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  hmm... that didn't work... Herpe Birthday, devnullgt! : Korban
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    in my defense, that totally should have worked. : Korban
    • close your damned tags! : one random winner
    • no it shouldn't have worked . . .what he said (below) : fuzzydamnit
• Wow : Volatus32x
• this is one of the most grotesque tag fails I've ever seen! : Majuju
• LOL : Downforce
• Herpe indeed : RikiTiki2
• BAHAHAHAHA I LOVE IT!!!!! : OhSnapHighFive
• jesus christ korban : Dravenport
• lazy ass, close your tags! : InfoBiter
• HERPES WAT? : Lucien Irenicus
• This is why you should always close your tags : giant boy detective
• --\-_*!)/...------ : fsck
• why god why : Deathlove
• My god it's horrific... : The Grolar Bear
• good job Korban Dallas : sikander
• I'm not sure this post could have turned out better than it did. : wendigo
• Have the Chosen People not suffered enough : genjuro
• It's too hard to look away....it's like watching a trainwreck! : Flint Ironstag
• herpy wharGARBL : manero
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  Please call 911, I think you're having a stroke. : dumb.
  • haha : rasputinreborn
  • He tried but it came out as 9 1 hday devnp{ur{ln[ly{gg{tb{!p[! : Merconium
  • Testing colours in this old thread website of cock website of cock website of cock website of cock : dumb.
• This post only looks bad because everyone is viewing it in oldshack. In newshack this post is flawless. : thecatinthehat
• uber win! : sanchez
• i think you just solved pi : indosauros
• you are just like that reporter! : hirez
• I think I got raped : LoioshDwaggie
• This must go down in the shack hall of fame : jonin
• Ahahahaha, herpe : spazzium
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  Why aren't you using Chrome extension or Greasemonkey scripts to prevent this? ;) : ThomW
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    i'm just now realizing i can click on the tags guide and get a pop up to enter what i want... : Korban
    • lol....... : Ambient80
    • lol : OmegaRed59
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      You can also highlight text and it'll enclose it with tags for you. : spazzium
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        ^^^ This doesn't work in NüShack. :( : ThomW
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          Oh wait ... it works, but it doesn't remember your previous selection so you can't do -[o[this]o]-. : ThomW
          • lol nice job shacktags. : ThomW
        • When is that going online anyway? I missed that whole thing. : spazzium
  • I am hoping NuShack has colors! : pancake humper
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    probably because the chrome extension hardly ever works correctly, ThomW! : zerog83
    • If you're using ThomW's you're doing it wrong! : pancake humper
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  Fucking murlocs : royalally
  • hahaha : Rehevkor
• Oh Korban. : one random winner
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  herpes birthday indeed, devnugget : Goncyn
  • Thanks Goncyn : devnullgt
• shack herpes right here. : biskits
• Hahaha. I hope gems like this survive the NewShack : SolrFlare
• This made me laugh out loud : Just A Girl
• most colorful herpes ever : liquidlies
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  Shut it down. Shut it all down. : Anastomosis
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    nuke from orbit : halophoenix
    • It's the only way to be sure! : Corvus orru
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  Indeed, Happy Birthday to devb{np{ur{ln[ly{gg{tb{!p[! : Senate5000
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    thanks dude : devnullgt
    • At least with Korban's failure of a post we'll always remember your birthday. ;) : Senate5000
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    I hope you did that on purpose : Volatus32x
    • I copy pasted Korban's post and put "to" in between. It actually came out more readable. : Senate5000
• I love that it just got tagged "interesting" : Volatus32x
• hahahaha jesus christ : virus
• Oh my God... : Zips
• Haha i just imagined that someone saying happy bir(insert cock in mouth here). : Vincenoir
• RUSH THIS MAN TO THE HOSPITAL : twifosp
• derp. : Metatron85
• herpe birytghbdpary to you as well! : Hemtroll
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  Am I going to be the first one to also congratulate devnull? Happy birthday dev! : ysbreker
  • Happying up with this devnull birthdayness! : one random winner
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    Thanks ysbreker : devnullgt
    • happy birthdaihagljhsdgsdlgh, devnull! : mindmann
  • lol. yeah i think everyone's forgetting the main point of this fuck up of a thread :) : Korban
• I think I just caught epilepsy : Entity
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  Haha, wow Korban....wait to fail miserably! THANK YOU : devnullgt
  • he didn't wait to fail miserably, that's for sure : Maarten Goldstein
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    welcome! see you april 1st : Korban
    • hopefully before then...Im beginning to think you dont love me anymore : devnullgt
• nooob : askedrelic
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  THAR SHE BLOWS! ▄███████████�... : r3dn3ck
  • hahaha YES : Downforce
  • Arrrrgh, thar be the white whale! : Volatus32x
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    Call me Ishfail : royalally
    • Hahahaha : Rotten Deadite
    • nice ! : gmd
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    http://solrflare.shackspace.com/failwhale.jpg : SolrFlare
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      trying to steal my thunder? >:( : r3dn3ck
      • Not at all. I made that pic years ago and your awesome whale reminded me I still had it. : SolrFlare
  • 'tis a sad morn indeed. The failwhale hath made off with our tags. : aethyr
  • well done : ass-street
  • Hahaha, this delivers : shred.
  • haha i love it : kevp
  • Post of the year right here folks!! : thetangent
  • Chapter XXXII - Cetlology : Happy Doodle Muffin
  • I'lll... allow this : mikecyb
  • oh god lols : halophoenix
  • Fuckin lol : ThomW
  • bwahahahaha amazing : virus
  • haaaaahahahahahah : riptyde
  • welp : opengl128
  • bwahahaa : shirif
  • This is the quality Mr. Pirsig was talking about! : reelbk
• Zalgo : ZombieAcademy
• herpederpedadada lol : naabster
• Meh. I liked this post better when it was read by the Grammys reporter having a stroke on-air... : Bold
• Happy Birthday, devnull! : coldfusioncs
• DEVNULLGT HAPPY BIRTHDAY : MercFox1
• Herp Derp : Robotic Puppy Eater
• Haha. But happy birthday! : Mmmmmoo
• i think he had a mild stroke on air : kevp
• Hahahaha, that's a pretty spectacular tag failure. :D : thetangent
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  Herpe Birthday devnullgt!! I think that is what he meant - either way have a happy one devnullgt! : fuzzydamnit
  • thanks dude...and all above : devnullgt
• Oh the humanity! : DM7
• Well a very, very heavy bertation today : Endymion_
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  This really is one of the best tag failures I've ever seen. : Lone Swordsman
  • paging thekidd to add this to goldmine for next year : devnullgt
• oh god.. this is the best post ever. : Fredrik S
• Major fail : doomed
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  Major fail : doomed
  • ^ minor fail : Lucien Irenicus
• Happy Heavy Bertation? : tangles
• Hahahahaha : Link.
• can someone send me the updated Shack Encryption Key? I think I need to update my current one : devpaul

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  listen to the episode. Doesn't seem to be quite the same recipe. That or the way Coke makes it changes ... : DonkeyPopsicle
  • Lack of cocaine. : Endymion_
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  Are trade secrets protected by law in some way? Seems like they'd be taking a risk posting the recipe lik... : Hemtroll
  • Pretty sure they are? : Creepin_Jeezus
  • Recipes (on their own) are not protected by copyright or trademarks. Also, this is just a reconstruct... : LoioshDwaggie
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    Trade secrets are only protected in the sense that it's illegal to break in and steal them. If you revers : UtilityMaximizer
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      Coke is pretty clever about how they protect their recipe. IIRC it goes something like this: Very, very ... : riptyde
      • There's some serious cloak and dagger shit going on here. Is this really true? : DewFuel
      • This American life says this is not true. It was a marketing ploy. There are two dudes who know the full... : Jimb0v2
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        The czech drink Becherovka is similar. Today there are only two people who know the secret of the enti : DrZettl
        • hmm I want some of that : Delaric
        • I love that stuff. : nurglich
    • Isn't it also protected from disgruntled employees from giving away the trade secret? : deject
  • Also, for Coke to do any legal claim that it is their secret recipe, they would have to cough up the act... : FirmButtstone
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  I'm a bit surprised that alcohol is there. I wonder how many gallons of Coke you need to drink to actuall... : Kub666
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    I'm guessing most of it boils off in the preparation process. : dumb.
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      most all : InfoBiter
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        Don't be like that. I wanna get drunk with Coke! : Kub666
        • If you're curious, they do it to pull alcohol-soluble flavors out of the ingredients. If you don't, you w... : LoioshDwaggie
        • add whiskey : Delaric
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        you can't physically burn off all alcohol. : akirabob
        • How 'bout spiritually? : dumb.
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  Seems like the website is down. Coca-Cola is attacking the site! : Faluzure
  • Operation Suck my Coke : Hemtroll
  • Coca-Cola==Anonymous? : one random winner
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  Where's the Mexican recipe. That's the good stuff. : tsuba
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    that recipe already lists sugar as the ingredient what else do you want? : boring gegtik
    • parasites! : JohnnyRey
    • hfcs : ass-street
    • human sweat : foo
    • Montezuma's extract : dumb.
    • Liposuction byproduct. : one random winner
    • Mexican Baby Tears : VegasX
    • COCAINE : m0rfus
    • Top Gear protests : rosewood
    • Cocaine silly. : Vincenoir
    • Refried sick. : Beady
    • Slurm! : o0JediBeavis0o
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  I honestly don't think I know a single person who drinks Coke. My mom drinks diet, caffeine free coke, an... : Dynotaku
  • god, i love marmite coke : boring gegtik
  • Me and my family drink str8 up Coca Cola : rasputinreborn
  • Straight up coke? Hell yeah. JKCOCAINE!!!! : MercFox1
  • o/ : Rotten Deadite
  • I've got a glass next to me right now. : Schnapple
  • o/ : Arctic Fox
  • I used to drink Coke all the time until I found a store nearby that carried Dr Pepper : Hemtroll
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    when eating a greasy pizza or burgers a regular straight coke with sugar (apparently you have to mention ... : Hoax
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      did you not notice how much sugar is already in there? it's practically sugar sludge direct from the can : dotpain
      • with sugar as in containing real sugar because you guys always mention mexican coke, i didn't mean i'm pu... : Hoax
  • My wife does. Coke and Dr. Pepper are her two sodas of choice. : riptyde
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    God I love coke from a can. It burns so good. : HL3dsx
    • warm coke in a can is an...experience. : xxiv
    • Coke from a can is like a gift from the gods, it is so good. : thecray
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    I drink it. : one random winner
    • I drink straight up coke. : one random winner
  • Well, they can just shut the company down now and everyone go home. : cerealSAM2
  • I drink a can every day with my lunch and it is damn good. : peanut-
  • I love coke! It's still too sugary tasting for me though, and all the other forms (diet, zero, flavored) ... : mysled
  • I drink it with rum : chungathebunga
  • It's very much a rarity for me, I'll do Coke Zero when it's available and only have a regular Coke once e... : drhazard
  • You must live a very sheltered life then. : Entity
  • I drink it. I don't drink much soda so when I do I figure I'll just go all the way and drink the one with... : freshyk
  • I find it completely disgusting, except when I'm eating pizza. It's strange. : dumb.
