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• oh jesus : InfoBiter
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  Latest Chatty app? It's for reading/posting on the forums of shacknews.com I hope you like video game... : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • More like "I hope you like cock" : InfoBiter
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    pics + divx of your wife/gf or gtfo : TabsAZ
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      Fuck, that was supposed to be replied to the OP - that's what I get for trying to be cute and funny! : TabsAZ
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        I'm still kinda getting used to this..ok so site is for gamers..i play need for speed on xbox with my son... : filipinaluv27
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          Yeah, and typically we have two chattys a day. Morning Discussion and Evening Reading. The app you are us... : bombay
          • Also, if you go to www.shacknews.com you can see the main site and there's a link for latest chatty there... : bombay
• Internet : PixelPie
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  interesting google results. : sharpie
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    She's married - not bad tho. : abrasion
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      I'm just asking... Does it show all my info abrasion? Lol. I don't know some ppl have to get irritated w... : filipinaluv27
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        If you go to google and type in "filipinaluv27" you can see your details - so really anyone could be doin... : abrasion
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          Wow...i never knew that...thats hella crazy..so if I google filipinaluv27 all the info I put is visible? ... : filipinaluv27
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            http://www.google.com.au/search?q=filipinaluv27%20&hl=en&meta= Fourth result gives us the full name. ht... : abrasion
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              That's awsome...so you could do that for anyone right...sweet! : filipinaluv27
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                You can't do it for people that know it's doable and don't use the same nick everywhere! : SpaecKow
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                  ...or use a generic enough name that searching it doesn't turn up anything conclusive. :) : SilverSnake
                  • for some reason mine is always gin, lol. : bombay
• how many people do you want to fill you? : mista mista
• dear Denise Davis, this is a website of cock :( : filthysock
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  Kumusta? Naiintindihan mo ba ito? : fsck
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    O nassaan ba kayo? Sa pilipinas kba? : filipinaluv27
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      All I know is bakla and balut. : anhero
      • Lol most ppl know that... : filipinaluv27
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      Ngayon hindi. Ikaw? :) : fsck
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        Sa texas ako. : filipinaluv27
        • Bakla : FrayLo
    • Hindi hapi kupag kulang ang tropa! :D : dognose
  • i hope you're asking about hoverboards in tagalog : skryte
• your take on DNF / hoverboards / $200 jeans etc? also hi : razorblade79
• Website full of cocks : anhero
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  i want some luv : kingfish
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    Lol.. What's the king fish stand for...i only ask cuz I love fishing... : filipinaluv27
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      i was the 40th governor of Louisiana. i like fishing too. : kingfish
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        You are not Long. : anhero
        • What you mean I am not long.... : filipinaluv27
      • Where would that be? I get alot of crap for loving fishing...so ur fishing in louisianna? They call me th... : filipinaluv27
    • I'm fishing right now! Tons of speckled trout. : anhero
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  UNLEASH THE HOUNDS : TastyWheat
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    What does that mean : filipinaluv27
    • Every time we get a new user that starts out like this there's a ton of replies that are silly or often s... : bombay
    • I'm pretty sure it's the Simpsons reference. Mr. Burns tends to say that quite a lot. : Gylis
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  I see we both share a love of black cock : GloriousCow
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    Eh all men are the same..whether they be black white asian or mexican : filipinaluv27
    • welcome to shacknews just don't take anything too seriously and you'll do fine :) : GloriousCow
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      even the DONG size? : kingfish
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        Size doesn't matter..cuz the one who talks about the "big one" is in actuality the " small one" : filipinaluv27
        • just between us, i'm slightly below average : kingfish
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  it must seem, to the uninitiated, a website where you can ask the most stupid question you can think of. ... : radula
  • its always serious business around here! : naabster
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  What are your opinions on Duke? : shavenewok
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    What is duke? : filipinaluv27
    • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=24055926#itemanchor_24055926 : naabster
• You are awesome. : losder5000
• Welcome to Shacknews - it gets you chicks. Are you faking this? If not I'd suggest READING the informatio... : Lukiopimp
• what are your thoughts on hoverboards : OrkO
• It's amazing that you downloaded the app then figured out you had to register ON THE WEBSITE then did so ... : Yanks
• U still here...lol : jahulio2

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  Today I lived a dream. Today I did something I've been waiting to do for thirteen years. I played Duke ... : dognose
  • I'm glad you were able to experience this! : The Grolar Bear
  • Congrats man! I feel like you were some parapalegic who just ran a marathon on his hands lol. : Warmaker
  • that sounds awesome : boring gegtik
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    They sent a poet : rosewood
    • haha truth : askedrelic
    • Yeah, what a good write-up, Dognose. : reelbk
    • So true, so beautiful : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • this makes me happy. For you of course, but also for me. Because I still want to play it, and I've want... : MamiyaOtaru
  • Haha cool - I'm very happy for you, Mr. Nose. :D : Nitrium
  • congrats! : flubba79
  • yay : ]pm[chem
  • hooray!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : Downforce
  • Cool! I will now award EricZBA with some new armor or something. : AxeMan808
  • Well, I'm sold. : SockMonkeh
  • Congrats! That's awesome. : legsbrogan
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    It's gonna own! : EricZBA
    • AWWWW YEAH* : MercFox1
  • :D! : Fenring42
  • Awesome dude. Congrats! :) : ThomW
  • :D : Maddog_Delphi97
  • I was going to buy it anyway but if I was on the fence about it for some reason, your review convinced me... : Mecha Tofu Pirate
  • Funny, most of the things you are saying about DNF are things I remember thinking when I was playing the ... : pyrogen
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    TL:DR : Albemuth
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      He played DNF today :< : drhazard
      • and it 0wns : Mecha Tofu Pirate
  • I hope it has Kinect support. : RuffasBluetain
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    This post made my month. : dahanese
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      I made sure to name drop you while we were there and mention how awesome you are. : EricZBA
      • steve and i pretend we are real people who were never dorks on the internet. WHY DID YOU BLOW MY COVER???... : dahanese
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      I read mouth. : legsbrogan
      • :D : Ride-My-Rocket
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    :'D : bolneze
    • IAWT:'D : Ormsbee
  • You deserved it! If it gets your approval, there is no reason for everyone else to not get excited about ... : uglysad
  • I enjoyed reading your experience, dognose. Glad you folks got to play it and had a blast! Personally... : inf3d3l
  • It's true, every dognose has his day : ctlaltl33t
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    dognose a couple of minutes after having played DUKE NUKEM FOREVER for the first time. http://dl.dropb... : EricZBA
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      oh man it cut off right when the tears started forming : inf3d3l
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        I have the video prior to this one with tears. Trying to get it up on youtube : EricZBA
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          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTs4NiiPyIw : EricZBA
          • lol, bravo dognose, did you fake cry because of my post? : inf3d3l
          • "I have seen the face of God." I just had a DNF hype heart attack. : at0micgarden
          • Haha. :) : MacemanInTW
    • YoutTube version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3uEJUyhNe8 : EricZBA
  • Holy shit you saw maarten?!? : Juno
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    shit, before I read this, what music should I load up? final countdown is always a good choice, but is t... : davislovestacobell
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      lol soundtrack for reading a post - awesome : bolneze
      • for this most auspicious of occasions, it is required! : davislovestacobell
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      This: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-7118ocSFg : deveus1
      • more like the megadeth version : davislovestacobell
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    dognose's thoughts seconds after finishing playing Duke Nukem Forever for the first time ever. http://... : EricZBA
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      Ahahahahaha : SolrFlare
      • "I have seen the face of god" XD : SolrFlare
  • Dognose I'm so happy for you! : coldfusioncs
  • Nice writeup! Glad you got to do something you've waited so long for. : NastyJack
  • Awesome! I read every word. Congrats! : iamgoat
  • Today is also one of the happiest days of my life. And that's because it's not every day, or even every : paulatreus
  • You know it actually made me smile reading this. You can just tell honest happiness and excitement even i... : Phreakin
  • I can't wait : sanchez
  • Very cool. :D : Mmmmmoo
  • Fuck me, the goddamn thing is real, coming out and dognose has played it. : avatar_58
  • :D this post reminds me why gaming is awesome : dirge23
  • haha awesome, so good to hear this game is on it's way! : tunis5000
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    Great writeup. I agree with you completely on becoming a fan of Randy Pitchford today. Cool dude, wish ... : pandastrong
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      He never once actually stated "Duke is in good hands" but that is what came through loudest. : dognose
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        I always thought you were duke's biggest fan until I got to hear Randy talk. Him and Alan make you look l... : roushimsx
        • No shit huh. I'm all "I got a Duke tattoo" and he's all "I got the Duke IP" : dognose
  • This is the best thing. : Arceihn
  • I don't even care about DNF and I am so glad for this post :) : Zero|DPX
  • this makes me so happy :] : sparkly
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    I'm not exactly a full-fledged shacker, and I don't really know anyone on this site on a personal level, ... : -JLN-
    • Thank you, I want you to enjoy it too! : dognose
    • I second that, can't wait for the Duke! : nodebug
  • nice!! : vynn
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    this is the best thing ever. : MurrayTheSkull
    • Fucking game STARTS with a BOSS BATTLE. : dognose
  • \o/ : d fluke
  • that's rad : CecilPhilpot
  • Damn between this and foo's post I don't think you guys can make me smile hard enough today :) : AgentPothead
  • Awesomesauce with a twist of lime : Sailor of Fortune
  • Perfect. Thanks, dognose. I can't wait. It's gonna 0WN! : Goblin au
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    dognose, I love this post and I love you : Halen
    • I want to hug you again :) : dognose
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    That WHOLE post needs to be a quote on the box. Who's with me?! : kallanta
    • Also this year, I met my son for the fist time as I know you know, as your fine company was involved on a... : dognose
  • I've never been so happy for someone in my life as I am now for mr. dognose. : smackpiece
  • The fact that you were impressed is the only review I need for this game. I'm so happy for you dognose! : ColoradoCNC
  • amazing. this thread makes me happy! : dopeman
  • This is momentous. I love it. : Ely
  • When I think of you loading up that main menu, this music becomes inescapable: http://www.youtube.com/... : greasyjohn
  • So awesome! : project13
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    *sigh* guess i better post in this epic shack history thread. Dognose has finally played DNF. however,... : -=kodiak=-
    • : romulan
  • Haha, I loved reading that. So awesome. : Bamii
  • posting in this epic thread because DNF was what originally brought me to the shack on a regular basis. : gibolas1234
  • well, I'm sold. also, grats dognose :D : AMikaboshi
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    The music in the trailer was a song called Invaders Must Die which is appropriate considering the game is... : ninjase
    • Same album as a couple tunes from Kick-Ass :) : dognose
  • such an awesome post :) : xsii
  • Nice writeup! Sounds like an incredible experience. : DJ Clipdat
