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  need a picture of sony holding the Move and it is limp like a wet noodle in the rain : indosauros
  • Sad Keunu holding a move controller would also be acceptable. : mattavius
• unless they up the quality of their software for it, i hope they enjoy their hypetrain cause i dont see t... : theWhite
• I would hope so with the amount the spent on marketing it. : cetra00
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  countdown until sony copies the kinect : mikecyb
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    How could they though? They can't just paint it black like they did with the Wii. : Haxim
    • HAAAAA! : Korban
    • oh man, this is too funny : filthysock
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      like this: http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/1793/ps3eye3moveu.jpg : das_runt
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        Sweet picture aside - is there really an autograph of some longbow professional in that archery game for ... : reelbk
        • That's Kevin Butler, the fake Sony VP. : Fenring42
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    PS4 and X720 better use Kinect AND move - because both combined would be amazing. : abrasion
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      I would think that the next step would be a glove/finger device that would combine with the kinect, to co... : dedgecko
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        Yeah and we'll call it.. THE POWER GLOVE! : Goto10
        • I hope the next control device is like that bike Mr Garrison drives in South Park where you have a dildo ... : snot3353
• Not surprising with even people on here being excited. And I can bask in the glory of being right! Kinec... : locater16
• people should work OT for the privilege of owning a MOVE : arizona bay
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  Hahaha. Any concrete numbers available for Sony's? : spazzium
  • No, but apparently they classed each sale of a peice of move hardware as "move sales" So sell 1 camera... : Beady
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    I saw an estimate (based on game sales + extra controller sales, discounting a portion of extra controlle... : mikecyb
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      Quick internets search revealed these : http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-10-14/sony-sees-strong-euro... : walker270
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        that's for the first month. I was talking first week (to make the comparison more apt) : mikecyb
        • http://gamrfeed.vgchartz.com/story/82122/playstation-move-preliminary-sales-figures-in/ http://www.joyst... : mikecyb
        • Well, 2.5 million in a month isn't anything to claim Sony's failure over. A million in 10 days is great ... : Goto10
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  There was one traded in at my local Game when I went in earlier today - why do people do that?! : marmite
  • Cause they stole it? : phil_mckraken
  • Stolen, unwanted gift, needed cash, bought with gift cards traded in, stupid buyer? : phil_mckraken
  • Probably didn't have space. : uncleanmonkey
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    Not enough space. That was my reason. Just wanted to see how well it would work with just barely 6 feet... : deadhorse
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      I have 4' :( : abrasion
      • Yeah, it sucks. First time I couldn't use a game peripheral because of lack of space. Really sucks beca... : deadhorse
• I'm loving the Move. : deadhorse
• hey i'm 1 in a million! : gyokuro
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  Wait, didn't Penny Arcade make fun of Kinect for being terrible compared to Move last week? Is it actuall... : Goncyn
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    Are you from the past? : YerMothah
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      I don't... maybe? I'm confused because my only information re: Kinect vs. Move is that PA strip, and now ... : Goncyn
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        Your only connection to anything about the move or kinect is PA? : YerMothah
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          I guess you are implying there are posts on shacknews about it that I have not read? Is it good or not? T... : Goncyn
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            the technology behind it, besides being completely innovative and very bleeding edge, actually performs a... : YerMothah
            • Interesting. Thanks. I wish I knew someone who had bought one. : Goncyn
          • Shackers have had mixed results, but a good number are liking it overall. : Merconium
          • Getting gaming news from PA is like getting mixed drink recommendations from you local baptist church. : batkiwi
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        Why are you using PA strips as legitimate sources of information...? : derelict515
        • I meant the attached news post, not the comic itself, but their opinions on things are generally useful, ... : Goncyn
  • I've enjoyed watching those youtube videos of dudes hacking their kinects, but other than that there isn'... : Frank_Mackey
• Sony needs a Seppuku attachment for the Move. : Thresher
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  Kinect has the edge on innovation, the Move comes across as a straight up Wii clone with incredibly stupi... : jingletard
  • MS was also smart to announce a list of quirky games for the old Dreamcast/original Xbox fans way in adva... : Borzoi
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    They are actually great controllers. Very ergonomic (cept for start & select). Best Sony designed contr... : deadhorse
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      Anything is better than the piece o' crap dualshock. : geneshifter
      • Well, the boomerang looking controller that was shown when they first announced the PS3 looked about 10 t... : MacemanInTW
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      Has there ever even been a passable Sony controller? lolololtroll : marmite
      • I imagine the dualshock's about the best thing ih the world if you're 6 years old and it fits your hands ... : Entity
    • They are great, utility wise and I'm not arguing that. I think they're the most accurate motion controls ... : jingletard
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  I wonder how much Dance Central helped. Having one of the best games made in the last year exclusive to ... : SlingBlaze
  • Seems to have a decent attach rate of about 1/6 according to vgchartz. http://gamrfeed.vgchartz.com/stor... : uncleanmonkey
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  Didn't people say the Kinect was going to bomb? : Godhatesfatpeople
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    I have a feeling that it will after a few months and no good games come out for it. We will see. The move... : geneshifter
    • it could probably stay alive pretty well just on Dance Central DLC and sequels it seems. : Borzoi
  • There were people saying that it would be pretty much like the Wii, where it sells very well, and then ga... : the archvile
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  Meanwhile, in Japan: http://kotaku.com/5689999/japan-we-love-cars-kinect-notsomuch : the archvile
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    Meanwhile, in Japan http://i.imgur.com/8gztA.jpg : Godhatesfatpeople
    • lol wtf : PointlesS76
  • I don't see how it'll ever sell in Asia. I don't even have room in my western style apartment, don't see... : Edges
• wow fighters uncaged sold 100k : Chandler55
• LOL   : GoodBoy
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  I might sell my kinect. I can't get it to recognize me : ultramega
  • you're too skinny, not enough dots cover you : devpaul
  • rejected by an accessory. how humiliating... : edgewise
  • Kinect is female. Sorry, bro. : Freon
  • I feel the same whenever automatic sliding doors don't open for me. : shyguy74
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    Do you have a light directly behind you? That could confuse it. Also, if the room is not lit well, it a... : Galadriel07
    • Now that you mention it, I do have a lamp on behind it. I could turn on the overhead but that lighting do... : ultramega
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    r u black, word has it, that it's racist. : abrasion
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      this is hilarious. I read another post that said this as well but my very black friend has a Kinect and ... : Galadriel07
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        Was she wearing fluro hammer pants and a bright white hat with a lot of bling on it? Maybe some rhineston... : abrasion
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          maybe we had just so much lights on in the house that it couldn't have missed her. Also our sofas and wa... : Galadriel07
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            Maybe the kinect is picking up the thicker bone density. : abrasion
            • It's the head/neck side to side flicking. : Marrbe
  • it's probably focusing on the subdued dogs : proclone1
  • Yadda yadda natural grappling skills, etc. : systatic
• I didn't buy one : Volatus32x
• Sony is so god awful in the inovation these days, they came up with the fucking walkman 30 years ago and : stgdz

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  Why is it dead? : mancide
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    The site relied on a certain API call Amazon provided to work, and Amazon killed it. : ThomW
    • damn you amazon! i used wishlist buddy :( : vov1n
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      :( When did that happen? I <3 wishlist buddy : MisterPhoton
      • It happened a few weeks ago. :/ : ThomW
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      screen-scrape those bitches. nobody fucks with thomw : electroly
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        I'm pretty sure it's against their TOS. :/ : ThomW
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          how would they catch you? : electroly
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            Ever hear of an IP address? ;) : ThomW
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              i think their ability to automatically detect and ban screen-scrapers is pretty limited. i doubt you wou... : electroly
              • I'd say frequency for one thing. They could just count the number of hits and if I was hitting them once... : ThomW
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  Make something involving MFC. : mechanicalgrape
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    give us a button to make it seem like we're tipping, sound included. : j0nchan
    • Use AspenRae's voice. "Oh my god, thank you Fizzle69! 500 tokens!" : edgewise
