Evening Reading

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  Yay dognose! : ConsFEARacy
  • Le nez chien. : Thresher
• Lez Fangirls would have been hotter. : trOmblyj
• :D : kallanta
• hilarious! : manero
• Dognose world famous! : jonin
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  Le Dognosé!!! : devpaul
  • hahahah awesome : SeaLlama
• amazing : sanchez
• Epic : shortbuscaptain
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  Hahahaha, nice. : Link.
  • en francais : Prozium
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  they should put Dognose in the actual game. Duke Nukem and Dognose are synonymous to me : gyokuro
  • I think he'd be dismayed by his participation in such an example of the observer effect : Dave-A
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  Do we have any shackers in France? : Dave-A
  • Well we did for about 48 hours in July :( : abrasion
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    barbs was french iirc but he is banned : bipolar
    • for being french? : Ride-My-Rocket
• Way to go dognose! : sheepraper
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  WOOF! : CrustaR
  • le woof! : r3dn3ck
• Merde! Crepe! Zidane! I speak french me. : Kub666
• Hourrah pour MuseauDeChien : Utopia
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  wow, how come you know about nofrag, brian? they are probably the most elitist pc gamer community on the ... : HisKillSkill
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    Protip: I can see what websites are linking to the Shack ;) Never heard of them before today. : Brian Leahy
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      What is this witchcraft : jingletard
      • You dun goofed up - backtraced it : inf3d3l
      • I'm guessing TracerT.exe was involved. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXmv8quf_xM : dfay
    • It would be awesome if you could carfax vagina. : massdev
  • wouldn't that make it more likely for him to know about them? : dahanese
• Foux du fafa! : fsck
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  "Omlette du STEEL" : Sailor of Fortune
  • That ownz. : steauengeglase
  • Wonder how a steel omelette would taste... : greasyjohn
• haha awesome : bolneze
• I'm a bit of a les fanboy myself. : SiW.
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  I want to read it but I am le tired. : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • FIRE ZE MISSILES! : azuvatar

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  Drive to Gearbox The drive down to Plano, TX was a fairly long one for me, so the first thing I did was ... : roushimsx
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    No worries. I played Amnesia all day thanks to usmcmueller & m00se, and that was a great experience. ;) ... : CrustaR
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      I had the same dream. A lot of my friends wound up going into gaming media and game development, but I ne... : roushimsx
      • I'm working on an indie game right now, so you can say I am pursuing the dream in another way. Really,... : CrustaR
  • mmm ass omelettes : bolneze
• Gearbox Offices We walked in not long after we saw the ScrewAttack dudes go in, took the elevator to t... : roushimsx
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  Duke Nukem Forever (Randy & Trailer) The conference room was situated in the corner, with six desktop ... : roushimsx
  • I just couldn't stop! It felt so good! : EricZBA
• I have been looking forward to this review : ]pm[chem
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  Duke Nukem Forever (Game) The content of the demo that we got to play is the same as the PAX 2010 demo : roushimsx
  • Looks good. It would be awesome if they packaged in a gamemode that unlocks after beating the game where... : the archvile
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  Afterparty Once things settled down, we got neat little Gearbox gift bags and headed back down to the ... : roushimsx
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    Here's a video tour of Randy's office I shot last year if anyone wants to see it in all its nostalgic glo... : rudds
    • I love all of the old consoles. : guido anchovy
    • god, i absolutely love how he can just ramble on about games he loves. The way he seamlessly hops between... : roushimsx
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    My experience: You said, "Dude - You have the coolest office ever." I think this was my exact menta... : DuvalMagic
    • :D :D I'm pretty sure any discussion that lasted more than a few seconds and about carefully chosen su... : roushimsx
• Awesome. : CrustaR
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  Thanks Steve Gibson Obviously none of this would have happened without Steve! I had never gotten the ch : roushimsx
  • Great summary. Thanks for posting. Made me feel like I was there. : Zhaneel
  • That was a good writeup. I'm even more excited to see DNF. : Rice-Rocketeer
  • Thanks for the kind words and thanks for coming out roushimsx ! You nailed it. I am the younger count... : GBXAdam
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  Nice work Roushi. If I wasn't so swamped with work I'd play BL with ya : ctlaltl33t
  • I, in fact, have a low level Siren I still need to play. My other 4 (two Soldiers) are on Game 2. Well, m... : AxeMan808
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    I'm going to play through it on PS3, though :( it really doesn't run terribly well on my ghetto pc : roushimsx
    • You don't deserve to wear that uniform : ctlaltl33t
    • Oh, well never mind then. : AxeMan808
• Nice writeup! : spazzium
• not long enough. im not reading . cool write up dude. ! such a bummer i couldn't afford to fly ove... : CoRDS
• Nice writeup. Can't wait for the full game. : Mmmmmoo
• Awesome write up : sethmarc
• Love this! Thanks for the write up! : zakazi
• Excellent write up, you lucky whore. : stelth
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  Trying very hard not to read this. : Rigg5
  • Spoiler: it 0wns : ctlaltl33t
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  I really enjoyed meeting you! Your RL persona far exceeded my expectations - until next time :D : packav
  • OH. DUDE. THE MOVIE I WAS THINKING OF Reefer Madness: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0404364/ Clip: http : roushimsx
• Great writeup! All of the DNF stuff going on lately is so fucking cool. : Orange Pylon
• Great writeup, roushi! : Mad Brahmin Disease
• Here's to another year of DNF posts! : The Wilhelm Scream
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  Great write up, first thing I've read about the pax demo and it was nice to read it from a Shackers persp... : nodebug
  • Doh, I always mix up Band of Brothers and Brothers in Arms : nodebug
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    Ohh, I might take you up on that offer :D One of the parts I loved was when Randy was giving his passi... : roushimsx
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      Actually, is it this one...? http://www.amazon.co.uk/Brothers-Arms-Road-Hill-Limited/dp/B0007WTJKS See... : nodebug
      • yep, I was poking around, looking for a US storefront to snap it up from. Loved Road to Hill 30... not re... : roushimsx
      • I have that : marmite
• Wait. The truck was called "mighty foot", wasn't it? Darn my horrible memory :( Oh and the hl/halo/bia s... : roushimsx
• great writeup, thanks! : GloriousCow
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  I gotta finish Duke3d.exe now... : MercFox1
  • MercFox, I'm gonna keep hounding you until you do!!! : CrustaR
