Evening Reading: What Are You Playing?

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• Depends on the mood you are in. Macgruber is probably a higher "rated" movie, but Prince of Persia is sup... : stygian_whisper
• It sounds like you're going to lose no matter what you choose there, mayms. : AlexXdude
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  macgyver and prince of persia is it 1985 again? : spiderfill
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    I wish. Then I would have another year with my dad being alive. : stygian_whisper
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      Maybe SNL should make the Debbie Downer skit into a movie and cast you as the lead. : JT
      • :D I know, I really shouldn't have, but I just couldn't help myself there, what with father's day coming ... : stygian_whisper
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        Seriously I was laughing at the fukung thread and now this : ( : the_burd
        • Well now I feel bad... which means in a round-about way I downered myself. Fucking backfire. : stygian_whisper
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    Wait this MacGruber thing is a play on MacGuyver? I don't know anything about it but now I'm interested. : abrasion
    • ................... : oHnOES
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      Not really. He just defuses bombs with minimal or odd implements, sports a mullet, has explosions/b-grade... : Shivawn
      • I literally haven't seen a single commercial for this movie, I hate to be 'that guy' who doesn't own a TV... : abrasion
    • wjw : gmd
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  Prince of Persia Retro on the iPad is great. : kramweil
  • Wait, what's this?? BOUGHTENED : dodob
  • That it is, it's awesome, only $1 iPhone and iPad. : Durajim
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  I went and saw it. It wasn't great. It might be considered good. It would have been better if they spent : BlackCat9
  • lol @ spikes at bottom. Everything needs more spikes for impaling. : d fluke
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  My god Macgruber is the worst skit on SNL in a long time. Not sure I could take a full movie of that ret... : virus
  • I wonder the same thing. : limpossible
• Prince of Persia the movie is a piece of shit : shavenewok
• I'm sad the sale on Prince of Persia on Impulse is only for North America :( : woddemandred
• Totally let down by the action (cuts away too quickly *all* the time). Otherwise as shiny shiny and fanta... : d fluke
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  I will probably see MacGruber a second time before it is out of theaters. So funny : Serpico74
  • I was surprised at how funny it really was. I went in with no expectations and was laughing the whole tim... : freshyk
• watched it last night, its good and definitely had fun watching it but its not great or mind blowing but ... : hanged_man
• MacGruber was terrible. Not funny really in the slightest. A shame cause the skit is funny. : kagath
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  I saw it yesterday and was not impressed. There are large stretches where its just kind of stupid and ann : fatman
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    thought that was funny, maybe you should loosen up a little : spaceyme
    • I didn't expect much going in. And that whole portion of the movie was forced so that kids would laugh. T... : fatman
    • maybe you should tighten down? : dookiebot
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  My wife took my 6 year old to see it last night, she said it was pretty good, but probably not something ... : foo
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    your wife or the 6 year old? : oHnOES
    • Wife. My son liked it, but didn't want to talk about it much, I'm guessing that's because he didn't real... : foo
• its good, i give it 7.4/10 : spaceyme

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• I wish those alt.eng stories didn't appear on their frontpage like page advertisements. If I want to read... : pancake humper
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  Yeah these comments are ridiculous: "This has got to be the most idiotic thing I have ever heard of. I... : TabsAZ
  • Agree. The only argument against this, is the that its just a waste of money suing these people. They wil... : stygian_whisper
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  what if they sue you and you show you bought the DVD before the lawsuit came up? : dignan
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    The still can probably nail you due to the sharing nature of a torrent. : Evil Benius
    • You also still stole it in the first place. : SigENeaT
    • what if you don't use bittorrent : valael
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    it's not so much the downloading as the uploading that gets you in trouble : Clay
    • http://greedytorrent.com/ Wonder it this would make a difference in a legal sense? : Visceral Monkey
    • if only journalists would fix their wording when reporting this kind of thing: "...an effort to go after : skryte
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    That's like saying it's ok to steal a car you already own? : not work safe
    • Yeah but what if the one you steal has less accessories and pleather seats? : Perturbation
    • i never said it was solid. it would be more like saying its ok to steal a car you plan on buying. : dignan
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  UHohhhhhhhhh : mwasher
  • manwasher do you have something to admit : redfive
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  I rented hurt locker for ONE DOLLAR from redbox. LOL @ piracy : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
  • I rented it on the ps3 network 'cause I was impatient. :| : CrustaR
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    I love redbox + redbox iphone app. No idea how this company stays in business with $1 rentals. : emcea
    • They only give it to you for one day, that's how. : Fpsnut
• someone should just set up a random computer to download every single torrent possible as many times as p... : wimpy1
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  All I think about is Napster when I read articles such as that one. Why must I sit in a crowded room fill... : aldraek
  • why do you have to see a movie on its release date? What makes you so entitled that you should be able to... : roushimsx
  • yeah theyre so behind the times. i heard back in the 80s people even used to pay like $30 to go to a crow... : spiderfill
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    Studios make far more on box office than they do DVD/On-Demand. Unless you want $70 DVDs and $40 on-deman... : Deathlove
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      Depends on the film, I'd imagine. I'd love to see the numbers though if you have them. : aldraek
      • Well, just grabbing a movie out of random from BOM, I Am Legend did $585M in theaters, $50-$60M in DVD. (... : Deathlove
    • More importantly, studios are in a long-standing collusion with the theater owners, and they both quite l... : action wombmate
  • There's room for theaters and streaming/digital delivery. In fact I want both. Some movies should be view... : Clay
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    you're why we can't have nice things. do you really think films should be free just for you, because you'... : moshman
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      Sounds like he just wants a legal way to see movies on release date like iTunes and Steam allow you to do... : emcea
      • yeah, I misread it : moshman
  • I was thinking the same thing tonight while I was sitting next to the guy who had BO and decided to take ... : BlackCat9
