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  first one. : chilln
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    yes I think the black bars kind of give it away, but seriously, picture quality wise its the fucking same... : HisKillSkill
    • yah the black bars is what i noticed... but yah i was hard pressed to see any difference : Shadowdane
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      nope, forehead is smoothed out in the second one : gmd
      • wtf : HisKillSkill
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        they look the same to me : sanchez
        • maybe he just drank too much musclemilk : HisKillSkill
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          first shot has slightly more grain on the right of his forehead, second shot is classic smoothed out comp... : gmd
          • Not seeing it on the forehead, but definitely see it on the blue carpet, bottom-left - the grain is a lot : dumb.
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      i picked the first one because in the back left corner u can read f1 or whatever better than in the 2nd. : chilln
      • this is without zooming mind u. : chilln
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      You really used a poor example of the quality difference. Also scenes that stay relatively still are not ... : ovrlrd
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        Also, film with more grain makes a difference too. That movie purposely didn't go for that because it was... : ovrlrd
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          Yeah, that frame or even whole scene isn't really a good area to compare anything. I don't understand ... : synapse19
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            because I want to know if its worth ripping stuff that way for htpc purpose : HisKillSkill
            • Yes it is. You can keep the original 24-46gb file if you want or you can rip it to 8-10gb. : sigpro
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              Try comparing some of the action sequences to see if there's a difference. If it doesn't bother you then ... : synapse19
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                i tried with a scene where theres lot of prauns movie and i cant tell : HisKillSkill
                • moving : HisKillSkill
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                  how big is your tv? Personally I have done this test. On my old 52in dlp there wasn't much of a noticea... : GenghisFrog
                  • Yep, the larger the screen, the more obvious the differences are, especially when in motion instead of a ... : ovrlrd
  • This was my answer as well. I could see a tiny bit more noise in the second pic. : deject
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  ..26.png is the bluray : mwasher
  • damn 50/50 failed me :( : mwasher
• quality looks the same : sanchez
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  they are like mario twins. they are so goddamn the same! : rtrson
  • except one is 15gb smaller. : HisKillSkill
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    I ask them, you want ice cream cone. THEY BOTH SAY YES. : inf3d3l
    • DEDOO DEDOO DEDOO : biofrog
• 1st is my choice as well. : watcherxp
• To be fair this scene isn't as good quality as a lot of the rest of the film due to it being made to look... : Rizob
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  2nd : moe6
  • I have failed T_T. : moe6
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  Sony text gives it away. Re-do the encoding, but go with a higher file size. What's the original size... : sukabljat
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    8-10gb is the best size for blu-ray rips. After that you really don't gain much for the increase in size. : sigpro
    • I'd disagree if we are talking 1080p and something like an action movie! : aggybong
    • I strongly disagree. But highly dependent on the length of the movie of course. : spazzium
  • what / how do you encode (settings) all my rips are like 6gb - 8 gb : loke662
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  I moved them so they overlay, a bit easier to make comparisons: http://img138.imageshack.us/i/32571561.p... : aethyr
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    Yea that makes it a lot more obvious. Look at the ceiling panels and the tops of the blinds where the sha... : synapse19
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      yup i can easily tell when you flip them back and forth : Shadowdane
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        The difference really is minor though. I'd like to see some dark scenes or fast motion. : dumb.
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          http://img638.imageshack.us/i/vlcsnap2010083023h07m17.png/ http://img69.imageshack.us/i/vlcsnap201008302... : HisKillSkill
          • DONT FORGET THIS ONE : HisKillSkill
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          I can't find anywhere that I can upload my caps from a raw blu-ray vs a rip or I would provide you with s... : sigpro
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            Ok here is one of mine that I just did an auto set to a max bitrate of about 9400 http://img97.imagesh... : sigpro
            • i seriously cant find any difference and im not bothering trying harder because i wouldnt notice them on ... : HisKillSkill
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              second pic the bluray? : ant_hillbilly
              • Nope. That's the rip. 1st one is the blu-ray In the ones below the 1st is the rip and the 2nd is the b... : sigpro
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              And some that are both dark and in motion. http://img826.imageshack.us/img826/1897/kickass03.png ht... : sigpro
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                wow, whats the size of the rip? re encoded with x264? : HisKillSkill
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                  Original file size was about 24gb and the rip is just under 8gb at 9440 bitrate give or take : sigpro
                  • oh and yes h.264 in an mp4 container as I was just playing around for this rip, i can play either mkv or ... : sigpro
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                Nice shots. I can't wait till I have a 64-core machine so I can rip my collection in less than a year. : Crabs Jarrard
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                  i5 750 took about 6 hours or so to encode that video I think. : sigpro
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                    just out of curiosity, what software do you use to do this? : dopeman
