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All those "Big" games like Bioshock, Mass Effect, Dead Space, all sucked

I had a modded 360 and games like this would always get hype...
Tantric Blue Idea He Suggested
  04/15/26
I like games with cool stories so I'm enjoying Mass Effect s...
Slap-happy tanning salon death wish
  04/15/26
You were likely never breastfed
Tantric Blue Idea He Suggested
  04/15/26
OK I lol'd
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Tantric Blue Idea He Suggested
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awkward theater depressive
  04/16/26
WTF mass effect is great (except ending of 3)
gold institution factory reset button
  04/15/26
Lol. I disagree. This is when games really became movies tha...
Tantric Blue Idea He Suggested
  04/15/26
The first Mass Effect was like a real RPG iirc.
180 duck-like resort crotch
  04/15/26
I actually just replayed ME1 and it is the most rpg like, an...
gold institution factory reset button
  04/15/26
its definitely the best. I hated the TPS shooting galler...
Razzle-dazzle Judgmental Center
  04/15/26
I got this trilogy for like $5 or maybe free and I don't eve...
Adventurous Mauve Theater Stage Friendly Grandma
  04/15/26
It's a log of shit haha, a total turd
Tantric Blue Idea He Suggested
  04/15/26
Story-driven games with boring stories that are somehow belo...
Adventurous Mauve Theater Stage Friendly Grandma
  04/15/26
All the Mass Effect games were great (except Andromeda) Nev...
white dopamine
  04/15/26
Bioshock was iirc a very linear fps that had bog standard ga...
Tantric Blue Idea He Suggested
  04/15/26
What about games like Dark Souls, Bloodborne, Sekiro, etc
white dopamine
  04/15/26
Don't have an opinion on these, I only ever played a few min...
Tantric Blue Idea He Suggested
  04/15/26
Never played Bioshock, but Irrational Games came from Lookin...
Mahogany liquid oxygen
  04/15/26
Always heard those were great but never tried them. But game...
Tantric Blue Idea He Suggested
  04/15/26
SS2 is up there with Eternal Darkness as far as being horrif...
awkward theater depressive
  04/16/26
keep talking shit about Mass Effect
internet-worthy french chef corner
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Misunderstood azn fanboi
  04/15/26
Trash Effect
Tantric Blue Idea He Suggested
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Ass EffecTTT
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jet curious black woman
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Passionate slimy abode legend
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Bioshock was great I doubt you've ever actually played any o...
Seedy Senate Pozpig
  04/15/26
Bioshock was stupid af. The gameplay sucks, the "hackin...
Tantric Blue Idea He Suggested
  04/15/26
FIFA, NHL, and COD, the Indie Holy Trinity
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Cowardly Sound Barrier Chad
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Bioshock 1 and 2 were awesome, the Infinite one was just FPS...
Razzle-dazzle Judgmental Center
  04/15/26
Bioshock is hugely overrated but System Shock 2, the game it...
trip self-centered sex offender meetinghouse
  04/15/26
That game was genius and scary af iirc
awkward theater depressive
  04/16/26
anyone who has ever purchased a "triple A" "g...
Cowardly Sound Barrier Chad
  04/15/26
180
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awkward theater depressive
  04/15/26
Never really touched these. They felt like they were for eit...
Adventurous Mauve Theater Stage Friendly Grandma
  04/15/26
Good post. I remember playing a medal of honor ps1 game with...
Tantric Blue Idea He Suggested
  04/15/26
Spec Ops on PS1 was first iirc or this other counter strike ...
awkward theater depressive
  04/16/26
Fallout 3 was OK iirc. Discuss.
Adventurous Mauve Theater Stage Friendly Grandma
  04/15/26
Played less than an hour and quit
Tantric Blue Idea He Suggested
  04/15/26
Mass Effect is one of the best RPGs ever made. Bioshock w...
jet curious black woman
  04/16/26
List your top 5 RPGs
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Tantric Blue Idea He Suggested
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These games were 180. “Gameplay” is obsolete un...
amethyst crackhouse
  04/16/26
He's just a Chill Guy who only played Online Man Approved Ga...
Seedy Senate Pozpig
  04/16/26
Just watch films if you want story lol, it's actually a medi...
Tantric Blue Idea He Suggested
  04/16/26
Games can do more with their stories imo. Lengthier and you ...
Adventurous Mauve Theater Stage Friendly Grandma
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I want to walk around large video game cities and exploring ...
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Date: April 15th, 2026 4:21 PM
Author: Tantric Blue Idea He Suggested

I had a modded 360 and games like this would always get hyped and great reviews so I'd burn it to DVD and play for 30-40 mins and realize it fucking sucks ass. The only games I played were FIFA, NHL, and COD.