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    I consume Mexican Coke : m0rfus
    • Speaking of, my local Sam's Club sells them by the case. Definitely getting those the next time we have ... : o0JediBeavis0o
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    I stopped drinking Coke when my dentist said half my tooth enamel was gone. It's really really bad for yo... : Snipergen
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      My dentist gave me a list of things to worry about: Beer Wine Soda Coffee Tea Hard Alcohol As a ... : ryuuseki
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        Chips are way worse for your teeth than soda. Didn't he mention that? : GreatGooglyMoogly
        • I think from my red hair he assumed all I eat are boiled potatoes. : ryuuseki
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          They are? Why? : Ebu
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            Amylase which is in your saliva breaks down starch into sugars. And chips have a lot of starch and sticks... : GreatGooglyMoogly
            • Are you a dentist? Or did you just actually listen? =/ : nevlos
    • OJ :(. I love orange juice : StolenNosferatu
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    find someone who is from Atlanta : mikecyb
    • I live in Atlanta. However I stopped drinking straight coke because it's so many calories, I was getting... : Lucien Irenicus
  • I drink Coke Zero - that stuff is essentially the best carbonated beverage you can buy. : thetangent
  • Yeah you do, if you have any fast food places near you. : jingletard
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  This is the same thing that comes up every few years, so I'm not sure why it's so newsworthy this time ar : Schnapple
  • Weird, I like the taste of coke over pepsi and could tell them apart even blindfolded. Pepsi seems too s... : DM7
  • I prefer coke to pepsi : JohnnyRey
  • I took the Pepsi challenge as a kid and chose Coke : rasputinreborn
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    also, links to said blind taste tests? : JohnnyRey
    • I don't have links to specific tests, but the info is from here: http://www.snopes.com/cokelore/newcok : Schnapple
  • Re: coca leaf extract: It's not difficult to find at all, TAL simply googled it and bought some on Amazon... : mn3m0n1c
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    I can definitely tell the difference between the two. Pepsi tastes sweeter. Coke is, hmmm, "gruffer". : Vantage
    • That's my feelings on the tastes as well. : supermonkeyballz
  • I FUCKING LOVE COCAine-COLA! : iamgoat
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    the pepsi challenge was a publicity stunt and involved using lukewarm, flat coca cola and non-flat pepsi. : ibrokn
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      Plus weren't you eligible for some prize if you picked Pepsi? Anyone can taste the difference between Cok... : GreatGooglyMoogly
      • I participated in one of those in Chicago and if you picked Pepsi you got a bracelet or something. : DM7
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      i remember reading something about how pepsi was more enjoyable in small amounts but people preferred cok... : dearjamie
      • If you picked Coke they would ask you why. It's very easy to taste the difference, though warm coke is no... : LoioshDwaggie
      • yeah i've always found pepsi too sweet halfway through and finishing a bottle after it got less than ice ... : GloriousCow
    • haha i remember always picking out the more effervescent one : boring gegtik
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      haha I remember my mom telling me this years ago. Fucking dicks. : Godhatesfatpeople
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        Also Coke > Pepsi. : Godhatesfatpeople
        • Normally, I prefer Coke, but if I haven't had Pepsi in like a year, it's absolutely godly. : GreatGooglyMoogly
    • Tyson settled the Coke vs Pepsi thing when he knocked out Spinks : riptyde
  • I did some blind taste test in a psychology class, was able to pick coke every single time. : shortbuscaptain
  • Pepsi generally wins because it's sweeter and the taste-test portions are so small. : DonkeyPopsicle
• what i want to know is KFC's recipe! becuase pepsi is pretty close to coke, just a little sweeter...so i... : vassili_zaitsev
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  why would they do this? puzzling. : Downforce
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    Because if you listen to the episode 28 of 30 people in a blind taste test knew which was the fake coke. ... : NastyJack
    • The important question, though: was the fake coke better than the real coke? : Ebu

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• I never had a real big problem with the combat, and I was a biotic well, besides the fact it's all a big : Arctic Fox
• Did you play ME1? Either way if your having troube with combat, just stay behind cover and dont push for... : Chipwarrior
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  Archangel and the Professor are both wicked awesome. iirc it makes sense to get the Professor early so yo... : dirge23
  • Agreed. Miranda even suggests you do it first. : akaigirl
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  First, what difficulty, second get everyone and do everything. You'll thank me when you get to the end. : saunders45
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    I think I'm playing Normal or whatever. Not ridiculously hard, but still no "Don't Hurt Me." I think my... : hatelull
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      Oh, that charge ability is great with a shotgun. But getting to safety after using it is the hard part. I... : Chipwarrior
      • Heavy charge restores your shields 100%, and one of the class specialist options decreases power cooldown... : mfdc37
    • once you max out charge you can evolve to an area of effect charge ability : dantastic
    • Yeah, that's part of your problem. It's more "tactical" than a run and gun FPS. But go get the Dr. and st... : saunders45
    • The Charge ability is freakin' awesome.... later. But at first, it'll get you killed very quickly until y... : Bold
  • i played on hard. whichever one was above normal : dantastic
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  Miranda and Jacob are kind of low on the power totem pole until they get power upgrades. Get the Profe... : MercFox1
  • Pull + Warp is a good combo, especially in the beginning. It remains a pretty damned good combo all the w... : AhmNee
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  Sub-Thread ... Do the planet missions uncovered while scanning get better than the first one I found last... : hatelull
  • Hahahahaha that one is super easy when you get the Cain, you can just fire it and it'll destroy everythin... : MercFox1
  • That's one of the more terrible ones. There are some much more interesting ones. : beanman101283
• gotta know what abilities work best on which types of enemies. you need party members that have abilit... : dantastic
• Hmm i always found combat ridiculously easy on normal but i played in on pc. Also yeah that mingame was s... : headbone
• miranda is a team buff. hide her in cover. look at her ass. if you want run and gun, get Garrus and Thane... : Downforce
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  SPOILER ALERT I recently finished the game, did pretty much all of the character recruitments as well : ezanga
  • imo the best explanation is that they are making a human reaper because humans are the dominant species i : dirge23
  • the end was awesome in context of the ultimate enemy in the first game. humans beat the reapers, so fus : Downforce
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    If your squad members died, you did it wrong. : saunders45
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      There is no wrong way to do it. : NastyJack
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        There is if you don't want everyone to die. : saunders45
        • Yeah but that's boring. : Arceihn
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      Really? I replayed several times and it just resulted in different mates dying. Specifically, Thane al : ezanga
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        pick a squadmate with the related specialty to the task at hand. Example, use Samara for the shield, grun : barichnikov
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          Uhh, don't send Grunt back. ALWAYS send Morigin back. Otherwise he'll die at the end. : LoioshDwaggie
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            Hahaha, I like how you used the name of another Bioware game character. :D : Rice-Rocketeer
            • God damn it, so did I. I knew it didn't sound right but I haven't had caffeine yet today. : Wadmaasi
          • Dunno, I didn't lose anyone. don't remember ALL the choices, but those were that. : barichnikov
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            He didn't in mine. I sent Zaeed. Garrus ended up getting carried off by drones at the end of the shield s : Haxim
            • zaeed fucked me on my initial playthrough because he's not an ideal choice for fire team leader, even tho : dirge23
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            This was a bug, and I don't know if it was ever fixed. He's not supposed to die if you've done everythin : Wadmaasi
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              If you guys scroll down to my post in the thread below you'll see where this calculation is done and how ... : LoioshDwaggie
              • Ripped from the wiki: An Escort to guide the Normandy crew back to the ship. However, you can't use th... : Wadmaasi
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              I've always sent Jacob back since he's useless and it's been totally fine. : deject
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                Jacob is useful as a team leader. : thetangent
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                  Not really. Choosing anyone but Garrus or Miranda as a team leader is a bad idea. : deject
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                    Not true. Taken from the wiki: A Fire-team Leader is required for the second team. The briefing conversa : thetangent
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                      http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Mass_Effect_2_Guide : thetangent
                      • Jacob is still useless, regardless if he can fill a role. :P : deject
          • Here, I'll just copy and paste the entire thing: # Note: The teammates you do not pick are automatically ... : LoioshDwaggie
          • People say this, but no one has to die there. You can literally have anyone there and no matter how long... : deject
          • Not always. You can also send Tali. I did and everyone survived. : thetangent
      • iirc if you didn't do the loyalty quest for a character it drastically reduces their survivability : dirge23
      • Sure but I always enjoy letting things happen however they happen on my first time through. It feels more... : NastyJack
      • It's pretty easy for them all to survive. You just need to pick the right crew member for the right job. : thetangent
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      This was actually one of the most disappointing parts of the game for me. They bill it as a total suicid : duffman03
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        You still have to pick the right people to do each job. : saunders45
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          Even if you do, you have the chance of losing people. I had everyone's loyalty and made all the right cal : omnova
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            Then you didn't pick one right. You can do it perfectly every time if you pick the right people for each : saunders45
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              Remember though that there is a last-stand mechanic. The calculations are all here: Scroll down to 'L... : LoioshDwaggie
              • I was unaware of that. That makes sense. : omnova
              • bingo. super fun part of the game. : Downforce
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              Legion for vent, Miranda for fire team, Grunt to escort, Samara for biotic, Miranda again for fire team, : omnova
              • I did the same, except I sent Mordin back with the ship as escort and I used Grunt for the fire team. Did : duffman03
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                Your mistake was sending Garrus back. Tali probably died during the final battle because of it. : thetangent
                • I mean Grunt, not Garrus. :-P FUCK YOU PRL : thetangent
        • But I understand what you are saying. It's just something that countless movies and games have done befor... : saunders45
  • You're not missing anything. I mean, you might be, but either way it was really goddamn stupid. Not just : Arceihn
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  The combat in Mass Effect2 has lots of flaws. The cover system is retarded and it just equates to puttin... : twifosp
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    if you want to mow down dudes without effort, just play on easy : dirge23
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      I don't want it to be without effort, I want it to be from effort. I want there to be a challenge, but I... : twifosp