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                      that was done with ripbot264 with pretty much default settings. : sigpro
                      • interesting been looking for an easy way to do this : bolneze
                      • gracias.. will keep this in mind : dopeman
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                    Jezzz 6 hours, that right there makes it not worth the space savings to me ahah : GenghisFrog
                    • ehh, I just set the encode up, go to bed, wake up and it's done. I can fit 4-5 movies in the space that a... : sigpro
                • hahaha : spazzium
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                  If you really have that much to encode... I can help :) : spazzium
                  • I only have about 35 Blus and 60 Reds, but the few times I've done it, it has taken about 11 hours. Not r... : Crabs Jarrard
                • Holy shit. : dmason
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                Pretty good encoding there, such microscopic differences really. Only way I can tell which one is better ... : ovrlrd
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                  i thought the whole point of dts hdma WAS lossless, like flac. : HisKillSkill
                  • Yeah thats what I meant to say actually. The Linear PCM is just as good though. : ovrlrd
              • I think in motion people are referring to actually watching the moving picture not frames of action. Eit... : goatboy
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            Sounds like someone needs dropbox. Use my referral link and we both get an extra 250MB http://www.dro... : boarder2
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              Or I should use this 25gb of space I am getting from MS's SkyDrive thing. : sigpro
              • Dropbox is way better! : boarder2
• a) You can tell it's the first one and b) it's kind of a bad scene for a comparison because that part of ... : SockMonkeh
• 26 is blu ray 58 is xvid rip : lukej1337
• Surely movement would be the best way to do this. : abrasion
• now encode it at 700Mb and let us guess! : radula

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• Good run :) : dumb.
• That was an insane run, we were chatting it up on sourcetv I don't think I watch anyone else during that ... : vov1n
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  Thanks for keeping with the tradition that all frag movies must be muted to be enjoyable. Nice play th : gnomish
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    Not all! I liked a lot of the Quake ones where people took some time to edit to beats : synapse19
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      get quaked 3~ : ]pm[chem
      • A lot of the Shaolin Productions stuff was awesome : synapse19
  • LOL truth : tunis5000
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  Nice run. Gnomish had a similar good run on defense from what I saw yesterday. Where are the sourceTV de... : Alco23
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    I think rydogg has them posted on his shackspace, but I've never been able to download more than 4MB or s... : DrWaffles
    • someone should put them on a dropbox : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
    • http://www.mediafire.com/?h26lt1y175nhd6y Here is our match. : ant_hillbilly
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  Man, at one point I had a medic on me, was spun up, and saw you around a corner. I don't think you had a... : DrWaffles
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    Were you using natasha or sasha? Venguard was commenting on our game last night and noticed everyone e : Alco23
    • I always use Sasha, pretty much. : DrWaffles
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    Dude, that map was balls and catinthehat has a crazy good team. : Dschinghis Khan
    • I KNOW FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF FFFFFFFFFFFFFFf F F FFFFFFF F F F : DrWaffles
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      I picked entirely people from my old team (2L2C) and people I play counter-strike with. : thecatinthehat
      • smart move. : hirez
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        AND ME! : zebosausamite
        • Random outsiders! : ant_hillbilly
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      Don't worry, I'm actually available to play this week, all ready to shit up UPT!! : nyranger66
      • We have off this weekend due to Labor Day. But start practicing ctf_mach4 for the 12th. : ant_hillbilly
• I feel like Brüno should randomly make an appearance in this video. : pancake humper
• Fuck you for rubbing it iin!!! :D : Dschinghis Khan
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  Wait so the sandvich regenerates? : thecatinthehat
  • yeah takes a couple of min : jimmy_legs
  • there's a bar right above your ammo count on the lower right side similar to the Jarate : redfive
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    Fuck, I should work on getting this unlocked before the next game... I'm normally a medic but doing OK as... : Alco23
    • Being medic to venguard in the first tourney helped ;). : Alco23
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  hellyeah nice. That was nasty good last night. The first half of the match I was waiting for them to get ... : zakazi
  • ohh this is offense. That was a ton of fun. : zakazi
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  I want to hear the Heavy taunt the other team. Why no game sound? It's better than the music! Can you ... : pyide
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    i could not find a way to mute it so i had to dub it with music :/ : okellyc
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      voice_scale 0? : mXENO
      • ill remember for the next time. : okellyc
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  Why does it seem like you're always aiming behind the path of the opponent (i.e. they're moving left, you... : fishbone
  • i play with a 180ping...on my screen im aiming at them, thats why you might hear people moan about shooti... : okellyc
• Nice run. One can tell I've been playing a lot of TF2 lately, as I was constantly hitting Tab to see the ... : ramshot

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• Mega Man XXX : Totenjaeger
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  FF Tactics, Castlevania : BouillonCubes
  • Metroid : BouillonCubes
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    New Tactics? WHAT YOU SAY : ctlaltl33t
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      Updated version of War Of The Lions for iPhone : BouillonCubes
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        Pffft iPhone get da fuck outta here : ctlaltl33t
        • It's FFT, you take what you can get :) : dumb.