Now every AAA game is this way, and FIFA, NHL, and COD are way worse than they were back then, just total shit.

Even back then Very few single player games were worth a damn imo. They were just far too American. I found a reprieve on Nintendo DS and PSP they had some real gems

Crackdown was fun

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857374&forum_id=2...id..#49819943)



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Date: April 15th, 2026 4:24 PM
Author: Slap-happy tanning salon death wish

I like games with cool stories so I'm enjoying Mass Effect so far

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857374&forum_id=2...id..#49819951)



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Date: April 15th, 2026 4:25 PM
Author: Tantric Blue Idea He Suggested

You were likely never breastfed

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857374&forum_id=2...id..#49819954)



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Date: April 15th, 2026 4:27 PM
Author: Slap-happy tanning salon death wish

OK I lol'd

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857374&forum_id=2...id..#49819967)



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Date: April 15th, 2026 4:27 PM
Author: Cobalt Weed Whacker



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Date: April 15th, 2026 4:29 PM
Author: Tantric Blue Idea He Suggested



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Date: April 15th, 2026 4:30 PM
Author: Cobalt Weed Whacker



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Date: April 16th, 2026 2:25 AM
Author: awkward theater depressive



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Date: April 15th, 2026 4:29 PM
Author: gold institution factory reset button

WTF mass effect is great (except ending of 3)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857374&forum_id=2...id..#49819979)



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Date: April 15th, 2026 4:30 PM
Author: Tantric Blue Idea He Suggested

Lol. I disagree. This is when games really became movies that allow you to press buttons every few mins. Gameplay suffered.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857374&forum_id=2...id..#49819982)



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Date: April 15th, 2026 5:14 PM
Author: 180 duck-like resort crotch

The first Mass Effect was like a real RPG iirc.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857374&forum_id=2...id..#49820093)



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Date: April 15th, 2026 5:52 PM
Author: gold institution factory reset button

I actually just replayed ME1 and it is the most rpg like, and maybe the best overall of the series. Worst part is too much time driving the Mako around planets with annoying terrain

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857374&forum_id=2...id..#49820204)



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Date: April 15th, 2026 7:30 PM
Author: Razzle-dazzle Judgmental Center

its definitely the best.

I hated the TPS shooting gallery bullshit in the other ones.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857374&forum_id=2...id..#49820482)



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Date: April 15th, 2026 10:55 PM
Author: Adventurous Mauve Theater Stage Friendly Grandma

I got this trilogy for like $5 or maybe free and I don't even count it in my backlog

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857374&forum_id=2...id..#49820864)



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Date: April 15th, 2026 11:14 PM
Author: Tantric Blue Idea He Suggested

It's a log of shit haha, a total turd

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857374&forum_id=2...id..#49820894)



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Date: April 15th, 2026 11:15 PM
Author: Adventurous Mauve Theater Stage Friendly Grandma

Story-driven games with boring stories that are somehow beloved by millions. weird phenomenon.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857374&forum_id=2...id..#49820897)



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Date: April 15th, 2026 4:35 PM
Author: white dopamine

All the Mass Effect games were great (except Andromeda)

Never played Bioshock

Dead Space 1 & 2 were good, 3 sucked

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857374&forum_id=2...id..#49820002)



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Date: April 15th, 2026 4:37 PM
Author: Tantric Blue Idea He Suggested

Bioshock was iirc a very linear fps that had bog standard gameplay but lots of "atmosphere" and "story" which redditors love but I'm a gameplay purist first and foremost and the gameplay was not fun. All these games were this way to me

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857374&forum_id=2...id..#49820013)



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Date: April 15th, 2026 4:43 PM
Author: white dopamine

