#⭐┃nospoilers_general

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sand comet
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monolith in ❤️

rough elm
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(What is vrs?)

sand comet
grand pendant
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i guess he means virtual reality games

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stalker would suck in vr

rough elm
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I've played Into the Radius

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It was great

grand pendant
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oh screw off

rough elm
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What were we talkinga bout?

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Ah, yes, Into the Radius

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:^)

grand pendant
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yeah, nothing else hopefully beard

rough elm
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I've got no idea what you're talking about

grand pendant
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other guy just mentioned some politics thing, don't mind it

zealous mirage
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Hello everyone! good to find a discord for Stalker finally, I'm pretty new to these games Lol, starting with Anomaly was probably a bad idea.

rough elm
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I'd be inclined to agree, but welcome nonetheless

hazy helm
grand pendant
rough elm
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@zealous mirage I like your About Me, btw. I'm much the same way :^)

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people ask me "What kinda games do you play?" and I just sweat a little bit

zealous mirage
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Well I've gotten the hang of it after much trials and tribulations and fired up SOC yesterday to get the real experience. Am I wrong or are the main games alot less simmy/hardcore? The only mods I have installed for it were the starter pack and community bugfix, so it's as close to vanilla as possible.

rough elm
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You're absolutely correct

zealous mirage
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And thank you! I'm all over the place when it comes to genres lol

rough elm
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Anomaly is a modpack that is the product of many generations of mutations and tweaks

hazy helm
rough elm
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It assumes that you are a veteran of the series, and was created to entertain those with hundreds of hours

zealous mirage
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That's what I thought. I guess i'm pleased that i've managed to get as far as I have in Anomaly then. Lol. Apparently I tried climbing the mountain with flip flops on.

rough elm
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You're seeing the product of the hardcore fans of the community making something they would enjoy :^)

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You've got grit, at least

hazy helm
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well as long as they dont pass it for the real thing Im happy they get waht they wanna play

rough elm
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If you like that, feel free to try out Autum Aurora on your SoC install if you want a slightly more hardcore polished experience

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Though I can never argue against a vanilla playthrough

hazy helm
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Id say to play vanilla first time around,or at least very lite ZRP mod

zealous mirage
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Well So far I love both of them for different reasons. It's nice to fire up SoC and be able to scoot around the map alot faster and not be completely stomped by everything and be relentlessly broke. lmao

rough elm
hazy helm
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heard of it

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never gave it a look

zealous mirage
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I haven't, looking over the amount of mods for the base game was bewildering, and the most I could gather was that you didn't want to mess with the vanilla experience too much if you've never played it before.

rough elm
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The nice thing about MotZ is that it's a 64 bit engine and it gives graphical increases that are faithful to vanilla, without ever touching the gameplay

hazy helm
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I dont think so

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o no

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its not a weapon overhaul its a animation overhaul

zealous mirage
hazy helm
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well maybe,still,if its your first time I'd say a vanilla experience would be good,but I might try this

rough elm
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Yeah, if you're not too far into your playthrough and you're okay starting over

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It updates the audio engine too, better Spatial audio and properly functioning EAX

hazy helm
rough elm
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It's using the OGSRx64 engine

hazy helm
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well

rough elm
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It's good, I can swear by it

hazy helm
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its only for CS and COP tho

rough elm
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@zealous mirage I'll help you get it going if you'd like

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You have my assistance

zealous mirage
rough elm
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You don't need CS for the mod

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Just ftr

hazy helm
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you could play CS vanilla,glorious CS

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yes

grand pendant
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it's bad to install MotZ for a first playthrough

hazy helm
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like I said

grand pendant
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MotZ is a global overhaul of the game by that point

hazy helm
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first playthrough its better vanilla

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but now

grand pendant
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OGSR engine makes hundreds of changes to the original

hazy helm
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Imma play with MotZ

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thanks for reminding me azure,I had forgotten

rough elm
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I did a playthrough of Vanilla and MotZ concurrently to compare the two, and there was no difference I could find

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(unless you add optional add-ons)

grand pendant
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weather, hud, weapon models, zrp is added (which also makes many dumb changes to vanilla, like literally adding dialogues and false lore), etc

raw forum
rough elm
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It plays the same

grand pendant
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if he wants to play SoC, he should play SoC. Otherwise, go ahead and try MotZ, it's definitely a good mod, but not SoC

rough elm
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It's basically SoC, but it will look different

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Their choice

zealous mirage
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Well right now I just have Starter pack installed for SoC

hazy helm
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its not basically SoC

rough elm
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The artstyle doesn't change direction, and there aren't mechanical differences as far as I know

grand pendant
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starter pack is even worse than MotZ

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in the sense that i adds mechanics that aren't supposed to be in SoC

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sleeping bags, weapon repair, etc

zealous mirage
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Is it? Man. Lol. I thought it was just bug fixes from the description.

raw forum
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who needs a starter pack when you can just kill everything with the starter pistol

grand pendant
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there's no escape when installing any mod, you just won't get the same product

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SRP even "fixes" some purposefully added mechanics, mistaking them for bugs

hazy helm
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what were those again?I forgot

rough elm
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I don't know if I'd say "drastic," I don't even know what they'd significantly change

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What dialogue lines

grand pendant
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One example is your faction leaving the enemy base in CS after the factions war is finished, making it start all over again. It is intentional game design decision already documented in desdocs.
Sometimes you can't know how to fix an bug because there is not enough info in the game files. You know of the bug, but you do not know what was supposed to be the right behaviour.

