : jonin
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  is it the full game thats free, or just a demo? : kyokan
  • A demo is kind of always free. It's the full game : aggressor
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    full game : Leviathan41
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      does it stop working after may 24th? : kyokan
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        No, it's yours to keep forever. : BlackCat9
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          this is too good to be true! : kyokan
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            well, portal is cursed so there's a 50% chance you'll die within 7 days of downloading it : mikecyb
            • I like those odds! : esad
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  I am just going to go ahead and ban everyone who is taking advantage of this because it means they haven'... : mikecyb
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    quick, everyone start saying 'the cake is a lie!!!!' in every thread so you don't get banned! : ArcKnight
    • http://xkcd.com/606/ : Masem
  • I'm considering this whole thing to be piracy, and the speedy frigate Dave-A is ready to cannonball all ... : Dave-A
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    I played it on the 360. Please unban everyone. : Bull
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      okay I will make an exception for people who played it on a different platform but just this once!! : mikecyb
      • Honestly mikey if they've only played it on the 360 they deserve at least a temp ban. : SiW.
  • I got it from XBLA, though :( : woddemandred
  • but, but... :( : jipey
• awesome : bolneze

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• Woah theres some castle looking building off on the distance on an island at the top left : chungathebunga
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  I wish I could full screen this. : Turd Ferguson
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    http://www.gigapan.org/gigapans/fullscreen/48492/ : Kentor
    • nice, you can also double click to enhance where you click. : at0micgarden
    • o cool : bolneze
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  ENHANCE! : bolneze
  • ENHANCEMENT? : hussdelrio
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  i can see the slave labor from here looooooooooo : Mr.SEX
  • You can see the office I work in?????? : not work safe
• lol @ snapshot 23 : ColoradoCNC
• its like a where's waldo : rbjester
• Now that you said that I'm trying to find a license plate to see if I can read it. I see Omarr washing h... : hoopfam4
• It's weird that there are practically no people in that picture, even when you look into the "nicer" area... : aethyr
• That is the most depressing and emptiest city in mankind. So many empty construction sites. What a clus... : Matt Burris
• Snapshot #50. Woman sunbathing. : Sole.exe
• Wow, that's fucking nuts : Begawkiness
• what kind of CSI enhance sorcery is this ?!?!? : Downforce
• The place looks deserted. : razlebol
• How many of those buildings do you think are actually occupied? I'm thinking not many. : spazzium
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  near the pool, by the girl in snapshot 25, follow the pools edge up and to the left. there is a man who h... : d0pamine
  • i'm not finding that detail : Rigg5
  • I think it's because of the way it stitches everything together. That happens with some of the buildings... : spazzium
  • Woah its the predator : chungathebunga
• 45 Gigapixels! Wow this is cool! : AltZero
• Impressive. : Geoffrois
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  I'm a compltely photo noob, but how do you even do that? : SlingBlaze
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    sparkly did it : Downforce
    • I'm a completely...haha my grammar licks. : SlingBlaze
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    4,250 individual shots taken with a Canon 7D and the 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 L zoom at 400mm. Total shooting : Joseph
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      also hardware+software that move the camera for you, so you can get nice super-stitchable pictures, iirc : Joseph
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        Thats pretty awesome : SlingBlaze
        • it's a pretty cool thingmajiggie http://www.gigapansystems.com/ : Joseph
• wow thats amazing : Flinz
• Wow. Is there anything Photoshop's ContentAware plugin can't do? : Home Nugget
• the Dubai Deep Field Image : steelsamurai

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  Wasn't the reason for nothing larger than 32gb before that the iPhone only has space for a single memory ... : peanut-
  • No that's actually quite possibly the reason :( : abrasion
  • That was the case before. I am not sure if they have shrunk the flash nand chips down where they could fi... : pancake humper
  • Looks like Toshiba announced a 64gb NAND chip in December 2009, so we may see that in the new iPhone. Cou... : peanut-
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  I don't understand why the iPhones don't have all the features of the old iPods, 40 gig hard drives, long... : SpaecKow
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    Wouldn't fit and hard drives in mobile devices are lame as fuck. : abrasion
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      But an ipod is smaller than an iphone, I don't understand :( : SpaecKow
      • An iPod with a HDD is 2-3x larger than an iPhone. : LoioshDwaggie
      • Imagine trying to fit this into an iPhone case: http://www.gizmodo.com/assets/resources/2007/01/sandis... : peanut-
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        You don't indeed. No ipod with a hard disk is smaller than an iphone - they are all not only bigger and ... : abrasion
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          While you obviously can't put an HDD into an iPhone, it's not true that HDD iPods are bigger. They have t... : peanut-
          • What size/gen is it? I have a 5.5G 80GB iPod and it's a bit bigger than the iPhone. : Schnapple
          • the HDD ipods are certainly bigger than the iphone : Slowtreme
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            you should compare it to an ipod Touch, which is waaay smaller than an iPhone. The camera, radio, gps, e... : Thomas Hace
            • ...? : Omning
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            He's right dudes!! iPod classic: Height: 4.1 inches (103.5 mm) Width: 2.4 inches (61.8 mm) Depth:... : mikecyb
            • Stop bringing logic into this subthread of fine conjecture. : Arctic Fox
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          I have a 4th gen ipod, it's as wide and squatter than my iPhone. : SpaecKow
          • i think generally phones are dropped more than ipods, and dropped hdd's fuck up : Chandler55
