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tiesto · « **Reply #2220 on:** November 06, 2009, 07:01:08 PM »

Super Castlevania IV

iconoclast · « **Reply #2221 on:** November 06, 2009, 08:19:37 PM »

Quote from: tiesto on November 06, 2009, 07:01:08 PM

Super Castlevania IV

Castlevania IV

Simon's Theme is one of my favorite songs on the SNES

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Bocsius · « **Reply #2222 on:** November 06, 2009, 08:35:11 PM »

Halo 3

Ganhyun · « **Reply #2223 on:** November 06, 2009, 09:21:00 PM »

bout to go play some more l4d2 demo.

Rman · « **Reply #2224 on:** November 06, 2009, 09:28:49 PM »

Quote from: Beezy on November 06, 2009, 06:59:29 PM

Quote from: Rman on November 06, 2009, 03:56:33 PM
Gonna play some fighters fighters at the arcades.
CTF?

Got lazy

At home chilling. But I was going there, yes.

Beezy · « **Reply #2225 on:** November 06, 2009, 09:34:27 PM »

Lol ok. Are there any other decent arcades in NY? New Roc City is okay, but Tekken 6 is the only recent fighter they have.

I was suppose to go to a fighter tourney at Lehman earlier today, but I think my lack of sleep (midterm week) caught up with me. I slept through most of the afternoon.

Rman · « **Reply #2226 on:** November 06, 2009, 09:46:12 PM »

There's one in Penn Station in the Bowling alley and Barcade in Williamsburg.

Purple Filth · « **Reply #2227 on:** November 06, 2009, 11:36:17 PM »

still playing Monster Hunter Freedom Unite. $:-\$

iconoclast · « **Reply #2228 on:** November 07, 2009, 03:05:49 PM »

You can always rely on Halo 3 for some hate mail.

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eat shit and die fucking fagget

ManaByte · « **Reply #2229 on:** November 07, 2009, 04:28:31 PM »

Mass Effect PC.

chronovore · « **Reply #2230 on:** November 08, 2009, 09:31:15 AM »

Quote from: iconoclast on November 07, 2009, 03:05:49 PM

You can always rely on Halo 3 for some hate mail.

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eat shit and die fucking fagget

Anything in particular done to draw that level of illiterate ire?

tiesto · « **Reply #2231 on:** November 08, 2009, 10:29:16 AM »

Me and this girl I've been dating played through the entirety of Sonic 1 last nite, we missed 2 Chaos Emeralds tho

iconoclast · « **Reply #2232 on:** November 08, 2009, 11:09:11 AM »

Quote from: chronovore on November 08, 2009, 09:31:15 AM

Quote from: iconoclast on November 07, 2009, 03:05:49 PM
You can always rely on Halo 3 for some hate mail.

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eat shit and die fucking fagget

Anything in particular done to draw that level of illiterate ire?

I was playing the Mythic playlist with a friend and I had the shotgun on Citadel. So this guy decides to betrays me for the shotgun twice so he can try and get the Pull achievement (shotgun spree). After I respawned the second time I chased him across the map leaving him with no shields until he betrayed me again, and then I booted him.

And that is why multiplayer achievements are shit.

MCD · « **Reply #2233 on:** November 08, 2009, 04:41:30 PM »

I will eat your shit.

no homo.

Don Flamenco · « **Reply #2234 on:** November 08, 2009, 05:03:42 PM »

Quote from: MCD on November 08, 2009, 04:41:30 PM

I will eat your shit.

no homo.

If I were icono, i'd get a restraining order by now

playing some fukken Dragon Age: Truly The Age Of Dragons Edition

EmCeeGrammar · « **Reply #2235 on:** November 08, 2009, 09:36:12 PM »

Shaun White snowboarding has amazing motion controls. Puts that blur mess to shame. Its kind of a shame I don't like the balance board that much but maybe if I give it some time.

Olivia Wilde Homo · « **Reply #2236 on:** November 08, 2009, 09:55:00 PM »

Samurai Warriors 2 (360)

Still playing this one. I have three characters left and put in about 26 hours. I'm not going to fuck around too much on the other modes other than Story Mode. This game cleansed my Musou plate after the stale DW Gundam.