grand pendant
# rough elm What dialogue lines

Wolf saying he will give you a weapon, Arnie saying where your stuff is after an arena fight, Wolf saying he and Bes are friends, and Bes saying where is the stash with 1000 rounds of 9x19, which the player was supposed to discover by himself

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there are even more

rough elm
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Interesting. Is there a resource for where this is documented in detail?

grand pendant
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i don't think so, but there is a reddit post where natvac replies and aknowledges the issues

solid dome
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Cloned Skies?

grand pendant
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pretty sure either natvac or decane promised to make some of these non-vanilla changes optional, but i don't remember which one of the two nor where did they say it rn

noble stirrup
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Final Update may be less intrusive than ZRP, though it's based on the Russian version

rough elm
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I'm looking at these changes, and still I don't think that these are drastic changes

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Even SurDno admits they aren't radical

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Reading the replies to the Reddit comment, they're reasonable

grand pendant
rough elm
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I'm not such a purist

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I don't assume that others are going to have multiple playthroughs

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If they get frustrated or confused and stop playing, that's worse than a couple of dialogue changes

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But that's my opinion

grand pendant
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you clearly aren't, and most don't even finish the first playthrough

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i like to spread truth when i can

rough elm
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I don't like when they change mechanics or radically alter storyline

grand pendant
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especially when people say reclamation projects are "just" bugfixes

rough elm
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Those are for second playthroughs

noble stirrup
grand pendant
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yea, a lot don't

earnest urchin
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most players won't also bother with faction wars

noble stirrup
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you can kill all stalker groups who are in the way of Monolith and let Monolith control all smarts in the Zone up to Cordon

rough elm
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Monolith Victory

solid dome
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Screw Monolith. They are like the WHO, doing nothing productive.

modern glen
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can you play stalker in vr?

hazy helm
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but

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why would you?

half glade
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POLISH

hazy helm
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🤮

half glade
modern glen
strong radish
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need help fellow stalkers

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i am unfortunately here to ask the forbidden generic question of 'muh immersion'

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what is the most realistic and immersive and hardcore stalker mod, standalone or not, also the newest at the same time

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misery is kind of old and deprecated but then again theres stalker anomaly which aesthetically is way more gloomy and happy

worthy lagoon
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The most immersive one still remains Vanilla

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Or Gunslinger CoP

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Or you can mod CoC, but it's not immersive as vanilla or Gunslinger

strong radish
worthy lagoon
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If you really want the hardcore then try Oblivion Lost Remake @strong radish

strong radish
strong radish
strong radish
worthy lagoon
strong radish
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like what mod contains the biggest content update

worthy lagoon
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Just try out OLR

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lmao

strong radish
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it says last updated in 2018

strong radish
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i played misery just because it looks like iraq

worthy lagoon
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Y'know, graphics isn't everything

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If you want something with an high graphics you either go outside or wait for STALKER 2

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Graphics isn't a main when we talk about STALKER trilogy and such

earnest urchin
strong radish
vernal magnet
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i always felt the original games graphics held up very well. Like HL2

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try playing something like System Shock 1 and then complain about visuals getting in the way lol

hazy helm
strong radish
hazy helm
# strong radish whats the problem with area?

its too realistic for the sake of realism,youll probably get stuck on a loop of quicksaving with a enemy close and everytime you quicksave quickload time passes and you recieve a loss in health,stamina,thirst and hunger,so youll get stuck in a loop of trying to heal yourself,getting killed,reloading,youre worse off than you were,and backpacks and everything have hard animations,which is an awful decision since eveytime you want to see whats in the backpack youll be locked in a needless animation

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its just,needlesly complicated

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AREA sucks man

strong radish
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it has a kind of bad atmosphere too

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its way too shiny and greeny

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misery got the atmosphere right

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it was very depressive as it should have been

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is there any alternatives to area? think of like misery like

hazy helm
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huh...

strong radish
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i hate mods where its gloomy and all happy

hazy helm
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I mean,anomaly is the evolution of call of misery

strong radish
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i want a grimdark world

vernal magnet
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i actually enjoyed A.R.E.A quite a bit more than some of the more hardcore anomaly distros out there

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some of the drink / eating systems were tedious but legit experience otherwise

hazy helm
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its needless all of that,I play stuff like Ground Branch and SWAT 4,I would say I enjoy realism,but AREA was just too much needless stuff tbh,like I said,its not really smth I would waste my time on

strong radish
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anomaly feels easier than misery

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for some reason

hazy helm
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bc it is

vernal magnet
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misery is aptly named lol

hazy helm
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it streamlined a lot of things,and yet it still has too much

strong radish
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is there any grimdark graphics mods for anomaly

hazy helm
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theres loads of reshades

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Im sure

soft ice
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Have anyone played road to the north

knotty sedge
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It's meh imo

soft ice
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No its so good

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I was playing anomaly and thinking about how good road to the north was

knotty sedge
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I don't like either tbh

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But play what you like

rough elm
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Maybe I should take a look at RTTN

raw garnet
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Ok so I just got SoC. When I approached the car park with Wolf’s men, there were no bandits; I restarted the game since I wasn’t so far into it.

When I went to meet Wolf’s men for the second time, they weren’t in the grassy field.