  • there was that article that said they were going to start releasing the movies after 30 days on demand on... : dantastic
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  That movie ran for about 1 week in the movies here, didn't even get a chance to see it. Also cannot find ... : Lukiopimp
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    No. Watch Generation Kill instead. : tohm82
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      what? : PixelPie
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        I saw Hurt Locker after Generation Kill and just thought it was week in comparison. : tohm82
        • while i agree generation kill was great, i would not say its fair to compare them.. : wimpy1
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    I thought it was mediocre at best. Some cool scenes, some interesting scenes, but I didn't find it especi... : JonathanBedrava
    • yeah it was good. i dont know why it won all the praise though : dantastic
    • Same here, I mean it was a good movie and all, but when it was over I didn't feel the need to discuss it ... : foo
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    Both of the people above me are broken: go see it. It may not be the most prolific movie ever, but it's a... : Shivawn
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      ^^ Completely agree with this. Some of the scenes were just dripping with tension and brilliantly done. T... : Dontdrop
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        Who was the cameo? I saw the movie but I don't remember. :/ Remember the spoiler tags! : DM7
        • Ralph Fiennes as that English dude, who shoots the hostages. He had my favourite line in the movie : Dontdrop
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    It wasn't as good as I was expecting, but it was OK. A bit of a letdown after hearing all the hype about ... : phate81
    • It would have lived up to the hype if it kept the tone of the first 2/3rds of the movie. I was loving the... : KxRook

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• Are there pics of this re-design? I'd like to see what they did. : Dave-A
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  It crashes on startup for my Droid. :( Does uninstalling and reinstalling do much in Android? : lolpatrol
  • The answer is yes, uninstalling and reinstalling does help. : lolpatrol
  • There's a bug if you were running full screen, should have a fix out soon. : stonedonkey
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    yah, crashing for me on startup too : synaptic revolt
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      Why, good Sir. Uninstall and reinstall! : lolpatrol
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        I did, but as soon as I set full screen it crashes. Guess no fs till fix comes out : synaptic revolt
        • God I'm an idiot. I saw his comment about fullscreen and thought, "Huh, I don't think I set a fullscree... : lolpatrol
• He said that he'll probably add a feature in the next update to switch it out. : deveus1
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  what does the yellow text mean : dantastic
  • white -> yellow is the new gray-> white to show the age of posts. : ThomW
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    read the "NEW IN THIS VERSION" thing that pops up... It means new posts : Iwannaacura
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      i did i must have skimmed through it. liked the bolded white better. piss yellow sees like it doesnt fi... : dantastic
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        The gray was too hard to read outside. I like it. : ThomW
        • still using your incredible? I'm enjoying mine, the only thing that makes me wish i had an iphone is the ... : datoo
    • Previously, on LatestChatty... : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  Ok, I just pushed out a new version that fixes the crashing with Full Screen mode, and lets you choose be... : stonedonkey
  • hooray! : SockMonkeh
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  Help me with my shackdroid problem please. When I open latest chatty it takes forever for it to load ... : hatchet165
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    What country is your phone? When you reload the topic view is it still slow? What type of connection ar... : stonedonkey
    • US with sprint Reloading does not help. 3G : hatchet165
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    try uninstalling / reinstalling. shackdroid that is : Iwannaacura
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      Tried this more times than I can count : hatchet165
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        The only thing I can think of is giving you a building with trace enabled. After the holiday if your inte... : stonedonkey
        • Yes I would be interested. : hatchet165
  • What else do you have running? Are you using stonedonkeys API? : chazums
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  I've always wanted the comments section to work like latest chatty as far as navigation. Can you make tha... : jodiuh
  • How does it work on the iphone? : stonedonkey
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    you mean like a "next" and "previous" button? that acts like "A" and "Z" keys on the shack? : Demius
    • you just blew my mind with the "A" and "Z" keys, thanks bro. : bongturbo
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  I really need to message stonedonkey to ask if he can rewrite shackpics direct hotlinks to goto the viewe... : anhero
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    I mean, stonedonkey already does rewrites so that latest chatty post links forward to the stonedonkey api... : anhero
    • Or maybe we should protest to greg-m to allow referrers from the stonedonkey url. : anhero
  • Add it to the issues list on the Google code site : chazums
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  Great! I was just about to ask if there was a Shack app for Droid phones. Thanks. : Bamii
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    Somehow I can't reply to topics? What am I doing wrong? : Bamii
    • Never mind, found it! :) : Bamii
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  To add to this, the last 3 versions FC a lot if you have it automatically checking for SM's : foo
  • When the phone is locked, I mean. 9 times out of 10 when I unlock it, I have a "Application Shackdroid i... : foo
  • i didnt have force closes. my problem was mostly with hitting the button for the chatty and it loading a... : dantastic

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• R.I.P. Idol-thumbs. : jujubeads
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  This was the podcast where Ryan Seacrest fingerbanged former talent-show dropouts? : Arctic Fox
  • Audio or video? : michaelleung
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  In between the Giant Bombcast, Weekend Confirmed, and the NGCast, I'm rather well covered on gaming news ... : the archvile
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    My problem with gaming podcasts is that I want to hear people that interesting perspectives on gaming tal... : Porkasaurus
    • They ARE in the industry (Jake's in Telltale Games; Steve works for 2K Marin and previously was in Timega... : the archvile
    • I have many insightful things to say look at me : spiderfill
  • Yeah, I am not crazy about idle thumbs. They get way to into the theory side of thing but I do have to ad... : limpossible
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  I've always thought Remo might have been either elitist or came off that way. Does anyone who knows him ... : deathofrats
  • Haha, oh man, prepare for fun. : Visceral Monkey
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    What an odd thing to post. I mean, he's an active commenter here, why would you talk about him as if he'... : SiW.
