Current "best" rom suggestions? - Epic 4G General

So I owned the epic, played with Midnight, played with ACS and finally said **** it and went with a NS4g... I haven't touch an epic in a few months now and was wondering if you guys have CM7 yet, or any other good AOSP-like alternatives.
My mom and sister are still using epics and are sick of the sprint UI and bloat and I was looking to help them out by loading something different no their phone.
Any suggestions?

Well no aosp yet.... but syndicate rom frozen is veryy battery efficient and fast... and I would use genocide with it, atleast untill vision kernel comes out
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IMO... as mentioned above,
rom: srf 1.2
kernal: genocide 1.1 or twilight 1.1.1

snowmanwithahat said:
So I owned the epic, played with Midnight, played with ACS and finally said **** it and went with a NS4g... I haven't touch an epic in a few months now and was wondering if you guys have CM7 yet, or any other good AOSP-like alternatives.
My mom and sister are still using epics and are sick of the sprint UI and bloat and I was looking to help them out by loading something different no their phone.
Any suggestions?
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Also, ACS just stated a new AOSP project. It looks promising, though not at a usable stage, yet.
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Everything is pretty much the same since you left. Development on every rom has progressed but the selection and pros/cons of each one are about the same.

Baked snack is a monster! (Public) CM7 alpha is a beast.
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Custodian said:
Baked snack is a monster! (Public) CM7 alpha is a beast.
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+1 on baked! SFR/Genocide also good

I'm using Bonsai and I love it so far. Had some fcs with ACS.
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Tandrew86 said:
I'm using Bonsai and I love it so far. Had some fcs with ACS.
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Report what happened to ACS. It's more likely a flashing issue.
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Are they still working on cm7 I haven't seen anything about it but I've also been out of the loop for 3 weeks but doesn't seem like anything new or updated.
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dexterboy1106 said:
Are they still working on cm7 I haven't seen anything about it but I've also been out of the loop for 3 weeks but doesn't seem like anything new or updated.
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Waiting for gb source
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The Root said:
Report what happened to ACS. It's more likely a flashing issue.
Sent from Godot's place.
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I've been using Genocide/SRF with almost no problems. The only FCs I had were from flashing an Email patch from Midnight on top of Syndicate. As long as I didn't try to mix ROMs, I was fine.

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what rom are you running

Sinster roms have always been my favorite roms just curious what all you guys are running i had a issue with a couple of my apps not running on the newest version of sinister the dev. is super cool dude always helpful. i flashed to dominus_zetav1 then to v3 but some stuff didn't work on v3 so i flashed back to v1.
Synergy nightly. I don't usually run Sense ROMs - but this thing is stable and sharp.
MikG Sense 2.1 v1.03. Very stable rom and battery life is good. Id give it a shot.
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Testing synergy gotta say wow pretty damn stable
from my phone duh
Tried synergy and loved it, now I'm trying miks, and love it!
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jayharper08 said:
Tried synergy and loved it, now I'm trying miks, and love it!
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What major differences are you finding between the two? I tried synergy briefly before switching to MikG and it seems just as good.
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Wow have never seen this topic before.
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Rem3Dy said:
Wow have never seen this topic before.
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http://tinyurl.com/y8zk3nb
Running MikG I may end up moving away from AOSP for a while. This ROM is pretty well done.
augy said:
What major differences are you finding between the two? I tried synergy briefly before switching to MikG and it seems just as good.
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Nothing major so to speak. I do like the way the battery indicator and the skins right out the box on Mik's. Both are good imo. I am already back to deck's rom tho, I missed my aosp
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fr0st420 said:
MikG Sense 2.1 v1.03. Very stable rom and battery life is good. Id give it a shot.
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this one. i am loving it. first day on it so i can't verify much but so far so good. the lock screen from 3.0 is really the only thing i cared about and i got it.
Running stock gb and it is actually pretty good.
Where is this Synergy you speak of?
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Running stock gb and it is actually pretty good.
Where is this Synergy you speak of?
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Its in beta (*hint* check out the synergy rom thread in the Droid incredible dev section)
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So a Droid Rom works on the Evo?
The link to the downloads, in the dinc section, houses the supersonic nightly builds as well.
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The link to the downloads, in the dinc section, houses the supersonic nightly builds as well.
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What qu1st said. And please, for the love of all that is holy, make sure you download the one for the evo (supersonic)
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fr0st420 said:
MikG Sense 2.1 v1.03. Very stable rom and battery life is good. Id give it a shot.
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+1..........
ronnienyc said:
Running stock gb and it is actually pretty good.
Where is this Synergy you speak of?
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This one. Stock GB, rooted, De-Odexed.
I've been rooted for about 2 weeks and tried just about everything, found that I really liked Warm 2.2 and moved into the synergy nightlys because it was being talked about in the thread. And Synergy is amazing imo and I can't wait for the finished product
I bounce between Warm 2.2 and MIUI, but going to load up Synergy in a few minutes and probably stick on that for awhile. I load Warm 2.2 onto all of friend's phones, though.
I donated one of my Carbon Fiber battery covers to Myn, too. evo.carbonfibermagic.com