      • i agree there's too much time spent in cover, and the powers should be more dramatic and decisive. : dirge23
  • Sounds like you want to play WH40K: Space Marine : duffman03
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    you get more than charge as a vanguard plus the ability to learn a teammate's power. i suggest reave. : dantastic
    • I'm replaying as a Vanguard and an all-biotics team is pretty awesome. Comboing powers is just fantastic... : duffman03
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      I'm about to go through the omega relay, I have a bunch of powers at level 4. But the powers on on coold... : twifosp
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        Target some teammates' biotic powers before charging, like Lift or other immobilization skills. That way... : duffman03
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          I do. I even combine powers so that my warp will send someone flying 80 miles high. I just hate the c... : twifosp
          • I agree. Games with cover systems always end up being like whack-a-mole, it's not really all that fun. : duffman03
          • It's really that the game gives you a breif moment of acting like the galaxy's biggest hero. There is to... : twifosp
          • warp doesn't move anyone. : dantastic
  • Different strokes. I like the sense of danger it gives you, because you are in real danger if you're caug : drhazard
  • You need to max out your Charge if you want to use it consistently and effectively. Charging restores you : Bold
  • I kinda agree with you, but we gotta remember that Shepard is a soldier first. : Nitrium
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  Favourite character hijack. For me, definitely Thane. I really liked his backstory and character and ... : duffman03
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    The only correct answer is Mordin. : omnova
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      He is the very model of a scientist Salarian. : Cottc Cid
      • easily the funniest moment in the game for me. : opengl128
  • He has a cool backstory, but he's rather boring in combat for such an elite dude. : twifosp
  • Shepard. Cop-out non-answer, sure sure. Tali or Legion, then. Tali for her character and Legion for : Wadmaasi
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    Mordin. Liked his backstory, he was funny and very useful in battle. I hope they bring him back for ME3. : NastyJack
    • Me, too! oh wait he died for me : Deathlove
  • Tough call! I enjoyed the majority of all of the crew missions and loyalty addendums. : Downforce
  • Yeah I thought Thane was an really great character. Plus he just looks like a BAMF. : deject
  • Mordin, hands down. : swimteampie
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    Garrus. EOT. : coldfusioncs
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      Even if I wasn't gay, his voice would make me that way. : LoioshDwaggie
      • i'm not gay but i totally had sex with that guy : dirge23
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      Garrus is my BFF in both ME1 and ME2. Most interesting character development between both games and he's : Mmmmmoo
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        Joker put it best when he pointed out that Garrus had removed the stick he had up his ass in the first ga : omnova
        • hahaha no kidding that was awesome : Downforce
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    Mirander DAT deep character development and excellent voice acting : Hemtroll
    • Felt much sadder for her after reading her dossier after Lair of the Shadow Broker. : Carnivac
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      I wanted to have her in my party more often but I kept fucking motorboating my monitor. : daneloire
      • I'd like to help her find her sister if you know what I mean : Hemtroll
  • Mordin, and then Tali. : thetangent
  • Anyone but Jacob. : Lucien Irenicus
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    This is a really hard question for me because I am being completely honest when I say that I love all the : das_runt
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      You absolutely can sleep with Samara. And also Morinth. Details http://masseffect.wikia.com/wiki/Roman... : ConfusedUs
      • The wiki states that you CANNOT have sex with Samara since her code ultimately compels her to reject your : das_runt
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    Legion cemented my thoughts that Geth fucking rock. : Creepin_Jeezus
    • The Shadow Broker's dossier on Legion is pretty funny. Never thought of him as being a gamer. : Mmmmmoo
  • I agree with Thane, though partly because I adore ruthless assassins. : Lone Swordsman
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    I really liked the last guy you get, Legion. I did it wrong and didn't save some side missions for later... : Agrona
    • There's a save editor that can fix that for you. : Wadmaasi
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    the yellow assassin guy : Dravenport
    • He's sort of green-y, and yes, that is Thane. : duffman03
  • His dossier on assassination methods is pretty interesting, especially regarding krogan targets. : HamChowder
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    Tali & Garrus. : R@zzle
    • my vote goes to these two. despite not having any post-quest dialog, I liked Kasumi. : varsindarkin
  • Thane and Garrus. Thane is my favorite by far. I also like Zaeed. : Nitrium
  • I have a thing for loner, assassin type characters. But my favorite in the game is probably Jack. : Ocelot
  • Tied between Mordin and Garrus : opengl128
  • Kasumi, Tali, Legion, or Mordin. I'm really not sure. : Cheeziologist
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  RETURN-FROM-DENTIST-QUESTION I've had a few conversations/events where I could have hit a mouse button : hatelull
  • If you have Shadow Broker you can watch a Krogan punch her :) In terms of point values, it is imposs... : breadsticks
  • I hated not being able to sit back and watch cutscenes too. But the animations are worth it. Paragon/Rene... : Chipwarrior
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    Having looked at guides after the fact, it varies. Some interrupts might give 5 points, while the regular... : pyide
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      • Maybe my post was misleading but I was trying to say you don't have to force yourself to hit those QTE in... : pyide
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  POST FINISHING QUESTION: My ME mojo fucking sucks, I haven't banged a crew member in either game. I just : filthysock
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    they don't like the ladies. your options are Jacob, Garrus and Thane iirc. also you can get frisky with y : dirge23
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      keep in mind ME2 was drastically reduced since fox news covered ME1 as rape in space or whatever : Downforce
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        i played a renegade female shepard, and the romance i got seemed jarringly saccharine, and the sex was ve... : dirge23
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          I have a vain hope that they'll just remove the sex from 3 entirely. It's so shitty, and really is a mark... : Chipwarrior
          • well i have no problem with it being in there generally, as long as it's handled well. shepard's the kind... : dirge23
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            dude there's some tension involved in galactic warfare. people gotta get some booty. even if it's alien b... : Downforce
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                  It's handled in the Lair of the Shadow Broker DLC. : Mmmmmoo
                  • guess I need to go replay that from a playthrough where Shepherd is putting it about a bit :p : Toraz Chryx
          • i just wish renegade shepard could be sexually upfront, like after a big mission she rolls up to a crew m... : filthysock
  • I think you have to mod the game to get girl on girl romance, with the exception of Kelly. But she just d... : AlvinKlein
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  • Agreed, and honestly I felt like I was plotting coordinates for Joker in the first game. This time arou... : hatelull

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  Screw you CliffyB! : The Grolar Bear
  • It wont sell and he will just blame PC piracy. Christ, what an sshole : EricZBA
  • http://goo.gl/U1MOK Meant to reply here. : hobohun7er
• Welcome..To the REAL World... : Shyssiryxius
• rofl : pancake humper
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  PREORDER NOT CANCELLED BECAUSE THERE WAS NO WAY IN HELL I WAS PREORDERING THIS PILE OF CRAP : zerog83
  • this 100% : james_austintx
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    I didn't want it enough to put it on my Wishlist during the holiday giveaway opportunity. Well, there we... : AxeMan808
    • It wasn't in the preorder section to be able to be in the wishlist :( : shirif
• What a bag of dicktits. : pyide
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  look fun enough to grab it for $15 during a steam sale in a few months : devpaul
  • I agree with this : sho_gun85
• It DOES give us something to look forward to the next holday sale season. : byorn
• not a big deal, the games probably going to suck anyway. dicktits : RetroRedEyeJr
• lmao good luck with that CliffyB. : deject
• Not interested it didn't even look that fun.. Homefront & Crysis 2 are getting my money : Shadowdane
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  Ha ha ha ha. See you in six months, Bulletstorm. : The Wilhelm Scream
  • Bullet$torm : pancake humper
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    GG Epic, cya during the next Steam sale. needs to be 80% off or no buy : MercFox1
    • fucking sellout, 85% off or no buy : Hemtroll
• 5 dollar holiday sale material. : Godhatesfatpeople
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  Without a demo I have to wait and see. Although the game sounds like a fun shooter, I doubt their dedicat... : Rooster Cockburn
  • The 360 demo was boring as fuck : steve_o
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  Hey guys, I'm not saying you should preorder (I don't care much...) but the game sounds pretty fun. ht... : barichnikov
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    The Giant Bomb quicklook and the trailers I've seen make it look incredibly bland and not worth looking i... : deject
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      giant bomb quicklooks make all games look bad. they just aren't good at games. RPS are way higher than GB... : barichnikov
      • that's a load of bull. it was because of the quicklooks that I've bought a lot of games I normally would... : deathofrats
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    RPS opinions on some games seem so strange sometimes. : Dontdrop
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      If by strange you mean unbiased and unerringly accurate, then yes. Best gaming site on the net (even i... : MeestaNob
      • I've definitely felt they've been off on some games, but again it's just opinions. Don't get me wrong, RP... : Dontdrop
• Pffft : Thund3rball
• yea thats not going to happen. : ant_hillbilly
• Fuck off, CliffyB. : Link.
• Pass. : Happy Doodle Muffin
• I think the game looks really fun... $60 bucks though. Maybe I'll wait for a few reviews. Probably still ... : Dynotaku
• might buy it for $5-10 once it goes on sale. steam is awesome. : yakz
• Not available in my region, so I don't even have to worry about it. : hunhauu
• I'm not sure what else they could do to make that purchase less appealing. Pre-orders will ship you a box... : Syixxs
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  Just for that, I'm going to buy two more copies of pOrtal 2. Fuck you, Epic. : LoioshDwaggie
  • haha what else can we do? : RogerDandy
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  Cliffy B, don't make me laugh. : CrustaR
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    CrustaR??? Are you coming to CASINO on Saturday? I want to talk about the neuShack redesign with you over : packav
    • He is at 6:30 : james_austintx
    • Yeah, it is confirmed. You heading to my b-day party after that? : CrustaR
• Yuck : loppsided
• Epic is trolling, has to be. : james_austintx
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  I like how everyone's raging boner for this game went limp because of $10 : mikecyb
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    It's the principle and the "adherence to a new standard" aspect of it, I think. I mean shit, you don't ev... : at0micgarden
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      well if you went to a store and bought it for $60 you'd get a box : mikecyb
      • Buy a game... at a store? What are you, old? : LoioshDwaggie
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        Sure, but then why still charge the $10 premium for the digital version? I thought packaging added cost t... : at0micgarden
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          it isnt a $10 "premium." the reality is that the big boy publishers are going to be charging $60 for almo... : maulla
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            ASSBRO is going for $40 on PC. : pyide
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              Oh, $50. Yesterday I thought it said $39! : pyide
              • $50 is the new $40 : GloriousCow
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              Delayed release might have something to do with it. : Wisp!
