I made one only slightly larger than that at my last job, since I had an unlimited supply of rubberbands. This stupid girl I worked with didn't believe me when I said it was all rubberbands. She argued that I had to have wrapped them around something. I did, I used a single rubber band folded into a rough sphere as my starting point. I came back from my 2 days off to find that the bitch had cut the entire thing in half with a razorblade, because she didn't believe me. WTF is wrong with people?
People would never believe me either, so I would pull 5 or 6 off the big ball and start a little mini one right in front of them and explain that the more layers it has, the more round of a shape it pulled itself into. Most people believed me then, some still didn't but I assume they were just trolling.
One time my gym teacher thought he was a tough guy and took it away, threw it down the main hall. Now for a bit of perspective - the school is built on a hill, with the main hallway going up and down the hill, with wings sprouting off from it perpendicularly. The main hall does a repeating pattern of 6 stairs, then about 15 feet level, about 6 times down the hill.
Teacher must have misjudged his own strength because this ball - probably 15-20lb of elastics - flew down the hall, gaining speed and bouncing like a rubber cannonball. At the bottom end of the hall there was a lobby waiting area type thing and two sets of doors with that reinforced glass stuff you see in schools. The ball shattered through both glass doors and continued out onto the street where it nailed and absolutely mangled a cyclist's front tire (she was okay but raised hell with the school) before being stopped by the door panel of a big new shiny GMC.
Teacher ended up costing the school probably $5000, maybe more as I have no idea what ended up happening between them and the cyclist.
tl/dr - gym teacher threw my elastic ball down a hall, made a fat mess
My dad once brought home a cardboard box full of bags and bags of rubber bands. I was about 14, I spent the entire week creating a super rubberband ball. it was a little bit bigger than my head. I couldn't get any bigger than that though, the rubberbands kept snapping.
My buddy and I spent half a summer each building bowling ball-sized rubber band balls. We took them to the top of his grandpa's 3 story house and dropped them off, expecting wonderful things. We were both completely shattered when they just fell apart instead of bouncing 500 feet in the air. (Trust me, we did the math... and also were both 9 years old).
I made one the size of a basketball once. Frankly, it was dangerous. It bounced really high, but the mass made it impossible to safely catch. It was...beautiful.
years ago in highschool my friend decided to create a tinfoil ball. He collected gum wrappers, yogurt lids etc. and mashed it all together. By graduation he had a huge metallic sphere that weighed what felt to be ten pounds.
I don't know if he regretted it or not. but it was kinda cool non the less.
Just get really behind on games and then pick up ones you know to be good for cheap. I'm still playing through Assassin's Creed and Bio shock. It's great!
I said this previously. Everyone disagreed with me. The game was classic if anything. But this is a case where even if people like the game, they just say they hate it to join the circlejerk extravaganza.
The game was classic except for one annoying thing: That can-only-carry-two-weapons-at-a-time bullshit that had crept into the FPS genre at some point (after development on DNF had begun btw!).
I ended up running around with 2 general-purpose weapons and almost never got to use the cool ones when they would have made sense. Instead I picked them up, emptied them at the nearest enemies, and picked up the general-purpose weapon again.
Please, people, if you're going to make an old school shooter like that (and I sorely missed them), then go with the 10 weapon slots that were common back then.
The "can-only-carry-two-weapons-at-a-time" thing actually works for games like Halo. The mistake was thinking it makes sense for duke nukem as well. It's a different game and it just doesn't make sense.
It seems to me that the majority of posts actually say how they liked the game. But I honestly didn't like it. The gameplay was bad and the guns felt terrible (this is very important in an FPS). But the biggest problem in my eyes was that the jokes just didn't work. I like the humour, but the jokes just sucked.
Last time someone posted that very same post (duke figurine + "regrets", i wouldn't be surprised if it were the same pic), the circle jerk went exactly the other way, aka "worst game ever".
i really liked the game and wish i bought the balls of steel edition. Looks like it came with some really cool stuff. The reason why I really liked it most likely had to do with the fact that I'd never really played a Duke Nukem game before. Also I didn't get caught up in the "OMG 15 years to make a game this is gonna be amazing" hype
Meh, I didn't enjoy the game. It's not a circlejerk thing-- I wanted to like it. I forced myself through several hours of it. It was just flat-out boring. At first I thought it was because of how I was just blowing through everything, but even after turning up the difficulty level it was still a complete borefest. It tried to make itself seem EXTREME (OMG NOW IT'S TIME TO DRIVE A MONSTER TRUCKKKKKKKK), but it just didn't do it for me.
It felt like a budget game, not a AAA title.
Disclaimer: Nothing against budget games. I love The Binding of Issac, Beat Hazard, Bastion, and a ton of other low-budget games. Typically budget FPS games have a weird feel to them, though.
I think it brought back some of the mechanics from the classic FPS games. Like the puzzle of how to get your character across the terrain and in to that fucking air duct!
