Evening Reading

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• yes..maybe throw back a few beers or smoke : IcomeINpeace
• Yes, it's hilarious. Probably one of the best sketch comedy shows ever. It starts off kinda slow but ge... : jingletard
• Anyone with netflix should insta watch the american pilot. Amasing : anhero
• Yes. Yes yes yes. Yes. : Deathlove
• it's not really on hulu... just a few clips, but it wouldn't surprise me if full episodes get added to hu... : Sludgehead
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  Daddy drank.... : jimmy_legs
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GW22sAElpE : Deathlove
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      "Tastes like candy.. DON'T disappoint me Ray" hahah fuck that's one of the best sketches of all time. : Cubictoast
      • Lol I watched that one not too long ago, and it still made me laugh. One of their best for sure. : Toth21
  • http://www.hulu.com/watch/172712/kids-in-the-hall-daddy-drank : jimmy_legs
• I'M CRUSHING YOUR HEAD!!!!!!!! : -=kodiak=-
• Fine ham abounds. : Earl Greigh
• I laugh every time I think about this one. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-EgbhdcSKc : BaronVonChocula
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  Kids in the Hall is easily the best sketch comedy show ever. Easily. : snot3353
  • What about Monty Python? : Lone Swordsman
  • Not to mention The Fast Show. : node
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  It's funny, but all the crossdressing was rather weird when I originally saw it back when it was original... : K1Bond007
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    err... really? I dunno I always closely associated sketch comedy with cross-dressing so it never seemed w... : DeBurgo
    • crossdressing is funny : dirge23
  • What about Monty Python? : AxeMan808
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  if you like this you will like kids in the hall. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiGRpm6Tf3I dude : strider_
  • One of their best sketches. : skankcore
• I'll give the edge to The State over The Kids in the Hall but really we are talking about 1a and 1b here.... : rosewood
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  It is actually funny and very much grows on you : dognose
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    You like kids in the ha L? : rosewood
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      Yes? I like things that are good :( : dognose
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        I like you : rosewood
        • You're a big ol cutie pie that's what you are :) : dognose
  • just like the big lebowski : pyide
• I'm crushing your head.!! : Broken Canoe
• I SQUISH YOUR HEAD! : Wolfanoz
• I always wondered what happened to the "it's a fact" girl : Schnapple
• My Pen. That guy stole my pen! Stop him! : steelsamurai
• So I guess you'd like me to paint your chair now. : AxeMan808
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  One of my favorites: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZoDS8zty38&feature=search : Toth21
  • Oh and of course: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSBmo8F7N-E&feature=related : Toth21

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  god fuck what my ears >:| : deKaf
  • they...are...bleeding... : Arcath
• 0:02 : / : SwiftyPants
• * : sanchez
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  0:18 yay high score : SpaecKow
  • i was able to hold out for 45 cus she pauses after the 19 second mark, but then starts again :( : davislovestacobell
  • When you win, you lose. :-( : Johnny Law
• made it to 0:46. what the fuck. : deject
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  2:20 and i'm bleeding from my anus : GloriousCow
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    that bleeding was preexisting you can't claim it : aeg1x
    • flow increased 20% : GloriousCow
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  I fucking hate weaboos : jingletard
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    Also, this pretty much sums it up : http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Wapanese : jingletard
    • Loved the griefing, haha. : ChiefSquattingBear
    • NWS ads : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • OMGLOL atomic bomb video : Mad Brahmin Disease
• She actually really kind of scares me. I'm fairly certain nightmares will be involved. : FacebombWizard
• wanna hear the most annoying sound in the world? : Teiresias
• if i close my eyes and just listen, i can just picture it being a 2 year old. : mayooms
• 6 seconds : opengl128
• listened to 5 secs, scrolled a couple mins ahead to see if it got different or if she took her top of or ... : cap n KRUNCH
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  i was expecting her face to suddenly morph into something honorific, but the voice was bad enough. : BongSlayerB
  • lol spell check fail, *horrific : BongSlayerB
• 0:07 : abrasion
• Is she making a poo? It must hurt. : TemporalParadox
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  this has gotta be one of the worst youtube videos ive ever watched : rtrson
  • This really is the most compelling evidence I've seen against net neutrality. : KxRook
• 0:13, when she started screeching. : Nali4Freedom
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  yo is this a follow-up to that one wapanese girl with the really busted grille? : Ajax
  • Magibon' 2: Electric Weaboo : My Documents
  • prettier and better looking but 10x more annoying sound making skills. : moe6
• I hate this with all of my being. 6 seconds. : ArB
• I got cancer starting at 0:14 =( : HL3dsx
• Imagine your her dad, walking by the bathroom door while she's taping this shit. That's when you realize... : fishbone
• Shit, you can't even kill it. It just comes back more annoying. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AC7QA_QVrZ... : BlackCat9
• 4 seconds then i immediately gouged my ears with a steak knife : PlanetPerfecto
• I just started laughing uncontrollably at 20 seconds. : Shivawn

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  Screw both and get ready for Civ 5. : Vegtro
  • I installed Civ 4 the other day. Still can't get the hang of it. That game just confuses the shit out of ... : Modica Sol Solis
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  What specifically do you not like about the endgame? Content has gotten much more accessible over the la... : Sapiens
  • Oh sorry I meant regarding WoW. : Sapiens
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    I hate raiding. I've never liked the idea of raiding, in any MMO I have ever played. The process of runni... : Modica Sol Solis
    • If you love exploring then Wrath is worth every penny IMO. The level of detail in every zone is fantasti... : Sapiens
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      If you haven't explored Northrend yet it's worth buying the expansion just to level from 70-80. If yo : InfoBiter
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        I've raided in many, many MMOs. I'm burnt out on the gear quest. I don't want to ever have to deal with p... : Modica Sol Solis
        • That seems super negative. I like some of WoW's stuff. I love my Druid. Always will. But there's never en... : Modica Sol Solis
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          I like kiting mobs around, finding ways to break the system and abuse my abilities What a weird, almos... : action wombmate
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            Did you ever play Everquest or even FFXI? Learning how to kite properly in Everquest was essential to you... : Modica Sol Solis
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              No, I never played either of those games. Was the kiting a combat method that the game taught you, or on... : action wombmate
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                Kiting was a combat method that people devised in order to solo content that was otherwise group content.... : Modica Sol Solis
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                  To clarify, kiting was not necessary to be great at the game. It was solely a way for certain classes to ... : Modica Sol Solis
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                    Ok, as a substitute method for grouping, I can't actually criticize that, it makes sense. That said, I'm... : action wombmate
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                      Oh, I'm not saying it was the only way to have fun, but you had the option, and that, I think, was the ge... : Modica Sol Solis
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                        When games are intentionally designed to give you freedom, like Deus Ex or Hitman, that rocks. When you ... : action wombmate
