Morning Discussion

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• I just started doing placement matches for 1v1 and 2v2. I am really worried that I am going to get placed... : snot3353
• God I'm so close to plat it hurts. Why do I have to work :( : TheStupidOne
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  Nukes sound awfully fancy for Bronze play, I placed Gold just making a bunch of dudes and autoattacking t... : Zek
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    Baneling bust will kill 90% of anyone sub diamond, seriously. Noone knows how to wall right. : TheStupidOne
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      I'm interested in learning zerg, do you have any core gameplay replays or casts I should watch? : twifosp
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        You won't learn anything from watching, just build a lot of shit. Always be building drones and expanding... : Zek
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          I think the mineral line saturation is 30 drones. Ideally you want to hit that before you start to exhau... : crimrOw
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            3 drones per mineral = 24 drones, 6 more for gas. When you double click a drone you should have 28 select... : Zek
            • And you should be hitting that way way before they get mined out if you're constantly building drones. : Zek
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              I'm confused. You just answered your own question. : crimrOw
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                What I meant was how many larva to spend building drones instead of building army units. Protoss and Terr... : Zek
                • Learning when to drone and when to build army is really what separates real Diamond Zergs from 6pooler ch... : TheStupidOne
          • Details... I'm leaving them out. So with your goal being about 3 drones per patch and 3 per gas, you n... : crimrOw
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            Err saturation is 16 drones, 2 per min patch. You want to go a little over with Zerg simply because you'... : TheStupidOne
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              ?? You definitely get more with 3 drones, even the loading screen says so. IIRC the efficiency is a littl... : Zek
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                It's 22, 2 per min and 3 on gas. 3 on minerals nets you nothing as the drone sits idle waiting for the o... : TheStupidOne
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                  Saturation is at three for any resource node. The third doesn't net you as much as the first two, but it... : walker270
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                    Diminishing returns though. Minerals are hardly a limiting factor most of the time, your gas is. You re... : TheStupidOne
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                      We're talking about saturation. Diminishing returns don't factor into saturation. Also, the important... : walker270
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                        In a practical sense it still doesn't make sense to me to saturate 3 per node vs 2 and then expanding. E... : TheStupidOne
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                          In a practical sense P/T is constantly pumping workers from all bases until you an often debated threshol... : walker270
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                            Yeah I guess it matters a lot more for Z vs P/T as larvae management becomes crucial. Plus P/T is far mo... : TheStupidOne
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                              Even still, if you're forced into a one-base play as Z, you're not going to want to stick to 16 drones on... : walker270
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                                You should be pumping resources at that point to break the contain as soon as possible, rather than putti... : TheStupidOne
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                                  Panicking and cutting economy is the main reason why early game contains (+ cannon rushes) are so effecti... : walker270
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                                    Ok what else can you do if you get siege contained? Teching up won't save you, the other newbie mistake.... : TheStupidOne
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                                      Lose then bitch on the blizzard forums about imba. Look, your posts in this subthread are wrong. Two : walker270
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                                        How come almost every other poster on TL has basically said 2 per patch, and 3 per gas? The only time yo... : TheStupidOne
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                                          There's no point in expanding when your existing bases are operating so inefficiently. Zerg should defini... : Zek
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                                            Zerg doesn't expand for resources but for map control and unit production. Why waste putting down anothe... : TheStupidOne
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                                              Resources are why everybody expands. You really really need to work on Spawn Larva timing if you're havin... : Zek
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                                                I actually tend to have too much larva, not too little. I'm not supply blocking as bad as I used to, but... : TheStupidOne
                                                • Well yeah, you have too much larva because you're making tons of hatcheries and not mining them out. You ... : Zek
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                      Minerals should be a limiting factor, if they're not then your build is too vespene-heavy. You should be ... : Zek
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                        I always spread my workers evenly. Even if it's not any more efficient income wise, you want to have a f... : TheStupidOne
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                          Letting them idle is a waste actually, with 3 or more larva out the hatchery will stop its automatic prod... : Zek
                          • I'm not perfect with my larva management so I guess it's a nice buffer for me to save up a few larva just... : TheStupidOne
                  • A friend just sent me this post that explains some testing. Turns out its more like 2.7 per patch. http... : crimrOw
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        Honestly, there's not much you can learn from Zerg replays/casts. Zerg gameplay is reactionary, not timi... : TheStupidOne
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          Do you have any good replays or advice for using baneling busts? I seriously have a hard time with them e... : shortbuscaptain
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            Don't attack-move, just move and manual detonate with X or hit C to autodetonate against buildings. Atta... : TheStupidOne
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              hoooly shit I didn't know you could manual detonate, I thought you had to attack the unit/building to blo... : shortbuscaptain
              • If it's in the way it'll blow up on the building on contact. It's normally off so noobs don't do stupid ... : TheStupidOne
          • Oh since I actually read your reply and missed the don't. You can try cloning. Basically stick all yo... : TheStupidOne
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    It was in a placement match before we were ranked. I thought I could get away with it but we didnt do eno... : FreshwaterAU
    • If you had brought your reapers back immediately after the nuke, you probably could have finished off his... : Omaha
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  The placement matches didn't work very well if you ask me. I'm in bronze 1v1 and have won 7/7 1v1 matche... : twifosp
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    What race do you play? : Sgt_Boomstick
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      Terran right now, but I'm probably going to switch to zerg at some point. : twifosp
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        Tell me how it goes when you do. : Sgt_Boomstick
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          Why do you say that? Expect much rage and quitting? :) : twifosp
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            No, its just that you are clearly doing well with Terran and I want to see if its a 1:1 success transfer ... : Sgt_Boomstick
            • I doubt I am doing "well" it is more that I am doing ok or merely good and my opponents aren't very good.... : twifosp
  • Well 5 matches isn't that much so you can't expect it to be perfect... it is just sort of an initial thin... : snot3353
  • Placement matches are just an initial placement. You can and will move up. : walker270
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    it sounds like it worked how it should have. : maulla
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      How, if I'm undefeated in bronze in 7 games it should have placed me in a higher tier. : twifosp
      • you lost 3/5 placement matches. it doesnt look at how you lost, it looks at who you lost to. you could ha... : maulla
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  Placed gold 2 days ago with a friend in 2v2 as Terrans, had some really exciting games for the placing. ... : mad-d00d
  • Also 2-3 ghosts supporting vs protoss, emp blasts are great! : mad-d00d
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  I cannot get out of bronze 1v1. Decided to off race in bronze but now I can't friggin get out. I've beat ... : Lionel2b
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    Uhh, how can you get matched versus platinum players if you're still in bronze? O_o : code-e255
    • Yeah that made me laugh. : DM7
    • That's what it does. Once he beats a bunch, it'll eventually knock him up to Plat or Gold based on whom h... : Lexicon_Leidun
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  I have decided to write off SC2. I am only going to be playing the AI. Getting stomped by people in M... : pancake humper
  • i got owned by the "Hard" AI last night :( : electroly
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    dude, that's weaksauce. Granted it's a game and do whatever you enjoy, but stating you're getting stomped... : Lionel2b
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      That's exactly what I am doing. Why continue if it brings no fun and just 100% frustration/anger? : pancake humper
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        It's a frustrating game no doubt but also quite rewarding if you tough it out. Top players only win 50-60... : Lionel2b
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          The matchmaking is designed so that it'll settle you into a spot where you'll win 50% of your matches. I... : TheStupidOne
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            How many matches does it take to settle. I'm at 15 and I'm still losing repeatedly. : Sgt_Boomstick
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              All ELO-based systems take about 50 or so before it finds your median spot. : TheStupidOne
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                Good god. 5-45 here we come. : Sgt_Boomstick
                • Nah, it'll get far more accurate after 20 or so. 50 is the hallmark where it should know where you're at... : TheStupidOne
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          you seem to be confused about the point and purpose of video games. why would it be "pretty weak" to sto... : electroly
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            I'm glad we all made our points. But don't tell me in your below reply that I shouldn't post. Maybe we al... : Lionel2b
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              hmm? not sure where i told you not to post, unless you thought "should've stopped at..." was me telling ... : electroly
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                Don't tell him not to freak out! : dafugg
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                  Don't tell him not to tell me to not freak out : Lionel2b
                  • I'm freaking out, man! O_O http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4G4mcYOXMA : code-e255
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        Play custom games and 2v2/3v3s :) 1v1s are very draining if you are losing a ton. : Jimb0v2
        • You got that right. In a Battlefield game, even if you are terrible, you can still camp somewhere and squ... : Sgt_Boomstick
    • should've stopped at "it's a game and do whatever you enjoy". there's not really more to it than that : electroly
    • How's that pro ball career going for you? Quitter. : Lunatic Angelic
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    There's no way any member of this website could get stomped over and over in bronze. The people there ba... : twifosp
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      On my first match I charged into the enemy base with like 8 marines and he barely had his first structure... : Omaha
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        18 pool is an oft-used strategy. : MercFox1
        • I think I've seen Irda do that. : thecatinthehat
        • I love my 24 pool 6 hatch in base build. Makes my inevitable drone rush that much more powerful. : TheStupidOne
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          Can someone explain what # pool means? :( : Mecha Tofu Pirate
          • It refers to how many swimming pools your zerg player has. : thecatinthehat
          • Supply - (Buildling) 13 Pool = Build pool at 13 supply 12 Barracks = Barracks at 12 supply 17 Space... : Foxhawk
          • You build that many workers before building your spawning pool. : Omaha
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            I think it means worker count. 12 probe pylon gate 14 geyser would mean at 12 you should have enough for : Lunatic Angelic
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              thats ironic because it'd be something like 10 pylon 12 gate 14 gas or else you'd never get to 12 :P : MercFox1
              • Whatever, I just kill them before they ever get a unit out. : Lunatic Angelic
    • I have to agree twif , some are SO slow its saddens me to win within the 10 minute mark. Others sorta kno... : Techy007
  • Stick with one race so it is easier to improve. It is a little overwhelming to learn every race and buil... : semaphore
  • Rather than focusing on build orders and unit strategy, just try to focus on your production rate. Kee... : dearjamie
  • After losing to 3 in a row in 2v2 placement last night to mindless all-in rushes, I'm about to be with yo... : cetra00
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    lol @ the contrast between your pre-release enthusiasm and this post. I hear ya though. I imagine I w... : sevogajre
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      SF4 can be over in 20 seconds and you have a punchers chance against all but the best. In novice SC2, if : Lunatic Angelic
      • The only good thing about Starcraft 2 is that I know how bad I am so I have literally zero expectations i... : sevogajre
      • It's true that SC2 isn't button-mash friendly like SF4. But you can easily avoid getting raped by people ... : Zek
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    I haven't even played MP yet. Maybe you just need some coaching and development time. : D45hiz
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      A lot of it also has to do with my hands. I think I am getting carpal tunnel. I think SC2 is making it wo... : pancake humper
      • Ugh that sucks. You better go cold turkey computer time before Cata!! :) : D45hiz
      • Yeah, I have to be really careful about my posture while I play, I've got carpal tunnel coming on and an ... : Lexicon_Leidun
  • you just need to loose more placement matches : lord_omega
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  My cousin, who has never played StarCraft before, was placed in platinum. He must be a tactical genius. : herradura99
  • I was placed in Platinum at first too, then quickly bumped to Gold. I'm sitting at Gold 18 now. : zuff
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  I graduated from Gold to Platinum last night. Go me. I will now brace for rapage. : SqueegyTBS
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    I'm in Plat but mostly facing diamond players now. That's where the real rape is :[ : NexusOne
    • I was in silver until a few days ago, and my last 5 matches were vs a diamond, gold, diamond, plat, plat.... : shred.