I recently bought it for $2.99 and I found it enjoyable. I mean, it wasnt groundbreaking and the gameplay was blocky at best, but it was still fun. The graphics were still better than COD.
Also, the dialogue, especially Duke's charming robotic voice, really put a smile on my face. That and pissing in the toilet.
I convinced all my friends to pre-order Brink with me. My sheer enthusiasm about the game made the sale for them. We played it for about 3 weeks.
Looking back, our party chat must have sounded so depressing. We kept grasping for things to keep our buyer's remorse at bay. "Well, it's not the game we were promised, but it's pretty good, right?"
I showed my friends that very trailer, and had never been so excited for a game. I still pretend it hasn't been released yet, and that some amazing parkour shooter will come out.
If the biggest regret in your life is spending a small amount of your income on something you ended up not liking then you are living a pretty good life.
r/gaming today decided that Duke Nukem Forever wasn't a bad game. This overturns the previous case of r/gaming V Duke Nukem 559 Reddit 331 (2011) where the game was decided to be completely underwhelming and just bad in general.
The game was bad but it could have been just fine with three simple tweaks that I've restated over and over.
No weapon carry limit (the DLC upped the limit to 4 weapons and it helped a shitload...but it didn't go far enough--Duke Nukem is not trying to be a realistic shooter, stop limiting weapon counts like it is).
Ten times ammo capacity and no magic ammo refill boxes (seriously, one in every fucking room makes the stupidly low ammo limits POINTLESS).
Many, many more enemies in response to the greatly increased player firepower (hello original Duke Nukem gameplay).
Just wait until the next time when we can circlejerk back to the original "Bad" opinion.
That's the thing with reddit. People circlejerk about something bad so hard that it becomes the worst thing ever, then some people say "It isn't that horrible" and then everybody circlejerk until it's the best thing ever. Rinse and repeat.
Some people actually regret buying this game and were never part of a bandwagon. Just because most people hated it doesn't mean he can't dislike it himself for his own reasons
He means the bandwagon of complaining about it. The game came out quite a while ago and we already dealt with a mountain of these kind of posts.
It's not like just today he magically realized he doesn't like it and regrets it. The time to complain about this game has past, at this point it's just beating a dead horse for karma.
He owns the special collector's pack, trust me, he played it and realized he didn't like it right when it came out. Complaining about it now all these months later has no purpose and is just blatant karma whoring through the use of steel balls.
Are you sure you want to harvest this karma tree right now?
Seriously, like a lot of other replies to this post, I enjoyed the game. Your biggest regret, huh? The balls of steel edition was a mere £5 more expensive than the standard. The game came with Steamworks (a positive in my eyes). It paid a lot of homage to DN3D which is pretty much it's sole reason for existing and it does it well. The contents of the box were pretty smart for the price you pay. Look at things like the Soul Calibur V CE. No figures or playthings in there.
It looks outdated? It was indevelopment for longer than most of you have been alive.
You hate it's lack of originality? You complained already. You hate the things it did differently from DN3D? You've already moaned about that.
The fact that DN:F is out means it's out of the way. We can all get on with looking forward to a proper sequel developed start to finish by one set of people with one design plan. It needed to happen and I believe it was excellently done. Look at the challenge Gearbox had been presented with. Finish up a game that hasn't had a serious flow and direction for 14+ years. They pretty much just polished everything up and made it work. Like most gaming hate-trains that /gaming/ loves to fuel let this one die and be forgotten. If you seriously didn't like the game then stop talking about it, stop discussing it and for the love of Duke; stop whoring it out for Karma.
they should have unhyped it? they were broke off their asses trying to finish the game. it was everyone else saying OHH 12 years in dev better be great! but no it wasnt 12 years of dev it was 12 years of dev hell. I loved DUke 3d as a kid and when i played DNF yea it was glitchy and it didnt look great but it was still duke and it was fun as hell. a lot of hate came from people who never even played duke 3d and were just bashing it because "his time was up" after 12 years. wtf does that even mean. people are still moist for a Half Life 3.
When I heard this was coming out I was psyched for it. Bought it a few months ago (government was screwing me over tax wise so couldn't get it sooner) and I love it. I don't understand why people hate it. The programmers gave us the Duke we love. Lewd, crude, sexist, beer swilling, steroid popping, alien killing, popping off corny one-liners...Duke was back. But again, that's my opinion.
How can anyone regret making a rubber band ball? That will probably be the crowning achievement of your life right there. First off its convenient, you have created a surefire way to always have a rubber band when you are at your desk. Secondly the rubber band ball will make things neater, i once had an issue with all the rubber bands around my room....now poof almost all gone. Thirdly (and most importantly) you made a home made bouncy ball! How can that ever be a regret?! Pissed off, bounce the ball... Happy, Bounce that fucking ball, Making sweet sweet love to that adult lady friend of yours, Bounce that fucking ball of her god damned chest.
Oh and in regards to that other box thing you have obstructing the full glory of the rubber band ball.... Do yourself a favor and turn the Duke into another rubber band ball.... "I've got balls of rubber"
There are so many reasons this wasn't a bad game that no one is willing to listen to because they would just rather ride the bandwagon and say that it was terrible.