              • One of his example below of $60 premium PC titles was Assassin's Creed 2 and that nearly the same exact d... : pyide
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            People want to keep ignoring the fact that production costs have gone up over the last 20 years and just ... : ColoradoCNC
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              I guess we'd have to know the budgets of all the games charging us 60 bucks to know the truth then. : at0micgarden
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                If you just look at the increase in graphical and audio fidelity, the size of the game worlds, the more c... : ColoradoCNC
                • I would like to debate this more but I shall save it for another thread...possibly tomorrow. : at0micgarden
        • packaging adds pretty minimal costs to a game. like $3 per copy or something. the point of buying on St... : mikecyb
      • Might as well, there's sure as hell no benefit buying a shitty GFWL-riddled game online... :D : MeestaNob
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    Everyone? : james_austintx
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      fair enough. I just remember seeing lots of BULLETSTORM FUCK YEAH posts and now this. possibly selectiv... : mikecyb
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        I think people care about the game far less because the demo was shit. : Link.
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          ^^ This. I was ll woo-hoo, then I played the demo and I was all meh. : Thund3rball
          • while the demo was pretty lame, it did hint at the awesomeness that could be contained in a full game. I ... : barichnikov
      • this game is going to own. : barichnikov
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        Weird, I was under the impression that the game was drawing a minimum of interest from both console and P... : enyakk
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          maybe I am confused then! : mikecyb
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            You are not. There was a ton of positive buzz around here when the game was first shown off. : pandastrong
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              I saw nothing but negative comments after the demo. : Amadan
              • the E3 demo? look at the comments posted here. Lots of people were excited for it. : pandastrong
      • I was excited until the demo :/ : razlebol
      • It had potential but that demo was shit. : Haku-Jin
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    More like we tried the console demo and realized the game is mediocre. : silent prophet
    • I'd still love to try a PC demo, too bad I can't. I might actually buy the game if it plays well with a m... : pyide
  • I'm ok with paying $60 for a new PC game, if it's a good game. However, judging from the demo, Bullets... : jet-poop
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    GFWL killed my boner. : Crabs Jarrard
    • I mean I may get it for the Christmas Sale, but that's only because I'm a big fan of People Can Fly. Losi... : Crabs Jarrard
  • Hey, that $10 is 1/20th of a pair of jeans! That's nothing to scoff at! : ColoradoCNC
  • For me has nothing to do with the price, (ok maybe a little sincei don't have money) but it's CliffyB and... : Dschinghis Khan
  • Actually for me its the lack of jumping and Deathmatch. : Vorlonesque
• I look forward to discovering this future hidden gem from People Can Fly. : jujubeads
• I wasn't going to buy it at $50, or even $30, before I played the demo. After playing the demo I think I'... : freshyk
• I had fun with the demo on 360. That said, this is a trend I won't get behind. I haven't bought CODLOPS e... : at0micgarden
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  *gasp* the game is being sold at the new standard price! I think you guys should be more pissed off th... : maulla
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    Console folks are used to paying $60 for games, not everyone. : Lucien Irenicus
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      might as well start getting used to it because I'd bet that everyone but valve will be selling their AAA ... : maulla
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        And guess how many of games on that list I own....0. : Jimbo Ro
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          good for you? You guys can complain all you want, its inevitable that the standard price will be moved up... : maulla
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            Only if asshats like you keep buying them at that price. : YerMothah
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              hahaha ok, keep telling yourself that. I'm not saying its the right move or anything like that, I'm si... : maulla
              • maulla you are an asshat for being willing to pay $10 of your hard earned money on something you enjoy. : mwasher
            • "Asshats?" Really? Really? wjw. I mean...really. wjw. : Ebu
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        I'm laughing that Epic thinks their game is on that level. I don't mind paying 60$ for quality, but this ... : RetroRedEyeJr
        • ^ Yeah. I have no problem paying $60 if it's worth it. For my money, Bulletstorm is not worth it. : deject
        • More like a Triple C title? : james_austintx
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          Its an epic shooter, of course its regarded as a AAA title no matter what people think about it. I'm sure : maulla
          • A fair point, but I reserve the right to laugh at hubris. : deject
        • Every AAA publisher "thinks their game is on that level" at release time. It's part of what's archaic wi... : the archvile
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        I got Black Ops for $46 and Dead Space 2 for $42, both within a week of them coming out. If you don't wan... : MercFox1
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          Thats not fair at all : james_austintx
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            I'm in college. I'm a deal hunter on PC games like you wouldn't believe. The Black Ops one was cool becau... : MercFox1
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              Do you have a newsletter i can subscribe too? I need some deals.... : james_austintx
              • http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?s=3a8068e24112654f16e96802d16d127f&f=11 : ant_hillbilly
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                RPS Bucket Bin, Passwird.com, GoGamer has some good retail deals sometimes, Amazon.com, DirectToDrive dis... : MercFox1
                • You are wise. Power to the consumer. : loppsided
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              I am always looking for more ways to be a cheapskate MercFox1, where do I start? : Hemtroll
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                Get a blood test and find out if there's any Jew in there! : Crabs Jarrard
                • Is there a Jew gene? : Wisp!
  • I am more pissed that it's a shitty game. People get too hung up on prices. No one is fucking forcing you... : Dschinghis Khan
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  $60 is still less than what PC games usually cost in Finland. Even on Steam. : Kerranger
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    Yup, Europe gets the shaft. A new 360 game can run you $100 in Sweden and Steam lists everything in â‚... : Hemtroll
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      Yeah, same here. 100 bucks for a new 360 game is really hard to accept sometimes. The Steam currency conv... : Kerranger
      • Yeah, every now and then you get the right price and just the other day I noticed that Crysis Complete wa... : Hemtroll
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      Jesus how do those markets even exist there? Why not just wait 6 months before buying anything? : Dynotaku
      • Shit is expensive all up in here, six months after release everything is down to $50-$60 if the game sell... : Hemtroll
  • I was cleaning out the basement and found my boxed copy of Neverwinter Nights. 89 Canadian dollars. : Dusty_Slim
• I'm waiting for it to retail at Dollar General. : MeenMunky
• Also incoming: OMG PIRACY KILLED OUR SALES!!!1 : Lucien Irenicus
• you price-pointed the DICK off me!! : Wikus Van De Merwe
• Hahahaha. : Nitrium
• Singleplayer and co-op only? i assumed this game was pretty much going to focus on Q3 style deathmatch mu... : alphablu
• http://goo.gl/U1MOK : hobohun7er
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  Portal2 for fiddy dolla and now THIS? fucking LOL. : Phil
  • Portal 2 is $40 if you get the 2-pack. They should think about doing a similar promotion since this has a... : pyide
  • To be fair, at the moment Portal 2 is still $45 if you buy it now, and it's a longer game (than Portal) w... : RaptorII
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    In Portal 2 you get: 4x the size of the first SP MP (co-op) Cross-platform play with PS3 players And... : Godhatesfatpeople
    • also Portal 2 has splitscreen co-op on the PS3, and you get a free Steam copy with the PS3 version. : dirge23
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      This is the real reason why pc gamers will skip bulletstorm or wait for a holiday sale. The $60 asking pr... : Dr_Cube
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        PC gamers wont buy bulletstorm because it sucks. your comment on console gamers is just more flame ware s... : maulla
        • No, it's really not. Dr_Cube is right. This game is being marketed to the console crowd and not PC gamers... : Wisp!
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  UPDATE: No Bulletstorm Editor The Epic Games Forums have word not to expect an editor for Bulletsto : james_austintx
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    "We spent years developing the skillshot system" Sounds AMAZING. : Godhatesfatpeople
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      What a load of bullshit. Why won't they just tell it like it is? Dear PC devs, just tell us the truth, we... : Crabs Jarrard
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        Were people angry about the Gears 1 editor (that you had to kinda find yourself and wasn't fully supporte... : drhazard
        • At what point did production/mod tools for games become officially supported on a regular basis? I was al... : RaptorII
  • Skillshot system yearsin the making : sgtsanity
  • Yeah, Epic still doesn't give a shit about PC gamers. News at 11. : Link.