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      How do you know which league your enemies are in? Does it show in the loading screen? I always assumed on... : code-e255
      • view their profile from the score screen after the game. it matches you against people at and above your ... : maulla
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    I just got ranked from rank 3 Silver to rank 10 Gold. Why so high up in Gold? :( I'm gonna get so raped n... : code-e255
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      It's probably a new league with few members. : Nali4Freedom
      • Well, he's probably just been beating guys from that level in Gold, so the computer jumped him up there. ... : Lexicon_Leidun
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  At first I probably lost close to ten games in a row on Bronze, where my opponent would always be favored... : jeffmoeller
  • Ok, this is good news. This makes me a little happier. : Sgt_Boomstick
• I have the bad feeling that once I play online, I'm going into bronze. : pigvomit
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  BUILDS ORDERS: I was in the beta but I played very little. I have played a little bit of MP since the ret... : snot3353
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    It's a map by map, spawn by spawn thing. You don't want to lock yourself into 'do I know X Y Z build' un : Lunatic Angelic
    • Yup I totally agree... I realize that your build order should depend partially on the map and what you se... : snot3353
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      not necessarily. That really only applies if you are doing a specific build for rushes. There are very st : maulla
      • ^^This. It's really actually better to just have a build that you always do, regardless of what your oppo... : Lexicon_Leidun
  • I'm not a good player but I think two gateways at 10 is a mistake. Too much sitting around waiting for t... : electroly
  • Aren't you supposed to be building SCVs constantly? If you build a Barracks first, it seems like there's ... : Mecha Tofu Pirate
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  After some 20-odd practice league games, I decided to do my placement games tonight. Never played Star : evildanish
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    All aboard! :D : DM7
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      ogrimmar has been razed by gnomes and it's now a parking lot :( it's your fault :( : Downforce
      • >:( : DM7
  • Well winning against bad players can easily put you in Gold. Most likely the last guy was Platinum himsel... : Zek
  • yeh, i got placed in gold and hadn't played sc1 at all and had not practiced AT ALL nor even played the c... : OMGzImBurning

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  interesting that it comes with both the mouse and trackpad : electroly
  • That was an option. Cost extra. I think it is worth it though because the trackpad is going to be used fo... : haiku
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  Did you buy it? : orgcaptainnemo
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    Yeah! That's the "Thank You" screen. No, THANK YOU, apple! : haiku
    • Your own money, or your employer's? : genom
• You went cheap on the shipping. Horrible. : aggressor
• holy fuck, i didn't know it was possible to spend that much on a computer... : cltcprd
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  That's 2x of my Temeraire systems... which will sadly still play this game faster than this system. :( ... : LoioshDwaggie
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    a 5870 isn't enough? : cltcprd
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      Not on high detail, nope. You'll need sli'd 5870s or a 5970 to get full detail at 1080p, which is what I ... : LoioshDwaggie
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        Are you serious, i had no idea the demands from this game were that ridiculous. : mastermike569
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          Civ 5 is GOTY 2010, of course the requirements will be high! : MagicWishMonkey
          • Well I didn't expect Civ 5 to be the new Metro 2033. : mastermike569
          • Is it GOTY year is not over mate : yosan
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        A 5870 is faster than a GTX 285. You're saying that a GTX 285 cannot run Civ 5 at max settings? That same... : Serpico74
        • If you turn DX11 on it'll kill older-gen cards. Civ V has a gorgeous DX11 mode at its high detail setting... : LoioshDwaggie
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          I can't imagine my 5850 not being able to run a Civ game at 1080p. Crysis is butter, and, if Civ 5 has m... : Druuge
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            Mark my words, this game if this is correct the will be the new Metro 2033. I just have a hard time beli... : mastermike569
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              Civ V (high quality) is a DX11 game and looks absolutely beautiful in it. : LoioshDwaggie
              • That doesn't automatically mean it will be a huge performance hog. What's your source/ : Goncyn
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          I have a hard time believing that a single 285 can destroy Crysis. My 275 can't stay above 30fps consiste... : Crabs Jarrard
          • I was talking about the 5870, but in the case of the 285 you can still get good framerates at high settin... : Serpico74
        • I have a GTX 285 but its not a dx 11 card but it runs very well in Crysis : yosan
      • I have a hard time believing that. : Goncyn
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        No you don't. A single 5870 can run SC2 at max settings very comfortably, unless you're talking about SS... : TrptJim
        • Why did I read this post as being about SC2? :( : TrptJim
      • rubbish : moshman
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    Temeraire, as in the book? : Thornfist
    • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=21693984 : LoioshDwaggie
• I'm building a new rig for Civ 5 too, but nothing like that. Hopefully it will still be awesome! : MagicWishMonkey
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  Is civ5 coming out on osx though? : flibble2k
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    You know, I just assumed it was. I don't actually know if it is. Come on, it has to! It's Civ! : haiku
    • The previous Civs were ported to Mac by Aspyr, which is out of business now. The system requirements rel... : electroly
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      Windows only. : LoioshDwaggie
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        Bootcamp + Windows 7 = problem solved : MagicWishMonkey
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          oh haiku, haiku, haiku. And worst, you're still not going to have full details on it :( : LoioshDwaggie
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            I'm not haiku and I'm assuming he's planning to use this system primarily for work : MagicWishMonkey
            • Also - I am putting a GTX460 1gb in my new system, that should be enough to run Civ 5 at 1080p, right? : MagicWishMonkey
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        fyi - still speechless about this : haiku
        • Sorry bud :( I'm sure they will consider porting it though. It's already on steam. : LoioshDwaggie
    • windows only =\ : mrvandelay
    • if you've dropped $9K on a Mac, another $130 on a copy of Win 7 for Boot Camp will probably be alright : Postal
    • I could have sworn it was up for pre-order when Steam for Mac launched. : BlackCat9
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  now we need the $10k computer challenge. TO NEWEGG !!!!!!!!!!! : Downforce
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    wow $10k and no screen? this is going to be awesome : Downforce
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      have fun? : sKetchflow
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        actually yeah hehe. semi-trolling aside, putting together a mega gaming rig with that budget is pretty fu... : Downforce
        • i can only imagine. : sKetchflow
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  COUNTRY KIT. yee-haw! : chazums
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    i dont know what that means : yosan
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      Localized manuals etc. Eg: Swahili unpacking instructions, Xhosa quick setup guide. : dumb.
      • aha :) : yosan
• oh my $ 8.000 (runs away) : yosan
• Hot Jesus. : sgtsanity
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  What monitor? : mrvandelay
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    2 30" cinema displays, and then I will add a 3rd 27" display when it's released. : haiku
    • do you have a current desk setup/alignment picture? : Downforce
• haiku are you going to bring that to a cafe and check your email with it while sipping coffee flavored la... : azenmaster
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  Any idea which SSD Apple uses? It could be crap :( : sanchez
  • Also how much of that total price was that SSD? I'm guessing about 1k? : sanchez
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    Same SSD that every other OEM uses, Samsung. They're not as fast as an Intel or OCZ, which is a shame, bu... : Serpico74
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      Did Samsung corner the OEM SSD market early on? I remember their real crappy drives being used when SSDs ... : sanchez
      • From what I understand, it is that their drives have been tested by all OEMs as being compatible with the... : Serpico74
• oh and haiku, if the IRS finds this post you'll have a hard time justifying it as a business expense. : azenmaster
• It sucks unless you have two 30 inch theater displays too. But I'm guessing you do so that's awesome... : whodares
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  it wasn't civ 4 that just raped you, it was apple : Thornfist
  • lol agreed : yosan
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  can it run doom? : yosan
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    doom 1 that is : yosan
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      probably not. : justwr!ght
      • Maybe it'll play smoothly if you reduce the screen size to 50% : sanchez
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  LOL someone is paying their APPLE TAX!!! : Dave-A
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    I'd like to see an iTaxi actually. : Dave-A
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      It would be like the cash cab in reverse. : whodares
      • Except if you touched the door handles the car would explode. : Thornfist
    • It only allows you to go to Apple approved destinations. : mrvandelay
  • thiiisssssss : Milleh
• releasing civ rev for the phone for free was a great idea, I am not a huge civ guy, but now I really want... : kaddar0
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  Wow, that is a monster machine. What are you upgrading from? : dextius
  • probalbly another monster machine i cant afford in 10 years : yosan
• With ECC memory and server grade components, haiku will never have errors in critical Civ V games! : terath
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  Almost 9 grand? wut. : Godhatesfatpeople
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    Oh wait, I didn't see the total. Almost 10 grand (WUT) : Godhatesfatpeople
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      i7 Xeons and ECC RAM are $$$$$ : Serpico74
      • And a 512GB SSD, Jesus : Serpico74
• I was tempted to get a Mac Pro but the Adobe Web suite runs fast enough on my i5 iMac. I assume you're us... : Bamtan
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  They should have an option of installing Windows 7 on it. so you can actually play Civ V : thecray
