Morning Discussion

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  It's a trap!!! : Haxim
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    Awesome. Thank you Haxim : Ackbar2020
    • It's a trap!!! : RikiTiki2
• Rampart. : AgentPothead
• Tempest! : bling1bling
• Ghouls & Ghosts : jingletard
• Zaxxon : BongSlayerB
• Robotron : drucifer
• Missile Command : ArcKnight
• Gauntlet : RomSteady
• Yie-Ar Kung Fu : smackpiece
• Golden Axe will always be my favorite arcade game. Is that old-school enough though? : GloriousCow
• MOON PATROL. so many quarters spent on this silly game. : hirez
• Cadillacs and Dinosaurs : crummynz
• NNNOOOOOooooooo : kingdepork
• Splatterhouse. : deadhorse
• togtfo : filthysock
• Spy Hunter! : IcomeINpeace
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  Moon Patrol : midgetherder
  • "high five" moon patrol buddy! : hirez
• Joust : Mecha Tofu Pirate
• Q*Bert : gnomish
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  What's the one with that big orange thing that you sat on? Some kind of space game. : DJ Clipdat
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    Found it! Stun Runner! : DJ Clipdat
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      Orange? that fucker was red : GloriousCow
      • lol it was along time ago! : DJ Clipdat
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! : tested2
• Virtua Cop. : greasyjohn
• Galaga! : SolveChrist
• Altered Beast : cornchak
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  I relaly liked the Simpsons and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles arcades back in the day... so epic : SniperWolf22
  • You youngin : soggybagel
• Centipede! : jcrockerman
• Crystal Castles : Stoned Gargoyle
• Tempest : The Wilhelm Scream
• The usual favorites, but one I really enjoyed was TURKEY SHOOT. It had a big MF gun in the cabinet and yo : Dave-A
• Double Dragon : Alco23
• TMNT4 is the best arcade game ever made : Entity
• Shinobi. : DM7
• Discs of Tron : retardhumper
• Galaga : jdmSlix
• Alien versus Predator : vitek r
• Missile Command : soggybagel
• San Francisco Rush 2049! : Fenring42
• The big 2 screener X-men : edge198
• Ms. Pac-Man, the best goddamn arcade game ever created. : Yanks
• Sinistar : kronetic
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  S.T.U.N. Runner : dumb.
  • Oops that was already said - in that case Hard Drivin' : dumb.
• Street Fighter II : devnullgt
• Road Blasters (Arcade sit in cabinet)!! : fadetofunk
• Ghost and Goblins. As a kid they had a ghost and goblins arcade machine that we spent so many quarters o... : SlingBlaze
• Spy Hunter : Lawgiver
• Kid Niki : jimmy_legs
• Ms. Pac Man : RikiTiki2
• 1943!!! I played the heck out of that game! : sergeon
• mad dog mccree : voodooraze
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  X-Men Arcade. : Dschinghis Khan
  • I want this on X-Box Live Arcade so badly, even though they wouldn't be able to support 6 players. : Mecha Tofu Pirate
• WRESTEFEST OOOOH YEAAAAAAH : eonix
• Captain Commando : soapland
• Missile Command was awesome! : ejectorpod
• Altered Beast does this count as old school? : H@rvester
• karnov : alanboom
• Asteroids! : yosemiteclimber
• PacMan at the donut shop : Sailor of Fortune
• Ivan Stewart's Off Road Racing : Thornfist
• Sinistar : genom
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  GAUNTLET. Or maybe double dragon. : Durajim
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    Oh god, or Stunt Car Racer. Spoilt for choice. : Durajim
    • Stunt Car taught me how to drive! : dedgecko
• Appropriately enough, Ms. Pac-Man. Moving fruit! : Orange Pylon
• The Simpsons : freakynipples69
• Galaga : bombay
• Definitely Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles : virus
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. : Mmmmmoo
• Donkey Kong : niiftyniichy
• Cabal always got a lot of my quarter. : Gary the Llama
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  RIVER CITY RANSOM!!!! : r3dn3ck
  • not an arcade game. : Caoster007
• Missile command : Agrona
• 1942 : greydog
• Metal slug anthology : zuff
• BurgerTime! : kainen1
• Super Dodge Ball : PlanetPerfecto
• Operation: WOLF : boring gegtik
• TMNT : zohar79
• Hang On! : suqur
• Star Wars the Arcade Game. : InfoBiter
• Space Harrier : CplBeaker
• Defender!!!!! Baaaaawhhhhhoooooooooooooooooooooop! : tboomer2
• Rolling Thunder : bcyde
• Gauntlet : speirus
• Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 : getfrisky
• The Simpsons Arcade Game : melkore
• Galaga! (I assume "old-school" means 80s or so.) : Arcanum
• Toki (is only 4 characters long) : Earl Greigh
• Q*bert : jard
• Double Dragon if we're talking super old school, otherwise Tekken 2. : lefthighkick
• GI Joe : geedeck
• I fucking love Ms. Pac Man, and that print is super cute. : laurgasms
• Galaga 88 : scosno
• Robotron 2084 : c_man_tmt
• I loved me some Aliens. It was the only game I could be my older brother at (he was 5 years older than... : famine101
• Street Fighter 2 : xil-reno
• GoldenAxe : Caoster007
• Simpsons Arcade game. so good. : bakanoodle
• Bad Dudes! : TShandy
• Pacman : supaLink
• TMNT ... it took all my quarters :( : kanix
• Galaga : smax
• MERCs! : stygian_whisper
• Destruction Derby, Super Off Road, APB... ahhhh way too many to pick just one! : adodric
• DIG DUG : ant321
• Virtua Fighter : Postal
• KARNOV! : choppp
• Pyrus : Crw22
• Not super old school, but that Aliens vs. Predator beat-em up... god, I loved that game. : ucanbfuzzy
• Simpsons Arcade! : OverloadUT
• Elevator Action 2!! : jane911
• Gonna have to go with Galaga. : fleabug
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  Battlezone. : eskimo spy
  • I once got around 2 million points on Battlezone. I had a friend who could play as long as he wanted to. ... : Old_Fart
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  Sunset Riders : Dusty_Slim
  • MOTHERFUCKER WHY YOU GOT TO BE TAKING MY ANSWER : snot3353
• Metal Slug : gornl1
• Track & Field : peetabix01
• Shinobi : Frank_Mackey
• I still love playing Pong whenever I see it. : Juno
• sit-down vector-graphics star wars bitches : loppsided
• The X-Men beat'em up : Sgt_Boomstick
• Galaga motherfuckers : rosewood
• Star Castle. Anyone else remember that one? : gdestiny
• I was always a fan of Gauntlet. : TroZ
• Just one? So many though. Major Havok T-Mek Xenophobe So easy to go on and on.. : xylothan
• galaga!! : losder5000
• TMNT: Turtles in Time, as I remember. : Lone Swordsman
• Definitely Bad Dudes : Chod
• THE GOONIES played on one of those NES Action 10 things at a KOA campground where we'd vacation for 2-3 w... : Majuju
• Donkey Kong : oneshot
• 1942 by capcom. many a quarter wasted on that game : davislovestacobell
• Street Fighter II, I would daydream about that game in junior high school. : Atma Weapon
• Star Wars! : riptyde
• Discs of Tron (upright) , oh yea! : dignan
• Fighting Vipers : Rauol Duke
• Street Fighter 2 : Link.