• So awesome of Gearbox and Steve to do this. And Randy too, allowing a group of crazy people into his comp... : Beady

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  "Aim here" : The Wilhelm Scream
  • More like "Insert boot here" : node
• "It's like a gloryhole for your abs." : Godhatesfatpeople
• I want one with built in abs : lacker
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  Has this ever been done before? I hope it's extremely expensive. I want to see the bootlegs on this one. : lacker
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    I can't wait to see his jean collection. : baconisgod
    • Based on that's missing from that shirt, I can. : Moonbase Commander
• Uh, YES. : soggybagel
• this makes me sad : spaceless
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  dude made $6 million last year. good for him : wtf242
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    goddammit won't even make 1% of that. what bullshit : RikiTiki2
    • I won't : RikiTiki2
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      So you won't ever make 60,000 dollars? : soggybagel
      • i made 60 grand in minecraft, once. : spaceless
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        not this year. next year? who knows. but deff not this year : RikiTiki2
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          It's not really bullshit. He's taking advantage of opportunities given to him. : soggybagel
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            stupid world gives him $6 mil for being a douche on TV. i'm going to be lucky to break $40k this year bus... : RikiTiki2
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              Someone is just bitter. : soggybagel
              • damn right. me and my buddy jack daniels think it's crap : RikiTiki2
  • Wow what? Link? Im guessing shit like appearance fees, product endorsements? Jesus though... : bolneze
  • Sadly, he is expected to make at least another 5 million this year. I love America... : inf3d3l
  • The shirt in the link is unauthorized though, so he wont see any cash...yet. : underground banana plantation
  • Dunno if you're being sarcastic or not, but I agree. He was presented an amazing opportunity to be on... : Ooghijmiqtxxa
• haha oh God : bolneze
• 50% of America will have a situation coming out of that hole. : inf3d3l
• Hole is the perfect size for Kuato. : Prozium
• I imagine a ton of trash preggos buying these. : anhero
• Oh my god This is the perfect Christmas gift for my friend with a giant beer belly. : laurgasms
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  What is The Situation? A band? : LeapingFool
  • A guy on Jersey Shore. That's his nickname : RikiTiki2
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  Why the fuck would anybody do that? : action wombmate
  • It's a joke. : skinlab133
  • I'd buy it for my pregnant teenage daughter : uglysad
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  Who is buying the playboy when JWow is going to be in it??? : pancake humper
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    I don't know what a JWow is : uglysad
    • It's like a Shamwow, but only soaks up semen. : Ooghijmiqtxxa

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  Anyone still playing SWG? Or did Sony pull the plug on that? : Empyric
  • People are definitely playing, but I hear the player cities are even more desolate than ever. : byorn
  • I worked with a guy that was playing that when Sony decided to piss off all the subscribers. He was like... : capt tripps
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  Aion! we talk about it all the time but nobody cares : electroly
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    is there a trial yet for that game? : byorn
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      i can do refer a friend. the demo code is for three days, five hours, or level 7, whichever comes first.... : electroly
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        how many times can you do that? i have wanted to try it out, but dont wanna drop the cash and hate the ga... : ScubaSteve25
        • i have plenty. send me your email address : electroly
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        They really need to up that trial to let people get to level 12 or something. At least, give them the cha... : CoreContingency
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          people have reported being able to level higher with a demo key. i think it just prevents you from loggi... : electroly
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            i think the time limits are hard, though. it'll boot you : electroly
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              http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQoLDLkoXgI I just got the Hot Swimsuit. Yay Aion! : electroly
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                What did that piece of cloth run you? I let a Cute one go for a rather large sum... : CoreContingency
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                  5 million on the broker. I clicked "buy" as fast as I possibly could when I spotted it : electroly
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                    Well done. Well done indeed. : CoreContingency
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                      Now I'm gonna try to get another one :D I'd like the Cool Swimsuit, the pink one with the see-through sh... : electroly
                      • Wow, look at this sword. It's a giant fish. http://img.electroly.com/ZZ3092677D.jpg WANT. Too bad... : electroly
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  i played lineage 2 for like half a year. what a grind : RikiTiki2
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    i played L2 and ran a game server...what a fucking beautiful game. : m0rfus
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      i liked the concept of completely player driven everything, but the execution was brutal : RikiTiki2
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        this is why you play on private servers. they adjust the grind and OMG its 1000x better. i was playing... : m0rfus
        • btw, the karma PvP was top notch and i would have loved to been in it waist deep. : m0rfus
• Anyone heard about Vanguard since launch? : byorn
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  Minecraft. : Dong Patrol
  • heh, aren't we ALL talking about that though? : bakanoodle
  • What is this, some kind of anime? Why can't we hear about obscure games like this more often? I mean, I'm... : dfay
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  I kinda liked Motor City Online when I was in the beta. : guido anchovy
  • I thought that was kinda neat for the 1 day I played it. : bakanoodle
  • I played for quite awhile, until they announced it was going to be cancelled. The customization was deep. : Nixx2004
  • that was fun! : prokat
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  Playing AC again. They've added new races, you can change how your armor actually looks (platemail hauber : Zollington
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    Asheron's Call is fucking awesome. Imho it is the best all around MMO ever created. Turbine could be kin... : lcizzle
    • Hahah i'm not going to hit max level anytime soon, I hardly ever sit down and do grinding for xp. I'm ... : Zollington
• I used to play Anarchy Online. . .I dunno what / how it's doing now, I still get emails about it, so I i... : goatjc
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  I resub'd to Planetside last month, but then cancelled again because the only remaining server doesn't ha... : atom519