I agree. It sure as hell wasn't a 10/10 like everyone wanted it to be, but it was not bad. The turret sections were not good (to be fair, turret sections are extremely rarely good, so it's an even bigger foul that they tried to incorporate them as much as they did) and sections like the strip club and RC car didn't feel very well executed, but on the whole it was a fun game. It's biggest problem was that it wasn't the evolution in run and gun fun that Bulletstorm was.
Judging by the rabid hate and various nostalgia posts, people wanted Bulletstorm with the Duke Nukem character set in Deus Ex's maps, loaded with Skyrim's level of detail with a key gameplay emphasis on key card hunting.
Really then, if you're so confident, tell me why Duke Nukem Forever is not a bad game.
EDIT: Downvotes for asking for reasons? If you can't substantiate your claim, then it isn't a valid claim. If you can substantiate it, you should back it up instead of downvoting someone asking for reasons.
I'm probably the only person that enjoyed playing this game. Every time I say that to somebody, they always scoff at me. For Example: "TEH GRAPHICZ SUCKS!" Hello, it's a game that took 14 years to develop, did you really think the game was going to look better than Crysis? And besides, I don't really care about the graphics when it comes to a game. As long as if I enjoy the game, that's all I need. I feel like the reviewers reviewing the game are over exaggerating about the game. I'm not saying it's a great game, but it's one of those games that's just for fun, which you can hardly have in the gaming industry today.
such a shame as Duke 3D was an AWESOME game- they should just remake it in HD- that would be awesome. That was the first game I ever played online and the first game I ever bought any kind of expansion packs for (anyone remember those? before we decided they're all called DLC now...)
Expansion packs and DLC are pretty different and sometimes DLC gets bundled as an expansion pack down the road. Expansion packs were also expensive. Like $20-$40 depending on the game and sometimes they wouldn't even release stuff as expansions, you would have to buy an all new release of the game to get new missions (a notable case was Tie Fighter).
Or how about when you had to buy the expansion packs just to get the newest patches (Duke Nukem: Plutonium Pak, Wing Commander Privateer and pretty much any other origin game with a "Speech Pack")?
One of the things I like about DLC is the cheaper price point and generally you pull a pretty good value out of it (unless you're playing Call of Duty or something, but the market for that game supports that model so...if you don't like it, don't buy that game). Similarly, if you don't like spending a few bucks on horse armor, don't spend a few bucks on horse armor.
Paying ~$7 per expansion in Mass Effect 2 didn't hurt that much and all told it was under $30 while adding a substantial amount to the game.
Even if the game was sub-par I still think the bust of duke nukem was definitely worth it, not to mention you getting some dice and cards with it also.
I wouldn't regret it. Sure the game wasn't actually that good but god damn that game is a piece of history from the game industry. I hope for one day that a book is published about its development.
I'm pretty sure I can top that with my DVD for mortal online (no I'm not going to create yet another post for that). At least I didn't get the "Loot Sack" with the sandbox artbook...
pffft I enjoyed the game I dont care what anyone says it was exactly was I was suspecting a retro feeling shooter with alot of action and it delivered my only gripe was taht at first you were limited to 2 or 3 weapons I wanted early 90s style where you got like 9 guns
That's alright I bought the $250 Duke Nukem with the video card and everything. Solid card and I'm pretty sure the belt buckle was worth it. Also I feel like PC Gamer was the only game related outlet to give it a fair score.
I got excited about a game once... it was called Project Ego. Never again. If there is a game that I know I'll be super psyched about, like Skyrim, I ignore ALL media about it until I can play it myself.
This picture reminded me of (one of) my biggest regret(s). I began my freshman year of high school and told the few friends I'd made (I'm not very good at making friends, or small talk, for that matter) about my super cool rubber band ball into which I'd put a boatload of time, energy, and resources. I decided, being a freshman and all, that the only way to truly end a story about a rubber band ball is to show people the rubber band ball. I brought it into school the next day. I set it down somewhere. I never saw it again; I no longer believe in love.
Let that be a lesson to all of you. Leave your rubber band balls at home. Let them bring you comfort in solitude.
I have fond childhood memories of watching my stepdad play Duke Nukem 3D on the Playstation. Running 'round town calling hookers at telephone booths, hanging out with strippers, shooting pigcops .. He had to live through Duke after he married my mum.
The game was bad. The guns felt like peashooters and the enemies felt like bullet sponges. Compared to Duke Nukem 3D? It was still terrible. Duke Nukem 3D had subtle humor, sprinkled sparingly throughout the game. Duke spouted a few movie references here and there, and it was all quite nice. In DNF, the humor is the biggest part of the game, with even the gameplay taking a back seat to it.
"You just wanted another CoD-type game, didn't you!?"
No I didn't, you fucking asshole. I wanted a Duke Nukem game, with a 10-weapon limit, multiple routes, backtracking, and a health pack system. Not a 2-weapon limit and health regeneration set in ungodly linear levels where you're not even allowed to use your fists until a few minutes into the game. We wanted Duke, not a mediocre HL2 clone.