    • I didn't mean any disrespect. I respect the guy's writing. : deathofrats
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      I wouldn't really describe him as active here anymore, he drops by once in a while. : mechanicalgrape
      • he posts when he has a computer problem or someone makes fun of his gamasutra articles : spiderfill
      • I figure the drop-off in the last couple of months coincides with increased workload from GDC and E3. I ... : SiW.
    • to be fair, i haven't seen him post in a long time. : ass-street
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    He's a great guy who's truly passionate about games. : filtersweep
    • Video games : nunami
  • Christ. What is this? : acheron
  • lol : Mr.SEX
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    Chris helped birth all 3 of my kids & sees that they receive Christmas gifts every year. : Phil
    • That's because he's the daddy. YOU'RE FREE PHIL! FREE!!!! : Visceral Monkey
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      I was a POW in Vietnam and Chris Remo rescued me. : SockMonkeh
      • How as the post rescue sex? : rosewood
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    I've met him personally a couple times and he's a hell of a nice dude. : Helter Skelter
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      Thanks. I should have worded my initial question differently. He has come off as elitist sometimes, is ... : deathofrats
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        what do you think makes him come off as an elitist to you? what comments or behaviors have you noticed t... : Mr.SEX
        • He tends to dominate the conversation (which is ok because he usually has interesting things to say), so ... : bipolar
        • every one of his high-falutin' gamasutra articles! harumph! we need a red-state Remo to be a friend to th... : Majuju
        • Internet Aura'd : Landrosradick
        • intelligence : mittense
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        Dude, your good. Chris is a dick. Just listen to the old shack cast. He was such an ass to others on the ... : RuffasBluetain
        • those elitists and their contractions : mittense
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          I meant "was" a dick not "is" a dick. I would come off as a retard if I was doing an audio show. : RuffasBluetain
          • would if I was doing an audio show. : SiW.
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            Some people seem to have a hard time understanding that it's possible to be combative with your friends a... : action wombmate
            • if anything Gaynor was the not so nice guy I thought. But since they kept recording I assumed it was just... : peters4life
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          jesus fucking christ, learn to spell and learn some grammar. : moshman
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            Fucking hell, learn how to capitalize your sentences! : Reeves
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              Only if you spell "capitalise" correctly. : moshman
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                Oh the irony.... : saunders45
                • The form of an ellipsis is three periods, not four. : umegastar
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                  explain the irony. I was pointing out the differences in UK and US spellings. : moshman
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                    oh, you can't. thought so : moshman
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                      Sorry Mr. internet tough guy that I don't spend all day on the shack. BTW he did spell it the right way. : saunders45
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                        you're funny, and he didn't spell it right where I come from. : moshman
                        • Where you come from, they spell idea with an "r" on the end. :P : saunders45
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        This is a weird and awkward thread. FYI. : Johnny Law
        • its really not, everyone is just making more out of his comment than they should. : papaskot
        • i have often been described as weird and awkward. i shall make this thread my home. : Klebold
      • I won't pretend that I've listened to any Idle Thumbs podcasts, but it comes with the territory in creati... : heartsauce
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    I think he's assertive, and the whole point of these shows is for them to talk about their opinions. "El... : action wombmate
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      I think the problem is no one else had anything interesting to say about games. Gaynor is the only one wh... : Shai-Tan
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        I've listened to all 7 episodes of the new version of the show, and I thought it stayed pretty topical. ... : action wombmate
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          Ageed, With the first series I thought that was half the point too. Off the cuff, just some dudes sitting... : zakazi
          • Agreed that seems to be the format for every other videogame podcast I enjoy the slightly more chaotic po... : Jenings
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    Remo is awesome, if he's on a podcast I''ll download it : randomnull
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      Nothing tops his Escape Goat song. : Visceral Monkey
      • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GD5ZXuL0HyE : uglysad
    • yeah, me too. he's funny as shit and really well spoken about games all at the same time. : valael
    • Remo is great but Video Rodkin is the man to listen to. : nunami
  • What's next, a popularity contest? : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • I've never met him. I was kind of disappointed he wasn't at the NorCal Shackmeet when I went up there las... : BlackCat9
  • Chris Remo has a smile that not only lights up a room, it furnishes it, as well. : Deathlove
  • Aw, for a second I thought you were ratsofatsorat : mrblarg
  • I remember many a shackmeets ago where we all got into a discussion about game that went from late night ... : Sailor of Fortune
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  it was cancelled? I thought they were just on break while remo was out of town for a few weeks? : Ziggurat
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    I think he was having problems with his recording hardware, so this might be the end (my only friend, the... : Big Luke
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      i think he mentioned the clock on his sw license for whatever they had been using to record at the time w... : wetard
      • so buy a new one what the fu : Chandler55
      • Pretty sure that was a joke : nunami
      • Someone needs to go teach them how to use Audacity : Schnapple
  • yeah he was in London for a couple weeks, I'm sure the dude is busy catching up. I'd be extremely sad... : zakazi
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  I've read this 3-4 times and still not sure what you're trying to say. Well other than you don't like... : zakazi
