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  bf and i play HoN a lot together. it usually starts arguments but for the most part it's pretty rad : mayooms
  • hahaha jesus that sounds like the worst idea ever. : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
  • hahahah worst possible game you could play with anyone you know in real life : DrFlammable
  • hahahah HON : StolenNosferatu
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    That's just a recipe for either lots of make-up sex, or lots of rage sex. : walker270
    • Fucking feed this BIYATCH!!! : ihya
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    Every time I see HoN my mind interprets it as RoN and I get excited for a second that someone is playing ... : bipolar
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      i miss that game :( : mayooms
      • God we used to have some epic games back in the day. Tech set to very slow + expensive, massive 3 hour l... : bipolar
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  A friend of mine (female) loves videogames and she and her boyfriend are pretty much always a blast to ha... : Vincent Grayson
  • Lucky bastard! : PixelPie
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    My girlfriend is like this. She works an anime convention in LA, too. : The Kazlor
    • can i have her? : technotica
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    they sound awesome :[ : bolneze
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      They really are. I'm glad she finally found a guy who is awesome, since all the boyfriends she had before... : Vincent Grayson
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        The boyfriends didn't like games?? : Volatus32x
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          none of my exes were gamers. or they just played very casually. : jenisthebest
          • poor dolts : Volatus32x
• Your relationship would be flawless. No one would understand your love. : photonzach
• Kind of strange if you're ridiculously competitive about it, especially if you suck (which I do). Throwin... : FurryMoistAvenger
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  Unless you love JRPGs, Wii and MMOs, poorly. : JarEme
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    JRPG's are quite good to play with someone.. since they can do all the grinding for you and you can enjoy... : Demius
    • perfect for those "stuck" moments. "where should i go?" me: "you'll probably have to run back throu... : technotica
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  Great! ... Until she cheats on you with someone she met online in WoW. : Zips
  • Female friend of mine a few years back moved across country(utah->FL) to go live with a guy she'd met on ... : Zuchu
• Drak and I play games together all the time and it's super awesome fun time :D : mysled
• It's fucking awesome. I laugh at all the assholes on here who get told that they can't play games or the... : jingletard
• It works out for the better. It makes you realize a different side of life outside your main hobbies. : yldragon
• My girlfriend like video games, its fun! : speedy3d
• my gf plays l4d, and she likes to watch me play arma, DCS blackshark and IL-2. We don't get to play toget... : RetroRedEyeJr
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  My friend and his gf play on my Minecraft on my server and it's the most adorable thing ever. It disgusts... : Mecha Tofu Pirate
  • I'm so disgusted I can't even type correctly. : Mecha Tofu Pirate
  • I lol'd. : Strid3rtheGreat
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  This mythical girl does exist. I was her roommate for two years. She looked like Tina Fey and smelled lik... : Earl Greigh
  • I hate you! : PixelPie
• my wife plays games. it's cool/. : jimmy_legs
• I made my wife into a gamer. It's pretty cool when you both sync up on a game you like and can play tog... : xylothan
• It's the best! : D : warcrow
• It's fucking sweet. brb playing L4D2 with the lady : Halen
• Works wonderfully. Gf isn't as hardcore as I am, but she's understanding when something new comes out and... : Adm.Snackbar
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  My girlfriend isn't *that* into video games, although she enjoys casual/party style games. But, she is a... : SolrFlare
  • Sweet! This post reminds of the time I tried to get my wife to watch Iron Eagle. She kept screaming "Chap... : geneshifter
• I like it. : Creepin_Jeezus
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  It could be good or you could end up with something annoying like this http://youtube.com/minecraftchi... : anhero
  • The horror... : Hemotoxin
  • O_o : Strid3rtheGreat
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  My wife and I had to take turns playing Demon's Souls. Many tackle fights were had over the controller. : David Craddock
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    And then she shit in your mouth and you shit in to her mouth and then after a few hours you went ass to a... : ashkie
    • i think i pee'd a lil : technotica
• My gf is currently playing Katamari Forever and Oblivion. She thought those Oblivion photobombs from a co... : get_navi
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  Its weird when they telll you a boss fight in WoW... you want to throat fuck them and hug them at the sam... : HL3dsx
  • I could not have a relationship with a poopsocking, WOW-gaming girl, for much the same reasons that I jus... : Endymion_
• My SO and I both play and all we do is argue over platforms :/ : Koral06
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  The only thing I want her hands on is my dick. : Godhatesfatpeople
  • Right on bro-brah. : d fluke
• I have but I'm kinda competitive and I've never been with a chick that likes to play with me because they... : datoo
• Me neither :-( : Mr. Goodwrench
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  On the first night I met my ex, she beat me at NES Ice Hockey. It was cool, but ultimately doomed the ... : Chunks
  • Button mashers :-\ : Volatus32x
• It's pretty neat until she starts getting obsessive about achievements and then you have to start thinkin... : rudds
• I went on a data back when Daytona USA was everywhere, and played it in a pub with her. I patiently showe : Dave-A
• Buy a kinect, then move on to Lego games, now she is starting to like batman and watching me play Fallout... : .css
• I make it a point NOT to date women that play video games. I like them girly, and I don't see anything f... : spyrext

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  its pretty strong throughout. i am looking forward to playing through it again when i am finished! : grendel