So it is time to order a couple of more games. I was thinking Lost Odyssey and Warriors Orochi, both which I see are selling new or near new for dirt cheap ($8-14).

Bebpo · « **Reply #2237 on:** November 08, 2009, 10:08:46 PM »

I borrowed a upper 20"s 1080p monitor to see how it would look compared to my 10 year old 1280x1024 17" monitor.

I have been converted. I know what I'm getting during the Black Friday sales!

I tried Torchlight and OMG IT LOOKED LIKE A DIFFERENT GAME. Soooo pretty, so much detail.

Tried L4D2 and it looked great as well. Same for 1080p videos. The monitor was a cheap one though and the scaling was terrible so when I tried to play 720p videos or 480p videos they looked blurry and not sharp. If I can get one with good scaling I am so buying one. Game graphics look way better in widescreen 1080p than 4:3 1024p.

bork · « **Reply #2238 on:** November 08, 2009, 11:22:28 PM »

Played some GTA The Lost And The Damned today. Gave up on the second Jimmy mission (take out a bunch of cops) after dying countless times. It's like I'm firing and getting direct hits on the enemies every time, but nothing happens. Saints Row 2 plays so much fucking better.

More Tekken 6, too. Last night I brought it over to a buddy's house, and we tried online on his wireless connection...HOLY CRAP talk about terrible. Night and day compared to the wired set-up at my house.

Quote from: T EXP on November 08, 2009, 09:55:00 PM

Samurai Warriors 2 (360)

Still playing this one. I have three characters left and put in about 26 hours. I'm not going to fuck around too much on the other modes other than Story Mode. This game cleansed my Musou plate after the stale DW Gundam.

So it is time to order a couple of more games. I was thinking Lost Odyssey and Warriors Orochi, both which I see are selling new or near new for dirt cheap ($8-14).

If you want more Musou, definitely try out Warriors Orochi. That series and Samurai Warriors are Koei's best, IMO.

AdmiralViscen · « **Reply #2239 on:** November 08, 2009, 11:34:02 PM »

Quote from: iconoclast on November 08, 2009, 11:09:11 AM

Quote from: chronovore on November 08, 2009, 09:31:15 AM
Quote from: iconoclast on November 07, 2009, 03:05:49 PM
You can always rely on Halo 3 for some hate mail.

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eat shit and die fucking fagget

Anything in particular done to draw that level of illiterate ire?

I was playing the Mythic playlist with a friend and I had the shotgun on Citadel. So this guy decides to betrays me for the shotgun twice so he can try and get the Pull achievement (shotgun spree). After I respawned the second time I chased him across the map leaving him with no shields until he betrayed me again, and then I booted him.

And that is why multiplayer achievements are shit.

It's extra distinguished mentally-challenged because you can cheat to get those. Just get one friend, each of you turns on 3 extra controllers, and search in Team Mythic in a party of 8.

demi · « **Reply #2240 on:** November 08, 2009, 11:38:21 PM »

I need to boost sum halo 3 online achievements, I want that out of the way. I read you get banned for that though for like 2 weeks. Bungie is so stupid.

AdmiralViscen · « **Reply #2241 on:** November 08, 2009, 11:40:37 PM »

You just get banned from gaining Bungie experience points. If you don't play multi then you don't care. I do play multi and I don't care.

I did it on several occasions for the cheevs and none of the people involved got the ban. As long as you just pick up one of the dead controllers and get 1 kill with it, Bungie has no way of knowing it wasn't a legitimate game. Although we always had more than 2 live players involved, that might have helped.

chronovore · « **Reply #2242 on:** November 09, 2009, 09:07:01 PM »

Quote from: the lyte edge™ on November 08, 2009, 11:22:28 PM

Played some GTA The Lost And The Damned today. Gave up on the second Jimmy mission (take out a bunch of cops) after dying countless times. It's like I'm firing and getting direct hits on the enemies every time, but nothing happens. Saints Row 2 plays so much fucking better.

Here's what's weird about GTA IV's aiming: You get a lock on the torso, and you can hold down the trigger on a full-auto weapon, and it'll knock the guy down and take half his health, but it doesn't kill them. They'll be back up again and shooting. If you just lay on the trigger for a few more seconds, their health will slowly go down, with the last pip seeming to take forever.