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    bootcamp ftw? : yosan
    • hell yeah, but you still need a copy of Windows 7 for that. :) : thecray
• Oh, haiku. :( I hope next time they make their engine, or the one they license, support mac from the ... : Frozen Pixel
• you clicked every check box didnt you : ninjase
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  compensate much, haiku? I am curious what you're going to do with all of that rendering power. : grendel
  • Proper & fast anti-aliasing on large sized Comic Sans font : sanchez
  • Crysis : Cheeziologist
• compensate much, haiku? : Mr.SEX
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  http://www.shackpics.com/files/10Kcomputer_qtlvb1t8vsnlohiiwk0m.jpg : DrWaffles
  • lol : Godhatesfatpeople
  • haha, wasn't expecting that : Dunwich
• http://tinyurl.com/3xhkeoc : action roommate
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  meanwhile people die from malaria in africa but hey whatever makes you happy.... : [fry]
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    they are literally dying from it right now literally : geedeck
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      5 just died, just now. : orgcaptainnemo
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        I already looted their corpses : sanchez
        • *yoink* : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
        • they're full of grey loot anyways... : r3dn3ck
  • I want a gold-plated car with diamond windows that runs off of poor people blood. : Godhatesfatpeople
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    they don't have malaria in Civ V do they??? : sgtsanity
    • It's a shame you can't gift small pox blankets to other civs. : silent prophet
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    I could live off of that PC for 42 months. : kabex
    • I can't stop thinking of an Asylum Films remake called The Iron Midget about a dwarf covered in silvery b... : sgtsanity
  • It's easier if you don't think of them as people. : riptyde
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  this is stupid, where are pics of the tesla? : maulla
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    http://i38.tinypic.com/mm7eyx.jpg : Godhatesfatpeople
    • lol : sanchez
• this thread has leaked onto twitter haiku you are not the best at shacknews today : dahanese
• taxes are so low over there :( : filthysock
• How is applecare on that the same price as a base 13" mackbook . : Tincan
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  I just can't believe in this day and age when so many people are running OSX, and even Steam is on OSX, t... : haiku
  • it's going to run like ass in a VM. boot camp or bust : electroly
  • apparently "so many people" just isn't that many people : TPSReport
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    so many people? LOL http://www.zdnet.co.uk/blogs/jacks-blog-10017212/windows-7-passes-vista-in-global-... : cltcprd
    • Almost 1%. This could be the year of Linux. : cetra00
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    only like 5% of steam users are on OSX : mikecyb
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      Go take 5% of a bridge away. Do you still have a bridge? No. You can't get across. See? I can do fun t... : haiku
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        I can totally jump over that 5% gap : cltcprd
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          Not if the bridge was 500 feet. And in this case I was actually talking about a 2000 foot bridge, over a ... : haiku
          • Ha, Shaq is a low risk, high reward type of move. Once Perk is healthy he'll only get 10-15 min/game max... : cltcprd
          • Those Duke Boys could get over! And 3 million for 2 years hey whatever it's not like they spent any mone... : Crimsonbeak
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        Fill in 5% of a hole. You still have a hole! : delataur
        • Fill in 95% of a hole. Now you just have a smaller hole that isn't as obvious, but will still destroy yo... : walker270
      • yeah but that 5% of the bridge is going to buy Civ V anyway even if their part of the bridge isn't there ... : mikecyb
    • only like 5% of computer users are on OSX, according to that link above : slickdoody
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      The percentage doesn't matter, the numbers matter. 5% of a fuck of a lot of people is still a lot. I'm cu... : Dave-A
      • percentages do matter though, because you have to determine if the cost of development is worth it. For ... : cltcprd
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        OSX development/support is like any other. It costs money and it's not cheap. If the dev has the means th... : Godhatesfatpeople
        • I'd guess Blizzard does it because there's a profit in it, and Valve is trying to grow it's market for St... : Dave-A
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        yeah but you have to weigh the potential sales/potential lost sales with the cost of production for the O... : mikecyb
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          I always thought Civ was like the Sims and had a wide appeal. Shows what I know!! : Dave-A
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            Civ 4 has sold around 3 million copies, though that doesn't include compilations : mikecyb
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              (which by the way is extremely successful) : mikecyb
              • OK, so if 150K of that was OSX sales... worth doing at that point? : Dave-A
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    You forgot the fact that Civ 4 is on OSX too..... : Drewus
    • ... and that is the reason I bought Civ 4 for the third time. :( : walker270
    • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=23679241#itemanchor_23679241 : cltcprd
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      the Mac version of Civ 4 came out eight months after the PC version : mikecyb
      • And that is why it is bullshit : Drewus
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        If he buys Civ5 on steam and they eventually port it to mac, he won't have to get it again, right? Not th... : pyide
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          Ask dahanse. : LoioshDwaggie
          • I forgot the game itself uses steamworks and requires steam so every version should be able to get the ma... : pyide
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    is there a font you keep coming back to even though you can flip through 4500? : filthysock
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      helvetica : haiku
      • god's font : filthysock
      • speaking of awesome and free fonts http://derekweathersbee.com/franchise/ : devpaul
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  seems a little crazy to put ecc memory in those rigs, wonder what the performance hit is vs non hamming e... : Enraged Pineapple
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    I believe they are using server motherboards that only support ECC memory. : cetra00
    • there should be a bios setting to enable/disable ecc, it would be trivial to control if the hamming bits ... : Enraged Pineapple
• Well slap some wheels on me and call my ass a Yaris, that's a nice computer! : packav
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  The fuck is a super drive? : PointlesS76
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    dvd/cd burner : sanchez
    • lol... speaks volumes to mac user base's knowledge about hardware : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
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  I hope this is a business expense. : gmd
  • he's just going to write it off : pancake humper
  • it's not : Mr.SEX
• Holy fuck! What I could do with that kinda scratch. : RyDogg1

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  where is that? : mnok
  • well there is no fire so it can't be one of the Shack MP servers : pancake humper
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  Do you have a link to the original photograph? Looks beautiful. : orgcaptainnemo
  • http://interfacelift.com/wallpaper_beta/details/2330/moraine_lake_panorama.html : SolveChrist
• http://www.shackpics.com/files/hello_b9kdzvocywxih6wau0zg.jpg : dmason
• http://www.shackpics.com/files/yetidesktop_097fvc1syo4tum3sv7z8.jpg Stupid 3MB upload limit. PNG is on... : notdeadyeti
• I am the best at sharing desktops http://www.shackpics.com/files/desktoppin_oj0ou2udyb8rks5tpn9l.png : Dave-A
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  http://infobiter.shackspace.com/mydesktop.png : InfoBiter
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    I want to play that game. : DJ Clipdat
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      which game? : davislovestacobell
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        The imaginary one that his desktop background is from. : DJ Clipdat
        • its not imaginary, its Rage. : filthysock
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    oh god you have those desktop.ini files too!! That drives me insane on my desktop. : pancake humper
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      Happens when turn "show hidden files" on. There was a way I found once to change the view settings fo... : InfoBiter
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        it's not hidden files it's protected system files that shows those I think. I just left them hidden beca... : mikecyb
        • Yeah, I pretty much leave "hide protected system files" on just so I don't get desktop.ini. : Conan
      • I just delete them compulsively. : dumb.
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    what game is that? : deathofrats
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      Rage I think. : jujubeads
      • Correct. : InfoBiter
  • hehe, i'm rolling with that one too. : filthysock
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    Anyone got a link to the original? : Halen
    • http://bethblog.com/index.php/2010/07/01/rage-wallpapers-now-available/ : InfoBiter
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    why do you have two icons for wow and sc2? : maulla
    • Because I never actually use the desktop and I probably made a shortcut on the second monitor at some poi... : InfoBiter
• http://dl.dropbox.com/u/36056/desktop.png : r3dn3ck
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  http://www.shackpics.com/files/druugedesktop_p0gyvzbaqbxu4fiay613.jpg : Druuge
  • hey KY friend. How do you get those little side windows for your games and programs? : TheQuad
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  http://a.imageshack.us/img820/54/desktopzy.png : GoS-CPT-Stewart
  • That is a pretty slick wallpaper; have a link to it? : ZeroStreak
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  My babe http://www.shackpics.com/files/Untitled_7xu3mbg62e7b86h8no5a.png : nevlos
  • cute babe. : Jikim
  • Bathe her and bring her to me change her diapers. : Matt Burris
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  http://www.shackpics.com/files/2e1ade34cab7a14b91cd9c9490a49e_4r78ck544p3fotagdtx6.jpg : Dschinghis Khan
  • haha that's rad. I swear, that hl2 had better textures than that though. : SolveChrist
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  http://www.shackpics.com/files/s6PKS_ui6ksax3xbm7o5p93rpx.jpg : Haxim
  • Hah, love the wallpaper. Minecraft FTW! :D : Matt Burris
• http://www.shackpics.com/files/dtop_xt7rn8gt1bfq29t4ejst.png I use a program to make it that maximized... : Matt Burris
• http://i33.tinypic.com/2qxu79k.jpg :( : hobohun7er

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  Dells don't get you laid, man. : Lunatic Angelic
  • I've been using Macs for almost a decade and not once has that specific fact gotten me laid. Actually, I ... : dumb.
