why you should get borderlands.

[Chipperz]

...in search of a vault of money, tech and whores...

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Whores?

And here I thought that Lilith was searching for more Sirens, and Mordecai was after a dude named Yujinny, and Brick was looking for his sister.

Don't tell me that they're all whores!

Most of the people who describe the vault say whne you find it you'll receive "Weapons, richs, and women".
Spoiler for the ending.

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Did anyone else feel ripped off by the ending?

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It's a box on the planet Pandora. Just sayin'

It's underrated here. Out of 22 students studying video games, TWO of us got it. Our lecturer has an excuse and is going to get it at a later date, but the students? Damn, man! TWO!

We have no idea what the other twenty did in the Reading Week after it came out.

How stupid are the other twenty? Im under 18 and I know what a

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BOX ON PANDORA

is

Nonono, they're smart enough to get it (I hope...), I mean they didn't get it. Money did not change hands, their platform of coice didn't have the BEST DAMN GAME OF 2009 put in it, they didn't play it - that kind of didn't get it

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It's a box on the planet Pandora. Just sayin'

I'm confused what do you mean? Did you finish that game?

Twice. I only got it the second time round.

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A vault is, in essence, a giant box. It is a giant box on the planet Pandora. It is Pandora's Box. Pandora's Box held all the evil in the world, which, let's face it, an Elder God of destruction covers nicely, don't you think?

Interesting side fact. I have typed the word "box" so many times that I'm beginning to think it's not a real word any more. Huh.

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That's a good point. I never though of it that way. As for the of box being a word we can assure you that box is indeed a word.

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Actually I thought it was pretty hilarious, but the other three people I was playing with were pissed. If you think about it though, if all the best weapons were in the vault, it would probably hurt the replay value as anything you find on your second playthrough would not be as good for at least awhile.

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That's true. I expected something though. The other person I quoted had a good point though. If you get all the good stuff at the end of your first your second wouldn't be worth it.

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That could have been done. I'd have liked some nice Eridean Weapons at the end of each playthrough - first play they could have been level 35, second play they could be level 50. Wouldn't have broken the game, and would have been a nice surprise.

...and then the nun said; "I didn't know she could play the violin!"

EDIT - got the quote boxes to work. Go me.

 

[khululy]

they must make a kill claptrap mod!!! sorry I hate those guys for being stupid and always giving you stupid fetch quests for some more inventory slots. They act like R2D2's rejected gay brother.

 

[I Stomp on Kittens]

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A vault is, in essence, a giant box. It is a giant box on the planet Pandora. It is Pandora's Box. Pandora's Box held all the evil in the world, which, let's face it, an Elder God of destruction covers nicely, don't you think?

Interesting side fact. I have typed the word "box" so many times that I'm beginning to think it's not a real word any more. Huh.

Oh! That makes more sence...I never caught that.

 

[SomeUnregPunk]

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I knew that the guardian angel was an AI, but I thought it would be an alien computer not a human like satellite. Makes you wonder if the entire reason the Dahl company pulled out of that rock is because they figured out what was in the vault and didn't want to be there when it got opened.

 

[L3m0n_L1m3]

borderlands is one of those gems that falls below the radar

Sorry but I saw A LOT *underlined several times* of advertisement for Borderlands. But yeah, it's a great game.

 

[MisterLillie]

it's good. defiantly pick it up

 

[wordsmith]

Still, no-one has sold it to me yet?

 

[Beero]

Borderlands is popular, because its awesome style, loads of guns (always appeals to people) and good gameplay.
In fact, if my PC didn't need a upgrade I would get this game too.

 

[Weresquirrel]

Aye, not really sure about the under the radar bit. I've been trying to find it for the best part of a week, and every shop in the area's sold out.

 

[MercurySteam]

PC multiplayer was fail.

if you (like myself) have ever been laid, you probably dont know how to forward ports, which they require you to do.

Well I had to learn how to do it for my 360, so you should learn too.

Learn here: http://www.portforward.com/

The ports that Borderlands for PC use are;

TCP: 7777, 28900, 28902, 28910
UDP: 7777, 27900, 28902

Al you have to do is find your router on their router list [http://www.portforward.com/english/routers/port_forwarding/routerindex.htm], then you select which program you want to use port forwarding for (Borderlands duh), and follow the instructions.

 

[Snotnarok]

PC multiplayer was fail.

if you (like myself) have ever been laid, you probably dont know how to forward ports, which they require you to do.

Well I had to learn how to do it for my 360, so you should learn too.

Learn here: http://www.portforward.com/

The ports for Borderlands PC are;

TCP: 7777, 28900, 28902, 28910
UDP: 7777, 27900, 28902

Al you have to do is find your router on their router list [http://www.portforward.com/english/routers/port_forwarding/routerindex.htm], then you select which program you want to use port forwarding for (Borderlands duh), and follow the instructions.