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  I'm still so upset I missed the Batman AA sale for $7.50. really pissed :( I'm not so good at computer... : uebersoldat
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    you got kicked out of the Paragon City Justice League? : Hemtroll
    • much worse, but I've attention whored enough today. I need to look forward to the future now. : uebersoldat
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  I still really don't understand all the hate people have for GFWL, I've never had any problems with it. : ColoradoCNC
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    it's just that it's like steam, only broken and worthless : dirge23
    • Exactly. : Conan
  • The biggest issue is the way it handles save games for some titles*. I have no problems with it either, e... : pyide
  • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=24916631 : Crabs Jarrard
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    I've had a laundry list of issues with GFWL - voice issues(DoW), random unable to join game issues(DoW an... : Dontdrop
    • oh god the hilarity of trying to get gta4 shackbattles going error free : RetroRedEyeJr
  • It just doesn't work. Ok it does occasionally. but it's too goddamn inconsistent. Plus we are used to Ste... : Dschinghis Khan
  • I understand why Crabs Jarrard has issues with it, I disagree with most other people though. It's no Stea... : Hemtroll
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    For one, it's backwards. It won't patch or update until after you have started the game. The point at whi... : ajvitaly
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      This is a major, major point of fail for gfwl. I am sure there is a technical reason for it but I don't c... : Dr_Cube
      • "To forego" not "and forego" : Dr_Cube
  • It's totally unnecessary and it causes problem to a lot of people. : razlebol
  • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=25274688 http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=25276583 (2-9-2010 Bomb... : the archvile
  • It's a pain in the ass to set up but once it's configured properly, it's fine. Try installing GTA IV wit... : jingletard
  • The reason for GFWL hate? When Steam works, it's just another day - when GFWL works, it's a pleasant s : MeestaNob
  • A developer can't release a patch unless microsoft approves it. That's reason enough to hate it. There ... : twifosp
• i paid $30 hell yeah : ETPC1
• LMFAO DEFINITELY not worth any where near $60. Brass balls : freakord
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  I guess they just want to blame pirates again for another of their PC games poor sales. Epic are a jok... : Beady
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    I normally wouldn't care about Epic, but I'm always worried that other developers look at Epic bitching a... : The Grolar Bear
    • Indeed :( : Dschinghis Khan
• no map editor, too. : taczbr
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  lol, I'll get it when it's $9.99 : zehh
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    $7.50 by X-Mas Holiday season rolls around. : Vegtro
    • 10$ in the summer sale. : razlebol
  • 1 fiddy : shirif
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  It it a sequel to Black? : roushimsx
  • No, that's Killcount. : Fenring42
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    Or maybe it was Bodycount. Either way it's a generic name. : Fenring42
    • Are you thinking of Bulletkiller? : roushimsx
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  How can a game like BulletStorm not have multiplayer? That's insane. : Herman Toothrot
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    It's a cooperative game, with the sole competition focusing on collecting points. : GrimmyD
    • That sounds retarded. A game like bulletstorm should allow you to do to your friends what you do to the ... : Herman Toothrot
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  It's a pretty damn high price to pay to put up with GFWL. : MeestaNob
  • Haha, oh shit, it's $70 for Aussies. They're kidding, right? : MeestaNob
• GFWL LOL WTF RE-TARD! : massdev
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  Haha, thats a good one. I will rather buy Torchlight 2 x 3. : Johnnsen
  • or x107 amirite? : barichnikov

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• I would suggest moonshine for brunch, just be aware it might have a long wait. http://www.moonshinegrill... : monikerdaven
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  6:30 works for me because then I can stay for a few hours before I have to head back home. : CrustaR
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    are your plans Duke3d.exe? : ass-street
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      Nah, I'm throwing my b-day party on that night and my housewarming party prior to that during the day. I... : CrustaR
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        (and yes, you dudes are invited!) : CrustaR
        • CrustaR, I'm sorry but I won't be able to come. : ass-street
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  630 works for me : twifosp
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    twifosp, I am excited to talk about DoW2 with you in person. : The Grolar Bear
    • the hive prevents me from discussing such topics : twifosp
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  Hell yeah, 6:30 PM! I am staying at the AT&T Conference Hotel or whatever, so I assume I can just walk to... : The Grolar Bear
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    Riedlos suggested that I check out the History of Texas museum and Scholz Beer Garden. : The Grolar Bear
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      Texas History museum. And Schultz is okay...made much better by the college girls. But if you're a beer w... : biskits
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        Oh, I haven't arrived in Austin yet. But I'll try to check out this Draughthouse. : The Grolar Bear
        • Do the Draught House and buy abt 12 off the draft. I would also recommend Live Oak Hefeweizen if they ha... : CrustaR
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    Heh, I work about one block north of the AT&T Center. It actually about a two-mile walk to Casino so you ... : EvilDolemite
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      Oh is it really? I took a cursory look at Google Maps and thought it didn't look that far away. Maybe I w... : The Grolar Bear
      • looks like it's only 1.4 miles - not bad and in a totally safe area. the weather should be fine for hoof... : EvilDolemite
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        also since i work *right* there, here are some walkable places for food: haiky - vietnamese madam mam... : EvilDolemite
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          the executive center also has a nice, very overlooked restaurant inside it: http://www.thecarillonrestaur... : RikiTiki2
          • yep it's actually pretty damn good. the only problem is, most people's exposure to the Center is via con... : EvilDolemite
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          EvilD, have you been to The Iron Cactus? I am probably going to go there Friday night. : The Grolar Bear
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            And Esther's Follies. : The Grolar Bear
            • Esther's Follies is hilarious. You're gonna love it. : coldfusioncs
          • overpriced and middle-of-the-road. there's much better tex-mex in this city, especially for that kind of ... : biskits
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        Its only a short walk if you're hammered (drunk) and making your way home at 3 AM. I've made it halfway o... : noobja
        • Noobja, will I be hammered after CASINO?? I hope I can make my way back to the hotel, I'm leaving for Cal... : The Grolar Bear
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    I can pick you up on the way. : CrustaR
    • Yeah, I don't mind either, I'll be coming from just north of campus. SM me if you're interested. : coldfusioncs
  • We'll be walking there from the Paramount theatre : Just A Girl
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  wooooooooooooo : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
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    GIAJOP, I am excited to talk about SC2 with you in person. : The Grolar Bear
    • But I hardly play anymore! : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
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  Maybe. : biskits
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    pfft, nobody likes you anyway =P : Just A Girl
    • i'm aware :'< : biskits
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  Scholz is not vegetarian in the least : EvilDolemite
  • Doesn't need to be - different crowds. Friday is family dinner at Scholz, Sunday is brunch with a vegeta... : Just A Girl
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  sunday brunch: POLVO's be prepared to wait! : wendigo
  • christ, that's the truth. the better option is to end the night there for margarita pitchers and queso fl... : biskits
  • i like Moonshine, but my usual brunch is out in Chinatown with a big bowl of pho : RikiTiki2
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  I will be in the air traveling back to the US from Doha so I will be unable to make it :( : EricZBA
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    Going to try for a Houston shackmeet sometime soon : Just A Girl
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      Let's do it! I want to see Houston shackers again before I move to Dallas. : nurglich
      • I'm thinking first or second weekend of March : Just A Girl
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  sounds like Crustar just wants to eat a burger and leave : RikiTiki2
  • what's new? : biskits
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    RikiTiki2, you had better be there!! : The Grolar Bear
    • I don't have any other plans that night, I should be there barring unforeseen circumstances : RikiTiki2
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    I'll stop by for a few hours. That should be long enough to do more than eat a burger, foo! : CrustaR
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      i dunno, that one time it took you two hours to eat yours : RikiTiki2
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        (two hours from order to finish) : RikiTiki2
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          Riki, what have you done? You know the part ways story will be retold now. : wendigo
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            I believe it took ~45 minutes from when RikiTiki ate his burger and when he had to "part ways" with it. ... : CrustaR
            • I can't wait to try the Amarillo!! : The Grolar Bear
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              to be fair, it wasn't the burger, but having to make room for said burger. and that's as far as I can tak... : RikiTiki2
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                what's the rosewood rule? you were going to throw it at someone? : Dravenport
                • no posting about poop : RikiTiki2
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  Questions: What is traffic like in Downtown Austin at around 8-9PM on a Friday night? Parking was a... : genjuro
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    traffic won't be bad, but parking will be. your best bet is the open pay lot near red river and 9th. it... : EvilDolemite
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      Anything else I should know? I've never actually had to drive down there - wtf242's stoned ass usually c... : genjuro
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        it's easy driving. get off at the MLK/15th exit, not the 6th one, otherwise you'll have to u-turn to get... : EvilDolemite
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          Great. You've probably saved me a ton of irritation. : genjuro
          • get off at 235A, drive until you intersect with MLK. turn right onto MLK, then left at your next light on... : EvilDolemite
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      Is it crowded around Scholz? : Just A Girl
      • there's not much parking there, but you might be able to find something on guadalupe or lavaca. scholz h... : EvilDolemite
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    austin traffic is trivial unless there's a televised UT sports event going on. parking, on the other hand... : biskits
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      They won't be free on the weekends anymore? :[ : CrustaR
      • afaik, council hasn't made a decision yet, but they're considering the meter change : RikiTiki2
      • if that frees up spots i am okay with it. i'd rather pay a couple of bucks in one of those meter compute... : EvilDolemite
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        crustar, you need to read the newspaper more often. specifically either Community Impact or The Austin Ch : biskits
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          biskits, explain thyself! : CrustaR
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            You would know these things if you paid attention (by reading the paper). : biskits
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              What if I do not wish to exert the effort to acquire and read such an item? Can I not depend on you to i... : CrustaR
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                Listen to Jeff Ward on klbj on you drive home and you won't have to read : twifosp
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                  I...see...I don't really enjoy talk radio, though. : CrustaR
                  • if you can be bothered to read now, here's the most recent news on the subject: http://www.kvue.com/news... : RikiTiki2
                  • Jeff Ward is awesome though : twifosp
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                no. instead, please don't vote or speak your opinion on political topics. :P : biskits
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                  biskits, if you're that concerned, then please don't fill CASINO threads with this political drivel. :P : CrustaR
                  • you're blaming him for this trainwreck of a subthread? : RikiTiki2
      • negatory ghost rider. : noobja
    • Park at the convention center parking garage or across from the Frost tower, if you're willing to walk a ... : coldfusioncs
    • I really HATE parking in austin because A) I can't parallel park and B) I can't parallel park. : packav
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      I'll be there - sweating, wired on "asthma medication", and dressed like a hairdresser/gigolo. http://ww... : genjuro