  • Manse : Hoax
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    Macs dont either, unless your gay. : wimpy1
    • I think that is what he was implying; Macs get you gay sex. : ShoCon
• I love it. I have a Macbook and dig it, but it is hard to swallow sometimes (pun intended). : orgcaptainnemo
• Build a hackintosh problem solved : MagicWishMonkey
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  There are a lot of awesome things with the cases on their laptops too, the difference isn't just the os. : extrahappyturtle
  • The Mac Pro case is pretty fucking awesome too... easily the equivalent to a $300-$400 PC case : MagicWishMonkey
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  I can't speak for Dell laptops, but after having owned Toshiba, Acer, HP, and Apple laptops, the build qu... : Rice-Rocketeer
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    It's a common misconception that Apple has superior build quality than every other vendor: http://arstech... : hussdelrio
    • I guess it's the bias of personal experience talking, then. I almost didn't buy a Macbook after my shi... : Rice-Rocketeer
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      Sister has an MBP, she had the bulging battery issue. Of course, Apple gave her a replacement battery on ... : MercFox1
      • I have always been impressed by Apple's support. Late last year I had the video chip take a dump on ... : crimrOw
    • I think people conflate build quality with industrial design when talking about Mac hardware. Mac laptops... : Goncyn
    • Every Macbook we have had here has had an issue. Most have required a logic board replacement. : CrustaR
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      The Sony Viao I owned had some issues with the fans that made it prone to overheating. The Dell Inspiron... : walker270
      • ... and by "abuse" I mostly mean carrying it places, airports, etc. I treat my shit quite well -- most... : walker270
  • Toshibas are awful. HP/Compaqs are my choice for value systems, but you either need to spend a lot of ti... : Ride-My-Rocket
• wow, the studio 17 looks like a pretty sweet buy : vynn
• Yep, all of us know they markup. I still like their products. : FrayLo
• Also, until Win7, I always felt that OSX + iLife was worth $3-400 in value to me, made the other benefits : Lunatic Angelic
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  They didnt compare build quality/materials, OSX & Windows compatibility, battery life, screen quality, sc... : mrvandelay
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    also, weight. : mrvandelay
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      Do you think it is worth paying over twice as much for marginally improved battery life or screen? : hussdelrio
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        marginally? show me a dell that goes for 8 hours : lordlobo
        • I just want to make sure everyone here is aware the Macbook pro is not actually using a quad core and the... : nukewinter
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          My m1330 gladly went for 8++ : rosewood
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            Yea the Studio 15 and 17 are exactly the same as an M1330.... : mrvandelay
            • Also, sorry for the asshole sound. Noticed he asked "show me a dell" not a "studio x" : mrvandelay
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        is it really marginal tho? the 13" macbook battery lasts like 10 hours : extrahappyturtle
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          Does it run 10 hours on Windows or just OSX? : TrptJim
          • OSX. It's like 5.75 on Windows. : Arctic Fox
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            Or "just" the OS it was designed for? Or "just" the primary OS of the device? : Ebu
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              hey, bootcamp is often cited as a selling point for the macbook series.. it's not a spurious question : boring gegtik
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                I was commenting more on the tone than on the question : Ebu
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                  i think you're projecting, nothing wrong with the "tone" from my perspective : boring gegtik
                  • I'm not projecting anything, I don't even like Macs. : Ebu
          • havent really checked in windows, ive always been plugged in for windows : extrahappyturtle
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        On their own? probably not... but twice+ as much for improved battery life, screen, weight, the mul... : Toraz Chryx
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          i hate the apple trackpad so much. actually, i hate all trackpads, but the apple one especially so. it ... : ibrokn
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            Feels like it's cutting your fingers? You username is probably correct. : Conan
            • If you have sensitive fingers glass feels really awful on them. : LoioshDwaggie
      • "worth paying" is very subjective. I think the MBP could be a bit cheaper but saying that the Studio 15 c... : mrvandelay
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        if you use a laptop as a laptop (as in, not chained to a desk all the time like most people who buy lapto... : Yanks
        • Actually, yeah - this was super helpful to me in school. I'd have a 6-7 hour day in the old buildings at : Rice-Rocketeer
      • if we do, so what? : FrayLo
      • Yes, since I'm a different person my values are different from yours. : orgcaptainnemo
      • Not having to worry about spy/ad/malware is worth the difference alone. : Cygnus X-1
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        i have not used a windows based laptop that comes anywhere close to the build quality and elegance of my ... : EvilDolemite
        • Asus has amazing quality. : YerMothah
      • i absolutely detest the screen on my dell laptop. using my macbook's screen is such a better experience : Mr.SEX
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    I'd say the screen quality is similarly bad across the board. I hope the iPad's screen leads to an IPS Ma... : TrptJim
    • Seconding, thirding, fourthing and fifthing this. yes, yes, this, absofuckinglutely IPS, or OLED, s... : Toraz Chryx
    • The iMac's adoption of an IPS screen bodes well for this eventuality. : sgtsanity
  • effective marketing : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
  • OSX vs Windows compatibility.. really? is this an argument? battery life is gonna be a push.. screen qu... : wimpy1
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  It may seem like a lot, but your value is apparent if the device you buy should ever break. If it's an... : liqker
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    Wait, Apple devices break? : TheNiXXeD
    • shhhhhhhh : Clay
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    With Dell biz I get a tech out to me nbd to fix my laptop : rosewood
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      You're also paying a premium for that sort of service. : liqker
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        Not really : rosewood
        • It really depends on what laptop you're buying. The latitude stuff generally has NBD. The lower stuff d... : crimrOw
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    yeah ship it back for repairs and pay half the price again of what it'd cost to replace the damn thing wi... : proclone1
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      I love apple but ever since I can remember I have always had heating issues with laptops and desktops. : hirosushima
      • their ipods work great, but damn nothing but problems with their G5 iMac, my mom's black macbook had the ... : proclone1
  • Whoa, hang on there! We have to speak to the IRISH if we phone Apple UK :( : Durajim
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    head rush was posting here the other day. it was about his ipad screen and apple told him he had to buy ... : dantastic
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      Their support is top notch. Especially compared to dell who has sold me broken products in the past and f... : terath
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        Fixed for you: Their support is top notch when you pay extra for AppleCare. : Phreakin
        • Breaking news, you only get support when you pay for support! Shockingly, Dell charges for extended suppo... : terath
  • Bought my son an Alienware m15x for graduation last year, which support is handled by Dell now. Had a hin... : jdcope
  • I paid $400 extra to be able to do this on top of my new MBP cost. : Phreakin
  • Dell business support is solid. I'm not sure if the same can be said for the home/consumer division, sin... : Ride-My-Rocket
  • Unless there is any form of exterior damage on the Mac or the water sensor dot went off(which can happen ... : Crimsonbeak
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  You often hear people claim they are moving to the Mac because of higher quality hardware / software, and... : boring gegtik
  • hahah : Rag and Bone Man
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    lol, no : vynn
    • Uhh, yes. Especially if you buy Asus Notebooks, which are top notch quality wise. : YerMothah
  • Paul was joking about this on Windows Weekly. : LoioshDwaggie
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  there are lots of details that chart omits, as the comments on the article reflect. cpu freq, display re... : ]pm[chem
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    display resolution, cpu frequency, what the gpu is, they think different coloured plastic is equivalent t... : Toraz Chryx
    • Yeah it's a considerably weaker CPU than the Macbook Pro's i5. On this chart the MBP cpu (or the closest... : Barnahog
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  http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/08/09/dell.tries.to.scare.users.away.from.macbooks/ : Jonathan
  • I actually investigated that battery life, and their cited Studio 15 notebook seems to have the larger, 8... : sgtsanity
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    Backlit KB which consumes battery and you can add Bluetooth to any laptop for $20 with a USB adapter, tha... : Fred Garvin
    • Backlit keyboard which you can turn off when you're on battery and bluetooth adapter who's support is lac... : Jonathan
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  If you don't like it, don't buy one. Why is that so hard to understand? It's not like Apple is forcing yo... : loboca
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    non-mac users love to remind the mac users how much they're paying in excess. i don't really understand ... : FrayLo
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      I think non-Mac users want to tell Mac users that they're not as smart as non-Mac users. That said, I ... : Rice-Rocketeer
      • I hate the majority of users, period. It's a computer. Your intelligence is not correlated with your oper... : terath
• Honestly, having needed the Genius Bar/AppleCare about once a year, buying a mac was well worth the money... : sgtsanity
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  Dell skewing the chart to benefit their products, who would have guessed : pandastrong
  • Yeah, the latest Consumer Reports magazine actually runs down laptops Apple included. : kek
• This is news? Maybe to the recently converted. : Lightzout
• The first comment on that page pretty much sums up why this is bullshit. : aggressor
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  Isn't the videocard in the Macs alot better? : SlingBlaze
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    Checking Sagers out it seems they only put them in their cheapest laptops, probably better on power but n... : shortbuscaptain
    • quoting this until the end of time although the battery life is lols : Deathlove
  • Yes. Average 3dmark 06 for the two: 330M (mac) 6481 HD 5470: 3642 Not to mention that the mac has ... : terath
• The difference in price between two products is not a tax. The chart systematically leaves out Apple's a... : vigilante
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  But people gladly pay it citing build quality & ease of use as the reason. I think it's nuts, but if som... : jingletard
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    Comparing a $3000 dell to a $3000 mac, I'll never buy another dell. Thing couldn't even do sleep mode, an... : terath
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      You're full of shit. I highly doubt that was Dell's response. That might be how you interpret it, but tha... : Phreakin
      • Antennagate breaking in the media to their case announcement was 22 days... you aren't seriously saying t... : Toraz Chryx
    • When was the last time you had a Dell laptop? All the ones I've had have never had an issue with sleep mo... : Fred Garvin
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  people in the comments saying that the dells don't have built in bluetooth? what gives? i thought all la... : dantastic
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    It's only $20 to add that. The dell is really well priced in this case. Perhaps worth building a hackinto... : terath
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      No, the Dell isn't. From the comments: Oh Dell, you're a charmer. Like a first date, only show them en : aggressor
      • After updating the dell with: Core i7 1.86 ghz. Windows 7 Professional 1080p LED display Bluetooth ... : terath
      • That's a quad 1.73 compared to a dual 2.66 just to be clear. : Fred Garvin
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    more to the point, who cares about Bluetooth? There're a few mice that use it and ...? : derelict515
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      Wireless headphones/headsets..... : Arcanum
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        How many people use these when much cheaper/better wired alternatives exist? : derelict515
        • Depends - are we talking about headset for music or headsets for VoIP? : Jonathan
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          apple's wireless keyboards and mice are hugely popular. the new trackpad thing isn't even available in w... : electroly
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            also bluetooth headsets are awesome in basically every way. i wish my wireless headphones were bluetooth... : electroly
            • Plus this thing is hilariously cute : http://store.razerzone.com/store/razerusa/en_US/pd/productID.169419... : walker270
    • Well bluetooth would be more appealing if Windows had support for the various profiles. Which it used to ... : Jonathan
    • Yeah, funnily enough pretty much the only company that uses bluetooth for peripherals is Apple (mostly be... : Yanks
• You want to owe on your Apple tax, not get a refund on it. Otherwise it's just like you're giving Steve J... : Dave-A
• I've been saying that for years. : CrustaR
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  Audio-Technica ATH-ESW9A Headphones. $480 http://store.apple.com/us/product/TS873ZM/A $230 http://w... : mlev
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    Oh, wait, my bad, the price dropped to like 130 on amazon. : mlev
    • Are they badass? : CrustaR
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    That's not the same headphones. At least not after Amazon has redirected me. : Jonathan
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      http://www.google.com/products?q=ESW9A&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=U... : Phreakin
      • Whoops, thank you, this is the set it's supposed to redirect to. thats the $230 price point it was befor... : mlev
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  Uh, Tools like Windows Movie Maker and Live Photo Gallery arguably do a better job than iMovie or iPhoto, : Nitrium
  • I would agree on the iPhoto/Live Photo Gallery one but I haven't really used much of iMovie. Seems very s... : Phreakin
  • Might want to take a look at this, Nitrium. The MS tools have improved incredibly in the last few revisio... : LoioshDwaggie
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    Why exactly do you doubt that? Go try it out, it's a free download. I recently had to get some raw video ... : derelict515
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      you might find vlc an easier way to transcode from fraps to mpeg-4. it's like 1 button push rather than ... : electroly
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        I tried VLC and VirtualDub, it was not straightforward or easy as I'd hoped (I posted asking for help her... : derelict515
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          codec packs? virtualdub? it's just File > Export and there's a preset mpeg-4 option : electroly
          • (vlc supports fraps and mpeg-4 out of the box) : electroly
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            iirc that wasn't there for me. I had options of a like VC-1, and a 3-4 others I hadn't heard of. I tried ... : derelict515
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              they revamped that functionality relatively recently so you might've been looking at an older version. i... : electroly
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                Ah, yeah I might've been a little behind (maybe still 1.0 at worst, but I thought I updated when I had th... : derelict515
                • yeah, iMovie was a total non-starter. if you ask it to import fraps video it'll just look at you funny, ... : electroly
  • Windows Movie Maker is just as easy as iMovie in my experience. but I haven't used either in a few years. : jvox
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    The idea that any piece of software can be so much greater on one OS vs another simply because of the OS ... : jimmy-buffett
    • i didn't see anyone suggest that iPhoto and iMovie are better specifically because of OSX, or that Window... : electroly
  • Microsofts stuff is actually pretty good now. I can't compare what is better, but it's not a joke like i... : nukewinter
  • Having used the photo and video apps on OSX and Windows 7, I prefer the Live Photo Gallery any day. As fa... : ColoradoCNC
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  Well, I've had several laptops and my #1 criteria is how enjoyable it is to use, beyond system specs. My... : azenmaster
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    sony z series are just as well built :) : nukewinter
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      not exactly cheap though. : azenmaster
      • which in fact kind of proves that well built laptops should cost more than dells, who knew!? : azenmaster
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        Ya, I know, just saying your not limited to Apple if you want a rig of similar build quality. Just seems... : nukewinter
        • you don't have to spend that much though... it starts at 1249$, not 1900$ find me a great build for 1249... : azenmaster
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    I never understood the ease of use argument. I guess if someone has never used a computer before it might... : ColoradoCNC
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      what's difficult about it? I used PCs for years and had no problems switching to OSX and I prefer it for... : mikecyb
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        pretty much the same here.. it took me a month or so to get a decent understanding of the OSX desktop way... : boring gegtik
        • I am surprised you're not a vim or emacs user. : Goncyn
      • yeah, I don't get that one. OSX is only "horribly, horribly unintuitive" if you over-think everything. : walker270
      • Just a ton of little annoyances I have the OS, more than I feel like listing right now. I have to use OSX... : ColoradoCNC
    • I found quite the opposite. When I got my first mac laptop there was certainly a learning period. But now... : terath
    • I guess you answered yourself, just because things aren't the way you expect doesn't mean it isn't easier... : azenmaster
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  I recently bought myself a new ASUS laptop, and I've been doing some looking at Macbook Pros since my gir... : Ely
  • The recent Asus laptops are great. They have the switching GPUs, great battery life (7-12 hours), and a s... : derelict515
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  *shrug* I also sold a two year old 24" iMac for 3/4 of what I paid for it. : sKetchflow
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    Wouldn't that just prove people pay the Apple tax even well after release? ;) I kid, it's just not really : derelict515
    • You're right! but... It is relevant to the initial dollar. Just far more indirectly than other things.... : sKetchflow
• Why is this still an argument? It's pretty well known Apple's hardware is moreexpensive, esp. when it com... : VegasX

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  The Guardian's voiceovers in Ultima VII "Do you really know where you're going, Avatar?" : dirge23
  • AVATAR! Know that Britania.... I forget the rest. : BlockheadBrown
• The thump from killing doodz in Daggerfall. : helvetica
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  I frequently hear doom and starcraft sounds in movies and tv shows. : lukej1337
  • Fucking doom door sound is everywhere http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DoomDoors : dumb.