• Civ 5 duh!!! : ctlaltl33t
• dead rising 2 : filthysock
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  Dogz 9 : DrWaffles
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    "Six other games were released along with Catz and Dogz. These were Bunnyz, Horsez,Tigerz, Dolphinz, Monk : DrWaffles
    • Hamsterz is the shit : Durajim
    • What about Oddballz, the best virtual pet game ever? Heresy! Heresy, I tell you! : BlackCat9
• Guild Wars 2 is on the top of my 'can't wait' list. It's faaarr away though. : Druuge
• I think you should do a solid platformer for the iPhone/iPad. : geneshifter
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  Nintendongs : kill9
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    On 3DS I hope. : dumb.
    • I hope a new 3DS Bundle will come out with the game an optional 10" screen! : Crabs Jarrard
• Diablo III : fsck
• Donkey Kong on wii! : shirif
• Halo Reach, Castlevania, and that's my year. : kallanta
• Guild Wars 2 : Nixx2004
• I try not to think about it, then time just flies by and then WHOA AWESOME GAME : moe6
• Halo reach for me. : wurt
• If you go by sales its Halo reach Call of duty black ops WoW cataclysm fallout new vegas : crazywigga
• fable 3 : threeup
• http://www.pendulostudios.com/EN%20juegos%20TNBT.html : speon
• Final Fantasy Eleventeen. : ChiefSquattingBear
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  Guild Wars 2, The Witcher 2 there were some more RPGS i wanted but i can't think of them at the moment : DrFlammable
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    Oh yeah, that new Warhammer 40k MMO and Space Marine. That new Neverwinter game is going to be a wait an... : DrFlammable
    • excellent choices sir : bolneze
• CPM for Quake Live : synapse19
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  Diablo 3 : ninjase
  • Winner. : milgram976
• Portal 2 : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
• the next big game or your next big game? It's hard to argue that Halo: Reach will be the next big game, ... : jake
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  Civilization V of course. : thetangent
  • And then probably Halo Reach. : thetangent
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  Duke3d.exe : sukabljat
  • On sale at GoG right now. : capt tripps
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  Brink, hands down. Especially after watching several of their interesting video clips on their website. : wytefang
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    Yeah, I agree. Brink is my most looked forward too. But so many already mentioned are gonna get my money ... : greh kleh
    • Basically anything with a number in it... : greh kleh
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  I'm hoping Fable 3 doesn't suck. : breadsticks
  • Lmao and peanut butter on a taco is good : PixelPie
• Nhl11 (I'm Canadian) : lpearl
• Fable 3 for me. : David Craddock
• nothing until Feb 9th: Portal 2 : CecilPhilpot
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  Civ V BattleTech mod. Somebody had damn well better make this happen. : ZenzenTen
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    I want a WH40K mod. :) : thetangent
    • The hexes are just begging for either of these. : ZenzenTen
• Littlest guardian ico 3 : abrasion
• Minecraft Beta : Cliffzorz
• Another +1 for Guild Wars 2.. Hoping there will be a big shack following for this too :-) : biofrog
• New Vegas and Civ V : roggor
• Halo: Reach, Dead Rising 2, Fallout: New Vegas : Mad Brahmin Disease
• Halo Reach, Civ V, Fallout: New Vegas, Rock Band 3 : Sailor of Fortune
• Brink, Battlefield 3, Rage and Doom4 : hanged_man
• WoW: Cataclysm and Fifa 11/Pro Evo Soccer 11. : Bamii
• DNF Duke Nukem Forever : countervirus
• Kinect Twister : Grumbeld

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  I don't see EVE on that list : sanchez
  • I noticed this as well mr sanchez : JuffoWup
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  Ffxiv open beta starts sometime tommorow or Wednesday : pigz
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    I plan on giving it a shot. I really enjoyed FFXI, specifically the group mechanics. : Wombat Woo
    • should open up tomorrow per the mail i just got: http://entry.ffxiv.com/ * The page will become accessib... : prokat
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  Global Agenda : michaelleung
  • global agenda is fun for a few weeks. by then you get tired of pvping over and over on the same maps or p... : rtrson
• aion has double xp right now until the 7th when the new, free expansion pack comes out : electroly
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  I'm on an NDA with one but it's pretty awesome. : uglysad
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    can you say which one or not? Looking forward to SW right now just because allot of friends want to pl... : oneshot