What about games like Dark Souls, Bloodborne, Sekiro, etc

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857374&forum_id=2...id..#49820030)



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Date: April 15th, 2026 4:52 PM
Author: Tantric Blue Idea He Suggested

Don't have an opinion on these, I only ever played a few mins of Dark Souls, it's probably good cause it's Japanese

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857374&forum_id=2...id..#49820047)



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Date: April 15th, 2026 4:39 PM
Author: Mahogany liquid oxygen

Never played Bioshock, but Irrational Games came from Looking Glass Studios who made System Shock2 and Thief, two of the most outrageously good story line FPS games in the history of history.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857374&forum_id=2...id..#49820017)



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Date: April 15th, 2026 4:42 PM
Author: Tantric Blue Idea He Suggested

Always heard those were great but never tried them. But games were better back then

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857374&forum_id=2...id..#49820028)



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Date: April 16th, 2026 2:26 AM
Author: awkward theater depressive

SS2 is up there with Eternal Darkness as far as being horrifying and 180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857374&forum_id=2...id..#49821016)



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Date: April 15th, 2026 5:25 PM
Author: internet-worthy french chef corner

keep talking shit about Mass Effect



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857374&forum_id=2...id..#49820122)



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Date: April 15th, 2026 5:57 PM
Author: Misunderstood azn fanboi



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Date: April 15th, 2026 6:03 PM
Author: Tantric Blue Idea He Suggested

Trash Effect

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857374&forum_id=2...id..#49820231)



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Date: April 15th, 2026 7:40 PM
Author: red base

Ass EffecTTT

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857374&forum_id=2...id..#49820513)



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Date: April 16th, 2026 12:21 AM
Author: jet curious black woman



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Date: April 16th, 2026 9:25 AM
Author: Passionate slimy abode legend



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Date: April 15th, 2026 6:03 PM
Author: Seedy Senate Pozpig

Bioshock was great I doubt you've ever actually played any of these imo

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857374&forum_id=2...id..#49820234)



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Date: April 15th, 2026 6:05 PM
Author: Tantric Blue Idea He Suggested

Bioshock was stupid af. The gameplay sucks, the "hacking" mechanic sucked. You are just a AAA western gamer

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857374&forum_id=2...id..#49820240)



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Date: April 15th, 2026 6:06 PM
Author: Seedy Senate Pozpig

FIFA, NHL, and COD, the Indie Holy Trinity

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857374&forum_id=2...id..#49820249)



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Date: April 15th, 2026 6:04 PM
Author: flatulent concupiscible market



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Date: April 15th, 2026 6:05 PM
Author: Tantric Blue Idea He Suggested



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Date: April 15th, 2026 7:38 PM
Author: Cowardly Sound Barrier Chad



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Date: April 15th, 2026 7:31 PM
Author: Razzle-dazzle Judgmental Center

Bioshock 1 and 2 were awesome, the Infinite one was just FPS shooting gallery trash with a somewhat interesting steampunk vibe

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857374&forum_id=2...id..#49820483)



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Date: April 15th, 2026 7:34 PM
Author: trip self-centered sex offender meetinghouse

Bioshock is hugely overrated but System Shock 2, the game it rips off, is 180.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857374&forum_id=2...id..#49820492)



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Date: April 16th, 2026 2:27 AM
Author: awkward theater depressive

That game was genius and scary af iirc

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857374&forum_id=2...id..#49821017)



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Date: April 15th, 2026 7:37 PM
Author: Cowardly Sound Barrier Chad

anyone who has ever purchased a "triple A" "game" is an absolute fucking goycattle sheeple kikereceptacle

they are without exception fraudulent money grabs aimed at the most shameless gamergoyim paypigs

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857374&forum_id=2...id..#49820505)



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Date: April 15th, 2026 8:57 PM
Author: Tantric Blue Idea He Suggested

180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857374&forum_id=2...id..#49820660)



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Date: April 15th, 2026 8:58 PM
Author: awkward theater depressive



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Date: April 15th, 2026 11:14 PM
Author: Adventurous Mauve Theater Stage Friendly Grandma

Never really touched these. They felt like they were for either late millennials, or maybe 80s-born millennials whose brains developed slowly for whom their ability to play games to completion only manifested in their teens. Also for sull56ivan-esque Trailerfucks who weren't so attached to ps1 and genesis that they never developed curiosity about 2000s games. it just felt like the single player games were an extension of the experience that the Scumbag kid would have in Halo/Gears/COD. Something to play Contemplatively when not in the mood for online murderfests but with a familiar control scheme and of course, first person perspective.