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    You guys love playing that iPhone game dev game -- I should make something similar where you run a stable... : ThomW
    • I approve this message. : Wolfanoz
    • Hell Yes. : sigpro
    • BOUGHT : Degenerate
    • I would buy this right now : OverloadUT
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      haha stable... what do you call a group of cam whores? A gaggle? A flock? A herd? And you don't put t... : twifosp
      • a ranch? : Slowtreme
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        thats probably what I would have chosen to use too :( : Degenerate
        • stable is definitely the best term, I say go with it. A gaggle of cam whores is put away in the stable a... : twifosp
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        A corner : mechanicalgrape
        • lol : indosauros
        • no beggar puts bb in the corner : Xevo
    • hahaha you'll be rich! : mikecyb
    • hahhaah : manero
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      Steve Jobs will reject it. :\ : pimpium
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        Put it on Android instead! : MisterPhoton
        • Yes, please! : obiquatro
    • This would be awesome! : prime8
    • that's an awesome idea except that you should make it for android! : razorblade79
    • That's a great idea. : Gary the Llama
    • You should. If you do, I'll probably buy it. : yoonix
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  I think you'd need to be better than Camelizer to make it worth using : OverloadUT
  • Yeah. For those that haven't experienced the joy: http://camelcamelcamel.com/ : Arctic Fox
  • I don't think it has to be better if people don't know about Camel, so stfu already. ;) : ThomW
• Best Buy has a pretty rad API : manero
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  Here is my suggestion: Allow for division of associates (given this is even allowed by amazon and not ... : Nation
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    The API call that Amazon killed was the one to query wish lists (well, really lists in general) and I don... : ThomW
    • yeah, I was thinking "no API" too ... not exactly sure how technically to do it (that's your area). ... : Nation
• Make something that alerts you when your Steam wishlist items go on sale (since Steam itself apparently d... : veras
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  Turn it into a Shack RPG type game where you gain points for having posts tagged in various ways and then... : Goto10
  • Whatever happened to the Shack RPG project that somebody was working on? : kikilupo
• Did Wishlist Buddy have a large user base? : dael

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• Already posted buttcheeks : Godhatesfatpeople
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  I bet they make 2x as much money on the console versions. : MagicWishMonkey
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    At least. I think it's pretty cool actually. Maybe it'll be like that Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance? I ... : SatansFist
    • I actually really enjoyed those games. I played the hell out of them with my girlfriend. : mindmann
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    I bet they don't. : SpaecKow
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      Don't pretty much all multi-platform games make a lot more money on consoles? : MagicWishMonkey
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        Well the obvious difference between most is this is a franchise with a PC heritage and a PC version not g... : derelict515
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          Dragon Age was also an SP game. I imagine if the witcher had a console version the PC sales would have su... : SpaecKow
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            I don't think anyone is saying the PC version won't sell well... : derelict515
            • I'm not arguing against that position. : SpaecKow
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          Dragon Age was a new franchise, most people didn't realize it was made for PC. Blizzard is different thou... : Zek
          • I think anyone who pays enough attention to care to choose between PC vs console versions for themselves ... : derelict515
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            I really don't think that "everyone" knows this. : Ebu
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              Diablo is one thing, but anybody with the slightest hint of gamer cred knows about Blizzard and that they... : Zek
              • I think you should stop speaking with absolutes. : Ebu
      • That's because pretty much all "multi-platform" games are console games. Why would you buy CoD on PC? Why... : SpaecKow
    • It's a tough call to make. Blizzard is still super popular on the PC with World of Warcraft and Starcraft... : pyide
    • I think the same. I am sure the PC version will sell a lot more. : razlebol
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  hah i love it. i'll still be getting it for PC as it just feels like a PC game to me, but the amount of ... : EvilDolemite
  • If any aspect of the game is not rock-hard to progress in, as compared to our hazy memories of Diablo, ra... : g3dHorse
  • Yep, the amount of schaedenfreude that this news is going to make for me is positively glorious. It's a l... : ColoradoCNC
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  Hopefully the console gets the shitty port this time. :( : DM7
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    yeah it's time the tables turn the fuck over : uebersoldat
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      i'd prefer an excellent game on every platform, but that's just me : EvilDolemite
      • Weird how platforms are like religions, right? Just play the god damn game(s) and have fun. : pgharavi
  • I bet the port will be just fine but if anything the post-release support will suffer. Maybe not as much ... : pyide
  • Well, Valve kind of did that hah : DrWaffles
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  Not surprising, it's not like it was hard to envision how the control scheme could work : derelict515
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    Inventory management and socketing should be funny though, if they do it like the past diablos : dnagenome
    • Some trivial solutions if you didn't want a serious redesign: -auto arrange button (Titan Quest has this... : derelict515
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  If it's true, I'm not worried - Blizzard wouldn't compromise the game's PC design to copy it over to cons... : Zek
  • Nothing I saw in the QA's indicated any compromise on their part. It's going to be a great PC game, but I... : SpaecKow
  • well if they're hiring people for the console port this late yeah it's pretty much designed PC first : Chandler55
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    Having played Diablo 2, I don't see how it can work on a console without being nerfed. Playing a teleport... : sanchez
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      accurate? most of it was in the corner or edge of my screen. : DrFlammable
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        Well it's not FPS headshot accurate, but you had to do it quickly and avoid large groups of mobs, sometim... : sanchez
        • act5gloamshellbaalruns FUCK MY ASS : DrFlammable
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      Doesn't teleport have a 30 second cooldown in D3? It was stupidly overpowered in D2 obviously. : derelict515
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        wtf where did you read this? teleport was the only reason to play a sorc at all in d2. : DrFlammable
        • D2 was poorly balanced in many ways but teleport was fucking ridiculous. Why would they want you to be ab... : Zek
        • yeah totally the only reason... Nevermind that it was the least gear dependent class to make mf runs most... : derelict515
        • Ah, hyperbole. : Ebu
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        aww no more 60sec hell meph runs? :( : sanchez
        • they don't want that to be the endgame anyway : derelict515
    • Well teleporting is certainly being nerfed. Ranged abilities could be handled by having a targeting retic... : Zek
  • Fucking massification!!!!!1!11 : noxiousgg
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  Don't get upset folks but I prefer action RPGs on a console. Diablo will only bog down during inventory m... : Pettytheft
  • a scrollable inventory with tabs for Armor, Weapons, Potions, etc would work just fine : EvilDolemite
• I remember playing the original diablo on the playstation with a friend, was rather fun. I see no problem... : marku5
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  Question is, will this delay the game? :/ : wurt
  • How would you be able to tell? : Rotten Deadite
  • It already has : EricZBA
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    nope, 2012 - Xbox/PS3, 2015 - PC : devpaul
    • right on schedule : devpaul
    • 2020 before PC version is patched to work correctly : sanchez
• I expected it to be on consoles from day 1. : RageQuit
• I guess I'd prefer the console version but I'll buy whatever all my friends will get. cool they are doing... : razorblade79
• i would always be getting this on PC and i have faith that the game is not going to be compromised for co... : theWhite
• Fantastic. I much prefer a pad for these kind of games anyway, and have been looking for a good console a... : -JLN-
• Should be fine. You probably will have a harder if not impossible time pulling off certain builds but tha... : Chod
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  ACTIVISION'D : EricZBA
  • I'd say it's a pretty obvious choice for any company that likes money. Why would Blizzard leave all that ... : derelict515
• This shouldn't be too bad. One of the digital 4-way buttons can be used to cycle between opponents (or it... : sonicdeathwalrus
• I don't really see a problem with this.... as long as it has no effect on the PC verison. The console ar... : Gwyndion
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  We talked about this last summer: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=20728761#itemanchor_20728761 Unl... : Serpico74
  • How do you pick and choose the loot :( : pyide
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  that's actually really good news to me. I'm unlikely to have a decent PC by that time, but i do have a PS... : mindmann
  • Expecting them to miss out on those huge gobs of cash would be beyond delusional, yes. : Marrbe
• Cross platform play anyone? : Dr_Cube
• Fuck that noise and bring me another Rock N Roll Racing! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWgseerOj0c : Goto10
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  not surprised, Blizzard employees don't work for free and they have families to feed : hanged_man
  • Blizzard employees have nothing to worry about with the success of WoW. : DM7