  • great writeup! glad you got to play it : MrBig0
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    Congrats dude, this is so awesome. Do they still have some of the funky weapons, like the shrink ray? I a... : thetangent
    • I am allowed to say, there was a Freeze-Ray gun. I didn't used it. I don't know about shrink. : dognose
  • where's the steam preorder link : razorblade79
  • this is awesome, i love my little shack community. : radula
  • And all is right in the world tonight. : baron calamity
  • Congrats dude. Awesome story. I can't wait to play it! :D : ZeroSignal
  • Epic story bro, congrats! :-) Finally. : Legolas5
  • It's almost like the end of an era and the beginning of a new one. A very large loop has been closed. : DinK
  • In the 13yrs I've been a member on this site, this is the only wall-of-text post I've ever read word for ... : Ride-My-Rocket
  • Thank you dognose. I bet many envy you, but by sharing the love and spreading the word, you have become a... : Lukiopimp
  • Nice writeup. Good to see you like the game. Did you get to shake hands with St. John? A picture of that ... : Marrbe
  • Thanks for the writeup dognose. :) : Snipergen
  • so awesome. A great day. : senseimoron
  • This is one of the greatest moments in Shack history. : stuka
  • :'D I just got a little choked up. Dognose 0wns! : reZaun
  • Awesome write up; thanks for this, dognose. : c0bra
  • oh shi, you saw Maarten? cool. : hirez
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  Does it 0wn? : MercFox1
  • ZOMG PIGCOPS! : MercFox1
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  Have you played Manhatten Project? : abrasion
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    Yes and I like it : dognose
    • It was under-rated, it's a solid platformer, duke fan or not. Christ did I hassle GeorgeB3DR so many tim... : abrasion
  • Manaaaaartten Project : doomed
• I'm happy for you! : herradura99
• no shit : RuffasBluetain
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  I am so stoked about this right now. : IHATEDUST
  • I bet you will like it. You have turbo for your car and can make it totally jam across cliffs! : dognose
• When does it come out? Has that been announced? : Magus
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  :) , the Shack is like none other. : TEXIT
  • I really truly feel a lot better. Relieved as all fuck. Not because I had any doubt. Before, I declare... : dognose
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  Been whacking for ten years. Have to post in this thread. : afty04
  • Sonava....f'in iPhone. : afty04
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    We all have, afty. We all have. : dognose
    • fkn lol : paulatreus
  • Epic. : PixelPie
  • Lol. "Come get some?" : but why
  • It's been more like 16 for me. : spazzium
  • ow : Johnny Law
  • only 10? lightweight : mista mista
  • wack on shack brother! : shackwack
  • Why do you think I kept the original Duke 3D box? : Goblin au
  • honestly, if you hadn't mentioned mistype, none of us would've even blinked. : shyguy74
  • Don't have time to play with myself. : iamgoat
  • ^^^ This needs more attention : ctlaltl33t
  • Just ten years? : thetangent
  • i do too but i don't have to brag. : AMikaboshi
  • lol nice : Draugluin
  • Aren't you a bit sore by now? : node
• you GO, girl. : PlanetPerfecto
• we can all die in peace now : mindshot
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  OMFG dognose! We played DNF today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : EricZBA
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    I am supreamly jealous of you all, but excited at the same time because this means it's finally When it's : Goblin au
    • I am also supremely jealous. oops : Goblin au
• Congrats, guys. Hope it was fun. : wytefang
• Hooray! : fsck
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  There are going to be other writeups, I *think* roushi and pandastrong and *maybe* EricZBA said they were... : dognose
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    Oh! packav said he was too. He has a long drive home so I wouldn't expect it this evening. : dognose
    • I am not happy with the Duke right now dognose, on the way home from Dallas, I got caught in rain, got a ... : packav
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    I'll try to post mine in MD. Still hacking out notes, so I haven't even begun to rough draft anything leg... : roushimsx
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      I think you were one of those who liked the trailer more than the 2001 one. The tech was miles better, I... : dognose
      • The 2001 trailer had always bet on duke, right? Hard to top that, but the new trailer was like nonstop "h... : roushimsx
    • Randy's introduction was great. I've never met him before but you could tell that he has a true passion f... : ninjase
• Best day on the Shack in a LOONGG ass time!! : romulan
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  I never thought I would actually see this day. I hoped it. But hope slowly died. This is all quite a su... : CRasterImage
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    You know what? Ten years of naysayers I can laugh at. That's gonna be a real fuckin good laugh. : dognose
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      You know, when 3DR closed, one of the things I thought was: "Well, at least this will give dognose some c... : CRasterImage
      • I became cautiously optimistic at that point, but now after today I am full on batshit again. : dognose
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    This has given me hope. If this can happen, then nothing is impossible. : fsck
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      The impossible is unknown at -{zombo.com}- Gearbox? : SolrFlare
      • >_< late night shacktag failure : SolrFlare
• Can't believe it's finally happening. I remember reading a preview in PC Gamer when it was on the Quake e... : Lord Skellington
• <high five> dognose, you can officially come back to california now. you have completed your task in te... : smacknca
• It better be good, I've been waitin' 12 fuckin' years! : Orange Pylon
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  but did you sniff it? : GloriousCow
  • He did other things to it : spiffymc
• So awesome, can't wait till the day I get to say the same thing!! : drbriefs
• COME GET SOME!!!!!!!! : metalremains
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  dognose, glad you and the others got to see the game today and play it a bit. One thing I'm confident in... : GeorgeB3DR
  • I never had faith. I had trust. : dognose
  • George - Have you ever seen this one? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6wRkzCW5qI We played this on ... : DuvalMagic
  • :) : lukej1337
• This day shall be recorded in history as a great advance for mankind, as dognose has indeed played DNF. : ElChuy

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• What is that, some kind of anime? : ArcKnight
• Damn fucking straight! I am finally about to load it up. Somehow my "take the rest of week off" turned in... : Bean
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  Anyone running streams?! Post links so i can watch! : Viprime
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    I would if I knew how. >:( : Deathlove
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      www.justin.tv tells you how! : Viprime
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        I'll set it up after I put my kids to bed; 40 mins or so. : Deathlove
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          Try http://justin.tv/vogtuj - just going to let it idle, but I think it's set up correctly. : Deathlove
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            Seems to be a blank screen with a mouse cursor... if i remember correctly you can fix this by playing win... : Viprime
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              How's...THAT : Deathlove
              • Yeah that works. Very very low quality video though :P and im going to sleep (2:12am here). Have fun play... : Viprime
• I'm too busy with fitness training at the MMA studio and just ran three miles. Like Civ V I paid money fo... : Sailor of Fortune
• thank god for steam cloud so i can take today's save home! : dahanese
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  T_T http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=24058562 : pyros
  • I hope you were kidding just to show how much you love Civ V? : Hemtroll
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  So far I am liking it, the whole buying tiles seems a bit odd though, and it really is a huge resource ho... : Milleh
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    Yeah, late in the game turns really start to slow down, but I guess in a lot of ways that's pretty much u... : The Grolar Bear
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      The game gets almost unplayable once I get mid way thru the ennassaince era. GTX260. Got dx10 going with... : mastermike569
      • Yea, not too sure why the game is so technically demanding :\ I'm running on an i5, 8gb of ram, with a... : Milleh
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  Any quick fixes available for the multi-monitor bug? : sanchez
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    Disable your second monitor, or just use the ground-dragging method for moving the map which is superior ... : OverloadUT
    • Indeed. I've found the click-and-drag function much better than going to the edges. My only gripe with... : Nitrium
  • Have you tried playing the main game in windowed mode? I am running two monitors and this works just fine... : Milleh
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  got ER'd so after messing around with a couple starter games, a few things to mention 1. the game i... : theWhite
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    I don't think spacebar was ever an end-turn button. It has always been enter! : OverloadUT
    • lies, both worked in civ4 : sanchez
    • enter may have been all along, but space was also. I miss being able to just palm mash my keyboard to end... : theWhite
    • It worked in Civ IV : Sailor of Fortune
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      Uhhhh I was just testing you guys I really thought only enter worked in Civ 4 :( : OverloadUT
      • I think space worked so long as you had no units left with actions... : CtrlFrk
      • i cannot believe you doubted me : dahanese
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    3. ugh yeah, much easier than enter : sanchez
    • also g is no longer bound to "go here" for unit movement, is there a replacement for this? I only played ... : sanchez
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    I hate being that guy. "piecemeal" : graah
    • your rite sorree doode : theWhite
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      I actually think he was going for "peacefully" based on the context : OverloadUT
      • I think it was the wrong context and misspelling that got me. Normally I don't feel the urge to correct ... : graah
  • I've set the left button of my G9 to act as a spacebar when I launch the Civ5 demo. : Nitrium
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  Anybody playing this on your couch (ie on an HTPC)? I'm wondering if the text will be readable on a 50" ... : cokefiend
  • If you try this, be sure to go to video settings and turn off "automatically size interface" and then unc... : OverloadUT
• I was (seven hours straight) and then EVERY CIV ON THE MAP DECLARED WAR ON ME AT THE SAME TIME WTF EVEN G... : nwillard
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  i7 920, 6GB ram, GTX285. Performance is sluggish when zoomed out =( Seriously? : JohnnyRey
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    Try 260.63 drivers, it improved my performance on GTX 260. : aethyr
    • Thanks for the tip! : JohnnyRey
    • FYI this boosted my performance by quite a bit. Thanks again! : JohnnyRey
    • Thanks for the tip, ill have to double check and take a look at this. I am at least out of date by a few... : mastermike569
  • Same, but i5 / 5870 : Milleh
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  What difficulty is everyone playing at? I've played civ 2 a ton, and no others. Would I be ok with the de... : DM7
  • Try Prince, if you don't like it, drop down. : Deathlove
  • I played on Chieftan, I think. I think I should have gone with Prince. : The Grolar Bear
  • i played on chieftain my first time out, i felt basically unopposed. steamrolled my neighbor greece. : dirge23
  • I did chieftain first, total cakewalk. Then warlord. Again, I laid the pwn. Ill trying prince tomo... : Thornfist
  • I play on whatever is classified as 'normal' and I have barely any experience with Civ games. : Milleh
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  Should I buy? I'm on the fence and I barely have enough time to play games as it is. I enjoyed Civ Rev bu... : prime8
  • I have like no time to play games which makes Civ the perfect game (ironically) - I can just let it run o... : Milleh
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  Hey OverloadUT, I have found a small bug: when you scroll down in an advisor help screen, close it and sw... : Nitrium
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    lol nice it just locked up when I tried to scroll up haha : Nitrium
    • The game is not balanced for scrolling : sanchez
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  Mac version. Will it happen? : BlackCat9
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    We haven't announced anything : OverloadUT
    • That doesn't tell me anything! Fine. I haven't announced that you smell like beans. : BlackCat9
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  I'd be playing non-stop if the game would stop crashing. : Vincent Grayson
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    You've updated your video card drivers? : OverloadUT
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      Is there a brand new one for Nvidia? I just updated maybe a few weeks ago. : Vincent Grayson
      • try the beta 260.63 drivers : Nitrium