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    really thinking about saying fuck it with DS1 and getting DS2 >:( : mwasher
    • there is a Previously on Dead Space option in the main menu if you want the major story points from the f... : grendel
    • DS1 is awesome though. Replaying DS1 actually keeps me from playing DS2 right now. : enyakk
    • You'd be missing out on a great game. : jodiuh
    • This is what I did. I just made sure I was caught up on the story. Watched Dead Space Aftermath last nigh... : korruptedone
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  I want to play this. I have the first one on Steam but haven't tried it yet. I take it I should play it... : SeaLlama
  • Well from reviews I've heard it's 10-12 hours or so? Although I'm sure i'll replay it when I'm done : Inadrys
  • my beat time (hah) was a little over 9 hours. and that was with taking the time to "explore". : varsindarkin
  • Definitely play the first one. Especially since AA works now it looks awesome. : ant_hillbilly
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  Can you play the PC version with a 360 controller? : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
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    yeah but why would you? :P : smax
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      If it's like the first game then the analog movement and vibration were nice, and the slight nerf to aimi... : pyide
      • I hated the feel of the mouse in the original. Felt like you were pushing the cursor around instead of ai... : GloriousCow
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      I played the first with one. I want to play the second on my couch. : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
      • I had a hard time making the choice between ps3 and pc. I'm glad I went ps3 as I have a klipsch 5.1 setup... : korruptedone
  • Yea. I played thru the first 5 chapters with KB/ Mouse bit switched to the xbox controller after that so : Druuge
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    I've been playing it through with a 360 pad. I think it's just habit after playing like that after the fi... : Inadrys
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      Is the stasis ability on the y button still? I really hated having to take my thumb off the right analog ... : Lawgiver
      • Yeah, it is I'm afraid : Inadrys
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  does the mouse still suck? : bolneze
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    not really : Boxelder
    • mm hmm... : bolneze
  • It has the weird sensitivity difference between menus and in game that ME2 had, but no vsync-related lag ... : Sapiens
• you posted here so I think you can stop playing it, LIAR : gmd
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  I died like 1000 times in the first 60 seconds because I didn't see the e. AITOO? : Boxelder
  • high five, unintelligible key prompt buddy : caveatemptor
  • I think I died about 9 times before the first save station. : korruptedone
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  That's good to hear. EA seem to have mastered the ary of the kick ass intro if it's as good as the start ... : Creepin_Jeezus
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    You realize EA didn't actually develop either of these games. : Vincent Grayson
    • I'm willing to bet that ea had a hand in saying how things go and provide training for the studios staff,... : Creepin_Jeezus
    • What are you even talking about? Visceral was just another team at EA HQ until they were granted their ow... : rudds
• Very awesome and very intense. <3 this game : virus
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  I'm on Chapter 8 of DS1 and I can't wait to start DS2, I'm hoping I don't get stuck on some horrible boss... : Big Luke
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    No such thing! DS1 was fair and balanced, even on super hard IMO. : virus
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      Yup. The game can put you in a spot where you sometimes worry about whether you will make it through, but... : enyakk
      • Just finished it, really enjoyable. I don't know why I never finished it earlier. I think I'm all dead sp : Big Luke
      • Except that asteroid defense part :) : Lawgiver
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  Everything about Dead Space2 is so much more polished. The subtle animations are brilliant, the lighting : Anastomosis
  • I thought that Clarke spoke the right amount of dialog. Not too much where its stupid, cumbersome or too ... : varsindarkin
• peace dads 2 : DrFlammable
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  Is it scary? I can't play scary games :-/ : uncleanmonkey
  • this is why I haven't got it yet, DS1 freaked me out so fucking much, I finished it but I was a mess the ... : gmd
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    Yeah you are on edge pretty much the whole time. Survival horror might not be your genre. : korruptedone
    • If one does get scared and yet keeps playing, does that mean one DOES fill the quota for survival horror ... : azuvatar
• Just when I thought the ending was going to suck, it did a full 180 and blew me away. The last 10 seconds : BackSinner

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• April Fools. : Nixx2004
• This surprises you? I don't really see any part of the first game that wouldn't easily translate : derelict515
• Doesn't sound like it's anything worth worry about. These guys know their fan base. : PenicillinX57
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  I wish rpg developers would realize they get more sales on the pc. Bethesda seems obsessed with consoles ... : locater16
  • Got some data/sources there? DLC sales per platform would be even better. : derelict515
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    http://gamrfeed.vgchartz.com/story/82519/fallout-new-vegas-week-one-sales-in/ In its first week, 1.3 m... : Happy Doodle Muffin
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      Now it's up to like 4m on consoles vs 500k on PC. So take that, PC gamers! : roushimsx
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        but but but. : shirif
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          you know how as you go further on in Devastation you get more and more motherfuckers on your team and you : roushimsx
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            nice :D. have you tried the laser rifle, pew pew! Also, major Kudos for beating that mission :D : shirif