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                          Perhaps 'in the design' is the wrong word, since it wasn't part of the design, but that was the thing I l... : Modica Sol Solis
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                            I always felt that was a very selfish take on how to play games, though. "I don't care how this breaks th... : action wombmate
                            • What ended up happening was that the tools Necromancers were using to kite were also the same tools that ... : Modica Sol Solis
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                        that's why I love Just Cause 2, Far Cry 2, Crysis, Heavy Rain, and on and on. One of these things is ... : SpaecKow
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                          Heavy Rain? It has a number of paths and options you can take. It's not a sandbox but it's in no way a li... : Modica Sol Solis
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                            I'm not even sure it's a game. : SpaecKow
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                              I think Heavy Rain is for me the most important and impressive game since Deus Ex or Shadow of the Coloss... : Modica Sol Solis
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                                DX and SotC are both heavily systemic, lightly scripted. Heavy Rain is a cutscene you push along, the pla... : SpaecKow
                                • It was entirely new to me. I'm not speaking on behalf of the history or progression of the industry, just... : Modica Sol Solis
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                                  You bring a much needed indie rock aesthetic to gaming, Kow. : TShandy
                                  • Pft, lol no. If you think I'm over the top, google "ludology" and see motherfuckers get really carried aw... : SpaecKow
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  Skip wow, it's always the same shit over and over.... I don't think it's worth the sub fee : kn1fe
  • Use the money to buy Monday night combat : kn1fe
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  WAR has a mac version too. : Gylis
  • Hahaha, WAR. : Modica Sol Solis
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  http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/show/mac maybe this helps ? : xxx2xxx
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    City of Heroes and Mac EQ are the only other options :( Everything else is abysmal. Maybe I'll just pl... : Modica Sol Solis
    • warhammer is not that bad. maybe a bit empty nowadays... : xxx2xxx
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      Dude just go with WoW, start a new character or something. Or wait until the expansion pack comes out so ... : ovrlrd
      • Yeah, I'm quite interested in Cata for that exact reason. I want to see the new leveling. Warrior or Hunt... : Modica Sol Solis
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  Watch these videos, from Part 1 to Part 9: http://www.gametrailers.com/video/gc-10-guild-wars-2/703344... : biofrog
  • Yep. Pumped as fuuuuck. : Modica Sol Solis
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  Just go buy the Going Rogue Complete Collection. It's the new City of Heroes expansion that came out. ... : cerealSAM2
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    Can't stand City of Heroes. I dislike it more than just about every other MMO I've played. So much repeti... : Modica Sol Solis
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      Well, I don't like you anymore, Modica Sol Solis. :P : cerealSAM2
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        Hahah, sorry. I started at launch and played off an on and it never became anything more than a beat-em-u... : Modica Sol Solis
        • They added crafting like three and a half years ago. All the powers and classes have been tweaked quite ... : cerealSAM2
• Second Life. It has a ruthless economical structure AND elves. : The Wilhelm Scream
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  Pull yourself together man!! Buy some lengthy RPG's and play through those instead. : Drewus
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    On OSX, Boot Camp doesn't work, no consoles, no TV at the moment either. So! : Modica Sol Solis
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      Boot Camp doesn't work? : Drewus
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        I might have a solution but I've been getting weird errors trying to set it up for over a year now, ever ... : Modica Sol Solis
        • Can't you just format the bootcamp partition and reinstall WIndows? Alternatively (and something I did... : Drewus
• Minecraft is the only answer. : BlackCat9
• Come play WoW with us on Mal'Ganis. MMOs are heaps more fun when you have cool people to play with. Even ... : pixelat3d
• shackers are in several different corps but I'm sure you could find one after a little time. many to ch... : ]pm[chem

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• That Guild Wars 2 looks nuts! : abrasion
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  I cannot wait for more GW2 media/ the game itself. From everything they've been writing/showing, this gam... : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
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    LET THE SHACK HYPE BEGIN! ...and then die 1 month later. : Skoal^Fyfan
    • Played GW1 for more than a year straight after launch. Then had to take a rest. Millions still play it no... : Godhatesfatpeople
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  Another massive thing about GW2 no matter what everyone gets the same loot no more bullshit. The game : valcan_s
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    how is that a good thing? : wurt
    • Replaying the same dungeon 50000x is boring? : nevlos
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      Do you like raiding for 4 hours and find out there is nothing for your class, or no one wants to give you... : valcan_s
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        Well, I just don't like the idea of everyone having the same gear at max level. Never played the first on... : wurt
        • In all the mmos there is always an ultimate loot depending on what you are and what you are aiming for, t... : razlebol
  • I love that too : Godhatesfatpeople
• I could have sworn that this had 1080p a second ago. I also saw some really bad streaming... did youtube ... : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
• A buddy of mine's son is one of the artists working on GW2 (as well as the first game). They've done com... : MacemanInTW
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  Holy shit. This makes me wonder why I'm even remotely excited for Cataclysm. : Wombat Woo
  • probably because it's coming out a few months before guild wars 2 : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
  • Well once it does come out you won't care about Cataclysm that is for sure. : valcan_s
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    name a NCSoft title that was ever anymore than pre-launch hype? : mwasher
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      Guild Wars 1? : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
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        really? after the first 6-12 months I didn't know anyone still playing it. you would think if it was ... : mwasher
        • (of course GW2 supposedly gets rid of the insane amount of instancing right? that was my major complaint... : mwasher
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          I believe the game sold 6 million copies by 2009. It did keep up in popularity throughout the whole time ... : The Grolar Bear
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            how many active accounts? regardless, my point is that Wombat Woo should not question why he should be... : mwasher
            • I don't know how many active accounts there were, probably a whole lot less than that, but you would be s... : The Grolar Bear
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          you said pre-launch hype. 6-12 months is more than pre-launch hype. Granted NCSofts publishing record suc... : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
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            2-6 months, whatever. i meant that it was a game that was bought, enjoyed quite a bit for awhile, but fo... : mwasher
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              Guild Wars did not die after a couple months. It maintained a very healthy community for a year or so aft... : Wisp!
