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It was a slow news day around these parts, but I wrote-up a lengthy article about the StarCraft 2 beta, which just ended. Do me a favor and read it while you wait for the full game.

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    July 19, 2010 5:01 PM

    Alien Swarm servers? steam groups? guns'n'ammo?

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      July 19, 2010 5:01 PM

      I just loaded it up for the first time. Anyone want to join me?

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      July 19, 2010 5:02 PM

      I'm down for a game as soon as it finishes downloading.

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      July 19, 2010 5:03 PM

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      July 19, 2010 5:04 PM

      Also switch your server to LA if u are trying to download from soemwhere else. was able to get 2mb/sec from LA servers and i'm in NJ

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      July 19, 2010 5:05 PM

      update on servers: Linux build is broken. Working on a windows build but having some issues. May be a day or so and I need conclusive proof that the Steam group is private.

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      July 19, 2010 5:05 PM

      Who wants to play? I need to get me a TF2 hat.

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      July 19, 2010 5:08 PM

      HOW I DOWNLOAD GAEM!?

      Just kidding, almost done, then TIME TO FRAG SOME ALIENS!

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        July 19, 2010 5:23 PM

        I'm surprised anything could tear you away from minecraft!

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      July 19, 2010 5:11 PM

      downloading at a whooping 88 KB/s :(

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      July 19, 2010 5:11 PM

      Daym, 300kb, it take so long for Alien Swarm to come to Australia from America :(

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        July 19, 2010 5:15 PM

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        July 19, 2010 5:19 PM

        I hope it's on the Internode servers. :-( I've left it to download while I'm work so I can play it when I get home! I'm so excited!

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          July 19, 2010 5:23 PM

          It's not I've had to switch to the LA one like the guys above :(

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            July 19, 2010 5:30 PM

            That sucks. :-( I've really been enjoying getting free data from Steam, I have so many more games that I won't play now. :-(

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      July 19, 2010 5:22 PM

      I'd like to play with some dudes.

      http://steamcommunity.com/id/skatch

      Last people I played with kept shooting me in the face and running into my fire.

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        July 19, 2010 5:56 PM

        Anyone? I've been playing with randoms and they're all retarded.

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      July 19, 2010 5:23 PM

      Damn servers are all busy. Valve hasn't even bothered to fix this yet?

      They're as bad as Lunar Industries.

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      July 19, 2010 5:26 PM

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        July 19, 2010 5:32 PM

        Out of curiosity, what's your dl rate from the Toronto server?

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          July 19, 2010 5:39 PM

          I was getting around 350 Kb/s when I pulled from there.

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        July 19, 2010 5:37 PM

        I switched back to San Jose and it's downloading faster than the 30-60KB/s I was getting from Montreal.

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        July 19, 2010 5:57 PM

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        July 19, 2010 6:18 PM

        couldnt hit toronto all day. switching to detroit fixed that

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      July 19, 2010 5:33 PM

      Downloading now.

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      July 19, 2010 5:41 PM

      Pretty fun. Nothing groundbreaking but when it gets crazy hectic, like on the elevator, it's a lot of fun.

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        July 19, 2010 5:43 PM

        Elevator was FUN. I just stood at the front and killed ceiling crawlers while the rest took care of the ons behind me with a sentry.

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        July 19, 2010 7:33 PM

        It gets 1000x worse later on. Also, play it on hard.

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      July 19, 2010 5:42 PM

      Does this support a 360 controller?

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      July 19, 2010 5:45 PM

      I'll be up for a game later!

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      July 19, 2010 5:46 PM

      I cant even find a server to DL from. It's too busy to download.

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      July 19, 2010 5:55 PM

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      July 19, 2010 6:15 PM

      Servers are currently too busy to handle your request. Fucking Fuck Fuck.

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        July 19, 2010 6:18 PM

        i just fixed that problem: go to settings and switch your steam server. i was set to toronto canada and after switching to detroit, MI, instant download. 2.5MB/sec is faster than the actual toronto server that i normally use.