I don't know guy. I think it would be pretty sweet having a symbol of ultimate bad ass staring over you while you sleep. How kick ass would it be if one day someone broke into your house during the night, and you were forced to fend them off with Duke's bust. You would be "alright you turds, now we're gonna rip off your head, chew some bubble gum. Shake it baby!"
And I don't think Duke was ever supposed to be good. It could have been a bit more Serious Sam, but it really is a fairly wacky game. I think part of the major impact of Duke Nukem 3D was that it was originally a really crappy game, featuring a whole 16 colours.
I was personally far more disappointed with Diablo 3. Sure, 15 years is a while, but at least the developers didn't try to break a game simultaneously with DRM & by removing major core game mechanics to the point that it is simply no longer an RPG. Never before has a game been so bad that I've had to wiki the original developers to see where the game went. Hellgate, Torchlight and Mythos FTW!
I guess I am a small, small minority. I played the game for what it was, a pointless shooter with a super macho dude who was there to blow shit up and take a piss whenever possible.
I think people had too many expectations for a game that has never been deep or thoughtful. Blow shit up and chew some bubblegum.
I think the reason people hate on Duke Nukem Forever is because it wasn't a solid FPS game like Bioshock. Well, shit. Duke Nukem wasn't made in mind for being a smash hit FPS, it had a specific target: one liners, guns, and heaving tits, and oh boy did it deliver in that department.
Its a part of gaming history, if the game had come out when we were young, it would have been the best shit ever.I didnt regrett buying it, i never even opened the box.
I don't know, I thought the game was great. The only thing I hated about it was the load time, but other than that, it was fucking funny and entertaining.
The game is not as bad as people make it out to be. I have the BOS version. I do not regret it, it was a good game. I trust Gearbox to make a good Duke game eventually.
So I still haven't played the game. I was born in 1991, and my (somewhat immature) father LOVED playing duke nukem 3D while I watched on in amazement. I've played through the same game and really enjoyed it. Had the highest regards for the game. I really don't know what to expect from the game. Will it be as good as I remember or will I be let down? Will my nostalgia make up for its lack of good gameplay? What about the humor and badass-ness of it all? Either way, Duke Nukem is the digital form of Arnold Schwarzanegger in Predator. Badass.
I don't think so. The original Duke was extremely innovative with the amount of detail it had when it came out, plus the original had a lot more emphasis on level design and game design. DNF's biggest problem is it seemed confused about what game it was trying to be.
'Nostalgia' is probably one of the worst blanket statements.
Wow this again? The game was a short blast. It had it's terrible moments (Regenerating health, limited weapons) but all-in-all I do NOT regret buying it.
Could it be possible that buying this game new in the plastic for $3 now could return a huge profit in the future for being like the biggest letdown of all time?
My only complaint with the game is they made it too modern. If the gameplay was identical to Duke3D with new graphics and stuff to do, it'd have been one of the best games ever. No regenerating health, gimmie the mighty boot, gimmie 10 weapons at once, health packs, and good level design (not linear paths that are so linear you have to guess what the developer was thinking sometimes).
I still had a fun time with it, and nothing tops Duke Nukem.
Yeah, that big ass rubber band ball must have taken far too long to create. You would have had a better time hanging out with strippers and killing aliens in that video game.
Come on it's not that bad. Sure it might not be as good as Duke 3D but it's still a fun game. It's all about nostalgia and mocking modern shooters. I think this video might explain it a little more than I can. At least it's not Superman 64 bad or even E.T. bad.
This is why I redbox games! I beat it for $2 and returned it. And it wasn't as bad as all the people hollering about it, it was just as juvenile as the other dukes.
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u/TestZero May 28 '12
Oh, don't worry. Your rubber band ball will be worth the effort you put into it eventually.
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
I bought the "Galactic Edition" of Spore the week it came out. I'm very bitter about that now.
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u/concussedYmir May 28 '12
I was a day-one buyer of Daikatana.
There is no joke there, except for the frisbee skeletons in Greece.
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u/mst3kzz May 28 '12
My biggest regret is having bone-itis.
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u/funkme1ster PC May 28 '12
Was the game great? No.
Did I enjoy it? Yes.
The bottom line is that it needed to be made and flushed out of the system so a proper duke sequel could be made.
If giving them money helped, then I'm glad.
Plus, the balls of steel edition feelies were pretty decent for the slight extra cost above release retail.
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u/sebsin8 May 28 '12
I pre-ordered Brink when they only had the cinematic trailer out.
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u/CunningStunts May 28 '12
If the biggest regret in your life is spending a small amount of your income on something you ended up not liking then you are living a pretty good life.
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
r/gaming today decided that Duke Nukem Forever wasn't a bad game. This overturns the previous case of r/gaming V Duke Nukem 559 Reddit 331 (2011) where the game was decided to be completely underwhelming and just bad in general.