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        is one of those mugshots you? : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
        • genjuro's not a pasty white dude : RikiTiki2
      • Why do you still live in Houston again? : EvilDolemite
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    do you want to carpool? : Mr.SEX
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      ... : genjuro
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        i'll go if we can carpool genjuro but i get shotgun what do you think : [fry]
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          I think the three of us in a car would be a COPS episode waiting to happen : genjuro
          • is that supposed to be an argument for or against it? : RikiTiki2
          • or the beginning of a porno!! also no way i want shotgun : Mr.SEX
  • decent free spot next right next to mohawk that is always available : http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&sou... : mwasher
• More Brunch Options: Moonshine, South Congress Cafe (make reservations), Tacodeli (not really brunch, but... : coldfusioncs
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  looking forward to it. : mwasher
  • also, 6:30 is a good idea. I'm assuming we will probably fill up a good portion of the patio if as many p... : mwasher
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    Will you be giving free man washes at the event? : CrustaR
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      I will give one to myself before I leave, but otherwise no. : mwasher
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        I think GrolaR expressed interest in a man wash. Would you reconsider? : CrustaR
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          CrustaR, this is the only reason I'm coming to Austin in the first place. : The Grolar Bear
          • *sigh* it must be done then : mwasher
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  =D I've been given the O.K. to leave the house for a few hours. Supposed to be helping prepare for my... : Anastomosis
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    p.s. Anyone feel like car-pooling? We could meet at my place (Manchaca / S. Lamar) : Anastomosis
    • Sorry, but I'm heading from up north. : CrustaR
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  we should have a Shackmeet in Fredericksburg for Oktoberfest this Oct 1st or 2nd! It would 0WN!!! : uebersoldat
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    I've wanted to go that the past couple years so i'd be down for a drive : mwasher
    • yeah we went last year and had such a blast the wife and I are making it a yearly ritual. Many good times... : uebersoldat
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    what about Wurstfest in New Braunfels? : RikiTiki2
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      that's between Fredericksburg and Austin right? That would be fun but I'd need to convince my wife to hea... : uebersoldat
      • oh wait that's way further south...hmmm how is the food and drink there riki? : uebersoldat
    • Nov 4-13 - it's on the calendar! : Just A Girl
  • Yes! : Just A Girl
  • It's not very fun!!!! : packav
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  Austin, I'll see you sooooooooonn. :( : newek
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    you left austin? I thought you just arrived to start law school last semester? : noobja
    • crazy bastard took a job in australia for a few months. : biskits
• My FAVORITE vegetarian spot in Austin is Casa de Luz. GREAT FOOD. : packav

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  it's very skewed toward recent releases. and it's missing some notable games in the top twenty. but aga... : EvilDolemite
  • ^^^^ This. Lots of forgotten classics. : Sgt_Boomstick
  • dude old games suck cos no one will pay for it to be in a magazine. : moe6
  • New Games > Old Games New Movies > Old Movies New Music > Old M..Oh wait? : mrseldowski
• Valve with 5 entries in top 15, nice : indosauros
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  Yah, I got to number 86 and call shenanigans on the list as a whole. starcraft belongs much much much hig : InfoBiter
  • and wtf is with 51? Seriously, fuck these guys. quake3 is all kinds of top ten, I don't care who you are. : InfoBiter
  • Yeah this is utter crap - that's a top 5 game for me. : TabsAZ
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  Hell yeah Tribes, but it should be #1 : gmd
  • starsiege tribes was awsome : HisKillSkill
  • SHAZBOT : HL3dsx
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  ignore that site and read http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/02/14/the-very-important-list-of-pc-ga... : Hoax
  • System Shock 1 is mentioned on the first page. This list immediately sits 10x better with me than the PCG... : Sgt_Boomstick
  • Ignore these list since they're only useful for people that haven't heard of these games. Otherwise it's ... : guigr
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    That's a weird list too to be fair. Was UT2004 really a super-important PC game? It was a good game but i... : peanut-
    • the logic behind it is explained in the article though. in the same way probably that quakeworld was the ... : Hoax
  • I like this list so far : tunis5000
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    Far Cry 2 pissed everybody off. : Happy Doodle Muffin
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      I hated that game so much : Hemtroll
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        You are wrong and broken and need to be re-educated. : Happy Doodle Muffin
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          respawning guard posts, Africans made of kevlar and weapons that break down every five minutes. The game ... : Hemtroll
          • I had one embarrassing moment in that game where i stayed in a safehouse and when i got out of bed and tu... : re-verse
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            It's a misrepresentation to call it a sandbox. It's a pure shooter that takes place on one impossibly hug... : Happy Doodle Muffin
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              I thought it was very linear and boring. The reason the world was so large is that each section was basic... : Hemtroll
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                How long did you play, roughly? I don't know what to say besides that I felt the complete opposite. Gunfi... : Happy Doodle Muffin
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                  Somewhere between 10 and 15 hours. I'm not trying to shit on your game of choice or anything, we clearly ... : Hemtroll
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                    It's okay. Far Cry 2 is just one of those games I get evangelical about, particularly since so many peopl... : Happy Doodle Muffin
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                      I get the same way about Oblivion : Hemtroll
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                        but Oblivion is brilliant : tunis5000
                        • so is Far Cry 2 : Happy Doodle Muffin
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                          the same way as in I get evangelical about it, not the same way as in I don't like it! : Hemtroll
                          • yes I understood :) : tunis5000
                    • I herded zebras into a corral with my jeep, and sat there, with the motor idling, admiring their markings... : rms
          • this 100 times, I tried to like that game, but I got so frustrated with it I just said screw this : tunis5000
          • The only aspect I hated with a passion was the respawning guard posts. I absolutely loved the random elem... : Rag and Bone Man
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      I loved it : denixen
      • I picked this up during the steam holiday sale and have been having an absolute blast. It helps that I'v... : phanatic62
    • hee hee! : Johnny Law
  • I love their description of Giants: Giants, really, is important for its attitude. “Can we make ... : drhazard
  • RPS knows what the fuck (so far) : Godhatesfatpeople
• I recognize Andy Mahood's name, I don't trust anyone else there. : fadetofunk
• I don't really trust the list at all. As mentioned, recent titles are weighted heavily because I believe ... : Sgt_Boomstick
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  Red Alert better than Starcraft? Gothic 2 better than Max Payne?? What's going on with this list! : Makenxero
  • No problem here with RA over SC : watcherxp
• This list seems similar but not exactly the same as the one published in PC Gamer US recently. Which I th... : jeffmoeller
• Company of Heroes Online #11? EHHH??? Fuck yeah TF2 though :) : skinlab133
• Honestly, PC games have been around for what 30 years? Can they not find some 40+ person who's played sin... : c0ucheh
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  Minecraft 0[is cool and all, but seriously - 17th best game of all time? Over a ton of classic games that... : TabsAZ
  • Damnit, sorry about that... : TabsAZ
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    it's a bit early, granted, but it is/was highly distruptive : manero
    • fuck.. disruptive. : manero
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  Red Faction: Guerrilla? LOL no and putting Minecraft at 17 is ridiculous. They're saying it's a bett... : tunis5000
  • I'd put Minecraft in front of Dragon Age : Hemtroll
  • Yeah thats just silly. There is no way Minecraft is better than "etc" : Distortion462
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  Oblivion and TF2 in the Top 10... I dont know about that... good games and all that but I dunno if I woul... : limpossible
  • You shut your fuckin dirty mouth, TF2 is the BEST MULTIPLAYER GAME HANDS DOWN. : mrseldowski
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    TF2 is #1 in their list a couple of years back and that's where it belonged. : Happy Doodle Muffin
    • Er, was. : Happy Doodle Muffin
    • I'm agreeing with Happy Doodle Muffin here. : Godhatesfatpeople
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      I need proof of this, I don't remember anything other than DeusEx, Half Life series or Diablo series in t... : tunis5000
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        Lost the issue. It was the UK edition with Wolfenstein on the cover. Somebody can find this, I'm sure of ... : Happy Doodle Muffin
        • oh UK maybe, I've had the US sub. forever, maybe it did one year, I'd have to go check, don't matter, I l... : tunis5000
    • Left 4 Dead is better. : Lone Swordsman
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  quakeworld brought us the future of online gaming (client prediction) and its not even on that list, fail... : HisKillSkill
  • yeah. i agree. that was a seminal moment in gaming. : hirez
• I can't believe #1 isn't Black Ops. Do these people even play video games? What the fuck is Deuce Ex???11... : Dschinghis Khan
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  Doom isn't #1, list invalidated. : jet-poop
  • Good game. Seminal in many ways. Definitely not #1. : Sgt_Boomstick
• I can't comment on the list because there are many many games on it that I haven't played so I'll just sa... : Hemtroll
• This list is a fucking travesty. : serenj
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  Need page views? Create 'best of list' that generate a billion links : sreyes22
  • nah PCG does this annually in the magazine : tunis5000
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  No RTCW or ET. This list sucks. : excitebike111
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    ET is #55 : watcherxp
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      rtcw was unquestionably better : gnomish
      • so true : X-GOUKI
• Is that Oblivion picture from a mod? That Golden baddie wasn't in the game. : Snuffles-
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  UT over Q3? This list is BS : spectr3
  • side jumping fgts : wurt
• how the fuck does Baldur's Gate 2 drop 51 places in a year : valael
• Why isn´t Rainbow Six or Rogue Spear on that list? >:/ : minigomp
• I hate top whatever lists in general, but I appreciate this as loud advocacy for more games like Deus Ex.... : systatic
• Damn, I always wondered what was in that Hong Kong apartment. : steauengeglase

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  Is it available to watch online anywhere? (either the nova episode or jeopardy) : jason bergman
  • yea both are, linked in ER, don't have it handy though, nova is on pbs.org and jeopardy is up on youtubes... : multisync
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  IBM doesn't make any non-supercomputers now, as far as I recall, so it's not like they're beholden to usi... : Lone Swordsman
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    laptops! : multisync
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      You're thinking of Lenovo, they make ThinkPads now. : Lone Swordsman
      • And they are really good. Price has come down on them too. Have about 300 T410's and X210's out in the ... : Crimsonbeak
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    I remember the days of building PCs and them being "IBM-Compatible" Ahh those were the days. : reZaun
    • "are you going to buy an IBM, or just some clone?" : re-verse
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    Rack servers : porp
    • Okay, got me there. Still, it's all enterprise hardware. : Lone Swordsman
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  Honestly I think they should have slowed down it's buzz in speed. Measure how fast a human can react and... : Crimsonbeak
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    it's using the mechanical buzzer, can't get much fairer than that : itsjames
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      Except for the whole human reaction time thing : kill9
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        they should also make him get more answers wrong because people do that : boring gegtik
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          There are two main components to the competition. The first is a complex and difficult task of answering... : kill9
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            come on.. this is about as level as a playing field as it gets. It's already using a mechanical buzzer an... : itsjames
            • What does using a mechanical buzzer have to do with anything? It has near-zero reaction time. Even Ken ... : kill9
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              Yes : Havain
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                How would you even objectively measure this? : itsjames