OR: You can lock on, and tap-tap the trigger for a short burst, and preferably do that tap-tap while pulling back slightly on the Right Stick, tilting the aim back for a headshot. These are frequently 1-2 bullet kills. GTA is apparently trying to encourage a more complex shooting ethic, while maintaining their goofy lock-on gameplay.

Protip: the lock-on, Right Stick adjust is just as effective in multiplayer. Running around with a decent pistol and using this method is more effective than getting a full-auto carbine and unloading 2/3 of a clip into someone. :-/

EmCeeGrammar · « **Reply #2243 on:** November 09, 2009, 09:38:47 PM »

Got the new excitebike. It's alright. Almost too true to form with really short races and not much in the way of content.

FlameOfCallandor · « **Reply #2244 on:** November 09, 2009, 10:14:13 PM »

inverted controls

Don't understand people who don't play inverted.

demi · « **Reply #2245 on:** November 09, 2009, 10:16:05 PM »

I never play with control options, I just go with default. Guess it comes with the package.

:monkeypee imperfect humans :monkeypee

FlameOfCallandor · « **Reply #2246 on:** November 09, 2009, 10:17:43 PM »

Quote from: demi on November 09, 2009, 10:16:05 PM

I never play with control options, I just go with default. Guess it comes with the package.

:monkeypee imperfect humans :monkeypee

You can switch with no problem?

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FlameOfCallandor · « **Reply #2247 on:** November 09, 2009, 10:19:55 PM »

Are the controls as bad as RE?

Purple Filth · « **Reply #2248 on:** November 10, 2009, 02:58:17 AM »

After beating Modern Warfare 2 i'm playing ninja gaiden 2 now.

I'm so horrible and the lack of a roll is really fucking up my game plan. $:-\$

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #2249 on:** November 10, 2009, 03:16:02 AM »

I rented Homecoming and flipped the fuck out when I couldn't invert.

The Sceneman · « **Reply #2250 on:** November 10, 2009, 04:25:03 AM »

Homecoming owns, 1000/1000 here

MCD · « **Reply #2251 on:** November 10, 2009, 05:53:36 AM »

Quote from: Purple Filth on November 10, 2009, 02:58:17 AM

After beating Modern Warfare 2 i'm playing ninja gaiden 2 now.

I'm so horrible and the lack of a roll is really fucking up my game plan. $:-\$

I'm the opposite, I can't go back to NG1 slow ass battle system and the roll.

speedy dash ftw.

Purple Filth · « **Reply #2252 on:** November 10, 2009, 10:27:49 AM »

Quote from: MCD on November 10, 2009, 05:53:36 AM

Quote from: Purple Filth on November 10, 2009, 02:58:17 AM
After beating Modern Warfare 2 i'm playing ninja gaiden 2 now.

I'm so horrible and the lack of a roll is really fucking up my game plan. $:-\$
I'm the opposite, I can't go back to NG1 slow ass battle system and the roll.

speedy dash ftw.

the dash is good (initial Genshin fight

) but its just that i'm so used to the rolling from the first game.

I'm slowly getting in the groove through so hopefully it will stick.

any tips in dealing with the camera?, it seems its worse than the one in black :'(

iconoclast · « **Reply #2253 on:** November 10, 2009, 01:02:32 PM »

Try adjusting the turning speed in the options, I always crank it all the way up. I rarely have problems with the camera though, aside from when it occasionally gets stuck pointing upward or something. Then I just hit RT.

Don Flamenco · « **Reply #2254 on:** November 10, 2009, 01:07:28 PM »

Rolling feels much better than the dash--better audio cues, more obvious animation. Hate the dash. Haet NG2. So much.

Brehvolution · « **Reply #2255 on:** November 10, 2009, 01:42:18 PM »

Quote from: Edge™ of Kosma on November 10, 2009, 01:11:51 PM

I think I will give myself 2 days off from Dragon Age if I can, as I spent over 32 hours on it since friday.

Let me borrow your steam login so I can dl and play.