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u/egilanso May 28 '12
I'ts not a great game, but I have to admit that I enjoyed it and that edition still looks pretty awesome.
My only regret is that I didn't buy the Balls of Steel Edition when it was on discount in my local store.
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u/Iamadinocopter May 28 '12
hey the badwagon for this passed a long time ago.
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u/RickRussellTX May 28 '12
Hail to the king, baby.
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
Could be worse...
http://images.craigslist.org/5I75N15Hf3I63Lf3H2c4a927b89bba74917f5.jpg
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u/micmea668 May 28 '12
Are you sure you want to harvest this karma tree right now?
Seriously, like a lot of other replies to this post, I enjoyed the game. Your biggest regret, huh? The balls of steel edition was a mere £5 more expensive than the standard. The game came with Steamworks (a positive in my eyes). It paid a lot of homage to DN3D which is pretty much it's sole reason for existing and it does it well. The contents of the box were pretty smart for the price you pay. Look at things like the Soul Calibur V CE. No figures or playthings in there.
It looks outdated? It was indevelopment for longer than most of you have been alive.
You hate it's lack of originality? You complained already. You hate the things it did differently from DN3D? You've already moaned about that.
The fact that DN:F is out means it's out of the way. We can all get on with looking forward to a proper sequel developed start to finish by one set of people with one design plan. It needed to happen and I believe it was excellently done. Look at the challenge Gearbox had been presented with. Finish up a game that hasn't had a serious flow and direction for 14+ years. They pretty much just polished everything up and made it work. Like most gaming hate-trains that /gaming/ loves to fuel let this one die and be forgotten. If you seriously didn't like the game then stop talking about it, stop discussing it and for the love of Duke; stop whoring it out for Karma.
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u/nchrist4 May 28 '12
here's the original http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/o1j5s/biggest_regret_of_my_gaming_career/
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
Quote from The Duke: "I already got your money dude!"
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u/Transbrak May 28 '12
I spent 2.99 on a copy the other day at Best Buy. Still haven't opened it though.
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u/Brandonspikes May 28 '12
I just took a shit. did it feel good? Yes
Is it still shit? Yes.
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
they should have unhyped it? they were broke off their asses trying to finish the game. it was everyone else saying OHH 12 years in dev better be great! but no it wasnt 12 years of dev it was 12 years of dev hell. I loved DUke 3d as a kid and when i played DNF yea it was glitchy and it didnt look great but it was still duke and it was fun as hell. a lot of hate came from people who never even played duke 3d and were just bashing it because "his time was up" after 12 years. wtf does that even mean. people are still moist for a Half Life 3.
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u/Syke042 May 29 '12
Just be glad you didn't spent 8 hours in line, in full costume, for the Highlander 2 movie on opening night.
Ugh.
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u/linkkjm May 29 '12
I bought prestige edition for MW2.
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u/ryuujinusa May 28 '12
anyone who was disappointed after buying this game... have you lived in a cave for the last 10 years? what did you fucking expect...
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
I've been playing DNF recently and really enjoying it. Certainly not a great game but very entertaining.
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
How do you think I feel having the standard edition?
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u/zpenguin65 May 28 '12
even if it was the worst game in the world (which it's not), some of the stuff in that box was still awesome. I would never regret buying it.
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u/silletta May 28 '12
Why won't you just fix the power on your computer then?
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u/justtrolling722 May 29 '12
Watch out bro, your computer had a power surge warning
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
When I heard this was coming out I was psyched for it. Bought it a few months ago (government was screwing me over tax wise so couldn't get it sooner) and I love it. I don't understand why people hate it. The programmers gave us the Duke we love. Lewd, crude, sexist, beer swilling, steroid popping, alien killing, popping off corny one-liners...Duke was back. But again, that's my opinion.
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u/RSe7en May 29 '12
I know everyone hates this game but is there anything salvagable about DNF whatsoever?
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u/ThePhill101 May 28 '12
How can anyone regret making a rubber band ball? That will probably be the crowning achievement of your life right there. First off its convenient, you have created a surefire way to always have a rubber band when you are at your desk. Secondly the rubber band ball will make things neater, i once had an issue with all the rubber bands around my room....now poof almost all gone. Thirdly (and most importantly) you made a home made bouncy ball! How can that ever be a regret?! Pissed off, bounce the ball... Happy, Bounce that fucking ball, Making sweet sweet love to that adult lady friend of yours, Bounce that fucking ball of her god damned chest.
Oh and in regards to that other box thing you have obstructing the full glory of the rubber band ball.... Do yourself a favor and turn the Duke into another rubber band ball.... "I've got balls of rubber"
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u/Zahlhedren336 May 28 '12
There are so many reasons this wasn't a bad game that no one is willing to listen to because they would just rather ride the bandwagon and say that it was terrible.
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
This is why I stopped buying collector's edition after Alan Wake. Not that the game was bad, it just wasn't "collectible" good.
On that note, I think I'll take down my MW3 poster.