ROM List and Pros/ Cons

Froyo:
ViperROM Synergy
SyndicateROM Frozen
Bonsai (non xda)
Baked Snack (non xda)
Ec05 plus
Simply AOSP
Frankenstein
Urban Fury
Midnight Rom
Paranoid Android
Android4Autism
Gingerbread:
AnonymousROM (moved support to ppcgeeks)
Bonsai (non xda)
Stock Deodexed
Ef02 plus
Stock rooted
Urban Inception
Links soon.
Great list! All good choices. Just don't link to Baked Snack because the dev was banned and XDA rules prohibit you from linking them I believe.
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JohnCorleone said:
Great list! All good choices. Just don't link to Baked Snack because the dev was banned and XDA rules prohibit you from linking them I believe.
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I won't link bonsai nor baked snack. Can I link ppc geeks?
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don't 4get Frankenstein and Urban Fury / Emerald Envy ROMs ( xda by the way )
and SimplyAOSP
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Include Midnight Rom & ParanoidAndroid Rom
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ACS rom frozen Cons:too many google.system.com errors and swype system.com errors.
ACS rom frozen Pros: best 3g data speeds I had for some reason.
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ACS SyndicateROM Frozen pro: Great battery life
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flipblind said:
I won't link bonsai nor baked snack. Can I link ppc geeks?
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If I were you, I would PM Impaler to ckeck about a PPC Geeks link as well. This is a good thread you are starting. It would be a shame to have it locked as soon as it gets some thorough information.
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Urban Inception
just flashed Urban Inception and I have no sound after the flash. I saw one other person with same issue. any Ideas??
flipblind said:
Can I link ppc geeks?
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No linking to any "competitor" sites.
You can find lists like these in the wiki for samsung epic. I was trying to keep it updated, however, due to my illness my hands are less useful so it is too much for me to do anymore.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=SPH-D700-Official_Roms
No pros and cons though; might be a nice addition to the wiki however
diego1985 said:
ACS rom frozen Cons:too many google.system.com errors and swype system.com errors.
ACS rom frozen Pros: best 3g data speeds I had for some reason.
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You suffer from data corruption. Try reflashing the rom and enable journaling
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azmuzyk said:
just flashed Urban Inception and I have no sound after the flash. I saw one other person with same issue. any Ideas??
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Try enabling haptic feedback in sound settings. Also, try switching some sounds around and reboot.
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MysteryEmotionz said:
You suffer from data corruption. Try reflashing the rom and enable journaling
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Mystery is right...as he usually is. Actually, 1.2 is the most stable ACS release I have tried and I have tried all of their Froyo releases.
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Thanks for the response. I tried reflashing, redownloading and reflashing. But my epic just isn't playing nice with this great Rom. It appears to work about every other day, then errors come up again even with Journaling on. I will say I haven't tried the latest version. Since the last 2 versions been giving me Hell.
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azmuzyk said:
just flashed Urban Inception and I have no sound after the flash. I saw one other person with same issue. any Ideas??
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Flash the EF02 audio Fix...
Hows emerald fury? Can't find much on it
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x_maniic said:
Hows emerald fury? Can't find much on it
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I have been using it since it was beta. It is rock solid for me. Computerkid does some great work. It comes with some good apps baked in. He made some very nice themes to go along with it.
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diego1985 said:
Thanks for the response. I tried reflashing, redownloading and reflashing. But my epic just isn't playing nice with this great Rom. It appears to work about every other day, then errors come up again even with Journaling on. I will say I haven't tried the latest version. Since the last 2 versions been giving me Hell.
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What kernel you using? I suggest either gen or vision. Also don't forget to wipe. Sound like I am talking to a 3 year old with that statement "don't forget to wipe". Nothing towards you just me saying it reminded me of my son at 3. LOL