  • that game should have gone free decades ago : X-GOUKI
• I played Champions Online for a short while. Fun little game, me and my brother had hours of laughs in th... : -JLN-
• Runes of Magic. Fun dual classes, deep item customization, etc. Ruined by shitty customer service and ... : Nixx2004
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  Earth & Beyond! except it shut down :( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwGbLVdQBig : Lucien Irenicus
  • I kinda liked this game too. I had fun in beta but never got around to buying it and when I finally stopp... : lcizzle
  • My first MMO. This post makes me sad. I still miss the fact that player crafted items were actually worth... : xenophobe
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    man I wish that hadn't been killed. I'd love for an earth and beyond 2 that built on the gameplay of the... : JuffoWup
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      I am so pissed that EA killed that. They did it for -such- a stupid reason too. (To 'improve' the Sims On... : LoioshDwaggie
      • Same reason they used when they cut MCO. Such a waste. : Nixx2004
  • i was in the beta of that. sent the cd to my one and only white elephant. : AMikaboshi
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  City of Heroes. An old overhead view of my favorite supergroup base: http://www.shackpics.com/viewer.... : cerealSAM2
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    I loved fighting the random encounters in that game. I also enjoyed getting the mass amounts of XP for t... : atom519
    • The zone events are pretty awesome, and Lusca (the squid) is definitely my favorite. It's like 8 or 9 s : cerealSAM2
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  I've been toying around with the idea of jumping back into Vanguard. It was really a lot of fun. : braaains
  • When i played it, i liked the experience. Played a Psi and a Cleric, and loved both.. got to 1 level unde... : Demius
• I hop on Planetside and FFXI once in a while, just for shits and giggles. : Modica Sol Solis
• if I ever get the time I plan on getting SWGemu going and hopefully even running a server of my own. The... : beastrabban
• I recently started Fallen Earth. AT first I thought it would be really shitty because the first impressio... : Nihil ME

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  He probably told his friends he was getting a Wii and they made fun of him. : SiW.
  • lol : abrasion
  • or someone guilted him into refusing a present because it was too much? : dantastic
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    This is probably it. Kids don't just say, "no, I don't want more video games" unless their friends tell t... : BlackCat9
    • A Wii raped and murdered my wife. : abrasion
• Smart kid. : Delithio
• Smart kid man - he's a keeper. : abrasion
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  The Wii is a great system, it's just not meant to be a gamer's ONLY system. : David Craddock
  • David did you read shacknews.com/latestchatty.x about 3 years ago when it came out? Even I got caught up... : abrasion
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  If he doesn't want it give it to him next time he breaks a rule, as punishment. : cerealSAM2
  • I'd run away from home. : abrasion
  • Make him play golf on it >:( : dognose
  • thatll show him! : bolneze
• Got to agree with the kid here. The Wii is for old people. Hope he enjoys Reach. : Dave-A
• just means you're raising him right. play the mom to appease her, shoot the shit and talk real talk with ... : Modica Sol Solis
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  I love how it's cool to bag on the Wii here now :D it's like all the core gamer attitudes which had waned... : abrasion
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    I am going to use "get 6-pooled!" instead of "fucked" from now on. : enyakk
    • It's 6 chicken into a 2 rooster build then a transition to pigs. : abrasion
  • The wii is the console of consoles. : KxRook
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    The thing is, my post wasn't a joke, and that's sad. : SiW.
    • I'd agree. : abrasion
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    What is a "core gamer attitude" exactly? : Goto10
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      Read this entire thread for more info : abrasion
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        Read it, still don't get the label. It's always reeked of marketing and I've never quite understood exac... : Goto10
        • That does appear to be what he's saying, and it's wrong, so let's just move on. : David Craddock
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    I like how you still post here. : soggybagel
    • So do I ! thanks sb. : abrasion
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    Fuck that, man. I love my PS3, my 360, and my gaming rig, but when a new Zelda comes out, I don't touch a... : David Craddock
    • I enjoy other games on it as well, but primarily Nintendo's--and that's fine. Ever since the N64 days, I'... : David Craddock
    • For months? Zelda games aren't that long bro. : Godhatesfatpeople
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    And by the way, your definition of "core gamer" is flawed. A gamer plays games regardless of the platform... : David Craddock
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      Unless the platform is so full of shovelware and has so few actual good games, they don't bother with the... : abrasion
      • That would rule out the PS2 then. : ShekkyBoy
  • or the shacks circle jerk effect wore off that happens with every game and piece of hardware that gets re... : mista mista
• Give him a key to a safety deposit box and tell him that when he turns 18 he is allowed to go open it and... : SolrFlare
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  Just out of curiosity, how old is the kid? Is he a teen, pre-teen, or younger? I mean its great that you ... : ImprobableJ
  • 10 years old : oneshot
• How old is your son? : romulan
• what kid doesn't want a Wii? :( : mayooms
• Keep it for yourself. Problem solved. : uncle slappy
• Sweet, trade it in and you get to keep the cash. Then teabag him online in Reach. : nodebug

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• I just started season 2 of my collection. I love this season the best, but god Damn I hate ana Lucia so ... : davislovestacobell
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  Maybe if they all had iPads and iPhones it would make it easier for you. : Fred Garvin
  • Where's Said's halal cart? I can't relate to this. : heartsauce
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  Cocaine : abrasion
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cf4OAqS5ycw : drucifer
    • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DN0N0tKAPLM : abrasion
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    says the guy who's never watched it : derelict515
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      Another battered housewife :( : abrasion
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        nope : derelict515
        • stockholm syndrome. : abrasion
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  It's winding down to give you an ending you can interpret as good or bad and debate forever. : Darthbrooks
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    The right answer is that the creators should have had a flash sideways after season 3 and not shit up the... : kingdepork
    • I believe the problems started with the flash-forward, flash-sideways, flash-purgatory, flash-whatever an... : DarthStank