• Holy crap I just burned 4 hours on the final tutorial. I had to quit to go pick my gf up and I was somewh... : rolecks
• 39% :( : Ebu
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  Think this could run it? C2D P7350 2.0ghz, 4gb RAM, 9500M GS, Win7 (my Studio XPS 13 laptop) : zach`
  • It'll run okay on lower settings. : ajvitaly
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  How do I get to next unit I haven't given orders to? Also, does anyone notice if you tell someone to mov... : aethyr
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    Hmm, that wasn't the case with me. I did notice a few times when the game thought the turn was over and t... : The Grolar Bear
    • oh, I see now, the unit doesn't move until you hit "next turn" again. I didn't see the "a unit needs ord... : aethyr
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  One of my workers just disappeared :( : MagicWishMonkey
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    If a barbarian touches it, it will bring it back to their base, rescue him! : DM7
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      Can you point out on the doll where the barbarian touched his worker? : silent prophet
      • Hehe, I'm scared that they said that barbarians can use the highest tech of the highest civ. :o : DM7
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  I only have the demo so I can't heck for another two days but in MD someone was talking about the Ai acti... : Hemtroll
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    Four of the civs all attacked me at the same time, including gandhi : nwillard
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      Out of the blue or had you been bullying them? I still remember the atrocious AI in pre-Empire Total War ... : Hemtroll
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        I wiped out the English Civ and attacked a couple city-states that were allied to England (but none of th... : nwillard
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          This is the exact opposite of what I was hoping for. : Hemtroll
          • :( : nwillard
  • I was best buds with the Iroquois through the 1700s then all of a sudden they declared war on me : MisterPhoton
  • The greeks and the Romans declared war on me in the same turn but had nothing, and where soon offering go... : bundy
• gah, locking up sooo much. I just wanna play :( : stgulik
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  I really like the improvements over IV. the opening cinematic was amazing too. good work guys! :) : BongSlayerB
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    except for the fact that it play EVERY TIME YOU START THE FUCKING GAME and you can't skip it until like 1... : JohnnyRey
    • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=24057592#itemanchor_24057592 : Deathlove
    • people were saying that you can edit a .ini file to get rid of that : Nitrium
    • meh, not that big of a deal. I'm sure it will be resolved on the next patch. sorry the cinematic ran ove... : BongSlayerB
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  You faggots wouldn't shut the fuck up about it so I picked it up at Walmart while I bought lemonade and t... : ArcKnight
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    Pretty much every game in the history of games comes with a DirectX redistributable installer that will c... : OverloadUT
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      Whatever, I don't care, I just want it to hurry up and be installed so I can betray everyone in my mad da : ArcKnight
      • If there's one thing I hate about Steam it's the whole launching a game for the first time and waiting 10... : PointlesS76
• "This game will unlock in approximately 1 day and 22 hours" /cry : CtrlFrk
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  doesn't seem like you can save a multiplayer game so far. 4 players, 2 AI, one buddy. no way to save?? : Downforce
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    Leahy mentioned in his review that it autosaves. : Nitrium
    • yeah but there's no way to tell one from another - it autosaves really vague informaiton and turn data - ... : kainen1
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  It seems way less complex than the last game.. which is good and bad i guess. The bug with multi monitors... : wtf242
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    also not having space bar end a turn is a fucking awful decision. ugh : wtf242
    • Can you change the keybindings? : CtrlFrk
    • Ctrl + Space will end turn : rkmurph
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    how is it less complex? : ]pm[chem
    • Its less complex In that they streamlined the game and removed all the tedious bullshit, such as religio... : Thornfist
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  Not playing. No OSX port yet. :( : hankyJR
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    Hey there suffering OS X buddy : SolrFlare
    • hey there suffering OS X buddy : CecilPhilpot
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    if you like games I have no idea why you would have a mac. : JohnnyRey
    • every version of Civ has made it to Mac : CecilPhilpot
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    bootcamp. : ]pm[chem
    • How's it run on a first gen unibidy MPB anyone know? : mankeroo
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  How can I use a great scientist to build an academy? I don't see the button anywhere : MagicWishMonkey
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    It's a tile improvement, not a city building. : Goncyn
    • Oh ok, that's interesting. : MagicWishMonkey
• Are all the scenarios going to be added to the game as DLC? I'm a little sad that there aren't a handful ... : The Grolar Bear
• Did anyone buy the special edition and want to sell their minis? : R@zzle
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  Non Strategic Resources: Is there any way to see how many you have and of what types? Is there any sort o... : Cheeziologist
  • yeah, it doesnt appear to be in the economic overview either. I'm stumped, other than just counting the s... : Cheeziologist
  • This is a good question, because I usually have no idea what luxury resources I've accumulated unless I'm... : The Grolar Bear
  • you mean the luxury resources? you can mouse over the happiness to see, or you can go to diplomacy and ch... : dahanese
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  What the shit is this 900 meg download at 120k sec to start the game after 25 minutes of pre-loading? ... : twifosp
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    It's the Digital Deluxe extras : OverloadUT
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      Ok. So? What part of pre-load does 2k/steam not understand? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4jhH... : twifosp
      • Next time, just skip the preload and download all 6 gigs at once if that'll make you so much happier. I ... : Zips
• Whenever the leader screens come up I listen to the leader music for about 10-20 seconds before it loads ... : nwillard
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  Why does George Washington sound like Bill Clinton? :( : jessipoo
  • Everybody sounded like Bill Clinton back then. : The Grolar Bear
• I am too busy playing to reply much but this game rocks! : Goncyn
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  ive never played before and i barely know what i'm doing also the demo has crashed on me 2x and havent be... : dantastic
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    The #1 reason for crashes, besides game stopping bugs, would be out of date video card drivers. : ajvitaly
    • i updated them recently. it stopped crashing when i switched to dx9 mode : dantastic
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  Whats up with the diplomacy, I help out Germany in crushing all his enemies and within 50 turns he goes f... : Darky_06
  • yeah the ai seems a bit fucked. It's like they are all paranoid schizophrenics. : JohnnyRey
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  fun stuff. first time civ player and loved the tutorial. : Lionel2b
  • i played the demo... there was a tutorial? : dantastic
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  Giant Bomb Quick Look http://www.giantbomb.com/quick-look-sid-meiers-civilization-v/17-3260/ : Masem
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    Poor Rudds. By the end of that quicklook it sounds like he's found his second addiction. So, whenever h... : SolrFlare
    • Just put five hours into my first game, I'm in love. This is really bad timing. :( : rudds
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  how do you upgrade units :( : Deathlove
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    There's a button that shows in the unit action buttons when an upgrade is available, it looks like a mili... : MisterPhoton
    • Yeah, I got a popup when I could actually, you know, do it. : Deathlove
• The first thing I did was the "Learn as you play" game and I just spent 4 hours playing a cultural/scienc... : semaphore
• They built the Pyramids in the ocean.... Wonder Xtreme! : prokat
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  Why doesn't the strategic view tell me what my towns are building, even when I click on them? I thought y... : JohnnyRey
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    It does show it. Zoom in a tad to get the full nameplates. Also when you click on a city, the bottom left... : OverloadUT
    • Thanks! : JohnnyRey
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  I have to say that the Civilopedia is pretty weak this time around. There are entire diplomacy options t... : Arcanum
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    Oh yeah, and I've built multiple Wonders without getting the achievement. :( : Arcanum
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      Do you need to be the first civ to build each of the wonders to get the achievement? : Milleh
      • You can't build a given Wonder if you're not the first to finish it. If someone beats you to The Great P... : Arcanum
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    in the demo I'm seeing that I kinda have to hold down the mousebutton for a second to make my units under... : Hemtroll
    • I'm not talking about the pathfinding delay. This is after the path is set and they've taken their initi... : Arcanum
  • Yeah the Civilopedia was driving me bonkers last night. I had to Google what the fuck a Pact of Secrecy d... : Evil Benius
• Played the demo. City states are weird. : Mmmmmoo
• i have played civ v and it is good. : dirge23
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  am i right in thinking there's no technology slider any more? good riddance. : dirge23
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    also the way it reminds you "hey dumbfuck, pick a new research goal, start building something in your cap... : dirge23
    • That is definitely my favorite thing so far. : Deathlove
    • Like, in that it won't even let you go to the next turn without picking those things? Yeah, that's a nice... : Vincent Grayson
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    I liked the technology slider. :( : Arcanum
    • honestly it never made all that much sense : dirge23
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  holy shit if you are playing for score, it REALLY rewards capturing and aggression. I was tech/research r... : Downforce
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    Yes, if you're going to have lots of cities you need plenty of luxury resources and/or happiness building... : Arcanum
    • yeah, lesson learned there. I'm used to going global fast, taking the economic hit early but then you hav... : Downforce
  • some of the SPs really help here. Meritocracy gives you + happiness for each trade route. : Foxhawk
  • It is much more realistic in this game to have a smaller empire and still be competitive. It penalizes si : Goncyn
• This game is pretty good. : Haxim
• THE PERSIANS. They lurk at my corner. I see them picking off city-states, even entire civilizations. I... : Deathlove
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  god damnit it crashes like every 20-25 turns .... sometimes it'll just stop drawing the frame, but audio ... : chuckiesmals
  • it stopped crashing when i switched to dx9 mode : dantastic
  • Try updating your video drivers? : Goncyn
  • my pc is old as hell, still agp up in here, and it runs like butter (with everything on low :P) : mo13
• Washington must die. The fucker is gobbling up civilizations and threatening my Russian empire. Then when... : NFXFSX
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  Maye I'm doing it wrong but I'm all the way to around 900 AD and not a single AI opponent has done anythi... : kainen1
  • 900AD is about third-game. Nobody did anything aggressive to me until 1050. Then, hell rained. : Deathlove
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  so there is no single player type campaign with a story like say starcraft 2 in this game? It's just play... : Lawgiver
  • No, there is no RTS-style story-based campaign. The basic game is starting with a settler on a randomly g... : Goncyn
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  Fuck I just lost my first game. Civs to the north and south declared war in the same turn, plus their al... : Amadan
  • Also I was completely locked out of iron, so I couldn't make Legions. Or any damn thing. Fuck. : Amadan
• just killed about 4 hours on one game(still not done, just about to hit 1800) gonna be very tired for wor... : re4ctor
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  Where exactly is the soundtrack / making of video located? : NoCopy
  • \Steam\steamapps\common\sid meier's civilization v\assets\DLC\DLC_Deluxe : gargy
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  Does anyone get any feedback when using the worker "route to" mode? All I get is a green hex under my poi... : Haxim
  • Same here. It seems like they won't even route from city to city if they are starting in a city. Maybe t... : Amadan
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  FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU. It's 1:30. I should've known this would happen : Cheeziologist