If that doesn't work, because it didn't for me, get Game Ranger, it's a 3rd party program that bypasses gamespy and lets you host your own games. It was the only way I could get it working and there's a LOT of people playing Borderlands on there at the moment.

 

[MercurySteam]

If that doesn't work, because it didn't for me, get Game Ranger, it's a 3rd party program that bypasses gamespy and lets you host your own games. It was the only way I could get it working and there's a LOT of people playing Borderlands on there at the moment.

Sometimes port forwarding doesn't always take, like on my Xbox 360 my router often changes my 360's IP adress so I have to redo the port forwarding. The one day it just stopped working, so I set the network setting manually (including the IP aderss). Now the port forwarding works and my 360's IP stays the same. I also do port forwarding for Bitcomet too.

Check if your roter has UPnP. If so activate it, (then you won't have to port forward) if not then you need to use port forwarding.

 

[Kiefer13]

It's one of those games I'm intending on getting once it drops down to about £20 or so. Right now I've got other games I'd rather get nearer to launch, like Dragon Age: Origins, Left 4 Dead 2 and Mass Effect 2.

 

[Snotnarok]

If that doesn't work, because it didn't for me, get Game Ranger, it's a 3rd party program that bypasses gamespy and lets you host your own games. It was the only way I could get it working and there's a LOT of people playing Borderlands on there at the moment.

Sometimes port forwarding doesn't always take, like on my Xbox 360 my router often changes my 360's IP adress so I have to redo the port forwarding. The one day it just stopped working, so I set the network setting manually (including the IP aderss). Now the port forwarding works and my 360's IP stays the same. I also do port forwarding for Bitcomet too.

Check if your roter has UPnP. If so activate it, (then you won't have to port forward) if not then you need to use port forwarding.

Thanks but after my friend found Gameranger we've been playing easily and I'm not about to go back to trying to get it to work hahaha. If it sounds lazy we tried for 2 days and I'm just fed up, the game came out and it shouldn't have this many online issues with PC, but it does so I'm opting the easy route.

 

[MercurySteam]

If that doesn't work, because it didn't for me, get Game Ranger, it's a 3rd party program that bypasses gamespy and lets you host your own games. It was the only way I could get it working and there's a LOT of people playing Borderlands on there at the moment.

Sometimes port forwarding doesn't always take, like on my Xbox 360 my router often changes my 360's IP adress so I have to redo the port forwarding. The one day it just stopped working, so I set the network setting manually (including the IP aderss). Now the port forwarding works and my 360's IP stays the same. I also do port forwarding for Bitcomet too.

Check if your roter has UPnP. If so activate it, (then you won't have to port forward) if not then you need to use port forwarding.

Thanks but after my friend found Gameranger we've been playing easily and I'm not about to go back to trying to get it to work hahaha. If it sounds lazy we tried for 2 days and I'm just fed up, the game came out and it shouldn't have this many online issues with PC, but it does so I'm opting the easy route.

I did a networking course and setting up a router to work (especially wirelessly) with good security is harder than it may seem. It would be better if most routers had Universal Plug and Play (UPnP). But it doesn't matter how you get it to work, as long as it works.

EDIT: I don't know what's more useless, NAT or Non-Broadcasting.

 

[sadpolice]

I have it and play co-op with my dad alot of the time. The co-op of is just as fun as it is on any other, filled with challenges and lots of things to find.

 

[DoomyMcDoom]

PC multiplayer was fail.

if you (like myself) have ever been laid, you probably dont know how to forward ports, which they require you to do.

I'm sorry but i find your implications in your statement that anyone who knows how to forward ports is not sexually active, somewhat lacking common sense.

port forwarding is easy... well unless you're using some sort of a: advanced router with so many options with none clearly labeled in it's control panel. or b: an old crappy router with no real port forwarding support.
and I know plenty of people who know how to do it that have families... and i'm pretty sure their children aren't adopted.

All that aside if you look up your model of router on google, almost all product pages have some sort of instructional section for configuring the router. and it's usually clear and easy to read, so it's not a problem for most people, just a griping issue people who weren't gamers in the age where pretty much no games had dedicated server support cling to...

I want to get the game, but currently have no job, so money is way too tight to spend on games...

 

[DoctorObviously]

It frustrated everything out of me. The game's definatly N O T a cult classic for me. But I understand if that's your opinion.

 

[Zeromaeus]

I walk into a store.
I look on the shelf.
I see Fallout 3: GoTYE and Borderlands... (Okay I don't see Borderlands, they don't have it)
I would honestly choose Fallout 3, which Borderlands seems to have ripped off, alot, alot alot...
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I don't own Fallout 3 because I am poor...
And the guy I know that has GoTY Edition won't loan it to me because he's a freaking game Nazi...