I was going to make a post the other day. when genres become dominant they subsume everything on the platform. Halo was fuckin' popular. Enter Morrowind (fpv) bioshock (fps), mass effect (fps), and more. the dual analog fps control scheme transitioned seamlessly from game to game. particularly useful for Scumbags who struggle with playin Games. Also Genesis has the Jurassic Park game where you play as the fuckin' dinosaur, and it also had Primal Rage as a spiritual exclusive. Hardware has consequences imo.

btw Halo invented he scumfuck dual analog control scheme but nobody gives it credit. Alien Resurrection did actually but nobody cares. It's just weird how Face Buttons have become secondary. Some Eastern games at least use a face button for Sprint or Jump or whatever.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857374&forum_id=2...id..#49820895)



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Date: April 15th, 2026 11:31 PM
Author: Tantric Blue Idea He Suggested

Good post. I remember playing a medal of honor ps1 game with dual analog controls but idk if they were default.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857374&forum_id=2...id..#49820907)



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Date: April 16th, 2026 2:33 AM
Author: awkward theater depressive

Spec Ops on PS1 was first iirc or this other counter strike clone game

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857374&forum_id=2...id..#49821019)



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Date: April 15th, 2026 11:24 PM
Author: Adventurous Mauve Theater Stage Friendly Grandma

Fallout 3 was OK iirc. Discuss.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857374&forum_id=2...id..#49820904)



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Date: April 15th, 2026 11:29 PM
Author: Tantric Blue Idea He Suggested

Played less than an hour and quit

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857374&forum_id=2...id..#49820906)



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Date: April 16th, 2026 12:22 AM
Author: jet curious black woman

Mass Effect is one of the best RPGs ever made.

Bioshock was solid.

Dead Space was just ok.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857374&forum_id=2...id..#49820936)



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Date: April 16th, 2026 4:28 AM
Author: Adventurous Mauve Theater Stage Friendly Grandma

List your top 5 RPGs

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857374&forum_id=2...id..#49821049)



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Date: April 16th, 2026 8:55 AM
Author: Tantric Blue Idea He Suggested



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Date: April 16th, 2026 9:19 AM
Author: amethyst crackhouse

These games were 180. “Gameplay” is obsolete unless it’s FromSoft or Zelda. Story is king.

OP seems more of a GAAS slop type of dude.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857374&forum_id=2...id..#49821164)



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Date: April 16th, 2026 9:24 AM
Author: Seedy Senate Pozpig

He's just a Chill Guy who only played Online Man Approved Games but still has VERY strong opinions about Gaming. Odd case

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857374&forum_id=2...id..#49821166)



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Date: April 16th, 2026 9:37 AM
Author: Tantric Blue Idea He Suggested

Just watch films if you want story lol, it's actually a medium for mature adults and the stories are much better. Mass effect is like half alien women having gay sex in space.

Or just watch the game being played through on youtube I guess. You are not a gamer

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857374&forum_id=2...id..#49821185)



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Date: April 16th, 2026 10:54 AM
Author: Adventurous Mauve Theater Stage Friendly Grandma

Games can do more with their stories imo. Lengthier and you can do basically any cgi nbd because the game is cgi

These western game stories and Cutscenes do nothing for me. Like having the male voice in cyberpunk sound like 😏 and the Witcher sounding as Cool as possible, stuff like that adds up and it starts to feel like they just want 14 year olds to think it’s Cool. Which I guess that’s what MGS is. But it’s intellectual iirc.

Witcher 3 is kind of like FF8. “Guys the card game, omg.”

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857374&forum_id=2...id..#49821253)



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Date: April 16th, 2026 11:17 AM
Author: amethyst crackhouse

I want to walk around large video game cities and exploring beautiful vistas while collecting stuff that makes my numbers go up.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5857374&forum_id=2...id..#49821286)