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                  you can't, which is why framing it as a competition is a bit odd. Why even have Brad and Ken up there? : DonkeyPopsicle
                  • Because without them there's even less of a point? : FrayLo
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                  Actually we know the answer. For the average human, the answer is 0.2 seconds. http://www.humanbenchm... : daVinci1980
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                    it's gotta be sub-100ms for FPS gamers : spectr3
                    • In some specific cases, it can be. But mostly overall, it's still around 200 ms. : daVinci1980
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                      Doubtful. That's more anticipation than reaction. : walker270
                      • well at least street fighter players then? : spectr3
                    • i don't doubt it's sub-100ms for professional Jeopardy players : Veegeezee
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              If you want it to be fair yes. In the case of many of these questions all 3 contestants know the answer ... : Crimsonbeak
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                do you have a solution in mind : boring gegtik
                • Add a physical component to the competition, like a two man burlap sack race : FrayLo
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                  You can measure human reaction speed. basically have someone hold the buzzer, and hit it as soon as they... : Crimsonbeak
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                    i dont believe there is a human constant reaction time, it varies doesn't it? : boring gegtik
                    • Yes, but you can use the mean and standard deviation of the reaction time and set Watson's to be based on... : acidnynex
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                    This is kind of dumb, the intent here is clearly to show that a computer can actually play and win this g... : FrayLo
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                      Get a range of reaction times, and have the compute react with a random delay within that range. : Ebu
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                        I'm sure they considered this, but it's clear it wasn't part of the intent of the demonstration : FrayLo
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                          I heard Ken Jennings on the radio this morning talking about the frustration of not being able to buzz in... : hussdelrio
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                            what would that prove, i've read in numerous places that most contestants in jeopardy know the answer, bu... : FrayLo
                            • KEN JENNINGS : As Jeopardy devotees know, if you're trying to win on the show, the buzzer is all. On an... : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
                            • yes, but we expect machines to have fast reaction times. : DonkeyPopsicle
                          • this is immaterial anyway. Even if you did all this (pointlessly), in a couple of years computers will be : itsjames
                      • But why? They made a supercomputer not a superhuman : nevlos
              • i'm more interested in seeing who can press the buzzer fastest than which one is the nerdiest. : jim bone
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    i read or heard somewhere that they did slow him down to human speed, : multisync
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      Not according to Ken: http://www.thenewstribune.com/2011/02/15/1546078/ibms-watson-has-buzzer-advantage.h... : kill9
      • All of Ken's opponents always said his main advantage was his buzzing timing. Given his buzzing ability,... : twifosp
      • Haha I like his answer to the last question: Will a single winner be named on Wednesday after two games : riptyde
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    It is a demonstration of robot power, not a competition between equals. : utgaardsloke
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      Pretty much. It's not meant to show you how 'human-like' this machine is, but how awesome it is at Jeopa... : TheVietSpecial
      • It is astonishing how many people here argue that the competition was "unfair", when the very premise of ... : utgaardsloke
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        Yea, but the interesting thing should be the "thinking part" not the reaction speed part. A machine can ... : aethyr
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          the interesting thing **IS** the thinking part. Watson doesn't press the button until it is sure it has ... : electroly
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            Yea, but if Watson "knows" the answer (i.e. has a certain confidence in its response) then it's going to ... : aethyr
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              that's kind of the entire point of this : electroly
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                the goal was not to hobble the computer so that humans have a chance. the goal was to put the computer u... : electroly
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                  yeah but the fact is, 99% of the reason it killed the other players is because of the buzzer, not because... : Chandler55
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                    but the reason it's faster on the buzzer is BECAUSE IT IS SMARTER : electroly
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                      by time it buzzes in IT ALREADY HAS THE ANSWER. i don't know how else to say this : electroly
                      • But the buzzer.... : majestik
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                        Don't you think it is possible the other contestants have the answers before Alex finishes talking but th... : fried sushi
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                          Yes but that's not the point!!!!!!!!!!! : FrayLo
                          • It is the point! It's a computer not a human! It's sole purpose in his artificial life is to buzz that ... : TheVietSpecial
                      • I feel your pain. It's like you are Watson, and they are dumb humans. : nevlos
                      • You realize that you can't buzz in on Jeopardy until the question is finished being asked? The point when... : Nali4Freedom
                      • whoa whoa.. can you slow it down a bit. what is that? : boring gegtik
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      they should construct a rube goldberg machine : multisync
      • Watson and OK GO take on Ken Jennings in a Jeopardy Free For All : boring gegtik
    • Those robots move pretty fast too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-Kpv-ZOcKY#t=0m16s : LoioshDwaggie
  • it was pretty clear that Ken was trying to buzz in on most of those answers. He dominated people because ... : afrochops
  • The real problem I think is that the machine knows ahead of time when the question is completed. A human... : aethyr
  • The buzz in speed isn't the problem. The problem is that Watson's getting fed the questions differently.... : adpalumbo
  • yeah ken looked pissed every time : skelom
  • Someone needs to train more! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZLfkDvYyjU : roushimsx
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  Very impressive, but I think it makes for boring television. I can't wait till Thursday so I don't have ... : Havain
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    I don't like that the clues are delivered to via a text query the instant they're revealed. It should hav... : Floppygrandma
    • it doesn't think the same way as humans, so this is sort of a weird request. not the final word or any... : boring gegtik
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      Technically speaking it is. It is 'reading' the text that is sent, processing it for meaning and then usi... : LoioshDwaggie
      • and human contestants don't have to wait for Alex to finish reading the question, they are reading the cl... : jvox
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  I want to see Watson fight Deep Blue. : DM7
  • what is checkmate : boring gegtik
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  who keeps watson's money? : ass-street
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    orphaned PC-compatible desktops : boring gegtik
    • it's being reinvested into the Warp OS. it's coming back!!! : Downforce
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    IBM is giving it all to charity. : JarEme
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      is the charity named SkyNet? : ass-street
      • No, it's "It's 2011, where is my flying car, goddamnit?!?" : Volatus32x
    • The Human Enslavement Fund : aethyr
  • It's going 100% to charity. : one random winner
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  I wonder if it knows the question to 42. : fsck
  • Me to I want to ask that fucker that Question but I am afraid it would tell me to come back later - after... : fuzzydamnit
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  do you think IBM is paying these 2 Jeopardy champion guys to play? I mean they got embarrassed last night... : NukemForever
  • I assume IBM is paying everyone involved a shitload of money for what is basically advertising : kill9
  • 3rd prize gets 100k I believe, so yeah. : one random winner
  • Isn't it $1 million, $300k, and $200k for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd? I think IBM is donating 100% and the contes... : scythide
  • i don't really think anyone considers it embarassing or a tarnishing of their history of jeopardy accompl... : boring gegtik
  • I think Jeopardy is footing the bill here. Look at the publicity it is getting for this. Their viewer-s... : SlingBlaze
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  lol http://i.imgur.com/AfqQh.jpg : kill9
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    Also definitely real (Trebek looks pissed): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HR2_M8kL_3o&t=8m28s : kill9
    • That's clearly his index finger. Don't be dumb. : lechuck59
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  Toronto??? I love how it added the three ?'s at the end of its answer. : uebersoldat
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    What is Toronto????? : ryuuseki
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      We just don't know. : dirge23
      • lmao : boring gegtik
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    does the computer just get the question pushed to it in a text file or is the topic in that text file too... : NukemForever
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      Watson is fed a prepared text version of the question at the same time that it's revealed to the humans i... : boring gegtik
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        Does it stream the text at the same speed Alex is saying it or does it get it all at once? They leave ou... : kill9
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          You think players are depending on Alex reading the question and then processing their answer?? As soon a... : Patch-e
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            Except the computer would parse the text instantly, whereas the player would have to read it : kill9
            • and the human gets to use a brain where the computer has to use a human-designed algorithm to search for ... : boring gegtik
            • It can read faster, so what? : Patch-e
            • Fucking lol : nevlos
            • WATSON IS NOT A HUMAN SIMULATOR. It is a computer and can therefore do a lot of things faster and more ef : OverloadUT
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        I know but is the topic of the question a part of that said text file : NukemForever
        • I believe they said it is in the nova episode--or at least they alluded to it. : Vividvoid
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          Not sure if it is part of the text file but Watson does receive the topic. It just doesn't think it's tha... : emcea
          • Just like in the "Name the Decade" category Watson was terrible. It seems the categories are much more i... : hussdelrio
      • Yawn, special input privilege. Let me know when Watson can read the screen like every other competitor. : lowayne
    • I bet the smarties at IBM did not consider this! : FrayLo
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      I don't know how you could call anything related to this a horrible algorithm. Not only could the compute... : SkipperMcG
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        The computer could probably kick your ass at programming too. : SkipperMcG
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          and then I could go shut off the power and then what? : NukemForever
          • I can't let you do that, Dave. : angrytaxman
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            That's what provoked SkyNet into nuking us all. Be nice to the machine! : utgaardsloke
            • Seriously. Have you peopled learned nothing? : riptyde
    • One of the articles I read said that Watson did better when they tended to not give a lot of weight to th... : GloriousCow
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    lol, yeah. They definitely have some bugs. However, I love how they have Watson compute it's own expect... : Vividvoid
    • It's wager for the daily double in Double Jeopardy was lols too : Patch-e
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      It was almost like it was trolling the humans on final jeopardy. Get their hopes up with a wrong answer,... : riptyde
      • If Watson doesn't know the answer to something like Final Jeopardy, they should have programmed it to go ... : Bean
  • that was great. It lightened the mood... because until then things were starting to get a little grim. : jvox
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  it would be more impressive if watson's used optics to read the text on the screen instead of being fed t... : vassili_zaitsev
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    the problem that watson solves is vastly more complex than OCR of known English text : electroly
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      this would be like saying a McLaren F1 would be more impressive if it had a cup holder : electroly
      • But cup holder would be bad ass you have to admit it. : D45hiz
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        well the game is jeopardy and they went to the trouble of giving him his own podium. you are right its a... : handofthrawn
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          this entire exercise ISN'T a technical hurdle. this is cutting edge research. OCR is not. i see where ... : electroly