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          July 19, 2010 7:15 PM

          I just kept spamming it over and over until it finally started downloading hahaha.

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      July 19, 2010 6:18 PM

      Does anyone know the max level for characters? btw for those looking to coop: Steam ID: supaLink

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      July 19, 2010 6:18 PM

      I've enjoyed this so far and the gulf of players verses lamers is huge. Finding a game is a real pain in the ass however. 2 critical positions are med and tech; if the med can't heal for shit eventually you will lose a player and worse if the tech can't do the puzzles quickly you will wipe to hordes.

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      July 19, 2010 6:20 PM

      looking for a game! steam id: lone_wolf@slowcable.net

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      July 19, 2010 6:26 PM

      Once this thing finished downloading, I'm up for a game. I have no clue what I'll be doing though.

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      July 19, 2010 6:28 PM

      Aww I got my hat achievement but its not showing up in TF2.

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      July 19, 2010 6:34 PM

      I found that my GTX 260 would go to shit and crash using the 257.21 driver. I had to use the latest one to run the game. Just an FYI

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        July 19, 2010 6:46 PM

        thanks for the heads up!

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        July 19, 2010 6:50 PM

        I have a GTX 260, and I was playing fine through most of the campaign, then it kept hard locking my computer toward the end of the last mission. Both monitors grayed out and looping sound, the whole bit. Happened at the same exact spot twice in a row. Downloading the latest drivers that came out today to see whether they fix it or not.

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          July 19, 2010 7:01 PM

          Goncyn i was having the same issues with my gtx 260's. i had to tab out and tab back in to unfreeze

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            July 19, 2010 7:05 PM

            I had to hit the power button both times it happened. So here's hoping a driver update solves it.

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        July 19, 2010 7:02 PM

        Yep same issue here. Thanks for the heads up

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        July 19, 2010 7:08 PM

        my computer kept freezing when my grenades would explode. updating drivers now.

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          July 19, 2010 7:16 PM

          That may have been what did it for me, too.

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      July 19, 2010 6:49 PM

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      July 19, 2010 6:57 PM

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      July 19, 2010 7:00 PM

      Campaign complete... AWESOME game!

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      July 19, 2010 7:03 PM

      SHACK GROUP http://steamcommunity.com/groups/ShackSwarm it's public and seems to be overflowing with awesome.

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      July 19, 2010 7:17 PM

      finished it on normal. need more campaigns. will definitely give it a couple run throughs on the higher difficulties tho. pretty awesome.

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      July 19, 2010 7:37 PM

      still can't download :(

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      July 19, 2010 7:51 PM

      Partway through the first training mission, this is fun!

      Reminds me a bit of Crusader:No Remorse, a bit like being in an Aliens movie, and a bit of RPG.

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      July 19, 2010 7:52 PM

      Is this standalone?

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      July 19, 2010 8:04 PM

      I guess there's no way to play through the campaign by yourself? You have to do it online?

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        July 19, 2010 8:06 PM

        just like l4d1/2 you can play offline with bots

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          July 19, 2010 10:14 PM

          Unless I'm missing something, there's no way to play the campaign single-player with bots. There's a practice offline option but that only gives you one practice level to play on.

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      July 19, 2010 8:07 PM

      halp, how deal with face huggers... Says call medic but I die... Does medic press a key?

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        July 19, 2010 8:08 PM

        best thing is to try to avoid those fuckers.. but the medic will need to drop down his aoe heal for you to survive that.

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      July 19, 2010 8:08 PM

      duffman03 posted how to create random levels :
      http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=23513037#itemanchor_23513037

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        July 19, 2010 8:11 PM

        oh wow this is awesome.

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        July 19, 2010 8:35 PM

        My doppleganger has done well, does it work in online play?

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      July 19, 2010 8:18 PM

      Thanks RikiTiki2, ecclesio, and Aristole.d!