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  Do we really wanna talk about this? It was never meant to be what it became. It was meant to be a one sea... : brickmatt
  • Pretty much this unfortunately. : kingdepork
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    brickmatt we've had all kinds of silly little internet tiffs and pot shots but in the end there's nothing... : abrasion
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      It's a straight up fact. I know people on the show who have told me about the replaced scripts. : brickmatt
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        Do you know how many of the fans just can't accept this? I've seen so many people say 'it was all part of... : abrasion
        • I knew they didn't have a plan during season 1. Season 2 started a focused direction that had a lot of n... : kingdepork
      • that's actually pretty interesting, even if you you can't give us a reliable source. But they had what, 5... : sharpie
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    Wait, it was meant to be a miniseries? : The Grolar Bear
    • owned : mindshot
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    Do you actually know this or are you just guessing? I have a hard time believing it was meant to be one ... : exigence7
    • I know this. : brickmatt
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    I'm pretty sure the "direction" was decided long before the writer's strike when they inked the deal to c... : Vincent Grayson
    • This would involve a semantic argument over what is 'major.' The show wasn't planned as it aired and much... : brickmatt
  • I don't know if it was meant to be one season only but I do know that the ending was redonkulous and anyo... : pokerman33
• It was pretty brutal getting through the whole damn series tbh. : inf3d3l
• the first half of the last season is terrible. it more than makes up for it : wtf242
• HTFU : not work safe
• I didn't like the majority of seasons 4-6. The first three were so tight, but the final three seemed to p... : David Craddock
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  all theses threads make me glad i got out afte S1 : bolneze
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    Season 2 is the best, 3 is great; then stop. : David Craddock
    • oh no you dont! you cant fool me! : bolneze
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      1 > 5 > 4 > 6 > 2 > 3 : Bamtan
      • 3 was the weakest because they meandered around doing nothing and made the "Others" seem like the three s... : Sailor of Fortune
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    sorry but LOST is the best TV show ever. people bitch about it constantly and complain about how the writ... : wtf242
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      http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=24070428#itemanchor_24070428 : abrasion
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        i did not refute that.. and i don't care. it's still a great show regardless. : wtf242
        • Disagree on the quality of it. : abrasion
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      sorry but you're wrong. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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        sorry but you're wrong : wtf242
        • no u. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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      I think Deadwood has far greater character development than LOST ever did, and that only lasted 2 seasons... : Drewus
      • Mad Men too. : greasyjohn
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      I think it is an excellent show, and I prioritize characters over plot. But I still feel the last three s... : David Craddock
      • Season 4 was great that it got it on track. It really helps that they explained the Dharma Initiative in : Sailor of Fortune
    • Agreed. We'll never get a grand serial as good as it for a long time. The amount of genres it covered was... : Bamtan
    • I like LOST, but crowning it as the best TV show ever seems pretty retarded. The character development g... : FlamingGimp
    • If Lost is the best television show ever, then I am also very sorry. : Ely
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    The Constant was a great episode and is worth watching the entire series just for that episode : Metatron85
    • I was just about to post this, I try and watch this episode once a month. : HL3dsx
• Told you so. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  LOST turned out horrible. : Sexpansion Pack
  • LOST to me is kinda like a bittersweet mutual divorce. You had a good times and bad, you grew apart, but ... : GloriousCow

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  Parks and Recreation is hilarious : MagicWishMonkey
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    Someone told me this was like Community but not funny. I'll check it out anyway, the guy might be an idio... : MrBig0
    • It's really funny, every scene where they do town hall type meetings is pretty much golden. It's more... : MagicWishMonkey
    • Yeah he's being dumb. I like both shows. : soggybagel
    • Find that person who told that to you and tell them how wrong they are. For me. Thanks. : trOmblyj
    • It's more like The Office and NOTHING like Community. : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • That's odd because Community is garbage and Parks & Rec gets really funny in season 2. : heartsauce
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  mad men and rubicon : trOmblyj
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    Is Mad Men actually about anything? I watched the first episode and couldn't really figure out if it was ... : MrBig0
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      I guess you could call it that. Still an awesome drama. I don't think much of the first season until the ... : greasyjohn
      • And the current season is the best yet. : zipr
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  sons of anarchy : AlexXdude
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    This is about motorcycle dudes or something, right? Would I find it interesting if I don't care about car... : MrBig0
    • no, I guess not :( : AlexXdude
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      it's good, it's not really "gangs" so to speak : Clay
      • ^^biased : fr0x
  • This, after the wire : wurt
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  Rome. : The Grolar Bear
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    I've been meaning to check this out, good call. This is probably next on my list. : MrBig0
    • If it had continued for 2-3 more seasons it would have been on everybody's list everywhere. It's still aw... : The Grolar Bear
    • I am rewatching (watched when originally broadcast) and it really holds up. on s2e5. check it out : jimmy_legs
    • Yeah, it's very good. : Nitrium
  • So good : Prototype
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  the wire : peat
  • this. : rick
  • This. : Zhaneel
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    Just watch this clip and you'll be hooked ok http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSWuuI5_gwk : Metatron85
    • haha, that was so fucking good. : Godhatesfatpeople
    • LOL ok that was great : MrBig0
    • Hahaha, awesome. : node
  • THIS. All of your TV watching leads up to this. : zipr
  • this. : Navy Spitfire
  • ^^^^^ : Godhatesfatpeople
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  I just watched Eastbound & Down. It was awesome! : ConsFEARacy
  • ^^^^ Same here. It was pretty good. : Darthbrooks
  • This too : Godhatesfatpeople