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  Makes sense they went with the new health recovery system. Streamlining it for consoles early on. I'm so ... : DM7
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    Haha I am going to be very amused at posts like this for a long time, I think. : OverloadUT
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      And no town portals anytime you want..... that be so hard with consoles. : DM7
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        Console gamers don't like hard games, the recoverable health and no town portals makes Diablo 3 significa... : SpaecKow
        • console gamers? more like babby gamers : derelict515
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          Console Gamers don't like hard games? Haven't some pretty hard games been console only, recently (at leas... : mindmann
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            Well let me put it this way: developers seem to think console gamers don't like hard games. Hence Batman ... : SpaecKow
            • Obviously people themselves like all kinds of games, from one click Flash games, to dudes who wanna do no... : SpaecKow
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              wait...wasn't the combat in Batman praised almost universally? I haven't played it, but i heard a lot of ... : mindmann
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                wait...wasn't the combat in Batman praised almost universally? Yes. Especially in the press. But the g... : SpaecKow
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                  B:AA isn't God of War. The combat had more than enough depth for what it was. There's more to a fun comba... : Zek
                  • Inevitably, this has turned into a discussion about what actually makes a good game. Zek, what most a : SpaecKow
                • Yes. Especially in the press. - i actually didn't get much of my info about B:AA from the press. Most of ... : mindmann
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              It's not like D2 was hard or skill intensive (unless you played hardcore). I don't think the TP change is... : derelict515
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                D2 is a tricky game past anything but the first grade of difficulty. Both in terms of tacitcs (mixing you... : SpaecKow
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                  oh please, it's an amazing slot machine, that's why it has kept peoples' attention so long. There's no cr... : derelict515
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                    Derelict, in comparison to what would you say Diablo comes out an easy game? Are there action RPGs you fo... : SpaecKow
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                      In comparison to most games, especially after the first few years of existence in terms of your point tha... : derelict515
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                        How many people go back and install D2 and post 'oh man how do I get past this part'? That's not an i... : SpaecKow
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                          Ok, I don't know how you lambast Batman and Fable for spamming one button attacks and then go praise D2's... : derelict515
                          • Yeah, D2 has a sophisticated character building system that allows a huge level of customisation with whi... : SpaecKow
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    That system is good for the PC version too. Stopping regularly to shuffle potions in your belt slots and ... : derelict515
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      yeah and totally useless because there was never a potion shortage in Diablo games. you always just had ... : EvilDolemite
      • That's exactly why they changed it. Potions were a stupid health system. D3 is going to be slower and les... : Zek
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    I don't see how picking up health orbs is any simpler than "press 1 when health is low". : -JLN-
    • I still like this change a lot in theory. Especially if it means you'll have be more active in combat to ... : pyide
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      because press 1 when health is low isn't the end of the story. You had to continually manually arrange po... : derelict515
      • I was just responding to the silly notion that the health system was "streamlined" with consoles in mind.... : -JLN-
• Awesome; Diablo seems like a perfect match for consoles : OverloadUT
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  for some reason this doesn't give me a good feeling. I don't really care it's going on consoles that does... : RogerDandy
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    You do know Diablo 1 was on Playstation right? : SlingBlaze
    • yes long after then original release I played it on both. : RogerDandy
    • And it was fucking terrible. I think it ran like at 10fps and you could only play with one other person. ... : Godhatesfatpeople
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    never mind it was updated and it sounds like some kinda other diablo related game is coming to consoles p... : RogerDandy
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      Yeah it doesn't look like D3 will be on consoles. It'll probably be a Diablo 3 fighting game done in flas... : Godhatesfatpeople
      • or it's going to be a browser-type game that can be put up on facebook. Diabloville. : Godhatesfatpeople
    • Oh! Probably like a beatemup using D3's assets. : SpaecKow
• It was recently updated. : SlingBlaze
• Cool. : Drewus
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  It will use Kinect. : shortbuscaptain
  • Xbox, click Xbox, click Xbox, click Xbox, click : pyide
  • this would be the best exercise game ever : Majuju
  • So many nerds would suffer from Diablo Elbow. : walker270
• If this delays the release of the game I'm going to kill my consoles. : DM7
• When I was in high school, a friend of mine was purely a console gamer, while I played everything, though... : David Craddock
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  Update Blizzard has issued an official statement on its Battle.net forums, clarifying that "this is n... : pixelat3d
  • Diablo XBLA side-scroller : Godhatesfatpeople
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    bleh. so lame. =( I was getting excited that i would actually be able to play Diablo 3. =( : mindmann
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      You still can! : Godhatesfatpeople
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        not without buying two expensive computers. (because if i was going to play D3, i wouldn't hear the end o... : mindmann
        • ah, well if you want Diablo 3 bad enough as Sony once said. You will get another job to get this. : Godhatesfatpeople
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          D3 is being built to run on a wide range of PCs, you could put together rather cheap machines and play th... : SpaecKow
          • Yeah my computer I have now would probably run Diablo 3. I'm saving up for an upgrade now so I'll have a ... : DM7
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          You will probably be able to run Diablo on a computer that cost as much as buying a 360 or PS3 with all t... : razlebol
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            yeah. i understand that. and it's nice that it'll be runnable on a wide range of things. It's just that i... : mindmann
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              It's not like that is the only game you can play. : Wisp!
              • nah, but i already have a modern day console and a bigass TV. I can play 99% of the games i want on that.... : mindmann
        • This is a Blizzard game. Your P3 from 1998, standing in the attic and whose chipset fan would dislodge an... : Marrbe
    • You still have probably two years to put together a PC that would have been hot shit in 2008. : pyide
  • Good, so we wont get console UI jammed onto the PC. : Boxelder
  • Good, so we won't get a pc UI jammed onto a console. : Dave-A
  • I say they lie. Diablo's gameplay should be easy to adapt to a gamepad. Blizzard may have to tone things ... : Dr_Cube
  • Good, so we won't PC a console onto a jammed : Schnapple
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  This is nothing. They are looking to make a "Diablo 3: console edition" which is not a simultaneous rele... : SqueegyTBS
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    So Diablo with QTE's and a cover system. : Godhatesfatpeople
    • You have have dragon age 2. ;) : DM7
    • Cow Level is DLC. : greasyjohn
    • Blizzard has high standards. Maybe they can make that fun. I have faith. My point is this has no eff... : SqueegyTBS
• Diablo: Ghost : Vimn
• PRE-ORDER CANCELE... wait, nvm. : rmjackson
• They have never done this before. Clearly StarCraft 64 destroyed StarCraft. : mtgDoofy
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  Crytek Valve Epic id Blizzard Relic Stardock PC gaming is as healthy as ever! : walker270
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    Relic is putting out space marine to consoles. : DM7
    • NOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo : walker270
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    Crytek, Valve, Epic and Blizzard still release PC games... : marmite
    • Epic hasn't released a PC game since 2007 (and if it wasn't for forgetting about UT3, I would've said 200... : the archvile
• if they do it a-la Too Human == fap fap fap fap fap : r3dn3ck
• I wish it actually was Diablo III for the 360 because then I could get my girlfriend to play it. : das_runt
• Knees be jerkin' in this here thread. : omnova
• I'll preface this by saying that I'm unlikely to purchase it at all (because it's not really my bag) but ... : marmite
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  Rainbows, WoW engine, WoW artists, none of the original D1 & D2 devs, town portals removed, potions messe... : gyokuro
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    you'll buy and play it : EvilDolemite
    • i'm gonna play the shit out of Diablo 3 : gyokuro
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    "no randomly generated levels" When did that happen? Last I heard dungeons and areas were still random... : pyide
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      I don't know where he is getting that info. But one can assume, like the others it will be random. : DM7
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        They've said from the very beginning it will be a mix of static and randomized levels. I was just wond... : pyide
        • Diablo 2 had that exact type of style too. There were places where the terrain was the same but different... : DM7
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    "no randomly generated levels" wuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuutttt? : Godhatesfatpeople