              • but Nightfall and EotN are my favs 8-( I still play frequently, 5 years on.. : biofrog
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          I'm still logging in countless hours in GW1. : shyguy74
          • oh you're that guy : mwasher
    • While NCSoft along with others love their pre-launch hype, I've never succumbed to NCSoft hype in any of ... : Wombat Woo
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      i'll kill you : electroly
      • ncsoft gave me a free set of gear that literally sets on fire when i'm in combat : electroly
• The modeler is Donald Phan, if you care. : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
• Wow that looks really really good : DonarUDL
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  Holy crap. Watch this one. http://gamevideos.1up.com/video/id/30947 : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
  • part 2 http://gamevideos.1up.com/video/id/30949 : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
• Part 1 of 9 part walk through on gametrailers :O http://www.gametrailers.com/video/gc-10-guild-wars-2/703... : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
• Monster Hunter???? : Majuju
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  Why is everyone in there a Charr? : Rotten Deadite
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    Everyone at furnation.com got a beta invite : bipolar
    • we did not :( : GloriousCow
  • You could either play a level 1 human or a level 47 charr. Who knows why they made that decision. Charr m... : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
• I've watched that video like 10 times now. : Godhatesfatpeople
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  I've never played Guild Wars. Is this a raid or a FFA world boss? No raid bars? No tank? No healers? : DooBall
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    It's an outdoor event. There are no dedicated healers in the game. Watch the 9 Gametrailer videos here... : zigaroo
    • excellent : nevlos
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    it's not your regular mmo. : Fredrik S
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      You have to understand that there are MMO standards and if you want to make an MMO, you must follow those... : LilCrypto
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        Enchantment? : nevlos
        • Enchantment! : LilCrypto
  • it's what they're calling a "dynamic event"...it's supposed to scale up in difficulty as more players joi... : CecilPhilpot
• I'm still not sold on this game yet. Other than moving/dodging while attacking, it seems the same. : Rag and Bone Man
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  yeah, that video is super impressive, although the combat does seem a bit of a free-for-all : CecilPhilpot
  • great series of videos here that give you a better look at more typical gameplay: http://www.youtube.com... : CecilPhilpot
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  Is this going to be a monthly fee MMO? : Aperturion
  • No monthly fee's at all. :) : Godhatesfatpeople
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  Everything looks great, except for the UI. I think they need to ...I dunno, desaturate it some more or s... : cetra00
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    You were able to make it as transparent as you wanted in the first game. So that could help. : Godhatesfatpeople
    • Yeah, hopefully. The other thing is the big green selection cloud is really annoying. That's the bigges... : cetra00
  • There is no way that's the final UI. You are right. I am sure there will be a bunch of polishing between ... : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
• I have a feeling I'm going to get sick of this fight before I even play the game. : Lionel2b
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  Any crafting info? (Or is there any...? The wife likes mining) : nevlos
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    Nothing mentioned yet. Considering the first game had none, I wouldn't hold your breath for a player cra... : cetra00
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      They confirmed a crafting system ages ago. : Modica Sol Solis
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        Guild Wars style 'crafting system?' I mean you could craft stuff in the first game, but I really wouldn'... : cetra00
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          What do you define as a crafting system? They have already stated it's going to be more robust than the o : Modica Sol Solis
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            A crafting system would mean creating end products that could be traded, generally made through some kind... : cetra00
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              WoW doesn't have an interactive minigame. Unless you call clicking a single button interactive. I think t... : Modica Sol Solis
              • god, WOW's crafting system is one of the weakest in any MMO ever. I'm not a huge fan of crafting to begi... : valael
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  If you want to see how neat some of the gameplay is watch 1-5 of the game trailer's 9 parter http://www.... : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
  • Also, part 8 and 9 have a much better quality version of the dragon fight. I can't imagine how they are r... : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
• This looks cool. It's like someone asked "what if mmorpgs were real games instead of gurgling mounds of h... : ArB
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  to be fair, part of the reason that dragon looks so amazing (and it does look amazing compared to blizzar... : johnny rotten
  • DAMN IPHONE : johnny rotten
  • you can move the camera... the demo'er just had it there for effect i'm sure : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
  • That's was mainly for demo purposes. You can move the camera around in GW2. : Godhatesfatpeople
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  Damn that's awesome. But let's be realistic here... nothing could actually beat that other than a fuckin'... : phipple
  • I think the Quakeworld soldier could take it. But it has to be the same low-poly dude. : Godhatesfatpeople
  • They do have a number of artillery canons (how many depends on previous successful quests) on the mountai... : biofrog
• and what kind of setup would I need to run this at such a nice pretty look and high frame-rate I wonder? : VictoriouSecret
• I HIGHLY recommend watching the Gametrailers run through the demo: http://www.gametrailers.com/video/g... : biofrog
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  Never got past trial account with GW1. After watching that I feel like I missed out..was there anything t... : xpogox
  • haha, I went so far as to look it up on steam : nevlos

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• Stupid faggot rules maybe. What a bunch of babies. : Visceral Monkey
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  They give you the tank and then they get mad you want to drive it around? : LilCrypto
  • i know, right? they could have blown it up, or driven it into an objective. but my thoughts are, you sti... : EvilDolemite
• Those kind of people are why I don't like to play multiplayer games that much. : ovrlrd
• If their team was smart they would have realized the vehicle was lost to the enemy and sabotaged it. I do... : lunarbunny
• I got banned for a server because they kick everyone above level 25, yet all the clan members on the serv... : sixfoot6
• There is nothing wrong with that. They should not have let some idiot take the tank and deliver it to yo... : deject
• hahaha fuck that noise. suicide blackhawk pilots that give up their chopper are also fucked. even thou... : Downforce
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  Haha, yeah, the game was full of retarded "balance" rules that people made up. Vehicle stealing? Don't ... : Moonbase Commander
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    spawn camping i agree with to a point. if they keep shelling the actual spawn itself, so that people can'... : RikiTiki2
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      Stop sucking and respawn camping does not occur. : alias
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        if you can't do anything you can't stop sucking : RikiTiki2
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          You do not understand. Being skilled makes it unlikely to ever happen in the first place. : alias
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            unlikely doesn't mean never : RikiTiki2
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              If there is any skill disparity at all, the less skilled team has a chance at being spawn camped. The cl... : alias
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                what in game helpers are we talking about? I don't play enough BC2, so the frame of reference i'm using i... : RikiTiki2
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                  or berlin if the german team has half a brain and grenade / tank spams the russian spawn : RikiTiki2
                  • I've had limited experience with Battlefield over all but one feature that I believe still exists is choo... : alias
    • spawn camping is like injecting crack directly into your brain. Oh feels so good. : steelsamurai
  • I hate when people complain about spawn camping. : valael
• you see - you need to start treating this like you're one of those monsters in an asian sci-fi film. the ... : PlanetPerfecto
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  just now i got called a cheater because i hit someone with a gustav from like 100 yards, but they were st... : EvilDolemite
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    Well the Gustav is pretty cheap, it has a pretty ridiculous amount of lethal splash damage, especially wi... : deject
    • it's for urban man to man combat, it's accurate but they greatly reduced the splash damage. i've shot it... : EvilDolemite
    • i like the RPG :( : RikiTiki2
• So general playground bullshit : rosewood
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  "Who parks a gassed up tank in the middle of an enemy base with the engine running and hopes nobody will : K1Bond007
  • all he has to say is "you mad?" short and to the point : Robotic Puppy Eater
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  This isn't new, nor relegated to shooters... SC2 has its share of people that love to try browbeating you... : barcibus