      • There's probably other considerations as well, namely that the spinning motors of the tiny hard disk migh... : Schnapple
  • It takes a fuck of a lot less power to spin a hard drive to buffer a song to ram and then decode it then ... : ryuuseki
  • well, storage is different and would make the iphone fatter, and the batteries dont last as long because ... : Maarten Goldstein
  • The old iPods don't have a "huge" LCD, GPS, bluetooth, WiFi, 3G radio, or 600MHz processor... : boarder2
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  abrasion, you should buy a Zune and get yourself an Android phone : ateam311
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    I thought the nexus one might be cool - but I heard enough bad things to scare me off. As for a zune, I... : abrasion
    • Shit, I forgot about that :( : ateam311
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      Import a HTC Desire from the UK, works just fine here in AU. Mine is awesome, but chews the batteries a f... : MeestaNob
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        A Swedish Android site has done some testing with regards to battery life on the Desire (and others). It ... : SilverSnake
        • Cheers for that. I think I'll leave syncing on for now, but it's nice to know there are options if I'm... : MeestaNob
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        I've imported a phone before. Never, ever again. I'll also never buy another Nokia product, EVER! : abrasion
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          Nokia has really slipped with the rise of HTC and Apple. They can't get their shit together :/ : ateam311
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            Their customer service in Australia rivals the shittyness of Gigabyte, infact it's probably worse. They ... : abrasion
            • Jesus, hahaha. I was just referring to how "behind the fold" they are anymore. Sure, there have been some... : ateam311
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  Why isn't the screen larger. :( : Dynotaku
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    Why do we still not know if it's high res >:( : abrasion
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      Considering the competition it has these days, its has to be at least 800x480. I would expect the hardwar... : re4ctor
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        I don't think the competition ever factor in to Apples decisions at all, they couldn't care less. : abrasion
        • lolololololol : jake
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  ugly as fuck : r3dn3ck
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    Would you prefer it were shaped like an bottle of pills? : not work safe
    • nice : Slowtreme
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      GRABBEM' PILLS : r3dn3ck
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        PEELS : dumb.
        • PEELS! : r3dn3ck
  • Nope, it's the second coming. Remember when Intel was Satan incarnate? All it takes is a blessing from St... : Fred Garvin
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  nothing is leaded on accident, this apple's marketing team at its finest. : metalremains
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    Where do you tinfoilers come from? : abrasion
    • Aluminum Forest where we eat half truths pie nightly. : metalremains
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      Something is definitely up when TWO of them are found in the wild. Either Apple relaxed their prototype p... : aggressor
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        I can't believe people are even saying this, how can you even say this? It's like something out of that u... : abrasion
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          It's hilarious : pancake humper
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            Word on the street is there's 10 of them collect! Hidden all around San Fran streets, taped under chairs ... : abrasion
            • Apple paid me to put them all there. : pancake humper
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          I will fucking destroy anyone that badmouths Unsolved Mysteries or Rescue 911 : ateam311
          • Lol, I need to find some episodes of 911 to relive my youth. : deadhorse
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            I also <3 Unsolved Mysteries, so spooky as a kid on late at night. : abrasion
            • I hear the music in my head now THANKS A LOT! Won't sleep tonight. : kelerian
          • RIP Robert Stack :( : shavenewok
        • It's plausible because we don't know the complete truth and probably never will (ahh, the heart of any co... : get_navi
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          Neither side has proof so it's kind of dumb to say one is wrong. : aggressor
          • Actually, it's kind of wrong not to say the conspiracy theorists are dumb! : abrasion
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            It's not dumb to say one is wrong when they have a silly opinion. Yes, Apple, that company renowned fo... : peanut-
            • hahaha i actually laughed out loud, that's how dumb it is. : abrasion
            • So why haven't we seen hardware leaks before from them? : aggressor
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              well there're articles like this too http://gizmodo.com/5441693/how-apple-unofficially-leaks-information : derelict515
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                this is exactly why I say it's not outside the realm of possibility that, in all their control over their... : get_navi
                • Sorry derelict515, I have a habit of singling people out when I intend to address a broader audience of n... : get_navi
              • purposely leaking tiny bits of information about a couple of features in the vaguest terms possible to tr... : ttyRazor
  • Yeah, apple is all about the clumsy leaked info. They're not known for "and one more thing" reveals at aa... : uncleanmonkey
  • What sounds more likely? - A large team of apple marketing employees carefully orchestrate passing on ... : ttyRazor
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  I can't pick my next phone. Contenders: - iphone (new one obviously) - blackberry (new one, right no... : [7]kami
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    only 2 choices are iPhone 4G, or Droid Incredible. : g0nk
    • But a Blackberry would be perfect (for business). :( : [7]kami
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    You want an EVO. Or you want a Palm Pre Plus. : Deathlove
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      No, i do not want no HTC crap. : [7]kami
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        Best phones on the market save the radio : Deathlove
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          No it isn't. :( : [7]kami
          • i'm going to take the tack of being louder, and thus more right YES IT IS : Deathlove