      We kicked some alien ass!!!!

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      July 19, 2010 8:24 PM

      Anyone else getting massive stuttering in game? :(

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        July 19, 2010 8:34 PM

        We started to at the end of the very last level.

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          July 19, 2010 9:56 PM

          Yes, the elevator battle? I saw some at the beginner of that segment.

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      July 19, 2010 8:35 PM

      this game is pretty cool, are they releasing an SDK? zombie swarm!

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        July 19, 2010 8:45 PM

        it's out already- listed under tools

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      July 19, 2010 8:35 PM

      That was fun. Hope more content appears in the future.

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      July 19, 2010 8:40 PM

      this is going to take a while to get used to the up=north style controls. I want up to be the direction my mouse is aiming.

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      July 19, 2010 8:45 PM

      This game rocks so hard! I can't wait for more missions. Duffman, dhAvatar, Whiteshack and myself (along with someone else for the first half, name's not sticking now) plowed through the campaign. it gets pretty rough toward the end, and i mysteriously died in the flash of white light at the end but it's an awesome coop experience. one more thing, fucking face huggers can go to hell!

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      July 19, 2010 8:49 PM

      Need 2 for a coop game. Join either me or vile.

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      July 19, 2010 9:01 PM

      Just got through the campaign with dirge23, hemtroll, and lonepie. Tons of fun for a free game :D I hope add some more content, that would be great :)

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        July 19, 2010 9:05 PM

        Oh, the only other thing is I wish the map drawing would last longer, I hate having to redraw every 10 seconds.

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        July 19, 2010 9:08 PM

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        July 19, 2010 9:19 PM

        yep, fun stuff. i am sure they'll add more campaigns sooner or later.

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          July 19, 2010 9:26 PM

          ...for a price!

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            July 19, 2010 9:31 PM

            exactly what i was thinking. it's a good plan

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              July 19, 2010 9:38 PM

              with exclusive TF2 hats for guaranteed sales

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          July 19, 2010 9:26 PM

          (the first hit is always free, monsieur dirge)

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      July 19, 2010 9:16 PM

      how many campaigns are there? just the one?

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      July 19, 2010 9:43 PM

      I would immediately pay full price for this game with 6 or 7 new campaigns. This game is just that damn cool.

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      July 19, 2010 9:56 PM

      Fun game, but too short. It will probably be months before a decent campaign comes out form the community :(

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      July 19, 2010 9:56 PM

      anyone want to play on hard or whatever is after that? shoot me a message on steam! (same as shackname)

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      July 19, 2010 9:56 PM

      It kind of has a SPACE HULK vibe to it.

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      July 19, 2010 10:29 PM

      First go at it and the flame thrower appears to be the best weapon. Supremely cheap shots and is an instant kill on the fodder which seem to make up the majority of enemies in the first 1/2 of the campaign.

      Sucks versus the big guys though.

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      July 19, 2010 11:07 PM

      This game is great, I especially love being the technician and trying to solve the minigame puzzles as fast as I can to unlock doors. Does anyone know what happens when you don't beat the timer for those minigames and it says something like "access attempt logged"?

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      July 19, 2010 11:07 PM

      Good games watcher, zuff, monkeyballz and robo puppy...

      Sorry I had to leave right at the end: wifeaggro'd!

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      July 19, 2010 11:08 PM

      anyone have a game going invite me

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      July 19, 2010 11:19 PM

      are you bored with the original maps yet? You won't get xp, but check this out. Go to the console and type sv_cheats 1
      Then enter asw_tilegen

      Apparently appeared on sa, so don't look at me for finding it. The game has a functional random map generator in it.

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        July 19, 2010 11:28 PM

        It's also mentioned in this thread I think.

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          July 19, 2010 11:34 PM

          ah yes, now I see it. Completely missed it when I skimmed through before.

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      July 19, 2010 11:37 PM

      need 2 for the last 3 missions on hard

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