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      I wish it was SW:TOR but it isn't. I'm not sure if I'm allowed to say which one. My buddy works for the c... : uglysad
      • It doesn't say anything about denying which game it is? We'll just list every MMO in beta and you deny ev... : Hemtroll
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        Well if he is referring to the last 3 i posted then its RIft :) : oneshot
        • No. Not that one. Think Superheroes : uglysad
      • does it start with guild and end with wars 2? : rtrson
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  What about that upcoming one that has Zelda-like, skill-based combat, realtime with collision and dodging... : kallanta
  • Tera Online (or Terabad online). It's going to be garbage and don't play it because they are a bunch of... : lcizzle
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  wow I had no idea DAoC was still up and running : jimmy-buffett
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    The graphics have held up quite well to bad i cant get a shack group together for RVR with a lock and Bl... : oneshot
    • I didn't know people from the Shack actually played anymore. Every time I sign back up I realize that thi... : ateam311
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      that's some serious powerleveling : gyokuro
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        Yeah, I'll never forget hill fins in CF. I'd stay up 2-3 days at a time to get on a "list" which would th... : ateam311
        • Oh god the Fins list, the painful memories haha : Derringer
    • I gave way too much of my life to that game. That said, I still miss the fun I had. I was a badass run... : Chunks
    • haha I had a 42 point shield-spec Armsman on Galahad. I think it was a Pole hybrid. I don't remember exac... : skinlab133
• Play through STO up to Admiral. : BouillonCubes
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  City of Heroes? The expansion pack just came out, refreshing new 1-20 zones and graphical updates. : Hemtroll
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    how are they still adding low level zones? last time i played it people spent 1-50 in custom made farming... : DrFlammable
    • The game went to shit early on but it came back after Cryptic sold it. They added Praetorian earth with t... : Hemtroll
• I wanted to like FFXIV, but everyone says it sucks :( : Visceral Monkey
• LotRO is awesome. Need to play beyond the early levels. : wykd
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  Why do you need an MMO? I never understood this and I've played my fair share of them. : adodric
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    Probably to fill a void in life... : Nixx2004
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      how dare you oh god its true : bolneze
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        just log in and everything will be alright : CecilPhilpot
        • yes... just log in... : bolneze
  • maybe because he's bored and he finds MMOs fun? it's not a huge mystery : CecilPhilpot
  • probably because he likes mmos : electroly
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  add Guild Wars 2 to the list of games that you can't play yet : CecilPhilpot
  • yeah this looks good : bolneze
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  I'm kind of looking forward to TERA. It seems like diablo from playing style (right mouse, left mouse for... : xxx2xxx
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    It's a korean pve game. So enjoy that Aion grind. (or worse) : lcizzle
    • you know, diablo is not much more than mindlessly grinding monsters with click click click hours on end. ... : xxx2xxx

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  insane, fallout 3, gran turismo 4, test drive unlimited, Warcraft 2. : not work safe
  • Not insane, 1nsane. : not work safe
  • Fallout 3, GT4, and war 2 got massive love from the masses! : ninjase
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    Can you do more mainstream than that? : guigr
    • Lets try: Madden, CoD and a DSi pony game. : SpaecKow
  • "Warcraft 2" what? This game launched the era of Big Blizzard. : Marrbe
  • don't forget Doom, GTA4 and Halo! : thecray
  • "never got the love from the masses" : Godhatesfatpeople
• Bionic Commando : shirif
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  Ace Combat 4, Supreme Commander, Dark Reign : ninjase
  • (all of which were reveiwed favorably and quite popular, but are almost unheard of to people who dont pla... : ninjase
  • agreed on the first two : moe6
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  RoboBlitz and StarTopia off the top of my head. There are a ton more - I have a thing for small release g... : dumb.