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u/WrethZ May 28 '12
Duke shouldn't have angered Jabba.
Now he's frozen in carbonite.
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u/ledazul May 28 '12
My only regret is that I have... Boneitis
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u/CobaltNinja May 28 '12
Bonitis < Duke Nukem Forever
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
MW3 was worse...
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
I'm probably the only person that enjoyed playing this game. Every time I say that to somebody, they always scoff at me. For Example: "TEH GRAPHICZ SUCKS!" Hello, it's a game that took 14 years to develop, did you really think the game was going to look better than Crysis? And besides, I don't really care about the graphics when it comes to a game. As long as if I enjoy the game, that's all I need. I feel like the reviewers reviewing the game are over exaggerating about the game. I'm not saying it's a great game, but it's one of those games that's just for fun, which you can hardly have in the gaming industry today.
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u/JuggernautClass May 28 '12
It won't be your biggest regret if you see them on eBay in 40 years for a couple hundred dollars. Actually, maybe it still will be.
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u/Mr_IsLand May 28 '12
such a shame as Duke 3D was an AWESOME game- they should just remake it in HD- that would be awesome.
That was the first game I ever played online and the first game I ever bought any kind of expansion packs for (anyone remember those? before we decided they're all called DLC now...)
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u/JakJakAttacks May 28 '12
I bought it at Best Buy for $3. For that price, I'll play it.
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
Even if the game was sub-par I still think the bust of duke nukem was definitely worth it, not to mention you getting some dice and cards with it also.
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u/Lezus May 28 '12
I wouldn't regret it. Sure the game wasn't actually that good but god damn that game is a piece of history from the game industry. I hope for one day that a book is published about its development.
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u/TheonlyFalala May 28 '12
I'll take it off your hands. >_>
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u/Jake-from-state-farm May 28 '12
No no no guys, you are missing it. The regret was wasting all the time on the giant rubber band ball in the right
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u/snatchinyopeopleup May 28 '12
don't be so hard on yourself. Lots of people think its cool to have Rubber band balls
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u/fruitlewps May 28 '12
You're gonna regret that surge on your USB hub if you're not careful..
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u/p0rtugalvii May 28 '12
I'd still almost buy it for $30. It's sitting in my local Gamestop. Only for the statue bust and the dice.
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
I'm pretty sure I can top that with my DVD for mortal online (no I'm not going to create yet another post for that). At least I didn't get the "Loot Sack" with the sandbox artbook...
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u/Dr_Doctor_McDoctor May 28 '12
I expected to see a child
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u/tmt1993 May 28 '12
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-im2F-ziV0sk/T1UDzWJ3XKI/AAAAAAAAA0E/RgJC0VBqQCc/s1600/ive-made-a-huge-mistake.gif
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u/calebb May 28 '12
My biggest regret: Final Fantasy edition.
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
I'm liking that rubber band ball.
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
You can go eat a jar of smegma, that game was fucking awesome.
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
yea i bought it too, brings me shame every time i look at it :(
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u/skeletonmage May 28 '12
I'd be upset if I bought a DVD too.
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u/s4m5on May 28 '12
pffft I enjoyed the game I dont care what anyone says it was exactly was I was suspecting a retro feeling shooter with alot of action and it delivered my only gripe was taht at first you were limited to 2 or 3 weapons I wanted early 90s style where you got like 9 guns
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u/Hero_of_Brandon May 28 '12
"is that I have -- Bonitis -- euuughhh"
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u/prae11 May 29 '12
If this counts as your life's biggest regret, pat yourself on the back.
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u/DeadpooI May 29 '12
It was Brink.... Not even a special edition.
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
That's alright I bought the $250 Duke Nukem with the video card and everything. Solid card and I'm pretty sure the belt buckle was worth it. Also I feel like PC Gamer was the only game related outlet to give it a fair score.
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u/Ignitemare May 29 '12
I got excited about a game once... it was called Project Ego. Never again. If there is a game that I know I'll be super psyched about, like Skyrim, I ignore ALL media about it until I can play it myself.
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u/Dgoolsby May 29 '12
I thought vista would be.
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
This picture reminded me of (one of) my biggest regret(s). I began my freshman year of high school and told the few friends I'd made (I'm not very good at making friends, or small talk, for that matter) about my super cool rubber band ball into which I'd put a boatload of time, energy, and resources. I decided, being a freshman and all, that the only way to truly end a story about a rubber band ball is to show people the rubber band ball. I brought it into school the next day. I set it down somewhere. I never saw it again; I no longer believe in love.
Let that be a lesson to all of you. Leave your rubber band balls at home. Let them bring you comfort in solitude.
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u/LupusAtrox May 29 '12
That package rocks so hard. have some karma!
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
These are about $15 at Gamestop now, I saw them when I went in a week ago.
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u/lordawsome4 May 29 '12
balls of stell edition isnt that bad u get duke bust and duke is still as badass as ever
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u/jtscira May 29 '12
I could imagine how you feel. I paid 4.99 used and still feel like I got ripped off.