            • haven't got the laser rifle yet :( The way I wound up beating the mission was after I came out out of ... : roushimsx
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      Vgchatz is crap, doesn't count any digital distribution sales Much more reliable NDP group says Fallout 3... : locater16
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        I'm unclear how you extrapolated that PC outsold consoles from that link, maybe I missed something though... : veras
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          Near "launch" section Oh and chats still don't include digital distribution sales. Because Steam and e... : locater16
          • I wonder if I'm getting a different version of the page or something, because there is no "launch" sectio... : veras
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            The link I followed from the wiki (http://n4g.com/news/298592/npd-january-2009-life-to-date-numbers) does : Happy Doodle Muffin
            • Well? : Happy Doodle Muffin
  • you have a very active imagination : veras
  • Bethesda and ZeniMax have made bank on the consoles. : shirif
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    Dude...no. Not gonna share numbers, but you have no idea what you're talking about. Also, we love ... : jason bergman
    • get `em, bergie! : zerog83
    • berg vs. sperg : veras
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  Could this mean they're being a good PC developer and implementing a specific UI for when a supported con... : Cliffzorz
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    Nah, it's gotta be that they dumbed it down for dumb console kids who are dumb and can't understand PC ga... : Happy Doodle Muffin
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      consolized simplistic kiddie twitch dumbed down durr durr durr durr : xxx2xxx
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        Every time someone says sarcastically that console RPGs aren't dumb I wanna make them choke on the broken... : SpaecKow
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          Every time someone generalizes that every console RPG is like Fable 3 I want to hammer their penis into a... : Dave-A
          • No it's not just me, but let me put it this way: Someone makes a thread lamenting news that their fav : SpaecKow
    • Damn, I was really hoping for a dev to finally get it right. : Cliffzorz
• I like the game but the interface and controls were rather dated : ryuuseki
• http://f00.inventorspot.com/images/fisher-price.jpg : Godhatesfatpeople
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  This is good news, the interface and controls in the first game (especially in combat) were not very good... : Vincent Grayson
  • The interface was fine, the combat wasn't perfect but had a nice system to it. The game itself (and I wil... : MeestaNob
  • Agreed. Apart from the fairly shitty interface (which will thankfully need to be redesigned) I can't thin... : -JLN-
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  "Thank you PC gamers for buying our games and praising us, now, can you go sit on the curb or will we hav... : Matt Burris
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    You are reading far too much into this. What part of the original game couldn't have worked with a contro... : shirif
    • Look at past history of games “designed with console in mind”. : Nixx2004
    • actually i used xmapper to play the first one with a controller.. and I found it quite enjoyable. : Demius
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  that witcher is one of those games that really felt it needed a gamepad option to enjoy it. I thought... : X-GOUKI
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    man, Vampire could totally have been good if the interface wasn't quite so terrible. Well ok, maybe not q... : roushimsx
    • they were busy modding multiplayer stuff : derelict515
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    Woot, Rune rocks! Enclave not so much :( : shirif
    • Also Heretic 2 is the motherfucking shit., : shirif
  • Enclave fucking ruled : Dave-A
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  Fuck the world. : Link.
  • Burn it all down! : Edges
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  i am sure they want to make it more portable than the first game was : grendel
  • also i think its either mistranslation or you are misreading it : grendel
• BUT I CAN PLAY ON MY 50 INCH TV ON MY COUCH : doctorbfunk
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  It's fine with me, whichever version is better I'll probably get. It's not really an issue if you have b... : jingletard
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    That's a stupid comment. : Nixx2004
    • I'm an expert on stupid comments! ;) : Nixx2004
    • No it's not, a console is the price of a good video card. To skip on good games is a pretty shortsighted... : jingletard
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  well it could still be good :< : AMikaboshi
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    This is the great thing about the PC version. If it sucks? It will get modded. : Godhatesfatpeople
    • ya. i was going to preorder it, but now i'll likely wait until i hear how it is. I don't want to play som... : AMikaboshi
• Wow, props to the balls for just coming out and owning up to it. Good to know, thanks for the honesty. : Goto10
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  Can't they just make like Mass Effect and have two different interfaces? : someWayne
  • Or like Dragon Age. : Nitrium
• What made The Witcher good had nothing to do with its controls and interface. Console it up! : Arceihn
• I would witch it up witchy-style if it comes out on a console : Dave-A
• Read the whole quote bitches As the resident Pc Ãœbermensch, Witcher fan and console contemnor i'd poi : Hoax
• So you're telling me they want to develop this game for the platform that can make them the most money? ... : FormerHPB

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  Or maybe Godel, Escher, Bach. : bipolar
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    I am trudging through this book right now. Keep me interested! What do you like best about it? : photonzach
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      He does a poor job of actually spelling out his theme (much more explicitly stated in "I Am A Strange Loo... : bipolar
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        Meant to say deconstruction instead of decentralization. : bipolar