Are these bugs or something?

soft ice
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It feels really balanced and it never feels aimless. And the zone always feels hostile like it could kill you any second

soft ice
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Maybe get ZRP or something

raw garnet
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ZRP?

soft ice
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Bug fix mod

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Or try reloading a save

ashen axleBOT
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PanZombie#3341 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

strange pumice
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accuracy of the guns in CS is pretty bad (at least at the beginning) xD
can anyone recommend some mods for better gameplay?

knotty sedge
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Just play it vanilla

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Best way to play

strange pumice
sage saddle
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Hello, am new to the Stalker series and recently finished all 3 games HYPERS finished them all on master difficulty with the only mods used were ZRP (vanilla only) and SRP for SoC and CS. I'm very happy to have experienced it all

soft ice
vernal magnet
potent bluff
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Im still scared of female scientist in RTTN

soft ice
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Controller?

solid prism
simple verge
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finished pripyat should I replay pripyat (missed a couple missions that affected the ending) or try clear sky or chernobyl?

knotty sedge
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well you should've played SoC first

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so play that one next

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then CS

noble stirrup
gusty trench
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Fun fact. Loxotron aka the guy, who leaked the builds, hacked the servers of GSC back in 2008 with his friend. He was stealing everything, which might be interesting for the public, until one of the GSC admins noticed that. They had a convo, Loxotron said that they are just interested in the history of development and nothing else. They became friends somehow and Loxotron simply started to get the builds and cut content directly.
Source: Vector (modmaker and build enthusiast)

sonic cosmos
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Since the delay announcement, has there been anything else? I know we were sort of promise some gameplay around this time?

coarse reef
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nothing so far

sonic cosmos
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beautiful

earnest urchin
sonic cosmos
hazy helm
opaque parrot
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Just be patient, no need to push them to the point to rush the game out and end it with a disaster

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Wait even if it takes them 2 more years to finish it

finite dragon
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Hello guys. Are there any up to date mosd like Wear Your Goddamn Helmet Mod 1.1 for Call Of Pripyat ?

minor knoll
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Any info on STALKER 2's requirements?

worthy lagoon
# minor knoll Any info on STALKER 2's requirements?

Chernobyl Exclusion Zone has changed dramatically after the second massive explosion in year 2006. Violent mutants, deadly anomalies, warring factions have made the Zone a very tough place to survive. Nevertheless, artifacts of unbelievable value attracted many people called S.T.A.L.K.E.R.s, who entered the Zone for their own risk striving to ma...

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$59.99

Release Date

Dec 8, 2022

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amber stone
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CS is literally unplayable

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people are bullet sponges

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and I die from just one bullet

raw forum
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you'll get used to it

bitter tulip
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Wait till you get to the walking grenade launchers called the Monolith

finite dragon
sonic cosmos
finite dragon
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You need to get an armor like CS-1 Body Armor or SEVA

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Getting some OP weapon also helps

amber stone
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accuracy on weapons suck

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combat in this game is such a downgrade

finite dragon
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Wish it was also in SoC tho, tbh

raw forum
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it's the stalker experience

finite dragon
amber stone
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yes

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accuracy is heavily decreased on all weapons

finite dragon
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From my experience I haven't felt the same way

raw forum
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combat was kind of the same to me from soc to cs

amber stone
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they're all unusable unless you spend thousands on upgrading

finite dragon
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In fact I disliked gunplay in SoC the most

raw forum
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the pistols got better accuracy

amber stone
raw forum
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or maybe it's just me

finite dragon
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Especially Makarov

tired anvil
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I completed CS without upgrading stuff

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Idk, guns are pretty easy imo

finite dragon
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Guns like Vintar are already OP

raw forum
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i still got the suppressed makarov bc I am not using that abomination

finite dragon
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And don't need any update on the first place

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So it kinda depends on the weapon you're using

raw forum
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Vintar BC my beloved

finite dragon
amber stone
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but bro

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when enemies use shotguns

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they're like sniper rifles

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when in using a makarov

raw forum
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that's true

amber stone
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it's like a nerf gun

raw forum
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they can probably snipe you from half way across the map

amber stone
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yeah thats infuriating

raw forum
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even the sawed off shotguns which is insane to me

finite dragon
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Enemy's accuracy on Master diffuculty overall is pretty damn good

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Especially their accuracy with granades

amber stone
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nah I can't bare with this

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this is way too annoying

worthy lagoon
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Skill issue

tired anvil
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Rip, skill issue

raw forum
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it really took me a while to keep playing cs because of how easily the enemies can kill you

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especially shotgun enemies

tired anvil
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Idk, I just did headshots and everything was pretty easy peasy

raw forum
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lmao

worthy lagoon
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Who doesn't tbh

finite dragon
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Enemies were never that much of an issue for me, ngl

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Maybe just Vist at the Cordon during my first playthrough but that's all

amber stone
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just how

tired anvil
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🤷‍♂️

raw forum
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probably my biggest struggle in cs was at the beginning in the great swamps

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because there's almost no cover

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only the bushes

tired anvil
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There's plenty of structures though

raw forum
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true

tired anvil
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So there is cover lol

raw forum
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compared to other places not that much cover

tired anvil
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I mean it is a swamp

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It has enough though

worthy lagoon
# amber stone just how

You have to be capable of using your brain and looking for stashes before doing attacking a base with just a Makarov lmao

twilit crane
tired anvil
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Meh

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You don't even need the stashes

finite dragon
tired anvil
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You get a shotgun as soon as you kill literally anyone

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Past that you're set to empty the swamps

finite dragon
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TOZ is literally OP

finite dragon
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You can legit use it like a sniper, lol