    • The EVO is too big IMO. 4.3" screen makes it almost unpocketable. I've used my buddy's HTC HD2 and I vas... : cltcprd
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  I'm still in contract formy 3GS, but at the rate my iPhone filled up, I hope they have a 64GB one next ye... : node
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    Yeah I'm constantly struggling for space on mine, a 64gb would be absolutely perfect for me. : Begawkiness
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      i have a 16GB 3G and still have like 11GB free.. what the fuck do you guys fill it up with? : g0nk
      • 90% of mine is full of music, then I have a couple big apps like GTA Chinatown Wars, but yeah mostly musi... : Begawkiness
      • I'm the same way. My 8Gb is never full. I only listen to 5-10 albums at any given time and I guess I don'... : get_navi
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        movies i rip to it just because i have the space. some pictures, a few gigs of music : xxiv
        • 16gb of 32gb left : xxiv
      • podcasts and audiobooks mostly : ninjase
  • I'm only using like 1/4 of my 8 GB. : RyDogg1
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  coming to verizon in the summer????? : stgdz
  • lol : Patch-e
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    I will never believe it till I see an iPhone with the verizon logo on it... : dedgecko
    • the current ones don't have a logo on it I doubt apple would allow it! or do you mean on the screen?! : mikecyb
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    Thought Apple confirmed exclusivity through 2012 earlier this week? Maybe not. : royalally
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      they confirmed a contract existed in 2007 for 5 years : snowwolf
      • but it's complete conjecture as to whether the contract terms have been modified - or not. : dedgecko
• If I was Saddam Bin Laden I would put a bomb in one. : Lightzout
• I'm not sure how I feel about the shape, but my 3G is getting pretty long in the tooth : riptyde
• lol @ lenseflare and baysplosions on a leaked iphone picture. : papaskot
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  why is this even news anymore, it's still exclusive to AT&T. : Downforce
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    actually, why are we able to get so much leak information about the hardware, but the service availabilit... : Downforce
    • Because the hardware is a physical thing, that can be lost, stolen, sneaked out of where it's supposed to... : genom
  • America, the only place on earth getting the iphone! : abrasion
  • That's not necessarily what I got from the articles. From what I understand, Apple affirmed that the o : Rice-Rocketeer
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  goddamnit i hope they drop this in the summer with a decent camera and a 64gb model sooooo bad.i've been ... : gokart.
  • Actually they are going to allow aps to sd soon a google engineer posted. The main reason they didn't all... : Iwannaacura
• The real question is, will it support HSPA+ . That would be the main reason for me picking this one up, o... : Sgt_Boomstick
• 3GS performance shits all over my 3G, moving up to this is gonna be awesome. : yakz
• either there's so much stuff that capacities won't change, or 16GB is the new replacement for the iPhone ... : Postal
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  Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AAnUHePbe4 : vynn
  • lame doesn't show any apps running : gyokuro

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• downloading portal now! : HeXoN
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  yup : askedrelic
  • braid and peggle are also available : askedrelic
• fuck yeah, it updated again too, woo! : ErneX
• Yep just logged in too!!! : Vanitas
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  It's showing Portal, Braid, and Torchlight as playable games for Mac : HeXoN
  • THATS LIKE THREE~!!! OMG : retarded talking dinosaur
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    Now I can finally stop playing Photoshop! : Kentor
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      lol I thought there was going to be Team Fortress 2 for the Mac? Or is that something going to be don... : Maddog_Delphi97
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        They said that they would be rolling out games in sets that demonstrated particular features of Mac Steam... : Kentor
        • Ah, I see. I'm misinformed then. Carry on with the Mac goodness then. : Maddog_Delphi97
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  I'm still getting the beta page, if I click the "Play Portal for free!" it just reloads the page (I don't... : ErneX
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    Same here. Showing te beta store? : TastyWheat
    • it says "Mac game store coming soon!" : ErneX
  • Same. : pgharavi
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  In addition to Portal, I've also got Machinarium, Osmos, and TF2 listed as playable. : DrWaffles
  • TF2!!!?!?!?! : HeXoN
  • TF2 is not going to be playable at launch. : -sk-
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    TF2 isn't showing up in my list...at all... : genom
    • Me neither.. : foo
• I'm downloading Torchlight demo, I followed the link on this page: http://store.steampowered.com/app/4... : ErneX
• Holy shit. There's Steam on my Mac... I will never get any work done again :( : dumb.
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  Anyone find their whole game library isn't showing up? I'm only seeing like 30 games - : dumb.
  • I can see a lot more of my library (All Games as opposed to Mac Games), but TF2 is conspicuously absent f... : genom
  • It's because all the games are not going to be available on Mac at launch. Only Portal from Valve at this... : -sk-
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  How can I download this? I go to steampowered.com and click the Download now link on my Mac and it just ... : kek
  • http://store.steampowered.com/public/client/steam.dmg : HeXoN
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  It's still doing nothing for me, even after updating :S : Bamtan
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    Tried reinstalling it, says "Failed to" something after trying to install the update and then quickly dis... : Bamtan
    • i got the failed to message but it works fine : extrahappyturtle
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  If you have STEAM on the PC and you install it on an OSX machine now, is it platform independent? I mean,... : Dynotaku
  • yes. owning PC versions of the game give you the option to play on OS X : HeXoN
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  Hmm...Torchlight doesn't have my saves...thought it was all cloud-enabled now. : genom
  • yea :< : askedrelic
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    Maybe you need to do something like update or re-save on your PC for it to work? : dumb.