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    That shit is starting up again. I am so fucking psyched. : FlamingGimp
    • This weekend :D : Godhatesfatpeople
• The Shield : mystifier
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  Pillars Of The Earth : BouillonCubes
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    I really want to watch this but it seems like something I should read first. Your thoughts? : MrBig0
    • Possibly, I haven't read the book but the series was excellent. I will probably pick up the audiobook ne... : BouillonCubes
• eastbound & down : AssGoblin
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  Is Generation Kill any good? : VivaMachete
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    Generation Kill is EXCELLENT. I highly recommend it. It's got some of the most memorable characters in an... : MrBig0
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      You really should watch The Wire then if you loved GK that much. Its the same writers and even a couple o... : nodebug
      • Same actors you say? Hmm this is actually the most persuasive argument so far about this show. I'll make ... : MrBig0
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    Definitely. It's no Band of Brothers, but what is? : BouillonCubes
    • It does a much better job of character development though since it stays focused on a smaller cast. : ArcKnight
  • It's very good. I grabbed it on Blu Ray. : Fred Garvin
  • Very fucking awesome is what. : Godhatesfatpeople
  • Really good. It just sucks you in. : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • Iceman says Damn straight it is. : node
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  I really like this show a lot, but sometimes I find Pohler's character to be TO much like Micheal Scott a... : Nerdsbeware
  • This was supposed to be in reference to Parks and Recreation... : Nerdsbeware
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  Ha. I just finished season 2 about 5 min ago! I can't wait to see what happens!! : ADSliv
  • I was there a couple of days ago. Keep watching, it's really good. : MrBig0
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  Arrested Development? : zakazi
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    This. Not enough people have seen it. : Inadrys
    • I have actually seen this. Every episode except the last one. It's weird, but I just never got around to ... : MrBig0
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  I've just started the wire, having seen Sopranos, Curb, Futurama, Dexter and most good TV - the Wire is g... : abrasion
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    I haven't seen The Wire or Sopranos. I have Futurama but haven't watched much of it. I find with Futurama... : MrBig0
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      Futurama is the intelligent mans Simpsons. : abrasion
      • When it's smart, it's funny. When it's just 'add a future thing to a normal thing' it's not. : MrBig0
    • Ok well, in that case you need to prioritize The Wire, Sopranos, and Rome (not necessarily in that order)... : The Grolar Bear
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  I'm almost finished with Firefly. How did this get canceled? : jojoeasy
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    I enjoyed Firefly but I can see how it might not appeal to the general populous. It's pretty campy. : MrBig0
    • yah... it's also highly episodic and focused on character development, which ime doesn't jive well with m... : miasma&!
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  Party Down, Extras : bolneze
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    I'm not sure what extras is. I watched the first two episodes of Party Down though and I just found it un... : MrBig0
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      Extras is from the creator of the Office. Hes a struggling movie extra. Also kinda uncomfortable - not as... : bolneze
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        Oh its a UK show which may explain any difficulty in finding it : bolneze
        • OH, ok yea I do know this show. Ricky Gervais, right? My friend showed me a clip that I don't really reme... : MrBig0
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  What kind of show do you want? I'd echo suggestions of others in this thread: The Wire Mad Men E... : FlamingGimp
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    Yea, I really need to watch Band of Brothers too. Any comedies you can suggest? I tried watching Party Do... : MrBig0
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      Eastbound & Down : Godhatesfatpeople
      • Oh okay, I didn't realize that was a comedy. Thanks! : MrBig0
• I really liked Southland : nodebug

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  which process is using all the cpu? : electroly
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    svchost.exe is @ 58%... Theres no big programs running, either. Vista, 3gz duo, 4GB ram, 8800GTX : eonix
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      go under the "services" tab in task manager and find the entries that have the same PID as the svchost.ex... : electroly
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        Interestingly, 'svchost' isn't listed in the Name column within the Services tab... : eonix
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          every single item in the services tab is running in svchost, that's how it works. svchost means service : electroly
          • again, use the PID. i didn't mention that for my own health :P : electroly
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          As mentioned you need to find the PID# of that svchost.exe that is eating cpu. You can also download proc... : sigpro
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            that's probably easier. here's the link for process explorer: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinte... : electroly
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              Using it now. I'm not the greatest with this sort of thing so please bare with me. svhost's PID is 411... : eonix
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                http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=24070290#itemanchor_24070290 : daVinci1980
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                  From what I am seeing here, there arent any... 4116 = the PID of svchost, nothing else has this. : eonix
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                    In the processes tab of Task Manager, right click on the svchost.exe that is eating all of your processor... : daVinci1980
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                      that's a handy trick : electroly
                      • I wish I could claim that I knew it all along, but I learned it 30 seconds before I posted. :D : daVinci1980
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                      Nothing is selected :\ : eonix
                      • MSMPENG.EXE is also eating an entire core of your system (I assume it's a quad core). I think your proble... : daVinci1980
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                take a screenshot of process explorer, we should be able to tell you what's up : electroly
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                  http://dl.dropbox.com/u/17188/pid_fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.jpg Explorer crashed right as I was grabbing this.... : eonix
                  • http://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/onecaregeneral/thread/d3e8381a-52e8-40a1-bd6f-820113e0e4b3 seems... : daVinci1980