  • StarTopia is probably one of my favorite games of all time. : AlphaMaj
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  Banjo Kazooie Nuts And Bolts : BouillonCubes
  • this reminds me to go find a copy of this game, thanks. : metalremains
• Tron 2.0 never got the love it deserved. : The Wilhelm Scream
• I bought Diggles and played it a fair amount. It was fun and a great concept, just a bit slowly-paced and... : Psigun
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  Terra Nova: Strike Force Centauri : Thresher
  • Yeah! this was such a great game. : xxx2xxx
  • This game was so fun. : prime8
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  blade runner : kabex
  • awesome game, i wish someone makes a remake : hanged_man
  • That game was fairly well received. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  Total Annihilation: Kingdoms : ElChuy
  • INDEED : Milleh
• Mega Man Battle Network : ctlaltl33t
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  Age of Wonders series. Hidden & Dangerous 1 & 2 : Feisty Cadaver
  • I really dug the AoW series. Especially the first one. The second one and Shadow Magic were good, but fo... : capt tripps
• Supreme Commander 1 & 2 : dael
• Unreal 2, Giants, Double Dragon 3, Little Samson. : Marrbe
• Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire. : ShekkyBoy
• Fallout: Tactics, Bionic Commando, Too Human : Mad Brahmin Disease
• Deadly Rooms of Death -- aka D.R.O.D. -- the best puzzle game EVER. -- http://caravelgames.com/Articles/G... : Kniggit
• King's Bounty. Awesome series. : Godhatesfatpeople
• Sacrifice : dpgagnon
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  Revolt, and WH: Dark Omen come to mind right now. : mordaken
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    Revolt was so good. Played that game immensely. : Godhatesfatpeople
    • hell yeah! we played that game at LANs during downtown between quake : vov1n
  • There is a whole range of really good Warhammer games that get ignored. Shadow of the Horned Rat and Mark... : SpaecKow
• Final Fantasy Mystic Quest. Good graphics, decent story and could be beat in about 8-15 hours. : lcizzle
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  Garou: Mark of The Wolves. Amazing fighter, amazing animations. : HL3dsx
  • Vid link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBSMFoylU1c&feature=related : HL3dsx
• Forged Alliance. A better game than Supreme Commander in every single way possible, but compared to all t... : MercFox1
• Aquanox 2. Most people who played it thought the characters were stupid, droning, badly written and badly... : Arceihn
• Like five people bought: Freedom Force 1/2 Hostile Waters Sacrifice Battlezone 2 Sanity Bloo : SpaecKow

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  Nobody? Any recommendations at all? : Haku-Jin
  • Curious about this as well : DeBurgo
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  everybody likes arkham horror. i am personally sick of it but that's only because i've exhausted it. : dirge23
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    Do you know anything about Game of Thrones? : Haku-Jin
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      Or any other game that might fit the bill. : Haku-Jin
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        the Battlestar Galactica game is great for 5-6 players (if memory serves, it might only be 5) : dirge23
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          Ah yeah, I've heard good things. The only thing I'm leery of is that one person's supposed to be a cylon... : Haku-Jin
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            that's what it's all about, that deception. basically the way it works is that at the beginning of the... : dirge23
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              In the games you've played has it ever been an issue that someone is quite obviously the cylon? Does it ... : Haku-Jin
              • in practice it's never been that obvious. i've been utterly certain that somebody was a cylon when they w... : dirge23
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                If you suspect someone of being a cylon you can throw them in the brig, which eliminates their "big move"... : DianeOfTheMoon
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                  Alright you guys have piqued my interest. I've never been a big fan of the source material but good game... : Haku-Jin
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                    Here's how the central cylon mechanic works: When you start the game, you create a deck of cards that ... : DianeOfTheMoon
                    • That sounds like a lot of fun. I'll probably pick this up as well now. Thanks. : Haku-Jin
            • It depends on the number of players, with there being a sympathizer for even numbered players. The gam... : DianeOfTheMoon
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    I wouldn't say everyone likes arkham horror at all. : Haxim
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      Initially I heard a lot of negative opinions but lately that seems to have shifted to the positive. : Haku-Jin
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        Maybe you have to be a fan of the theme. We played it a few times and I wasn't a fan of either the gamepl... : Haxim
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          I love the mythos so I'm sure I'll like that aspect of it. : Haku-Jin
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            Then you'll probably have a better time with it than I did. Also, if you're looking for some other good g... : Haxim
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              My girlfriends been wanting to try Agricola. : Haku-Jin
              • Your girlfriend has exquisite taste and is definitely a keeper. : Haxim
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      i could go on and on about its flaws, but it's a crowd-pleaser. i have about twenty other games i'd rathe... : dirge23
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        So what are your favourite games? : Haku-Jin
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          hmm. if i have exactly 4 people, settlers of catan (with the expansions) is the classic i will never turn... : dirge23
          • Cool I'll check the latter two out as well. Thanks : Haku-Jin
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            oh, and for exactly two players, twilight struggle and 1960: the making of the president are gold. : dirge23