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      Going to try pulling it up in VMWare and see if that makes a difference. : genom
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        Nope - started it up in VMWare, loaded my Alchemist, ran around town a bit, quit, shut down. Started Ste... : genom
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          Note on SteamCloud support – the Mac version DOES support SteamCloud, however our implementation o : xil-reno
          • Ah well, I was going to start a new character anyway. Shame I won't get all that loot I was saving, thoug... : BlackCat9
          • Well shit. : genom
          • Boo... I guess i'll start a new character on my Mac : inc77
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  my Torchlight save from the PC doesn't seem to be there. Can I copy that over manually? How is the Steam ... : askedrelic
  • maybe try loading it up on PC then exit and switch over to Mac? maybe the last time you played it, it di... : dantastic
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  Portal's installed, but not launchable, gives a "This game is currently unavailable" message =( : genom
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    I saw a message earlier about requiring 10.6.3. Perhaps that's why? : askedrelic
    • I have 10.6.3 and i'm getting the same thing : HeXoN
    • Nope - I'm running 10.6.3. Good thought, though! : genom
  • UPDATE: Playable now. It downloaded what looked like 2 updates just prior to actually working. : genom
  • Quit Steam and start it up again. It will update : foo
• Just finished downloading Portal. Tried running it and it says "Game is unavailable" : HeXoN
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  UPDATED! the homepage is no longer the one of the Mac beta : ErneX
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    Indeed. It shows Civ IV as being Mac-compatible, too, but it's not installable yet. : genom
    • montezuma is already raping you :( : Downforce
    • I know! This is making me mad because I jumped on the $10 complete pack over the weekend because I had a ... : digital_d
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  Portal is free until May 24th : ErneX
  • yay! Now I don't have to pay for Portal. wooo : denixen
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  Can you use your PC account? : Fred Garvin
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    I'm using my PC account : ErneX
    • (it's the same) : ErneX
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    I'm using your PC account : dumb.
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      Holy shit!!! : Fred Garvin
      • i'm in your base killing your dudes : HeXoN
• Won't let me play the Civ Pack from last week. :( : NFXFSX
• portal works now : HeXoN
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  Tried to get TF2 to install manually, it went to the start download page, then errored out saying the Ste... : ovrlrd
  • Portal actually did that a couple times for me before it started downloading. : genom
  • I get that same error on Europa Universalis III, when I think the problem is that it got labelled a Mac g... : Captain Loco
• like 20 of my games aren't showing up in my library? : EvilDolemite
• hey that's great you just logged in successfully. it just works! : industro
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  Someone invite me to the Shack group, please? http://steamcommunity.com/id/yukeake : genom
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    sent… : ErneX
    • Thank you sir! : genom
    • Invite me too please, ID is foomanjee : foo
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  Portal, Braid, Peggle, Torchlight all work great for me! Portal is running in 1080p native res, maxed ... : askedrelic
  • I played the first couple of levels in Portal, and was quite pleased with the performance on my MBP. : genom
• Oh awesome, didn't know Portal is free until the 24th! : MaxPete82
• Torchlight and portal both run great on my 15.4" mbp (9600 gpu) : EvilDolemite
• Man it's too bad I have already bought so many Mac games which are now available on Steam. I wish Valve w... : ovrlrd
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  This would be totally awesome if it would let me install games to my external hard drive. As it stands, I... : ucanbfuzzy
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    Maybe setup a symlink from the Steam folder to the local drive? : sumo-hacker
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      That's what I'd do. Looks like Steam's stuff is in ~/Library/Application Support/Steam - I'd try moving ... : genom
      • I see no reason why this won't work : ovrlrd
      • Its actually ~/Documents/Steam Content for the game installs, all the big stuff : opengl128
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        Thanks, hadn't though of that. I'll try it out when I get back from class. : ucanbfuzzy
        • Update: Worked like a charm. Used this service (http://seiryu.home.comcast.net/~seiryu/symboliclinker.htm... : ucanbfuzzy
• Am I the only person who sees it as odd that the "Zoom" button in the games window (the green + button th... : ovrlrd
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  I really wanted to play L4D2 on OS X today, but... holy shit, I had no idea that they were going to have ... : BlackCat9
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    The funny thing is that (civ aside maybe, not sure what the deal is there vis-a-vis steam play) I think t... : Fayk
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      but yeah they have a decent list, though a LOT Of it is pretty generic casual stuff, but there's a lot of... : Fayk
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        And every id Software game : ovrlrd
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          Yeah, good point. Some of hte unreal/epic stuff too, right? Plus then all the various things that were... : Fayk
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            And EvE, Bioshock, CoD4, Enemy Territory: Quake Wars, to name just a few more. It's really the indie deve... : BlackCat9