  • oh man, i bet it's worse in an RTS. because people play so specifically they think you HAVE to do that t... : EvilDolemite
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    Or relegated to video games. Didn't you people ever play outside as kids? : rosewood
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      course we did. but we figure, fifteen, twenty, twenty-five years later, people would have left that beha... : EvilDolemite
      • Nope : rosewood
• that's why you blow them up some more : RikiTiki2
• Now if only the posters in this thread would get this about TF2... : alias
• I used to love the people who bitches about TFC sniper battles on 2fort. "you are supposed to stay up a... : bombay
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  This reminds me of when I played WoW back at launch, before they implemented that dice rolling shit. I... : Drewus
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    Looks like we got ourselves a griefer! : ovrlrd
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      At least I had all of the coolest shit!!!! : Drewus
      • And you can enjoy it by yourself when everyone blacklists you from their group. : BlackCat9
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    Fuck you and fuck all people like you. : herradura99
    • :D : Drewus
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    I think I had more fun pissing off people in that game than actually playing it. I would never in a mi... : mwasher
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      It's funny how you have this notion of what i'm like in person, and yet you'd be wrong. : Drewus
      • I don't have a notion of what you are like in person. I have a notion of what you are like on the intern... : mwasher
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    A TROLL!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrI7QUJfkvI : greasyjohn
    • this is fucking great. never seen this before :) : PlanetPerfecto
  • This is not the same at all. Unless you are explaining yourself very poorly then you were just being ... : InfoBiter
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  This is one of the reasons I stopped playing games online. Back in the days of Dukematch and Quake and ev... : Lord Skellington
  • Yeah before TF2 came out the last multiplayer FPS game that I actually played a lot of was Quake3. The ma... : ovrlrd
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  This goes all the way back to the team fortress "no fighting between bases" nonsense. : s2jason
  • Yeah. So stupid. : bombay
  • Yeah, pretty stupid stuff right there, along with the "we don't use snipers" crap that came along with it... : Toraz Chryx
• This is the same as people complaining about blocking too much in fighting games (something that I used t... : InfoBiter
• Sometime I think that I would give a lot for age gated servers in online games. But then I realise that h... : peanut-
• This is why I didnt miss dedicated servers in MW2. Now I miss being able to sort by map =( : Cygnus X-1
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  reminds me of a starcraft 2 match I had the other day. I started pounding this guy on Blistering Sands an... : even4
  • no rush 15 min!! : oldschoolbob-o

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• porn videos : hanged_man
• haiku did a good post on it a while back : filthysock
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  Animated avatars : Godhatesfatpeople
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    And image signatures detailing my WoW character levels/gear and PC setup info. : Godhatesfatpeople
    • and a sidebar that shows how many shacks out of five you have earned : Veegeezee
  • and system signatures : matthaeus
• Frontpage? Filters. You can search by tags, well, let me filter by tags. There are just too many articles... : InfoBiter
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  the ability to track news on specific games while in the latest chatty and rape : mista mista
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    Oh, like a mini-headline feed? That'd be neat... maybe it'd be like in a stock ticker kinda thing across ... : CaptainSurly
    • i was thinking more like having the reply button change color this way it wouldn't be that distracting bu... : mista mista
• Status updates and location check-in. : Prozium
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  I'd like integration with steam community, like an unobtrusive icon or something next to one's user name ... : CaptainSurly
  • This sounds like a good idea. : arcane_
  • This please : Drankje
• It needs to get us chicks : bombay
• Maybe some news about video games? I dunno. Seems like everyone here likes them, so why not. : BlackCat9
• More interactive ads, avatars, sig pictures, maybe a script that auto-embeds your system specs. Maybe ... : greasyjohn
• Real names : Durajim
• We need more dick : anhero
• fewer obnoxious flash ads : stamps
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  edit post ability for 60 sec : smax
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    *after a post : smax
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      irony : smax
      • Wouldn't that be more ironic if you said that we don't need that? Like this its just a proof of your poin... : Johnnsen
  • ^^^^^this. : baron calamity
  • I used to want this. Now, never! : abrasion
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    Would you really want to miss out on gems like "Nigger Dick"? : -efx-
    • This was precisely my thought. : bipolar
  • Yeeeees : thejm4n
• Gamer Compatibility. : Fenring42
• mandatory real names in profiles. : purekillforce
• Sigs and avatars. : Mad Brahmin Disease
• would be cool to see some psuedo-real time notification of post replies :) Maybe another window somewh... : biofrog
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  The current hawt mobile apps/games in a review/recommend section? Sigs, Edit Posts, Tags. : yldragon
  • You seriously want sigs? : -efx-
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    suggesting signatures voids all current and future opinions forever have a nice day : Sapiens
    • it's like suggesting that we need more signatures in text messages i'm getting mad just thinking about it : Sapiens
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  HD video that is actually HD. : Tincan
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    or fuck that and just give a link to youtube equivalent so I don't have to search. how can you compete... : umegastar
    • yeah get rid of shackvideo and just link to youtube...half the time it doesn't even work properly anyhow : csana
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    Viewable on the main site. Also, I don't want to have to log in to each site separately. Also, I want Sha... : SockMonkeh
    • This, definitely. : g3dHorse
• Consolidate all the NSFW post into one arrive thread. They are my only reason for being here. : Ender.Wiggin
• Give users the ability to tag their own threads. : Dave-A
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  namechanges (maybe allow it once every few years?) : csana
  • Allow them at any time, but for a fee : Dave-A
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  Autocorrect "u" "r" etc. into "you", "are", and so on. Heh. : Johnnsen
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    No, just ban people who use text 'language' : losimagic
    • ^^^^^ This. : HL3dsx
• Vote kick : Rigor Morts
• Brbrbrbrbrbrbrbrbrbrbrbrb999999999999 : abrasion
• smoother scrolling : Pneum0

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• alrighty : cfalcon
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  Fred Garvin: Knows what the fuck. : Deathlove
  • I have to pee on her. : Fred Garvin
• I enjoyed it too :D The fighting scenes got a bit tedious but I enjoyed everything else. Lots of punny pu... : aeg1x
• I thought it was great. I've been pimping it here all weekend (and this morning) : daVinci1980
• 2 days until I can buy the game on XBLA. : Prozium
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  Saw it tonight as well, it was excellent. : InfoBiter
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    In my top 5 of the last 5 years for sure. : lodit
    • Meant for op, but still. : lodit
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  Fuckin A yeah it was. It's a movie you just won't get until you see it. : Darthbrooks
  • ^^^ No review I've read on it yet has done it justice, even the bad ones. : limpossible
• Best video game movie ever : Sailor of Fortune
• Fuck the haters, Inception was fantastic. : Godhatesfatpeople
• Saw it today. Visual and aural crack. Loved it. : owly
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  fuck the haters. weekend at bernie's was a brilliant statement on enjoying one's limited time on this ea... : crypt420
  • Fuck the haters, I concur. : Godhatesfatpeople
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    And an important lesson on the dangers (and wackiness!) of voodoo. : oO SilentK Oo
    • No, sorry, I'm thinking of the sequel. : oO SilentK Oo
    • i saw no danger, and all wacky : RikiTiki2
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  I just got back from seeing it. I didn't know what quite make of it until the first fight scene... now it... : limpossible
  • Someone mentioned that it's probably destined for cult status. I am going to agree. : Fred Garvin
  • there should be a TO between what and quite. Also, lesbians. : limpossible
• i just dont get it... : rtrson
• Original, entertaining, overall just cool. Kick-Ass >=Scott Pilgrim >Inception : locater16
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  WTF is the movie about? Is he some sort of super hero or does he just have to fight 7 ex boyfriends and ... : RPGFPS
  • Boy meets girl. Boy has to fight seven evil exes to continue dating girl. Wallace Wells is awesome. ~fin~ : Deathlove
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  Anyone who hated Michael Cera in the role must never have read the comics. Cera has been channeling Pilg... : RyDogg1
  • I read the comics and I don't really agree with Cera's interpretation. at the very least he certainly ... : DeBurgo
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  It was fine, with another male lead it could have been fantastic. : Lunatic Angelic
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    Who? Justin Long? Dude was perfect in it. : RyDogg1
    • My wife favors http://m.imdb.com/name/nm0126004/ . : Deathlove
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    Nope, Cera nailed Pilgrim to a tee in my opinion. : Fred Garvin