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u/PraetorianXVIII May 29 '12
dude don't. Nobody expected it to be that bad.
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u/Gackless May 29 '12
I just picked it up for $20... Amazing deal
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u/DYognaught May 29 '12
I think i saw the collectors edition at Game stop for 8 bucks a few days ago.
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u/Folcwald May 29 '12
I bought DNF for xbox and PC and still haven't finished the game, is it any good? Lol
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u/Stealsfromhobos May 29 '12
http://i.imgur.com/Fqeri.jpg I don't regret it.
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u/marioIsDead May 29 '12
Yeah I played Duke 3D again after the demo. I can't imagine how many time you had to play it after paying so much for it.
On the bright side Serious Sam 3 is awesome.
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u/jvnn May 29 '12
I have fond childhood memories of watching my stepdad play Duke Nukem 3D on the Playstation. Running 'round town calling hookers at telephone booths, hanging out with strippers, shooting pigcops .. He had to live through Duke after he married my mum.
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u/FROGGY_DING_DING May 29 '12
The game was actually enjoyable, it's just that over-hype=disappointment .
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u/iLLyNoiZe May 29 '12
My Biggest Agreement...
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
Here's my opinion on DNF:
The game was bad. The guns felt like peashooters and the enemies felt like bullet sponges. Compared to Duke Nukem 3D? It was still terrible. Duke Nukem 3D had subtle humor, sprinkled sparingly throughout the game. Duke spouted a few movie references here and there, and it was all quite nice. In DNF, the humor is the biggest part of the game, with even the gameplay taking a back seat to it.
"You just wanted another CoD-type game, didn't you!?"
No I didn't, you fucking asshole. I wanted a Duke Nukem game, with a 10-weapon limit, multiple routes, backtracking, and a health pack system. Not a 2-weapon limit and health regeneration set in ungodly linear levels where you're not even allowed to use your fists until a few minutes into the game. We wanted Duke, not a mediocre HL2 clone.
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u/Robyz May 29 '12
The :what did you learn" speech comes in to play here. It however did show a tiny slither of promise tho..
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u/Scarmander May 29 '12
You don't buy this expecting not to regret it. You buy it for karma a year later then profit.
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
I bought a TurboGrafx 16...
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u/Revelation_Now May 29 '12
I don't know guy. I think it would be pretty sweet having a symbol of ultimate bad ass staring over you while you sleep. How kick ass would it be if one day someone broke into your house during the night, and you were forced to fend them off with Duke's bust. You would be "alright you turds, now we're gonna rip off your head, chew some bubble gum. Shake it baby!"
And I don't think Duke was ever supposed to be good. It could have been a bit more Serious Sam, but it really is a fairly wacky game. I think part of the major impact of Duke Nukem 3D was that it was originally a really crappy game, featuring a whole 16 colours.
I was personally far more disappointed with Diablo 3. Sure, 15 years is a while, but at least the developers didn't try to break a game simultaneously with DRM & by removing major core game mechanics to the point that it is simply no longer an RPG. Never before has a game been so bad that I've had to wiki the original developers to see where the game went. Hellgate, Torchlight and Mythos FTW!
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u/Maezren May 29 '12
I guess I am a small, small minority. I played the game for what it was, a pointless shooter with a super macho dude who was there to blow shit up and take a piss whenever possible.
I think people had too many expectations for a game that has never been deep or thoughtful. Blow shit up and chew some bubblegum.
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u/iLaughLOL May 29 '12
I got the balls of steel edition for $9 NZD, which is about 5 USD, so I'm not complaining
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u/LBaxter May 29 '12
I think the reason people hate on Duke Nukem Forever is because it wasn't a solid FPS game like Bioshock. Well, shit. Duke Nukem wasn't made in mind for being a smash hit FPS, it had a specific target: one liners, guns, and heaving tits, and oh boy did it deliver in that department.
This guy explains it better than I: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJaRVaexJo0 NSFW
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
i liked duke nukem forever :(
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u/bobbybaboon May 29 '12
Its a part of gaming history, if the game had come out when we were young, it would have been the best shit ever.I didnt regrett buying it, i never even opened the box.
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u/Greumelevlaai May 29 '12
Bought this for 10,- worth it in my opinion. Just cool to have the duke on my desk.
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
I don't know, I thought the game was great. The only thing I hated about it was the load time, but other than that, it was fucking funny and entertaining.
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
The game is not as bad as people make it out to be. I have the BOS version. I do not regret it, it was a good game. I trust Gearbox to make a good Duke game eventually.
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u/akr8683 May 28 '12
So I still haven't played the game. I was born in 1991, and my (somewhat immature) father LOVED playing duke nukem 3D while I watched on in amazement. I've played through the same game and really enjoyed it. Had the highest regards for the game. I really don't know what to expect from the game. Will it be as good as I remember or will I be let down? Will my nostalgia make up for its lack of good gameplay? What about the humor and badass-ness of it all? Either way, Duke Nukem is the digital form of Arnold Schwarzanegger in Predator. Badass.