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              The only thing I worry about is some Mac games use Cider and aren't actually real ports but just use Wine... : ovrlrd
              • yeah, kudos to Valve for making proper ports : ErneX
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              So Unreal Engine 3 works on the mac? It's already a multiplatform engine so I suppose it makes sense but ... : OverloadUT
              • Apparently so. It has Direct3D flavors for Windows and X-Box and OpenGL for Linux, Mac and PS3. Unreal To... : BlackCat9
• Steve Jobs must be pissed at this : gyokuro
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  Hmm, I bought Civ IV for PC a year or two ago, and it isn't showing up as a Mac title for me. Are some ti... : sgtsanity
  • I think it's not working 100% yet, some people are saying they see TF2 in their games list, and others (i... : foo
  • Civ 4 will be, they'll fix it. : node
• steam coming to linux: http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=valve_steam_announcement&num=1 : ]pm[chem
• This is good stuff. I was really hopping TF2 would be up on launch day though. : surley_monkey
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  Steam for Mac is the most responsive app I've used on the Mac. Even through Logmein. : dodob
  • Loom and Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis : dodob

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• myself: osx : Flinz
• osx (but my main computer is a macbook 2008, hopefully i can play some games on it) : fsck
• os x. new mbp 13" that i bought 2 weeks ago! : Affliated
• Windows. No 5970 for Mac. : LoioshDwaggie
• I'd run a Hackintosh if the 5850 was supported :( : aggressor
• OSX : Bamtan
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  is this for people with macs as their main computer? or in general? i'm a window. : ibrokn
  • well, i have a pc for gaming, but spend most of my time on my mac. working, surfing, watching stuff etc.. : Flinz
• Is this poll just for Mac users or what? : MercFox1
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  Xeon Mac Pro - 2.2 GHZ - 10 Gigs of Ramz - 8800GT & Macbook 13inch aluminum (i.e. the torchlight machi... : squigiliwams
  • Oh, i miss understood. OSX. as much as possible. Swapping to windows while certain things arent supported... : squigiliwams
• OSX : foo
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  Aren't you just going to get a majority of mac users responding to this? : deadhorse
  • No, i just wanted to know how many ppl are using macs or pcs. turned out to be a bit confusing with namin... : Flinz
• OSX, I have a PC I keep around for gaming pretty much. But it's off right now. : zakazi
• OSX. I need to get stuff done, not troubleshoot. : saunders45
• OS X 95% of the time. : ryuuseki
• Windows : chazums
• see this multisync? : derelict515
• iMac 24" - OSX 10.6 (Boot Camp install fails booting known-good install CDs, so no dual-boot) iMac 20" -... : genom
• osx. With SC2 for OSX, I don't need any other games : askedrelic
• Games windows, Shack osx. : massdev
• OS X : terath
• OSX : Yanks
• OS X!!!! : piser
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  Wow, looking at this thread, you would think that the Shack is 92% OSX. When in reality, only OSX people ... : Sgt_Boomstick
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    Given the general demographics of this site, there should be a ridiculously high amount of Macintosh owni... : ryuuseki
    • Populace :'( : ryuuseki
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      Why? It's predominantly and traditionally a PC gaming website...I'd wager more people own PC's for sure.... : kainen1
      • No one is saying that we don't own PC's. The reason I say higher than normal is because many of us work i... : ryuuseki
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        the shack is us centric, us demographic has about a 10% mac user share (unlike the 2-3 % worldwide/ only ... : Hoax
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          cool story bro : Yanks
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            cry some more. : Hoax
            • considering what you wrote was pretty much unintelligible I'll just go with ok : Yanks
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          In english, we usually capitalize the first letter of every sentence. We also add paragraph breaks to imp... : terath
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            please allow me to paypal you 20 cents so you can call someone who gives a fuck. : Hoax
            • Hoax: just spewing walls of text to himself. Good thing you don't care about people reading your posts! : terath
          • English is a proper noun FYI. : ryuuseki
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        People can own both! : walker270
        • absolutely I'm just saying that it's a safe bet if there's one or the other, more people would have PC's ... : kainen1
  • Ironically, windows users can't be bothered to admit using it, but have plenty of time to post much longe... : terath
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    Heh, exactly. : deadhorse
    • heh : Mr.SEX
  • I think a lot of people thought he was asking if people who own macs are running OSX or Windows as their ... : OverloadUT
  • well I assume that only people with both a mac and PC respond to this thread : mnok
• OS X : ErneX
• Windows. : gameagog
• OS X on my i7 Imac 27. I'll keep bootcamp on for BC2 : HeXoN
• Windows on main computer, OSX on my laptop. : Rice-Rocketeer
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  Windows...OSX is weak sauce. : CrustaR
  • right on CrustaR! : r3dn3ck
  • CrustaR, I agree. : RogerDandy
  • http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=macs_cant : Mondo
• I use both, but I use OS X as my main operating system, and Windows strictly for gaming. : taronish
• Windows on both desktop and laptop. The only Apple product I own is my first-gen iPhone, and I intend to ... : Helter Skelter
