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rainofwalrus
09:28 AM

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perkypug and corehoundpup = YAY!

(this comment was intentionally and earthshatteringly gay.)
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Omnimon
02:11 PM

@rainofwalrus: Cute!
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RockyRan
06:44 AM

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Hey, Luke, don't hate. This could work very well for all kinds of patches in the future if done well enough

*cue linked music*
*Camera pans across dark fields*
*Two armies face each other*
*armies charge and clash*
TEXT: Fixes for Incomplete Installation(35) and (16) for Left 4 Dead 2 demo!
*Close-up of battle*
TEXT: Improved reconnect to Steam logic during Steam Cloud synchronization!
*Cut to lonely Princess trapped in a prison overlooking the battle from a tall tower*
TEXT: Increased client side timeouts for Steam Cloud requests to improve reliability for users...
*Close-up of princess. A single tear rolls down her cheek*
TEXT: ...in remote locations!
*cue choir*
*Cut back to battle. Dragons appear in the sky and drop large boulders on the armies*
TEXT: Fixed a case where cloud files would believe they were up-to-date and not sync!
*Evil Dragon King appears in one of the dragons and laughs*
TEXT: Fixed a crash in the in-client web control
*Quick cuts of action scenes*
TEXT: Fixed a rare crash...
*A knight stabs an enemy war elephant. It topples over*
TEXT:...when failing an attempt...
*A boulder from a dragon above kills both with a boulder*
...to create a new account!
*Reveals secret agreement between princess and Evil Dragon King two days prior*
*Cut to present with princess clutching a knight's picture*
PRINCESS: My love....

TEXT: THE STEAM

CLIENT UPDATE!!
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plasticmouse
06:32 AM

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I still don't understand the draw of this game. Ah well.
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nutnics
10:37 AM

@plasticmouse: Have you ever played it?

As a tank, raiding is the meat of the game for me. Heading into an instance with 25 other people and becoming a well oiled machine working together is fun. Its challenging in it's own right, and becoming stronger and being able to down bosses that you couldn't before is also very gratifying.

Sure the graphics look a step up from nintendo 64's capabilities but the gameplay and the group cohesion is what draws 11 million others as well.
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Bonuslevel
06:27 AM

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It's like spicing up rotten meat.
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Beardbeardly
06:41 AM

@Bonuslevel: Like a diamond encrusted turd.
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syafiqjabar of Mars
06:56 AM

@Beardbeardly: An ironic comment. How meta.
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Fluorine
07:01 AM

@Beardbeardly: I'd rather have yours. You can always wash off turds, but tapeworms are forever!
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Tacticalspoon
08:05 AM

@Beardbeardly: I would totally pick up the diamond encrusted turd to scavenge the diamonds. It's what gloves are made for.
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Bonuslevel
08:21 AM

@Tacticalspoon:
Go on, pick up those diamonds.
But no matter how you look at it:
They're made for flies. ;)
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Tacticalspoon
10:32 AM

@Bonuslevel: Hey, I don't care who they're made for, as long as I can sell them.
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Obama takes time to read kotaku's comments...
05:55 AM

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some closure to arthas eh?

I followed up until WoW then left...
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Slanzinger
12/08/09

In reply to World of Warcraft 3.3 Patch Is Live
Dammit, I read this as "Warcraft 3.3", not "World of Warcraft 3.3". That combined with the Frozen Throne cover art... Darn it!

Got my hopes up =(
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hot_heart
12/08/09

In reply to World of Warcraft 3.3 Patch Is Live
Fall of the Lich King?

OMG BLIZZARD SPOILARZ!
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Courteous_Gentleman Is Reaching for a Star
12/08/09

@hot_heart: It's misdirection, before the fight, he trips over his robes.
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hot_heart
12/08/09

@Courteous_Gentleman Is Reaching for a Star: Hehe. Or perhaps the update was meant for September...
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deanbmmv
12/08/09

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I'm gonna pass this onto my housemate. As a little test, cos he's not played WoW for several months now, and I think he's finally got bored of it after 5 years. Other one's proper hyped up for SWTOR too, so I think WoWs lost its appeal to them, and I doubt there the only ones.
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The Whaleman
12/08/09

@deanbmmv: Dragon Age made me quit WoW. True story.