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Even tho it's a shotgun

raw forum
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fr

worthy lagoon
tired anvil
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+the Veles and CS-1

worthy lagoon
tired anvil
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Swamps can set you up with enough stuff to survive till end game tbh

worthy lagoon
amber stone
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ima just look around

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I'll be updating you

tired anvil
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Like you can finish the game with the CS-1

worthy lagoon
tired anvil
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Let us know if you need any help

finite dragon
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@amber stone if you'll manage to find TOZ use it

tired anvil
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Like with getting the CS-1 or the secret Veles

finite dragon
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Since it's a shotgun ammo for it will be pretty common

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  • high damage and accuracy
amber stone
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is it like 2 bullet long shotgun?

finite dragon
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Yeah

amber stone
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the hunting rifle?

finite dragon
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That it is, yes

worthy lagoon
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It's the hunting shotgun

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Not the saw off shotgun

amber stone
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alright I might buy it from the trader

tired anvil
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Bruh just kill someone

worthy lagoon
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You can find it in stashes

tired anvil
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Save the money for the CS-1

worthy lagoon
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Bruh

tired anvil
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You'll need it

finite dragon
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Although it would be in pretty bad condition (in case you're playing on Master)

tired anvil
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Pro tip, get 15k Rubles, max out your reputation with the CS faction, don't leave the Swamps, return to the trader and buy a CS-1 armour

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And you'll be set

worthy lagoon
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^

tired anvil
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If you leave the swamps, your reputation will reset and the armour will cost like 23k

finite dragon
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CS-1 is armor with the most bullet protection also

tired anvil
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And you'll get clapped by Vova

finite dragon
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Even maxed SEVA has less bullet protection

amber stone
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I can get better trades

worthy lagoon
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Yes

finite dragon
amber stone
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I'll keep that in mind

tired anvil
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Yea but this is the most unique one I'd say, since if you leave the swamps you won't get the lower price even if you max out your rep

worthy lagoon
tired anvil
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He will soon

raw forum
finite dragon
tired anvil
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And if he is angry now, he'll smash his screen later

amber stone
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so look for stashes, don't leave the swamps and max out your rep

tired anvil
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His pfp fits him rn ngl smile_degtyarev

amber stone
finite dragon
elder fiber
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be nice yall lol

finite dragon
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Ngl tho, for beginners Vova Vist was a pain in the ass

amber stone
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wish me luck

tired anvil
worthy lagoon
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Tell us when you will leave the Swamps, i want to know your reaction @amber stone

finite dragon
elder fiber
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i mean

finite dragon
worthy lagoon
elder fiber
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to be fair it depends on where he leaves the swamps

worthy lagoon
tired anvil
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@amber stone
There is a broken fence in there, get past it, go down under the bridge into a small underground tunnel and there will be a good detector behind a mattress for you
http://prntscr.com/26oo0mk

finite dragon
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Veles my beloved

amber stone
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I found a toz

raw forum
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now start killing

elder fiber
tired anvil
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You can find Scar's Vintar from the trailer in the Swamps as well, but it's broken

amber stone
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alrighty

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lemme see how good this toz is

finite dragon
amber stone
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good

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I found another toz

worthy lagoon
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I wish he could record a video when he leaves the Swamps @tired anvil

finite dragon
elder fiber
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was scar in the swamps when he was leading those scientists?

elder fiber
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for some reason i always thought they were somewhere in the cordon

worthy lagoon
worthy lagoon
tired anvil
finite dragon
elder fiber
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mabye it was the train that threw me off, i forgot there was a train in the swamps

finite dragon
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Nearby the end of it even

tired anvil
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Aite

amber stone
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ima start a livestream in vc if anyone wants to see me feel pain

elder fiber
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the more you know

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LOL

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i'll def join

finite dragon
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Also the fact that they actually added Scar's cutscene Vintar in that location is pretty neat, ngl

elder fiber
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are the scientists bodies there?

finite dragon
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What I find weird is, that there aren't any body of those scientists

elder fiber
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if not....

finite dragon
elder fiber
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we all know what happened after that blowout😔

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fate worse than death

finite dragon
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They are 100% dead, but why their corpses weren't in the Vintar location dunno

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There or somewhere nearby

elder fiber
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they're probably zombies....

amber stone
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no spoilers

raw forum
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or devs forgot

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lol

elder fiber
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honestly

finite dragon
elder fiber
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thats most likely lmao

tired anvil
finite dragon
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If you watched it then not much of a spoilers for now

amber stone
finite dragon
tired anvil
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Then I have to spoil one tiny thing for you

elder fiber
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oh then he should know

raw forum
amber stone
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alright I'm in vc

tired anvil
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You'll see Strelok's booty in CS😳

worthy lagoon
finite dragon
elder fiber
finite dragon
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He also runs like an Olympic Athlete

amber stone
finite dragon
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Running from child support I assume

elder fiber
finite dragon
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Fr

elder fiber
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keeps walking

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aint even limping

amber stone
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you guys ready to see me scream in front of my monitor?

elder fiber
amber stone
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im in vc rn

elder fiber
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imi wakaranai

amber stone
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how the hell do you enter the cs base

worthy lagoon
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Using a guide or following the path

amber stone
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what path

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it's just a fence

worthy lagoon
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Well, look on your PDA

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It's pretty obvious

finite dragon
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But they'll cost some rubbles

amber stone
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I forgot about that

timid trail
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Btw how is the situation in Ucraina ? Is really that bad as news says?