  • yeah.... I just played for hours woops : chungathebunga
• The demo ran out and I have to wait til friday =( : Madwacker
• wtf do you do with city states? every time i try to attack them i get rocked hardcore :( what am i doin... : eeeealmo
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  ugh its 3 am, i work at 9.... : theWhite
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    mumble "fuckin montezuma" a lot at work. that's my plan. : Downforce
    • The best way to beat Montezuma is to BE Montezuma I find. : Haxim
• Finally finished downloading the demo...I'm gonna be so pissed come turn 100 :( On the bright side, th... : ColoradoCNC
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  So is there no way to force a turn to end? Because I get to a stage where it says "CHOOSE PRODUCTION" and... : Bean
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    Why would you want idle production? : ZenzenTen
    • I would like to know this as well. : Haxim
  • set your production to something that will take an infinite time to build spoiler, that isn't a spoile : shogberg
  • try right clicking where it says choose production : JINKY
• I would be a lot more likely to buy this game if the demo didn't crash on me every twenty minutes or so. : Arceihn
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  Combat seems easy (prince difficulty), but waaay more fun now. It used to be just a chore, now it's actu... : shogberg
  • by the way, I'd like to thank whoever: a) let land units embark on their own boats, getting rid of a l... : shogberg
• It's....AWESOME. I'm afraid of playing any more of the demo because I've already gone through it 5 or ... : Lord Skellington
• Dammit, I had things to do tonight >:( Why was this released on a Tuesday???? How am I supposed to do ... : sanchez
• Jesus fucking christ I installed around 11am, and Just logged out with only one break. Steam Just info... : Thornfist
• The new nuclear weapons from Civ V in 1080p: Atom bomb: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10AVww-qEPI ... : Rooster Cockburn
• I've had to take ibuprofen all day because my neck and shoulders hurt from ten hours of Civ. : Rooster Cockburn
• Holy shit, completed a whole game in one day. Space race victory in the year 1950 after 370 turns. What a... : Noobler
• Played the demo last night, finally had Rome all sweet and ready to conquer. Bam, turn 100, demo over. G... : bundy
• I've been playing for the last 4 hours... someone please help me!! I can't seem to pull myself away :\ : mo13
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  Crap. It's 4:41am time for bed I guess. O__o : DM7
  • I lost a decisive last minute battle with sleep. I am in the modern era as Napoleon and I must win biutc... : Lightzout
• After playing the demo I decided to preorder (waiting for the 24th sucks)... but now that the game is dow... : gia-
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  Its not as good as 4. Its prettier, but it was made with a lot less love. A lot of interface issues ar... : re-verse
  • the your crabby line is my vote : kainen1
  • Oh man you're so wrong. Even starting with the first incorrect statement about seeing further when standi... : OverloadUT

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• I think you're the awesome thing in this story, not Valve. : givemesnacks
• that's an awesome story. good job! : Yanks
• That was awesome of you. :) : David Craddock
• haha nice, congrats on being awesome to your brother! : Nitrium
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  hooking someone on digital crack i cant believe youve done this thats awesome makes me wish i had a gamin : spiderfill
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    Yeah, way to go jerk, I bet he has all sorts of important stuff to do if his house is being taken away an... : drhazard
    • I dunno, man, I thought it was pretty nice of him. My asshole brother never gets me ANYTHING. : wtwally
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    lol yeah you've doomed his life now!! but not really, we all need escape from reality and relaxation : Chandler55
    • Hell, this will probably help him since now he can get his stress out and be more productive in the areas... : Schnapple
  • lol : bolneze
  • Yeah, now he is going to lose the house for sure. Unless...he loves CivV so much that he can't stand to ... : IHATEDUST
• awwwwww :D : Deathlove
• :) : AgentPothead
• This makes me smile :D : kallanta
• This made me smile. =) : The Grolar Bear
• You're awesome : MagicWishMonkey
• Clear case of sibling enablement. The only thing I get gifted from my sister is the Book of Mormon. FML : Distortion462
• Awesome. That reminds me I need to get my brother set up with Steam. I had wanted to see if he had a dece... : five_percent
• bravo : umegastar
• Yeah, the awesome part was you, Foo! You big lug! : wytefang
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  You are a good brother :) : yosemiteclimber
  • Dude. Start taking notes. Srsly. : kirstk
• totally awesome and one reason why I love steam. : hirosushima
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  and now you just guaranteed his house getting taken away :( : jayares
  • ^^^ THIS! : ChibiJosh
• You sir, are a great brother. : TShandy
• I lol'd. "WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU DO?!?!" : MercFox1
• What DID you do? He's in hard times. Probably needs a job, etc and you just fucked him by gifting that. W... : Madwacker
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  Except for the fact that you HAVE TO use the latest patch to play a Steam game. Don't like something tha... : DragonSire
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    nope actually its awesome, it means everyone has the same thing and the userbase isn't fragmented. : grendel
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      No. Awesome is having a choice. : capt tripps
      • Here here! : DragonSire
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      Except for that whole group of people that have the game not through steam amirite : Halen
      • Civ 5 is a Steamworks game. : Wikidd
    • It really depends on the kind of game it is. Sure, for something with a large and well-coordinated online... : Vincent Grayson
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    You know you can disable auto-updates, right? : Sideways Bob
    • Don't oppress me with your logic! : frib
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    Wait, there are people out there who still hate Steam? Did I get transported back to 2003 again!!? : nyranger66
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      Don't go to the official Fallout New Vegas board. : TShandy
      • Or CivFanatics. Any time Steam invades some previously sheltered group of players, it's all gloom & do... : Johnny Law
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    To all the replies. Actually geniuses, my problem was with Plants vs Zombies. I liked my Michael Jack... : DragonSire
    • I disabled auto updates too but I didn't touch PvZ since I maxed out everything a long time ago. But then... : Sailor of Fortune
    • Isn't the real issue here the fact that the developer is taking away something you want when they update? : DinK
    • Valve supports Devs by making sure that the game is up to date. Its not only stuff like removing Michael ... : Lukiopimp
  • This is probably the 5th time i've posted this, but it always needs to be said: A pc gamer that does... : hopterque1987
  • You can play offline. : IHATEDUST
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  i got Amnesia for two friends but one says he didn't get a gift from me, the other got it just fine. : grendel
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    The one who didn't get it should check the email account associated with Steam. I don't always get the po... : Sideways Bob
    • yeah this is what he had to do. : grendel
  • You should be able to resend it. Open Steam Goto the Games menu in the title bar Select Manage Gifts... : CurbDog
• you're a monster :P : nyranger66
• Haha. Awesome. : Senate5000
• well done friend, well done : Leviathan41
• You're too generous, foomanjee! Steam is an awesome platform. : Goblin au
• So basically you just killed whatever productivity he could have had. Good going jerk!!!!!!!!!!! lol jk : ninjase
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  Yeah, the times I gifted my brother games on Steam, he never played them. :( : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • so pretty much like any other present then? : crust
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    I bought my sister Torchlight since she loved Diablo 2. : node
    • There are to be no posts containing the words "girlfriend", "wife" or "sister" without pics. Can someone ... : Marrbe
  • I think most of my few steam gifts to my brother were things we were going to play together with another ... : DinK
• No, YOU are the best, foo ;-) : someWayne
• Valve is best for offering this feature, you are the best because you did something good with it. : Lukiopimp

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  What kind of fucking internet connection do you have? I'm in Australia and most updates download in about... : abrasion
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    i have 24mbit fiber in Dallas TX and PS3 updates still take fucking forever to download. : dopefish
    • The PS3 network is random. Some days the updates are quick but more often than not it takes longer that i... : Pettytheft
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    That's what I always wonder about when I read these threads. PSN has been exceptionally fast for me since... : tcs
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      Xbox is better for updates, no doubt but some people seem to imply it's like 25 minutes or something. It... : abrasion
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        What do you mean about rolling updates together? So far PS3 updates have been full OS versions, no need t... : tcs
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          Someone needs to translate the term "hotfix" into Japanese. : Endymion_
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            No doubt, it's a measure of protection against pirated firmware. : Ebu
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              I doubt that, because if it is, it is a very shitty one. See, you have an update to get out. When it's fi... : Endymion_
              • I've never seen these bandwidth problems you all bitch about.updates always download quickly for me. : Ebu
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    it's over wireless, but I have no idea how big this firmware update is : tunis5000
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      Wireless is broken on the PS3, just don't use it. : abrasion
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        i think it stalled or something because suddenly it sped right up and finished also I don't want to ru... : tunis5000
        • you can put it on a thumbdrive and load it from that too. : rolecks
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        really? i get nice speeds and my downloads are pretty much in line with yours. in the usa btw : sleepyvt
        • look who you are replying to and then look again : redfive
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          I've done quite a bit of testing and seen many many comments on this around the web, it's very inconsiste... : abrasion
          • I'm just saying it was working fine on my fat PS3 and it works fine on my slim PS3. I have a Linksys 600... : redfive
          • In my experience, WiFi sucking is generally due to interference from either other routers or things like : Wikidd
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        works perfectly fine and fast on the ps3 slim : mo13
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          I've read hundreds of posts whining about PS3 wifi and said to people "derp, you're wrong, wifi is fine!"... : abrasion
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            I stream 1080p movies to it and it doesn't stutter from a NAS box. : redfive
            • You're the minority on this one, I can't find my damn post where I did some testing but my god is it awfu... : abrasion
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        How is it broken? This "hour" update took like 2 mins, wireless, on my end. Inept motherfuckers. : My Documents
        • There's a huge amount of people having wifi issues, an abnormal amount. : abrasion
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        I remember waiting hours for the original LBP patch that would freeze at 2% on wifi every time. Finally ... : rlc:tk
        • It's pissweak. : abrasion
  • They take forever to download in the US. : pyrogen
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    Yeah, that's a crock of shit. Nice try making that up, though. : jingletard
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      No, it's not. They take forever to download, and they come out like every fucking week. : JohnnyRey
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        That's what I'm saying. I've heard up to two hours for a full SOCOM update if you have an older firmware... : jingletard
        • Speaking of crocks of shit... I just installed this firmware update. It took all of 2 minutes, start t... : Ebu
        • oh wow...sorry I thought you responded to the main thread. : JohnnyRey
        • Jesus christ jingletard are you playing dense here? damn these PS3 updates are a pain in the ass! I do : abrasion
    • lol, abrasion the PS3 defender is blatantly lying because he is fat and tells fibs, fat troll is fat. : abrasion
  • psn is quite fast down here : CoRDS
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    this update took about 10 minutes for me. still a PITA though. I just got one a couple weeks ago : davislovestacobell
    • it's bad enough I have to sit through 5 minutes of loading and fast forwarding previews just to watch los... : davislovestacobell
    • Agreed, I wish they'd do updates less often with more content like MS. : abrasion