  • That's what I got out of it too. And for that there's a simple solution, don't listen. : DM7
• That's dumb speculation. It's their own podcast, who the heck would be cancelling it? If they were such c... : geedeck
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  I hope not. All other podcasts rehash the same material. Idle Thumbs manages to cover interesting mater... : treefingers1
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    Idle Thumbs never rehashes topics eh... : derelict515
    • I think he means it's not a news show like the rest. Basically if you've read the front page of the shack... : zakazi
    • Horsebag!!?!!! Seriously though, idle thumbs, next to a life well wasted is probably is the best gami : pixelat3d
    • They don't rehash the same topics that other podcasts do. They have inside jokes/topics but don't have a ... : OmegaRed59
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  I heard one of the members wouldn't do the show unless someone got one thousand brown M&Ms to fill a bran... : rosewood
  • http://www.mymms.com/customprint_faces/custom_selector.asp?PhotoChoiceIs=1&optionchoice=LM : cerealSAM2

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  Anyone up for some 3v3 or 4v4? : thecatinthehat
  • yes! i deserve a game, I haven't played in a week - is patch 13 fixed yet? : abrasion
  • I'll play too. : KangDang
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  Extended until June 07'th! : abrasion
  • I don't believe anything that blizzard says at this point. I'm just going to enjoy the beta as if its goi... : thecatinthehat
• I just lost a game that boiled down to a base race. :( I hate those games. We were dead even the whole... : kek
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  add blizzard  @   scottylans  . com (fuck this new system) : abrasion
  • Sent a friend invite. : thecatinthehat
• Anyone else? : abrasion
• im enjoying a lot of these defence tower maps lol. , coop td : Chandler55
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  This interview with Frank Pearce pisses me off: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_... : pancake humper
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    Would you give SC2 a one star amazon rating to protest BNET? FUCK GAMERS. : walker270
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      Yeah that is insane. I am really surprised to see that kind of reaction from people on TL : pancake humper
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        They are forcing the enthusiasts and pro gamers to buy 3 copies, it's as simple and lame as that. : abrasion
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          As I've said on the podcast MANY times... The market will dictate what they can get away with. If pro... : Brian Leahy
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            "the market will dictate" ok that's an awesome answer Brian, really great. "Can we fuck the customers, l : abrasion
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              First of all, they are a business and their objective is to make money. Second, everyone needs to chi... : Brian Leahy
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                The community has been casually telling them this for the past 12 months, the community has been harping : abrasion
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                  Oh, I don't think iccup would ever get away with running an emulated Bnet2. Blizzard would shut that down... : Brian Leahy
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                    We'll see I suppose - my interest in playing this multiplayer has just dropped significantly though. : abrasion
                    • how much is this really going to affect you? Aren't the majority of your games ladders anyways? and doe... : valael
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                Region locking is not a big deal. The deal is that you have to PAY to play in another region. It reall... : anhero
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                  http://imgur.com/bmWRl.jpg : abrasion
                  • http://www.shackpics.com/viewer.x?file=wc3bnet_ho3pv5woeh3y3wgyzw3a.png : extrahappyturtle
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                    I don't understand what point this img is trying to make : anhero
                    • really? you don't get it? not at all? you don't understand what it's trying to say? no chance of the simp... : moshman
                    • i can't tell if you're trolling or not. he's showing that WC3 let you connect to other regions, but in S... : valael
          • not to mention, it also helps lock out the ppl buying keys from g2buy or whatever that site was for $10 a... : Demius
        • they aren't forcing anyone to do anything. It sucks, yeah, but international tournaments are doing just ... : valael
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    The main change I think they need to consider is to allow people to add friends from other regions and pl... : vynn
    • what else might be really cool is if they create a worldwide region that players have the option to join ... : vynn
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    That pisses you off? You may need to step away from the game for a bit : geedeck
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      More in how he handled the questions like he was shocked to hear what people have been complaining about ... : pancake humper
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        Co-Founders of multi-million dollar companies don't read forums. : Brian Leahy
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          I don't know why you're defending them when they've answered probably 5 interviews alone in the past 6 mo... : abrasion
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            Chat is coming in groups, which won't make launch. When I go to press events and they let the community ... : Brian Leahy
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              I couldn't care less about the chat, for the record, I literally couldn't care less. My answer (in this : abrasion
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                I know for a fact that Dustin and Chris are very tuned into the community. I haven't even met Frank Pearc... : Brian Leahy
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                  He interviews terribly, he's caused a shitstorm on team liquid and even if that is an 'enthusiast die har... : abrasion
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                    True - I would take anything TL is mad about in the moment with a grain of salt. Before they even got to ... : Brian Leahy
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                      I think it's a great game and I'm really enjoying it but I'm not paying 180$ US to play in Australia and ... : abrasion
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                        you really need to put the $ before the amount, you know like a normal person. : spaceyme
                        • 10 dollars 10$ (yes I know it's wrong but cmon - you guys can't even begin to try this stuff- I could c : abrasion