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              How about Battle Lore? Have you played that? : Haku-Jin
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                nah, never played that one. : dirge23
                • Memoir '44? : Haxim
      • Yeah, it's not an especially good game, but it's fun enough, especially if you're into it. : nurglich
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  Dune (the old one) is a good game with several people playing: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/12... : retardhumper
  • Looks kind of hard to find/expensive. I'll look into it a bit though, looks pretty cool at first glance.... : Haku-Jin
  • this one is hard to find though. : dirge23
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  Arkham Horror is good for loong play sessions but it could take a few hours. Personally I'm waiting for ... : Masem
  • Arkham Horror is indeed very long. we had a lot of fun with Betrayal at House on the Hill when it was new... : dirge23
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    Arkham Horror is awesome until you realize three hours of your life are gone. : Deathlove
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      clearly you've never played a 10+ hour marathon game of twilight imperium. : -=kodiak=-
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        this game is a running joke among my friends because the playtime is such a fiasco : dirge23
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          I still absolutely love the game. : TaintedSyringe
          • i enjoyed it the two times i played it but it will never happen again : dirge23
      • Holy shit, that looks intense. : Haku-Jin
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        I'm guessing you youngin's never played a full game of Axis & Allies? I've gone through 4 day games...... : DianeOfTheMoon
        • I've played some ~12 hour games of War of the Ring : dirge23
        • yea ive had some long ass games of 25th anniversary a&a not 4 days long though... my friends are too g... : -=kodiak=-
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    I'm looking for something that takes 3-4 hours to play. The only thing I don;t like about Arkham Horror ... : Haku-Jin
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      the most likely outcome in Arkham Horror is that everybody loses : dirge23
      • Which is cool in a Cthulhu Mythos type way. :) : Haku-Jin
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      Betrayal at House on The Hill looks kind of cool but it doesn't look too strategic. Am I wrong? : Haku-Jin
      • The first part of the game isn't. It's basically exploring and collecting stuff. It's co-operative as y... : Masem
  • this is exactly what I was going to suggest if you're looking for longer game sessions 3-4 hours : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
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  Yes I love that game. It is not perfectly balanced, but diplomacy should be able to work out most of the ... : StolenNosferatu
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    Just the base game first. I figured we'd run through that a few times before adding anything else. I've... : Haku-Jin
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      the base game is a little unbalanced. I'd look at the revised rules on fantasy flight game's website. I t... : StolenNosferatu
      • Can you tell me in a nutshell what the first two expansions add? : Haku-Jin
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    Reading through the thread, I'll answer a few questions you might have: Play time: Around the longer s... : StolenNosferatu
    • Length usually isn't too big of an issue. We usually play Zombies!!!, Carcassonne (original & Hunters an... : Haku-Jin
• I really like Game of Thrones, it's excellent for what it does. It's like a more interesting Diplomacy. : woddemandred
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  I have it and the Clash of Kings expansion. It's a good game but you really need all 5 players to play it... : SockMonkeh
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    I can usually round up four people pretty consistently. : Haku-Jin
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      You'll love it. I recommend going with the vanilla game at first because the rules are fairly complicated... : SockMonkeh
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        How about a Storm of Swords? Have you used that one? : Haku-Jin
        • I have not tried that one. : SockMonkeh
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  Game of Thrones board game is supposedly really, really good. : wytefang
  • I have it and both expansions, it's a fun game with plenty of intrigue. Some of the expansion rules can b... : Code RedBeard
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  How about the new Ravenloft board game?!? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qq18GaA39NA&feature=player_embe... : kelbane
  • That's got promise. : Haku-Jin
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  If you want a good co-op game, check out Pandemic. FUN! : Drewus
  • Yup, we play it quite a bit already. : Haku-Jin

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  Trying to find a cache of forest porn. : Fred Garvin
  • Fred Garvin is my president. : Lightzout
  • just one? there would have to be multiple caches in each level, it's all about the collectibles : CecilPhilpot
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  im hoping persia, middle east : gmd
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    Prince of Persia...with GUNS??? : afrochops
    • exactly : gmd
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  Cartography : yosemiteclimber
  • and Ice Cream! : Lightzout
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  Something like Diehard : Goto10
  • This would rule^^^ : locater16
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    lol this but instead of Nakatomi, a big ass castle/ancient thingy with lots of secrets that he must disco : ArtilleryMarker
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      Something having to do with Arthurian legend would be cool. : mechanicalgrape
      • Yeah, I was thinking that last time. Arthurian legend doesn't seem to show up much at all in these kinds ... : Vincent Grayson
• aliens? wait no : BouillonCubes
• dolls : spiderfill
• THE FUTURE : Boxelder
• $50..... : critch
• How about Atlantis? : DM7
• Aliens with glass skulls : uglysad
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  Not fucking yetis : abrasion
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    Hahaha, so true : invisible_kid