    • He just doesn't look youthful enough in some shots. I swear he resembles Monty Burns in some of the side... : pigvomit
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  I saw it tonight. It was the most AD&D movie I have ever seen and I don't know if I really felt Michael C... : snot3353
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    Attention Deficit and Dragons, lol. : Lunatic Angelic
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      Ok now I'm in. Dragons! : sixfoot6
      • Double Dragons! : Sailor of Fortune
  • It was the most Advanced Dungeons and Dragons movie you've ever seen? You don't say... : pseudomelon
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    You haven't read the comics right? I really don't know who else would have filled the role better. You ... : Nerdsbeware
    • And technically you probably mean ADHD since this has more symptoms of it, take it from me. Or AD&H&D in... : Nerdsbeware
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  20-somethings doing 30-somethings references GO! Just kidding I haven't seen it : Cygnus X-1
  • You should. Also, the movie makes the 8-bit videogame references, not the characters or the dialog. : Fred Garvin
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    Eh? I'm "20 something" (24) and grew up with 8-bit : avatar_58
    • Was it tough in the ghetto? Just you and 8-bit? : abrasion
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      Same here. 20-22 might be a stretch, but being born in '86 and not getting a SNES until about 93/94 I had... : limpossible
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        Hate to break it to you, but SNES was the 16-bit generation. : Kentor
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          I think you need to read his post again. : Conan
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            I did. If he meant that he played NES / Master System before '93, then he should less of a dick and just ... : Kentor
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              I don't see anything dickish in his post? : Conan
              • It's just obtuse. : Kentor
  • It's a video game movie about no single video game in particular. : Sailor of Fortune
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    I'm 22 and for the longest time it was NES and Atari 2600 over at my friend's house. : lunarbunny
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      2600? let's say you were 6 when you first got exposed to games. that's 16 years ago. 1994. i have a h... : EvilDolemite
      • Yeah, I guess all that Pong, Freeway, and Frogger was a figment of my imagination. : lunarbunny
      • Back in 1994 I almost bought my friends Atari 2600 (we were 12) but he only had it because he had a much ... : Prozium
• seriously guys, just go see it. dollars to donuts you'll like it if you read this site. : xil-reno
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  Yeah, it was good. Though I haven't really seen many people hating on it. : Conan
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    Just saw a few reviews that said it was shit basically. : Fred Garvin
    • Considering how strongly it relied on visual metaphors and storytelling structures from videogames, I can... : Conan
• Easily one of the best films I've seen this year. : kallanta
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  Damn straight. I bought the OST from iTunes. It's totally awesome. : Fenring42
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    Got it from Amazon MP3 here. Came with a digital booklet which is basically a PDF of the CD case insert. : Sailor of Fortune
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      iTunes had that too. Is it worth a look? : Fenring42
      • It's only 5 pages, I only have the movie score. will pick up the soundtrack later. : Sailor of Fortune
• I've chimed in on just abut every SPvW thread and once again I'll say that go watch it if you have't alre... : phipple
• Imaginative presentation, little narrative substance. I say rent it. : Boxelder
• You are correct sir. : TheVietSpecial
• It finally comes out in the UK tomorrow. I can't wait. I'm just at the end of book 5 and it's so so go... : marmite
• Looked kind of silly based on the trailer, but can't really be worse than The Expendables, which I though... : ramshot

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  His brother. Why would he have a clone? The other guy was making clones. : SpaecKow
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    It's such a long movie that I forgot if his assistant (twin) was at the start of the movie or not I kind : abrasion
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      You are a babby at watching the movies! : SpaecKow
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        I thought it was an awesome movie but I mean, really the bad guy kind of won, even if was only 50% : abrasion
        • No one won. Everyone in that movie lost something tremendous. : Modica Sol Solis
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  Christian Bale had a twin brother, Hugh Jackman made clones : Serpico74
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    did the whole clone thing ruin the movie for anyone else? : t0ad
    • nope, made it 10000x times better : FiReaNG3L
    • Because it's difficult to believe? not really - suspension of disbelief and all that. : abrasion
    • No. At first, because the tone of the movie before that felt grounded in reality, I didn't care for that... : oO SilentK Oo
    • well i remember there was also a theory that the whole cloning thing was bullshit, that jackman made it u : smax
    • Not at all. It demonstrated the lengths that Hugh Jackman's character was willing to go to try and win a : SolrFlare
    • Actually it made it creepy :( : Godhatesfatpeople
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  Also do you know what people who think Scarlett Johansenn isn't hot are? They are GIANT FAGGOTS nnnnnGGG : abrasion
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    I like her. I think you are just retarded... and Australian. : snot3353
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      ummm ok. : abrasion
      • psst.. I don't think he understood what you said.. : Tripps
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  It was his brother. And they were taking turns in their shows, and i think even his wife. : fsck
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    I think Bale's character mentions that both brothers loved Scarlet/the other one - one each. Not sure if : Rice-Rocketeer
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      They definitely did to some extent, hence why the wife would get upset about him being so distant at time : Vincent Grayson
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        Right, but I doubt they both sexed up the same women, which is what I think those dudes are getting at. : Modica Sol Solis
        • They both TOTALLY would have nailed Scarlett I tell you now, if I had to share her with my identical twin : abrasion
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    no it wasn't. im sure the vast majority of people here are wrong. abrasion has it right. show me some evi... : purekillforce
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      huh? yeah it was. Or are you trying that internet sarcasm again? : nodebug
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        no im being serious. how was it his brother?? it wasnt. it was a clone. the difference was that he only m : purekillforce
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          is this based off Tesla's machine being used by a previous customer? : MurrayTheSkull
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            yeh, he originally made the machine for the guy with the assistant. he used it to make his assistant with... : purekillforce
            • O SHIT I FORGOT SPOILER TAGS!!!! ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ DONT READ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ : purekillforce
            • from what I remember tesla did build a machine for bale but it didn't produce clones, it was just a fancy : pyide
• backward/forward/memory <----------- : OhMyHip
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  Now that you've seen the movie, you need to watch it again in a few months and pay attention. All of t : eonix
  • Did you enjoy it? : eonix
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    I figured his assistant might be a copy of him when he picked up the little girl from the hallway and hug : abrasion
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      Oh and I figured Jackman and the ending about half way through? Still loved it tho : abrasion
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        You know, I hit on Jackman's character early on and actually found it depressing. I think I loved the mov... : eonix
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          I can agree with that, I don't know at what point I had that figured out but it was early and still well ... : abrasion
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            There was another magician movie that came out around the Prestige that I hadn't seen until recently. I c... : eonix
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              The Illusionist, starring Edward Norton and Paul Giamatti. It was pretty damn good, but not nearly as ... : Modica Sol Solis
              • What are some similar well thought out movies? : abrasion
              • I really didn't like the Illusionist, it was amazingly predictable, a twist stolen from Romeo and Juliet ... : nodebug
    • this!! he didnt just have a brother randomly come from nowhere. im sure it was a clone. : purekillforce
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  woah, woah, woah... his brother?? how do you know that? i thought the difference between them was that on : purekillforce
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    Because the movie pretty much spells it out for you? I think you need to watch it again. I The whole : pyide
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      exactly, I also think that half of the point is that he was meddling with such complicated science to pul : nodebug
      • no, it wasnt the simplicity that set them apart, it was the lifelong commitment and sacrifice he made to : purekillforce
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      he was a clone, and so was made perfectly, including the finger. it needed to be cut off to make them per : purekillforce