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                      This shit is maddening. Who is playing the original after all this time? And so they are dismissed as h... : MamiyaOtaru
                      • and yeah I hope I am severely overreacting and end up looking like an ass. Cause at least I'd be playing... : MamiyaOtaru
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                        I'm reading the 50 page TL thread now and they are so on the money. "blah blah regions, such a challenge... : abrasion
                        • So don't buy it. That's what everyone forgets. This is a product. If you really want your voice to be h... : Brian Leahy
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                          It's more about making the experience as good and lag free as possible. Without separate regions you have... : vynn
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                            They already support it in SC1 - the argument is completely and utterly pointless - it's already been ad... : abrasion
                            • With their commitment to e-sports in SC2, I've got to believe that they'll want to implement a system for... : deveus1
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                        Catering to casual players is much more lucrative than catering to hard core enthusiasts, just so you kno... : StolenNosferatu
                        • Yeah, i'm sure Blizzard is happy there's still a lot of hardcore players still playing, but compared to t... : valael
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                      Yeah, it's really interesting to see how all those arguments about MBS ruining the game disappeared once ... : deveus1
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                        That is so far different from region locking though. : abrasion
                        • Very true, i was just responding to Brian's comment about TL being very sensitive to change in general. .... : deveus1
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                        oh god, i'm tired. what is MBS? : valael
                        • multi building selection : vynn
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                      When did the game looked like it was going to be shit? : thecatinthehat
                      • It didn't. He's pointing out how much the people on the TL forums complain about *everything*. Blizzard... : valael
          • Also, this is the first interview on the project I've seen with Pearce. Usually it's Dustin or Chris Siga... : Brian Leahy
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    This stuff is getting ridiculous. A lot has changed since BNet 1.0. They really DON'T want chat channe... : Brian Leahy
    • +inf : vynn
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      i just want to put my achievements on Facebook right next to my farmville account. : thecatinthehat
      • Yo 500 million people use Facebook let's just ignore it. I agree. I personally don't care about it. ... : Brian Leahy
    • I don't see how paying customers can be "freeloading" to play a game on a LAN. a fucking LAN, not a pirat... : moshman
  • Wow that interview is open, honest and fucking bullshit...... jesus christ. So I can use my same acc : abrasion
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    Given the backbone network infrastructure, .au & .nz playing with asians makes perfect sense. The only ot... : anhero
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      G.O.D how many times do we have to say, our links to the US are better than the ones in asia. Also this ... : abrasion
      • I was unaware. Chill bro. I can see to certain portions of asia, the connection is worse. But to japan... : anhero
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        So Blizzard is lying? Why would they do that? : Perturbation
        • I don't know why - I just know that _we_ know better than they do - we live here and use these links eve... : abrasion
    • disagree, au/nz connection to most asian countries is fucking poor compared to the US. : spaceyme
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    What exactly does this "semi-subscription" comment for russia and brasil mean? : anhero
    • I believe that you either buy a full price version of the game with unlimited access, or a cheaper versio... : Serpico74
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  When are they casting the Tourney finals? I want to watch! : ConfusedUs
  • I am waiting to hear from Blucklesworth : pancake humper
• It also needs people giving out spare keys that have been living under a rock since beta-start :) : nunami
• woohoo first lan of sc2 (well lan on bnet). good times! double zerg tag team when drunk = win : Lionel2b
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  placed in the 3v3 platinum league, yay. hopefully my teammates won't be terrible. : crypt420
  • so are random teammates usually douche bags? I'm kind of envisioning HoN players, but I haven't done it : valael
• lol chat rooms. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbvDFV7DWhY&feature=player_embedded#! : abrasion
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  anyone up for 3v3 / 4v4 action : Chandler55
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    yeah! : extrahappyturtle
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      http://steamcommunity.com/id/extrahappyturtle/ : extrahappyturtle
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        LOL. I wish blizzard would just give up battle.net and go with steam integration. : thecatinthehat
        • or at least add support for it. Facebook? Come on, that doesn't help us. Steam? fuck yeah. : valael
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  How can i participate in international championships on the B.Net 2.0? It's simple, you can create a Eur : MamiyaOtaru
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    Yes, they are preventing new accounts and name-changes so everyone will buy multiple accounts. Not to com... : Brian Leahy
    • I like that they're cutting back on smurfing, but I still think I'll be annoyed when the inevitable pay $... : valael
• This 3/4th place match is off to a good start! : StolenNosferatu
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  Ally: Those Colossi are hallucinations Me: Stops making Vikings Me: One minute later realizes my ally i... : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
  • That sounds like an awesome strategy. : thecatinthehat
  • hahahaha : StolenNosferatu
• hay guys! I'm SO close to breaking into diamond in 2v2 random teams! I started around rank 50 after plac... : vynn
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  Beta EXTENDED to June 7th! : vynn
  • We previously announced that the first phase of the StarCraft II beta test would be coming to a close in : vynn
• Anyone up for some 3v3 or 4v4? : thecatinthehat

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  Monopoly bad free market good! Too bad Steam is in no way a monopoly. Brick and mortar stores are stil... : Sexpansion Pack
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    Well, if you look at digital distribution of sold-to-end-user games, if Steam is 90% of the digital distr... : Schnapple