finite dragon
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Probably not

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Media likes to exeggerate things

worthy lagoon
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Especially on this sensitive topic

finite dragon
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#makegifsvisibleonthischannel

timid trail
hazy helm
amber stone
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maybe

hazy helm
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zak I hope you didn't write an whole paragraph before getting out of the swamp

finite dragon
hazy helm
finite dragon
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Pretty much

amber stone
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where the hell are guides

worthy lagoon
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PDA

finite dragon
amber stone
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alrighty

finite dragon
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They also should have a blue sign thingy on them

amber stone
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yeah I see

finite dragon
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Kinda looks like a blue arrow imo

raw forum
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i didnt think getting out of duty territory in rostok this early in the game would be hard

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now im stuck at petrenko's trying to climb the damn metal

half glade
half glade
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no

potent bluff
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You should ask them in their Discord server

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Their is a link in moddb

cyan cloak
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It helps a tonne

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Better armor is mainly the key

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And spam medkits

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Sadly bandages doesn't heal you anymore

worthy lagoon
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c4RuJNs

weak thicket
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anyone know if there is a way to be notified when the collector edition is back in stock?

worthy lagoon
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For restock you have to wait the reseller, you can also check stalker2 website or check #🖤┃s2-pre-order (only to check other resellers and if it's available in your region)

worthy lagoon
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Np

weak thicket
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Any idea on the PC pre-order what platform it'll be on?

earnest urchin
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Steam

simple verge
amber stone
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yeah cs is unplayable

maiden wolf
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If they cancel this game I am going Ukraine to get conscripted.

raw forum
hazy helm
#

I have no idea what's so hard about CS for you

raw forum
#

it's probably the good accuracy npcs get

#

i dont blame him

timid trail
chrome cape
#

E

knotty sedge
#

E

finite dragon
#

Stalker 2 better have mouse and keyboard support on console, because there's no way my PC is going to handle it.

earnest urchin
#

I LOVE S.T.A.L.K.E.R. I LOVE S.T.A.L.K.E.R.

fair crater
#

i love stalking girls at night

hazy helm
#

you could and there were links to collectors on the UK,if its out of stock that I dont know

worthy lagoon
tired anvil
#

Disc for Xbox, Steam key for PC

hazy helm
#

well,all PC versions have key's,not discs,and these keys are only for steam if thats what youre wondering for

weak thicket
#

unless there was only an allocated amount and I've missed it feels_bad_stalk

tired anvil
weak thicket
finite dragon
#

do i really have to beat stalker and then mess with mods?

elder fiber
elder fiber
finite dragon
#

im just gonna walk up to the cnpp

hazy helm
#

mods are optional

elder fiber
#

appreciation of the vanilla games greatly enhances the atmosphere of the games and their stories imo

#

hell even the buggyness is a part of the zone

sonic rampart
#

The vanilla games aren't even that buggy

finite dragon
#

well i already know what stalker soc feels like so ima just mess with teh others

#

lololololo

hazy helm
#

CS time

#

less goo

sonic rampart
#

Have you played through SoC?

finite dragon
#

yes

sonic rampart
#

Then yeah

#

Play CS

finite dragon
#

i didnt beat it though

hazy helm
#

ho

elder fiber
#

iirc the only super buggy messed up copies were the original physical copies of SoC

sonic rampart
#

Yes

elder fiber
#

before patches n such

sonic rampart
#

Unpatched SoC and CS were pretty buggy

hazy helm
#

well thats what patches are for

elder fiber
#

actually ive been thinking about something story related that might be related to the earlier versions

#

||is the fight in the pryprat stadium in SoC a part of the story if you talk to the people needed to get the true endings? or was it just cut from later versions?||

#

mine just had a cutscene and then boom i was at the cnpp

sonic rampart
#

It was totally cut from SoC

elder fiber
#

aww

sonic rampart
#

I think it's a build thing

#

ZRP restores it

#

But it's not that worth it anyways

elder fiber
#

curious question, is it in anomaly?

hazy helm
#

what

elder fiber
#

just as a place to visit

sonic rampart
#

Yeah, you can walk around the stadium I think

elder fiber
#

oh kk

#

havent visited pryprat in anomaly yet

sonic rampart
#

Wouldn't really know tbh

hazy helm
#

o you mean the stadium

#

yhea

elder fiber
#

too spooky

#

too many rock worshipers

sonic rampart
#

I get easily bored when playing anomaly

elder fiber
#

there is a lot of grinding and housework to be done in between activities

#

i'd say its a criticism but i kinda enjoy it at times, adds to the rp/atmosphere aspects

sonic rampart
#

It could be enjoyable

#

But I prefer Vanilla

#

Or story mods

elder fiber
#

i've been wanting to go back to vanilla SoC to finish the story correctly and CS for warfare purposes lol

sonic rampart
#

I'm gonna be replaying the trilogy again myself

#

Tho I'm gonna spice things up and change the language to russian

#

Since I can understand it and kinda speak it

elder fiber
#

i wish i could at least understand it at times

#

i know im missing tons of campfire stories and stalker memes

solid dome
sonic rampart
#

There is one

solid dome
#

It's horrific though

sonic rampart
#

How'd you think I played through SoC when I was 5

solid dome
#

I'm actually 85% done - three years later

#

SoC only though

elder fiber
#

it took me so long to actually complete SoC

solid dome
#

Six more years for the last 2 titles

sonic rampart
#

Heh

solid dome
elder fiber
#

when i first started playing i went off on random adventures so much

sonic rampart
#

I can usually play through SoC in a couple of days

elder fiber
#

the most hilarious part

solid dome
#

Can't imagine how much dialogue HoC will have

hazy helm
solid dome
#

If SoC has around 150 thousand, I'd say 300 is fair assumption

solid dome
elder fiber
#

you know that truck in the red forest/radar thats super irradiated? I got the "this area is too irradiated for your protection" warning and thought it meant i needed a SEVA suit to even be in the area