• Speed up! Speed up! Option! Option! Option! Option! Laser! Speed up! Missile! (thirty minutes of... : Omaha
• Beyond Castle Wolfenstein's guards: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5YuhTr79F8 If you skip to about 5:23... : Dave-A
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  Welcome to the circus of values? : snot3353
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    From the KISS FPS made by monolith? : lukej1337
    • Nah man... Bioshock. : snot3353
    • I never got a chance to finish that game. :( : BlockheadBrown
• Midi music in Doom and the sound of the rocket launcher. : DJ Clipdat
• I always loved the door/button sounds in Half-Life 1, and also the houndeye's attack. : quadeh
• The squishy exploding sound from Doom when you nail someone with a rocket/BFG. sppliiccttcchhh : LoioshDwaggie
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  The sound of the double barreled shotty in Doom 2. : CrustaR
  • this is the best! : toomanysecrets
  • agreed : yosan
• Too many to note its NUTZ, here are a few: -Blood splater of [FATLITY] in MK2 -HaDoken SF2 -VF1 - ba... : valcan_s
• Sitting at the main menu of SHOGO. That song was my ringtone on my first real nokia candybar. http://il... : lukej1337
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  Sylvanus, did you get your steam acct back? : trOmblyj
  • It was email verified before-hand. So, yes. It appears so. No official word from Steam/Valve, but... : BlockheadBrown
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  Zelda secret sound : indosauros
  • +1 Also, murloc growl. : mlev
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7frZL4xM8Q or http://fliiby.com/file/6191/27huaclzbr.html : Prototype
• "The Subject did not survive interrogation." homeworld ftw : Toraz Chryx
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zwn3uE3zZa8&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Htl8phCPBVg&... : valcan_s
• Mario's "Fight!" and the music for Punch-Out. I just put that in my head all the time. : Deathlove
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  HIJACK! Audible Hated Game Memories I'll start: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93XFxKXdbqY : Bold
  • Gaaaaaaaaaaaaah! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgMgUehD1Tw : Hemtroll
  • TF2 Dispenser building, sounds like every electronic device in every movie ever made. : dael
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  "So, wake up, Mr. Freeman. Wake up and smell the ashes." : Gylis
  • "So welcome to CIty 17. It's safer here." : Xin Jing Client 1a
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  "WHY DO YOU KEEP TOUCHING ME?" : at0micgarden
  • lol - or the Classic "WWWWHHHHAAAAAATTTT!?" : BlockheadBrown
• Any quote from GLaDOS in Portal. : mlev
• Last one, start @ 2:58 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9jIpejQxOA Also includes the grenade launche... : valcan_s
• Finding a secret in tomb raider : lacker
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  Redneck Rampage: HOLY SHI-AT!! : Lucien Irenicus
  • Get off mah laaaand : Slowtreme
  • [Shit Monkey] I used to love that game, running chickens over with a truck had a awesome blood effect,... : valcan_s
• The music that plays as you divide the plunder in Pirates! GOLD, after spending 4 months sailing east aga... : RakeShark
• Your song is not ours. Where are you going, Hacker? : AxeMan808
• The sound of a blast door closing, and exploding gibs in TFC. The sound of the ripper's secondary atta... : heartsauce
• RPG firing & explosion. Duke3d. : freakynipples69
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  Beyond Good & Evil - Sins of the Father http://www.myspace.com/hyllianmusic : RomSteady
  • Shamefully, I still need to play through that one. : BlockheadBrown
• My name came from that game... back in the DWANGO days... anyone else play on DWANGO ever? : bigimp
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  The taunting imps from dark castle "AN-NYAH NYAH NYAH nyah" : dedgecko
  • oh and "TOASTY" from MK2 (or was it MK3...) : dedgecko
• "Your creatures are vandalizing your dungeon" : Xin Jing Client 1a
• Fully charged megabuster shot in MMX. wwwwweeeeeeEEEEEEEEEEEE *indescribable awesome electro noise* : Rehevkor
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  Unreal Tournament 99 death sounds. Some of the other sounds start coming back if I think about it enough. : lunarbunny
  • That game had my favorite rocket launcher ever. When I build my new computer I definitely need to get tha... : lukej1337
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  "Wizard shot the food!" : Xin Jing Client 1a
  • !!! :D Totally! We'd yell at each other when that happened. Man, those were awesome times! : BlockheadBrown
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    The sound of the teleporter as well. BOING! : Piett23
    • "Shots do not hurt other players, yet." : Xin Jing Client 1a
• The Space Quest 5 theme when you are in the Academy - playing from my pc speaker. : lukej1337
• I offer two game intros: FF8 and Chrono Cross http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q09quI356sQ http://www.y... : Orange Pylon
• "Awww Shell Shock!" "My Toe! My Toe!" "PEEW PEEEW PEEWW" : lukej1337
• AH, FRESH MEAT! : Rotten Deadite
• The Cha-klunk of UT99's mighty eightball. : MatzL.E.
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  Go Go Go! BAIL OUT! REQUESTING REINFORCEMENTS! Requesting a pickup! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gylo7... : rosewood
  • I can form an instant erection when I hear the sound of the B17 revving up for takeoff : rosewood
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  SS troopers entering the room randomly in Wolfenstein on the C-64 with the volume cranked.. WAS IS DAS : tangles
  • Also on the C-64, Beach Head II "You can't hurt me!" and the scream as you threw a knife into the en... : tangles
• "impressive" "excellent" "defense" http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3520996425810543110# : ]pm[chem
• Xcom Sounds. and FF music. : ShadowRam
• SHAZBOT! : TOnez
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  shotgun sound of doom 2 ftw : yosan
  • double barrel that is : yosan
• i also add the lift going 'ping" in hl 1 : yosan
• "I'll rip the secrets from your flesh!" in Scarlet Monastery, WOW : mollikka
• I hear the doom sounds in a lot of movies I watch. Most recently the sound effect for the elevator doors... : ImageOmega
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  "Mein leiben!" from Wolf3D. From Heretic, the swishing of wings, and the murmur chants of the floating wi... : crummynz
  • Aus Pass. Aus Pass. <bribes with 5dm> HEIL! : AxeMan808
• its been mentioned before, and probably even in this thread, but the Quake Grenade Sound. It still comes ... : technotica
• the sound in half life when you press 'e' but nothing happens : lukej1337
• the title screen music from odell down under. : GenBanks
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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6etKViSQVg that White Rabbit remix treatment was so sick I'd idle at the... : Ajax
  • Gee eye! ^_____^ : DM7
• "Your soundcard works perfectly!" I'm surprised no one said it already. That was the first sound I real... : DM7
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  The bouncy grenade noise from Quake 2 : Beady
  • Quake, not quake 2 : Beady
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  Every.Single.Sound. In Mechwarrior 2 Phor dying by flamethrower in Marathon 2. Headless dying in Pathwa... : grasshoppah
  • Also: SELECTED from Syndicate : grasshoppah
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    Oldschool mac gamer, eh? : Rotten Deadite
    • I have yet to meet another Pathways fan ;) : grasshoppah
• Deus Ex Main Menu... : devpaul
• Daggerfall's doors, rats and monsters : happynoodle
• STAY A WHILE, AND LISTEN : TastyWheat
• I played on a TF2 server today that used the kill streak sounds from UT99. Brought me back. : slax0r
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  "Beware, I live!" : Xin Jing Client 1a
  • RUN! RUN! I HUNGER! I never got past the Warrior Wave. : AxeMan808
• "Welcome aboard, Captain." : Xin Jing Client 1a
• XCOM TFTD button sound - most recently in SC2 : bolneze
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  the squish sound of duke's foot against a shrunken pigcop. the health and HEV systems in HL. the portal... : davislovestacobell
  • oh, and "DOUBLE KILL...TRIPLE KILL...MULTIKILL...GODLIKE" from ut : davislovestacobell
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  shotgun loading sound from Syndicate. first sound i ever heard : dignan
  • well, besides the PC speaker : dignan
• Everquest level up *DING* : darkT

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  No safety gear. No sympathy. : ShadowRam
  • Pretty much. : pillzer
• Ugh why the fuck wasn't he wearing a helmet. Even when I used to skate when younger we would have one hel... : shortbuscaptain
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  ouuuuuuch : Arctic Fox
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    Do you think he broke any b0nes? : CrustaR
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      Dr. CrustaR, what's the prognosis? : Snuffles-
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        He probably got a concussion. : LoioshDwaggie
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          Do you think he broke a b0ne? : CrustaR
          • No bones, but if you look below he has a verbal GCI score of a 2. He'd probably be considered to experien... : LoioshDwaggie
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      Is this "b0ne" thing you keep doing some new Internet meme? : Bold
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        No, I needed to know so that I could pronounce the accident a...b0ner. : CrustaR
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          What's the difference between a boner and a b0ner? : Bold
          • One contains a zero? : CrustaR
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  I heard that a good way not to cripple yourself is to not do stupid shit like jumping bikes over fences. ... : snot3353
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    but he's so fucking extreme. : RogerDandy
    • truly extreme individuals spell it "XTREME". : snot3353
• DAMN! I actually shouted "oh fuck!" and was about to go run and help him through my monitor. Sounded like... : technotica
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  http://bmx.transworld.net/1000104506/videos/nails-brutal-fence-hop-crash/ Longer version of it. He can't ... : Confrustrating
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    Yeah that's a good concussion. :( : LoioshDwaggie
    • Looks like he broke his arm b0ne. : CrustaR
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      Now we can call this accident...a b0ner. : CrustaR
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        Not really an accident. : mattavius
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          Well, what is it?!? : CrustaR
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            Accident implies that he was going something that is not inherently dangerous or that he had taken steps ... : mattavius
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              What would you call it then?!?? : CrustaR
              • the effects of being retarded : JohnnyRey
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                I'm not sure but it's a good opportunity to turn a new phrase. : mattavius
                • How about...a b0ner? : CrustaR
              • this is what happens, larry. : wendigo
              • Natural selection at work. : coldfusioncs
  • holy ow. he just mumbles. : mlev
  • Reminds me of some older movie where a guy got smashed in the back of the head with a baseball bat and st... : pigvomit
  • Is this what it's like when hardcore Christians speak in tongues? : hussdelrio
• O_o : Godhatesfatpeople
• Isn't that dude a pro for Nike? Fucking ow. : sKetchflow