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        haha I can see how it could be a misconception but that theory dilutes half of the films message and the ... : nodebug
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          but there is nothing that suggests he used a twin brother. nothing at all. the clone theory is at least i : purekillforce
          • The simplest explanation: How could they afford it? They were poor as shit. : Modica Sol Solis
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        So how do you explain the scene of one breaking the other's finger? : Modica Sol Solis
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          he is a clone. he is an exact dna replica of him. hsi finger being cut off was something that happened to : purekillforce
          • See above. How could they afford it? The only reason Angier even got the machine was because he was rich : Modica Sol Solis
          • But you can apply that same theory to a twin brother : nodebug
          • Nolan is smart enough to know that that's not how cloning works. Either it's a perfect replica, or it's D : AlexW1203
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    How do people miss this? Christian Bale NEVER saw Tesla. He was at the event just to see Tesla's stuff as : Modica Sol Solis
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      he never had a brother, nevermind a twin brother. he just appeared from nowhere. as if he was a clone.... : purekillforce
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        he didn't appear from nowhere. he was always there in the movie. they don't cover their roots when growin : pyide
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          Apparently the book the movie is based on confirms they are twins so you can give up your clone theory al : pyide
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            show me? with evidence i will drop it but i still find it hard to believe : purekillforce
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              http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_prestige : pyide
              • mind = blown : purekillforce
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          ive seen the film a few times and never picked up on that. you got a clip? : purekillforce
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            The fact that he doesn't know what knots he tied from night to night is the first major clue. Of course h : Modica Sol Solis
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              that was before all the clone/twin stuff. i think his lack of memory was due more to trauma and guilt. : purekillforce
              • ...how could it be before the twin stuff? : Conan
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    I swear a lot of people don't pay attention when watching movies. :\ : Godhatesfatpeople
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      i did pay attention but you guys seem to be pulling this out of thin air. where is there any indication t : purekillforce
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        It's been years since I have seen it but I don't remember there being any confusion back then about this : pyide
        • im gonna have to watch it again with a friend of mine. we both missed this! : purekillforce
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        At the end of the movie when Angier is shot, he looks at Borden and gasps "a twin?" and then Borden revea : Rasnowl
        • i remember him getting shot but i dont remember that. will need to watch it again. : purekillforce
        • ^^^^^^ this : fsck
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        thats what makes the movie dude, the fact that hugh jackman's character goes fucking crazy over trying to : Maarten Goldstein
        • Hahaha, exactly. Perfectly said. : brickmatt
        • ^ This. Pay more attention. : Bamtan
• I don't know, I didn't like the movie that much. it felt somehow forced, especially the motivation of the... : JohnnyDanger
• Really enjoyed this movie the second time around. : jodiuh

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  lacker's son is fine. How is your husband please? : dognose
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    He's getting his eye sewn up right now and they think he fractured his shoulder. They are waiting on the ... : angrytaxman
    • Thank you. You may let him know that lacker posted earlier that his son was just fine. : dognose
• oh dear tell him to get well quickly and you are a good wife for posting. : dahanese
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  Glad he is ok. He makes a great first impression. : ant_hillbilly
  • Hopefully that impression wasn't on somebody's bumper. : Odoyle
• Oh man. I hope he's going to be okay! : pyide
• Hope all well : bombay
• First day on the job and already slacking off?! Seriously though, I hope he's okay. I'd love to hear... : ArtilleryMarker
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  Ms ATM, you're awesome. I wish ATM the best. Now you need to ILTC him while you have the chance. : anhero
  • Also, lacker said his son made it back from surgery a-ok. Again, I hope atm is ok. I assume and hope s... : anhero
• Best wishes and get well soon. Don't die or anything :( : Odoyle
• lovely irony! : lukej1337
• So will be be working his first day in the hospital gown dragging around the IV dripper? : Prozium
• hope everything is going to be okay! : Jikim
• Americans using irony correctly!!! Angrytaxmans wife, I love you. good luck to him, hope his bike is ok ... : abrasion
• Its called an Ironic Murphy Day I guess :) All the best to angrytaxman : Lukiopimp
• Get well soon man, I hope you don't have to suffer any permanent injury. : phipple
• Tits or GTFO. : massdev
• Tell him I said hello and to get well soon! : David Craddock
• I hope everythings gonna be OK... get well soon angrytaxman : .Jayson
• angrytaxman ask them to install a laser in that eye before they sew it up! also i hope you recover extra... : Sapiens
• You really should have said something about how much angrytaxman loves the cock. hope he gets better so : cerealSAM2
• Sorry you had to come to this horrible website. I hope your husband is in a decent amount of pain as puni... : ArB
• I hope he is ok. Can you plz provide pix of his injuries : CoRDS
• Angryiertaxman get well soon : rosewood
• Hope he gets well soon and going the shackmeets again. : Sailor of Fortune
• Get better soon angrytaxman! : StolenNosferatu
• Get well soon angrytaxman! : slickdoody
• What exactly happened? : soggybagel
• whoa. poor dude. at least he's in the right place to get that stuff taken care of - hope he pulls through... : PlanetPerfecto
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  Get well soon! This reminds me of a time in WoW where our MT rolled his car on the highway and called ou... : HL3dsx
  • Rolling your car pre-raid? Thats a 50 DKP Minus. : limpossible
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    MTing is serious business. *glances over at burn mark in kitchen* : Crimsonbeak
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      hahaha that was a awesome raid *guys i'll brb my kitchen is on fire* : Crw22
      • Almost as good as "a bookshelf fell on my dad." : Kniggit
• This is ridiculous, angrytaxman is unbreakable! : Mad Brahmin Disease
• no one ever got hit by a car doing taxes :( I blame hipsters. ONE TWO THREE GET BETTER : Slowtreme
• Get well soon! : ryuuseki
• This bowl is for you. : AgentPothead
• Oh no, cycling buddy! I hope you're OK and I hope your new bike is OK too :( : c0bra

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  I feel I am missing something in the fundamental "city building" aspect of this game. I seem to always n... : Nation
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    These vid tutorials were linked in MD.. http://forums.elementalgame.com/391280 watched one so far.. : loboca
    • these are helpful but brad's voice irritates the shit out of me and he doesn't seem like he knows the ... : valael
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  You can only build farms on fertile land. The fertile land tile needs to be in the boarder of a city. Cl... : Modulus
  • Ya, I'm going to have to check on my next game whether you could build it without researching anything. : loboca
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  Gah, ok, they don't tell you, but you click on the farmland and choose to build the farm. I swear it wasn... : loboca
  • it might not have been. If you click on the fertile land tile, it should tell you if you need to research... : Modulus
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    Oh, so it's not in the city anymore? That probably applys to mines and such too & was what I was missing... : Nation
    • yup, they changed how you build on resource tiles since the beta. : Modulus
    • Oshit. I'm glad I read this post before I played again. : famine101
• select fertile land and at bottom right click on the hammer icon to build it : devpaul
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  anyone figured out how to unload transports? do they only unload at docks? : stgulik
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    I haven't played with transport ships since the beta, but in the beta you needed to land at beaches in or... : Modulus
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      hrm, guess I am missing something. I have the boat stuck up on the beach, but can't seem to get anyone ou... : stgulik
      • ship are buggy as hell for me; in the campaign I landed my force on the beach for some action and when I ... : devpaul
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  Man, the current version is some fucking broke-ass shit. Kind of regretting my purchase. :( : Rice-Rocketeer
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    What problems are you encountering? : JohnnyRey
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      Well, the end of each game for me so far has been ether death (due to changes I did not understand) or th... : Nation
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        looks like this last time the game was taking up over 1gb of ram ... that normal for games of this type? : Nation
        • No, they all still run in 640k. : trOmblyj
        • i get some CTDs and "out of memory" errors once in a while : devpaul
    • Things don't seem complete. There is little to no linkage of what affects what. The game just doesn't fee... : Rice-Rocketeer
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    Hmm, don't know if its any consolation, for me, it seemed broken, but I'm slowly getting used to it. It's... : loboca