I realized that I beat Dragon Age twice, with a lot more staisfaction than I would get spending much more time than that bringing up a 4th character from 71 to 80. And then I beat Mass Effect a third time (warming up for the sequel) in less time than it would take farming up mats for a single gun for my wife's hunter.
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PositivelyGreg
12/08/09

@deanbmmv: This patch has a pretty good potential to pull people back for a while... the Arthas storyline is obviously the most visible thing WoW has had, at least until the Mr. T raid boss, and finally after five years getting to face him is a chance for a number of players to finally get what they came for.

Of course, not mentioned is that the Icecrown Citadel dungeon will open up in stages starting today, so the full raid version of Arthas won't be playable for quite a while... but he does show up in the last of the new 5-man dungeons.
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Fredbearr
12/08/09

@PositivelyGreg: Yeah new dungeons are cool except its the same things over and over just slightly different...
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PositivelyGreg
12/08/09

@Fredbearr: Not everybody will really care to look closely enough to see how novel and cool the things are that Blizzard has introduced into game mechanics. Which is fine. I feel the same way about titles other people seem to keep buying.

My main point is that just bringing Arthas front and center will be enough to draw back in some Warcraft fans who may have gotten bored by the game mechanics but are curious to see how this story in particular plays out in the Warcraft universe.
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Fredbearr
12/08/09

@PositivelyGreg: Yeah but the Wow Lore is lame. Outside of Carne there really isn't too many interesting things
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PositivelyGreg
12/08/09

@Fredbearr: Far greater empires have been built on far lamer lore. I hear the kids like sparkly vampires these days.
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UltimatePancakeSensation
12/01/09

In reply to WoW Guilds Just Like...Street Gangs?
I bet they hate that member of the Bloods who always disconnects whenever there's a rumble.
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fuchikoma
12/01/09

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Well yeah... they're still humans. It's a tribe.
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fuchikoma
12/01/09

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11 hugs, one lol... and someone mentioned over 70 falling deaths. So either he's a strict serious guy who never emotes, or... he's a bot.

Not to sound jealous, it's just that too often I've seen the first people to achieve something huge in an MMO turn out to be bots. 神様 indeed...
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raffleking
12/01/09

@fuchikoma: There's no way he could get all the achievements and be a bot. Those achievements are pretty damn specific, and many of them require raiding with teamwork.
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( shake cows, win a ) Milkshake!
12/01/09

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Well at least his mum is proud of him.
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Ursus-Veritas
12/01/09

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I have a love/hate relationship with Murlocs. They're funny creatures, but I also remember many a time when they'd hunt down my poor little Night Elf Druid and bite him to pieces.

Druids should never campaign for Murloc protection! WON'T SOMEBODY PLEASE THINK OF THE CHILDREN!?
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D-K, Anarchist
12/01/09

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Damnit... no Hot Topic in the Netherlands...

I want to be unique just like those millions of teenagers..

*pouts*
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Jon Crofts
12/01/09

@D-K: Always loved the "We're unique cause we dress exactly the same!" mentality.
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D-K, Anarchist
12/01/09

@Jon Crofts: Agreed, it goes well with the whole "you design something that makes me feel unique" idea..

It just makes you appreciate Waldo even more..
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JohhnyDamage
12/01/09

@D-K: No Hot Topic? But where do you get your black pants with all the dangling crap and buckles on them?
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D-K, Anarchist
12/01/09

@JohhnyDamage: Why, Square-Enix of course.
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JohhnyDamage
12/01/09

@D-K:
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Odin
12/01/09

In reply to WoW's Pandaren Get The Action Figure Treatment
From april fools joke to cult hero to action figure yet still not to playable WoW race. If there's one thing that'd drag me back (well other than finishing levelling my warrior) it'd be the opportunity to play as a hugeass panda.
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syafiqjabar of Mars
12/01/09

@Odin: A panda race you can fight will probably not go well with the Chinese authorities (among other things).
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Odin
12/01/09

@syafiqjabar of Mars:
That's an urban rumour I'm fairly sure. Besides the game is censored to fuck in China anyway, turning them from pandas into just bears or something for the Chinese version wouldn't be the only crap they've done to it.
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