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      I really hope that's not true. : Godhatesfatpeople
      • It's not. The "overworld" areas, that is, the organic, natural areas aren't random. Too hard to fit them ... : Dynotaku
  • A good chunk of those things I would put in the "pros" column. : SqueegyTBS
  • wow how did i know who posted this before i even looked at the name??? : lakren
  • Wait. One. Goddamned. Second. RAINBOWS?!?!?!?!? MOTHERFUCKING RAINBOWS?!?!?!? That's it, this game : ColoradoCNC
  • Well, I laughed. Then cried. still going to play it : Ellissd
  • have you played it? I have. its awesome. : NexusOne
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    "no randomly generated levels" unpossible : umegastar
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      Yeah I'm pretty sure that's wrong! : SpaecKow
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        i'm hoping its wrong too but they've been really downplaying randomly generated stuff especially for outd... : gyokuro
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          They are down playing towns too, does that mean there won't be any in d3?! : DM7
          • OMG NO TOWNS OR VENDORS IN D3 CONFIRMED ON SHACKNEWS WTF : das_runt
    • if they did that they are retarded : mista mista
    • There will still be randomly generated levels, as well as static set-pieces. They are actually enhancing ... : BlackCat9
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    Maybe you should stop posting about this game if it upsets you so much and wait until release. Yes, y... : slax0r
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      if i come off sounding upset thats not the case. I'm actually not upset at it at all. I am disappointed a... : gyokuro
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        We got a long ways to go before it's released, let's not kill ourselves with the speculation sword just y... : DM7
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          yeah, lets not jump on the speculation penis too hard : SpaecKow
          • Try not to gag on the specjaculation. : BlackCat9
  • Everything they rip from WoW and put into Diablo makes me want it more and more. : Entity
  • But also no griefing i.e. public hardcore games viable, no potion spamming, no inventories clogged up by ... : Marrbe
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  Laugh all you want, that's probably what will get me to actually enjoy a Diablo game for the first time. ... : ColoradoCNC
  • Why would you ruin it for the 20 million people who like it the way it is though? That's like saying lets... : MeestaNob
• Can't think of a better game I'd want to play on a huge screen sitting on my couch, naked. : mr.sleepy
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  Diablo 1 worked quite well on the PS1. : Mr. Goodwrench
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    No it didn't. It was really terrible. Just like Starcraft 64. : Godhatesfatpeople
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      No it wasn't, and it didn't run at 10fps as you claim. Obviosuly not as good as the PC version for a few ... : Mr. Goodwrench
      • It was a good port. Multiplayer would've bee n better in a console with online play, but that was unavoid... : David Craddock
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  Do you remember when you could grab items from far away with that sorc skill telekinesis? That was the... : umegastar
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    yeah i'm pretty sure you forgot to mention Paladins in your "imba thing" post. : gyokuro
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      What's "imba"? : David Craddock
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        imba means imbalanced, and if you think it looks retarded written out, imagine how fucking downsy it soun... : SpaecKow
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          I checked and that was the 2nd time I wrote the world in my life. I only learned what it meant this year ... : umegastar
          • uhh hammerdins ftw ;p : rmjackson
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  thanks activision : spaceless
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    or do i mean, BLIZACTIVSION ULTRA MEGA CORP : spaceless
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      Easily one of the worst company names in history. : Godhatesfatpeople
      • BlizzaVision? : Marrbe

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  You should know after grade-school that once you tell someone that you hate something, you can expect see... : pigvomit
  • I hate vaginas. : Orange Pylon
  • i hate big boobs : ShadowRam
  • I know and is worse on the internet... : Q-ball
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    I hate it when Lucy Pinder runs up to me and shoves my face into her busom, repeatedly. : Omaha
    • I hate that too, very much hate that. haaaaate it. : uebersoldat
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    I hate it when Dong Patrol posts the Minecraft thread late : Hemtroll
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      You're doing it wrong. : MrBig0
      • no, no, it's funny when people try to make something super quick because Dong is half an hour late and it... : Hemtroll
  • hahaha WHAT HAVE YOU DONE : Nitrium
  • i hate myself : ass-street
  • HAHAH thread delivers lol's : uebersoldat
• Nope. The IGAR (Internet Game Acronym Registry) has spoken for now and ever more. : trove
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  CODBLOPS is the best acronym this year. I LOVE it! : Zakko
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    Not better than ASS[rBRO! : nwillard
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      FUCKING : nwillard
      • SOWNED : Milleh
    • i agree that they are equally terrible : dantastic
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      what is assbro? : fluffy64
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        ASS2BRO: Assassin's Creed 2 Brotherhood : Hemtroll
        • hahaha : reelbk
      • Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood : saunders45
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        haha. You fell for it! : pgharavi
        • not much, dog, what's up with you : dirge23
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  i've gotten more genuine laughs out of CODBLOPS than i get out of most games and i don't even own it : dirge23
  • agreed. i giggle a little bit inside every time i see CODBLOPS on the screen, and i dont even like COD! : vitek r
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  http://www.codblops.com/ : one random winner
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CODBLOPS : dirge23
  • LOL : SeaLlama
• It's Cod Blops anyway you guys YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG WHY CAN'T YOU BE COOL LIKE ME. : Alice O'Connor
• the best part about CODBLOPS is how many people hate if for no real reason. : NexusOne
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  CODBLOOPS : MercFox1
  • CODBLOPS BERKBLOX : zebosausamite
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  Don't worry, ASSBRO is the new annoying acronym. CODBLOPS is so last week. : jason bergman
  • you got CODBLOPS in my ASSBRO : dirge23
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  It sounds like some post-surgical medical condition. : rmjackson
  • my girlfriend says it sounds like fish poops : Herman Toothrot
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  Nope. My roommate was laughing saying that that was too many letters for an acronym, and I said yep, t... : fleabug
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    That's why I agree with Scott Miller (I believe it was him?) who suggested game titles should be short an... : avatar_58
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      Quake was a pretty good example. the word doesn't relate to the gameplay at all, and they kept slapping t... : dirge23
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        The absolute worst is GOW. Which game did I just list? Gears or God? You have no idea and it's a weakasse... : avatar_58
        • They're indistinguishable until someone drops a 3 on the end, which is really just a hold over until Epic... : ieGod
    • It was easier to do back in the 70s-90s. It is much harder to create a game with a single word name. You ... : Frozen Pixel
• I call it CoD:BO. Don't know what idiot started the BLOPS nonsense. : prime8
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  Its not the acronym itself, it's the LOLCODBLOPS THAT'S FUNNY AMIRITE??? it's funny like XVCD is funny. i : Rauol Duke
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    You are pretty much the reason that it's so funny. If people didn't get pissed about it, it would still m... : noxiousgg
    • IAWTP : MrBig0
• it's pretty accurate though, at least for the PC experience lolololol. CODBLOPS 4 LYFE : Downforce
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  It's not a very efficient acronym. It has two syllables like "Black Ops." : The Grolar Bear
  • i'm pretty sure the acronym "CODBLOPS" sacrifices efficiency for entertainment : Herman Toothrot
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  it's BLOPS, not CODBLOPS : vynn
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    No : zebosausamite
    • Yes. It'll always be BLOPS to me. : pyide
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  The acronym fits...reminds me of a really diarrhetic fart, combined with some smaller chunks of yellow di... : GoneCommando
  • Man I was eating when I read this shit. I hate you. : Hemtroll
  • have you been eating fish? fish can make you have cod in your blops. : vitek r
• Get out : beedeegee
• Not sure how that came about. Call of Duty = CoD Black Ops = BO parallelism... anyone? : mobab
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  I like it. : PixelPie
  • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=24518007 : CrustaR
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  CODBLOPS]r CODBLOPS CODBLOPS CODBLOPS CODBLOPS CODBLOPS CODBLOPS CODBLOPS CODBLOPS]r CODBLOPS CODBLOPS CO : fuzzydamnit
  • it's fun! :) : fuzzydamnit
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    weird tag fail - not sure ho i did that exactly ... : fuzzydamnit
    • new color tags override old color tags, if he'd left any of them tagless they'd have show up red. : one random winner
  • CODBLOPS! : ConsFEARacy
  • DONKLEYSDONKLEYSDONKLEYSDONKLEYSDONKLEYSDONKLEYSDONKLEYSDONKLEYSDONKLEYSDONKLEYSCODBLOPSDONKLEYSDONKLEYSD... : DonkleyPunch
• People are dumb, they're going to use crappy acronyms. It is what it is. : wytefang
• COD7 : Schnapple
• its literally my favorite thing to say. : disembodied potato
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  It's a great acronym and everyone who really finds it that bothersome is a whiny bitch. A huge, whiny, cu... : snot3353
  • Did you see my link above? : CrustaR