    • I'm gonna have to second this. The more I get into it the better it gets. There's definenitely a bit of : capt tripps
  • :( : project13
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  Just got the game - Holy fucking shit this game is awesome. Yes there is zero documentation and there... : JohnnyRey
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    Oh man, check out the stuff your character can buy from town shops... sweeeet. : loboca
    • lol I know....my guy is decked out : JohnnyRey
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      have u created units yet? it's fucking awesome : trOmblyj
      • Oh yes. A team of warg riding spear wielders are rocking. Oh, and 3 ogres is a nice group too. : loboca
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  You do not need to research anything to make a farm. Just click on the farm and click build. (has to be w... : JohnnyRey
  • Ya, slowly getting the hang of it, thanks. : loboca
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  Oh, here's the thread! I've been posting in the other one. I'll move what I said here: Played all ... : trOmblyj
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    Pre-Day 0 Patch live right now, refresh your Impulse list and Update Changelog: http://forums.elemental... : trOmblyj
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      Good, scrolling on the tactical map.. thought that was a pretty major oversight. : loboca
      • Oh and there is a manual now. PDF : loboca
  • good to hear about the patch, tks : devpaul
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    How do you build additional cities? : Nation
    • train a Pioneer and find a nice spot... profit : devpaul
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      build a pioneer. you should watch those tutorial vids I linked they explain lots. : trOmblyj
      • Yeah, before the next go at it I'll watch & get at least the 0 patch. : Nation
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      Pioneer units have the ability to found cities. : loboca
      • Really must refresh more.. : loboca
    • make sure you follow up founding your new city with a merchant and caravan to connect them - roads give g... : trOmblyj
• i'll check it out : hirosushima
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  Hmm. Applied the Day 0 patch (or whatever that update was) and now it wants my e-mail and activation code... : Vincent Grayson
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    when i had that issue, my serial was already in impulse, I just had to add my email right click - vi... : valael
    • Yeah, I figured that out right after I posted. : Vincent Grayson
• I'm playing the campaign, and I was following some footprints, and found some guy who says he needs a boo... : famine101
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  Lots of complaints on the Stardock forums. I'd wait for a few patches before buying. I'm not too keen o... : herradura99
  • I pre-ordered. Not even that hyped, but a few friends are doing day-1 multiplayer which should be hilario... : node

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  Addendum: An example of balancing for low level play could be seen in Super Street Fighter 4, where they ... : kallanta
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    Love SC2 for a lot of reasons, but along the lines you're articulating here, I really wish there were per... : HockeyJohnston
    • Heh, that's precisely why I never play more than 2 matches in a sitting. My nerves have a tough time wit... : kallanta
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      Yeah, that's why I prefer Relic's approach to RTSs. Apple and oranges, though. : Nitrium
      • ^^^ homo : awaypaster
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  I tried to raise the same point in the beta, it seems to me that at the very top end there is little imba... : abrasion
  • What kind of instances are you talking about? Because it always seems to me that skill is determined by w... : sammyl
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    Someone with more skill should be someone with less skill. I think the problem is that most balancing in... : kallanta
    • Correction: should *BEAT* grr... : kallanta
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      Rocks don't fix shit, Terran has a massive early game advantage with reapers. So what is it then, a check... : Serpico74
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        Fair enough. What's your idea? : kallanta
        • I don't know, I'm not knowledgable enough for broad level balance tweaks that would work for every skill ... : Serpico74
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        I was reading TL last night and boy there's some good points about Terran. This one particularly interes... : abrasion
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          You are trading a lot of speed and mobility by going with the thor/tank composition, that's one thing to ... : Serpico74
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            they don't need speed and mobility that badly though. there are counters, but they are very complex, hard... : JINKY
            • It is more work for the other races, absolutely : Serpico74
            • it also takes skill and ability to USE vikings. if you don't micro them they die very quickly. send sof... : Omaha
            • Huh? Build 4 immortals, beat tanks : Jimb0v2
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              I dunno Jinky...seems to me that there are no issues as protoss vs. terran tank/viking. High templars or... : OMGzImBurning
              • Immortals are better than HTs for dealing with siege tanks. Siege tanks outrange psi storm by a good deal... : Serpico74
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      how about taking away damage/armor types? that way everything is good against everything and you aren't l... : picknerd
      • this might be good for a beginner mode/ladder, and when you switch to normal it would become more apparen... : picknerd
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  BTW, I need to practice build orders tonight. Can someone link me to a good zealot rush build? I just wan... : sammyl
  • 5 z z z z z z z z z z z z z z. ... : picknerd
  • 1 - a : On the Brane
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    i'm just plat and i play random, but sometimes i go 9pylon outside my natural and when i'm at around 260m... : threeup
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      Bah, I see Protoss 2-gate me all the time. I just forget the lings (but still get speed) and throw down t... : Theatrikal
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        the attack with 4 zealots should do some damage before they get roaches, kill a queen or expansion, then... : threeup
        • vs zerglings and roaches you need to exploit their weaknesses, lings are bad if they can't surround so st... : threeup
  • How all-in are you looking for? : camel_jockey
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    8 pylon, 12 gate, 14 assimilator, 16 pylon, 18 gate Then whenever you can, cyber core to warp gate and t... : digital_d
    • that is a really slow 2gate. if he wants to rush he needs to do 9pylon 10gate 12gate and build pylons ... : maulla
    • this is not a rush this is a normal build. and it should be 9 pylon here : JINKY
  • http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/65281 : smax
• This the last time I post this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMdDmbpmIRw&feature=player_embedded : thecatinthehat
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  this is why "T OP": 1) MULEs = best economy 2) easiest and cheapest tech paths: -barracks + tech l... : picknerd
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    I will chime in re: MULEs and scans. MULEs are there because you can easily lose workers to building prod... : Serpico74
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      MULEs more than make up for worker time, which is worse with zerg losing drones permanently. they make it... : picknerd
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        Zerg losing drones permanently is offset by cheaper building costs. Extractors are 25 minerals because th... : Serpico74
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          it's only offset in terms of building cost, but you still need to remake the drone to start mining gas, e... : picknerd
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            Remaking the drone is countered by the fact that you can spawn multiple drones in a single shot, the numb... : Serpico74
            • And I'm talking about of a single hatch or CC, of course :) : Serpico74
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              multiple drones is offset by the opportunity cost being an attacking unit (same as SC1), which is the big... : picknerd
              • i think zergs problem is teching takes too long and is too expensive. producing a ton of units is not har... : JINKY
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                That's a core decision every Zerg player has to make, workers or army. : Serpico74
                • bah stop trying to confuse me :P that actually didn't matter for drone vs. scv. as you said, multiple ... : picknerd
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                  you can see that there's a big nerf to the zerg fundamentals when you consider that in SC1, more hatcheri... : picknerd
                  • and, is it even possible to calculate how many minerals a queen pays back vs. more hatcheries? : picknerd
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      The issue is that with 2-3 orbital commands, Terran either has crazy MULE's or tons of emergency scans. : Brian Leahy
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        Absolutely. I'm not sure what a fair trade would be, maybe make one or the other cost more energy? At ... : Serpico74
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          lots of chrono boosts isn't all that useful late though. Late game you'll have some long research going b... : derelict515
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            Pretty useful when I'm trying to crank out multiple colossi or void rays. As I said, MULEs and scans are... : Serpico74
            • yeah that's pretty much when I use it, but I find there's a real lull sometimes as I'm mostly using gatew... : derelict515
      • (re: replay posted) - there's a reason I don't go econ builds on Xel'naga, and a reason I go 10/10/10 rax... : TwitchCannon