#

so i went back to do a bunch of missions or find a scientist to loot for one

hazy helm
elder fiber
#

thinking the entire area was like that (which i was partially right lol)

#

but its just super bad in pockets

solid dome
#

Though I'd say CS and CoP have much more simplified dialogues so far easier to do a translation of them compared to SoC

elder fiber
#

they dfinatly made CS and CoP more english friendly imo

solid dome
#

Yeah

#

That fo sho

elder fiber
#

some things in english made the context a bit better

#

some made them sound kinda.... wierd though

sonic rampart
elder fiber
#

i really like the monolith prayer in english, but i definatly prefer their battle chatter in ru

hazy helm
sonic rampart
#

No worries dude

#

Anyways

#

Last time I replayed SoC I noticed that the english translation was kinda wack

#

Almost like playing a russian machine translated mod

raw forum
#

I have made a discovery

elder fiber
#

hot take, if mercs get put in HoC they should get american, british, and other western european countries to voice act them in russian/ukrainian

#

i wanna hear what different accents sound like in those languages

raw forum
#

finally got out of petrenko's place that took forever jesus christ

solid dome
#

I doubt

elder fiber
#

petrenkos place?

hazy helm
raw forum
#

jump over some debris

#

the hard part is getting out

elder fiber
raw forum
#

you have to do some zone magic to get out of there

sonic rampart
#

I mean

#

A lot of people have different accents in the OG trilogy

#

Ashot and Vano have georgian accents in the russian dub

#

Mercenaries also have an accent

#

But I can't really define it

solid dome
# hazy helm how do you do it then krezzin

Usual people snag the English string files, replace whatever they replace and put them files back in the game. Me? I prefer to have the option to manually select the language within the game; gives you freedom to change between languages with a single mouse click instead of the file replacement fuss

raw forum
elder fiber
solid dome
#

Not every game lets you do that, thank god Stalker does

elder fiber
#

i never did any work for duty

#

😂 👌f_freedom

raw forum
#

did work for duty because

#

9x39

solid dome
#

@hazy helm Meaning I don't replace any files that came with the game. No harm done.

hazy helm
#

thats a lotta work

elder fiber
#

i cant even remember where i got most of my 9x39 from

solid dome
#

Passion for things

elder fiber
#

probably bought from the barman or had so much of it from using 5.56 weps until late game

solid dome
#

😄

raw forum
#

afaik you can only get 9x39 from barkeep after x16

elder fiber
#

ah

raw forum
#

ofc there's the free 9x39 at freedom base

elder fiber
#

i wouldnt have needed it until pryprat stuff

raw forum
#

and vintar bc

elder fiber
#

on the eastern barracks roof?

solid dome
# hazy helm thats a lotta work

Though in the end you have all the required files. You install em, you uninstall em whenver you wish - no need to reinstall the game itself if something breaks

raw forum
#

eastern barracks on the floor

#

vintar is my go to weapon it's too good

elder fiber
#

im pretty sure i got my vintar from either high level duty or random stalker lol

#

and yea vintar is op af

raw forum
#

i think it got my first vintar from a stash

#

dont remember though

elder fiber
#

5.56 weps with scopes are so underrated tho

raw forum
#

N*TO weapons

#

tbh they're not that bad

elder fiber
#

as long as its an ar15 its good imo

raw forum
#

but they wear out really damn quickly in my experience

elder fiber
#

L85 and G36 are🤮

raw forum
#

specially the TRS

sonic rampart
#

Bruh

#

G36 for life

elder fiber
#

i was just so accurate with it i didnt use much ammo

sonic rampart
elder fiber
#

hitscan😂 👌

raw forum
#

favorite 5.56 is the sig

elder fiber
#

oooh yea sig is really good too

#

i dont think i found one in SoC though

half glade
#

go cry

#

go cry now

elder fiber
#

or if i did it didnt have a scope and i probably had like a Vintar or something so i didnt need it

raw forum
#

I've never used the FT 200M

#

it looks like an abomination

elder fiber
#

streloks in CoP came in handy

sonic rampart
#

SIG and G36 for life

raw forum
#

i never got to find strelok's sig in cop

elder fiber
#

first time i saw an FT200 was in the cnpp lol

sonic rampart
#

the FT 200M is pretty cool

elder fiber
#

i never saw it before that so i didnt even notice it was in game

sonic rampart
elder fiber
#

i see

#

its just not.... any better than anything else

#

especially for the lengths you seem to have to go to get one

sonic rampart
#

I mean

#

It has a pretty good firerate

hazy helm
sonic rampart
#

And it is pretty accurate in close ranges

#

Perfect for the CNPP

elder fiber
#

you'll simply have something better so having one is just a waste of weight

sonic rampart
#

and the sarcophagus

solid dome
solid dome
#

Nah 2 hours a day and you're making good progress

#

Never rush things like that

#

Waste of time if you do

#

Passion > quality > results

#

That's how it is

hazy helm
#

quite the great schedule

#

hope everything goes great,I'd love to see the project finished

solid dome
#

Initially I planned to do it for my sake, may end up putting it online but knowing how people never respect other's work, I'm not sure I will

#

If I don't change my mind during the course

#

😄

finite dragon
#

But there are way better guns than this one

vernal magnet
#

what's everyone's favorite vehicle mods

solid dome
#

I don't have one in specific. I do have an idea about such modification!