• Golden Axe, or TMNT, or Street Fighter II Older school? Maybe Kangaroo, only because it's the first o... : tigeN
• Jump Man (C64) : millakazuya
• After Burner - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/After_Burner_%28video_game%29 : losimagic
• Tron : Old_Fart
• TMNT : razorblade79
• Primal Rage : Schnapple
• Top Landing. : ramshot

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  Toejam and Earl : Robotic Puppy Eater
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    Oh yeah. I wanted to get TJ&E2 - I don't know about the original. : lukej1337
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      the original is awesome : rgoer
      • both are fucking cool. I spent so many summer hours playing these in between pool frolicking. : stygian_whisper
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    Very unique and stylized game that actually really lacks in a number of ways. Better as a conversation p... : SLUDGE^
    • bullshit. It was fun, and I loved the secret stuff... It actually got difficult at parts too... remember ... : stygian_whisper
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  Powerball : HockeyJohnston
  • Oh fuck yes! best sports game ever! MMA + Rugby + football! Good fucking times. Canada were monsters. : stygian_whisper
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  Shadowrun Kid Icarus Ecco the Dolphin because everyone loves horrible HR Geiger nightmares oh god o : Paranoid Android
  • Kid Icarus?? : pyide
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZW-WOzY6Lk : stoned wallaby crop circle
• vectorman : Modica Sol Solis
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  ______strike : dedgecko
  • Yup I already bought all of them :) : lukej1337
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  streets of rage, the nhl games, micro machines : checking1234
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    that's right! streets of rage 3. : lukej1337
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      fuck streets of rage 3. the second one was better in just about every way. stupid characters in 3, better... : Modica Sol Solis
      • Yes - I think youre right. I've never played 2 and every time I hear people raving about it I go on youtu... : lukej1337
• Alien Storm : Snuffles-
• Rocket Knight Adventures : DrWaffles
• Comix Zone : melkore
• quack shot : ovrlrd
• General Chaos! : Head Rush
• Aladdin, Shining force 1 and 2, Phantasy Star IV : CyCo_PL
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  beyond oasis and that zelda rip off with animal puzzles : ryuuseki
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    Beyond Oasis rocked! : roushimsx
    • Have you played crusader of centy? That's what I was making reference to. : ryuuseki
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  landstalker : rgoer
  • streets of rage 2 : rgoer
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  Flashback : breadsticks
  • Great game. Was Out Of This World ever out on the Genesis as well or was that SNES only? : snot3353
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  W A R S O N G GAME OF THE CENTURY : MoreVespeneGas
  • IAWTWGOTCP : ejectorpod
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  This isn't a particularly good game but I remember loving it when I was a kid: Cyborg Justice It was... : kaddar0
  • its an awesome game!!! i still try and run through it from time to time : vitek r
• cannon fodder : umegastar
• - Batman and Robin was way better on SNES than Genesis. If you like the Genesis one, you'll probably like : roushimsx
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  I always was jealous that the Genesis had Race Drivin' while my SNES didn't. : DonkeyPopsicle
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    Race Drivin' exists for the SNES and it's one of the worst games I've ever played. http://www.youtube.co... : Mecha Tofu Pirate
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      ouch. I just remember it being awesome in the arcade. Was the Genesis version that terrible? : DonkeyPopsicle
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        I really doubt it. The youtube comments make it sound like the SNES version was just a really shitty por... : Mecha Tofu Pirate
        • I played Race Drivin or Hard Drivin or whatever one was on snes. It had polygons, I was happy. But yeah,... : lukej1337
• Herzog Zwei !!! : blender81
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  Mutant League Football, Mutant League Hockey, Shining Force, Shining Force II, Phantasy Star IV, Mortal K... : greg-m
  • Wow, that is my exact list of best-of-genesis games too. High Five! : Thud
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  Jurrasic Park 1, General Chaos, Strider, gunstar heroes, quck shot, sonic pinball, vectorman, : mista mista
  • General chaos was the shit with 4 players. : -=kodiak=-
• Splatterhouse 2. Damn, second time I mentioned that game today. : deadhorse
• Alien Storm : ninjase
• MOTHERFUCKING GHOULS & MOTHERFUCKING GHOSTS, MOTHERFUCKER : Home Nugget
• Vectorman! Vectorman 2! Sonic and Knuckle's Blue Sphere game. : Kylegar
• Streets of Rage 2 Road Rash 2(it's better then 3) Jungle Strike Phantasy Star 2 and 4 Shadowrun Shin... : Yabrodan
• Dune: Battle for Arrakis! : stygian_whisper
• zero wing, gaires, CYBORG JUSTICE, contra hard corps, sonic 2 (which is my favorite), sonic spinball, str... : vitek r
• - Shining Force 2 - Ecco the Dolphin I am assuming since you didn't list Sonic 2 that you already own... : snot3353
• Every Thunder Force game, and for that matter, every game made by Technosoft. : Endymion_

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• Stttaaaaaaaarrcraaaft : Crimsonbeak
• congrats. I've been following along on the podcast for he last couple of weeks. Has the competition gotte... : Fyunch Click
• im on a 6 game win streak! although my record is 7 and 11 so i believe i maybe playing 3 year olds. But ... : crust
• the real competition is down here in the bronze league motherfucker : deKaf
• Hopefully, I can reach diamond. I'm working my way up platinum. : DHAvatar
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  Well, ZvT is still fucked. : enyakk
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    Oh yeah, that's the other thing I've noticed in platinum/diamond players now. I play against terran 70% o... : DHAvatar
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      At this point I don't even want a change in the balance anymore. I just want more viable options for the ... : enyakk
      • I've been trying nydus worm builds, but it's hard to pull off, and some maps won't work with it. Sending... : DHAvatar
      • baneling bust ftw : cellx25
    • I'm 700ish diamond terran player and the few zerg I do play are pretty damn good. They're beating me righ... : frenziedbadger
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    So is PvT. Still not really sure how to handle EMP and I've been facing more and more Terran players t... : cetra00
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      Keep your units spread out and stop using one control group. : TheVietSpecial
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        ^^^ Feedback is also your friend : TheStupidOne
        • feedback (and storm) are the two greatest things in this game. especially against terran. no one uses e... : valael
    • I main P and I've been getting more aggressive against T, hitting them earlier (wall off be damned). It's... : rudds
• I got into Bronze in my 3v3 team and Silver with 1v1's. I rule. : snot3353
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  rudds, are you going to play in PH Tournament #2? : pancake humper
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    Yeah, I thought I signed up (?) : rudds
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      I haven't had signups yet. You might have signed up for TheStupidOne's league : pancake humper
      • Yeah, must have. I'll play both! : rudds
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  I have yet to do my placements... maybe this weekend... maybe.... : wurt
  • wurt, I still have two more placements to do. I am thinking I might just screw around so I can start at t... : The Grolar Bear
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  i'm scared to even play SC2 multiplayer : pandastrong
  • that's silly : derelict515
  • Many people are. Just learn this right now. Everyone loses. Everyone loses often. If you get discoura... : WilliamDecker
• Still stuck in gold :( : TheStupidOne
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  I played some 2v2 with a friend, we're both beginners, and I made a retarded YouTube clip of it with my r... : Lawgiver
  • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=23773780#itemanchor_23773780 : Lawgiver
• I'm in a bit of a rut. I've decided to switch to terran and havent been able to put much time into it yet... : maulla
• still getting trashed in practice league.. I think I am going to just jump into the leagues, so I can get... : dextius
• I can't seem to get out of bronze in 3v3. We did really bad in our placement matches, but now we are rank... : Magmaticzebra
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  Somehow I got placed in platinum. I expected silver... I'm 3-3 in there so far though and I have so many ... : derelict515
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    if you're at 3-3 then they're succeeding. : deject
    • I know, it's more surprise that I wasn't immediately annihilated by everyone. I don't feel like a very go... : derelict515
• won my last 3 1v1...lost my last 6 2v2 Fuck, 2v2 is a totally different game in some ways :( : OMGzImBurning
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  Stuck on Bronze at 23-29.....I am either rapping the person or getting raped. Need to read up on some... : K0LM
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    post a replay and i'll tell you what you're doing wrong : valael
    • At work right now but I will try and get some up this weekend. : K0LM
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  I'm in silver, I suck. Too much HoN I guess. We should play 2v2's man!!!!!!!!!! : kainen1
  • Let's finish our placements this weekend goddamnit! : rudds
• I'm still trying to figure out which race to focus on. Haven't done placement matches yet but I will once... : OmegaRed59
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  I wish the game had a method of teaching build order. : BouillonCubes
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    There's some custom maps that teach you build orders and times you on it. I haven't tried those out yet ... : DHAvatar
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      Good to know. Does blizzard keep them current? : BouillonCubes
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        Custom maps = community created : derelict515
        • Bleh, my mind omitted that word when I read the post :( 6 hours of sleep I blame you. : BouillonCubes
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        Well, those are custom user created maps, not made by Blizzard, so it's based on whoever's making them. : DHAvatar
        • I think they should build something like this into the game :( I doubt I will ever play online. : BouillonCubes
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      I just googled this http://www.sc2mapster.com/maps/yabot/?page=2 I might try it later : Lawgiver
      • YABOT is really solid. All new players should get it and try it out. Also goes hand in hand with the fo... : WilliamDecker
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    Just write it down on a post it next to you. What could it teach you besides letting you input what you w... : derelict515
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      It could teach me in the game instead of making me rely on some outside resource. : BouillonCubes
      • That's not really the game though, it's just something someone has found to be an efficient way to open. : flooq
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        But teach you what? Build orders are not a static thing, they're constantly changing and are fluid even w... : derelict515
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          I think it would be cool if it was built in that people could upload build order tutorials and stuff like... : BouillonCubes
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            The thing is that system isn't teaching you much. It's in fact stopping you from learning what you really... : derelict515
            • It should still be in the game because build orders are so essential. Starcraft is very much like chess ... : BouillonCubes
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        Once you have the basic idea of what a build order is, you should be able to make your own based on your ... : geedeck
        • Though in the qxc vs murder game last night, murder really took the "always build harvester units" to hea... : DHAvatar
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        This is a VERY reasonable complaint about the game. Something so basic as a build order is not mentioned ... : sammyl