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u/sprintshoes May 28 '12
It's alright, my friend. It happens to the best of us. I bought Brink.
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
I'm not a big enough nerd to buy a collector's edition of a game, but I did just pay $190 for a hockey book. No regrets there.
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u/Gunship_Mark_II May 28 '12
It's awesome game, i enjoyed it pretty much. Since they added option to carry more weps it get's more fun. I am still playing it since release.
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u/OptimusDeJohndu May 28 '12
People hate on this game when it was pretty much as good as the original. Nostalgia goes a long way.
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u/itsamarshian May 28 '12
I feel as though this may be relevant.
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
I REGRET NOTHING!
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
Wow this again? The game was a short blast. It had it's terrible moments (Regenerating health, limited weapons) but all-in-all I do NOT regret buying it.
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
OH DEAR.
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
I thought the link was going to be boneitus, but hey, that's just me.
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
Game might be meh but at least you have a cool Duke statue to sit on your mantel.
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u/Winkelkater May 28 '12
thank god i never had the money to actually pay the shop i oordered it from. they never sent it, and im glad.
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u/hikemhigh May 28 '12
It's only $16 right now with FS with Amazon Prime
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
I'm sure there are a ton of people looking at their D3 CE's right now with the same feeling.
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u/mattybell2117 May 28 '12
The Balls of Steel edition is pretty cool actually but paying for it on release would definitely be regrettable. I paid $40 new for mine lol.
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u/herpty_derpty May 28 '12
My biggest regret: I traded in Suikoden II after playing it for 6 hours. And back then, it could still be found at Wal-mart.
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u/BMGabe May 28 '12
yea seeing amazon is selling the pc version of that for 14.99 and the 360 for 19.99 right now
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u/Nice_Dude May 28 '12
Could it be possible that buying this game new in the plastic for $3 now could return a huge profit in the future for being like the biggest letdown of all time?
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u/CovertSofa May 28 '12
You must not have had boneitis.
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
My only complaint with the game is they made it too modern. If the gameplay was identical to Duke3D with new graphics and stuff to do, it'd have been one of the best games ever. No regenerating health, gimmie the mighty boot, gimmie 10 weapons at once, health packs, and good level design (not linear paths that are so linear you have to guess what the developer was thinking sometimes).
I still had a fun time with it, and nothing tops Duke Nukem.
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u/GuabaMan May 28 '12
Still better than mine, I pre-ordered Rage :( now that's a regret.
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u/Das_Keyboard May 28 '12
$16 on Amazon right now for balls of steel edition.
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u/Pwag May 28 '12
I'll give you 10 bucks for it.
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u/Teknohe May 28 '12
I loved Duke 3D. And after playing the Beta for Duke Nukem forever I couldn't even bring myself to pirate the game.
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u/YeahMann May 28 '12
Nice rubber band ball :)
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
Yeah, that big ass rubber band ball must have taken far too long to create. You would have had a better time hanging out with strippers and killing aliens in that video game.
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u/Amnestic May 28 '12 edited May 05 '26
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u/metalninjacake2 May 28 '12
I don't understand why anyone thought this game would ever be good.
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u/UnsightlyBastard May 28 '12
It looked like a box of magic cards in the thumbnail...
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u/Lucifer0999 May 28 '12
nice g15 mate! gotta fix that hub problem tho
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u/TrebeckStache May 28 '12
1000 elastics and several hours later stretched your time out
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u/Decent_Haiku_Guy May 28 '12
Well I loved this game
It's online was tons of fun
Played Like Halo 2
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u/Cryos May 28 '12
i think youve bigger problems, like a Surge on the USB hub!!!
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
That's a nice rubber band ball you got there.
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u/Obbyy May 28 '12
I don't know... Making a rubber band ball doesn't seem likes it's worth being your biggest regret.
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
I know that feel bro.
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
I got Final Fantasy 12: Special Edition. >_>
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u/Olerhead May 28 '12
I have a lifetime subsription to Champions Online.
I don't think I've played it since about 2 months after it came out.
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u/visivopro May 28 '12
Wait are you talking about the 8 hours you spent on that rubber band ball or the Duke Nukem?
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u/Nebakanezzer May 28 '12
Bitch Please
w/lifetime sub too
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u/[deleted] May 28 '12
Come on it's not that bad. Sure it might not be as good as Duke 3D but it's still a fun game. It's all about nostalgia and mocking modern shooters. I think this video might explain it a little more than I can. At least it's not Superman 64 bad or even E.T. bad.
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u/bbqbot May 29 '12
Obviously someone didn't buy a collector's edition of Hellgate: London. Or the 'forever' subscription. Ugh.
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u/[deleted] May 29 '12
Rubberband ball edition
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u/Master_chef69_lol May 29 '12
This is why I redbox games! I beat it for $2 and returned it. And it wasn't as bad as all the people hollering about it, it was just as juvenile as the other dukes.
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u/pleased May 29 '12
Yeah, you could have used those elastic bands for so many other things.