#

A 3-seater broom, powered by V8 engine done and configured by Nitro...

#

Come on

#

Won't you ride that improvised rocket bike, @vernal magnet ....

#

Swifly moving through the most dangerous parts of the Zone and all

vernal magnet
solid dome
vernal magnet
#

then ill kill myself on it 🤘 smile_strelok

solid dome
#

A seal of approval by the biggest drunk...

#

-enlarge smile_strelok

iron heathBOT
remote crow
#

I downloaded all the ShoC cutscenes onto my school computer so I could watch them and simp for Strelok while in class

earnest urchin
#

how can anyone simp for zero character man scar

crimson pawn
earnest urchin
remote crow
earnest urchin
#

imagine STALKER 2 intro cutscene begins with Sidorovich eating chicken in 4K

half glade
#

cuz he do be dead doe yeah

crimson pawn
half glade
#

cuz he aint DEAD

crimson pawn
# half glade strelok is better

I MEAN I CANT ARGUE WITH THAT, but i like my men with hair- biggest roast ever nah i love strelok too! they both are nice! you know what? all of them are! i cant choose whos my fav character

half glade
#

i can

#

wait how do you know he got long hair doe

#

plus wouldnt his hair be all naaasty cuz of lack of showers

vernal magnet
#

Strelok did have the most banger lines

#

if you only knew, where i've just been and what i saw

half glade
#

exaaaactly

#

my man got me covered

crimson pawn
vernal magnet
#

i always thought the Strelok VS Scar was oddly close to Gordon VS Shephard

#

Especially with the chase sequence at CNPP

half glade
#

scar really wanted his nice botty man

vernal magnet
#

tell me they didnt rip that right outta HL

half glade
#

i still love the model i made from strelok it is perfect representation

crimson pawn
half glade
#

deggy kinda boring and sucky like fr he is boring but good looking yeah

vernal magnet
#

COP had a much weaker plot for the time that your running down each chopper

coarse reef
vernal magnet
#

Strelok felt cooler because of the amnesia and mystery and high stakes of the plot

crimson pawn
half glade
#

strelok is literally best

coarse reef
#

strelok is the main villain of the games

sonic rampart
#

Kinda?

crimson pawn
sonic rampart
#

He f-ed up the zone

#

Which means more emissions

half glade
vernal magnet
crimson pawn
half glade
#

cope scar fanboy

sonic rampart
half glade
vernal magnet
#

i guess the real villains were the friends we made along the way? wait,

sonic rampart
crimson pawn
half glade
crimson pawn
half glade
#

short men are kings

sonic rampart
#

Strelok is a literal manlet

half glade
crimson pawn
#

im glad you all agree!

half glade
sonic rampart
#

Yeah

#

Strelok truly is a stickman

#

Glad you agree with me

#

The dude looks like he's 50 kilos

half glade
#

dude soc rn

#

i will kick you

finite dragon
#

He's very skinny fr

half glade
#

u know that i will literally murder you

coarse reef
#

degtyarev is the best character because he's the only one who can be morally good, as his motivations have nothing to do with the zone, he was just assigned a mission and he has to carry it through

#

thats my hot take for today

sonic rampart
half glade
vernal magnet
coarse reef
#

still, morally absent is better than being morally bad right

crimson pawn
finite dragon
#

Well he was in USS

#

He for sure isn't morally good

sonic rampart
#

Ngl the only true morally good person in the zone is probably Vano

half glade
#

he is wholesome

sonic rampart
#

Yep

finite dragon
#

He most likely dealt with a lot of shady stuff even before CoP began

crimson pawn
finite dragon
#

And was already experienced stalker before

half glade
#

and guide

sonic rampart
#

Ehh okay

#

Maybe it's not Vano only

#

But still

half glade
#

but we all know strelok is the best bimbo tho

vernal magnet
#

I thought Strelok had good intentions

finite dragon
#

Depends on a way you look at it

vernal magnet
#

He understood that freedom of choice outweighed the C-con's goals

sonic rampart
#

Does he really tho

finite dragon
#

He did speed up Zone's extension

vernal magnet
#

and that C-con was inherently flawed

sonic rampart
#

He does what he is told the whole game

vernal magnet
#

the Zone itself is a consequence of man playing God

finite dragon
#

I mean, CC at least still tried to keep noosphere energy under control afterall

half glade
#

yeah f everyone lmao f ups the zone more

crimson pawn
half glade
#

how isnt that based

finite dragon
#

Strelok by destroying them made matters way worse

finite dragon
#

Because literally no one could keep that energy in check

#

But overall it was a matter of time

vernal magnet
crimson pawn
#

wait- was it said by c-con that it would make it worse if they die? or? i cant remember

finite dragon
#

Zone getting extended WAS meant to happen regardless

vernal magnet
#

he even shows humility right at the end i dont know if what i did was right, but im still alive, and i guess for that, i should be thankful

finite dragon
#

Because in the end even CC's representative asked Strelok to join them

sonic rampart
#

I mean

#

The zone is bound to have expanded

vernal magnet
sonic rampart
#

10 years is quite a lot of time

#

Especially for the zone

#

Anything could have happened

half glade
#

yeah we cant kill u cuz we are weak lil pissbabies so we ask u to join cuz we are scared

finite dragon
crimson pawn
finite dragon
#

Which proves that Zone getting extended only was a matter of time

vernal magnet
vernal magnet
#

and going by canon COP, C-con destruction did not negatively affect the outcome of the zone

finite dragon
#

Explain daily emissions them

half glade
#

u get more artifacts lol ez money

finite dragon
#

CoP's emissions are literally happening every day

vernal magnet
finite dragon
#

While they were happening rarely in 2 previous games

half glade
#

skill issue

vernal magnet
#

the blowouts came from the Generators and the increased frequency of blowouts makes sense when you consider more people had entered the CNPP