              • In process explorer, hover over or expand that instance of svchost to find out what service(s) it's respo... : Helter Skelter
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        Another way to do it is to (under the processes tab of Task Manager) right click the offending svchost.ex... : famine101
        • Oh. DaVinci already mentioned that. Oops. : famine101
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    hmm... tayne.bat : spaceless
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      now, tayne i can get into : electroly
      • Could I see a hat wobble? : MrBig0
• unplug all usbs : Cashh
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  Update I decided to Kill the svchost.exe that was causing the high CPU usage - there was nothing in it... : eonix
  • Need to figure out which service is starting it, but I think it's msmpeng. : daVinci1980
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    is this windows 7 or vista? you can try this: next time you reboot, open up task manager -> processes... : wurt
    • sorry, view --> select columns -> tick PID to show pid's but i see you already know how to do that : wurt
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      Alternativaly, you can also show the command line tags used with each process: http://www.shackpics.co... : wurt
      • and google the tags it launches with for more info.. ok im done :OP : wurt
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      yeahhhhhhhh........ That's pretty much this whole thread. :D : daVinci1980
      • well thats what i get for not reading, ignore then :P : wurt
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      "Find the PID # of the process...." The process creating the CPU usage? Thats svchost. When I check fo... : eonix
      • Yes but did you try to view the command line options in task manager for that process ( screenshot above) : wurt
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  just format. : JohnnyRey
  • ^ lazy man's solution its what i would do : bolneze

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  Sadly I refuse to login just to see a video, I think this is the youtube of it: http://www.youtube.com/wa... : Comprox
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    Nope, my bad. I can't find game 1 on youtube. Oh well, guess I'll skip it. : Comprox
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      not only is that the wrong video, it also spoils the first result. good job. : Foxhawk
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        also I don't know why people are allowed to post links like that when movie piracy links/discussion are (... : Foxhawk
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          and I don't know why people get butthurt over spoiling a game replay. : Old_Fart
          • For the same reason they're even watching it in the first place? They want to see what happens in the end... : Hemtroll
          • not knowing the outcome is half the fun. I even try to not look at the duration of the gom VODs so I don'... : razorblade79
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    If you have a facebook or twitter you can use that. : givemesnacks
    • i started with that, but i had to allow gomtv to publish things without prompting me first, thats not hap... : NexusOne
  • Funny you should say that. Today I received a spam message on the address I used to register at Gom TV. : awaypaster
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    In this subthread we all point out how much awesome Comprox is missing out on because he's being dumb. : Senate5000
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      a lot : Foxhawk
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        lol fine: http://www.bugmenot.com/view/gomtv.net Problem solved :P : Comprox
        • cool site thx : umegastar
    • I've certainly gotten my $20 worth so far. I do wish the stream was higher quality, but other than that ... : deject
  • yeah I can't log into my email address for some reason. says password is invalid. worked just fine with a... : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
• Amazing game, best TvT around. : abrasion
• Saw that, great great stuff. Awesome nuke usage. : themaestro2657
• I think TLO is my fave player to watch. That was an amazing round. : Dr_Cube
• Nukes you say? I'm there. : slax0r
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  TLO did pretty much everything possible in that game to win. I think he built every single Terran unit t... : deject
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    But it was the nukes that won it and not by blowing stuff up. : Dr_Cube
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      I did get a laugh when that one killed like half of the other guy's VIkings That was pretty awesome. : deject
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        It was a huge and lucky break, wasn't it? : Dr_Cube
        • I love nukes in this game so so much. : slax0r
• it was fantastic. by far the best game of the gsl yet (and they had a couple awesome ones) the 20 bucks w... : razorblade79
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  Is there a way to rip these GOM videos for a plane flight? I paid for the season pass. : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
  • I would like to know also, because then I would buy a pass and rip videos for future watching :D : StolenNosferatu
• wow amazing game : okellyc
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  Holy shit the nuke to block the countering army, that was freaking insane. : TabsAZ
  • that was a great move : moshman
• I am upset at Korean thanksgiving :( I want to watch more. : abrasion
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  Speaking of broadcasts, did Day9 recover his password and account? : Nitrium
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    Yes, the video for Noob Tuesday is up on youtube. : roggor
    • cool, thanks : Nitrium
• whee, spoilers in comments :( : GloriousCow

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• Best ruins ever! : Brian Leahy
• 4 ancient ruins promotions in a row. : ZenzenTen
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  I just bought it. Downloading now. I suck at this game oh god. : ejectorpod
  • Welcome to the world of Civilization 5. You're in for a hell of a ride. : MisterPhoton
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  You are clearly not aware of just how advanced Norinco is. : AxeMan808
  • holy shit lol : shortbuscaptain
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  Civ 5 people, does this game run well in Windowed mode? I usually played Civ games in windowed mode, s... : TPSReport
  • Windowed was working fine for me on the review build, which I'm told was retail code. : Brian Leahy
  • i play in windowed mode most of the time! : dahanese
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  ottomans built stonehenge in a coastal city and it appeared (mostly) underwater : Foxhawk
  • yeah I just had some submerged pyramids. I guess it makes for an ultra secure burial tomb : shogberg
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  Getting some weird graphical glitch as the world opens up. Ground textures will show up as a red and whit... : Happy Doodle Muffin
  • Sounds like you're missing (the farwaway land) textures or they can't display properly. Verify integirty ... : nwillard
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  Any non american shackers succeed in unlocking their game early through proxies? : CtrlFrk