        • People are saying one challenge very specifically requires building up a base properly. Build orders are ... : derelict515
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        Open up the tech tree. There's your build order. : walker270
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          False. : BouillonCubes
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            No, it's quite true. Build orders are nothing more than templates to facilitate discussion on how to b... : walker270
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              Exactly. It's a word encapsulating the ability to understand what tech is where, how to get to it fastest... : derelict515
              • Yes and it would be nice if the game had tutorials that taught you the philosophy behind a good build ord... : BouillonCubes
            • I've acknowledged many times that build orders are not static. Your previous post is so simplistic as to... : BouillonCubes
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    One of the challenges sort of forces you into working out a reasonable build order to get a Terran base u... : flooq
    • Yeah that's a very good challenge(Opening Gambit). Getting gold requires you to really understand the bas... : Zek
• Battle.net is slow as shit for me : ( Any euros having the same problem? : mad-d00d
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  Ive been running into people who like to hide their lifted command center off map to delay losing. If the... : shortbuscaptain
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    I've got to admit, I fucking love doing this to people. I am an asshole though. I had some guy curse me o... : snot3353
    • what a complete waste of time, what sort of enjoyment do you get out of this? I'm glad people like you ar... : Demius
    • You are abusing map boundaries for the sole reason to be a total dick. Not cool man, not cool. : shortbuscaptain
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      I would be the total opposite. if I played SC2, each match might be 45 seconds long until I GG out. I... : Downforce
      • If i know I've lost I just gg and surrender. No sense in prolonging it. : mrvandelay
    • If you know youve lost, dont be a dick about it. : maulla
    • Team killing is the best way to play shooters! I laugh while everyone else moans about how they're not ha... : derelict515
    • out of curiousity, why don't you just do this from the start? Just start your game, lift off, hide it, an... : sammyl
    • it makes you look like a chode. stop it. : kainen1
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      hahaha look at all the angry nerds in this subthread. ME MAD ME MAD : virus
      • um, the angry nerd is the one lifting his CC b/c he sucks too bad to take defeat with a shred of composur... : kainen1
      • I love when people disconnect before losses in sports games after never punting and always inside kicking... : derelict515
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        virus hahaha post : maulla
        • hi maulla! : virus
        • lol nerds : pandastrong
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      The only time I've ever lifted off my CC and pointed it to a corner was during a base trade. If I lose t... : Scythe99
      • i've lost to this so many times and it sucks but I guess it's fair. : valael
    • only having fun when noone else is : bashildy@speakeasy.net
    • i love doing it too, especially to dirty pylon rushers. : grendel
  • if you're halfway decent and you've already beaten them, it's easy enough to just build a few air units a... : JINKY
• How do you assholes play this game without your brains exploding? : herradura99
• Nice work Brad! Now go outside and get some fresh air. : GodZilly
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  After earning your placement, how many of you guys have actually moved up leagues? : Magmaticzebra
  • I've been stuck in platinum since release haha but I've only played around 30 games. : Blucklesworth
  • I had a couple weird placement matches so I got placed in Silver. I have been focusing on Terran alone s... : Scythe99
  • i placed in plat and moved to diamond after a pretty short while, i don't even think it took 30 games, bu... : RetroRedEyeJr
  • I just moved up to diamond a few days ago. I'm 15-9 : Jimb0v2
  • I just recently moved from bronze to silver. After placement I won a bunch of matches and the matchmaker... : semaphore
  • I moved from gold up to platinum. : TheVietSpecial
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    I got placed in bronze after going 3-2 in placement matches, and I am now in platinum. Played just over 3... : shred.
    • I got stupidly placed in bronze too, now about 30W-30L in platinum : threeup
  • i've been hovering around 2-5th in my silver division for a while. i want to move up to at least gold :( ... : JINKY
  • I moved from gold to platinum to diamond in about 30-40 games. : razlebol
  • I placed Silver after going 3-2 in placements and ranked up from there. : rudds
  • I moved up on my 20th game from gold to plat with 12 wins (that's counting placement matches) : valael
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  when playing with teams, how the hell do you figure out who is on your team? does everyone just memorize... : crust
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    When the game starts, you will only see yourself and your teammate on the map. Also your teammate's name... : Scythe99
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      i get that, but when there is a big skirmish with multiple people involved, picking out who is who i find... : crust
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        There is a button by the minimap that will make all opponents one color and all allies another color. : Jimb0v2
        • awesome that's so much better. thanks. : crust
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  I can't wait until I have the confidence I'll require to play online. : JonathanBedrava
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    you should just get on and play team games with us. it's a quicker way to learn the game. : valael
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      I will, soon as I mop up the campaign, I think... I still haven't tried out all the units... : JonathanBedrava
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        The campaign has some units that aren't even in multi for balance. Do the single player challenges and r... : semaphore
        • Sweet, thanks! : JonathanBedrava
      • i'll have to hit you up on steam, i'm pretty slow, we can do some comp stomps. : bosst0ne
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  Congrats buddy! : Brian Leahy
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    he's not your buddy, PAL : Downforce
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      He's not your pal friend! : TheStupidOne
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        He's probably my friend, guy. : Brian Leahy
        • Well he isn't, CHIEF! : jcrockerman
• I've been playing a few 3vAI comp stomps on medium and having a good time. : slax0r
• I think I'll be moving into the 2v2 silver pretty soon. :D : Fish_Bulb
• Hey from down here in silver! It's dark and cold:( : filthysock

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  Fuck yeah! First post of the chatty :) : Vividvoid
  • DAMNIT! : Snipergen
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  Nuclear bunker edition? Why do I always miss all the fun?! : Clasifyd
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    You should see the tunnel to my basement--I was going for something that looked like it could survive a n... : Vividvoid
    • I should come visit some time if I can ever find it. : patters666
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  Thank god MercFox backed up his server when he did. I only lost a little bit of work : ErikTehRed
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    Oh NOes! when did it crash! I hope my pyramid is ok, I have a lot of work I wanna do to that. : unjustend
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      Your pyramid is good and we weren't making water slides down it... : patters666
      • lolol : Slowtreme
      • Then I won't be riding a boat down it later ;) : unjustend
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      Hey! I was messing around in underground lava systems and ended up at your pyramid... Check it out! : nevlos
      • Looking forward to it! : unjustend
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  SECRET FRIDAY UPDATE TODAY!!!!! Here's hoping for server side inventory and furnaces that don't have to ... : Clasifyd
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    He said on twitter that there's no secret update today : harold.johnson
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      No, he said that he had no intentions of not doing a secret update. : Clasifyd
      • double negation bitches! : Vividvoid
    • Damnit, nevermind. Just scrolled down. Notch lied! : harold.johnson
• I made a large sand castle last night. : ShadowRam
• I found 137 iron in less than an hour in my SP save last night. Bricks were shat. : Rehevkor
• I'm gonna start playing intensively when survival multiplayer works with enemies. I can't wait to build u... : Snipergen
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  before I decide to check this out, how many weeks into this are you guys? is the Shack New Game ADD start... : zerog83
  • I think about week four for me. : Clasifyd
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    This is the second Minecraft hype fest for the shack. The first one was when creative hit and I don't rem... : AgentPothead
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      yeah, remember it from the first time. I've been reading through the threads and checking out a lot of th... : zerog83
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        I only have one screenshot so far. http://agentpothead.com/bulletbillvsbowser.png But it is a pretty awes... : AgentPothead
        • dude, that's the most awesome thing I've seen today : zerog83
        • Someone needs to reskin mobs to look like koopas, turtles, etc. SMB skin! : loboca
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  Seecret Friday 8! OooooOOOoo! http://notch.tumblr.com/post/982299297/seecret-friday-8-oooooooooo : kaankasim
  • God damn it, I wish I could log in at work... : Clasifyd
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    Something pretty big? I'm guessing monsters! : Hemtroll
    • That'd get me playing again! : Rotten Deadite
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    "There's a day and night cycle in SMP now. Haven't found out anything else yet." : zuff
    • http://www.minecraftforum.net/viewtopic.php?f=1012&t=27094&sid=7249ffd96eccceb18770b4432f2d2dba : zuff
    • I saw chickens, pigs and day/night cycle. : kaankasim
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      day/night cycle??? no way!! : ass-street
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        No zombies though :( : Vividvoid
        • that's ok. i don't need to be freaking out all night yet. : ass-street
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    http://imgur.com/MH5Bd.png These? : R@zzle
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      Nope, those chickens are olde. : loboca
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        but new to SMP : zuff
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          I had no indication it was an SMP server from that screenie. : loboca
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            kaakasim said he saw chickens in the post above : Hemtroll
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              can't kill chickens or pigs for now though, good thing monsters aren't in! : Xevo
              • I drowned a chicken just now. >:) : kaankasim
              • someone on the minecraft forum said fire could kill them : ass-street
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                Yeah, also if you ram them against a cactus they'll die. Basically any natural damage will hurt them. : Vividvoid
                • I'll ram you against a cactus! : ass-street
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                  That makes sense, those are server-side sources of damage. I think he hasn't added monsters yet because h... : Zek
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                    Which puts us not far from possible PvP options as well! : Xevo
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                      I demand satisfaction! : Hemtroll
                      • I throw down my diamond gloves and demand a duel! : Xevo
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                    Man, it would still be awesome if we had to build environmental traps to kill them!! : nevlos