• he got pretty lazy with the backwheel... (I've watched plennnnty of street) : proclone1
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  Go big or go home to the ER. : Magmaticzebra
  • Go big or and go home to the ER. : mlev
• street riding is too dangerous. that's why I always stuck to dirt. also, ouch. : atom519
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  stupid fuck deserves it for not using any gear. whenever some motorcycle blows through a red light wit... : kabex
  • this : Techy007
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    I skateboarded pretty much every day for 10 years and never wore pads. I took some hard falls but trying ... : hirosushima
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      Lol @ "learn how to fall and make sure it happens" in regards to this clip. There is absolutely no way h... : mlev
      • he said "learn how to fall AND SURE MISTAKES HAPPEN" ie even when you learn how to fall properly you can... : sKetchflow
    • 3 of my skateboarding friends have done this for just as long. The most they have gotten was a broken bon... : Godhatesfatpeople
    • Well in cycling it's completely mandatory to use a helmet. I have never seen a cyclist without a helmet. ... : kabex
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      a helmet isn't gonna fuck up your skateboarding : dantastic
      • I agree. I could see how pads and such may not be needed, you'll just get scraped up. But no helmet? That... : Magmaticzebra
    • That's how security works. 99% of the time it's useless and annoying, but the one day you need it you are... : pillzer
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      lol douches on the X-Games those 'douches' are 15 - 50 feet up in the air. : Lunatic Angelic
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        fucking pussies : dantastic
        • little bitches only have to fall 40 feet onto a wooden surface, try taking a 1 foot dive onto concrete th... : gmd
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        I won't be happy until they have an event where you go down a ramp, off a jump, and then headfirst into a... : riptyde
        • With no gear. Wouldn't want to be labeled a pussy. : basketofkittens
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        hirosushima goes 90 feet up with no gear and no ramp. What now? : ColoradoCNC
        • while taking out pitbulls even : delataur
      • I'm not calling them douches because they wear full pads, I'm calling them douches because they are tools... : hirosushima
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    Motorcycle = BMX bike. The same thing! : Godhatesfatpeople
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      I cycle every single day for 15-30 miles. I commute to work and do everything on the bike, believe me I k... : kabex
      • hahaha : Godhatesfatpeople
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        cabbies drive crazily in downtown toronto. i wear my helmet when i'm cycling too. i don't want to end u... : dantastic
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          just a few weeks ago I was about to smash full speed ahead against the side of a mini-van because the dum... : kabex
          • i see shit like that all the time. it's part you not making yourself known that you're there and part re... : dantastic
      • BELIEVE HIM!!!!!! : Drewus
  • i never wish people ill, but it does annoy me : fletch_
  • even if the state im in allows helmet-less road riding, i wear a helmet anyways. : sreyes22
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  No one ever broke their head playing world of warcraft. I am safe for now : Entity
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    But many killed themselves for being pathetic. : kabex
    • No, they killed themselves from exhaustion and malnourishment. You should try a little harder though; ... : Entity
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  This hurts more, I think: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32t-LyBrd34 : Omaha
  • No concussion, but definitely no chance at procreation : caveatemptor
• no helmet, what a fuckin retard : dantastic
• high side at 130! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezLYSCDehXA ouch : whodares
• Jerry Hsu had this concrete moving bail at the 3min mark of this vbs.tv clip from Epcily Later'd. http://... : Werkin

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• ...dammit. I know I'm going to buy this. : VictoriouSecret
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  looks just like what they did with WaW, copied the MP from modern warfare and made some changes. I have t... : maulla
  • Yeah, I didn't expect a whole new game, but it's a fun formula that I'm not really tired of yet. That sai... : Tawler
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    W@W had some badass web based stats ala bungie/halo 3. but did i see the ability to record and save mu... : -=kodiak=-
    • yea thats pretty sweet : maulla
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  hah nice, a ballistic knife : -=kodiak=-
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    Como estas¿ : Lunatic Angelic
    • It's bullshit! All of it! : sreyes22
  • can i kill a shark with that? please advise : spiderfill
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  Modern Warfare 2: Two. Looks very similar. I'll enjoy it from release until the first map pack. :( : pigvomit
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    BC2 pretty much killed my interest in Halo/MW-type MP. Give me my giant Battlefield-style battle grounds ... : LoioshDwaggie
    • I do miss the days of running across the field and having some hippie try to run you over with a buggy/hu... : TOnez
    • Man 64-man Battlefield 2 on maps with no jets was totally awesome as fuck. : deject
    • BC2 is fucking glorious for a long range sniping fix. omfg. platinum GOL and M95 here. lol : Downforce
    • and where bullets don't hit where you shoot! yeah! i loved BC2 until i realized that where aim isn't ... : grendel
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      I could rocket buildings down all damn day. : kanix
      • Why rocket, when you can C4? : dedgecko
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  It'd be nice to have another realistic FPS game again, a la Rainbow Six. : Lone Swordsman
  • We aren't allowed nice things anymore. : ryuuseki
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    those are probably long gone. too tedious or something. placing breach charges? carefully flashbanging? f... : Downforce
    • It's weird. I generally HATE tactical combat in games. I just don't have any aptitude for strategy. But w : Tawler
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    Why hasn't there been a new proper r6/swat style game? I really miss intelligent, tactical FPS games. : getfrisky
    • I think on the irrational games podcast they talked about not wanting to do a sequel for swat unless they... : TimeDoctor
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  I only hope that the map designs are better than MW2. I miss COD4 and W@W's levels : HamChowder
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    Can't you play some of CoD4's maps in MW2? : Rice-Rocketeer
    • Yeah, but it's a limited number and it's $15 per map pack consisting of 5 maps, 2 of which are from COD4 : HamChowder
  • W@W's maps were for the most part, very very good. especially the first two map packs. : -=kodiak=-
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  I wonder if it will have co-op. : Rice-Rocketeer
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    There's some kind of 4-player coop, but not in the campaign. Basically, it will probably be Spec-Ops 2. =... : Tawler
    • Hm...that's not too bad. Not sure if it justifies the price tag, though. I'd only want it for the SP a... : Rice-Rocketeer
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  Looks awesome, will buy and play the hell out of. I wonder if that remote control detonating vehicle is a... : Head Rush
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    Maybe it's like the cruise missile and AC130, where your character is still in control even if he dies? : pigvomit
    • I always thought that dying while in control of a killstreak perk should have prematurely terminated the ... : HamChowder
    • I imagine it's going to behave like that, yeah. It's certainly not impossible to find a place to sit and ... : Head Rush
  • Sounds like a good risk/reward balance. I'm not so sure about the surveillance camera though; how do you ... : HamChowder
• still to quakey after BC2 :-/ : moe6
• This is one of those titles that depends on what else is being released in that time frame. And I liked W... : Fyunch Click
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  All I see is more ways for people who have the inability to actually win via skill to win via cheap ass g... : freakynipples69
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    awwww, someone got predator missiled one to many times : maulla
    • Barebones fo lyfe mofo! : freakynipples69
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    I was annoyed at first by all the cheap kill streak stuff. But at some point you just have to accept it a... : stophelping37
    • Barebones playlist turns it into a totally different game, so much better IMO. Other wise it's cold-blood... : freakynipples69
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      it has thermal and heartbeat sensing stuff. the killstreaks aren't cheap, they are rewards. the cheap is... : Downforce
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        Lol I love the g18s and etended mags. So fucking fun to out flank some campers in a building and just wh... : -=kodiak=-
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          haha pretty much. although every time I've nuked it's been from my M16A4 loadout. when I go G18s or shank... : Downforce
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            I've still haven't got a nuke. : -=kodiak=-
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              omg. I find this hard to believe. : Downforce
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                I play tdm. It's very hard to get a nuke in that mode. Only ever seen 1 legit nuke ever. I had a killst... : -=kodiak=-
                • I get them in TDM too, but usually via ground war. All too easy, in fact. are you HC TDM mainly? in fa... : Downforce
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    But... thats the game. It isn't glitches or cheats, people are utilizing the game and the gameplay to kil... : snot3353
    • the more things change, the more they stay the same. CS: NO AWP SVR DUST2 24/7 : Downforce
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      Have you played MW2 multiplayer on the Barebones playlist? Such a better game in my opinion. And I absolu... : freakynipples69
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        I have played a lot of MW2 but never the barebones playlist. Maybe I'll fire it up and try it out later. : snot3353
        • It truly levels the playing field and makes the game ten times more enjoyable, at least for me. : freakynipples69
  • MW2 doesn't require much skill to win in a gunfight. The game is so arcady, I can't see how anyone would... : pigvomit
  • Dying in that game sucks less than killing people is awesome, so it works out in the end. : sammyl
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  Looks pretty cool, the weapon sound effects sound better than MW2. Watching this reminded me though; I re... : stophelping37
  • the first CoD (and I think the 2nd) had this for some of the SMGs : cfalcon
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  Uhhhh, am I the only one who wants to know if the zombie mode is coming back? : klearlyunseen
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    What is this zombie mode you speak of : foo
    • world at war had an awesome zombie mode that was a 4 player coop that pitted you against zombies, they ev... : klearlyunseen