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    Steam is very clever and doesn't allow that. Also, I'll not risk losing my account for such a small time ... : Nitrium
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      I know of one person who seems to have gotten it to work, and the time difference is amplified by me bein... : CtrlFrk
      • Oh I see. : Nitrium
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    I did! In Hong Kong here and did it with Astrill. : nwillard
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      Pretty easy. I already had it pre-loaded so I wouldn't have to slowly download the whole thing through a ... : nwillard
      • And I've just been asked to work late to help some guys sort through migration issues... I guess next wee... : CtrlFrk
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    I did, but I gotta leave steam in offline mode otherwise it resets back to pre-loading if I use my normal... : Darky_06
    • Sounds like a great way to get an account banned. : dodob
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  One of the dickhead computer players built a city right next door to one of my existing cities, and bitch... : MagicWishMonkey
  • Surprisingly lifelike AI! : Happy Doodle Muffin
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    You can ask them to not build next to you. Lovely little diplomatic option :) : MrLobo
    • Yea, he asked me not to build next to him early on so I avoided his borders, then he built a city right n... : MagicWishMonkey
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      Do they listen? Because I know when they ask me not to, I just say "Oh sure, sorry 'bout that" and then d... : Vincent Grayson
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        hahaha, they wanted you to give them units to attack you with? : MagicWishMonkey
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          LOL, this game sounds just awful. : MrBig0
          • hahaha, it's still fun but there are definitely a few bugs here and there. I hope they focus on fixing... : MagicWishMonkey
          • Yup this game is the worst game I ever played because there was a small notification saying my enemy want... : kill9
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        i had a 10 turn peace treaty with AI germany. he traded all of his cities and some resources for 10 turn... : dantastic
        • Yeah, I was a little disappointed when I won my first game accidentally. I hadn't even explored the entir... : Vincent Grayson
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    Yeah, I had that happen twice which caused me to conquer the continent. I am normally not warlike in Civ ... : Pettytheft
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      The combat somewhat resembles the combat in Alpha Centauri with the direct/indirect attack distinction. ... : Arcanum
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        For the first time in a Civ game I enjoy going to war. It actually makes sense instead of throwing massiv... : Pettytheft
        • Seriously, this is the first time I've enjoyed the combat and it's turning me into a jackass. I usually g... : EruditeCaveman
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  We build for China. : Dschinghis Khan
  • Nobody will notice their money is missing. : Sailor of Fortune
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  They must have gotten the time machine tech at some point in the endgame. Oh man, can you imagine how awe... : BlackCat9
  • That would be terrifyingly cool if done well. : Vincent Grayson
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    There was a time travel RTS at GDC one year that did exactly that. Time travel was another resource if I... : SeaLlama
    • Did you not read his entire post? He mentioned it, it's called Achron. : ArcKnight
    • Yes, and it is AWESOME. They're still developing it, but have a paid beta you can try. I know OverloadUT ... : BlackCat9
  • Mind blown. : dodob
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  Anyone else getting a crash while loading a multiplayer game? My brother and I played for 7 hours last n... : Leviathan41
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    Send your save game to me at 2KGreg@2KGames.com and I'll take a look : OverloadUT
    • sent. Thanks Greg! : Leviathan41
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  Does Civ 5 have steam cloud support? : mankeroo
  • Yep! You get 10 save "slots" on the cloud : OverloadUT
• No one told me there was time travel in this game! Started a game at 12:30 and suddenly it's 6 hours... : rolecks
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  is it possible to get the Babylonian civilization now that its not possible to preorder anymore? : grendel
  • I think they said it'll be DLC in the future. : BlackCat9
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    Babylon was not a pre-order bonus. You can still get it if you buy the Digital Deluxe edition. : OverloadUT
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      what was the preorder bonus? an extra map? : grendel
      • An extra map on steam and a future DLC on D2D. : moogle
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  we should get some big shack multiplayer games going : Foxhawk
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    you should try playing in the shack multiplayer game we have going now : Deathlove
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      i meant for civ 5 that is the new one : Foxhawk
      • You should still take your turns for alpha pitboss >:( : Jikim
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    i assume civ still does the sequential turns instead of simultaneous turns? I loved sword of the stars m... : valael
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      Simultaneous turns has been the default mode since Civ4. : Goncyn
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        what? really? everyone takes their turn at the same time now? I guess that's what I get for not even... : valael
        • even alpha centauri had simultaneous turns : Foxhawk
      • I don't think this is true for Civ 5. : Jikim
• I miss the Custom Music option. Before you say "winamp in the background" it adjusted the music volume a... : prokat
• Heh. I have some modern armor in the game I'm playing now. In 1902. : Arcanum
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  i've gone 160 turns without meeting another civ. i started on an island and don't know how to get settle... : eeeealmo
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    Use more tongue. : Ebu
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      oh shit i was using wooden dildos still : eeeealmo
      • Other civs really open up once you can drill petroleum resources. : BlackCat9
  • do you have embarkment? send some scouts or boats out to explore automatically. : jimmy_legs
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  question how do the special resources work? For example- I have 2 iron tiles and it says (2 used) does th... : extrahappyturtle
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    you need X of strategic resources to produce unit(s). once that unit is produced, the resource is freed ... : jimmy_legs
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      eg, you have 2 Uranium resources being utilized and you want to make an Atomic Bomb, which requires 2 Ura... : jimmy_legs
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        Is there a way to see what it's being used on, I made two iron units like 50 turns ago but I'm not sure w... : extrahappyturtle
        • I am not sure where or if you can see a breakdown of where it's being used. Your strategic resources sho... : jimmy_legs