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          You have a knack for writing, my friend. Where/how did you learn? Lots and lots of reading? : photonzach
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            Thanks for that :) I suppose it's just reading that did it, never took a writing class. FWIW, if GEB is... : bipolar
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              It's not so much it's approachability (or lack thereof) that I find difficult. I'm a pretty smart guy. It... : photonzach
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                grr.. its* : photonzach
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                  It is admittedly a meandering work in which Hofstadter implicitly assumes that you share his interests in... : bipolar
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                    That's kind of funny, because the main reason I was initially fascinated by it was how he connected the F... : photonzach
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                      Best of luck. :) Have you made it to the chapter about the "careenium"? That was a memorable one for me... : bipolar
                      • I'm about 65 pages in, and I'm going to pick it up in the morning. I'll let you know what I think when I ... : photonzach
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        a few points: 1. Simultaneity was re-interpreted rather than found not to exist. Conceptual change is a : DonkeyPopsicle
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          I completely agree that extending Godel's theorem to other fields is a specious argument at best, and I a... : bipolar
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            it can't, but we simply dropped the notion of objectivity from our concept of simultaneity, just like we ... : DonkeyPopsicle
            • and, maybe bigger than any of them, the requirement of physical contact for causation. This still hasn't... : DonkeyPopsicle
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              Right, but that was essentially the point I was making. Such concepts seem commonplace now, but we've gr... : bipolar
              • I totally agree with that. It's definitely good to remind people how flexible many of our "common sense"... : DonkeyPopsicle
              • Straight outta GEB :P : photonzach
• The Art of Happiness by the Dalai Lama : spiffymc
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  1984 : owly
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    This, but only to have a reason to whack people in the back of the head when they call something, Big Bro... : steauengeglase
    • Yeah, 1984 paints a very particular oppressive hellscape...and if such a thing were to arise it wouldn't ... : Vorlonesque
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    I've always thought that Brave New World was the more prescient book. A future where there's no need for... : bipolar
    • Hear hear! : GreatGooglyMoogly
• I don't tend to read 'important' books much, mostly read for pure entertainment. But I think Jared Diamon : Zakko
• No Country For Old Men. I get annoyed someone talks about the good ol' days and how things used to be an... : Squid Division
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  I tried to get into that book and it didn't work for me really, what about it appealed most to you? : pres589
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    For Zen? I really related to his notion of Quality, it struck a chord and made me think of things in way... : bipolar
    • I kind of thought the Quality stuff was just being careful and not wasting opportunity / money / effort o... : pres589
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  The Bible : dumb.
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    thats my schtick you jerk! Give me back my post : boring gegtik
    • We can split custody. I call weekends and every second Friday. : dumb.
  • and to read it as literal, not as metaphorical or as an allegory : hobosapien
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    What would you suggest for non-fiction? : rodneystubbs
    • I was going to post: the bible as fiction I guess that I'm too slow. : EruditeCaveman
  • Agreed! : StriderNL
  • This. : Rigor Morts
  • I bet that literally no-one has read the Bible from cover to cover : nrgXs
• I've been trying for 20 years to finish that book! : Pneum0
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  Have you read Shopcraft? : Deathlove
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    Nope. Closest match on Amazon is this: http://www.amazon.com/Shop-Class-Soulcraft-Inquiry-Value/dp/B003Y... : bipolar
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      Yes. That's it. : Deathlove
      • On your recommendation I'll add it to the list (which never seems to grow shorter, somehow). Thanks! :) : bipolar
• Inflationary Theory by Alan Guth. : daVinci1980
• Any one of the mr. men books. : legsbrogan
• Dune : acheron
• Since forcing anybody to read anything makes them hate it, i don't think any book I like deserves the con... : gakera
• Intro to Probability : spiderfill
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  Roots : Nixx2004
  • Great book : bipolar
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  The Illuminatus! trilogy. (Ok, technically three books, but it's almost always sold in a single volume.) : Arcanum
  • I got through 2.5 of them. Interesting and hilarious, but felt a bit like more of the same towards the e... : bipolar
• Small Gods : locater16
• Cat's Cradle : disposition
• Twilight. I want everyone else to feel my pain and shame. : BanjoBoy
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  Ender's Game. : VenDrake
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    nah, alice already spoiled it for everyone : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
    • TOYS spoiled it. : Earl Greigh
  • Is it like that Futurama movie? : Cliffzorz
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  either Thomas Gilovich's How We Know What Isn't So or any of David Hume's books. : DonkeyPopsicle
  • or really any basic book in logic and critical thinking, if only to reduce the abuse of the words "logic"... : DonkeyPopsicle
• Everyone Poops : retardhumper
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  Atlas Shrugged : watcherxp
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    beat me to it! doh. : Donborvio
    • yeah, was surprised nobody was earlier with this on here : watcherxp
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    speaking of which: http://www.boingboing.net/2011/01/28/ayn-rand-took-govern.html?utm_source=feedburner&u... : riptyde