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      Steam got their first and did it best while all these other companies were stuck in dark ages or turned t... : Robotic Puppy Eater
      • edit: got there* first. : Robotic Puppy Eater
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        D2D has recently always been good to me, and offers titles that Steam doesn't have, and I'm always willin... : Majuju
        • Steam has forced these other sites to be competitive and introduce features that are standard on steam. ... : Beady
      • Thats great that you feel they deserve to be successful, but that doesn't make any player more or less a ... : CasbahBoy
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      Are Itunes a monopoly then? Because Steam and Itunes are both run the same principal: Consumer laziness... : deathofrats
      • That's not the greatest example, considering the DOJ is currently investigating them for anti-competitive... : deveus1
• I'm as guilty as the next guy for not buying various games (even on sale) at other outlets just because t... : roushimsx
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  how are "service-based business models ... a terminal threat to Steam" ? what do free MMOs have to do wit... : Veegeezee
  • Steam doesn't distribute them (no money) so if they become the only future PC gaming has (please kill me : Schnapple
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  I've bought a bunch of games I never would have looked at otherwise because of Steam. And what's with th... : TabsAZ
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    Devil's Advocate: Valve is on the side of the little guys... for now. What happens if they turn evil like : Schnapple
    • That's retarded, though. You can play the worst-case scenario game with just about anything that's good : action wombmate
• I think he's pretty much wrong on all counts actually. Steam is helping creative innovation by allowing ... : deject
• Did you want to expand on which points you thought were particularly interesting? I'm not sure I agree th... : deveus1
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  It's a race to the bottom price wise. Most games sell like hotcakes during the weekend sales and are tepi... : Fred Garvin
  • I think this point is far more interesting than anything in the article. : deveus1
  • So it's not up to the publishers to decide when they do a sale? : cdrd
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  This is an excellent example of an inflammatory heading ("Steam will destroy the PC games industry") and ... : crummynz
  • Also weak reasoning: "Valve doesn’t need to promote the platform-", "The little guys don’t ... : Lukiopimp
• I wish i could dig up Dsmart's post on how good steam is for the pc community. : stgdz
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  It sounds like this dude hasn't actually worked with Valve or even barely looked at the platform : geedeck
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    This is exactly what I thought when reading it. As far as I'm concerned, as long as the current manage... : Durajim
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      Devil's Advocate: What happens when/if the current management at Valve leaves? What if the new management... : Schnapple
      • yeah thats the big if, Steam in its current form is awesome. : stgdz
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        As stgdz said, that's a very big if - But, it's always a chance that something like that will happen - I ... : Durajim
        • In the worst case scenario, it would be nice if the steam backup could produce a standalone game installe... : flasher 907
• This article needs examples; some kind of explanation. You could insert any big company in these topics a... : PointlesS76
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  None of his points are well backed up, and pure speculative B.S. as far as i can tell from just having re... : pixelat3d
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    A lot of the response to this seem to be offended at the idea that the author would dane to question Valv... : Schnapple
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      He doesn't have any predictive points - the whole article is present tense until the very end. Steam... : Dessicator82
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        I'd still argue that Steam has a digital distribution monopoly (having 90% of the market, as the article : Schnapple
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          I'll bite: First of all, the headline is completely inflammatory and unsupported by his arguments. On ... : deveus1
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            I can't believe i bothered to type all that. It's such an awful article in the first place. : deveus1
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              You fell into the trap that i so carefully weaved around = P : pixelat3d
              • Yeah, i should've known better heh : deveus1
          • His whole point (and I agree that the title is inflammatory) is that Steam, through its dominance, is in ... : dfay
    • Yeah, you could, but it's counter productive. : ieGod
• That was a pointless article, and a waste of time to read it. : Rag and Bone Man
• This article sucks and I hate you. : SockMonkeh
• I don't see how he can say it doesn't help PC's as a gaming device. One place to buy every major and eve... : valael
• Anyone who flatly declares "Steam doesn’t improve the PC as a gaming device" is not operating on t... : Johnny Law
• If anything, Steam and other similar platforms will SAVE the games industry. If Steam gets to a point whe... : massdev
• I feel like this guy read the chapter on monopolies in a high school economics textbook and tried to appl... : The Grolar Bear
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  I'm gonna still buy games from Steam I hope that's OK : dognose
  • Dognose, you're destroying the PC games industry! : Dontdrop
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  Steam is the lone reason why I even play on the PC anymore. I believe if it weren't for Valve the PC woul... : K1Bond007
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    People forget how much simpler Steam has made PC gaming. Autopatching, no CD keys, centralized storefront... : Serpico74
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      very simple for me. buy game during sale, never install or play said game. simple!! : spiderfill
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        Hahah, no kidding. "90% off, well, I'll probably never play it but just in case..." : Serpico74
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          or .. "2.99 Max Payne? Fuck yeah.. don't need these discs anymore..." We are so lazy.. :D : K1Bond007
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            Discs and boxes are clutter. Any excuse to get rid of them. :) : Serpico74
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              Well they used to be worth having. Like a decade ago. : SpaecKow
              • i still have a few dozen boxes stacked behind my desk. used to collect them, now I don't have the heart ... : valael