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                      If you find a pig/chicken spawner, it's really easy to make one that produces infinite bacon/feathers. : Clasifyd
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                        Well i meant if zombies were enabled : nevlos
                        • "Get behind the lava moat! The sun is almost down!!" "he's not going to make it, release the lava fall!!"... : nevlos
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    FENCES! : zuff
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      PICTURES!?! : kaankasim
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        http://i38.tinypic.com/20t2rko.jpg Apparently they're one block high but can't be jumped over. : Zek
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          Fuck yeah! : Hemtroll
          • Anal rape! Sound the horn!!!!!!!!!! : conandan
        • SHIT YEAH FENCES AND CHICKENS AND DAY/NIGHT!!! : MurrayTheSkull
    • this was my tweet to him 3 weeks ago! yay! : supermonkeyballz
    • EFFFF YEAH : MercFox1
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    Has the updated been pushed through to the clients yet? Mine isn't updating. : Vividvoid
    • mine did : zuff
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      So what's up with the presister? Old one still working or do we need to wait for an update? : Hemtroll
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        It should work as long as you don't have to redownload a new client. : Zek
        • nope, my client updated (no new .exe) and Persister says it's out of date when you try to run it. : Xevo
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    Are there monsters to go along with the day and night cycle? : Clasifyd
    • Only critters, and apparently they can't be killed yet. : Zek
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    woot, night time on zuff's server now! : Vividvoid
    • check out the radness of our pyramid son! : beedeegee
    • no zombies that I can tell though :( : Vividvoid
    • damn well will be cool to see day/night cycles on the server though. : Shadowdane
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  Awesome!!! Day/Night! Critters! Fences! :P So what's the status on MercFox's server, is it all lost... : kainen1
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    Yeah, it's been nuked--that's why it's nuclear bunker edition =P : Vividvoid
    • Wait, server reset? : Clasifyd
    • You're an ass! It seems fine as far as I can tell. : Xevo
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      what happened this time? did someone go exploring or did it just straight up crash? : ass-street
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        Someone went exploring, but Merc was able to restore from a previous backup. : Vividvoid
        • It's been fine since the restore last night though, I mean it's not dead now. : Xevo
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  First night in Caszuffania]* Vivid and I playing with a chicken: http://www.shackpics.com/files/1_2th8 : zuff
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    BOLD EDITION! : zuff
    • Thick dick edition : conandan
  • awesome!! :O : ass-street
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  Minecraft claims another machine well not really. My server will be down until further notice :( : Haxim
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    what happened? : zuff
    • i broke it. : ass-street
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      I am pretty sure that mc is very hdd intensive on servers : conandan
      • Apparently people exploring too far will permanently ruin the world. : Zek
      • It is, I think I'm going to get an SSd for it : MercFox1
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    HDD? Is that number 4 now? What else can minecraft break?! : dedgecko
    • Xboxes : Dong Patrol
  • please tell me you had at least some sort of backup, i spent like a week on my cunning plan and it still : nem00
  • If you have a backup from a bit ago I can host a temp, got an i7 with 12g of ram and a 40gb ssd i can use... : pwnjoo
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  Some dickwad griefed my church with a shit-ton of obsidian blocking things. Anyone who wants obsidian is ... : SolveChrist
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    I'd login and help, but my updated client can't connect to the MercFox server anymore. : Xevo
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      yea i just got to work, update musta happend 5 min ago :( : SolveChrist
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        Looks like some douchenozzle also griefed Caoster's floating city by expanding the waterfall. : limpossible
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          wtf is wrong with people? : Xevo
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            I blame Dong Patrol : Clasifyd
            • Yeah not making his MD posts and obviously griefing. Vote for ban? =P : Xevo
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              I blame kgargs : ass-street
              • Gonna have to go with this again. : zuff
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              it should sign every block, so you can see who placed it. : dirge23
              • that's like some Neo shit : ass-street
        • someone stole my diamond block at my mountain castle yesterday. I was pissed : kainen1
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    Mercfox1, is it possible to version save the logs as well so hopefully we can find these asses? : legsbrogan
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      Merc is fucking golfing right now. As if he's some sort of doctor or something! He cares not of our plig... : SolveChrist
      • rabblerabblerabble : Hemtroll
      • Hey hey hey now : MercFox1
  • haha that is a hilarious way to grief someone : mikecyb
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  Persister updated! http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?t5gj1qbo3egftic : Xevo
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    where'd you get this from? : zuff
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      http://www.minecraftforum.net/viewtopic.php?f=1012&t=25214&start=30#p483545 : Vividvoid
      • rofl i thought you had a different version so I'd posted it to that forum as well lol : zuff
• Any plans for underground Duke city stuff or can I just start digging? : Hemtroll
• If any one has minor holes in their walls near spawn, or the odd floor tile dug out, I apologize. My 5 y... : legsbrogan
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  Vividvoid: In the future, post not to explore in the main thread. I know this is obvious to all of us, ... : kaddar0
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    Wut? where did I say this in the main thread? : Vividvoid
    • you didn't say it. that's the point. : ass-street
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      You didn't, that's the point. Loose ships sink servers. The people need to know! : nem00
      • Oooh, I get it now. I didn't see that not. I just woke up my from nap. : Vividvoid
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        in this case loose lips save servers though. : ass-street
        • This loose lips thread of yours is quite disappointing. : AxeMan808
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    I don't know if this would help, but I think at this point the IP's should stop getting posted. If anyon... : SolveChrist
    • yah its in the Steam Group anyway. Well 2 of them, no one has posted the newer server info in the group... : Shadowdane
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      I guess but people will just search for them anyways, better to have the ips and the warning how explorat... : kaddar0
      • Can we just get a list of who is who on the various servers? I'm obvious, but I have no idea who a few... : dedgecko
    • I don't mind having mine posted. The better chance of more people joining the better. My server has max o... : zuff
• Did game rendering get severely slowed for anyone else? I played this morning before the update without a... : vitaminzach
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  Latest Update Woes: Supposedly many of the modders are upset with Notch's half-ass update. SuperLlama : zuff
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    the modders can suck a fat nut, it's a bit selfish to expect all this stuff from him. oh no, their mods ... : kainen1
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      That wasn't the point at all. Notch posted a pretty shitty update and is now going on vacation for two mo... : zuff
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        http://notch.tumblr.com/ Read it. And, Minecraft is in Beta. : Teleporting Muffins
        • I don't see what's going on here : zuff
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        no, you're whining. so are they. and with no reason. so fix that. : kainen1
        • waaaaaah : zuff
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    Shit I hope minecraft goes the way of narbacular drop : kaddar0
    • Haha I thought the exact same thing : OverloadUT
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      haha no shit. compare narbacular drop to portal. now imagine that change in quality for minecraft to so... : mikecyb
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        MineCraft is really an awesome genre, it's an RPG without a levelling system. : kaddar0
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          Good RPG are good even without that levelling crap. : guigr
          • Hmm, wonder if someone's made a Minsc Minecraft skin. : MurrayTheSkull
  • lol, look at those entitled pc gamers. : daedraug
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    what bugginess though? that doesn't even get specific. : SolveChrist
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      Chickens and pigs: Indestructible. When they start drowning you just here "BAWK!BAWK!BAWK!" Fences: Can : zuff
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        Fuck yeah they're being entitled. We bought the game in Alpha state and it's being developed by a single ... : Hemtroll
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          Well, it seems like he's going more backwards than forwards... : Clasifyd
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            How do you figure? I don't really keep up with patch notes or anything so I can't tell if something's bee... : Hemtroll
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              Well, for instance, the inventory being fucked up, the item duplication bug, damage being taken away, thi... : Clasifyd
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                Or maybe it's just an alpha? When you're making serious changes to things it shouldn't surprise you at al... : Conan
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                  I understand it's an alpha, but why publish it? For fences and pigs? : Clasifyd
                  • Because he has a schedule of doing so? And having people test it makes it easier for him to find problems... : Conan
              • Oh yeah, fair enough. I can agree that it's a bit sloppier than previous updates, at least from what I re... : Hemtroll
              • jesus its one guy working on a game... this isn't like a development studio that has a team of people wo... : Shadowdane
              • maybe he took out damage on purpose because death causes some people to COMPLETELY LOSE INTERNET CONNECTI... : unjustend
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              Remembered but worthless? You think Notch is going to implement the amount of features they've added to t... : zuff
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                Do I think notch is going to implement working furnaces? Kicking/Banning? Anti-grieifing? Private messagi... : Hemtroll
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                  Persistent inventory =) : Clasifyd
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                    That too, if there comes a time when notch posts "it's finished, sorry about not making persistent invent... : Hemtroll
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                      No no, I'm just being impatient for the most part. I know he'll get to it. I'm just very disappointed in ... : Clasifyd
                      • Oh yeah, I was just reinforcing my previous post. : Hemtroll
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                The only things mods have added is basic shit that will be put in to the game proper. : OverloadUT
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                  Groups? Kits? Ranks? Setting your homepoint? Teleporting? Whitelists and Blacklists? Group specific items... : zuff
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                    I thought you said "Whistletits and Blacklists" for a second. I was confused. : Clasifyd