    • hah, figures. Do I as I say, not as I do. Better off with some F.A. Hayek - The Road To Serfdom if you ... : Donborvio
    • Ayn Rand wrote the following in “The Question of Scholarshi­ps,” The Objectivis­t, June... : TexasGameJunkie
  • fuck that is harsh! : thechunder
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  Demon Haunted World : Jiven
  • My first choice as well. Whole planet is full of superstitious nutjobs. : Bold
• Atlas Shrugged LOL : Donborvio
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_of_the_Really_Great_Whangdoodles : jane911
• Deadhouse Gates. There, I said it. : Visceral Monkey
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  Le Petit Prince : Navy Spitfire
  • great pick :) : MikkleThePickle
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  I like your answer a lot and would likely have chosen it on a different night but right now I'm going wit... : akirabob
  • Shit, or Summa Contra Gentiles/Summa Theologiae : akirabob
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  Timequake by Kurt Vonnegut. : The Wilhelm Scream
  • Really? I mean, I loved that book, as I do all of his, but if I was going for a Vonnegut I would have to... : asylumn
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  Some kind of textbook which teaches the scientific method in easy, clear language, and then goes on to sh... : Vantage
  • Or the Commonwealth Books by Hamilton, because goddamn they're good. : Vantage
• either The Age of Reason or Thucydides : ninjase
• A Brief History of Time, by Stephen Hawking. : JozhGoober
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  Das Kapital : NexusOne
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    Not sure if you're joking or not but this is actually a great response because it would force people to r... : akirabob
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      I wasn't joking. Marx's best writings were his critiques of capitalism, and they are still relevant compl... : NexusOne
      • Agreed, many of them are actually far more relevant today. (see excess value growth models) : akirabob
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  THE NIV BIBLE. : CoRDS
  • Why this particular edition? : Volatus32x
• Slob by Rex Miller. Then American Psycho. Ultra-violence double feature. : DarthStank
• That new Tucker Max book. : reelbk
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  The Little Prince by Antoine De Saint Exupery. So many deep, philosophical statements about love, friends... : coldfusioncs
  • get in line, buddy : MikkleThePickle
  • What's hilarious about it being in this thread is that it is already one of the most popular books ever. : ThrillKill
• blind watchmaker : the if
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  How We Know What Isn't So: The Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday Life by Thomas Gilovich. This plus... : Arctic Fox
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    Also, far less imaginative and open to suggestions. : akirabob
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      Being rational and humble about one's own intellectual abilities does not preclude imagination or seeking... : jipey
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        Being rational necessarily precludes on from looking at things from a non understood mentality. You thin... : akirabob
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          what the fuck. What an incredibly stupid perspective. Part of being rational is acknowledging what we d... : DonkeyPopsicle
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            See, there it is, your complete lack of logic once again. In a logical sense the best thing one could do... : akirabob
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              I'm not sure you know what the word 'logic' means, or have a clear point. You still haven't given a sing... : DonkeyPopsicle
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                "A method of human thought that involves thinking in a linear, step-by-step manner about how a problem ca... : akirabob
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                  more simply put: Logic is a method for reasoning. Imagination is a psychological capability. There is : DonkeyPopsicle
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                    From his posts so far, I feel like he's reacting against the idea of logic being superior to all other me... : jipey
                    • it's superior for certain purposes, of course. Logic is what you use to construct and critique arguments... : DonkeyPopsicle
            • I don't quite understand the dichotomy you've presented here; it appears to be a false distinction betwee... : jipey
        • The Wright Brothers were two incredibly rational people actually. The principles of lift were reasonably : Arctic Fox
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      FREE YOUR MIND, MAN : DonkeyPopsicle
      • And it's your ongoing brilliance in posts like these that makes me think you've taken gone through someth... : akirabob
  • hey there cognitive bias buddy: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=25135515#itemanchor_25135515 : DonkeyPopsicle
  • I've been meaning to get this one : ninjase
• Geez, just 1? Excluding previous choices, I'm going to go with Tjhe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolv... : EnderWigginDA
• Christ, I can't believe I agreed with you about Atlas Shrugged in that thread. My how things change. I... : thetangent
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Short_History_of_Progress : The Key
• The fucking encyclopedia because people are fucking retarded that's what : d fluke
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  Proust: in search of lost time. 3200 pages. 2000 characters. I would become hunted. : steelsamurai
  • lol : Arctic Fox
  • That's like 7 books though :( : ninjase
  • at least it has an honest title : skizl
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  THE BIBLE amirite : Mr. Goodwrench
  • ahh god dammit : Mr. Goodwrench
• Quake manual : sasoi
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  Well, I probably wouldn't drive 12,000 miles to write "READ AYN RAND" on a map of the States. http://w... : rock elf
  • World's biggest douche : GreatGooglyMoogly
• 101 Dirty Jokes : drucifer
• lanark. : disembodied potato
• Animal Farm : dodob
• A Brief History of Time Goedel Escher Bach or, maybe http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_common_m... : tcs
• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. : nomaad