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  OS X, 27" iMac i7 : kbaxter
  • *high five* : HeXoN
• I'm 50/50. Work is Windows XP. Home desktop is Windows 7. Laptop is OSX. iPad is iPhone OS3/OSX. : orgcaptainnemo
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  I was on a Mac then went back to Windows 7 after missing my gaming. If Valve pulls this off and more dev... : Goto10
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    I wonder how many simultaneous new releases steam will bring in. Until big releases are consistently com... : dantastic
    • You've got Valve and Blizzard as far as massive companies that release day and date on both platforms, al... : Serpico74
• OSX. : pgharavi
• osx : disembodied potato
• Sox : zuga
• Windows, begrudgingly. If more games that I wanted to play came out for mac, I would switch in a heart... : TheVietSpecial
• My desktop work environment is OS X, and my laptop is OS X. I really only fire up my Windows machine to ... : sicko
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  Windows, and not moving to Mac anytime soon! : Lone Swordsman
  • LS, you are a good man! : CrustaR
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  OS X. It's where I do all my work, check my email, and download music, so booting into Windows can be a b... : BlackCat9
  • you are a fine gentleman : ErneX
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  Windows 7 on my main pc and work pc. I have no use for a mac. : dantastic
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    You are good teammate! : BlackCat9
    • cool, thanks : dantastic
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      It's OK after they begin bitching about the horror of all of Steam's menu options, they'll wonder why it ... : steauengeglase
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        wtf are you clowns talking about : dantastic
        • Sorry, I replied to the wrong post. Either way it is biased crazy talk. : steauengeglase
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          I have no idea. steauengeglase seems to think that my praise of your teamwork is approval of your prefere... : BlackCat9
          • Exactly, my mistake. : steauengeglase
• windows 7 at home, snow leopard on my work machine : EvilDolemite
• My main computer is a PC but I have a Macbook for school and stuff. : NFXFSX
• I'll probably install it but I have a windows desktop pretty much for the express purpose of playing PC g... : mikecyb
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  OSX, and now with Steam out I am considering deleting my Bootcamp partition. : ovrlrd
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    I deleted my bootcamp partition like a month ago because I never used it :( : mikecyb
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      I still need to finish BioShock 2, but other than that I really have no more games to play that require W... : ovrlrd
      • oh well I have a windows desktop so really having it on my laptop was kind of useless. I booted into it ... : mikecyb
• Ubuntu/Windows : Danny5225
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  OS X (27" iMac 17 and 15" Macbook Pro). PC is gaming only now, but it's pretty nice (i7 860, 5970). : Mansmells
  • oops iMac i7 : Mansmells
• Vista 64 on my main gaming pc Vista 64/Linux Mint 8 64 on my laptop I could go linux mint all the way... : melkore
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  Main is OS X on an i7 iMac, but I game on an i7 860 PC I put together. Building and PC gaming are very ha... : Serpico74
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    I am just kind of sick of it, but it's hard to argue with cheap but powerful hardware :( if Apple made s... : mikecyb
    • It'd be really interesting to see what valve's stats gathering shows in terms of hardware, especially if ... : Toraz Chryx
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      My gaming PC + monitor costs more than my 27" i7 iMac. :O Like you said, if there was a Mac that was i... : Serpico74
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        well yeah but like the imac is $1200 to $2000 depending on what you buy and I generally spend like $600 a... : mikecyb
        • I sold my late 2007 iMac for about 60% of the purchase price on eBay. There is definitely an offset since... : Serpico74
• OS X. I do my gaming on a separate windows machine. : Mmmmmoo
• OS X. I have a bootcamp partition on my system which I use for non-mac games under XP. It'll be a long... : Fayk
• as soon as l4d2 comes out on macsteam im going to remove my bootcamp partition : CoRDS
• OS X, and once all my titles that I actively play make the transition, so long boot camp. : SolrFlare
• windows.. but if enough games get ported over i will easily switch to osx. : dopeman
• Windows XP SON : Mondo
• About 85% OSX. At night, I usually gravitate to the PC I built a couple years ago for some gaming or deal... : Greymatter42
• Linux, i switch to windows only for windows-only programs : fluffy64
• Windows, but i don't waste my time or money on a mac so. : boomdeath
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  iPhone OS : kramweil
  • No no, they said computer, not rich girl's toy! : Lone Swordsman
• Win 7 : hussdelrio
• I'm on OS/2 Warp. : Wheatloaf

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• my thread, it's so lonely : kainen1
• Now I can use my main again, woohoo! : R@zzle
• I'll be playing more today after 3. About a week ago I just didn't see the point in playing if stats were... : boomstickah
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  I need some peoples to play with. What's your account name? : Beaginator
  • kainen : kainen1
  • SinkthePink : Sink the Pink
  • Bonger : bongturbo
  • drakky : 7621305
  • Soybeaner : Iwannaacura
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    c0bra : c0bra
    • just join the shack channel once you get in : c0bra
  • boomstickah : boomstickah
  • Faluzure : Faluzure
  • mayooms. join the shack channel! : mayooms
  • hideo : miasma&!
