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@elsuperdonut said:

Man, just assemble your own! Nowandays there are SO MANY guides and DIY videos that make it easier than ever. You'll probrably spend less in the end too!

You can't assemble your own laptops...

Also, I could list you a few decent gaming laptops for a little extra but I don't know if you can pay monthly for those (things like the ASUS G73JH). Also, my laptop was top of the range a year and a half ago when I bought it and runs all multiplatform games (and some PC specific ones) maxed out at 1920x1080, or close to. But, for that performance you need to pay more than $1000. So yeah, building a desktop is cheaper, but, if you're after a gaming laptop, you can find decent ones. The price just won't be under $1000 if you're looking into recent games.

I play TF2 at 1920x1080 maxed out at over 60FPS and SC2 at high on the same res and it stays above 30FPS until things get crazy. GPU is the most important factor, as is screen res. Try to get a 1600x900 res screen at most as I found 1920x1080 to be a bit overkill on anything under 17".

As for the mobile GPUS, I'm running the last generation Nvidia 285m and it works great. You might want to go to Notebookreview.com and hit up their forums for more specific advice though - those guys were a great help for me.

@ShiftyMagician said:

@OmegaPirate said:

@Vitor said:

@5socks5 said:

Interesting. But I am much more exited about DOTA 2.

Hell, 2 new game announcements from Valve not only in the same year, but in the same MONTH?! Crazy times. Next thing you'll know they'll anounce Episode 3...

Now that's just CRAZY TALK

Let's keep the crazy going and say they they want to aim for a new 'orange box' along with that.

Well, if both DOTA 2 and the new CS are F2P, that would make their new orange box even better value than the last...

@5socks5 said:

Interesting. But I am much more exited about DOTA 2.

Hell, 2 new game announcements from Valve not only in the same year, but in the same MONTH?! Crazy times. Next thing you'll know they'll anounce Episode 3...

@tunaburn: Similar experience here. I was a middling player, with poor macro and decent micro at times (particularly with blink stalkers) but I'd always get supply blocked constantly and just wouldn't be producing enough.

Despite having the mental note to always check the resources tab/mini-map, I found myself forgetting constantly. It wasn't until his comment on always remembering to use Chrono Boost that my game improved considerably. As I'm constantly checking that for upgrades, it reminds me to check everything else. I still get supply blocked from time to time but heck, even the pros do so I don't worry. I can just push out so many tier 1 units so fast that, as long as I don't get cut off from expanding, I can comfortably beat a lot of Diamon players in 2v2 without feeling like my team mate is carrying me at all.

Although, having said that, I still SUCK at scouting.

@Creamypies said:

@Sjupp said:

On a somewhat related side note: I've never seen a black russian. Wtf.

Ha, made my evening. Thanks for that post.

@supercubedude said:

Klepek, killing it as usual

I wouldn't expect anything less.

Great stuff! Can't wait to see you guys actually delve deep into an actual horror game or two. Lord knows I don't have the courage to do so myself either...

@ajamafalous said:

@EveretteScott said:

Why does everyone call it 'horde-mode' now. It's either survival or something with the word waves in it.

I always thought that was weird too, especially considering Gears 2 is so recent. Strange that Horde Mode somehow supplanted the terms we had for years.

Gears 2 essentially popularised it. Say what you will about that franchise, but Gears 2 did for coop survival modes what Gears 1 did to cover mechanics.

@Vito_Raliffe said:

This has been happening to me for a while now. Chrome 13.0.782.107 on Windows 7.

Exact same issue here - for the past week or so.

I give this thread 3 out of 5 puppies.