Morning Discussion

by Alice O'Connor, Oct 15, 2010 5:00am PDT

I finished the BioShock 2 singleplayer DLC Minerva's Den last night and am delighted to say that it's delightful. If you have BioShock 2 on console and enjoy the singleplayer of either game, you really should try it. Perfect length and pacing, a lovely little story and some solid gameplay additions. If you own BioShock 2 on PC, well, I'm sorry.

I also gave the Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1 demo a whirl. The supposed retro revival of 2D Sonic games has proved pretty divisive, with some lauding it as a return to form and other grumbling that it's no fun at all. I did not like it. The movement and physics feel all wrong and the targetted attack is naff and no, I cannot play that.

From short games to long games, I'm still making steady progress on my new playthrough of Planescape: Torment. Yesterday I was saying I often get bored of long, "epic" video games but Torment is so very dense and its countless distractions are so interesting that I never feel like I'm drifting aimlessly, even though The Nameless One has very little idea of where he's going and what to do next. Ace.

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SC2

MLG is today right? Any predictions? Also... how are You guys liking the new patch?

Oct 15, 2010 9:43am PDT

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SC2 MLG is today right? Any predictions? Also... how are You guys liking the new patch? : Demius
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  I'm here to say that void rays don't feel a bit different to me. In fact, in fights their initial dmg ou... : kainen1
  - I may have to start playing around with them ;) : Demius
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    seems like mostly a change to their ability to base rape. A few charged rays could take out all your buil... : Boxelder
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      They are way more manageable when massed in a team game now too. Allowing someone to mass 30 of them in ... : cetra00
      
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      Thats great news, although I REALLY miss their base rape ability. It used to be that if you caught someon... : sammyl
      
      lol, lets keep our "I beat Thomas" stories between us! : frenziedbadger
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  link? ihadn't heard about it : dignan
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    Starts at 230pm PDT today. http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=160510 : deveus1
    - yah thats where i heard about it.. im looking forward to relaxing and watching some SC2! :D : Demius
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  Anyone else having trouble with the stream? : Demius
  - Says round 2 starts at 6:45PM EDT : etherboy
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  woot raleigh was really fun to watch so im pumped for this : maulla
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    anyone know who won in rd 1? : maulla
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      No idea.. the stream has been FUBAR'd so far :( : Demius
      
      ah it looks like the first round wasnt streamed at all. round 2 should be coming up soon http://twitpi... : maulla
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  Can someone give me a spoiler of who has played and won so far : wurt
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    According to TL's twitter it's Gretorp 2-0, InControL 2-0, Kiwikaki 2-0, HuK 2-0 : TheVietSpecial
    - Fantastic. Thanks. : wurt
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  So its 5:50 central. I thought this thing was supposed to be on already? : frenziedbadger
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    Wanna play a quick game of SC2? :D : Blucklesworth
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      sure, i'll be online in 1 sec : frenziedbadger
      
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      gg, would love to play more pvt. : Blucklesworth
      
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      On second thought, while Collosi are good, the only reason your templar didn't destroy me was that I was ... : frenziedbadger
      
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      I just felt like storm did nothing that game and the rest of my army fell down. Really not too sure if i... : Blucklesworth
      
      well, it is a critical mass issue.The more thors I have, the less effective your templar become. But ther... : frenziedbadger
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  What are these power chords? Where is SC?!?!?!?! : Blucklesworth
  - At least they're not showing horribly commentated Halo 3 anymore. : sammyl
  - I think they are waiting for the ro64 to finish : maulla
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  Where's the stream? : abrasion
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    http://events.mlgpro.com/takeovers/procircuit/titles/starcraft?site_id=mlgpro not up though.
    
    btw what time of day shacktime do you play?
    
    Oct 15, 2010 3:58pm PDT
    
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    http://events.mlgpro.com/takeovers/procircuit/titles/starcraft?site_id=mlgpro not up though. btw what ... : sammyl
- Brackets: http://www.mlgpro.com/ci/brackets/procircuit/10/dc/sc2/open : pancake humper
- just rocking out to this awesome music ohyeah. at least its better than the fucking GSL music : extrahappyturtle
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  http://twitpic.com/2xvb0z : maulla
  - They need to fly chill out there to co-cast with day9 >:( : Demius
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  People are trolling in the facebook chat saying that Idra ragequitted out of his match and dropped out of : pancake humper
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    I'd rather hear that from the people "in the know" and not on facebook.. but if true its pretty lol : Demius
    - tl twitter says he won 2-0 : maulla
- Steam starting : maulla
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  Ret vs Machine ... what?! why are they fighting so early >:( bleh, should be good tho : Demius
  - I know right. I'm torn, I want them both to advance : wurt
- shit starting! day9 looking extra nerdy : extrahappyturtle
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  oh wow the free stream looks like shit :x : pancake humper
  - Seriously what the fuck. : d0gbert
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    yeah this is reaaaallly bad : extrahappyturtle
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      http://www.shackpics.com/files/sc2mlg_frokv1raulobb2sq65p1.jpg : extrahappyturtle
      
      did they run it through an emboss filter at 50%? : NexusOne
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    You're complaining? At least we get to watch the games. Pay for the HD if you want :D : Demius
    - I wish I could see a preview of the MLG HD SC2 stream :( : pancake humper
  - Honestly it's only say 30% worse than the GSL paid stream >:( : abrasion
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    looks like it's being filmed off a screen, not a feed :( : dael
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      nah its just compressed to hell. they want you to pay for hd : maulla
      
      oh indeed, this is almost worse than not seeing this. : dael
  - Free is free, I'll take it. : sammyl
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    yeah, i ended up paying $10. Games should be good and Day9 casting. JP isn't great, but he's far from t... : valael
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      screencaps of the quality? : abrasion
      
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      click on upgrade to HD and there's a preview video : valael
      
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      its of halo though :/ : maulla
      
      any screenshot i take really makes it look like shit. it's not a great stream or anything, but it's bett... : valael
      
      Their HD looks like standard and their standard looks like shit :[ : TheVietSpecial
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  2000 rated diamond girl? damn : abrasion
  - I wonder what that "what the fuck" was about : valael
  - That's awesome. I'm rooting for her. : SqueegyTBS
- Why the FUCK do i always have so many issues with octocrap god dmanit ic ant get the stream to work for t... : wurt
- No pause without closing the tab... : razlebol
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  Is this skipping around for anyone? : abrasion
  - every once in a while it hitched between games, but no skipping or anything : valael

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