    • Still haven't re-loaded my near year old save game, due to that retarded shit. : abrasion
• Anything Amy Hennig wants the game to be about, I'm cool with. : transmetal
• Charting : nevlos
• An awesome Legacy of Kain crossover (also written by Amy Henning). : kallanta
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  Charts : Dave-A
  • It's not uncharted! You lost the charts! : brickmatt
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  Search for Nolan North : Masem
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    The Search for Nolan North North Of The North Pole : moe6
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      Which ties into the Oliver North trial. : greasyjohn
      • so once you get past lying to congress you become a hero to the republican base? : RikiTiki2
• really shitty songs that no one listens to : retardhumper
• Swords and gems you can sell to buy shields. You could just get different swords. : jahulio2
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  Airplane missions. A giant sinking ship mission with shit falling all over the place ala Jedi Knight. : FirstPersonCooter
  • Both of these sound pretty cool! : Begawkiness
  • Tomb Raider Underworld did that and brought back many happy memories. : beanman101283
• I'm fine with them coming up with some fake artifact and creating lore around it, they don't need to hunt... : Begawkiness
• i hope its spread out over the world. with one thing leading to another on another part of the world. ... : CoRDS
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  More Sully Please! : irrerno
  • they should go back in the timeline, just Drake and Sully : CecilPhilpot
• oak island. : massdev
• Aliens : Sailor of Fortune
• 2012 ! : HisKillSkill
• Sully : veras
• Drake adventuring with thousands of other Drakes in a wacky, but serious online role playing adventure! : PointlesS76
• how about him being sapped and waking up in the middle of nowhere and having to figure out where he is an... : RikiTiki2
• I'd like to see part of the game in an urban environment, like in those very dense mega-apartment buildin... : lyme
• Diplomatic solutions. : someWayne
• database maintenance : CoRDS
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  Something that doesn't involve so much chest-high-walls and shooting. : pyide
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    undersea swimming and punching sharks! : radula
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      I would love to punch a fucking shark! That would be game of the year material right there. The game ... : pyide
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        I have to say, pulling a few dudes off ledges and the rare melee takedowns in Uncharted were more enterta... : pyide
        • * Uncharted 2 that is. I don't think you could yank enemies off ledges in the first one. : pyide
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          i liked the choke holds, there should be more of that : CecilPhilpot
          • Anything that involves close combat and fisticuffs. Yes : pyide
    • you take cover behind chest-high coral : CecilPhilpot
  • You have to thank villains and architects for leaving around objects with the same exact height. Sometime... : Godhatesfatpeople
• Detroit : Neural Imbalance
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  Atlantis sounds perfectly reasonable. : el0j
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    Atlantis would be fantastic. I second this. : VictoriouSecret
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      please no, the Tomb Raider games have done Atlantis to death : CecilPhilpot
      • Mu? : ZenzenTen
      • But I didn't bother to play those. : BoKnows
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  About how they get shrunk into the size of molecules and have to fight out of the human body. : dodob
  • They'll use the cholesterol plaques in you arteries for cover. : edgewise
• Its a prequel where you are Drake as a sperm trying to get to the egg. : skunk_ape
• Rise of the Triad homage. : Enkidu
• zombies in space please : Milleh
• Drake v. Osama Bin Laden : milgram976
• Drake vs. Indy. : sukabljat
• Midget dicks. : Godhatesfatpeople

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  U r mean. : daedraug
  • lol yeah. Little kid probably. : razlebol
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  We should play and let shackers watch me get destroyed. info 532 : InfoBiter
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    Sure hold on. : razlebol
    • =( l2 /r : InfoBiter
• WAS THAT A SPAWNING POOL???????????????????!!!!!!!!!! : pancake humper
• streaming the shack more like! : niceguynick
• just play another ladder game. : Ellissd
• I'll play you brainsick 639 : giant boy detective
• Sooooooooooo, I apparently suck with technology, how are you getting a stream working for jtv and at that... : frenziedbadger
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  SCOUT HIM OMFG! : rbjester
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    :( : maulla
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      turn that syndrome downside up : rbjester
      • you take a break from playing to watch someone else play! : maulla
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  What rank are you in 1v1 raz? : dafugg
  • he was diamond.. 41? : valael
• OMG DUDE HE JUST SAID THAT IN ALL CHAT HAhaahaha : rbjester
• your homework for today is to make use of chronoboost in the really early game. you pretty much let it b... : valael
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  raz you really need to learn how to use the chat in bnet lol : giant boy detective
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    yea, hahaha : Ellissd
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      I felt bad when he did that =( I was just giving him a hard time then he goes an announces it to his o... : InfoBiter
      • what exactly got said? : Agrona
• god when i see terran get that many thors as protoss, i get an erection so hard it almost bursts. : valael
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  Not looking good, void rays aren't exactly awesome against thors : frenziedbadger
  • oh right, zealots destroy thors : frenziedbadger
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  his other gateways aren't hotkeyed :( : rbjester
  • when they are warp gates it doesn't matter : giant boy detective
  • Warpgates already have a hotkey. : flooq
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    someone explain why he isn't counter attacking forcing a retreat or at the least morphing ot archons : rbjester
