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Nickname dubfanatic
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Signed On Aug 18, 1999, 17:13
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News Comments > Team Fortress 2 & Source Patches
7. Re: TF2 exploits Jan 15, 2008, 15:50 dubfanatic
 
Why would you need to "educate" yourself on an exploit? The fact that they exist is enough "education" the average, honest player needs. Play on some crappy servers with absentee admins and you'll see the exploits sooner or later.

 
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News Comments > Grand Chase in US
1. No subject Jan 15, 2008, 15:44 dubfanatic
 
wow.... exciting.......

4. Eye-Blasting Special Skills Special 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade abilities with breathtaking graphical effects

Clearly they know their demographic.


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News Comments > New UFO: Alien Invasion
13. Re: No subject Jan 15, 2008, 01:36 dubfanatic
 
LOL What? Frets On Fire and StepMania are far better than GH and DDR, especially as they allow custom songs. Tremulous, Warsow, and Urban Terror are equally fantastic, and are free/open-source. Firefox, MySQL, OpenOffice, the list goes on. I suspect your original post was a troll though, if not, it's extremely misinformed.

OK, good, you came up with some counter-examples. I stand by my statement that open-source games and software tend to be poorly done, and most of the exceptions (Firefox, MySQL) use unconventional, "cathedral"-esque development strategies. The reason why that type of strategy is more effective is that in that type of system there are ways to force people to actually fix bugs instead of adding features (and hence more bugs). It has less to do with lack of funds and more to do with a lack of discipline on the part of the developers.

Oh, and OpenOffice is junk. I'd rather buy MS Office than use OpenOffice.

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News Comments > New UFO: Alien Invasion
1. No subject Jan 14, 2008, 15:30 dubfanatic
 
Is this any good? Open-source games (and software in general) tend to be poorly done...

edit: looking at the changelog it seems they are just now getting crucial features in... and it's already at version 2.2? man...


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News Comments > Upshift StrikeRacer Update
3. Re: no gamepad again Jan 13, 2008, 02:14 dubfanatic
 
These Korean shovelware MMOGs never have good control options. Hell, it's rare to find one that even lets you re-map keys. It's just one more reason why these games are destined to fail, even if they do have good concepts. These Korean devs seriously need an attitude adjustment if they want to develop for the North American market.

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News Comments > GalCiv2: Twilight of the Arnor Delay
1. No subject Jan 7, 2008, 12:10 dubfanatic
 
They can take all the time they need in my opinion, if it means it'll be that much better. Stardock has yet to disappoint me.

 
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News Comments > etc.
1. No subject Jan 1, 2008, 17:11 dubfanatic
 
I love how a guy who doesn't even believe in evolution somehow became the darling of stupid nerds Internet-wide.

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News Comments > etc.
3. Re: No subject Dec 24, 2007, 16:31 dubfanatic
 
I'll be the voice of dissent on that one, I guess. Bioshock was, to me, the most overrated game to come around in a long time.

I agree, Bioshock is very overrated. I thought I was the only one around here who thought that.

 
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News Comments > Spike VGA Winners
8. Re: No subject Dec 9, 2007, 01:30 dubfanatic
 
WTF? Is that a real category? That is seriously messed up.

Haha, that's straight out of Idiocracy...

Brawndo The Thirst Mutilator presents Spike Video Game Awards brought to you by CARLS JR.

 
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News Comments > etc.
1. Dr. Phil Dec 8, 2007, 15:28 dubfanatic
 
Just stop being addicted!

 
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News Comments > Team Fortress 2 Gameplay Stats
1. No subject Dec 8, 2007, 15:27 dubfanatic
 
Very cool.

 
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News Comments > Serious EVE Online WinXP Issue
32. Re: Glad I waited Dec 6, 2007, 16:19 dubfanatic
 
Doesn't give you much faith in the company. Do they even QA anything? It's absolutely unforgiveable that something like this could happen.

There is no hope for anyone who still trusts CCP after their developer-guild collusion scandal.

 
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News Comments > Tabula Rasa: Too Many Testers
24. Re: Fileplanet Dec 5, 2007, 17:22 dubfanatic
 
This is the problem when you have subscriber exclusive 'betas'. Its not a tool for testing, its simply a perk people get and something that gamespy use to drive traffic and subscriptions.

I agree with this, but the TR beta wasn't necessarily an exclusive beta. I got in the beta, and I'm one of the most fervent opponents of subscriber exclusive "betas".

 
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News Comments > GameSpot Staff Speaks Out
15. Re: No subject Dec 5, 2007, 04:20 dubfanatic
 
I avoided the site and assumed it was just another GamePro - a cl*st*rf*ck of advertisements built around the occasional bit of gaming information.

You assumed correctly, Ray. GameSpot hasn't been worth visiting in years.

And what is the deal with this Zolmaz guy?

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News Comments > Kane & Lynch Review Spin
56. Re: what is the big deal? Dec 3, 2007, 21:26 dubfanatic
 
It gives the impression that the military is unethical and irresponsible, willing to cater to the lowest common denominator, and just plain full of idiots and other low class people.

Why is that a bad thing? The military wants to fill their ranks with expendables, not intellectuals. I feel bad for the people who get duped by their ads and recruiters, but if it avoids a draft then I couldn't care less. Besides, the marketing strategy of the US military is positively benign compared to the wartime atrocities they've committed.

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News Comments > Kane & Lynch Review Spin
37. Re: No subject Dec 3, 2007, 15:30 dubfanatic
 
Just a reminder, today is considered an official Boycott day for Gamespot so if you usually stop by there everyday you may want to hold off until tommorrow or whenever.

You just highlighted the problem with "boycott days" and the like. What is one day going to do? You probably "boycott" things every day unintentionally only to return to it the next. If you really want to make a stand (as opposed to simply looking like you care) then stop going there completely.

 
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News Comments > Out of the Blue
1. No subject Dec 2, 2007, 18:08 dubfanatic
 
It snowed here too, which is a somewhat rare event here in Vancouver. A bus almost got stuck in a rut outside my building. Now it's raining and it's forecasted to warm up to 12 C, so all of this will melt practically overnight and likely cause flooding...

 
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News Comments > Activision & Blizzard Merge
21. Re: WoW Dec 2, 2007, 18:01 dubfanatic
 
Uhm, because these are two very large corporations, and it makes both companies a LOT of money?

"He is from ze east, I am from ze vest. I had a big company und he had a big company, now ve have a VERY big company!"

There were rumblings for quite a while that Vivendi was looking to sell/spin off their games division. Activision is pretty much the only company not named EA that could afford to take them on.

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News Comments > BioShock Content Coming
34. Re: So um... Dec 1, 2007, 16:46 dubfanatic
 
It's "I", not "i".

Actually it's "id".

MrBone was referring to the improper capitalization of the pronoun "I" in the post by necrosis. MrBone is still a moron, though.

 
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News Comments > Into the Black
1. No subject Nov 30, 2007, 20:48 dubfanatic
 
R.I.P. Evel Knievel. My dad went to school with Robbie in Butte (not like anyone here cares)

 
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