• And complaining about it will make it all go away. : Dschinghis Khan
• CODBLOPS is too fun to say as if it was a word. We cannot have a new one. No. : pixelat3d
• CODBLOPS is here to stay. : ant_hillbilly
• What is the name of the dump you take after eating too many fish and chips? I'll take amusing acronyms... : homeboyJim
• CODBLOPS. : Thornfist
• http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/9725/codblops.gif : uebersoldat
• No. : halophoenix
• I read it as "Codpiece" : TheRealBigDumbass
• nosry : dotpain
• I'm trying so hard to care, I really am. But I just don't. : MaxPete82
• These threads are futile. Worst case by next November when the Call of Duty excreting oriface shits ou... : Dolemite

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• Guides and Utilities - Oizomapper! Map your single player or multiplayer levels! By mroizo40 http://w... : MurrayTheSkull
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  Server Renders! MercFox1 Bird's Eye View: http://box.nevernet.com/~djr/mc/render.png Angled GoogleMa : MurrayTheSkull
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    Since Shackspace still isn't working, is it possible to get the Shadowdane renders elsewhere? : Afterglow
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      I'm not even rendering them at the moment... I'll have to see if I can set it to upload to a different... : Shadowdane
      • You may want to punch Gamefly in the cunt while you're at it. : Afterglow
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  Hey guys its wbechard (Bechard @ MercFox1's Server). Could I get an admin to give build access to Pvt_... : wbechard
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    Murray knows who he is now, he insulted his infant son last night lol. : Mr.Johnson
    • :D : MurrayTheSkull
  • He has to be ingame, is he in now? I'll come chek : foo
  • Okay, I got it all setup. : Vividvoid
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  I took a break last night from some construction work on my 4th tower and went off exploring to the south... : SolrFlare
  • lol i should change that to a wooden door. sorry about that, you can knock the cobble out to get out. : MurrayTheSkull
  • Heh, nice. I haven't been playing much, like most people. There are other games to play, and Minecr... : Nixx2004
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  NoClue's Link to the Past Recreation: http://216.139.192.52/~djr/mc/gmap/index.html?x=-2670&y=64&z=-1980... : Volatris
  • death mountain's gonna be a bitch, but it'll be one hell of a project : MurrayTheSkull
  • Hey noClue, here's how someone else solved the Kakariko problem in euclidean space: http://www.youtube.c... : Volatris
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  Been AWOL a while, has building been fixed in MP yet? : uebersoldat
  • building what? : james_austintx
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    The empty hand right-click booting you from the game has been fixed. The laggy behaviour (reappearing blo... : Arctic Fox
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      ...and the chances of this being fixed this week seem slim: http://twitter.com/notch/status/4223482887938... : Arctic Fox
      • haha oh man : Shadowdane
      • wasn't he at the dentist a couple of weeks ago? What is he doing with his teeth? : Hemtroll
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  I have a tagged (+lbl) structure/work in progress just off the Mercfox render crop (close to Hyrule). Any... : The Wilhelm Scream
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    It should automatically be included. If the sign has been down for more than 24 hours and it isn't on the... : Arctic Fox
    • Alrighty sir thanks. : The Wilhelm Scream
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  This guy is quite opinionated on Minecraft: http://www.codergames.com/news/games/minecraft/ http://ww... : DHAvatar
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    he's either trolling or he's completely delusional http://codergames.com/news/games/tigsource-monopoly-sc... : Arctic Fox
    • also, reading that crap feels like someone opened up my skull and took a shit on my brain : Arctic Fox
  • People on the Internet With Shitty Opinions. : Afterglow
  • I think that TIGsource has raped this guy's cat. : Kub666
  • I'm like Morpheus from Matrix waking you up No... but I do think that there are pills involved here. : Rotten Deadite
  • A sad case. : excessus
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  • I have big plans...once shit works. It's still alpha, I've had a lot of fun already, I can take a break a... : Nixx2004
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    • yeah, this seems to be true for about 70% of the regs on Merc1 : Arctic Fox
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      ya, been trying to build my castle lately but its been hard. annoying as hell when i have to mine everyth... : AMikaboshi
      • Just make sure to not move your mouse when mining a block. It's slower but I haven't had many problems af... : Afterglow
    • Same here. I tried playing for 10 minutes or so last week and gave up. Going to wait for that to be fix... : AltZero

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• chicken necks? : dirge23
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  Jinro actually made it too, Nada did not. teehee : moshman
  • Definitely a surprising result there. : abrasion
  • what? did he play without a keyboard? : razorblade79
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    Finally him and hayder qualify : wurt
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      Hayder or haypro? : Blucklesworth
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        HayprO = hayder i thought? : wurt
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          I'm pretty sure they're two different guys. : Blucklesworth
          • check http://wiki.teamliquid.net/starcraft2/HayprO : wurt
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  any infos if we get another discout for season 3 for having season ticket 2? : razorblade79
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    they can fuck off if they think I am buying another season ticket if they do not improve the HQ stream fo... : moshman
    • I really want to support esports but ........ fuck if this post isn't kind of right. Especially since th... : abrasion
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      yeah sucks, I'm on fiber too. gomtv speed test showed that I'd manage a 405kb/sec stream. A speedtest.n... : dael
      • I'm on a 100mbit line too, I get over 90mb/s on speedtest yet can barely manage 500kb/s from the fucking ... : moshman
      • Hmm speedtest shows me getting slower speeds than GOM does actually :/ : abrasion
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      I don't really care about the livestream since I can't watch them at work anyway. the difference between ... : razorblade79
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        I love the VODs too, but they stream slow as shit too and there is no way to download them either. And t... : moshman
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          I pause them for 2-3 seconds and then they stream perfectly for me. I'm on a 20MBit/s line here. I don't ... : razorblade79
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            It's like a lot of flash video, pause first and wait for buffer, so annoying :( : abrasion
            • yeah but it seems like a small thing to fix. just make the goddamn player buffer itself at the beginning.... : razorblade79
          • Yeah it seems I have to pause the HQ VODs for a few seconds at the start, but then I'm fine. I'm only on... : Freon
    • Well that sucks. I was happy to pay $20 and $15 for seasons 1 and 2. Watched some live, but most on HQ ... : Freon
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  Are the teamliquid forums the best place to keep up to date with qualifyings? : dael
  • Definitely. : abrasion
  • By far the sc2 section on teamliquid will give you the best English coverage, yeah. : wurt
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  People who did not qualify oGsEnsnare LegalMind Nada oGsTOP (#10 KR) 오지에스잉ì� : wurt
  • lol at the last 4 : abrasion
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    that list almost makes me sad : razorblade79
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      It's gotta suck having your sponsors put down that much dough only to fail as soon as you arrive.. : wurt
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        I'm especially sorry for torch, I'm not sure if he has a sponsor, but that guy seemed to be very passiona : razorblade79
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          Since torch is studying in Korea, his budget to get there isn't quite so high. But I think he does have a... : moshman
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            Are you sure he's studying in Korea? I seem to remember in season one that he said he was just on vacatio... : Blucklesworth
            • I thought he said he was studying in Korea in those GSL interviews Artosis did for GSL 1, but not in Seou... : moshman
            • ^^^^ : pancake humper
  • poor torch and artosis, they can never catch a break :( As for incontrol, that was so obvious : moshman
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    who is paying for torch to keep going out there? also lol @ incontrol and PH's manlove for him : maulla
    • torch already lives in Korea : moshman
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    Makes me sad. I was hoping to see iNcontroL make it. I love his articulate no-holds barred insight :) : bolange
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      its a shame that that doesnt translate into starcraft skill : maulla
      • Lol yeah. Just saying I'd like to see him shake up the Korean scene and get the juicy stuff for SotG : bolange
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      i feel bad for him. i think everybody knew he wouldn't make it but him. : smax
      • It is still a worthwhile experience to make a trip to south korea to try : semaphore
      • Hopefully he'll stick around there for a while. I have to imagine that kind of environment would be real... : bolange
      • he never said he was sure he was going to make it. he said if EG is going to try to get a house out ther... : valael
  • So Fruit Dealer made it in, right? Hope he does better this year. : Rotten Deadite
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    Does that mean HuK made it? : pancake humper
    • He's qualifying tomorrow : wurt
    • bet he doesn't. : valael
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  Is S3 filled up? How many people have yet to qualify. Aren't there 3-4 players from Liquid or EG that ju... : dael
  • There's a whole nother day of qualifiers tomorrow : indosauros
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  I don't see FruitDealer on the TL list. Is he not playing this time around? : Talonus.
