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No, this is a consequence of the gaming industry mass-producing sub-standard quality products. Welcome to the 21st century.

Excellent. In no time we will not be getting manuals at all. I mean, what's the point of having a manual which explains what you learn in the first two minutes of playing? Those guys at Valve really know their stuff. They understand that manuals are really pointless so they just included a single sheet listing the key configuration, so you can just toss the disk in and start the madness. LA had better learn from them. Unfinished games with useless manuals. I love this stuff.

Hard work isn't always a synonim of *good* work.

No, in fact it's pretty bold of them to claim that *most* of the performance issues are to blame on insufficient hardware when people whose PC specs are way over the minimal requirements are complaining about the same piss poor performance in crowded areas. It doesn't look like they have fixed the memory leaks or random desktop crashes which affect most players, either. This patch only upgrades the game from the Alpha stages, to a nice Beta. Cool!

Yeah, those two are teh suck. I downloaded it from Gamershell, no queues, no BS.

The SoL bug was solved long ago by an unofficial patch by some dude. Troika's claiming that the craptacular performance of the game is to blame on the users' computers is plain stupid, even more so considering that HL2 runs fine, and it's way more complex map and model-wise. I'm fearing that fixing those problems would require a major revision on their usage of the engine and probably couldn't be fixed through a patch. Nah, it's much better to deny any responsibility than admit that their job at adapting the Source engine just sucks. I'm glad I didn't buy this game and if I had any intention of doing so they have helped me decide against it. At least this patch means I will have

Those are good news. I'm going to try it now. However, Activision once again proves what a crappy company they are by not sponsoring the patch in any of their pages. Way to go!

Yeah, but on later playthroughs you might need to play with your eyes closed if you want something of a challenge. "

No, I don't think it's got anything to do with common sense. It's just the internet has the unfortunate effect of turning some people into total jerks.

Those were the days...

Yes, but only in a very silly and sad way.

Don't ask me, I'm not that old. All I know is we no longer get ships loaded with gold and silver, and it's not because of british pirates. It sucks if you ask me.

Naw, I believe that system went down the toilet once we stopped receiving galleons filled with gold bullion from the american colonies.

Spain.

Sucks for you. I just rented Dawn of War out of sheer boredom, it sure beats warez.

Huh? I can rent PC games alright. I have done so several times in the past. I don't live in the US, but I don't think it's unheard of. Maybe your local rental place just sucks...

I'm not preordering. Does pre-renting count? I'll tell the guys at the local rental place to hold on to a copy for me... "

Does this mean that once the international version is out, american retailers will get different versions of the game than the one the've been getting up to now? If that's so, how will customers be able to tell between the patched and unpatched versions? Heh, it seems it was worth waiting after all. "

9600 Pro? Don't you mean 9800? I bought my 9600 XT 128 about eight months ago and I think it cost me about $150? I'm confused now.

Misunderstanding someone can lead to mistaken conclusions. Making a point on a mistaken conclusion yields the same result as twisting an argument. The only difference is the intent. Again, if somebody misinterprets you, you start a fight because you assume they hold you ill will? You need to get out more often man.

Your not understanding my posts don't make them babble. Maybe it has something to do with your ability to grasp ideas. That's one of the stupidest things I've read from you. And man, you do say a lot of stupid things. So, if somebody just misunderstands you say, at work, you start a fight? Heh, you are one sad, sad little man.

LMFAO. Yeah, you sure do focus on the topic as hand. I still remember those 7 or 8 posts in which you kept spamming 'what are you babbling about?' just because you had suffered a brain cell lockup but just couldn't let it be. Attack you where? It was you who started it all when you started whining about me twisting your post. That might have been a misunderstanding, but it was by no means a personal attack. However you responded with one of your pitiful attempts at wit.

That's pretty rich. The anti-logic specialist whose interests are comprised of 'his opinions' telling me to mature. Now I've seen everything. You see Volo, one of the main definitions of a troll is someone who posts just in order to disrupt fruitful discussion. Even if what I post is wrong, I still stay on topic and don't go off on a tangent at the first chance. You, however, do that all the time. You are the troll, Volo, not the rest of us.

Yet another perfectly fine thread hijacked by Volourn and his uncanny efforts of anti-logic and totally unrelated discussion. Stick to the topic and stop wasting electrons.