Bebpo · « **Reply #2256 on:** November 10, 2009, 01:46:25 PM »

Series of events in finishing SMT SJ

9:30pm - Load save and try final boss
10:00pm - ok, final boss is impossible at my level with my demons; lvl.73
12:00am - grinding to lvl. 78
2:00am - grinded to lvl.81
4:00am - grinded to lvl.85, try the boss again with endgame demons. Better and definitely doable but still insanely hard and need to mod my party
6:00am - much modding and tries later, boss has been defeated; close the DS lid on sleep mode; go to sleep
10:15am - wake up; watching ending. DONE FUCK YES

iconoclast · « **Reply #2257 on:** November 10, 2009, 02:15:19 PM »

I hate it when you have to grind in order to finish the final boss. Like I just finished Enchanted Arms (good game btw), I made it to the final boss with 1800 HP with Atsuma and got raped a few times. Then I looked at a guide that suggests I have 7000 health

I went and got the rest of the God Weapons for Raigar, Yuki and Karin and beat it with ~2400 health, so whatever. Still annoys the shit out of me.

Though I'm fine with it in a dungeon crawler like Strange Journey, as it's to be expected. I guess it just bothers me when you don't need to grind for the entire game and then all of a sudden you're severely underleveled right at the end.

I also finished up Afro Samurai (1000'd)... meh. Probably the worst action game I've played in a long time, but it has its moments. I thought the anime was pretty shit too, so I'm already kinda biased. Music was awesome though.

Third · « **Reply #2258 on:** November 10, 2009, 03:01:44 PM »

Ratchet and Clank: A Crack in Time
Katamari Forever
NSMB Wii

ManaByte · « **Reply #2259 on:** November 10, 2009, 04:05:49 PM »

About 2 hours into Mass Effect PC. Like it more than the 360 one due to the controls/interface. A lot more.

Bebpo · « **Reply #2260 on:** November 10, 2009, 05:08:19 PM »

Alright I'm done gaming and say goodbye to this thread temporarily. I was supposed to be done with gaming last week because I have a 25 page research paper due at the end of the month and a 20 min presentation on it due next week which I haven't started, but I have a videogame addiction and felt compelled to finish SMT before I went on my gaming break. Was also supposed to finish up ODST but I'll put that off until over xmas; it's not particularly addicting.

3 weeks of paper, then 3 weeks of finals so no time for gaming if I want to pass my classes well.

Next game I play will be FFXIII! Comes out the day I finish finals

Junpei the Tracer! · « **Reply #2261 on:** November 10, 2009, 06:17:45 PM »

Pretty sure I'm at the end of Killzone 2, it's not bad. Wish you could hold more than two weapons,AI partner is a dumb fuck who likes to stand in the line of fire, difficult even though I have it on easy, those color palate jokes are so true. It's not Crapzone even though sometimes I felt that way.

Bildi · « **Reply #2262 on:** November 10, 2009, 06:39:10 PM »

Started playing Timeshift again - this game is damn great. I think I'm getting near the end unfortunately.

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #2263 on:** November 10, 2009, 09:14:59 PM »

I fired up Mass Effect to get 2nd playthrough/hardcore achievements. Holy shit, how did I enjoy this game the first time I played it? I'm at Feros and the stupid fucking Mako is driving me insane. Who thought this would fun to drive? WHO?

magus · « **Reply #2264 on:** November 11, 2009, 05:52:53 AM »

kinda randomly browsing old emulators and stuff... i'm almost done with bionic commando for gameboy (good game but i wish i could punch on the face the guy who made the final level and all those section where you have to attach yourself to those tiny hook) and i was playing monster world 3 even tough it can get kind of annoying (long level + monster that can kill you in a few hits + no checkpoint = disaster) wasn't it recently released on virtual console?

tiesto · « **Reply #2265 on:** November 11, 2009, 08:55:08 AM »

Halfway through the final dungeon in FF4: The After Years. It's pretty tough, but manageable. Should finally have it done by Thursday. Then it's on to Shadow Hearts 3.

bork · « **Reply #2266 on:** November 11, 2009, 03:36:11 PM »

Played some Soul Calibur IV. Was curious if the amount of people playing dropped off after Tekken 6 came out, and it seems to be so. I only saw one of the regulars (the guys that were always on playing, no matter what time of day), and he was sitting in a 2-man room alone. Kinda sad. I joined, he beat me and then kicked me. With the incredibly small amount of players on now, you'd think that wouldn't happen.