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      feedback can be more effective against thors than archons. : frenziedbadger
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        feedback then morph, his hts were playing cards afterwards : rbjester
        • heh it wouldn't have made a difference by that point, i don't think. He had enough HT's with the first b... : valael
    • if there is any thing in the game that is a hard counter, it's HT's and feedback for thors. He just got ... : valael
• bad unit control ,needs ot not let zealots auto attack into death : frenziedbadger
• Add me and we can stream some shack vs shack carnage. Thomas 864. I'll probably be on for awhile : frenziedbadger
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  you just lost. : burning eye
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    should have skipped the two zealots and went straight to stalkers : giant boy detective
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      yeah. If his opponent is any good, he should be well off. : burning eye
      • his opponent is me! : InfoBiter
    • He forgot to put probes on gas. That was what delayed them. : flooq
  • interesting forge lol.. it was like a panic forge ?! : rbjester
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    wow, his opponent didn't expand at all. : burning eye
    • in case you didn't notice, he's playing against infobiter. : valael
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      I did too expand =( : InfoBiter
      • yeah, i saw it after :( : burning eye
• wall of probes ftw! : flagg209
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  since this is an sc2 thread... day9 daily is starting in a couple minutes. day9.tv : valael
  • thanks for the heads up : SatansFist
  • word : jo3
  • When it start? : Skoal^Fyfan
• owowownwend : foo
• pretty good game, i would work on unit control a bit and better scouting : rbjester
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  man I wish sc2 alt+tabbed so quickly for me. It always hangs for a few seconds when I alt tab out. : giant boy detective
  • It hung terribly for me until I upgraded from 2 to 6 gigs of RAM. Now it's like butter. : slax0r
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    Are you using windowed mode? : frenziedbadger
    • ^^^Change it to Fullscreen WindowMode : furiouschuck
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  SIDETHREAD: Do you send SCVs to enemies at the start for scouting? Do you send one immediately? : zebosausamite
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    As Protoss I build a pylon at 8 supply and as soon as I have 100 minerals. Then I sent that probe that b... : slax0r
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      why 8? honest question. I've always done it at 9 and it works perfectly. It finishes almost right at t... : valael
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        Honestly, because I heard a build order somewhere once and since I don't know anything about the game mys... : slax0r
        • heh my build order pretty much stops after the gateway. I don't have a real big set what to build at wha... : valael
  • Usually don't send one immediately, send one out around the time my rax is building. You may want to do i... : frenziedbadger
  • Usually yes, at about 9/10 food depending on my build. : flooq
  • I generally send it out at 9 food, but a lot of times it ends up being too early for me to see anything w... : valael
  • the 10th scv is always my scouting pylon : InfoBiter
• That last game was very nice. I suck at micro, and I think anyone watching one of my games would be laug... : foo
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  just now tuning in.. .protoss!! \o/ : Demius
  • I need to learn some good protoss builds. All I know is 2 gate/void, 2 gate/robo, 4 gate timing push. I m... : razlebol
• I should start a stream. I would name it Watch the worst Starcraft 2 player in the universe. : herradura99
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  Zerg Help can you guys point me to some good zerg tutorials? I've just been playing against the AI for p... : BouillonCubes
  • watch IdrA replays. Both for hilarity and learning. : suicidemachine
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    psystarcraft is the best zerg youtube caster : threeup
    • yeah as far as youtube casters go, psy seems decent. http://www.youtube.com/user/PsyStarcraft other... : valael
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    play against people online and dont be afraid to lose. : Unleashed
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      I won't learn anything though. Just today I learned that a queen can spawn more larva. : BouillonCubes
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        "I won't learn anything, today I learned something" : Serpico74
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          Yea, I learned it by watching a video... Randomly clicking stuff or reading through menu items isn't goi... : BouillonCubes
          • Oh. :) Best way to learn is a combination of the two. You can learn a lot of theory and strategy and t... : Serpico74
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  no wonder u people's APM is so god damn high, u click 4000 times when u only need to click once. : chilln
  • it kind of depends. the rapid clicking in front of a unit allows better control. you can tell it exactl... : valael
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  If I spent my time playing ladder instead of this I'd prolly be out of bronze by now =\ : InfoBiter
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    u just gotta play. i mean u will lose alot of games, but u get experience and get better. : chilln
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      He's good. He's just stuck in the lowest league for some reason. : razlebol
      • u move up fast.. :) : chilln
      • I played 2 placements soon after release one night when I was hammered. Lost both of them to idk who. ... : InfoBiter
  • watching you play, i think it's safe to say that you're definitely better than bronze. : valael
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  Want to play? : Blucklesworth
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    bluckles what's your name in game : valael
    • http://sc2ranks.com/us/345879/Chill Chill.659 @ US : Blucklesworth
  • Tonight maybe. : razlebol
• ggz man, we should do that again sometime. : InfoBiter
• Uploaded all 5 of our replays if anyone wanted to watch them (and see how bad I really am): http://inf... : InfoBiter