                    • I like this post the most out of this whole ridiculous thread. As an aside, I'm glad I slept late so that... : Dong Patrol
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                    Whitelisting and Blacklisting directly related to banning and kicking which, if I recall correctly, was a... : Hemtroll
                    • Pick me up some cookies, damn it! : Clasifyd
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                      It's useless to continue this banter. I've obviously lost and it was stupid for me to even bring the issu... : zuff
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                        Can't really lose an internet discussion. And if he sells out and Valve ruins the game I will still eat m... : Hemtroll
                        • But that will be so long from now and I really won't care as much lol : zuff
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                    He will be adding proper mod support in the future so people can properly implement stuff that he doesn't... : OverloadUT
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                      Ugh they're not crying because it breaks their mods and patches, they haven't cried at all the whole time : zuff
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                        That last sentence is so fucking disrespectful to the guy. He's pouring his heart and soul in to the deve : OverloadUT
                        • I don't have to be an expert to see that the latest update he just pushed is a buggy piece of crap and ma... : zuff
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            Exactly. I don't know what's up Hemtroll's ass about this but each update notch puts out is more and more... : zuff
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              What's up my ass? What's up my ass is that we all already bought Alpha software. Of course it's going to ... : Hemtroll
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                The part "you won't comment on" is the part I'm worried about and the whole reason I started made the fir... : zuff
                • DANCE, MONKEY, DANCE! : daedraug
                • he's refreshing his inbox more because whiny fucks keep complaining about Alpha software without really k... : MurrayTheSkull
                • Notch has admitted in various interviews, on Twitter, and on his blog that he needs help and does not kno... : at0micgarden
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                Also, it's fucking disrespectful to say that notch, who's been working on this game all by himself for ab... : Hemtroll
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                  True. And valve is his idol. I'm in no way disrespecting Notch because what he wants to do is his busines... : zuff
                  • I see your point and I think we agree on most things. I can't wait for mobs to come back because right no... : Hemtroll
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                    Fuck fear, just keep playing the damn thing and getting the word out. It's in Alpha, but even then, it's... : MurrayTheSkull
                    • I don't see how what I said makes valve sounds like the monopoly guy, but what I'm saying is by "valve de... : zuff
              • The only thing Notch owes you is completing the game past Beta. Once it goes "retail" it is complete and ... : Zek
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              A-L-P-H-A spells alpha : OverloadUT
              • But you can also spell HALPA with it! : Dong Patrol
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            Expecting the developer of an alpha release to be constrained by backwards compatibility with mods is com... : Zek
            • Beyond asinine. I can't believe anyone here is defending these modder whiners. It's so fucking ignorant i... : OverloadUT
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            It's being destroyed by its own success. Frankly, it wont matter soon, valve will take it inside and it's... : Visceral Monkey
            • His blog posts have indicated that this is definitely not his vision for the project. It could still happ... : OverloadUT
            • also once Valve buys the game i bet they'll take it down from the internet and sue all the people still p... : Zek
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        "you guys can just stop "assuming" that they are being bitches" They are being bitches. It's alpha sof... : OverloadUT
        • This, and he's also made it clear that he uses these "secret" friday updates to throw new stuff in there;... : daedraug
  • oh boo fuckity hoo. "alpha" : dedgecko
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    hahahahahaha Dickbags, all of them. SuperLlama is the guy who makes Llamacraft or whatever? Fuck that ... : Hemtroll
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      what's funny is that he'll probably do it anyways : MurrayTheSkull
      • yah i hope he does so no one burns down my server :( : zuff
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    I personally think Notch screwed himself by releasing multiplayer. When it was single player it was all ... : Delaric
    • He'd still be working on multiplayer though, even if he hadn't released the current server build. He said... : Haxim
    • Multiplayer is a huge deal, lots of people bought the game only for that. It's buggy but the work had to ... : Zek
  • They're whiny fucks. It's Alpha. Man up : MurrayTheSkull
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    Doesn't have me worried in the slightest. Quit armchair quarterbacking a lone indie developer. These past... : MercFox1
    • He needs to dump that hoe and make this game PEERRRFECT! But in all seriousness, it's kind of unfair f... : zuff
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  Cure this game, now every time I play an RPG I try digging and building a shelter to fend off the mobs :(... : Visceral Monkey
  • cure=curse : Visceral Monkey
  • This makes me think of a STALKER type game where you've got to find shelter for the night, or you'd get f... : Creepin_Jeezus
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  I'm done golfing but I wont be back until later today : MercFox1
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    I understand, sex with supermodels after a hard day of golfing is the perfect way to unwind before dealin... : Dong Patrol
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      When does he buy another sports car? Before or after sex? : Hemtroll
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        Message him yourself; he replies by sending you an iPad with the answer set as the background. : Dong Patrol
        • lol : zuff
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          One can only hope it's delivered by a dozen white doves as well. : Clasifyd
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            You guy are thinking way to small. I'm sending you guys white Siberian tigers with the letters of my resp... : MercFox1
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              These tigers had best be carried by pterodactyl's, or I'm returning them to sender. : Clasifyd
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                Fur-cryption : Clasifyd
                • ...goddamn misreply... : Clasifyd
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              So we have to shave them to read it? Seem like too much work. : Xevo
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                shave em? No, you must pluck the hair with a mis-shaped tweezer. : dedgecko
                • ah ok, much easier then, I withdraw my complaint : Xevo
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  Caszuffania Latest Cartograph: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1125473/Caszuffvania-After.jpg Before: http://dl.... : zuff
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    Augh that pyramid is hurting my eyes, what the fuck is going on with those dimensions? : Dong Patrol
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      It's even but there is land covering one side of it which makes it look wonky. We're clearing out the sur... : zuff
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        Ah I see what you're talking about. It does look really weird but I think that's due to the angle of the ... : zuff
        • and 23 high : zuff
      • That's good to hear; my eyes kept straying back to it when trying to look at the rest of the map. : Dong Patrol
  • I already replaced my cobble walls with brick. I like the change :) : MurrayTheSkull
  • Cartograph Updated as of 7:00pm EST http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1125473/Caszuffvania-After.jpg : zuff
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  ALRIGHT BOYS I'M HOOOOME!!! I'm going to take a quit shower, and after that upgrade the server. Hopefu : MercFox1
  • ice cream, huh. Cool slang, bro. : SolveChrist
  • Server crash 5 minutes after THE FEMALE arrives: confirmed : Dong Patrol
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  SERVER UPDATED!!! Running the new Llamacraft mod, updated Persister link is below. Make sure you updat... : MercFox1
  • stop living your life and manage your server 24/7, gosssh ;) : zuff
  • * I C E C R E A M ' D * : Dong Patrol
  • put up a torch ring so spawning fgts don't get scared if it's night time : MurrayTheSkull

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  Nuclear launch detected : pancake humper
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    it's no different than talking about an iPhone jailbreak, and they are on here all the time : Tattoo Trav
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      This is WAY different. This only allows piracy. : pancake humper
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        No, it allows you to rip your own games to the hard drive and play them without disk swapping. You kno... : Ebu
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          oh right... 'backups' : pancake humper
          • Yup. Much as that's a byword for piracy often, I'd fucking love to just load up some of my PS3 games from... : node
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            Not everyone is as dishonest as you seem to think they are. I'm sure it will also be used for piracy, ... : Ebu
            • That is the worst 'logic' in the world rofl : pancake humper
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              Lots of people need a large hard drive. Nobody really needs to hack their PS3. : HockeyJohnston
              • It's not a need, no. But guess what! Neither is a PS3. : Ebu
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                Nobody needs to mod their cars either. : Beady
                • If you could pirate your car to steal gas, that shit would be illegal too. : HockeyJohnston
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          Wow, that's actually pretty awesome. I was initially completely disinterested, but this sounds pretty coo... : roushimsx
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            HDLoader's great. : guido anchovy
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              it made the load times in so many games so much more tolerable. Especially Yakuza. : roushimsx
              • oh damn, I want to see what the performance difference is like in Orange Box on PS3 w/ this vs. a 360 ins... : roushimsx
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                KillZone had the most dramatic improvement that I saw. : Endymion_
                • come to think of it, I don't think I ever played that game off of the disc :( : roushimsx
            • Yeah, I loaded up the only PS2 games I intend to replay, now I never had to crack open my PS2 disc wallet... : node
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            I remember modding our original xbox so that we can rip our games to the hard drive. While everyone was ... : mobab
            • even better: with a modded xbox you could actually transfer your save of KOTOR to your PC or another Xbox... : roushimsx
      • That's like saying an iPhone Jailbreak only allows piracy : OverloadUT
      • actually it seems this allows homebrew : klearlyunseen
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  Smells fake. : aggressor
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    I don't know they , they have some videos : Tattoo Trav
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      At the prices they are asking, I'd wait for actual confirmation from somebody else :D : aggressor
      • Prices? As in this shit's already for sale? I wonder what the USB stick actually does, seems unrelated to... : node
      • its been confirmed by quite a few websites : klearlyunseen
  • It's not : pancake humper
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  It's cute that they're calling it a "jailbreak"... probably has something to do with the whole ruling tha... : dumb.
  • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=23772957 : Ebu
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    Does it allow you to run unsigned code, or just "backups"? : pyrogen
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      From what I've read it tricks the ps3 into thinking its a dev machine thus allowing it to run unsigned co... : Jenings
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        Xbmc for ps3 plz : Halen
        • ^^^^^ : cryptical
        • that would make buying a ps3 (again) worth it for me. : dextius
        • I'm listening. : Deathlove
  • I'm gonna go to the store and jailbreak some dvds. Then I'm gonna go jailbreak that bastard who owes me ... : pigvomit
  • lol no kidding. brilliant move to take that moniker. "but it's just a jailbreak!" : Downforce
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  $170!? That's almost a new PS3! : GodZilly
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    look how big that USB drive is though!! : cryptical
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      Now the question is will someone release the dongle's image onto the internet so they are pirating the pi... : TOnez
      • Jailbreaking the jailbreak! : Arcath
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  It seems pointless to invest that much money into something that'll be rendered useless in the next firmw... : tcs
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    You can always not update? Sure, you can't get online, but some people won't care. : aggressor
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      Sure, but new games will require more recent firmware. And if your PS3 break, you're screwed because the ... : tcs
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        I don't think they can force games to update the firmware. Not everyone who has a PS3 has an internet co... : cryptical
        • They can and do. Just like the psp the firmware update is on the game disk itself. : sigpro
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          Sure they can. Games requiring a certain OS version ship with that on the disc and will not run unless it... : tcs
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            This. Also, on PSP they worked around the firmware requirement of newer games so I can play SoulCalibur w : node
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              Oh yeah, I love my modded PSP and the ability : tcs
              • ... to hit reply at the wrong moment. I also love being able to carry around like 5-10 UMD games. The PSP... : tcs
      • and this device can be updated to be compatible with new firmwares, has no one owned a modded psp? : klearlyunseen
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        This. It won't be long before every game shipping requires a firmware version that isn't exploitable. You... : stratedge
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          Then the hacked firmware just emulates the required firmware, same as on the PSP. : crummynz
          • Im hoping this is what happens. : klearlyunseen
  • Or pay for something that can be copied and put on the internet fairly quickly. Isn't it just some softwa... : lpearl
• and it begins! Mass banning incoming. : at0micgarden
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  It's most likely a fake. The video shown has menu entries that only show up on a dev PS3, which can conv... : TheStupidOne
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    Someone above said that that's what the DONGLE does. Trick ANY ps3 into thinking it's a dev machine : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
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      Bullshit, there is no way Sony would leave that wide of a security hole. I smell fake. : TheStupidOne
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        At most they found a way to trick it into a firmware recovery mode, where a patched firmware could be loa... : TheStupidOne
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          Except it's real. : pancake humper
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            Nuh-uh!!! : boring gegtik
            • They WOULD NEVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : pancake humper
      • I have no idea. I figure it's fake too. But I didn't look into it at all. Just relaying what someone wrot... : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
  • its not fake : klearlyunseen
• This is kind of awesome. Except for $170 I don't see it taking off, especially when Sony will undoubtedly... : Ellissd
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  1. it isnt fake 2. It allows homebrew (XBMC here I come) 3. It can block firmware updates, also if ... : klearlyunseen
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    Yes it's not fake because you've seen a youtube video and some scene site says so. I'm sorry I doubted... : TheStupidOne
    • actually a number of sites have already done full reviews of the product including logicsunrise and almos... : klearlyunseen
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  if this is real, just wait for some azn company to clone it and sell it for $30. : gdestiny
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    it already has been cloned. : moe6
    • HIDE YO KIDS HIDE YO WIFE : PixelPie
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  Why do people care so much about this nonsense? On my PS3 I watch movies and play PS3 games. If I want to... : avatar_58
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    they want to backup linux ISOs : HisKillSkill
    • Why? Linux sucks : avatar_58
  • Why shouldnt I want my ps3 to do more? This is a silly argument. : klearlyunseen
  • Come on, It's pretty obvious why people want this. : Ellissd
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    I agree, it's the same reason I don't jailbreak my iPhone and iPad. There is not really any benefit in it... : ovrlrd
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      Horrible analogy, since there are some great apps that only work using jailbreak. The first video recordi... : stratedge
      • Actually, it's a perfect analogy. There are many "apps" that can't run on a PS3 without this, also. : Ebu
    • just because theres no reason for you doesnt mean there isnt a reason for others. : klearlyunseen
  • Would be nice to get some xbmc type stuff on my ps3 because I never use it for anything else. : BouillonCubes
  • I wouldn't mind booting games from the HDD without using discs, but otherwise I agree. : David Craddock
  • It's called pirating. : kingdepork
  • but it only "does everything" : xil-reno
• But I thought sony eliminated hacking by removing linux support from all PS3!!! : Prozium
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  • It only took Sony removing the "Other OS" feature to motivate these guys! : DrWaffles
  • GREAT NEWS GUYS : Godhatesfatpeople
• totally unahcked.... : vyedmic
• heres an interesting article from eurogamer going in depth explaining the tech on it, also they confirm i... : klearlyunseen
• I could care less about backups/piracy. (although a nes/snes emulator might be nice) I want to use hom... : Arcath

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• both, but I like The Wire more. : fatman
• the wire : electroly
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  Both. They are two sides of the HOLY SHIT Cop Shows coin. The Wire is realistic, the Shield completely no... : Deathlove
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    Obligatory The Wire is not a cop show. : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • no not exactly, I think this says it best: despite its presentation as a crime drama, the show is "really... : tunis5000
• The Wire : thinkp0l
• both are worth watching but nothing beats the wire : lacker
• Both are awesome! The Wire is more slow-paced and more about the interesting interactions between the cha... : Orange Pylon
• The Wire. There's enough raving lunacy on The Shield that fans don't even have to bother. : heartsauce
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  The Wield : Home Nugget
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    The Shire. : trOmblyj
    • Mr. Frodo! : Nitrium
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  Dexter : Metatron85
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    IAWTD. I tried watching The Wire and got 3/4 of the way through the first season before I got bored. : Dynotaku
    • They're hardly comparable, The Wire is definitely a better show but it's pretty down to earth while Dexte... : Zek
    • I don't think I really got attached to the show until partway through the 2nd season. : snot3353
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      Uh did you get to the part when Kima got shot? If you quit after that you are broken. BTW I watch and l... : semaphore
      • He probably didn't.. that happens fairly late in the season. : fatman
• Probably The Wire. : The Grolar Bear
• I enjoyed them both, but if you had to compare the two, The Wire wins hands down. : jlboyd132321
• Never watched The Shield, but The Wire > * : Nitrium
• Sex in the City : dumb.