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        Actually, that isn't the case according to the manual. If you have 2 iron, and you use them up to build u... : Bean
        • Oh, dang. Well, I was only basing it off of nukes, which I promptly used :D : jimmy_legs
        • I've been wondering what happens when you make a unit and then lose the resource. I traded to get iron an... : Geoffrois
        • ^^ Bean is correct. : Arcanum
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          But one tile of iron does produce more then 1 unit of iron though (something like 4?) : SilverSnake
          • Yes. Strategic resources produce something like 2-8 units per tile. I'm not sure if that's entirely ran... : Arcanum
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  the only other steamworks game i played was empire: total war. shortly after i installed that game, steam : skryte
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    Steam lets you disable automatic updates, yeah. : Arceihn
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      and i can play disconnected, right? why does it disable the game while downloading an update? that was th... : skryte
      • I guess to make sure everyone's playing with the same version. Offline mode works fine now - I think you ... : Arceihn
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        You need to be online to unlock it just after you install it, but after that you can run it in offline mo... : Darky_06
        • alright, that should work for me. : skryte
  • After you run it the first time, you can switch Steam to offline mode and play without connecting to Stea... : OverloadUT
• Can someone explain to me how to use mods? I want to download this clock mod I saw in the GiantBomb quick... : Haxim
• Diane's been playing for 8 hours straight. I think there's a new Civ fan. I got to play about 50 turns of... : BlackCat9
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  man, the automated workers are annoying. they build so many damn farms and unnecessary roads that they ki... : stgulik
  • there's also the annoying option of micro-ing your workers : \ at least you'll feel like you got more ... : OhSnapHighFive
  • I would micro my units but how many improvements can be made on one tile? : pancake humper
• Aww man, dang. I just loaded a few mods (ok, 6-7 hours or something ago) and got just shy of 300 turns i : jimmy_legs

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  That's pretty impressive. I can't wait until we're getting these things. The shadow on the smoke was rea... : stelth
  • the water one was being rendered in stereo/3D that end, hence the distorted look when not viewing it with... : Toraz Chryx
• Pretty awesome. But keep in mind that those simulations are kept to a small area. Making a small area d... : CRasterImage
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  we dont even have fluid physics like they demoed years ago in games. i dont know why people get excited a... : spaceless
  • it's sorta getting there... dribs and drabs... eg, Dirt 2 in DX11 uses Directcompute to do water physics. : Toraz Chryx
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    Batman AA had a few neat touches when it came to paper and leaves flying about. : CRasterImage
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      I thought that was just bog standard particle physics, we've had that dumped into every other game since ... : nodebug
      • Well, it's all particle physics. Even the stuff in the clips. The papers and leaves in BAA interacted ... : CRasterImage
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        There was also a demo vid showing the improvement available if you had phyx-enabled video card. Better ... : CRasterImage
        • and the physics fog. : Toraz Chryx
        • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luSAnouAFJs : Toraz Chryx
        • Ah yeah, I remember the fog and the cape, that all looked rather neat. I didn't realise the paper and lea : nodebug
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  2000 watt powersupply here we come! : gyokuro
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    DUAL 2000 watt power supplies with a double line conversion unit for each : spaceless
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      WHAT DID YOU SAY? I CANT HEAR YOU WITH THIS NEW QUAD SLI NVIDIA SETUP RUNNING! RRRRRRRRRRRRRrrrrrreeeeeee... : gyokuro
      • shit i got ceramic bearings on my fans : spaceless
      • Powered by vuvuzelas. : MrBig0
• that's some amazing stuff; but I think it's going to be a long time before we see stuff like that in game... : Modulus
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  honestly, i don't think either of them look very good. the green smoke doesn't look like it moves right ... : ibrokn
  • the water looks more like a cloth sim rather than water too : synapse19
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  can mess around with some fire now: http://users.skynet.be/fquake/ : 60days
  • i like the flames on the second one more but the smoke is much better from the first method : spaceless
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  Anyone remember Epic touting a rocket flying through smoke and curling it in one of the UT's a few years ... : Madwacker
  • Yeah, I saw that. I wonder what happened to that effect. : Toraz Chryx
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    A few years? I think it was in the 1990s. : vx2o
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      No, it was in the buildup for Unreal Tournament 2004 IIRC, definitely wasn't in the 90's : Toraz Chryx
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        I remember seeing it way before even multi-core CPUs came to market. : vx2o
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          So 2002-2003 fits that perfectly? : Toraz Chryx
          • Agree with you, I remember that smoke quite well, it was in the last 6 years at most - he did it slightly... : abrasion
          • Could be, yeah. : vx2o
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  CCP's Carbon tech use of Nvidia's Apex looked cool too. We can't get this stuff into games soon enough... : Dr_Cube
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    Well, the 128 player thing still has networking hurdles to face. On top of the large number of objects t... : CRasterImage
    • The return of LAN play!!! With...128 friends...oh wait. : Dr_Cube
• Nvidia had a similar paper on water at SCA this year. There's a demo as well. The effects are much nicer ... : Nali4Freedom
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  We've been watching demos like this for over 5 years now. : baconisgod
  • these are being done real time on a single GPU with a lot more particles. : mark076
  • yeah, but they've improved a bit http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3455380236618940515# : filthysock
• When GTA: 1960's comes out we'll have realistically rendered bongs. : The Wilhelm Scream
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  Still 10 years away. : ant_hillbilly
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    Four years. : vx2o
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      Two years. : CrustaR
      • Not before Maxwell (2013), I'd say. : vx2o
• The problem is this. Or, maybe it is better to say: The reason we haven't been seeing more of this is: : CRasterImage
• Better video: http://livesmooth.istreamplanet.com/nvidia100921/ Starts at 17:20. : vx2o
• The shadows are wrong on the first one: watch the ground under the gold dummy, the shadows from the smoke... : jcupitt