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    I don't believe all the prelims are done yet. Like Idra hasn't played yet. : Crimsonbeak
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      but they have a list of who still can qualify in the TL thread though, and fruit isn't on it. : moshman
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        think they use his real name not his id. : On the Brane
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          that could well be it : moshman
          • 과일장수 is Fruitdealer : On the Brane
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    Why am I not surprised, at all? : abrasion
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      TERRAN OP PROTOSS UP : razorblade79
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        We need our own rap song :( : abrasion
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          whats the deal, i dont understand why protoss arent played or suck? : thewindcriesmary
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            I wonder myself. I feel like they give me a pretty good matchup but I'm just Bronze. They seem to do we... : bolange
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              There's a lack of an innovator in Protoss. The same issue is happening in BW. Protoss has the superior ... : TheStupidOne
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                I am really surprised you don't see more Phoenix harass from Protoss against Zerg. You would think 2 Pho... : Crimsonbeak
                • Nothing strikes more dread into me than a group of phoenix sniping overlords and lifting queens while I"m... : bolange
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                  I know, I don't know why they don't try to emulate a Sair/Reaver type strategy with Phoenixes and Immorta... : TheStupidOne
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                    immortals in the mineral line is such a poor use of money. seems like warping in a couple zealots would ... : valael
                    • It doesn't have to be immortals, but that sair/reaver style play where you use corsairs to fend off the m... : TheStupidOne
              • I really think it's this more than anything. : Lexicon_Leidun
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                No, there's a lack of the ability to innovate for Protoss due to core game design choices. : abrasion
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                  Yes, it's the game's fault that Protosses in both BW and SC2 are failing to innovate. Maybe it's because... : TheStupidOne
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                    Yes, the problem is the race. http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewpost.php?post_id=6862207 Hopefully th... : abrasion
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                      Yes, it's Blizzard's fault SanZenith tried to forge FE TWICE, and then blocked his own cannon. It's Bliz... : TheStupidOne
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                          Oh I read it, and I'm saying the quality of play from the protosses who have made it to the big stage has... : TheStupidOne
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                            Not worth continiuing further, I'm trying to discuss the fundamental design of the race in general and yo... : abrasion
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                              Yes because we can judge a race is broken because of their poor televised record yet completely ignore th... : TheStupidOne
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                                So you're not willing to discuss the mechanics of the game and how it's designed and would rather rail on... : abrasion
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                                  the mechanics are fine. : valael
                                  • Good writeup, thanks. : abrasion
                                • What is there to discuss? We don't know what's "broken" or isn't "broken" because none of the Protoss pl... : TheStupidOne
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                      Most of your post is just focusing on the strengths of terran while mostly focusing on the weaknesses of ... : valael
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                        Each other race has to wait for units to build but in the early game once warp gates are done, Protoss's ... : abrasion
                        • the warp prism has a speed upgrade that makes it fast as fuck. Between that, warping in anywhere, zealot... : valael
                      • Really, once DTs/HTs are on the field, build times are irrelevant, hell I'd say build times are irrelevan... : TheStupidOne
            • i played 1 gold protoss and beat him pretty easy. But most protoss i play just wall themselves in and tec... : thewindcriesmary
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    Fantastic I didn't know tasteless was an eg member now. Looks like he is qualifyng tomorrow under EGTaste... : wurt
    • lol : abrasion
    • I would be pretty surprised if he made it though. : moshman
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      you didn't watch the gsl did you, because he mentioned it like once a day. I'd like to see him play as we... : razorblade79
      • Well I knew he was going to be the manager for them in Korea, didn't know he W's going to play under the ... : wurt
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      He's not even on the team, he's like a mascot. : Blucklesworth
      • just about to post that : dignan
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    Oh man fuck yeah a random qualified. GSL3 is already infinitely better because of this. : TheStupidOne
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      there's no way he's gonna get anywhere though : moshman
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        Oh I know but it's going to be hilarious watching him. : TheStupidOne
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          oh yeah, I love him already : moshman
          • I'm totally rooting for him already. : aaarrrgh
    • wow, that take balls. balls of SKILL : smax
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  Has anyone heard from rudds? : dael
  • He is being detained in the DMZ due to espionage allegations. : Crimsonbeak
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  SC2 easter egg: hit CTRL+ALT+F (combo to display frame rate). do it 100 times. just tried it and it w... : smax
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    What does it do? : Crimsonbeak
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      a picture of a boy's face appears below the FPS numbers. nobody seems to know who he is. programmer's k : smax
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        someone at /r/starcraft thinks it might be a reference to http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/4111/dirt... : smax
        • Those two stories are two of my favorite coding stories. : Deathlove
        • hahah great stories : SatansFist
  • yeah clicking 100 times for a joke text - I guess the jokes on you then : razorblade79
  • I think you just hold it down for 15 seconds or so. : Rotten Deadite
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  On a more serious note, GOM really really REALLY needs to modify their qualification system. Both Sangho : TheStupidOne
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    lol. There are no good protoss j/k : bolange
    • Well, other than NexGenius there definitely aren't any very creative ones :\ : TheStupidOne
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    maybe they just need to practice more : maulla
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      Yes, Nada needs to practice more. : TheStupidOne
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        so its the qualification systems fault that he lost? the competition is only going to get tougher as time... : maulla
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          Yes it is the fault of the qualification system when we get garbage players like SanZenith qualifying (wh... : TheStupidOne
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            Seeding starts next month. These 3 seasons ahve basically been tournaments to determine seeding for the ... : bolange
            • Yeah I know, and I hope it does fix it. It's just depressing seeing such fantastic people who went so ve... : TheStupidOne
    • I think HuK just needs to build more shit myself : flagg209
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    Yeah, it is a problem when really good players fail to qualify and relatively bad players do. This might ... : frenziedbadger
    • Yeah, it was a shame too.. S2 was my first season, and watching the Round of 64 was painful. Every game w... : Demius
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      Well I hope the "code system" which goes into effect next GSL season fixes it. I know the game is in its : TheStupidOne
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        What about Tester, who is still considered by a lot of people to be among the best protoss player there i... : Demius
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          BO3, just one after another, you have to do 3-4 of these in a single day. I'd imagine a lot of it is jus... : TheStupidOne
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            It's single elim too, no losers bracket. So if you get one bad matchup or you screw up one game it's ove... : TheStupidOne
            • if double elim isn't in the RO64+ I agree with it not being in the qualifiers. I do think, however, that ... : Demius
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    Actually the qualification system is awesome. it allows total unknowns to just show up and be amazing and... : SpaecKow
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      And allow retards who absolutely do not belong in the RO64 to be there and get absolutely trashed. : TheStupidOne
      • I don't mind, that's fun too! : SpaecKow
• Shame about KiWiKaKi.. Would have loved to see him qualify : Demius
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  Thread Hijack Has anyone used the build order testing utilities? In particular YABOT and the voice ... : Jimb0v2
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    YABOT is awesome. AWESOME I SAY! : bolange
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      YABOT is sweet indeed. Could use more build orders though, going through their forums trying out codes t... : dael
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        They just released 1.3. Has AI in and some new functionality: Checkout their new website: http://www.... : bolange
        • nice, thanks : dael
      • Their stock build orders are awful. The concept seems incredible though. Especially the on-line part.... : Jimb0v2
  • HAAAY YABOOOOOOT! : Demius
• I just watched the Season 2 finals, and HOLY SHIT. Those were insane games for sure. The Game 7 one whe : deject
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  Got a warning for posting the picture at TL, lol countless other pictures been posted there but suddenl... : abrasion
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    yet you keep going back for more : maulla
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      Pretty close to being done with it, it's a shame but inconsistent moderation is a huge pet peeve, one wee... : abrasion
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        It hasn't been fine for a long time. Check the automated ban list. : Blucklesworth
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          Nah it's inconsistent, there's constantly pictures posted in threads but not consistency on 'can i add te... : abrasion
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            Did you feel your picture actually added value to the conversation? : bolange
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              Some of them sure, I enjoyed a lot of stuff there but that specific community is definitely what I'd call... : abrasion
              • Sounds like the shack. : alias
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    You got a warning for posting an image macro. Which is standard, consistent policy because without it we ... : Blucklesworth
    • But how else will he rally the interweb troops to fight the man?!?!?!? : maulla
    • I removed that post and PM'd a few mods instead - and as I said before, images are all over that site, lo... : abrasion
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    ABRASION IS DONE! : wurt
    • Thank god too, the elitist bullshit is too much. I'm seeing why a lot of shackers take the piss out of th... : abrasion
  • link? : bolange
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    Sounds like the Shack and memes. : BlackCat9
    • I don't care what anyone says, Iron was awesome at that team invitational and totally totally pulled a Bo... : abrasion
  • abrasion post : Foxhawk