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  ok, going to give The Wire a go this weekend while the wife is out of town. : hirez
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    Don't give up on it early! : FlamingGimp
    • Watch the entire first season : re4ctor
• THE WIRE : Brian Leahy
• Breaking Bad : Ender.Wiggin
• The Wire. The Shield is The Wire's gay cousin. : Godhatesfatpeople
• Only The Wire. : Mad Brahmin Disease
• They both serve different needs and are not interchangeable. : Cygnus X-1
• Battlestar Galactica : ateam311
• Smash Lab : Dong Patrol
• The Shield : bcyde
• The Wire. The Shield has some good elements too, It is more exciting, but it is more like other shows... : Lucy Labia
• Both sir! : rmjackson
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  Shield for Republicans, Wire for Democrats. : HockeyJohnston
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    lol, wut : Godhatesfatpeople
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      Shield for jocks, Wire for nerds. : heartsauce
      • That's a little better. : Godhatesfatpeople
      • Same dif. : HockeyJohnston
  • Almost: http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1764496 : bashildy@speakeasy.net
• The Wire for something completely different and original. The Shield for something decent. : inf3d3l
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  Well if you watch The Wire first then everything else will seem very simple and stupid : sanchez
  • This is exactly what happened when I tried to watch the first season of the shield. I never got through i... : furiouschuck
• Both. : Magmaticzebra
• The Venture Brothers : zerog83
• I thought both shows were great, but I had more fun watching The Shield. : Ellissd
• Homicide: Life on the Street rules all : inchwide
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  I watched The Shield and absolutely loved it. I barely made it through the first 2 seasons of the Wire. T... : tcs
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    "The production stile, acting and story of The Shield are just so much better." ha! "but the charac : Godhatesfatpeople
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      Yes, I mean, what can I say? I never got to know anyone in The Wire on the same level I got to know the c... : tcs
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        The Wire is has a more slower burn than say The Shield. The first 2 seasons basically set up the world. A... : Godhatesfatpeople
        • I sure did appreciate how on Wire you get to see the interaction between all these different parties. Ove... : tcs
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        You didn't see the progression of Prez as really interesting? Or McNulty's endless downward spiral? Or Co... : Modica Sol Solis
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          Yeah, that's kinda the thing. I barely even remember the names of these guys. I could talk endlessly abou... : tcs
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            I find this crazy! I'll respect your opinion even if I don't understand it. Especially by halfway through... : Modica Sol Solis
            • lol yeah, not like we're going to convince each other ;-) I'll eventually finish the 3rd season, so we'll... : tcs
          • For what it's worth I feel the same way. I watched the whole first series of the wire and I basically can... : marmite
          • I can see this. The Wire was more realistic and subtle to a fault, whereas the The Shield was an over-the... : Bold
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            I feel the same way too. I remember all the characters, I just didn't find myself caring about any of the... : mysled
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              Do not pass go. Do not collect 200 dollars. : Godhatesfatpeople
              • pretty much. she's broken. I forgive her because of DAT AZZ though. : Drakoniac
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  I liked the Shield a lot, but didn't watch the Wire yet. : Johnnsen
  • Please do. It's amazing D: : Godhatesfatpeople
• I love both, they are very different : peat
• I watched The Wire, then I watched The Shield... Then I watched The Wire again. The Wire wins. : c0ucheh
• The Wire. I tried the first episode of The Shield and I couldn't get past the "Being a bad cop is so edgy... : OverloadUT
• Mos' def.. THE WIRE. : doomed
• The Wire is close enough to reality that it's kind of amazing for a TV show. The Shield is a pretty styl... : losder5000

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  not sure what you've got running, but google reader scrolls just fine here(running vista) : TPSReport
  • AMD Turion 2.3 GHz, 4GB Ram, Win7 64-bit ATI Radeon HD 3200. It's not a champion gaming machine by any... : Dynotaku
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  Hmm. I'm not familiar with that problem, especially on Windows. Does it reproduce on other pages? Wh... : Zero|DPX
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    This issue is more noticeable when viewing in expanded mode and if you drag the elevator up/down instead ... : sanchez
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      It's much smoother in Firefox, and almost perfectly smooth in IE btw : sanchez
      • This was running the browsers in fullscren 1920x1200, making Chrome smaller results in smoother scrolling : sanchez
  • Yeah, I disabled everything including Stylish which just made the subscription list not bighuge giant, an... : Dynotaku
• running fine on all my machines. Maybe you have a crappy extension turned on? : umegastar
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  sincerely who!? root posts don't work like replies >:( : mikecyb
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    Yeah that didn't work out so well. : Dynotaku
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      ^ | it would have been cool if you had pre-planned it kind of like this | though this will ... : mikecyb
      • hey not bad! : mikecyb
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  Hey Zero|DPX , I know I'm constantly whining about the lack of tree style tabs in chrome, but I just want... : kaddar0
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    "broken" and "unusable" are too vague for me to help. Can you be more specific? : Zero|DPX
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      Yup! Precondition: Adding --enable-vertical-tabs to chrome shortcut Expected result: Vertical Tabs Act... : kaddar0
      • Machine Information: Windows XP Professional, SP3 32 bit, Intel Core2Duo : kaddar0
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        What version is this? Does it repro on a canary or Chromium trunk build? It may be passing bustage from... : Zero|DPX
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          I've experienced it for a few builds, it is Google Chrome 5.0.375.127, I wish I had more unique things... : kaddar0
          • OK, that's the stable channel. Try using Canary or Dev, or a Chromium continuous build, and see if the p... : Zero|DPX
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  Zero if you're reading this i have a bit of a usability issue and i'm wondering what you might think ... ... : GloriousCow
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    Well... I suppose one workaround would be to create a bookmark folder with all of them, then on startup, ... : Zero|DPX
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      no its not enabled. I used to do the bookmark thing, but as of version 6 clicking a bookmark on a pinned... : GloriousCow
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        Yes, the bookmark suggestion was meant for a world where you don't pin things. : Zero|DPX
        • Zero, I never want to live in such a world :( : GloriousCow
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  Zero, baby, I miss you. Call me : crummynz
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    Zero is our personal chrome bitch : GloriousCow
    • Although it hardly makes up for the amount of community feedback he's given us, I'm sure the shack has do... : kaddar0
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  I have a question about Chrome's behavior when using sites that have things that update in real time, Fac... : Modica Sol Solis
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    I don't know. : Zero|DPX
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      Okay! I've never had any issues with this in Safari, and it happened with the same amount of frequency wh... : Modica Sol Solis
      • I suspect that you're seeing the page as it's asking to be shown. Web authors have great control over wh... : Zero|DPX
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  Is it true that chrome has no way to disable the header and footers when i print something? i want to swi... : alphablu
  • I don't know. Probably. Our printing isn't great ATM. : Zero|DPX
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  Chrome needs to work with Google's app much better. 1.) Doesn't work well offline, or at all. 2.)... : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
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    Which app? : crummynz
    • Apps, sorry. Google Docs specifically. : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
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  Zero|DPX, what's up with the bay area board games united shacker coalition? I want to be humiliated more ... : Rooster Cockburn
  • I have been playing paintball lately! But I too would like to have board games regularly. I intend to s... : Zero|DPX

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  It's 8 months each way. And in 4-5 months in space even the most fit astronaut exercising while up there ... : derelict515
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    have we figured out a way to simulate gravity yet? maybe a crazy spinning spaceship? come on we've got ... : mikecyb
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      i mean where else are we going to go? mercury and venus are way too hot and toxic. the gas giants are so... : EvilDolemite
      • I'd rather see the money spent on more unmanned missions. Rovers are cute! : daedraug
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        also I don't think we can even walk on any of the gas giants because the gravity is so intense on them. ... : mikecyb
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          i don't think there exists a material on earth strong and plentiful enough to build into a space suit tha... : electroly
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            does jupiter even have a rocky core? I was under the impression that it's entirely atmopshere : mikecyb
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              they're not sure but it's speculated that it does : electroly
              • I guess it's less rocky and more like highly compressed gas or liquid. fucking gas giants, how do they w... : mikecyb
            • It's solid somewhere down there. At that pressue almost everything is solid. : cerealSAM2
            • which is just damned mind boggling... that's a whole 'lotta gas : proclone1
            • It's speculated that the pressure is so huge on Jupiter, that its outer core is composed of metallic hy... : Fpsnut
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              Seems to me it would have to. It's undoubtedly absorbed a lot of solid objects over the last few billion... : DinK
              • yeah but the gravity and atmospheric pressure on that planet are both so high, and its composition is alm... : mikecyb
            • metallic hydrogen. : steelsamurai
          • We can't even build anything that will be useful on Venus. Jupiter is something that is past all non-magi... : steelsamurai
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          thinking of the distance between planets is scary. earth to mars - as little as 36 million miles if timi... : EvilDolemite