• I downloaded it in 2 mins. I guess one of their servers are close, so I never had any problems on wired ... : Vegtro
• welcome to the ps3. : JohnnyRey
• PSN download speed sucks COCK in Israel : \ : mad-d00d
• I'm getting LBP this week :D It's such a good game. : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
• Took me maybe 20 minutes, but the gf was streaming something in the other room. No big deal. : HockeyJohnston
• Also, I know this is lame and you shouldn't have to do it but sometimes on weekends I just fire up the PS... : abrasion
• Exactly what I was thinking at the moment :-/ : alexpr

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  First Time Playing? - Shackwiki Minecraft page! http://shackwiki.com/wiki/Minecraft - (Video) (Se : Dong Patrol
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    DONG can you add the info from this post http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=24041803#itemanchor_24041803... : AgentPothead
    • Will do! This thing looks great and it's not Cartograph (which froze on me every time I tried to use it) ... : Dong Patrol
  • Ok, I bought this last week and couldn't get into it at all. Now I just finished watching the first video... : reelbk
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  anyone else getting "can't connect to minecraft.net"? : Majuju
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    I was. I tried again recently, now it says "outdated launcher" I think it's obvious what the soluti... : Prinny God
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      I got that too, when I clicked on the link to update, it brought me to the main page and said I need to b... : Nerdsbeware
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        Log back in? =P : Prinny God
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          I did, both on the site and on the launcher. : Nerdsbeware
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            Are you sure you're logged in? I got the same error, but after logging in on the website it let me downlo... : noxiousgg
            • Yea I go to the site, and it shows "Logged in as Nerdsbeware." with Buy Now to the left, logout to the ri... : Nerdsbeware
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  I've been playing around in single player now and then - an hour here, an hour there - and I think my lit... : Teiresias
  • Rohan : royalally
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    I SENSE A SOUL IN SEARCH OF ANSWERS dude that's AMAZING. : Majuju
    • Thanks! And 10 gold stars for you! : Teiresias
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    ZOOM IN! ENHANCE! Post screenshots pleze : CRasterImage
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      Okay, give me a few minutes. Everything's pretty barebones right now (most of the buildings are unfurnish... : Teiresias
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        Here's a few screenshots. The town area is still really really far from finished, but I'm pretty happy wi... : Teiresias
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          Looks good! But, ya, it needs more detail work. I wish there were some 45 degree sloped blocks. That wa... : CRasterImage
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            Yeah, that bugs me the most about how it turned out. I understand keeping the game's look and feel in str... : Teiresias
            • I wonder if you could get creative with signposts? You can place them at 45 degree angles. : Agrona
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    Zelda : conandan
    • I'm not *that* crazy. Though there might be a Kakariko village project for me in the future.... hm. Mayb... : Teiresias
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    Oh man, if someone recreated the Zelda - A Link to the Past world in this game that would be insane. ... : iamgoat
    • There needs to be a terraforming mode so you can quickly modify the landscape. : iamgoat
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      Soon as I get stoned enough I'm going to attempt to recreate http://faqsmedia.ign.com/faqs/image/engel_ze... : AgentPothead
      • that would be awesome... I've been thinking about making Doom - E1M1 :D : Shadowdane
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    Can't believe no one is getting this...it's TRISTRAM! AWW YEAH!!! : uebersoldat
    • second reply got it :) : even4
• Well shit, now it says "player not premium" when I try to log in. I guess I will have to buy it now. : Maddog_Delphi97
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  You guys just play in godmode, right? No monsters, infinite materials. : CRasterImage
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    Well the infinite life and no monsters is on every server still. I believe only my server has /give and /... : AgentPothead
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      So there is no multiplayer mode that creates the singleplayer experiance? : CRasterImage
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        Nope not yet, and honestly I wish he'd work more on bringing mp and sp to parity than adding new features... : AgentPothead
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          I am sure that creating anything you want, can be fun. But having to work for your materials makes the r... : CRasterImage
          • Well you do have to mine the materials... but yah I hope full damage and monsters are the next update! : Shadowdane
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            Yeah playing online is pretty much like playing peaceful :( The biggest issue with griefing right now is : AgentPothead
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              you can't hack in materials anymore right? that stopped when server-side inventory was released or did ... : Shadowdane
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                You definitely still can :/ : AgentPothead
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                  damn looks like the server-side inventory is a pretty hack-ish job then... hopefully he can get most if ... : Shadowdane
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                    I imagine the server side inventory was just so people wouldn't have to keep using the persister, he's pr... : Hemtroll
                    • yah very true : Shadowdane
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            this is absolutely the draw for me, effort and reward, starting from scratch and building up : CecilPhilpot
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              and then having all your work griefed : Xevo
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                i'm just starting, i can't even imagine what that would be like :( : CecilPhilpot
                • I griefed myself by accident and it sucked. Now I have rebuilt what I had lost (and more) but I'm terrifi... : Goblin au
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  So the minecraft wiki seems to redirect to the minecraftforum website and the forums seem to be down. Nob... : AgentPothead
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    Everything seems to be a bit wonky. When I log into the game it tells me the launcher is outdated, when ... : Nerdsbeware
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      When did you buy it, this evening? If so I'd give it at least an hour from the time you purchased. Paypal... : AgentPothead
      • Got it, will check back in a bit or so, thanks! : Nerdsbeware
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      On the web page, log in. Then it will let you download the newer exe. : CRasterImage
      • Yea, I logged in, just brings me to the "buy now" page still. : Nerdsbeware
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  Recent Render http://agentpothead.com/newest.png : AgentPothead
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    wow, I didn't even explore half of it! : bakanoodle
    • Hah that's just the building area render. http://agentpothead.com/huge.png is a full size render but it t... : AgentPothead
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  I died and now I can't find my base or the cave I died in :( : spazzium
  • You guys should run an Oizo render when you first start your maps so you can get a visual idea of your la... : AgentPothead
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  Minecraft won't login for me anymore. clicking login just locks up my java window as of today? : ShadowRam
  • Same here, probably because they're working on the authentication system again. : foo
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    I keep getting, "out-of-date launcher". : Vividvoid
    • I was too, but I went to the site and grabbed the latest version, and now it's fine. : foo
    • Go get the new one from minecraft.net : noxiousgg
    • finally got it to download from minecraft.net : Vividvoid
    • I bought the game around 7ish, it's still telling me that I'm not a premium user. Grabbed the newest .ex... : Nerdsbeware
  • http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9501175/Minecraft.exe thats that new launcher (if you're having trouble gettin... : harold.johnson
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  MercRender: http://box.nevernet.com/~djr/mc/render.png Okay, so here's the deal with the render - i : foo
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    You are running the render off a copy of the live map, not the actual live map, right? : Vividvoid
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      Actual live map, why? : foo
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        Are you making sure to set save-off? You really should render off a backup to be safe. : AgentPothead
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          I can do that, but I'm not sure it's going to be an issue. Rendering takes place on another server. Sca... : foo
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            As long as nobody is building/destroying in those 7 seconds you should be golden, but just to be safe I'd... : AgentPothead
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              Yeah, I can do that. Will do it now, thanks. : foo
              • Should be save-off and save-on sorry. : AgentPothead
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            this is what corrupted the old worlds, running mapping tools directly off the live data. : Shadowdane
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              That was also with Cartograph though, which is not very well programed compared to Oizo. : AgentPothead
              • yah true... I'm still running it off backup zip's on my world. : Shadowdane
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                I still don't see how it can break anything though, because it's just a read of the filesystem, nothing m... : foo
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                  Cartographer did an exclusive lock on the files i believe, so basically while it was reading them. Nothi... : Shadowdane
                  • I use share access when reading which should cause my reads to fail if there's a collision. The chunk wil... : mroizo40
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          Or Agent HULK GO SMASH : CRasterImage
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            I'd just hate to see you guys get hit again with that :/ We lost only 3 days and it's a shitty feeling I ... : AgentPothead
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              I save every 30 minutes, so worst case we lose half an hours work : foo
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                You mean like an actual backup right? Copying the folder over or running rsync or something? : AgentPothead
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                  Yes, actual backup. Copies the world to its own directory, then zips it up. $ du -hs backups/ 23G ... : foo
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                    Just making sure :) Looks like you got a great setup going man. : AgentPothead
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                      So far so good! Now what would be awesome is if Minecraft servers supported multicast. I could put a ... : foo
                      • http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mUT4smw1FmY/R-BMHhVfXtI/AAAAAAAAABw/kQah5-UftJA/s400/bowman.jpg : AgentPothead
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                        Do you mean the in-world continents would be supported by a server each, or that each server would have a... : Dong Patrol
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                          Either or. It would allow the ability of massive servers, with 100+ concurrent users. You would literal... : foo
                          • Well it looks like the server plug ins that allowed multiple portal-connected servers are all either clos... : Dong Patrol
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                    If you're already zipping, you can just run oizomapper on the zipped backup. No need to do the save-off/s... : mroizo40
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                      Couldn't get it to run on RHEL5. Nothing but problems. So I'm using a Windows box to run oizomapper, wh... : foo
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                        If I can get it to run, I can provide something for the MercServer users, which I'm sure would be greatly : foo
                        • System.Drawing is part of mono-winforms; my test machine is running ubuntu. The only other thing that mi... : mroizo40
      • Ooohhh, yeah I would actually trigger it to render off a backup. : MercFox1
  • badass. : Arctic Fox
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  New Renders Oblique: http://shadowdane.shackspace.com/Minecraft/shackdc-9212010-2015-oblique.png Birds- : Shadowdane
  • btw... who built the mountain-top settlement to the SE of spawn. Let me know if you want it named on th... : Shadowdane
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  free play over? :( : maulla