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    did you fix SC2 balance issues yet? : midgetherder
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      No but for a second time I've successfully predicted what they will look at - last time being an easy nex... : abrasion
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        Err banshees are fine. I distinctly remember banshee harassing being a problem for TvZ and Zergs being t... : TheStupidOne
        • Sorry mate - Blizzard seem to concur. : abrasion
• IGI if anyone wants to play some team games. I'm KotH'd out for a while. : Freon

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  honestly 'tits she shouldn't be dictating what games you can buy : EvilDolemite
  • No shit. If she doesn't trust you to manage your time between her and the game then there's bigger proble... : Phreakin
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    also wtf, i've met two of your girlfriends and they always seem cool and then come to find out they have ... : EvilDolemite
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      arn't all women like this? : whistletits
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        yea, at first, but I was able to get mine to start playing way back and we had fun at night doing that in... : mwasher
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          did yall ever cyber in the game? : whistletits
          • no : mwasher
      • dude, no! : EvilDolemite
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  if she doesn't play too, it's a dangerous idea : indosauros
  • It can be, but it can also be a fun experience if she does play as it's something you can do together. ... : phate81
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    Wtf do people act like WoW is the equivalent of crack cocaine? If someone is hardcore and plays all day a... : jasenmp
    • You're lucky. I got back in last week after 1.5 years away. I already feel the pull of the dangling carro... : lpearl
    • I don't get the addiction shit either. I've played pretty much since release, and never had any issues w... : MacemanInTW
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  you can play with me whistletits. WoW is pretty aweshum. keep track of your priorities and it shouldn't b... : pointyelbows
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    I can't even get her to play coop Fable III with me. : whistletits
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      boo. fable series is rad, too! it takes me a minute to warm up to any game because the intro levels bore ... : pointyelbows
      • Last week when Fable 3 came out she brought a friend over and she is a gamer and knew about Kinect, Fable... : whistletits
• Sounds like she is controlling and really doesn't like games. But at the same time, what is more importan... : ovrlrd
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  Don't get it. She'll probably want to play with you as "quality time". Next thing you know, she'll be spe... : BlackCat9
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    Honestly, though, it's completely possible to play the game without being addicted. I think that the peop... : BlackCat9
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      yea i might be wrong but the days of having to play 4-5 days a week for 5hrs+ per night died in the first... : johnny rotten
      • I imagine you still have to coordinate it though, not like you do pug raids or just form them from whoeve... : dooberzoo
      • That's until you start raiding on multiple characters! : gia-
      • I think the main idea with raids now is to take something the size of Naxx and make each quarter or each ... : BlackCat9
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  WT, my advice: don't throw away your life playing that game. You should get the new Rockband game and pl... : CrustaR
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    actually CrustaR i am thinking about having a small RB3 gathering in early december..maybe 8 people. i d... : EvilDolemite
    • Maybe we could do the RB3 action once I'm moved into my new place. : CrustaR
    • i would be down : whistletits
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    your hatred of MMO's is well documented sir, however whats the difference in wasting his life playing tha... : riedlos
    • I would like him to enjoy some time with Evil D!! : CrustaR
• Do both of you a favor and skip it. : yobock
• Just don't play it when she's around. Obviously you weren't that prone to addiction in the first place. I... : Zek
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  Ask her if the exbf was an alcoholic would she have issues with you drinking? If not why is WOW different... : drodver
  • People usually have such issues in these scenarios if it's bad enough :P : disposition
• There's a lot to the game and it never ends. If you aren't hyper-competitive or obsessive about being the... : SkipperMcG
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  Do you have an addictive personality? If so, it might not be worth the risk. If not, and you're confident... : underground banana plantation
  • Not really, I just like games but I rarely beat them. The last game I was super addicted to was a MUD bac... : whistletits
• i'm not sure why but this post gave me a good laugh... i guess it's kinda like "if i jump off the 3rd sto... : greydog
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  I played a lot of WoW back in the day... -_-.... take my advice, just skip that piece of shit game. : KaboomzZz
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    ...and okay other piece of shit games like codblops? ;) Video games are all relative, they are fun time p... : DM7
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      oh don't worry. I skipped cod blops too. Treyarch sucks my balls. : KaboomzZz
      • skip all piece of shit games, word. : uebersoldat
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        seriously though. WoW is designed to suck your time from your life. In your playing you will make thousan... : KaboomzZz
        • the glory days of world firsts are one thing, now even MORE people play - but not at such an intense leve... : Downforce
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          Sorry dude, but just because you don't know how to moderate your play time doesn't mean the game sucks. : SkipperMcG
          • No shit. : Phreakin
          • Seriously : chungathebunga
        • I agree, MMORPGs seem to be designed to waste time. I think the only redeeming aspect of them is the soci... : Modulus
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          So what's a game that isn't designed to suck time from your life? : dante2010
          • I think there are plenty of games who's primary focus is on gameplay and player enjoyment. With MMORPGs ... : Modulus
      • Skip all games, word : dante2010
  • same... : GBeer11
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  Just don't overdo it man. But yeah you'll have to walk on eggshells if you value your relationship becaus... : uebersoldat
  • settle it with an in-game dual! my ret pally vs. your face - GO! : pointyelbows
• Dont do it, dont be a dumbass : oldschoolbob-o
• If you actually care about your girl and if you are the type of person who can really get into a game, I ... : Nighteyes
• make sure you can regulate yourself.. if you have an addictive personality then i would keep away from it : rbjester
• As long as you remember that time with gf is more important than time with WOW. Especially when she's aro... : MindFukr
• time for a new girlfriend. That, or get her to play with you (perhaps she has a fear of you cybering wit... : GoodBoy
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  Just play the 7 (or is it 14?) day trial. Also, keep this in mind: To buy Cataclysm, you also have to buy... : Gnowknayme
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    You mean to play the new end-game Cataclysm content? The Old World changes for everyone regardless of wh... : ninj0rc
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      With just classic, you will be able to start with one of the original races, and level to 55. No Blood E... : capt tripps
      • 60 : MacemanInTW
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  that's silly tell her you aren't some social cripple and you can handle your shit : cpt_gloval
  • all the "don't do it"s are coming from the social cripples who can't handle their shit : cpt_gloval
• You should talk to her about this. She cannot deal with your relationship through the lens of some previo... : stygian_whisper
• Do it. Get into wow now and sort it out after. You play video games. If she has issues, then work some... : mobab

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• awesome : mechanicalgrape
• Nice, but yeah not easy to download from there as it times out. : sigpro
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  I copied the file name from the "Individual MP3" URL, pasted into Google, and found at least 3 other site... : MatthewPhillips
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    You should listen to it because yours is the opinion I want to hear most. : Deathlove
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      You probably don't actually. I just did a quick read on Girl Talk and I can already tell you that I will ... : MatthewPhillips
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        Why do you think you won't like it? It's brilliantly put together. He's a genius. : Deathlove
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          Ok... I tried. First song: War Pigs mixed with a song I've never heard. Just not my thing. I did... : MatthewPhillips
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            The best part is listening to stuff you know so well and hearing how well it fits with stuff you've had n... : Deathlove
            • Also the commonalities between genres that are not immediately obvious. Lots of religiously dedicated fan... : disembodied potato
• cool thanks : kn1fe
• Nice! : Head Rush
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  The servers are SLAMMED. Boourns. I love girl talk, last time he was in Toronto the gf and I were on stag... : Super Sparker
  • Do what MatthewPhillips suggested above. : ImageOmega
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  anybody been able to get that can host it for us? : Jackass1233
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    I'll throw it on my webspace. : Deathlove
    • lol, no I won't, I'm curiously close to my bandwidth cap. : Deathlove
• Thanks for posting that! : ImageOmega
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  hot. workin on it now brb : BongSlayerB
  • ah this is so good :D : BongSlayerB
• pretty awesome album! it's up there with night ripper imo, which is beaten only by feed the animals (stil... : Ziggurat
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  Someone post a tracklist? : Skoal^Fyfan
  • He said he'd post it "in the future." : Deathlove
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  Deathlove: hipster : Rauol Duke
  • yeah! you tell em! : ass-street
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    I'm enjoying it genuinely and not ironically. :( : Deathlove
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      I saw Girl Talk live and there were more bandanas and skinny jeans in that room than I've ever seen separ... : Rauol Duke
      • Girl Talk is way too mainstream for real hipsters. : tharger
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        So... you're a hipster too? : disembodied potato
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          My balls are too huge for skinny jeans. :( : Rauol Duke
          • huge balls = tiny dick FACT : ass-street
• Ok, I'm loving it so far. I ended up using a mirror on mediafire. Is it ok to post links to that here... : deveus1
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  Wtf is this... Sounds like someone keeps switching radio channels and then threw in some random mixes. : hobohun7er
  • Sounds about right. I love it. : shinta420
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    That's basically what it is. Rather than write his own hooks, he uses other people's hooks mashed togeth... : the city
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      There's brilliance in finding how pieces from two different puzzles fit together to make an entirely new ... : Deathlove
      • I agree, but I don't think it measures up to the brilliance required to actually produce the original wor... : the city
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  mirrors? :( : maulla
  • got mine here: http://hotfile.com/dl/82737194/10b4ffc/Girl_Talk_-_All_Day_(IA123)_mp3s.zip.html : BongSlayerB
  • http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=Girl_Talk_-_All_Day_(IA123)_mp3s.zip It's a fr... : Deathlove
• http://www.myspace.com/girltalk if you want to sample a listen : threeup
• He seems to use a lot of JayZ, and with white album, grey album, I think it just shows how great and vari... : threeup
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  I mirrored it http://fileshar.es/b3BMs75 : Yanks