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  So... what is this game? I'm out of the loop. A whole new game with SP and MP? Is this MW3? : Dynotaku
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    Yes and no. It's the next Call of Duty game but not the next Modern Warfare. : LoioshDwaggie
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      And yet it has modern weapons. So is this the "off brand" CoD they do every other year? : Dynotaku
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        Yes, it is made by the 'off' company (Treyarch) not the real Call of Duty team (Infinity Ward) : LoioshDwaggie
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          I want to root for Treyarch just because they're shat on for not being as imaginary with the formula as I... : Tawler
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            Probably like the ground getting closer really fast. : Dynotaku
            • Ah... I should try diving some time, then! I guess I mean more how it'll feel control-wise—wheth... : Tawler
• These games have become such a snooze. : heartsauce
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  They've basically been able to turn a tactical looking style game into quake 1 death match. : Saman
  • well, it's in no mans land. too tactical, it's now boring and tedious. too DM-y, and it's cheap and lam... : Downforce
  • I'm not sure I get this comment. CoD has always been very DM/TDM-focused. : deveus1
  • urgh it pains me to read this piece of shit game series in the same sentence with quake but i probably wo... : Hoax
  • CoD, tactical? el oh el : gmd
• Seems they added a lot of lame/cheap and a lot of awesome. Lets hope the awesome triumphs. : kingdepork

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  director is enuf for me to see it day one no questions asked : spiderfill
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    Who is directing it? : Mr.SEX
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      Edgar Wright. Hot Fuzz, Shaun of the Dead : ctlaltl33t
      • Holy shit -- I might actually go see it because of this. Or at the very least, add it to my Netflix list... : Ride-My-Rocket
      • Such amazing talent. : HL3dsx
  • Agreed, After watching Spaced, Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, that was all I needed. Plus Mary Elizabe... : Nerdsbeware
  • Ditto. Edgar Wright is amazing. : Inadrys
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  The source material is awesome and I really like Edgar Wright. It's either going to be great or absol... : jason bergman
  • I would assume you weren't hoping it to be excruciating. : Lone Swordsman
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    Everyone has had raves so far. I want to believe. And if it's terrible I go watch Expendables later th... : Deathlove
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      You're doing it wrong. How's life in fail town? : ctlaltl33t
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        What? You don't want to watch The Expendables? I can't wait to go with the guys to the bar and then go ... : jcrockerman
        • Nevermind. I read your post below. : jcrockerman
        • oh yes, and the constant firing of full auto assault rifles! : technotica
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  The story is good enough to carry it through the loving dedication to geek culture, and Edgar Wright is d... : Deathlove
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    As long as it's a true love letter to being nerdy and not a xkcd style "aren't I so smart and unique plea... : Mr.SEX
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      michael cera is attached to the xkcd movie in 2012 : spiderfill
      • That is probably true : Mr.SEX
    • Oh, no, it's not that at all. At least, the books aren't. You haven't read the books! Why not? : Deathlove
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  It's gonna be good but opening against Expendables is a dumb move by the studio : ctlaltl33t
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    Not really when you think about it, most people are going to brush off Expendables as a stupid, over the ... : Nerdsbeware
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      I hate to say it but if you're male (regardless of age) and you're seeing Pilgrim first, you might as wel... : ctlaltl33t
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        I'm going to see Pilgrim first. I can't wait for the Expendables, but I've been way more hyped for Pilgr... : Nerdsbeware
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          Honestly, Pilgrim will be awesome and I will be really surprised if I watch Expendables more than once. : lodit
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            Buncha slack jawed faggots around here : ctlaltl33t
            • I'm ok with that. : Nerdsbeware
            • It's the shack, Lovers of teh cock. : one random winner
          • After the summer of comedy failure we have had so far, Pilgrim stands to be a shining star. Everything e... : Nerdsbeware
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        What a naive little world you live in : uglysad
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          U mad Nancy? : ctlaltl33t
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            No, just seems like you subscribe to the SpikeTV version of what a "man" should be. Boobs, beer, farts, e... : uglysad
            • Ease up man, just having fun. I'm seeing both films : ctlaltl33t
            • I do like all those things, especially at once, but I just have more interest in seeing Pilgrim first. : Nerdsbeware
      • MAAAANNNN CAAAAAAHHHHHDDDDD *BOW NAU NAU GUITAR RIIFFFFFFF* : geedeck
      • Pilgrim looks like a better movie. : Lone Swordsman
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        BEERS AND TITTIES BRO!!!!!!! : freakynipples69
        • HIGH FIVE o/ : ctlaltl33t
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        Yeah... no. Have you read the comics? : Fred Garvin
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          Books are not allowed in the man cave Fred : ctlaltl33t
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            http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=23674468#itemanchor_23674468 : Fred Garvin
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              Did you say something? I thought I heard a little girl talking : ctlaltl33t
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                You are being such a cliche. : Fred Garvin
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                  BE A MAN FRED! : ctlaltl33t
                  • REAL MEN DON'T READ!! That explains the religious right. : Fred Garvin
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          yeah.... no..... uhm heh but thanks for trying (gg eot). : [fry]
          • gg apple : boring gegtik
      • Slab Bulkhead : sgtsanity
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    Expendables is going to bomb. : lodit
    • The trailers are kinda lame as shit. : deject
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      +be the : spiderfill
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        +so not going to : dfz0r
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          -to : dfz0r
          • -going -to : hussdelrio
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      For those of us who grew up with a new Schwarzenegger or Stallone action movie to look forward to each ye... : Fyunch Click
      • See, I love old action movies, however, this doesn't look like one of my old favorites. It looks like a b... : lodit
      • I grew up loving all of those movies, and The Expendables still looks like a turd imho. I don't know how ... : ColoradoCNC
    • This post is serious: It may bomb. I'm pretty sure Rambo 4 bombed as well. That's really not the point... : ctlaltl33t
    • I have like no interest in it. I totally get the draw but I dunno. : mikecyb
    • Its not going bomb because Sylvester is directing it. : HL3dsx
  • Seeing as the Expendables looks like crap, I don't think they're too worried. : ColoradoCNC
• I got to try the game for a little while last week. It's pretty awesome. : evildanish
• Scott Pilgrim quickly became my favorite comic/graphic novel series ever, and I read a good amount of com... : jeffmoeller
• I'm no comic book fan, but Scott Pilgrim looks fucking awesome so far. Just the visual style and all tha... : deject
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  it looks stupid because that girl is way too hot for Cera, I DONT BELIEVE IT ONE BIT : gmd
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    look at how different and unique she is with her ever changing hair color. hmm wow : Mr.SEX
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      Break free of the man, don't be a corporate slave, dye your hair. : gmd
      • isn't he in a band where he plays videogame music? i hope the film is pretty nerdy but also kind of hip ... : Mr.SEX
• It exists in a weird geek/hipster limbo so I shouldn't want to see it but fuck if I don't want to. : gooblerampling
• I don't know, Mr. SEX, I think it has earned its geek credit because the output of this IP is a game that... : kaddar0
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  I saw Scott Pilgrim vs The World at a pressview and was very dissapointed.. I like most of Cera's movies.... : minigomp
  • It looks like to me it has a bunch of cool "moments," but cohesively the movie won't probably be that goo... : RyDogg1
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    Everyone I talked to that saw the preview said it was excellent. To each their own. : Fred Garvin
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      Yea, well, i didnt like Hot Fuzz that much either. (but i loved Shaun of the Dead) : minigomp
      • Get out. : Super Sparker
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        Jesus christ, that was some important information you left out of your original post. I can honestly... : treefingers1
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          what the... : zerog83
          • meant to be a reply to minigomp : zerog83
        • The gun fight alone was worth the watch. : Fred Garvin
      • You...didn't like Hot Fuzz? Is that actually possible? : Conan
      • Opinion: Discounted. : pigvomit
      • same : devpaul
• The trailers haven't been interesting to me, but I like Edgar Wright so I'll probably end up seeing it. : pandastrong
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  That's funny... I have the exact opposite opinion on things. I think the movie itself looks really cool ... : dante2010
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    But he isn't playing a mousy geek, he's doing just the opposite >:( : Deathlove
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      From the trailers it seems that his character is still the same old timid, mousy geek that he's played in... : dante2010
      • Wasn't he too busy/good for the AD movie and one of the few that didn't sign on yet? : pobone
  • this is me, I'm just tired of seeing Cera : RikiTiki2
  • yeah i want to punch him everytime i see him on screen. oh and same for the actor that bit his style in z... : gokart.
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    gotta do it though. that's his shtick, like jim carrey or will ferrel. that's what he knows how to do. s... : Downforce
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      we've seen his geeky carachter in a dosen movies already. his role as francois dillinger in youth in revo... : minigomp
      • Don't forget Drunk History: Volume 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6V_DsL1x1uY : sparkly
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  It looks like a movie by hipsters for hipsters : rosewood
  • A thousand times this. : Visceral Monkey
• It shouldn't work as anything but a comic or videogame but I'm confident that Edgar Wright can manage to ... : SiW.