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            I don't think it would change much either. But they give the computer a podium and put him on jeopardy t... : handofthrawn
            • that last 10% only makes it impressive to people who thoroughly fail to understand what's actually going ... : electroly
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              if the entire purpose of this project was a PR stunt then yeah maybe it'd be worth adding that extra work : derelict515
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                Putting it on jeopardy is a great PR event for a new technology and definitely cheaper than a Superbowl a... : handofthrawn
                • I heard Watson cost over $10m during the course of development. So no, not cheaper than a Superbowl ad. : hussdelrio
        • I think this is my favorite part of your pointless thread: im sure if a CS major spent a few hours figuri : LoioshDwaggie
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        a cup holder is pretty trivial thing that adds nothing to competition. watson's competing against humans... : vassili_zaitsev
        • because it wouldn't matter if it can OCR the text in less than a millisecond. the buzzer actually has so... : electroly
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          OCR of the jeopardy displays would be near instantaneous and without error. It would have little effect ... : jim bone
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            without error? you know this for sure? it should be as close to the exact method humans have to do as... : the_doctor
            • OCR is significantly more advanced than most people know. The entire US Postal service is based on one of... : LoioshDwaggie
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              Per-character OCR is something like 95% accurate for the style of font Jeopardy uses. You can drive that... : walker270
              • Or doing what IBM did with Watson's language parsing abilities, and use multiple algorithms/engines to pi... : silent prophet
            • i have done some work in computer vision, machine learning and pattern recognition, but not OCR specifica... : jim bone
        • What's the point? It's a fixed display in a fixed font. It would perform the OCR in milliseconds. : peanut-
  • it would be more impressive and twice as scary. Watson already scares me... imagine if he had eyes lookin... : jvox
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    I think that's a logical next challenge. What they did here was a very impressive first step, though, an : riptyde
    • There is no challenge in allowing Watson to read the screens. It's just wasted effort. Watson isn't abo... : lechuck59
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      It isn't the "logical next challenge" because it isn't a challenge at all. It's a solved problem. : electroly
      • The next challenge is to sort a list of 5 numbers. !!! : walker270
• they use apple because they have supercomputers doing real work :P probably just use Remote Desktop Clie... : Downforce
• I wonder how "watson" coughcoughskynetcough would handle a nuclear weapons question... : uebersoldat
• Now imagine if we still had the Cold War, there would be a showdown between Watson and the Soviet equival... : Omaha
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  I would love to see what Apple could come up, since so much of this is intuitive. Then pit Apple against ... : TShandy
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    I cannot tell if you actually believe what you just said. : LoioshDwaggie
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      Ya, I can't tell if this is an elaborate troll or not. : Sgt_Boomstick
      • I'm going to go with the former, and I'm going to give it the highest marks possible. : Deathlove
  • Get back under your bridge. There will be frontpagers all over this chatty once the new layout comes that... : re-verse
  • please be joking : derelict515
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    hahahahahahahahaha what : Yanks
    • also for the record Apple would fail miserably at this, they are not a research company : Yanks
  • haha do you not know the difference between Apple and IBM? : mikecyb
  • This post needs more love! : hussdelrio
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    Wait I get it, TShandy was trying to link to the following Wired comment: http://www.wired.com/epicenter/... : hussdelrio
    • Oh jeeze, thank you for clarifying that. I thought the wrong person was an idiot for awhile! : TheVietSpecial
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      damn TShandy, use italics when you're quoting, or you know, fucking QUOTATION MARKS. : thecray
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        Damn you meddling kids! I wanted credit for that nuclear-grade but of stupidity! : TShandy
        • Err "bit"- I'm stupider than I thought possible. : TShandy
  • lol : Edges
  • hahahahahahaha : maulla
  • Fantastic troll. : ColoradoCNC
  • You have to admit, Watson would look better with candy white and brushed aluminum finish! : lowayne
• Nobody asked him what the meaning of life is yet? : podung
• It's cute. A little too much on the smoke and mirrors side for me compared to their goals, but at least a... : thebigbeefsandwich
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  my favorite part about this is how un-impressed the people are who don't understand how any of this proce... : EvilDolemite
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    everyone says 'isn't it just google' :( : multisync
    • it's a midget with an ipad : tashtego
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    Its an amazing program indeed, but it shows how incredibly far off we are from any sort of real ai. : re-verse
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      This is a nice step in the right direction, though it will still be more of a tool. They're planning to t... : LoioshDwaggie
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        I think its a step in an interesting direction, but I'm not sure if the direction has much to do with AI.... : re-verse
        • It has a lot to do with AI in that Watson uses computer learning to correct previous mistakes. Watch t... : hussdelrio
    • absolutely. anyone claiming this is evidence of a future singularity is just as misguided as those who s... : EvilDolemite
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    IAWTP What theses guys have accomplished is pretty awesome in terms of how Watson determines the answers,... : mn3m0n1c
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      It definitely got the attention of every tech company across the globe. : handofthrawn
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        Which is brilliant because at its price tag only medium to large sized companies can afford this. : handofthrawn
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          I'd love to see a yearly competition between IBM's Watson, Google, Apple, Microsoft, HP, etc. robotic ent... : hussdelrio
          • AI X-Prize : riptyde
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          would any company even want that algorithm? I thought it was more to show off IBM's servers/clusters : mikecyb
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            Any CS person with even a passing interest in Machine Learning wants to know more about the algorithm and... : walker270
            • take that back hardware is always cooler than software : jim bone
            • what makes it cool is separate from what IBM wants to showcase. they have this absurdly intensive algori... : mikecyb
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            Maybe I'm overestimating it but it sure seems like a good step in the evolution of search engines beyond ... : derelict515
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              It also would make possible appliances which you could ask direct questions, like "how many miles to the ... : jvox
              • to the cloud! : handofthrawn
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                http://www.multivax.com/last_question.html : riptyde
                • such a cool story : gnomish
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              well yeah but it's really inefficient from what I can tell. obviously that will change but he takes some... : mikecyb
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                Not at all, this is the perfect thing for a doctor or certain type of research scientists. You can submit... : LoioshDwaggie
                • shit i could diagnose myself : feek
      • Which was IBM's goal. This is a very targeted solution that they will then shop around to other companies... : d3tached
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      It sounds like finding the answers is the easy part. The hard part is understanding the question being as... : phate81
      • Exactly, that's the coolest part. :) : mn3m0n1c
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        One of the interesting things that Watson struggled with was trying to relate things. eg: Trebek: 'Sty... : riptyde
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          The failures give you some insight into how Watson's "mind" works, which is pretty cool. :) : mn3m0n1c
          • It is the downfall of pure text data entry. : lowayne
      • I wonder what kind of research power Google is putting behind initiatives like this. : freshyk
  • I look at it as taking us one step closer to the Enterprise's computer. : riptyde
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  the whole watson beating people in jeopardy reminds me of the joke in futurama about the blurnsball robot... : crypt420
  • Good point. : re-verse
  • err....resigned = designed : crypt420
  • The picture was a modified howitzer. : brickmatt
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  Ken Jennings is a pretty funny guy http://live.washingtonpost.com/jeopardy-ken-jennings.html?hpid=talkbox... : edgewise
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    this is cool, thanks for linking : FrayLo
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      I think it took it a little while to figure out that the answers would all be decades. This seems incred : FrayLo
      • I loved his SNL reference. : edgewise
  • On the other hand, in a not-too-distant future where nobody knows their state capitals anymore, maybe tri : riptyde
  • hahaha. The Watson team told me two things after the match: that the idea for Watson was born after wat : mindmann
  • Pretty cool. : gnomish
  • It reminds me of the "human interest" stuff that always clogs up Olympic footage. Revealed tonight: Wats : Danny5225
  • Q. Enjoy yourself! Ken - you are looking grim on the show last night. Enjoy the game! Thats the one thi... : pyide
  • http://www.ken-jennings.com/faqjeopardy.html good stuff here too : aurealis
  • Awesome Q&A thanks for that. : angrytaxman
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    Watson's little sister has leukemia. That's sad :( : GloriousCow
    • Man, I want to pick up one of his books now. : GloriousCow
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    Damn, he's awesome. : orgcaptainnemo
    • It's nice to hear he's excited about Watson too. He looked pretty pissed off last night constantly gettin... : GloriousCow
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    oh wait, so the computer wasn't parsing human language to get the clue? it was given text of the clue to... : deathofrats
    • As many have pointed out, the guests can read the clue on the board before Trebeck finishes saying it, to... : pyide
    • How is that not parsing human language? : OverloadUT
    • haha how is that any different? : mikecyb
    • fuck, you mean all these books aren't containing the author's language? They're just fucking words? how l... : GloriousCow
    • Human guests don't parse Trebek's reading (unless they want to lose), they read the text on the screen to... : riptyde
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      god fucking damnit, deathofrats : electroly
      • you guys are all banned from watching jeopardy. and not just the Watson episodes : electroly
    • are you dense? : orgcaptainnemo
    • nah.. oyu mean its just computing??? : boring gegtik
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      deathofrats just wants this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hShY6xZWVGE HELLO COMPUTER : FrayLo
      • i knew someone would post this eventually. i should have guessed it would be you. : orgcaptainnemo
      • you damn right I do. : deathofrats
    • Haha, this post makes you look stupid. : SockMonkeh
    • sorry, but i have to pile on here and say "srsly dude?!?" : virus
• lol did you even look at the Windows XP UI on the Jeopardy board or the dell computers the programmers we... : gyokuro
• its motherboard must be so proud!! : Chandler55
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  The best Watson-related thing: http://www.mcsweeneys.net/2011/2/15yudkin.html : sgtsanity
  • (also, unrelated, Creepy Watson: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13YlEPwOfmk ) : sgtsanity
  • Alternately, http://hijinksensue.com/2011/02/15/culturally-biased/ : laurgasms
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  Possible spoiler since I just watched it: Jenning's final Jeopardy answer was lol. : BongSlayerB
  • hahahaha, that was great, Ken Jennings is a funny guy. : nyranger66
• I can't wait until that tech is scaled down to the point where I can have a little version of Watson runn... : ColoradoCNC
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  This could lead to a universal translator couldn't it? If it can accurately break down the grammar in Eng... : ArB
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    In the NOVA episode about Watson, there was a section where one of the researchers was doing this with hi... : DHAvatar
    • Interesting, thanks. : ArB
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  congratulations watson for being good at the things computers are already known for being good at : Audhuml4
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    u srs bro? : FrayLo
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      ringing the buzzer faster? filling in partially completed clues? i don't recall a lot of clues off hand t... : Audhuml4
      • lol : freshyk
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        you cannot be serious : FrayLo
        • you could have played the game with no competitors and still would have known watson was going to win why... : Audhuml4
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  Haha Ken Jennings rocks. : Crimsonbeak
  • "(I for one welcome our new computer overlords)" i about fell out of my chair laughing when I saw that u... : Tech T