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iao7DzmixYI : AgentPothead
    • lololol : Maddog_Delphi97
  • time to buy the game :p : Vividvoid
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    Free play worked on me :( Now I am doomed. : ArB
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      Saved by credit card fraud detection... that was a close one. : ArB
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        Wait, what? : Dong Patrol
        • I don't know. I've used paypal before. Apparently THIS time they think it's suspicious. I called them and... : ArB
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  It will be interesting to see if this Friday brings us an update of any value or if his ADD gets the bett... : Visceral Monkey
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    At some point he will fix those minecrats. I just hope it's sooner rather than later. : Vividvoid
    • He's mentioned that it's not exactly top priority, but that top priority involves solving the health/ inv... : Dong Patrol
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  can't login... downloaded the new minecraft.exe but it crashes during the "logging in" screen : _jon
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    Same here... WTF I'm about to Carradine myself : Crabs Jarrard
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      You guys aren't the only ones. 91 players online, in 362 servers. I don't think it's been that low since ... : AgentPothead
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        Now I'm naked and tying the knots.... : Crabs Jarrard
        • Make sure to star in a few movies first. : Dong Patrol
    • yah looks like minecraft.net is getting slammed... he really needs to get dedicated authentication serv... : Shadowdane
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    im able to login but I can't join a multi : Frush81
    • Grah...me neither. : Caoster007
    • Ditto. I NEED MY FIX GODDAMN IT : Arctic Fox
    • Can't login here. : spazzium
  • minecrack!!! : Chandler55
  • I just logged in using the browser version. : romulan
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  minecraft.net is sorta back up. : watcherxp
  • it just needs a laxative. : m0rfus
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  Bah, client keeps locking up at login. What in the HELL am I supposed to do tonight? I need whiskey now. : uebersoldat
  • Me too :( I really wanted to finish exploring a cave I found :/ : etherboy
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    I keep getting "disconnected by server, took to long to login" : Solstice
    • same : watcherxp
    • yep. : uebersoldat
  • Protip: Turn off your internet connection prior to starting minecraft.exe. Then choose "play offline", th... : utgaardsloke
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  Played this under the name Hemotoxin on Mercs server and bought it after about 6 hours of playthrough. ... : Nighthawk0110
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    I have to thank you then for the great "waterfall" idea man!! :D :D :D : Solstice
    • :D No problem, had alot of fun. : Nighthawk0110
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  SON OF A BITCH, I WANT TO BUY THIS GAME BUT CAN'T....#&*#&@*@( : Scotty22
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    makes it worse when you know you can't have it eh? : uebersoldat
    • I played the free version a lot today and the game is awesome...but I try to buy it and it won't let me b... : Scotty22
  • * M I N E C R A F T . N E T ' D * : MercFox1
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  Got got back on Mercfox1's : watcherxp
  • Mine keeps timing out :( : Arctic Fox
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  PRO TIP: Don't let an eight year old who doesn't know anything about Minecraft decide where to start dig... : ThomW
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    http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2010/9/20/ : MercFox1
    • That's exactly what it's like (and it's oddly exciting... ) : ThomW
  • yeah, you should kick that kid to the curb : datoo
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    The best places to start digging are in natural caves. If you walk around for a bit, you'll see a few of... : DrWaffles
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      Tell Tommy. I already know this. :D How does the spawn point work? Do I always spawn at the same pl... : ThomW
      • Yeah, if you die, you will always spawn at the initial starting point. : DrWaffles
      • Wait, are you playing multiplayer with your kid, or are you letting him make decisions regarding your sin... : Dong Patrol
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  Fuck it keeps crashing and hanging on me AFTER I get into Pothead's server :/ : Solstice
  • Same for me on Mercs : watcherxp
  • I can't even log on. minecraft site is down for me too. : legsbrogan
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    Anybody crashing in game make sure you are on NORMAL view distance. I crash 100% on far after the last pa... : AgentPothead
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      lol your server hates me : Solstice
      • Nah i think minecraft.net hates everybody right now. : AgentPothead
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  Fucking asshole : james_austintx
  • Whom ever set the Forest fire....at Orthanc : james_austintx
  • CHECK THE LOGS : james_austintx
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  Bad news at Isengard: http://www.shackpics.com/files/griefers_045bpxe68v8u3cm4mu3u.jpg Xevo, you may n... : Arctic Fox
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    CHECK THE LOGS for flint and steel : james_austintx
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      is this even possible : Chandler55
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        why yes it is : james_austintx
        • only if they created it just before the fire, not if they've had one for awhile : Xevo
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      Doesn't look like the linux server logs this kind of stuff. I can restore from a backup, but that's Merc... : foo
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        fuck, please do... this took several real-life days worth of work to plant and collect saplings : Xevo
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          Should be put to a vote. How long ago did this happen? : foo
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            I posted the pic pretty much straight after I logged in. But you should be able to see it on the renders. : Arctic Fox
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              so probably the 10pm backup is safe? : Xevo
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                10pm central I mean : Xevo
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                  Okay, here's the deal - you guys need to talk to Merc about a restore. I have no problem doing it, but y... : foo
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                    Steam shows him as offline the past 5 hours... the problem with restoring is, the longer we wait, the mor... : Xevo
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                      Sadly, I see us rebuilding in this case Xevo :( Offers of saplings are coming from all over though. : Arctic Fox
                      • You have my sword and my bow and my axe : EricZBA
                      • Well I can't fucking get on, but I'd still rather replant it myself since I had something of a system as ... : Xevo
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                      The other side of that coin is, everything done since the start of the fires gets undone if we restore. : foo
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                        Yeah and that's what I'm saying, only more stuff will get undone. Honestly, I'm fine with it either way, ... : Xevo
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                          I vote we disable flint and steel : EricZBA
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                            yah there is no good reason to have that enabled at all really : Shadowdane
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                              It's the only way to kill monsters right now... : etherboy
                              • No need to kill monsters right now : EricZBA
                              • Yeah but they'll just paw lovingly at your face if you don't immolate them, so no real loss : Arctic Fox
                              • you can drown them. also, they can't hurt you right now either. : Xevo
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        the server flat-out doesn't log things like this, it would be nice... but I'd imagine logs getting crazy ... : Shadowdane
        • Some of the servers that lets guest accounts connect--the ones you need to connect through using minecraf... : Vividvoid
      • The windows logs also suck ass, that's one of the reasons I haven't gone vanilla yet. No way to tell who ... : AgentPothead
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        just give us the names and we'll have dwight schrute interrogate everyone, or was it gareth keenan?, haha... : Chandler55
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          yes this didnt happen until the server move and we increased the player limit.... so either non shacke... : james_austintx
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            IPs are posted publicly in the megathreads daily and since there's no proper way of logging stuff without... : Hemtroll
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              We really need a whitelist of Shackers who are allowed to join. : Arctic Fox
              • Could be one solution. Have everyone post in the daily threads if they are new and need to get on the lis... : Hemtroll
        • This is fucked up. I'm really sorry to hear this Xevo :( I second the Dwight K. Schrute motion. : uebersoldat
  • What the goddamn fuck? I just got back from the county fair and was about to log in... what a bunch of fu... : Xevo
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    welp, the fire isn't going to spread too far at least. Managed to clear a couple firebreaks before it got... : Arctic Fox
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      Still, only 1/3 of Isengard's trees are left standing. : Arctic Fox
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        ah well nevermind then : Xevo
        • *sigh* brb, putting out fires : Arctic Fox
    • good work, and from looking at the latest render, it didn't seem to hit the mega tree (at least not at th... : Xevo
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    I've got 37 saplings I'm willing to part with. : DrWaffles
    • i can bring a bunch as well and help plant : james_austintx
    • each quadrant took about 150 saplings to fill in : Xevo
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    I'll start collecting saplings tomorrow to help replant if we're not restoring. : Hemtroll
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      I think we have close to 100 already just from stock if everyone chips in , i know I can gather a lot qui... : james_austintx
      • I have 76 I am bringing my self right now : james_austintx
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    And the Ents cried in pain. :( : DHAvatar
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      Yeah man, I'm sorry, that was the saddest bit :( : Arctic Fox
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        Where are the mountains with the dams that hold back the water? :( : Vividvoid
        • I was building them last night :( : Arctic Fox
  • What the FUCK >:( : EricZBA
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    Server rollback'd : Nighthawk0110
    • legsbrogan I'll help you with whatever you lose in the rollback man, it's sure to take less time than fix... : Xevo
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      How far back did it get rolled back? : Shadowdane
      • 11pm EST : Xevo
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      So I waited all night to get on and then I got rollbacked and am now getting the too long error again ;( : Crabs Jarrard
      • yeah the took too long to login error is related to minecraft.net being slow, since that's when it's tryi... : Xevo
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    WORSE NEWS: Rollback did nothing to stop the fire. : Nighthawk0110
    • Good news for those that would have lost work due to the rollback I guess, we're reverting to the newest ... : Arctic Fox
  • Just dupe a bunch of saplings and replant. it's a much more elegant solution than wiping out whatever wor... : noxiousgg
  • at least i got to see it before it went all on fire :( Spreadable fire should be a server option... ju... : GloriousCow
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  So I'm going to make a more compelling argument in the MD thread, but it's time for a whitelist on Merc's... : Xevo
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    Someone would have to constantly police the server, then. : DrWaffles
    • Can whitelisters be deputized? Like given very limited admin rights? : Crabs Jarrard
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      I'm not saying Shackers won't grief people, but it's better than the glut of random people with no appare... : Xevo
      • The rollback was not too bad for me, still got the shit i mined : james_austintx
    • Actually, there are server mods that have whitelists built in. : DrWaffles
    • fuck, i do that whenever I'm on already SHACKNAME PLZ :) : MurrayTheSkull
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    Im annoyed at the roll back but I feel it for the best. I hope we can prevent it from happening again. ... : james_austintx
    • I feel bad for everyone that loses an hours' work, but then by the same token 6 of us hadn't stopped the ... : Arctic Fox
  • agreed whole heartedly. : Solstice
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    While I would be in favor of this, I'd also hate for this to degenerate into some "only cool kids allowed... : EricZBA