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    btw it is totally awesome so far : Yanks
    • holy fuck this is better than feed the animals : Yanks
  • Thanks! My download had been stuck. : byorn
  • Thank you for the mirror. : Geoffrois
• it starts off slow but the last half is brilliant : Bamtan
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  did I just hear fugazi mixed with rihanna? : kgargs
  • Yep. Yep. :) : Deathlove
• Looking forward to listening to this when I get in. I'm happy to hear people think it's better than FTA t... : AlexXdude
• This is fucking good! I'll need to listen to it a few times over to decide whether it's better than '... : Danny5225
• This is the kinda shit I like to come home to! Thanks for the heads up. : KaboomzZz

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  Dear Hollywood: how did you fuck up the X-Men franchise so bad? I mean, you fucking nailed it with th... : Schnapple
  • Eh, Singer did his thing and it was good, then went and made a pos Superman movie, so I'd rather not have... : Nerdsbeware
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    The first one was the only decent X-Men movie. Even the second one went way off the rails. : Lone Swordsman
    • At least it had Nightcrawler. :( : silent prophet
    • wut? #2 was the best of the bunch : tunis5000
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    arguably the second one had its issues : Dravenport
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      So did the first one, but they're both good films. : action wombmate
      • they are both good, but I sure wouldn't say they "nailed it" : veras
  • I dunno, an Aronofsky-directed Wolverine movie seems like a step in the right direction. I mean it's bet... : mikecyb
  • I dont care about their schedule, just that Singer needs to come back : bolneze
  • No way, Aranofsky has not made a bad film, this is the first x-men movie that actually excites me. : datoo
• Sounds like a good idea if you ask me. : baron calamity
• I still cannot believe Aronofsky is doing a Wolverine movie. : Dontdrop
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  The Growly Gus thread was one of the top 10 threads in shacknews history. : Morgin
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    Was there ever any backstory as to where that thread came from? : peanut-
    • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=23077108 ArB latches onto silly question, it's a Sunday afternoon, la... : Bamtan
  • Was there ever any backstory as to where that thread came from? : peanut-
  • Was there ever any backstory as to where that thread came from? : DianeOfTheMoon
  • it was terrific : vezatron
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  Sweet another origin story... zzzzzzz : ghost in my shell
  • I don't think it's supposed to be an origin story. : mechanicalgrape
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  What?!?! ....and sources say that Michael Cera is being considered for the role of Wolverine. : mindmann
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    shack loves cera, remember? : RikiTiki2
    • not this guy, also lol : Slowtreme
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    Oh I hope so. Maybe then Fox will see that they suck at these movies and just stop. : melkore
    • and that michael cera just stops too : RikiTiki2
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    troll? I don't see that anywhere : Dravenport
    • They were going to use Deep Roy, but he had other commitments. =( : mindmann
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    Huh? Where are you seeing that at? Unless they removed it from the article in the OP I'm not seeing it. : Zips
    • I saw it earlier, looks like they removed it though : fishbone
• he's done some awesome work in the past. cant see how he's well suited to do a superhero flick. it just s... : cptstern
• This could be really cool. Or terrible. : byorn
• Good. : lightly inclined
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  Do they really need another Growly Gus movie? He was basically the focus of all 4 X-Men movies at this po... : uglysad
  • He's the 'zombie' of the superheroes. :((( : lightly inclined
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    I don't think it helps either that he WANTS to keep doing them. Like I'm glad to see that an actor likes... : Nerdsbeware
    • I've heard that he does have a cameo in first class. : baron calamity
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      haha Jackman fucking loves being Wolverine. it's kind of awesome actually. most actors like him who bec... : mikecyb
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        I think it is great. And he does a great job. : brickmatt
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          Did you see the last Wolverine movie? : Haku-Jin
          • Nope but he's great. : brickmatt
          • It wasn't a super great movie (I enjoyed it for the action movie it is) but Jackman plays an excellent Wo... : Entity
          • Regardless, he did a good job. : TheNiXXeD
      • Yea, that's what I was saying. It kinda nice to see someone who isn't just doing it for a paycheck and a... : Nerdsbeware
  • A series that has brought in 1.5 Billion dollar solely on the strength of Hugh Jackman's take on Wolverin... : baron calamity
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  I'm disappointed he's doing this because I have zero interest in this retarded character. I was hoping he... : Godhatesfatpeople
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    He dropped off Robocop a while ago, which made me really sad. He was saying he was going to go for super... : Nerdsbeware
    • aw :( : Megara9
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      oh wtf :( I bet it's because he got tired of MGM or whoever it was dicking him around and trying to ma... : Mecha Tofu Pirate
      • MGM wasn't fucking around - they were going bankrupt. : Super Sparker
  • Yeah, me too, but at the same time... I'd give footage of his nephew's birthday party a fair chance, if h... : systatic
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  Did anyone else not really like Hugh Jackman as Wolverine? I felt they molded the Wolverine character to ... : SkipperMcG
  • Hugh Jackman? more like Huge Jackman: Hugh Jackman height — 6' 2'' wolverine's height - 5'3" : cptstern
  • I thought Jackman did a good job. : pigvomit
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    I dunno the comic version of Wolverine is kind of bonkers, so I'm glad they made him a little more believ... : mikecyb
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      he should look like this: http://artvarsity.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/havok-and-wolverine.jpg : cptstern
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        Looks like Harvey Keitel got into the steroids and hair gel again. : pigvomit
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          there's quite a few panels in that comic that reminded me of keitel : cptstern
          • Makes me think of Bad Lieutenant :) : datoo
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    There is none of jackman in wolverine - have you seen his interviews? The dude's such a lovable dag. He's... : SpaecKow
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      He has chest hair, that at least puts him in the upper 99th percentile of young, masculine Hollywood lead... : pigvomit
      • Well I'm not saying he's Russell Brand or anything, just personality wise he's a calm friendly dude : SpaecKow
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  wolverine is kind of a lame character.. all he does is charge right at his enemy and get angry.. theres ... : crypt420
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    he's not invincible. he could certainly burn to death : cptstern
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      Only with great difficulty (it's been tried). If there's any flesh left on or in his bones, he'll come b... : Arcanum
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        he's died a few times in the comics (alternate universes) http://www.complex.com/assets/images/Enterta... : cptstern
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          He also tends to get better under similar circumstances in the main universe. The safe bet is that he ca... : Arcanum
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            haven't they done absurd things with him though, like I recall someone saying he regenerated from a few c... : mikecyb
            • Something like that. He's definitely regenerated from having all his exposed flesh being burned down to ... : Arcanum
            • I liked it better when he was less than super powered: http://www.wolverinefiles.com/Images/wolverine-... : cptstern
        • I love reading only the part of the comic frame you can make out- YERRRGH! "PATHETIC ORGANIC. YOU ... : PlanetPerfecto
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      He gets blown to smithereens by Nitro in the Civil War conflict, and I guess he essentially regenerates f... : action wombmate
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        lol. Did he get blown up on Hajj? : graah
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          that cube in the middle is an adamantium atom : dirge23
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            Dammit, copy+paste fail :( http://media.photobucket.com/image/wolverine%20nitro%20civil%20war/darthgu... : action wombmate
            • snkt bub : mikecyb
      • wow I've never seen that comic before. it's really well drawn! : mikecyb
      • I was just about to post this. : klearlyunseen
  • What would you do if you were Wolverine? : CrustaR
  • He's not invincible, just unkillable. The distinction can be important. The stuff that makes him inte... : Arcanum
• I still wish he were doing the Robocop movie. There's lots of room to explore in that general plot. The... : pigvomit
• Man this really confused me until I realized it was an xmen thing. : not work safe
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  more cgi claws! : stgdz
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    They were so bad in the Wolverine movie : melkore
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      I didn't see that movie (because why?) but why did they use CG ones? the xmen movies he held props and t... : mikecyb
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        They are CG in the wolverine movie and just terrible. There is one scene where the claws look straight o... : melkore
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          The bathroom scene I'm guessing? It really was just awful there. : Conan
          • Indeed it was. : pimpium
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      It was so horrible and in your face. Why it was like that with the budget they had i dont know. : pimpium
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        http://chud.com/articles/content_images/17/Wolverine2.gif : stgdz
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          haha what the fuck? that is some Roger Rabbit shit : mikecyb
          • the entire film uses CGI like that, and that scene was just under a minute long with the claws exposed. : stgdz
  • My buddy worked on effects for that flick and he said everyone at the company thought their work looked l... : Super Sparker
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    that look on stan lee's face is sooooooooo sad. : dirge23
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      I wonder if secretly Stan Lee hates all the shit he has to put up with. : mancide
      • i don't think it's that, so much as the pathos of, like, meeting that guy in the pic and knowing that mee... : dirge23
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    Stan Lee didn't create Wolverine : uglysad
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      No one said he did? : Godhatesfatpeople
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        Was just commenting on the oddity of Meeting a comic creator dressed up as someone else's character. : uglysad
        • He can only wear one costume to the con and he's not going to go change for the photo op. It isn't stran... : lechuck59
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  Why is everyone hating on this? Aronofsky could make a "Captain Britain" movie and it would be good. :( : Druuge
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    Because 50% of the Xmen movie franchise was terrible. 25% was good and 25% was passable. : uglysad
    • That's because XMEN 3 and Wolverine were directed by losers. : Druuge
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    I would way rather watch a Captain Britain/Excalubur movie than another Wolverine movie : melkore
    • If there's an Excalibur movie, it better have Sage. I don't care that she's not a member of the original ... : Arcanum
  • Fox. Why else? : pimpium
• Weird.... strange.... odd... wtf. I don't get it. I'll be there opening night. : systatic
• I wonder if he's going to make wolverine suck off a tree in this one also. : skitzo