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        hell, I do this for console games about as much as I do this for Steam sales. It's hard as hell to pass u... : K1Bond007
        • same. theres a ton under $10 on amazon used : spiderfill
    • no need to reinstall everything if you have your steam dir on a separate drive to your OS : shavenewok
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      I repurchased CoH just because of the shitty patching scheme. There's a lot of old games I want to repla... : valael
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        CoH is the best example why Steam is so great. The retail version is a patch nightmare, Steam just takes ... : Serpico74
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          I can't figure out why they didn't release one big patch each time so I could just download that instead ... : valael
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            Same thing with Battlefield 2. It wasn't as bad as CoH but it was damn close. : Serpico74
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              If BFBC2 is any indication Dice have finally figured out how to patch games properly rather than force a ... : Beady
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                That damn auto patcher still needs a play, pause button. : Dontdrop
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                  It gives you the option to patch or not, and when it does patch it asks if you want to launch the game. ... : Beady
                  • Sorry meant a way to resume or pause the download of a patch. If your connection cuts anytime during the ... : Dontdrop
  • The authors should read Margolis and Leibowitz's Fable of the Keys. Serial monopoly is common in software... : UtilityMaximizer
• its pretty clearly a shameless flamebait to drive hits is that word still used : spiderfill
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  Steam is not a monopoly in any meaningful sense (which would be forcible monopoly based on government int... : Marrbe
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    Marrbe is totally right. Whining about Steam being a monopoly is stupid because it's monopoly position is... : peanut-
    • The article seems to equate Majority Use = Monopoly, which it does not. Valve is not doing anything to st... : uglysad
  • Same with World of Warcraft... it amuses me to no end when people whine that it's too fun / stable / poli... : ChibiJosh
• Seems like that article only gives one reason, and explains it in five different ways. For Steam to be... : Nehvrook
• So if you provide the best service, and nobody is smart enough to come up with something equally good you... : Johnnsen
• Is this guy fucken serious? Consoles are a better platform because Microsoft spent tons of money on marke... : SpaecKow
• not a single reply from you, i do believe this is called a drive by posts and is usually nuked . this mak... : CoRDS
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  Piece of shit article is a piece of shit : MercFox1
  • ^^^^ this. : jimvolk
• bullshit article to get some clicks : umegastar
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  LOUD NOISES!!! : Wiimope
  • AAAAAAAHHHHHHH : MechBFP
• People should only be allowed one opinion per month. So they would have to think them through better befo... : xxx2xxx
• Yes if Valve becomes Apple, we're in trouble. So far, they're the good guys. : kingdepork
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  "Reason 3: The little guys don’t get a look in" This is utter crap. On Steam, an independent de... : jason bergman
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    Your objection to 3 only applies if you can actually get on Steam and that's still not that easy and if y... : Fred Garvin
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      Yeah didn't they pass on Braid for the longest time? And then Bionic Commando Rearmed didn't show up for ... : Schnapple
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        Again I don't think Valve is evil - I own thousands of dollars in games on Steam - but there is a certain... : Schnapple
        • Agreed, Steam is great, but they are a business with business motivations and not a champion on the indie... : Fred Garvin
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      Contrast that with what the little guys get without Steam: Fuck-all. : Arcanum
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        So, you are saying Steam is the only venue for indies? And like I said, unless you get featured you still... : Fred Garvin
        • It's not the only one, but it's probably the biggest and most accessible to the customers. : Arcanum
• if and when valve starts fucking us - people will find other solutions.. as great as valve is at protecti... : wimpy1
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  An interesting thing, although it's probably unrelated to this article, is that Valve also produces its o... : cdrd
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    your point being? : shirif
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      They release updates, free patches, free content; they market the game accordingly and you complain??? : shirif
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        Shirif, you got it all wrong friend, I don't complain! Where do I complain? My point is: Valve is not ... : cdrd
        • Discuss what? You're making assumptions you can in no way back up with actual data. : Conan
        • I think it's an ingenious business strategy. It's also indirectly altruistic in that more traffic to Stea... : The Grolar Bear
        • I did go a little far in accusing you, for that I am sorry. On the issue of the TF2 pricing, we have n... : shirif
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  "Steam doesn’t improve the PC as a gaming device." Really? I find Steam adds a lot with friend... : OmegaRed59
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    As was said yesterday about this article, it is valueless, uninformed, and useless and the author has lit... : LoioshDwaggie
    • Um okay... So just because I'm a bit late I'm not supposed to comment on it with my opinion? Why didn't y... : OmegaRed59

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  the fast...and the RED DEAD REDEMPTION : oHnOES
  • err.. the quick and the er RDR : oHnOES
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  This game agitates me because I try to be good, but it's not always easy. I just did a gang hideout, b : slax0r
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    yeah that shit sucks when someone is hanging and you have to rescue them : oHnOES
    • If you have help with a hanging, approach it so you directly see the victim hanging from the roap and can... : Lukiopimp
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    Yeah, shit like this happens all the time to me. Twice I tried to save some hooker in town who was gettin... : code-e255
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      On the mission where a guy is holding a woman from behind and you have to deadeye the guy in the face bef : jbury
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        I've learned something while playing, don't use the sawed off shotgun in town :( : .sticks.