    • Simple fix is to require them to get into TS or something. They dont have to talk, but they should be the... : Crabs Jarrard
    • I'm not saying some 1,000+ postcount or 5 year shack join date is needed, but I also don't think register... : Xevo
  • WHoever did it should drink a gallon of bleach : james_austintx
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    This is a good idea IMO, but my post count and join date is pretty n00b, can I give you the secret handsh... : uebersoldat
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      lol over 6 months and 1400 posts is definitely not n00b : Xevo
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        How about almost 3 years and 111 posts? I don't post very often but read the chatty daily. I started play... : R0wz
        • I imagine, if we did put some kind of requirement, it would be fine if you met one of the two. : Xevo
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        Oh shit I think I might be a noob, Xevo what do you think? Serious question, I have only been here since ... : Dong Patrol
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          Yea me too, but WhistleTits is my best friend in real life and can vouch for me. Also jimmylegs knows me : james_austintx
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            jimmylegs is a faggot : Crabs Jarrard
            • cant argue : james_austintx
        • I personally think 6 months is plenty of time, I'd probably be fine with 3 months : Xevo
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          Yes but since then you've made 2800 posts : Arctic Fox
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            To be fair though, mos}rt of them look like this. : Haxim
            • oh my goddddddddddddd : MercFox1
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            Holy shit, really? I'm going to go check this. : Dong Patrol
            • God damn. : Dong Patrol
  • on a side note: Griefers can come play on my server. Mobs are on as well. : m0rfus
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    figure out how to get the logging stuff to work in the game. That'l help. : CRasterImage
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      lol what logging stuff : Arctic Fox
      • look up a couple sub-threads. Apparently it wasn't enabled, or something. : CRasterImage
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  Re, Isengard Fire Here's where things currently stand, and why: It was voted that we roll back to a... : foo
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    I am for this whitelist mod btw. : MurrayTheSkull
    • there a mod that will restrict access? why the we not using it? : watcherxp
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    Dude I doubt it was some stranger.... : james_austintx
    • au contraire, with the authentication servers down I'm surprised it didn't happen sooner. : Arctic Fox
  • Succinctly put foo. Thanks for all your efforts. And thank you to all for the saplings, we've got quite e... : Arctic Fox
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    Could the fire have started in a nearby forest and worked it's way towards Isengard? : CRasterImage
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      conceivably, it did cross the wall. Still begs the question as to who started that one, and why they woul... : Arctic Fox
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        how did the fire get over the wall and the moat? :( : GloriousCow
        • It can jump a square or two I think, but the more likely explanation (I'm pretty sure there was a fair ga... : Arctic Fox
  • leave some saplings in a chest under Penis Island and I'll dupe the shit out of them for you guys. : _jon
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  haven't been able to login for at least 30 min to mercfox1 server : sparkly
  • same here =( : ant321
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  North of DCF there is an unmarked building with a little cobble stone tower that is engulfed in flames cu... : alphablu
  • Yeah the log structure at the base looks pretty gone, I've extinguished it now to stop it spreading. : nem00
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  Every time I try and start up Minecraft now, it halts half way through the update process and tells me th... : Drewus
  • re-d/l the launcher from the game's site : Xevo
• I keep getting "took too long to connect" when trying to connect to either of the sytes.net servers =( : Agrona
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  god damn griefers. It takes away some of the fun to wonder if people are looking at me suspiciously whil... : MamiyaOtaru
  • could you commit arson in this game? : kingfish
  • and fuck me for looking at it selfishly. So much worse for people who actually lose hours of work :( I ... : MamiyaOtaru
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  I gave it a shot and saw the light ! : Lukiopimp
  • Yeah I played for about two hours and just wasn't getting the attraction. Then it just hit me and now I'm... : baron calamity
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  Couple of questions: I know you can make half height blocks with stone. Are there any other half height b... : baron calamity
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    Fences are sort of a hybrid 1/1.5-height, but that's about all I can think of. And stairs are hybrid 0.5... : Agrona
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      stairs are fucking annoying, half the time i put them down they point the wrong direction : GloriousCow
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        Yeah, they have some weird east/west rules. I hate when I put two stairs trying to go N/S and they face ... : Agrona
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          they should just go according to the direction you're facing, then you could put them however you want. B... : GloriousCow
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            hmm i just considered blocks may not have an orientation, can you think of anything else that points in a... : GloriousCow
            • Signs will always face the player when set down. Some one on reddit suggested having the staircase and (I... : Dong Patrol
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  I have fucking classes today and you guys pick LAST NIGHT to get GRIEFED?!?!?! DAMNIT! Fucking NOTCH, put... : MercFox1
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    read the thread, we rolled back but to no avail, and even going back 90 minutes made a lot of people bitc... : Xevo
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      Yeah I read, that sucks :( : MercFox1
      • anyway, whatever, the griefer freed me up from feeling like I had some obligation to the server. now that... : Xevo
• poke for whitelist : dooberzoo

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  I'd much rather see a lot of small balance tweaks than large game changing patches. With enough time ... : InfoBiter
  • Tanks are still awesome and should be awesome. My lings and hydras now have a chance though. : SqueegyTBS
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  There's a game timer now apparently in the options. : SqueegyTBS
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    Yeah that was very surprising, TeamLiquid is not amused. : abrasion
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      Wait, TL has a problem with that? Why on Earth? : TheVietSpecial
      • undermines gamesense : veras
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      What is it...just something that displays how long the game has been going on? Why is that bad? : kek
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        Some think it gives to much information for timings. You can expect mutas at X minutes for example. : razlebol
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          When guys already had stop watches and eggtimers on their desks I don't see how this changes play at all.... : InfoBiter
          • Yeah. I think they are over reacting a lot. A lot of them just think every improvement or option they mak... : razlebol
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      It does make it easier to be a better player. I'll have to remember to enable it. Still, it has a limited... : frenziedbadger
      • There is a section of the Starcraft community who want the game to be as difficult as possible even if th... : flooq
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  wow, zerglings can rush tanks again : filthysock
  • T can still drop M with stim and rape a nexus stupid quick. I'm disapointed about that. : abrasion
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    Zergling are still 1 hit kills unless they have an armor upgrade and the tank wasn't upgraded. Always... : razlebol
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      They might survive the splash though which I guess will help a lot. : razlebol
      • splash is way weaker, 25 vs 17 means they'll need three splash hits to die. : filthysock
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  Will have to see what the Zealot build times do versus Zerg on small maps. I'm usually not JUST getting ... : cetra00
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    Im more worried about the quick marauder marine scv push from T : Demius
    • Yep, zerglings are cute little harmless things, the real menace is marauders. : abrasion
  • This is the only thing that concerns me. PvP is obviously unaffected and I favor fast stalkers and a broa... : flooq
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  man lol, Ultralisks vs. PF in 1.1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_ApCtDpvg0 It's been confirmed as a... : veras
  • Holy shit. : razlebol
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    Haha woops? Looks like Ultra splash is created by applying damage around the unit being attacked? : cetra00
    • So it seems. : abrasion
    • so that'd work against any race really for mass damage to workers even if they're not trying to repair th... : goatboy
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    that's a pretty weird "bug" or "feature" to pass through QA : Nitrium
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      when creating a list of scenarios to test, putting an SCV on the other side of a CC and checking if it re... : shyguy74
      • but i would assume this would work in any situation would it not? is it a glitch with just the PF or any ... : vitek r
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    I don't think they should change this because fuck auto-repair. : TheVietSpecial
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      i dont mind auto-repair as long as auto-repair's regen speed is the exact same as protoss shield regen an... : Modica Sol Solis
      • The hell? Repairing costs minerals and gas. That's one of the advantages (and weakness, as they can't d... : Moonbase Commander
  • Plz keep the Ultras this way! They need it to counter their IQ. : enyakk
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  Really pumped about the tank nerf, now maybe my 20+ lots wont be completely decimated by 5 tanks. : TheVietSpecial
  • actually 5 tanks will still completely ruin zealots without charge : JINKY
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  MORE CHANGES apparently Probes are now Observers, and Drones are Greater Spires. WTF, Blizzard? : awaypaster
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    Whut? : abrasion
    • post-match, build order screen. : awaypaster
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      Pic: http://67.202.71.95/images/9537251.jpg TL Thread: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.p... : awaypaster
      • weird as fuck : moshman
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    Does this mean that the fabled "classic Blizzard polish and balance" is more WoW than SC1? : capt tripps
    • pretty much : Modica Sol Solis
• weak. : askedrelic
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  blizzard needs to NERF XEL'NAGA : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
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    Yeah, it's always the same bullshit. I keep focusing on my economy and macroing the best I can, and when ... : awaypaster
    • lol : smax
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  Lots of new graphics for abilities (at least for terran). I was thrown for a loop with the new stim gr... : InfoBiter
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    I saw a post on TL that I loved "hello BIO 1AT" : abrasion
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      I use grid hotkeys so a lot of the hot key "jokes" are completely lost on me =\ : InfoBiter
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        marine, marauder, medivac, select a single control group of all units, attack move, stim - gg you just w... : abrasion
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          Is Terran on the "Things Abrasion will rant about" list? : dafugg
          • No, it's on the list of things pro gamers are whining about as well actually. : abrasion
    • It's powerful but it won't win you games all the time.. You need to get over it. : razlebol
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  King of the Hill - I'm downloading the patch now and will be logging on.. if you want to get some KoTH ac... : Demius
  • As much as I would like to ... I've been watching too much and not playing enough lately and it shows whe... : InfoBiter
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    msg me if you're interested in playing!! : Demius
    • Demius.592 : Demius
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    that was fun. thanks for the games, dudes! : awaypaster
    • raaaaaage : Lionel2b
  • Off for 6 days after tonight. We better play a lot of games. : valael
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  Line of sight is fucked. I cant see up rocks like on kulas anymore. My opponent was wacking away at the r... : oldschoolbob-o
  • You shouldn't be able to though should you? : abrasion