#

after the scorcher shut down it was pretty wild

finite dragon
vernal magnet
#

but this is always what bugged me about COP compared to SOC

vernal magnet
#

hence skif ducking from a blowout

#

in the Skif Trailer

finite dragon
#

Fair point

crimson pawn
solid dome
#

While "Strelok" sounds and looks much intriguing (and natural to the plot), "Skif" doesn't fill the same boots

crimson pawn
vernal magnet
vernal magnet
remote crow
#

skif

vernal magnet
#

Skif

crimson pawn
remote crow
#

When I hear Skif I think of my birb lol

earnest urchin
#

tbh Skif sounds better for me than Strelok lol

finite dragon
vernal magnet
#

Skif sounds less cliche that Scar

finite dragon
#

Definitely

remote crow
#

Stfu Scar is great

vernal magnet
finite dragon
#

Even Degtyarev

vernal magnet
finite dragon
remote crow
#

But "Strelok" gives me tingles 😩

finite dragon
#

Yo

#

There will be a woman fight for Strelok zak

remote crow
#

He's mine

finite dragon
#

Gonna prepare a popcorn

remote crow
#

hiss

crimson pawn
finite dragon
#

Literally

crimson pawn
remote crow
#

Yeahhh

half glade
remote crow
#

In North America it means like a lil flurry of snow

half glade
#

just no stop

#

dont make me sick

remote crow
#

Or the bottom of a boat lol

vernal magnet
solid dome
crimson pawn
solid dome
#

Strelok, everyone knows it means Shooter

half glade
#

and i would kill you

#

i would not be afraid to take your life

crimson pawn
finite dragon
#

Matbe he's not even from Russia or Ukraine?

#

Character from a different country could be refreshing actually

crimson pawn
solid dome
#

I swear if GSC use less Russian-like names for Latin ones...

crimson pawn
finite dragon
#

Ghost did looked like a Kazakhstan's citizen to me

solid dome
finite dragon
#

He also didn't looked like Russian or Ukrainian IMO

remote crow
remote crow
#

let's go

half glade
#

LETS GO

remote crow
#

come on @half glade

finite dragon
#

Also not to mention that there are probably many people from different countries in the Zone

half glade
#

LETS GOD DAMN GO

remote crow
#

FIGHT ME

half glade
#

YEAH I WILL PUSSCAKE

finite dragon
#

Vano is literally Georgian

half glade
#

I WILLCMON

finite dragon
#

IT'S HAPPENING

remote crow
#

Ayo I asked GSC for his hand in marriage

half glade
#

i am mentally insane

remote crow
#

I have over 64 pic of him on my phone

half glade
#

fear me

raw forum
#

i got jumpscared by a pseudogiant

remote crow
#

His picture is on my ceiling so I can see him when I go to bed

crimson pawn
# solid dome I mean actual names

Oh! Yeah but i guess that strelok isnt his real name, or scar, or skif, only helicopter (degtyarev has his real name as stalker name, or atleast i the english version of the game)

raw forum
#

bastard started going up the metal tower i was on

sonic rampart
#

Wasn't Skif's name based on a book

half glade
#

i got strelok bodypillow

#

be jealous

vernal magnet
#

this chat just went from zero to crack cocaine in like 35 seconds or less

sonic rampart
#

The ARG facebook profile had a picture of the book

crimson pawn
remote crow
finite dragon
#

But it's a nickname, yes. Same as Scar

half glade
finite dragon
#

MC with an actual name is Degtyarev only

half glade
#

man i always make chats pretty dumb when i come in its my super power

#

i am great

crimson pawn
finite dragon
#

Given I guess

remote crow
finite dragon
#

Because there are a lot of very strange nicknames

remote crow
#

BRO IMMA GET BANNED

#

DSADHSAJDASDHAS

half glade
#

oh dont worry i am closer to a ban because i am insane

finite dragon
#

Doubt that persom himself would give him nicknames like "Sasha Vacuum" and etc

crimson pawn
half glade
crimson pawn
remote crow
finite dragon
#

Or Freedom's drugs

remote crow
#

may or may not be joking 😳

finite dragon
#

Can also do

half glade
#

dude women am i right

remote crow
#

@half glade let's just be strelok simps together 🤝

half glade
remote crow
#

🤨

half glade
#

u beat me in soc MP and then we decide who gets more of him

finite dragon
half glade
#

SOC SOC YEEEEEES

crimson pawn
#

I love how there are two convos happening xD one about moaning streloks name and the otuer about the stalker nicknames hhh

finite dragon
#

It B wat it B

half glade
#

dont worry i am not good at soc tho so it should be a fair fight

crimson pawn
remote crow
finite dragon
#

Depends tbh

half glade
finite dragon
#

Some are completely junkies while some just a light smokers

half glade
#

oh man i will get wrecked

finite dragon
#

Tho only relatively character that came close to being completely junkie is Ganja

crimson pawn