• I don't think I'd bother. : Sacred Sperm
• I'd go for Wind in the WIllows! : gydot
• Mein Kampf lulz just kidding. Watership Down maybe. : theghostofsmdever
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  On The Road - Jack Kerouac : Broken Canoe
  • Forcing people to read it does not mean they'd 'get it,dig' : nrgXs
• an unabridged english dictionary, because if i had that kind of power, you'd bet i'd abuse the fuck out o... : delataur
• planescape torment : ballystix

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• Ill take the chance with hydrogen. : ant_hillbilly
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  I'd buy a hydrogen car is a flash. And it wouldn't explode ;D : DM7
  • I'd make it my business to make it explode. : Thresher
• No. : pres589
• How much does it cost to replace batteries in an electric? : Volatus32x
• hydrogen. : xylopagus
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  Neither. I'd rather have a 5 year old Civic (and I hate Hondas) and use the rest of the money for things ... : DarthStank
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    but ur 5yr old civic will be unable to run/too expensive in 20yrs (tats when the oil peak happens) : Gapyro
    • LOL : Nation
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  Hydrogen. Existing internal combustion cars can burn hydrogen. The only real modification required is to : coldfusioncs
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    I'm no expert, but I'm pretty sure it's more complicated than that. Hydrogen isn't a liquid under any ki... : Arcanum
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      Doing some brief lookings around, you're half right. The engine itself is fairly easy to modify to use hy... : JozhGoober
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        Also, hydrogen has something like one third the energy density of gasoline. Clean it may be! Efficient it... : JozhGoober
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          You have to look at what percentage of that power makes it to the wheels when comparing the efficiency. H... : ZombieAcademy
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            Oh yeah, fuel cells are WAY more efficient that using hydrogen in an internal combustion engine. But fuel... : JozhGoober
            • that = than : JozhGoober
• Hydrogen. Would rather die having fun than live long not knowing what fun was. Unless it's a Tesla. : MeestaNob
• Electric. : FuriKuriKilla
• Based on your list / i say H car. : Gapyro
• Z06 C7 that runs on rocket fuel : ateam311
• Hydrogen because you can refill it like gasoline (same procedure), same performance as regular car, and a... : Sailor of Fortune
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  Hydric Problem solved! : Anastomosis
  • Or a twin turbine powered electric jaguar. The concept car they showed on top gear last week: http://www.... : ysbreker
• Is there any chance whatsoever of hydrogen cars taking off? Everything I've heard about it makes it seem ... : datoo
• The number one reason to buy an electric car is that it's mechanically simple, IMO. There's like twelve ... : uncleanmonkey
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  I'm going to get a car that runs on cabbages. Finally be a use for those goddamn sprouts that no one eats... : Broken Canoe
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    what's the one day per year when everyone eats cabbage? : skizl
    • Isn't it a Christmas tradition in Europe? Turkey and baby cabbage? = Sprouts? : Broken Canoe
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  Isn't the whole "Hydrogen cars can explode" thing blown way out of proportion? Isn't the risk of explosio... : SilverSnake
  • Yes, very much so. People think Hindenberg when there, there were several other factors at work includin... : Masem
  • Driving a hydrogen car is like being in a Michael Bay film. : the_burd
• V8 please : quazar
• Well a hydrogen car is an electric car with a hydrogen fuel cell instead of a chemical battery, so I'll t... : mrblarg
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  3rd option: liquid natural gas or propane that runs a simple gas burner to a sterling engine used to char... : mrblarg
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    That's basically an electric car. : Masem
    • It is an electric car, but its run off of an easily transportable cleaner burning fuel with a more effici... : mrblarg
• original idea for chevy volt as talked about in this ep of EconTalk http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2008... : Nation
• hydrogen. I hate this stop-gap hybrid electric car solution :( : moe6
• We do know that hydrogen cars are run about the same risk of blowing up as regular gasoline cars right? : Techy007
• Diesel? : gydot
• Electric, unless you have a passive method for electrolysis and so far we don't have a way to do this tha... : steauengeglase
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  Nice bike(s) + public transportation. : not work safe
  • ^ This! : tfboc
• I'll stick with my V8 RWD sedan with 360 horsepower thank you. : FormerHPB
• hydrogen all they way, electric cars make no sense. It's a short term solution : beedeegee

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• Sadly I haven't had enough time to test. Having Betas in the middle of the week is probably the worst pos... : Chod
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  I think all those things in wow are awesome : chungathebunga
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    I think the argument the producers of Rift make is a valid one: All those things degrade the sense of com... : Visceral Monkey
    • they are tools used by separate divisions of players. casual guilds don't usually use dps as a metric fo... : R@zzle
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  you're first paragraph reads as if you think threat meters, damage meters, and LFD tools are bad things. : mwasher
  • your* : mwasher
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  A sad commentary on what WoW has does to MMO's. By adding things people want, making things more acce... : Entity
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    I think WoW has a hugely successful business plan and it works for them. I'm just glad it's not being ado... : Visceral Monkey
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      And watch how long Rift lasts. I bet it's done before the year's out. : Entity
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        You mad bro? Personally, I hope not, I hate it when any MMO fails. I've certainly seen much worse MMO's s... : Visceral Monkey