        • lol : oHnOES
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  Someone who beat it, tell me how much I have left I just finished the riverboat mission where you save th : Tattoo Trav
  • you are close : oHnOES
  • Just look in your stats there are 57 missions. : theBorgie
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  I'm about 16 hours in now and just finished the train robbery mission or whatever and am probably just go... : mwasher
  • I'm the opposite. Before I advance the story any more I want to beat all the challenges I can and get as... : sKetchflow
  • That was about the same time I started speeding up the rate of play. But trust me, you'll be enjoying the... : zuff
• I just started this game tonight and now Ratalon is also doing the beginning. He was cracking up because... : Galadriel07
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  Just finished, Ending spoilers! Fantastic ending. Playing as the boy riding away with Abigail it hit me l : zuff
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    http://www.shackpics.com/files/iPhoneUpload_206bztjn3kygriq8ld6p.jpg 10 days WTF? I didn't think I playe... : zuff
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      lol i think that may be a glitch :P unless you just left it running or something, haha : mwasher
      • mine also glitched and said something like 48 hours : oHnOES
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  Anyone get the Legend of the West outfit? It must take ages to finish all those challenges. Does it give ... : rudds
  • I've got it, it boosts your total deadeye pool for sure and it fills faster I believe. : Lunatic Angelic
  • i believe it is just decorative, but in the process of getting it you get a larger deadeye pool, double i... : stgulik
  • I've got it and it possibly doubles your dead eye. I say possibly because after getting it I got separate... : -JLN-
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    it's a black duster uniform w/ double dead eye : Bamtan
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      Looks like the coat whats-his-name, the old gunslinger from Mexico, wore. : ucanbfuzzy
      • i loved that guy so much : oHnOES
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  i just shot like 20 wolves and was about to make like $500 or more and my game locked up :( : wtf242
  • Thats odd, i've only had a freeze when going out of multiplayer free roam back to single player after usi... : Lukiopimp
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  It's 6 am and I'm just now stopping to go to bed. God damn this game. End game spoilers: After the Du : slax0r
  • You are so wrong. Please continue until the end :) : ArtilleryMarker
• I hit 50 on multi this evening. : massdev
• I 100%d it last night. Fantastic game. Probably my favourite of the open world genre. : Bamtan
• Get the Evan repeater and do the treasure hunter mine clearout scenario with plenty of dead eye refill it : ArtilleryMarker
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  am i a bad person when i sold my first copy of RDR, i kept the huge map it comes with? :( : oHnOES
  • nah they probably wouldn't have appreciated all the love stains you dead eyed all over pin up Bonnie. : massdev
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    your first copy? you bought the game 2 or more times? : dantastic
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      yeah i sold my first copy about 5 days ago. i got the urge to play again about 2 days ago so i went half... : oHnOES
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        you are a brilliant man : dantastic
        • yeah i make hasty decisions : oHnOES
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  I finally got it and I was picking flowers for some old guy and I got mauled by a mountain lion : gmd
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    gmd what do you think of it : oHnOES
    • it's good : gmd
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  So for people who completed the game - Did you notice the guy from "I Know You" was there at the end, whe : Bamtan
  • I figured he was The Devil first time I met him : Crimsonbeak
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  I don't like having to do the gambling minigames for stranger missions, especially Liars Dice. : freshyk
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    you know you can peek under your cup (i didnt know until i accidently hit one of the triggers : oHnOES
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      That's kind of the entire point of Liar's Dice... : Haxim
      • i didnt understand :( : oHnOES
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  does anyone have a good description of when exactly you get more fame for killing people with the golden ... : oHnOES
  • golden guns are so pointless since it only applies to your stupid starting guns. LAME : dantastic
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  My favorite thing to do is saving the people who need help and then throwing on the bandana real quick an... : mnsnota
  • do not try this with lawmen though as you will receive a bounty no matter what. : mnsnota
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  Can anyone explain duels to me? The directions went by so quick the first time I can't figure it out. Doe... : get_navi
  • I just aim for their gun/hand that will have the gun. tbh i think you get more from that then just killin... : Zollington