  • capaneus : TShandy
  • kami : [7]kami
  • just hit the shack chan : conandan
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  Neat! So if I preordered, will I have to do anything other than an automatic update this evening? : Juno
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    nope, unless you wanted to KS a name. :) www.heroesofnewerth.com : kainen1
    • Thankfully I got into this game early enough that Juno was available! That never happens these days :( : Juno
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  I hope it succeeds. I actually enjoy HoN more than SC2 for some reason : ]pm[chem
  • for me it's less to control. i'm a gal who unfortunately can't multitask : mayooms
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  I am interested in the concept of this game, but what I've heard about the community gives me pause. : Captain Loco
  • If a few disparaging words over the internet is enough to keep you from trying a game as great as HoN is,... : R@zzle
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    Try League of Legends first, it's free and has a somewhat friendlier community. It's still pretty harsh t... : Zek
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      Try having sex with a girl with an STD before you have sex with a clean girl. : R@zzle
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        Also, remember never to post about League of Legends in a HoN thread. : Zek
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          its like talkin Sam's Choice cola in a Coca Cola thread bro! Cmon! : kainen1
          • Sams choice is fuckin good : chrisschutz
    • Yeah, this. I can't stand DotA and don't really care for HoN but League of Legends is pretty good. : razlebol
    • *has entered this thread* : Techy007
  • Okay, think of what you've heard of the community. Then realize that its about a million times worse than... : Jackass1233
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    well the good news is that with matchmaking and all the smurfs, griefers, pinoys, and other riff raff gon... : kainen1
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      Unless only the assholes buy it ;) : Brian Leahy
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        we've been through this argument about a billion times, the game is fun when you learn to play it...the t... : kainen1
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          Right, the problem is that if only the hardcore players play it, it sets up a negative loop that prevents... : Brian Leahy
          • Just wait for the Starcraft 2 DotA mod. : walker270
          • Yup. Pretty much. I played one game of HoN in beta before I decided the game was not worth it due to the ... : Rice-Rocketeer
  • The word "community" is probably stretching it. It's a collection of individuals who would gladly rape, ... : walker270
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    S2's community is well known for their unveiled hostility. Think of it like playing Xbox Live HALO except... : LoioshDwaggie
    • Q[Think of it like playing Xbox Live HALO except instead of screaming retarded kids you get unsuccessful ... : Serpico74
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  Goodbye GAMEBOYCOLOR ONLYPLAYCHIP ONLYPLAYBEHE 7621305 PANDAMOWNIUM O8 RiP : 7621305
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    I'm kinda sad about fonkyd0nker : kainen1
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      I might end up throwing 20$ to s2 to get gameboycolor : 7621305
      • Yeah I kinda grew attached to NOTgayDUDE as well as PROpudgeDUDE :( : kgargs
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    What is your main name? : boomstickah
    • drakky : 7621305
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    lol peace out drakkys 53 alt accounts : Xanthos
    • r.i.p. McShirts : Foxhawk
    • Was only about 10! : 7621305
    • i never got to make an alt account. makes me a little sad i'll never ever get that chance now. : mayooms
• Yeah I have not been playing much lately, but plan on playing tonight! Seems like the last few games I p... : quazar
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  No wonder I had retards last night, I thought retail was yesterday. : Iwannaacura
  • lol : c0bra
• these dudes in the game I was in wanted to go 90 minutes. hahah welcome to retail : boomstickah
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  no one is online! :( : mayooms
  • it's only 3:50 central :( : c0bra
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    Are you able to login right now? : hydrologie
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      i'm not actually. well i just logged out and then i can't log back in. i just paid for this! : mayooms
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        yeah thats why nobody is online : boomstickah
        • i totally knew that. : mayooms
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    buy this game for me mayooms : AlexXdude
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      show me your tits and we'll talk ;) : mayooms
      • You're a woman, you should know how this works, deliver the product first and then I'll not show you them... : AlexXdude
• Awesome.. It is a great game, I will definitely have to pick it up once I finish my game backlog :/. : Reeves
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  WOOT!! It's done, time to get crunk! : s2jason
  • damn straight sir, carry forth! : kainen1
  • ya'll making dat bread? : boomstickah
  • Good Job :D : 7621305
  • why couldn't this be on Steam, jason!!!! : AlexXdude
  • hahahaha : kgargs
  • Congrats! Prolly will play SC2 tonight instead, but I have enjoyed my purchase thus far and look forwa... : fleabug
  • Congratulations on an awesome game. : SockMonkeh
  • Nice!! : project13
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  Does the retail release of HoN have a single player component that teaches you the aspects of multiplayer... : Serpico74
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    There is a tutorial that walks you through the basics. : boomstickah
    • I just ran through the tutorial. I'd say that it does a solid job of informing you what the game is all a... : boomstickah
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    No... the tutorial doesn't really help much I did it, it leaves some things that should be taught. ward... : Iwannaacura
    • I disagree, warding is outside the scope of the noob game : boomstickah
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  I haven't played in a long time, thanks to SC2. But I preordered anyway, because I had tons of fun with ... : SqueegyTBS
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    same here. it was well worth it to support them and their OSX client! : multisync
    • That was the reason I played so much :( I'm very scared to have Steam on my Mac. It's far easier to b... : SqueegyTBS
• I just tried to buy this and it said account purchasing was down, how gay : AlexXdude

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  I don't care! I can't connect to the server. :( : Deathlove
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    It kicked me the first time, I got on the second time and it kicked me again before I could complete my t... : MagicWishMonkey