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          The only thing that makes me mad is "you mad bro". I've got an interest in trying Rift and as I've said i... : Entity
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            This kinda made me chuckle, as most wow players have been raging how rift is a wow clone. : shadebane
            • Maybe they copied the wrong things? : [7]kami
          • The only thing that makes me mad is "you mad bro" Haha, fair enough, it is annoying. : Visceral Monkey
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      what are you talking about? you're happy that they left out features to make it more difficult and less ... : valael
      • It's also still a beta and when at retail patches will be frequent. I wouldn't cement anything one way or... : shadebane
  • I'm sure the majority don't really care... Personally, I thinks it's way better that way. : razlebol
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  I've had fun, but I haven't done any instancing during the time. I'll probably hit level 30 tonight, but... : JuffoWup
  • oh, I also experienced what happens if a zone invasion wins. I ported back to meridian to sell some junk... : JuffoWup
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  can someone comment if all souls have pets? : hirez
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    Each "class" as a soul option that uses pets. But for me for instance, I don't like pets so avoid the sou... : Visceral Monkey
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      ah so I could choose souls which do not have any pet options. : hirez
      • Yes, there are plenty. : Visceral Monkey
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      I hate pets in MMOs as well. I wanted to roll a ranger/hunter type class and found out I need a pet, for... : Derringer
      • You don't have to summon the pet, could just put points in things that boost your range damage or add uti... : fried sushi
      • You don't even need to take ranger. You could easily dump most of your points into marksman, and pick tw... : Finestaut
      • Ranger is the pet tree so if you don't want a pet, don't go ranger go marksman instead. Then you can supp... : AgentPothead
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  The dungeon finder is the best thing to happen to any MMO, ever. To hold up not having one as some bastio... : tashtego
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    I never said this was a real MMO and WoW wasn't. I just said that I find the angst some people expressing... : Visceral Monkey
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      The funny is just lost on me. : Ambient80
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        Because some people have become so dependent on ad-ons and tools that they can't try being social to get ... : Visceral Monkey
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          Because people get used to having an incredibly convenient and useful tool to help with things that are o... : Ambient80
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            First, lets be clear about one thing: The LFG could very well be the one thing on that list they do add a... : Visceral Monkey
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              I understand that, but let's be honest, most MMO players at the moment play WoW. So when those players go... : Ambient80
              • I'd be surprised if they didn't add some simple version of LFG to be honest, but who knows, they might no... : Visceral Monkey
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                The LFD tool is a double-edged sword. For every post about how awesome it is in this thread, I'm sure th... : Derringer
                • But it gets you a group which was way better than getting no group at all. I'd rather half ass an instan... : jingletard
              • LFD spoils some immersion but if you never had to deal with finding groups yourself then you have no pers... : dooberzoo
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            I went back to WoW after not playing for 3 years, and the LFG tool made the game completely robotic and r... : chilln
            • Thank you for this post. : AgentPothead
            • Even before the LFG system came out, I didn't know anyone outside of my guild. The WoW servers are so he... : valael
            • I think I'm struck by how much of an "amusement park" mentality the game has these days. It's all about g... : Visceral Monkey
        • It's true, WoW without mods would be a horrible experience. : Derringer
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    I don't agree... while it sped up dungeon group finding, the quality of the groups are about 25% because ... : TheNiXXeD
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      yup, and who cares if I need roll everything. I won't see them again anyway because they are on another ... : JuffoWup
      • IF you even down a boss... I don't understand why people do 'random' dungeons, and then quit when they ge... : TheNiXXeD
• I managed to try it out for 30 minutes, and wanted to do more but my SSD came in and then it wasn't until... : Matt Burris
• I like it...at least for 30 days. Dc online didn't keep my intrest for more than a few days. : whistletits
• Lack of dps meters and threat meters is nothing more than a lack of accountability. : InfoBiter
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  One of the games shortcomings is the lack of a dungeon finder/LFG tool. The add-on junk I can live withou... : jingletard
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    Agreed completely. For all its faults the random dungeon finder makes WoW so much more accessible. : skinlab133
    • I had to sit & spam 'NEED HEALER FOR IRONTOMBS' like an asshole for like 30 minutes in the /LFG channel b... : jingletard
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    YEAH! it's awesome waiting 45 mins in line to run an instance. I love it! : lcizzle
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      I don't understand comments like this. Do you guys just stop everything while you are waiting for a group... : AgentPothead
      • It doesn't make any sense. It's easier to site in a dungeon finder queue and wait than it is to sit in a ... : skinlab133
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  I remember the day when you waited outside the dungeon to group or did tells to form one : whistletits
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    Which is what they do here. It's a throw back. : Visceral Monkey