Got an invite from a Spanish player. The connection was awful, and after taking this guy's Apprentice spam for half a round, I decided to counter with Lizardman db+kick sweep spam. Just tripped him repeatedly, until it knocked him off the stage for a ringout. The guy was livid, and rage-quit immediately, disbanding his own room. Then he started sending me numerous hate messages in broken English. Played along for a bit, then blocked him. But he wasn't done yet, and found me hosting a room. He enters, I kick him. Then he enters again and starts spouting off all kinds of racial slurs and American hate, in bad English. I just laughed at him and kicked him until he finally quit.

Went back to Street Fighter afterwards. Both IV and HD Remix. Still the best.

archie4208 · « **Reply #2267 on:** November 11, 2009, 03:59:40 PM »

cod4. dedicated servers

Junpei the Tracer! · « **Reply #2268 on:** November 11, 2009, 04:21:23 PM »

Beat Crapzone 2. In both this and Uncharted there are sequences where you have to fight enemies, A LOT of enemies. This gets tiresome very fast especially in the final area where you are stuck fighting enemy after enemy after enemy. I don't mind this as much in Uncharted mainly because it's third person,FPS's were never my cup of tea but I've been trying to make a good effort getting into them. It's not working. And why the fuck is your AI partner so fucking useless?

The beginning of the credits looked pretty darn nice though.

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #2269 on:** November 11, 2009, 08:45:58 PM »

Dead Space -- Never beat it last Fall, finally getting around to wrapping it up. Currently on mission 11.
Gundam 0081 -- The last set of DLC mobile suits (GP01FB and Gundam Mk. II) come out tonight, so I'm point farming so I can actually unlock them after I buy them on the Playstation Store.

Cormacaroni · « **Reply #2270 on:** November 12, 2009, 01:09:18 AM »

Lyte Edge, gettin' more hate mail than the President

chronovore · « **Reply #2271 on:** November 12, 2009, 01:12:44 AM »

Quote from: distantmantra on November 11, 2009, 08:45:58 PM

Dead Space -- Never beat it last Fall, finally getting around to wrapping it up. Currently on mission 11.
Gundam 0081 -- The last set of DLC mobile suits (GP01FB and Gundam Mk. II) come out tonight, so I'm point farming so I can actually unlock them after I buy them on the Playstation Store.

The friend to whom I loaned Dead Space is coincidentally returning my copy tonight. I'ma beat it on Easy and try not to get scared. Adrenaline rush right before beddy-bye never works out too well for the sleep schedule.

I tried starting condemned the other day, but the sound design set me on edge so badly that I couldn't play it before bed, either. $:-\$

Bildi · « **Reply #2272 on:** November 12, 2009, 01:42:14 AM »

Dead Space and Condemned are really awesome - hope you can control the heebie-jeebies and get some enjoyment out of them.

bork · « **Reply #2273 on:** November 12, 2009, 04:04:28 AM »

More Tekken 6 today. Taking out Chreddy scrubs with Alisa is cakewalk now, but it's still hard for me to do with other characters. Getting better though. Felt good to stop that crap with Anna today. Had the WORST online match yet-- worse than KOF XII, even. Everything was so laggy that it took like 10 seconds for "Round 1...FIGHT!" to come up. I still won the match though. Just spammed df+1 and stopped every attempt the other guy was making at kicking or throwing. It looked hilarious in slow motion...that replay was definitely saved.

Quote from: Cormacaroni on November 12, 2009, 01:09:18 AM

Lyte Edge, gettin' more hate mail than the President

Been on a role lately, but really the last couple of months, I was getting almost no hate mail. People playing SF4 have matured; I'd get "good game" messages instead. And what fun is that?