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      The biggest problem with mules is that unless you're pegged at 100 energy, you're not penalized for not u... : camel_jockey
      • good point, shows how terran is *easier* to play, which might be a lot of what people mean by "OP" : picknerd
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      orbital command basically = free extra money (both mules and supply drops [gets out of supply block as we... : picknerd
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        I forgot about the supply drop. That thing is also bullshit, IMO. The least they could do is allow Overse... : Modica Sol Solis
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          that's a good idea, should have suggested that during the beta at the same time as the roach food nerf. a... : picknerd
          • Like most of Blizzard's decisions, it would be a very multifaceted change. Do you go with more supply and... : Modica Sol Solis
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    plus terran defense is amazing. A terran can increase their defense a lot with a plantery fortress withou... : filthysock
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      Terran have no static defense against ground units other than bunkers and the planetary. A good terran wo... : frenziedbadger
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        Terran has no ground defense... I think you're forgetting something... :p : gia-
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          What static ground defense am I forgetting? : frenziedbadger
          • Only the best in the game. : gia-
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            I assume he's talking about siege tanks. Which are... kind of static. : crummynz
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              Exactly, saying terran has no ground defense is silly to say the least. : gia-
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                Static defense is important because it allows you to move your ARMY around. If I'm leaving siege tanks in... : frenziedbadger
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                  There is no difference between spending money on tanks for base defense and spending money on photon cann... : CtrlFrk
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                    unless you're close to the supply cap I guess This is a pretty crucial difference. If I have 3 bases I... : derelict515
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                      What type of harass? There's turrets, planetary fortresses, SENSOR TOWERS. You can unsiege the tanks when... : gia-
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                        No no no no, that's the entire point. For zerg and protoss, towers are leave and forget, for Terran you p... : frenziedbadger
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                          That's the reason for the caps lock on sensor towers, that's your insurance against drops/nydus. You can ... : gia-
                          • a sensor tower can't hit anything. So while it may be effective against a nydus cannal, it is a very expe... : frenziedbadger
                        • Except for the fact that building static defenses without a specific reason is stupid play. It's not lik... : camel_jockey
                  • a siege tanks costs 150 minerals and 125 gas. That isn't including the upgrade that is a huge investment ... : frenziedbadger
                • uh...bunkers. : OMGzImBurning
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    Banshees are a huge investment for terrans. Especially cloaked banshees. If a terran doesn't catch you un... : frenziedbadger
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      yeah that 200 gas research is a killer : filthysock
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        The cost of the starport, the banshee itself, the tech lab, and the upgrade make it a costly gamble on th... : frenziedbadger
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          What terran build won't make use of a starport? 1/1/1 can pretty much transition into anything, and you c... : gia-
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            Most terran will eventually get factory and a starport, but the timing is crucial depending on what you w... : frenziedbadger
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              I pretty much go 1/1/1 every game as Terran (I play random). 1 early banshee is never a bad investment, w... : gia-
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                In a tvt a banshee can lose you the game instantly. Since you've basically ceded air control to the other... : frenziedbadger
                • yeah i got served by banshees on a TvT game, just couldn't cover both my base and expansion well enough :... : filthysock
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          that's only if you're going for a banshee *rush*. the fact that terran can choose A) infantry B) mech ... : picknerd
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            Would you consider Protoss "robotics" as something close to Terran mech? Just wondering as they do share ... : Serpico74
            • Not really. Protoss stargate and robo units seem like they largely exist to compliment bio armies. Neithe... : walker270
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              terran mech = hellion (harrass), tanks (defense and siege), thors (tanking+aa) and can stand alone. kills... : picknerd
              • Boy, I disagree, terrans benefit from mixed army compositions just like the Protoss do. If we're talking ... : Serpico74
        • Go and watch some recent replays of TLO - he uses Banshees to great effect and it certainly doesn't play ... : even4
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      at this point I'm referring to the teching, which unit is better depends on the situation, etc. here's... : picknerd
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        Honestly BCs are practically worthless. The cost and productions times are crazy. By the time I have more... : frenziedbadger
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          tell that to TLO. :P : picknerd
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            I would, I've seen at least 2 replays where he lost because he went bcs. : frenziedbadger
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              yeah, but it was worth it. lol :P : picknerd
              • Their one effective use is in tvt if you already have viking air supremacy, then they're probably better ... : frenziedbadger
      • Plus morphing expensive corruptors also costs a lot. But goddamn Brood Lords are sweet :) : Serpico74
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    EMP versus Protoss is my biggest problem. -It's instant hit, cannot be dodged and area effect. Comp... : cetra00
    • EMP seems rather overpowered indeed. 50 energy and single target seems like it'd be a lot more balanced. : Modica Sol Solis
• If anyone needs to win, just play me. I've watched some of the videos of people who claim to be horrible... : TheMongbat
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  Instead of starting new SC2 thread, I'll ask my n00bish question here. When a build order calls for: ... : shyguy74
  • you got it right, it means the current food count. this is also shown in the build order timeline post... : picknerd
  • nope, you got it right. however are you sending the probe out to position before you have a hundred? The ... : filthysock
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  Have you guys seen the Zerg double proxy evo rush? fucking hilarious: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D25... : smax
  • Haha, that was brilliant. : Frozen Pixel
  • amazing : maulla
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    So the whole point of that was to prevent the wall in? : kek
    • The point of it was to induce rage : Serpico74
  • ahahahaha that's too funny. : Scotty22
• Is the Starcraft thread? Anyway, I watched the videos of the Nada/TLO showmatch, and it was surprising to... : Ellissd
• So.. if anyone wants to play I'm online. : Freon
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  Seems like every single terran unit is completely viable in every matchup and build. Sure, you can't mass... : walker270
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    MMM too heavy in marauders dies to muta, too heavy in marine dies to baneling : threeup
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      Wow. Sounds like Blizzard should nerd Zerg. : walker270
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        muta needs tier2 spire which is sloooow, baneling also kinda needs the speed upgrade from lair to catch u... : threeup
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          Nope. Nerg Zerg. : walker270
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            you're pressing every key except f : aeg1x
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              The iPhone doesn't like the word nerf. : walker270
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                But it does like Zerg and Protoss! :D : Serpico74
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                  It even capitalizes them! : walker270
                  • Yup, going all the way back to the first version of iOS : Serpico74
              • That's steve jobs telling you that you are wrong. : thecatinthehat
        • also, zerg everything is so slow off creep :( : filthysock
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  Starcraft 2 balance analysis going on right now!! http://www.teamliquid.net/video/userstream.php?user=... : pancake humper
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    Goddamnit. I've heard his analysis before. It tends to boil down to lines like "terrain have Marauders, b... : walker270
    • "He has the advantageous advantage" +1 to the site : pancake humper
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    Holy shit I'm running home!!!! : Blucklesworth
    • Yesssss : midgetherder
  • Why the hell am I grocery shopping right now? :( : Serpico74
  • lol, did he just say "why would they kick ME??" : picknerd
  • This guy sounds like Dr. Sbaitso when he is reading aloud what he types (which is kind of annoying imo). : Lukiopimp
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  thats discurssion remains every blizzard gameout! : polansk
  • This. A thousand times this. : CtrlFrk
  • Damn Paladins and their ghey bubble-hearth. : Scotty22