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      Did you buy it? : whistletits
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        Yes. You can get it from Direct2drive right now for 20% off. http://forums.riftgame.com/showthread.php... : Visceral Monkey
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          Ah wtf I paid $50 on steam : whistletits
          • Meh, it's only a $10 difference. BTW, if it's that important, steam will refund you a beta MMO if you ask... : Visceral Monkey
  • /2 trade talk and IF overpop lag >.< the good old days : Gapyro
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    That's a shitload of wasted time and I don't miss that at all. The queue system is somewhat impersonal b : jingletard
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      Waiting for a group isn't wasted time anymore than running the dungeon is wasted time. It seems like some... : AgentPothead
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        The challenge shouldn't be forming a group for a dungeon, it should be the dungeon itself. Every other m... : jingletard
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          Being social is part of an mmo. Talking to people, meeting people, knowing hey that guy is a good healer,... : AgentPothead
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            What's to say a LFD system wouldn't pair you with people in your realm and you can run dungeons together ... : jingletard
            • chillin said it better than I could. http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=25134997#itemanchor_25134997 : AgentPothead
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            spamming DPS LFG isn't being social, and I rarely ever encountered the same people in dungeons doing it t... : valael
            • If you are required to spam an LFG for an hour a group you are playing mmos wrong. I have run IT 3 times ... : AgentPothead
    • Wait what when did WoW's LFD system fix it self and you get a group in 5 minutes? provided you aren't : ghost in my shell
    • Dose queues are still a fucking eternity when you factor in that probably 3 in 4 groups fail. So that is ... : TheNiXXeD
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  Played some but didn't really do anything other then few missions in the first area. : Ziz
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    Getting to the rift invasions is the best way to judge it. If you don't like it then, you probably never ... : Visceral Monkey
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      Yeah i did like the class choices. I started necro, then wizard, forget the other one. : Ziz
      • er warlock i mean. : Ziz
  • The biggest hurdle is getting out of the first zone and into the real world where the game actually begin... : Derringer
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  There was a Trion employee in the chat when I checked out the Guardian start area and he/she said the "un... : Derringer
  • Someone in chat just said Feb 6 is Beta 6, Feb 22 is Beta 7 and Feb 24 is pre-order headstarts. Taken wi... : Derringer
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  Is that X2 experience just rumour or confirmed? I ask because that is an extremely significant bonus, ... : Onward, to futility!
  • An employee in chat said the beta gives out more exp than the retail will. : Derringer
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    I made a beastmaster today. Seemed pretty awesome until I joined a battleground. Then it seemed useless... : valael
    • this has been my feeling with my mage as well. The pet is pretty good, but at the same time, I feel like... : JuffoWup
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      I'm beastmaster rogue and I consistently have the highest carry time on the fang, sometimes by minutes. : AgentPothead
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        What beastmaster skills allow you to do that? What really gives you an edge over any other warrior class... : valael
        • I don't think it's because I'm beastmaster, I'm just saying that I do alright as a beastmaster. : AgentPothead
• Planestalker is fun. 5 Blinks, Good tank : podung
• I hope they do another beta test. I barely got to play it and when I did the server lag was so bad that ... : Rotten Deadite
• Just played in a huge event that had tons of rifts and invaders that had us collecting some items, etc. T... : Carstman
• I just preordered it. :D : kikilupo
• Certainly a good game and I will probably pick it up. I am amazed at how good they are with patches and n... : hashd
• Considering preorder through steam, still need to talk to a couple of offline friends who I used to play ... : AgentPothead
• Welp, me and hash just hit 30, and I figured I'd post up where my points went and what rotation I used. ... : JuffoWup
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  I just switched from Riftblade/Champ/Reaver (one of the suggested builds) to Palladin/Champ/Reaver. I fu... : Thud
  • I just switch to Paladin/Void Knight/Riftblade. It's interesting, but the VK thing is hard to get down. G... : Visceral Monkey
  • That was a pretty fun run. Also surprisingly hard for a first dungeon! : kikilupo
  • That was a great run, awesome tanking and heals in that group. : AgentPothead
  • whats your skill point spread for the P/C/R build? : Nighteyes
• Someone posted this on the forums and I thought it was an interesting insight into how Rift differs in it : Visceral Monkey
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  I've played and purchased what seems like every single MMO out there. I'm not going to do that again. R... : wykd
  • Possibly, but you should play a MMO because you enjoy it, not because it's popular. If you're into it for... : Visceral Monkey
• I downloaded and patched it and couldn't even be bothered to play it :-\ : braaains
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  It's like WoW except it's crappy. The addon luddites like yourself are confusing. I want to sort of lu... : crockroches
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    Lemme guess, the only mmo you've ever played was wow. : AgentPothead
    • Oh crap, DKP rank pulled. : crockroches
  • Holy God, I don't even know what to say to this post. Our take on these game is a universe apart. : Visceral Monkey
  • It's amazing. I don't know how I played MMOs before I had addon parsers. I don't even know how I played W... : Talonus.
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  it feels alot like WAR. im not really sold on it yet at all. : kn1fe
  • It's the same engine :( fucking gamebryo : rmjackson