Ec05 further development

Are any devs working on cooking up more ec05 roms? Reason being is tht I feel like we are never going 2 see a official GB rom anytime soon with the way samsung Bull sh*ts everyone. I feel we should have a ec05 rom with everything completely loaded on it with the lastest tweaks an mods. A ec05 rom thts bascially on steroids lol with everything we can possibly get on it.
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Ec05 is pretty much maxxed out in terms of tweaks, however I still don't see an ec05 rom with the v6 supercharger script bakes in yet *hint hint era*
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Isn't that what srf 1.2 is? I'm sure 1.3 will be the ultimate finale once its done.
Btw does anyone have scroll stuttering issues on xda pro app?
mbrito41712 said:
Are any devs working on cooking up more ec05 roms? Reason being is tht I feel like we are never going 2 see a official GB rom anytime soon with the way samsung Bull sh*ts everyone. I feel we should have a ec05 rom with everything completely loaded on it with the lastest tweaks an mods. A ec05 rom thts bascially on steroids lol with everything we can possibly get on it.
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I think what we need is an AOSP rom...full AOSP. I think that would be awesome with all the tweaks we have...
asdfghjkl said:
I think what we need is an AOSP rom...full AOSP. I think that would be awesome with all the tweaks we have...
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thank you captain obvious
xopher.hunter said:
Ec05 is pretty much maxxed out in terms of tweaks, however I still don't see an ec05 rom with the v6 supercharger script bakes in yet *hint hint era*
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From what I see, v6 supercharger is exactly like autokiller from the market (The memory optimizer, not an actual task killer).
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.rs.autokiller&hl=en
How about the top devs get together to make one last truly great Froyo ROM like the EVO devs did with Synergy. I can think of aspects from 3 different ROMs that would be great together
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JohnCorleone said:
How about the top devs get together to make one last truly great Froyo ROM like the EVO devs did with Synergy. I can think of aspects from 3 different ROMs that would be great together
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Elaborate, O tester of Roms.
Cd's or tapes?
I hear what you're selling Mr. Corleone, but that's just because I know your jumping skills. When he describes it, they're all incomplete in ways that the other has figured it out.
The Root said:
I hear what you're selling Mr. Corleone, but that's just because I know your jumping skills. When he describes it, they're all incomplete in ways that the other has figured it out.
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Oh, I don't feel that way at all. I think most of them are well put together but each has its own special quality. As far as us never getting Gingerbread...I guess these leaks are for no reason right? Lol
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Exactly. A rom all devs help develope to finalize EC05.
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Got a refurb Epic on EL30 - LOVING IT!

Okay, I had to buy a refurb Epic and EL30 is snappy. For example, the applications populate instantly when I choose Manage Applications. GPS actually works too. It's very polished and refined. This will definitely hold me over until the SGS3 releases later this year.
Fyi- I paid $162 from Ebay. The phone looks absolutely brand new.
I thought so too. But then I started missing all of the goodies from CM7.
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EL30 seemed buggy to me. I had to run a different kernel to stop the reboots. Back on cm7 now, and anxiously waiting for cm9!!
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b16flybye said:
EL30 seemed buggy to me. I had to run a different kernel to stop the reboots. Back on cm7 now, and anxiously waiting for cm9!!
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I have yet to have a freeze or reboot crop up on EL30.
I rooted to remove bloatware, and applied the wifi hotspot hack.
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I have yet to have a freeze or reboot crop up on EL30.
I rooted to remove bloatware, and applied the wifi hotspot hack.
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What ROM did you flash? I was just using the odexed EL30 and the reboots were bad. I haven't seen any el30 ROMs. Seems like everyone is still using EI22.
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b16flybye said:
What ROM did you flash? I was just using the odexed EL30 and the reboots were bad. I haven't seen any el30 ROMs. Seems like everyone is still using EI22.
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There are a couple el30 custom roms out... sleeper and hoffmans "long way to go" (not officially named yet). And no random reboots here on stock el30 or the custom el30 roms....
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b16flybye said:
What ROM did you flash? I was just using the odexed EL30 and the reboots were bad. I haven't seen any el30 ROMs. Seems like everyone is still using EI22.
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I'm on the stock + rooted + deodexed with the clean gingerbread with slight mods kernel. I'm driving, so I can't provide links to the individual posts where I got each thing.
My GPS on Froyo was good, On GB leak it was bad, on GB official its Bad as well. On CM7 its still bad, with several GPS Fixes it doesn't fix anything Argggg.
Wish i knew what the cause for this is, on the official release of GB for HTC devices GPS is flawless. But mine it stutters and laggs never consistent.
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EL30 seemed buggy to me. I had to run a different kernel to stop the reboots. Back on cm7 now, and anxiously waiting for cm9!!
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Cough cough fresh install cough
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XxLostSoulxX said:
My GPS on Froyo was good, On GB leak it was bad, on GB official its Bad as well. On CM7 its still bad, with several GPS Fixes it doesn't fix anything Argggg.
Wish i knew what the cause for this is, on the official release of GB for HTC devices GPS is flawless. But mine it stutters and laggs never consistent.
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Clear nvram that would prolly help
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Oh, I only do clean slate installs starting from EC05. I was surprised with the reboots since they really didn't change much from EI to EL. My fiance had the same issues with hers.
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The Best EL30 Custom Rom