The Namco fighting games seem to bring out the worst in people. I forgot to mention one match where I fucked with a trash talker by just not getting up-- when you get knocked down in Soul Calibur, you stay there until you either roll up or attack and get up. I got knocked down in the beginning of the match, and just laid there, waiting to see what would happen. The other guy was the cheap-ass boss character. Turns out a ton of his attacks can't hit a fallen character. So I would just stay on the ground and watch him frantically trying to hit me, to no avail. The other guy in the room with us was laughing his ass off.

Algol's fireball attack does hit the ground though; I think I could have just rolled to the side to avoid them, but I was laughing too much to care about the rest of the match.

Tried it again on another guy afterward. Was tired of playing, but accepted the match anyway, so I just put the controller down and let the other guy beat me up. Only he too seemed incredibly baffled as to why I wasn't getting up, and would just "dance" around and taunt randomly. The last round, I picked up the controller midway through match, and took off 50% of his life...then put the controller down again. I've never seen someone act so confused before.

What sucks is that the Bad Loser Wall Of Shame hasn't been updated for months. Tekken is ripe with rage quitters and hate-mailers, with the added bonus of many tardos using mics for your listening pleasure.

chronovore · « **Reply #2274 on:** November 13, 2009, 06:15:42 AM »

Quote from: the lyte edge™ on November 12, 2009, 04:04:28 AM

The Namco fighting games seem to bring out the worst in people. I forgot to mention one match where I fucked with a trash talker by just not getting up-- when you get knocked down in Soul Calibur, you stay there until you either roll up or attack and get up. I got knocked down in the beginning of the match, and just laid there, waiting to see what would happen. The other guy was the cheap-ass boss character. Turns out a ton of his attacks can't hit a fallen character. So I would just stay on the ground and watch him frantically trying to hit me, to no avail. The other guy in the room with us was laughing his ass off. Algol's fireball attack does hit the ground though; I think I could have just rolled to the side to avoid them, but I was laughing too much to care about the rest of the match.

Tried it again on another guy afterward. Was tired of playing, but accepted the match anyway, so I just put the controller down and let the other guy beat me up. Only he too seemed incredibly baffled as to why I wasn't getting up, and would just "dance" around and taunt randomly. The last round, I picked up the controller midway through match, and took off 50% of his life...then put the controller down again. I've never seen someone act so confused before.

that's epic.

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What sucks is that the Bad Loser Wall Of Shame hasn't been updated for months. Tekken is ripe with rage quitters and hate-mailers, with the added bonus of many tardos using mics for your listening pleasure.

It's because Tekken's not a real fighting game.

chronovore · « **Reply #2275 on:** November 13, 2009, 06:16:20 AM »

Quote from: Bildi on November 12, 2009, 01:42:14 AM

Dead Space and Condemned are really awesome - hope you can control the heebie-jeebies and get some enjoyment out of them.

Maybe I'll give it a go this weekend, when lack of sleep doesn't equal auto-death at work.

iconoclast · « **Reply #2276 on:** November 13, 2009, 07:01:14 AM »

Finally, nearly a year and a half after finishing Inferno, I got my Stampede XM and 1000'd Earth Defense Force 2017.

grinding for random weapon drops

demi · « **Reply #2277 on:** November 13, 2009, 07:31:40 AM »

I'm only like 10 levels into Hard. I dont mind I guess. Its not a difficult game. Just boring.

OptimoPeach · « **Reply #2278 on:** November 13, 2009, 07:41:16 AM »

I'm still doing any% runs in Super Metroid. It's funny -- I think with a month or two of practice I could easily match the previous record, but I know that I can't ever come anywhere even close to matching this Jap's time. I'm beginning to understand why the former record holder was so butthurt about his time being shattered by nearly 5 minutes.

iconoclast · « **Reply #2279 on:** November 13, 2009, 07:50:38 AM »

I thought the game was pretty boring during my Normal run. Don't remember Hard too well, but once you kick it up to Inferno and maybe Hardest the game gets a lot more fun I think. You have to start going into levels with an actual game plan, or there's a good chance you'll get wrecked. A single spider web on Inferno can easily do thousands of damage if it hits you just right for example. Still, it's not that hard, there's only a few missions on Inferno that gave me any real trouble IIRC.

Glad I finally got that out of the way though. Farming levels repeatedly for one or two weapons is so damn boring. $:-\$

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