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      I say we brutally murder whoever is hosting it. : Deathlove
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        I will send him a cake with a bunch of angry bees in it, so when he cuts it open he will be surprised to ... : MagicWishMonkey
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          My super power is immunity to bees. : Goncyn
          • i don't suppose you can kick juno to see if we can test my theory? Him being in that long i think means t... : Jikim
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    Does it say Connecting and never actually connect? if so you might want to hit back and reconnect again. ... : Jikim
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      Also, its not me that has trouble with firewall! its you juno! ha! everyone else can connect to me, so th... : Jikim
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        wait you've been on since 2:35am? STOP AFKING AND GTFO! >:O : Jikim
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          wait what : Deathlove
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            I've had problems whenever Juno would try to connect to me. Half the time it would say something about a ... : Jikim
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              Sounds like goncyn needs to reset the alpha pitboss server. : ajvitaly
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                hopefully he's off by the time I get home in 3 hours :( : Jikim
                • Apparently there are issues with the bravo server, too and also probably needs to be reset. : ajvitaly
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  Ahahahahaahahaha! I'm glad you brought this up. Press CTRL + TAB in game to see the message, but let me t... : ajvitaly
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    Oh, that is awesome! I looked down and noticed I had a bunch of really pissed off citizens in a city I di : MagicWishMonkey
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      Also - I took my turn then the new turn started, but I got kicked off the server. I wasn't able to tak... : MagicWishMonkey
      • I logged in no problem after you logged out. So hopefully whatever was wrong is OK now. : ajvitaly
  • And I was actually kinda pissed about this too. I wanted to raze that city; it had a worker. Enjoy your n... : ajvitaly
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    Hope that city doesn't suck, buddy! /me wishes you could raze/disband your own cities. : bolange
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      have i missed anything regarding charlie game? : cpt_gloval
      • Not yet. Waiting on a shackmessage from Goncyn and/or my lunch break to get a post up. Stay tuned. : bolange
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        Wow, you didn't hear? Your empire has already been conquered by the evil Persians. : ajvitaly
        • Leonard Nimoy has let me down again :( : cpt_gloval
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  Hello Xevo. :) : ajvitaly
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    please destroy him : Nitrium
    • personal frinemy of yours? : ajvitaly
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  I couldn't connect this morning at 2:35 a.m. when I tried to take my turn. I tried a couple times and dec... : Juno
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    okay I still can't connect to take my turn, this sucks >:( : Juno
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      look at civstats, it shows you as you still logged in :\ : Jikim
      • It's likely that Goncyn needs to save the game and restart the server : OverloadUT
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        also, sorry for accusing you above :( : Jikim
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          I hope you're aware that these allegations of my being complicit in server side trouble may have a lastin... : Juno
          • The peace loving peoples of Rome are quite happy with their English neighbors.... : bolange
          • can't be helped. Whenever you tried to connect to me, nearly half the time I would have to log off so you... : Jikim
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  SHACKBATTLE CHARLIE The participants are as follows: 1. Bolange -- Random 2. cpt_gloval -- Mao Z : bolange
  • hopefully the port to connect to the server isn't too different from alpha/bravo so we can just change on... : Jikim
  • Errrr something is wrong. I didn't see anywhere in the rules where it says I win. Haha just kidding. K... : ajvitaly
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    I was gonna sign up since I'm just about dead in alpha, but i dunno if I'd be welcomed. : Pacalon
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      Why wouldn't you have been welcomed? We're full now :( : bolange
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        he's probably pointing at the fact that he missed a lot of his turns earlier. : Jikim
        • Oh, yeah. With 18 Civs my tolerance for missed moves is going to be minimal. Hence why I continue to st... : bolange
    • you're a tad late :\ almost dead? well i'm not doing too poorly in alpha, so if you want to take over ... : Jikim
  • I'm signed up with CivStats and am ready to go. So excited. This will be better than Webdiplomacy : lordlobo
  • I'm signed up with CivStats and am ready to go. So excited. This will be better than Webdiplomacy : lordlobo
  • Ok, the initial save game has been sent to Goncyn so it should go live sometime tonight. Once it's up I'... : bolange
  • Nice! I look forward to owning. : JonathanBedrava
  • hey thanks for running this(and Goncyn for hosting). Very excited to get this going! : TPSReport
• What's it named? : Pacalon
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  Haha, there were 12 hours left in the turn when I went to sleep. I slept for 12 hours (damn surgery). I... : Vantage
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    surgery? what happened? : Jikim
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      Oh got my tonsils out last week. Actually, exactly one week ago this hour, I was knocked out on the surg... : Vantage
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        wow that sucks. hope you get better soon! : Jikim
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          The Pitboss game was one of the highlights of my recovery. Now it's down :( : Vantage
          • i share your pain. more so because i didn't finish my turn! : Jikim
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  Gooooonnnnnnnnnnnccccccccyyyyyyynnnnnnnnnnnnnn : OverloadUT
  • ^^ I think he means thank you very much for hosting our games :) : bolange
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    Goncyn when you finally read this thread, reset Bravo's server too. It is getting out of sync errors with... : ajvitaly
    • And thank you for hosting our games. : ajvitaly
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    on the plus side this error is causing the game to extend for quite some time. : Jikim
    • I suspect Charlie game will come online at the same time. : bolange