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  Something about Scott Pilgrim just makes me ashamed. It's the only feeling it evokes in me. Michael Cera ... : HockeyJohnston
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    That feels so right. Being married with kids I feel like I could identify with the robot in Moon better t... : gooblerampling
    • you never lived then. : RogerDandy
  • how old are you? I'm 30 and I totally related to the comic. : RogerDandy
• It looks like the spiritual sequel to Speed Racer except not camp! : sgtsanity
• scott pilgrim ate my balls!!!! : boring gegtik
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  The book is romantic tripe for hipster teen girls. I know no men who have read the book(s), but I kn... : TVsRobLowe
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    How did this not end up in the Expendables subthread? : Deathlove
    • because the expendables are for the 80s action stars, not the 80s brat pack : RikiTiki2
  • How does it feel to be so wrong? : Fred Garvin
• I am looking forward to it, and Nigel Godrich composed the soundtrack! : Yanks
• I have 0 interest, it looks dumb >( : rmjackson
• looks like a coming of age type movie...if you like that shit then maybe. : crypt420
• I don't care too much about the movie, but OMG I want that Pirate Baby Cabana Battle game attached to it. : AxeMan808
• I have seen it (thanks to a shacker) and it is truly fucking awesome. If you like the show spaced than yo... : klearlyunseen

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• More Multiplayer Stuff! - From SA via Zek, make your own persistent inventory with Persister! http:// : Dong Patrol
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  First Time Playing? Useful Links! - (Video) How to Survive Your First Night, originally linked by zuff : Dong Patrol
  • First link doesn't work. : razlebol
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  Arghhh, lost a bunch on Merc's latest rollback =( Oh well, I will rebuild it. I will make it Faster... : watcherxp
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    Stuff get rolled back after the crash last night? : Shadowdane
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      Server crashes cause rollbacks because it can't save. The way to counter this is planned downtime to let ... : MercFox1
      • There's no sleeping allowed! : dnagenome
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        Could you script in restarts every 2 hours, or something to mitigate these rollbacks? It boggles my mind ... : Theos
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          Last time I tried task scheduler, it failed epicly. :( : MercFox1
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            Im assuming that's windows? Id be willing to put forth some time to see if we can work around this. ... : Theos
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              It's not pretty, making routine backups was easy as cake on the Creative server, because the world was pa... : MercFox1
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                I was mistaken. That serialized object was for creative only. Alpha is doing the chunk based file system.... : Theos
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                  Also, reviewing this file format. We may be able to "crop" the world by nuking chunks at our leisure. ... : Theos
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                    yah the map of the last world got crazy with long paths going south : Shadowdane
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                      I think our place was spared because nobody was there last night, right? When the game unloads chunks it ... : kaankasim
                      • yah i quit maybe 3-4 mins before it crashed cause it was getting lagged bad : Shadowdane
            • It seems to be the same as sp, when my game crashed all the changes i made lost. : kaankasim
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            The server can be stopped and started via command line, right? I bet I could throw together a python scr... : passingstranger
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              Correct, feel free to do so, I'll definitely give it a whirl. : MercFox1
              • Currently working on it. I've run into a couple snares, but it does look like it can be done. : passingstranger
  • Damn, I lost my entire hill top terraforming, 8 obsidian, and a too many half steps to count.. :( : unjustend
  • dumb's tower got tossed out and now it sits half finished on the original location on the docks. That'll ... : Hemtroll
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    Looks like the Port Wang outer sea wall/ramparts expansion got rolled back to the halfway complete point,... : CoreContingency
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      not all areas got messed up in the server crash, Port Slong was fully intact. : Shadowdane
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        :D : kaankasim
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          I finished my house and made us a Bamboo garden! :) Need some more people to move in though.. the town... : Shadowdane
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            I will build a summer house in Port Slong. Where is the residential area? : Hemtroll
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              Its north of spawn, not far at all. : kaankasim
              • I finally got my computer rebuilt and stabilized. I'll try to move in tonight and build something awesome... : Teiresias
  • NDC lighthouse is messed up again. There's no lava and all the windows throughout the tower disappeared i... : Hemtroll
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  I'm going to wait for a more stable client before playing again. : LoioshDwaggie
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    Haxim's server has 35 hours of consecutive uptime under its belt, you could try there. : Dong Patrol
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      I don't mean stable as in server staying up. I mean stable as in has features (like working furnaces, mob... : LoioshDwaggie
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        Oh, that's understandable! I like playing as it is but it not hard to see why people would prefer to wait... : Dong Patrol
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          Dp what is your mc name? : at0micgarden
          • His name is post-something. : LoioshDwaggie
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    I'm guessing notch will fix a great deal of the bugs and missing features by this weekend. : at0micgarden
    • I'm hoping, too. : MercFox1
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    I think I'm going to wait until people have got the "let's be a dickbag" out of their systems. : Clasifyd
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      dude, internet : Slowtreme
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        Totally... I just hate spending hours terraforming something to come back to is being all busted up and b... : Clasifyd
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          Play single player? I guarantee the day people stop being dickbags will never come. : dumb.
          • I am. It could come with moderation, such as the land claim flags, but I'm flying solo until then. : Clasifyd
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  Just when DOTA Alley was getting some legs behind it, someone (who I will not mention but whose name rhym... : kainen1
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    was it gaycarbs? : Dong Patrol
    • 1) I was okay with flooding lakren's pit with lava as I thought that was cool 2) I put it on top of my ... : kgargs
  • Where's DOTA Alley on the map? : Haxim
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  http://notch.tumblr.com/post/926969603/copyboys-been-working-on-a-crazy-sweet-mod-for Ok, this is pret... : stonedonkey
  • insane. : at0micgarden
  • Haha Portalcraft cool : dumb.
  • Put this in the server asap, lol. : cyclonebee
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    "this mod has convinced me that I need to add the ability for servers to download a custom texture pack t... : OverloadUT
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      Notch is damn awesome; I'm going to make it my mission to get him posting here and following our threads. : MercFox1
      • Perhaps we'll end up with hoverboards in Minecraft! : dumb.
    • i don't want yr textures! : ass-street
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  i need to setup the inventory persister. losing my stuff sucks :( : ass-street
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    its really easy... just download and run the .jar file : Shadowdane
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      yeah, i've just been lazy about it. i probably get it setup tonight. : ass-street
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        There's nothing to setup. It's click and go, plug & play, fast response instant action! : dumb.
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          I'LL BE TAKING MY TIME SETTING IT UP!! : ass-street
          • You do that! : Shadowdane
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    I just stay logged in to my server : ShadowRam
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      If you mean that you idle while not there... this prevents other people from joining because the server f... : noxiousgg
      • Well, granted, but I don't have more than 3-4 people on at one time. (Private server) : ShadowRam
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  Is Haxim's server still taking cartographer snapshots? : wangel
  • There is one in the root post... the map is getting pretty big, hope their server doesn't meet the same... : Shadowdane
  • Looks like it. : dumb.
  • It's not doing it automatically anymore as per my post: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=23668111#item... : Haxim
  • Map updated: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1307196/worldmap.png : Haxim
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  MercFox are you using MinecraftAdmin? It's kind of cool and can do automatic versioned backups. : OverloadUT
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    I am not. I would check it out but I am at work :( : MercFox1
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      Dude, they didn't give you the day off after making you come in on your day off friday? : dnagenome
      • fucking Lumbergh : Draugluin
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        HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA *pant* Jesus, I got the scariest email of my life this morning as part ... : MercFox1
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          do share : Kylegar
          • Basically, weekends and off fridays we are expected to clock some hours until the end of September. We we : MercFox1
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    Can someone link to this MinecraftAdmin? : zuff
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      Wait, is this it? http://www.minecraftforum.net/viewtopic.php?f=1012&t=23780 : zuff
      • Yes that is the one I was talking about : OverloadUT
• Notice NDC Residence: Due to the roll back last night, I have lost my hill. This is just a note that if... : unjustend
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  Man I miss not having tnt for mining, but even more, not being able to practice my cannon technique again... : dnagenome
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    How do you get TNT in SMP without cheating? : OverloadUT
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      You don't. : Clasifyd
      • The amount of tnt needed for cannon use also pretty much requires cheating. : dnagenome
  • I will smush your cactus farm! : Hemtroll
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  How far down is it worth it to continue to dig? I have a huge mine shaft that I've been digging the past ... : cyclonebee
  • You'll more often find metals and diamonds by exploring natural caves. Not often you'll find that stuff j... : dumb.
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    I typically dig 3x3 tunnels sloping downwards until I hopefully come across a huge natural cavern, that's... : at0micgarden
    • Usually you can hear sounds of water or fire when you get close to a cavern.. usually. : stonedonkey
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    dig down to a certain point then just dig out on a flat plane... when I've dug down I dig until I hit t... : Shadowdane
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      Yeah, a lot of the good stuff is like 10-20 blocks above the bedrock/lava it seems. : at0micgarden
      • yup you have to be quite deep to find diamond & redstone : Shadowdane
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        Bingo. The only good those huge mineshafts can serve is to facilitate exploration into other natural cav... : Rotten Deadite
        • There is lots of diamond to find just strip mining in the 10-25 blocks above bedrock range. Caves are fu... : unjustend
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  Here's a good article posted on Notch's blog if you are completely unfamiliar with this game. http://www... : at0micgarden
  • Norwegian btw : ShadowRam
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  The tunnel to Port Slong is complete!! You'll see the entrance to the tunnel just east of the spawn. : Shadowdane
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    Where exactly? I can't find it. : Vividvoid
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      Okay, found it on the interactive map. It's more of a medium jog than "just east" of spawn. : Vividvoid
      • its a shorter hike or boat trip than NDC : Shadowdane
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  I think I'm done with it until everything gets updated and we have a full on survival mode with day/night... : hirosushima
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    Summons and /iron didn't work all weekend what are you talking about : kgargs
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      Indeed. And when people blatantly abuse Persister, MercFox gathers an angry mob of pick-wielding miners t... : CoreContingency
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        That was awesome. That's the kind of stuff I'm really looking forward to, plus everyone got paid! : MercFox1
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          That was way fun to be a part of : OverloadUT
          • damn my woman! I was minutes away from helping destroy diamond road. : unjustend
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      K I guess I wasn't around enough to notice. If that stuff is fixed I'm down for some crafting of mines a... : hirosushima
      • Yeah Summons and /iron are out, Furnaces work with some extra effort and griefing or hacking your invento... : Hemtroll
      • Just go somewhere away from spawn, some jerk used bedrock on my house and couldn't do anything. : kaankasim
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  THE STORY SO FAR (single player survival): So I was starting to build an underground house a few weeks... : lukej1337
  • If you want to try finding your house again, try loading your save up in either the previewer: http://www... : Haxim
  • hehe awesome. : loboca
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  whats redstone used for?, iv got loads of it : okellyc
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    Logic circuits mostly http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Redstone_circuits : Haxim
    • the various logic gates in the game are crazy... : Shadowdane
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  Noxiousgg has pigs! Look! http://www.shackpics.com/viewer.x?file=javaw2010080922080619_2rok8639ckewg6byqt... : ysbreker
  • What hackery is this?! : dumb.
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  I started building my house in Port Slong http://www.shackpics.com/files/javaw2010080922192303_w1jc7t2... : Hemtroll
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    don't dig down? : watcherxp
    • I didn't dig down, I was just evening out the level of the hill. I can tear it down and move it if need b... : Hemtroll
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  I wish you could rotate stairs by hitting them. The automatic logic is too unpredictable. : dumb.
  • hell, it'd be nice if I could do that with a furnace too. : unjustend
• Who widened the NDC tunnel? Now the whole thing is asymmetrical! : Hemtroll
• MercFox's server: NDC mushroom farmer Haxim's sever: SKULL TEMPLE HEAD PRIEST : MurrayTheSkull
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  MercFox: Can we get an updated map please? : Shadowdane
  • K, otw. : MercFox1
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  UPDATED CARTOGRAPH MAP: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7834948/20100809_1953.png Rendered: 7:53 PM EST : MercFox1
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    New interactive version http://www.maplib.net/map.php?id=10197 : watcherxp
    • ^^ Not correct, try this one http://www.maplib.net/map.php?id=10197&lat=-53.83551194262638&lng=35.7769... : watcherxp
• Since I have been at a wedding out of town and had minimal internet connectivity, whats the deal with MP?... : VectorJKL