  • yeah, you shouldn't be able to see UP past rocks anyway : moshman
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  Day9 just broadcast his e-mail and password over his stream. :( : walker270
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    how? what? : abrasion
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      His computer was overheating, so he went to restart starcraft. Decided to log in with the thing over h... : walker270
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        aw shit I hope someone stole it, changed it and gave it back : umegastar
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          he shut down the stream and went to start changing things. daily's canceled. : walker270
          • Bet you he uses that password on other sites. : abrasion
          • http://twitter.com/day9tv looks like everythings okay now : smax
      • lol, that sucks. Hope he recovered it fast enough. : TPSReport
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    More importantly, why can't I get to his ustream :[ Damn 'under construction' POS. : TheVietSpecial
    • DNS whackiness. Clear your cache and set it to opendns or something. : walker270
  • lmao, wow : zombie man
  • lol : askedrelic
  • damn :( : moshman
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  Marauders still need to be nerfed. Siege tanks were not that big of a problem. The marauders are the prob... : Dr_Cube
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    just less damage to buildings and make conc more expensive. what is it now , like 50/50?? : smax
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      I still say they do too much damage when stimmed. Even a medium size ball is disproportionately deadly an... : Dr_Cube
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        Meanwhile zealots with charge just melt Marauder balls. What you're trying to do is balance the game ... : InfoBiter
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          How many zealots with charge at what economic cost? How much does charge cost and how long does it take... : abrasion
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            He's talking about Marauders with conc, stim, and medivac support. Medivacs are at the very least equ... : InfoBiter
            • err, ambiguous reference: medivacs are a tier above charge. : InfoBiter
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          I've never seen this happen against any sizeable force of marauders. Even with charge the zealots need an... : Dr_Cube
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            Yah, those weren't equal armies at all and the toss player just attack moved while the terran player micr... : InfoBiter
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              How do you propose micro'ing zealots vs marauder balls? Marauders + Medvacs will own zealots. : r3ckless
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                Surround them. Never chase them, and if you can't surround just retreat. : InfoBiter
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                  This amount of effort is ridiculous against a 1a ball of units which slow the zealots with a 50/50 upgrad... : abrasion
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                    A few void rays aren't much different and you can get them before a terran player can get a force as larg... : InfoBiter
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                      Cobblers, the void rays cost a lot, they move slow they don't have a medivac following them healing them ... : abrasion
                      • Exactly. : Dr_Cube
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                      Void Ray : 250 min - 150 gas. Marauder : 100 min - 25 gas. Marine: 50 minerals 5 Marines will kill ... : r3ckless
                      • Please, read the full thread if you're going to participate. We were talking about Nexus sniping. : InfoBiter
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                        Please read my response fully before responding "Many times i've seen terran players send in their mar... : r3ckless
                        • Protoss map control and unit speed is shit too, watch late game T, Z and P and you'll see even with warp... : abrasion
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                  Marauders : Bonus to armored - Therefore good coutner to Stalkers : Concussion - Slows down units. The... : r3ckless
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                    Immortals up front to soak with stalkers in the back are extremely potent vs marauders. : InfoBiter
                    • Note : Immortals die to marines. But yes immortals are a possible counter. However any terran who doesnt ... : r3ckless
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                    high templars and immortals destroy marauders : JINKY
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                      Are you serious? Do you notice the tech difference there? + Cost difference? If I have high templar... : r3ckless
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                        what do you mean sufficient quantity? immortals can come out before medivacs come out. i don't get what y... : JINKY
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                          and i'm not suggesting you get both, that's retarded. that's two different ways though : JINKY
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                            Then marines beat immortals Marines with stim just rape immortals Marauders deal with rest Marines bea... : r3ckless
                            • this is pretty ridiculous. you could make this kind of dumb theorycraft argument for any matchup. you sho... : JINKY
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                          Protoss tech tree Gate - Core - Robo + Twilight - Templar building Terran Tech tree Barracks + Tec... : r3ckless
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                            a terran will not really have a "significant" amount of marauders and marines by the time you get an immo... : JINKY
                            • #1 plat currently. 2 gate robo vs terran is really not much. Best you can do is use sentry to block ra... : r3ckless
                          • Force fields + gateway units do fine against m&m balls until you get higher techs out. : valael
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                        I agree with r3ckless. WTF kind of suggestion was that, JINKY? The tech difference and cost difference fo... : Dr_Cube
                        • Correction: "templar + marauder" should be "templar + immortal" : Dr_Cube
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                      On a similar note, you know what else destroyers marauders? Carriers and friggin Motherships. They abs... : r3ckless
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                        i play random and use marauders all the time in pvt. usually i rush with marauders. most of the time, a s... : JINKY
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                          We're not talking about stupid players :) We're talking about half decent ones. : r3ckless
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                            right, a half decent player will probably not lose to a marauder rush. marauders might be a little bit ov... : JINKY
                            • I want to make it very clear I'm not saying "I'm losing due to marauder" because I'm losing due to skill.... : abrasion
                            • Terrans = The Easy button. Send em in, make sure they are stimmed,+ healed by medvacs and go grab a cup o... : r3ckless
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                    Zealots with charge + High Templar with storm can decimate MMM balls. It is more tech intensive, though n... : Nali4Freedom
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                      MMM balls can simply retreat from zealot + charge & HT's + storm. : r3ckless
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                        Force field is exactly to kill the mobility of zerg and terran fast armies. Blizz already built things in... : SpaecKow
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                          Again with the micro setting up force fields - meanwhile "1at" = win (but now you might have to retreat b... : abrasion
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                            A terran player that doesn't know how to micro will lose his medivacs quicksmart. Shielded ZSS is a good ... : SpaecKow
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                              Oh and forcefields are only a complicated timing thing if you are trying to do that ramp FF and fuck it u... : SpaecKow
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                                Even if you can justify the micro which I disagree with what about this, again, this! http://www.youtub... : abrasion
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                                  When the fuck would marauders face off only against six stalkers in the normal course of play? why wouldn... : SpaecKow
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                                    When the fuck would marauders face off only against six stalkers in the normal course of play? When th... : abrasion
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                                      When the terran does a drop on your base and you have 6 warp gates and warp in 6 stalkers to defend. ... : SpaecKow
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                                        "That's not imba. That's you not defending your base well." The game is asynchronous in balance, Proto... : abrasion
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                                          3 or 4 is later in the game, when you have a much wider range of units, lots of resources and can build p... : SpaecKow
                                          • Okay so here's HuK http://day9tv.blip.tv/file/4131781/ right at the start there HuK does little to no mic... : SpaecKow
                    • Yep. I have been using that build and it's freaking awesome. Spend all the minerals on zealots and all th... : razlebol
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                  Watch this video and tell me there isn't a serious problem. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYRDicy8Dq0&... : abrasion
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                    you're commenting on a game you pretty much don't play : JINKY
                    • and pro gamers are making the same comments, so your post here is worthless - note the video, i didn't ma... : abrasion
              • marauders + medivacs will not own an equal group of charging zealots with some stalkers thrown in. i thin... : JINKY
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        I believe it's the worst unit in the game, without question - SC1 had good unit diversity across the race... : abrasion
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          dear abrasion, it's not that simple : moshman
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            I think it is that simple. The temptation to go almost pure marauder is too great. Here's another almost ... : Dr_Cube
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              Another team game and another set of unequal army sizes, this proves absolutely nothing. : InfoBiter
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                Team game? It's 1v1. And even if the army size and resources slightly favor the terran (4 bases to the ze... : Dr_Cube
                • Weird I ended up on a different video (I imagine I had another one open). My fault. And to answer you... : InfoBiter
            • marauders aren't that great. two marines do more damage than a marauder. what league are you in? i don't ... : JINKY
            • I don't know the whole game but if he was facing sustained attack against marauders and didn't have a squ... : SpaecKow
            • the counter to that is so easy though : moshman
    • Yep, it's basically fuck all : abrasion
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      It used to be free! :) : moshman
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        As long as some pros complain about Marauder, I feel content agreeing with them. : abrasion
        • You aren't even playing the same game they are. The complaints they have center around very specific scen... : InfoBiter
  • I still have no fucking idea why they have stim. Why does it slow down an archon? I mean christ - what u : abrasion
  • I agree with this, also that medivac needs to be trippled in price IMO, Thor drop vs Zerg is BS : spaceyme
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    1 way they could fix marauders with stim is make them lose WAY more health when using it. The should lose... : razlebol
    • yeah, 90% each time! : radula
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  What exactly was the situation that prompted this change? "Sight granted by death reveal no longer lif... : TabsAZ
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    When a unit dies it still shows the enemy player your army and it's 'view' for about 1 second - which is ... : abrasion
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      Oh ok, yeah I remember seeing that - the thing in the patch notes was worded kind of strangely. : TabsAZ
      • It sounds like you the player may still get vision, but your units don't have it (that is, they'll refuse... : Agrona
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  another vid of the 1.1 Ultralisks. hilarious: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Px0zB9_ePmI : smax
  • tech rush to ultras! : radula
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  Just lol @ this patch. Glaring balance issues not addressed (Marauders, MULE), epic Ultralisk bug plus wr... : electric_wizard
  • Also, Blizzard is deleting negative patch feedback posts from their forums. : electric_wizard