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            Honey on your way back from Jupiter can you stop at mars and pick up some fries? : proclone1
            • Oh why'd you get a Large I just wanted a small : proclone1
          • Looking at an image of the solar system orbits actually to scale is pretty crazy after being used to just... : DinK
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          It's the moons of the gas giants which would be the target for any manned exploration in that area in the... : Bold
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            Sorry for bringing Hollywood into this, but wasn't Avatar's Pandora a moon of a gas giant? : proclone1
            • I believe that is correct : mikecyb
      • how about this instead. MAKE FASTER SHIPS. maybe some nice VASIMIR engines? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... : hirez
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      if you tried to simulate earth's gravity in a spinning section on a ship the size that we are practically... : electroly
      • well yeah it would have to be a pretty huge ship, but even if you could simulate like 1/2 or 1/4 of earth... : mikecyb
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        It doesn't necessarily have to look like Babylon 5. There's a concept where you take the capsule and tie ... : Sailor of Fortune
        • Almost like a frisbee then? : ShekkyBoy
  • If they approached me and said "we need you to go to mars and set up this equipment so we can start sendi... : uglysad
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    Valeri Polyakov lived in 0g ofr more than 14 months. "Polyakov, a medical doctor, said that he volunt... : Stoned Gargoyle
    • Well I know 80 year olds who can do those things so that makes sense. That doesn't make him equipped to d... : derelict515
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    I think, whether or not it was made public, that our first trip to Mars wouldn't be assuming a trip back. : Ebu
    • Why not? You could send fuel, parts, etc. ahead with robotic missions, so you'd know if you had the suppl... : Conan
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  Mars is not exponentially further away than the moon, unless your exponent is like 1.38 something. : bipolar
  • closest distance = 54 million km. Earth to moon = 380,000 km. 54 / .38 = 142, so you're talking an expone... : steelsamurai
• Is it worth our while to just stay? : royalally
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  It would be interesting to know what geologically we will find on the moon and/or mars upon mining them. ... : cerealSAM2
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3Kvo6eVPtw : Sailor of Fortune
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  Cloning + brain backups = extended life. But that leads to overcrowding of the planet.. so we need anothe... : snuff
  • Not if you kill the original. We'll start a quasi-Darwinist faith where the soul can only exist in one bo... : steauengeglase
  • I want the ability to regenerate the new body like in Doctor Who. Can we just funnel all of our money in... : Mecha Tofu Pirate
• Definitely, we can colonize it and then exploit the Mars born natives by denying them air. : Sailor of Fortune
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  Healthy sense? You mean radiation and loss of bone density? I'd think that is a risk we are more than wil... : steauengeglase
  • It would probably be hard to find an astronaut who wouldn't volunteer for a trip to Mars. If it was a gua... : pyide
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  It shouldn't take 6 months by the time we decide to go. A new rocket being developed by a former astrona... : twifosp
  • imagine being the guy to walk on mars. : EvilDolemite
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    I thought a lot of the travel time was due to the extremely indirect route taken when using the earth as ... : jayacheess
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      What? If you launch from earth you aren't using it as a as : twifosp
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        Just because you launch from earth doesn't mean you can't end up going back around it. : DinK
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          Ok. So? : twifosp
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            using The Earth's gravity and momentum can help you go MUCH faster without expending very much fuel. I... : fatman
            • Your information is wrong. It would add months to the journey. You may be confused about how the slingsho... : twifosp
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        Didn't even moon missions use the slingshot approach? : phil_mckraken
        • Nope. Direct ejection from Leo : twifosp
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    It's been in development for over 30 years and still isn't out. While it is suppsedly close that likely m... : Chod
    • It's being tested in 2 years for starters : twifosp
• We don't want to anyway it's just going to open up a portal into Hell : cap n KRUNCH
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZ5sWfhkpE0 : retardhumper
• GET YO ASS TO MARS : ctlaltl33t
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  Think of the knowledge and technology we would gain in the effort. Do you know how many everyday material... : rudds
  • not to mention winning over other civs ~ : darkT
  • Another war with Germany should advance our space program. I think that's the order of tech advaces. : phil_mckraken
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  It's really only worthwhile if there are communists to beat to the punch. : cpt_gloval
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    Red China is gonna pwn on your freedom loving asses : darkT
    • What are they gonna do, skim rocket fuel from the sewers? : cpt_gloval
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  It would make more sense to send another rover team to Mars to set up a base of operations and try to gro... : melkore
  • Ya they could grow some green so the folks that make it there first would have something to party with. : dante2010
• We can easily do it tech wise, $$ wise though not so much. : gmd

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  covering your 6 is overrated... enemies only attack from the front. : usmcmueller
  • now i understand : james_austintx
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  Would be a lot easier if the game didn't have completely fucked damage and weapon feedback. : enyakk
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    whats wrong with it? : purekillforce
    • Nothing really. : deject
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  somebody's whole squad got knifed in the back eh : jimmy-buffett
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    I have done this. Occasionally accomplishing things like this is pretty much the reason I keep playing. : Fooldozer
    • I like that feeling when you come up the back stairs and there's 5 guys at the top looking the other way.... : jimmy-buffett
    • fuck yea! one of the greatest feelings in that game is wiping out an entire house / hill of a squad of g... : dedgecko
• Most squads stopped playing that game in April, we're home now. : Lunatic Angelic
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  Scenario 2: You are playing as a medic, one of your team mates has just gone down. when you approach thei : purekillforce
  • my bad : james_austintx
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  calm down beavis : onji
  • I AM FUCKING CALM!! : james_austintx
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  NERD RAGE but I agree. too many rambos : freakord
  • too many rambos !!! not in most games that i play, most of them are slow and cowards and most of the time... : hanged_man
• that's dumb : ass-street
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  BFBC2 Shack Squad Tactics: All Scenarios: _[DRINK UNTIL YOU DON'T CARE! ]_ : Duffman8369
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    nice tags, butthead. : ass-street
    • in order to cope with botched shacktags, read previous advice : mikecyb
  • ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ : Dschinghis Khan
  • That works for everything though. : daedraug
  • ^^Life-long moto right here, folks. : SolveChrist
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    This is why we can't have nice things. : omnova
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      Shadow of their former glory right nofunova? : Duffman8369
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        Duffman the only way a game can be fun is with prearranged teams where no one can talk but team captains,... : ArcKnight
        • being a team captain is a lot like being a pimp. except instead of having sex with your hoes once in a wh... : mikecyb
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    Like you know shit about BC2 : Crabs Jarrard
    • I lol'd : MercFox1
• lighten up, Francis. : Fyunch Click
• This worked for me once in game, the last guy wasn't looking and it was as easy as knife>kill, knife>kill... : Visceral Monkey
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  people actually work as a team in this game? : bluewagon
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    Sometimes, yes. It's awesome when it happens but it's pretty rare. : ArcKnight
    • it's not rare when you have a squad that is done point whoring for upgrades! at the beginning people were... : Downforce
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      Nice flying last night.... : james_austintx
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        You were [shack]James? That was some damned awesome gunning. I know it's not easy to gun for me the wa... : ArcKnight
        • yea thats me, only thing i do well is gunner and medic :) : james_austintx
  • People work as a squad/team all the time when I play, at least on the 360 version. Go figure. : Begawkiness
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  or maybe just drop ammo boxes more for your recon to use motion mines? most assault folks suck ass : Downforce
  • This is definitely one of my biggest pet peeves when playing this game. Assaults rarely seem to drop amm... : Begawkiness
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  what happened to the shack not playing BC2 anymore? It used to be hard to join servers and now, only on... : X-GOUKI
  • We play every Thursday night. People can't be playin' games 24/7! http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=... : Dschinghis Khan
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  BF:BC2 Tactical Any shackers want to do an organized Russia vs US shackbattle at some point - with teams... : trOmblyj
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    I would be down. I would say set one up for Sunday night but with the TF2 tournament now that is out of ... : ant_hillbilly
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      Yeah, I was originally (back in like Feb/March) floating the idea of pre-set squads etc and get really se... : trOmblyj
      • im in : james_austintx
  • i'd love to join for that, but i'm in europe, so not really feasible :/ : csana
  • This would be fantastic if we could get this going. : Techy007
  • I've always been interested in this. : dedgecko
  • I like this game, and I will play it. : Goncyn
  • I'd love to : MercFox1
  • i'll follow up on this over the weekend, would like to get this going : trOmblyj
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    I would be interested. But I sure would miss yelling "FUCK YOU <Insert shacker here>" at the person who ... : Slawterr
    • you can do that on Thursday nights. : trOmblyj
• let's get a 360 team going tonight. Add me GT: FreakordX : freakord
• Pretty funny, my buddy says over steam chat "I got your back" at exactly the same time I got combat knife... : sixfoot6