CM9, wasn't for me, so I'm currently using CM7-which I love. BUT, the nightlies still haven't fixed the volume whenever you make outgoing calls and I don't like the Camera/video recorder. Since those two things haven't been fixed (And its driving me crazy) I was wondering what you guys think is a very good EL30 Rom? I'm thinking about switching to one but I don't want to sacrifice battery life and how snappy CM7 is. Just interested in seeing what you guys recommend that I should try.
There is only like 3. Just try them all and see what is best for YOU. Each phone and user is different.
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Yeah I figured that is what people would say...haha...I will give one a try tonight and see how it works out. Thanks for the reply!
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jworkcoo said:
Yeah I figured that is what people would say...haha...I will give one a try tonight and see how it works out. Thanks for the reply!
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You know its not like this is the evo where there's like 200 different sense 3.0 or 2.1 or 1.0+3.0 or 2.1+3.0 we just have TouchWiz Cyanogenmod and Miui not a lot to choose from
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Im still trying to figure out what else I can do to my epic...i got cm9 alpha 4 on it....but besides that idk where else to go..
Before I switched over to CM9, I was on Clean GB. Before that, it was SleeperROM, but I remember finding something that I didn't like too much. I'm not putting it down or anything. Its just that one of my apps wasn't working or the camera. I forgot exactly what it was, but they're both good. I can't say about the other one. I liked Clean GB a lot. Give it a try.
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tried CM7, tried MIUI (had to add a launcher becuase it was driving me crazy without one...lol) and tried CleanGB...
all very nice and unique in their own ways...
in the end, went back to Legendary Rom v2.2, after converting it from BML to MTD format....
the creators have made the install of all the roms idiot proof, it's fun to just backup/wipe as many times as you want and try them all out
SleeperRom or CleanGB are both great Roms.
And Marcusant's v4 will be out soon too. It is in beta now.
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I'm using cleangb and really like it. But I noticed that even stock el30 will do just we fine. No more ciq so its a good rom really. Bonus is, everything works.
Thanks for all of the replies! I'm trying CleanGB and the battery life is....ok. I guess I got spoiled with CM7 battery. I'm just glad everything works....Will give Marcusant's new one a try once released. May even try SleeperRom. Anybody on Thunderhawk right now?
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And Marcusant's v4 will be out soon too. It is in beta now.
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That is a ROM I will leave CM for...at least for a few days to check it our ;-)
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That is a ROM I will leave CM for...at least for a few days to check it our ;-)
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I am running it right now. Seems solid and quick. The only issue found was the twlauncher FC'd. Changed launchers and it is running nice. He has a link up for the beta.
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I am running it right now. Seems solid and quick. The only issue found was the twlauncher FC'd. Changed launchers and it is running nice. He has a link up for the beta.
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Didn't realize the link was up..I was so consumed by your "cranky" thread! LOL
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Didn't realize the link was up..I was so consumed by your "cranky" thread! LOL
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LOL. But I think it did a little good. I have noticed a few people being nicer. Maybe having that thread to vent was not a bad idea.
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LOL. But I think it did a little good. I have noticed a few people being nicer. Maybe having that thread to vent was not a bad idea.
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Hehehe. I think it did work. Mercusant got reported but I accepted his apology.
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Hehehe. I think it did work. Mercusant got reported but I accepted his apology.
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Wasn't needed, but whatever floats your boat. I just hope the devs that bring us all our toys don't all take off because of the childish behavior out here.
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Wasn't needed, but whatever floats your boat. I just hope the devs that bring us all our toys don't all take off because of the childish behavior out here.
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Me too. As long as we keep this stuff out of the development threads.

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