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• gratz : telex
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  you sure they weren't bots? : Barbarian
  • unless bots have pings. : Turd Ferguson
• Ureal tournament... ROFL Urea n : the chief solid component of mammalian urine; synthesized from ammo... : maalox

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• damn.. tell me about it =) : logik?
• haha, that is a bit OOT :) Make a review section for game companies/card manufacturers or something Stev... : moshman
• Sycophant'd? : Q-ball
• Oh my god.. new record! : {Venger}

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• you guys are making me look bad! I'm in english class, I told em I would show em this game, now I just l... : [karma]
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  http://www.liquid.se/ click on the pong link : Sexpansion Pack
  • this isn't it :( but it will do :) : [karma]
• http://tartarus.uwa.edu.au/~wedgey/slime1/index.php3 << ?? : root beer
• i believe its volleyball : telex

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• Yasser Arafat? : fen boi
• some wuzzy : nurall
• He also said, "Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right" : balaams_ass
• Hober Mallow : MathFreak
• real close mathfreak, it was Salvor Hardin in Isaac Asimov's classic Foundation which has never been mad... : balaams_ass

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  really? I loath my current mobo and my gf2mx is starting to get on my nerves, what board did you get ex : logik?
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    $330 for me but its available cheaper. I'd say it "does the job".. nothing fantastic, if you've got a... : Raziel
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      tbird @ 1200mhz : logik?
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        you having problems with fps in games? go down to 800x600.. and switch off vsync in your opengl settings... : Raziel
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          not really, was just thinking of a new mobo and this sounded like a good idea. If its the same quality ... : logik?
          • np. Its not good for people upgrading FROM a 3d sound card. Its good for people who don't have one and... : Raziel
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  nice.. what chipset does it have on board? GF2 series or GF3? : Naim
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    420D.. gf2mx200 equivalent i'd guess. I do have it tweaked. 800x600 for instance. : Raziel
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      it has access to more memory bandwidth than an MX-200 MX-200 = 1.4GB/s MX-400 = 2.8GB/s N420 = 2.1G... : Toraz Chryx
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        except for the fact that benchmarks show that that board is faster when you disable the onboard and use ... : .spanky.
        • 2.1GB/s verses 2.8GB/s = real MX being faster is covered in what I already said :) : Toraz Chryx
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      impressive.. i would consider picking one of those up if they shipped with gf3's on them ;) : Naim
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        well I upgraded from a p2 450 with non-accelerated video. In comparison to that its a godsend. It pl : Raziel
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          why arent you using the onboard ethernet? : lacker
          • the old pc is currently in peices. When I need to hook it online, i'll start using the onboard ethernet... : Raziel
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          indeed. actually, i just got a new machine, but kept my GeForce2 Pro because I will upgrade when the nex... : Naim
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            heh, beats me :) : Raziel
            • well i do have a 1.8 GHz P4 with a gig of PC800 RDRAM. :P i think i've officially hit "the limit" of thi... : Naim
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            how do you do that? my brother ran q3 on a athlon xp 1800 and a geforce 3 ti 200 at 800x600 and got abou... : lacker
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              *shrug* i dunno? i got the system from alienware, dropped in my gf2 pro, intalled q3, changed a few sett... : Naim
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                is there a frames per soceond cap in thegame that i can remove? : lacker
                • yeah but it doesn't affect timedemos, only when running at normal speed. /set com_maxfps 0 will remo... : .spanky.
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              umm, athlonXP 1700+ GF3 (visiontek) 768 megs crucial DDR kt266a mobo Q3A timedemo demo66 (lates... : .spanky.
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                yeah, 105 is insanely low for a gf3... if i was to put in a gf3 i'd get similar i'm sure.. but like i sa... : Naim
                • ok i'll talk to him about it...sounded very low to me too : lacker
                • my geforce2GTS got 174fps at 1024x768x32 so yeah, he needs to tweak his system. : .spanky.
  • there are no GF3 Nforce boards, I expect they might possibly make one in the second revision of the chip... : .spanky.
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  but, I am about to build an Nforce system for someone and we'll probably slap a GF2pro in it. Everything... : .spanky.
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    hmm.. the board's more expensive BECAUSE it includes a $60 version of a geforce 2 mx :) You got money : Raziel
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      the onboard sound on the nforce makes most other sound hardware it's bitch.. and the network card is ... : Toraz Chryx
      • yea i got one sitting here looking for a processor (not yankin mine out!) bastard computer store up the... : locobastard

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  the obvious and best anwser = mario kart advance! : disembodied potato
  • ya? is it similar to the console versions? Those were a blast to play =) : logik?
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  get golden sun : lacker
  • werd : Naim
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    reading shack review atm, had never heard of this one. thanks! : logik?
    • i bought it about two weeks ago but havent been able to play due to gamecubve purchase...thps3 taking up... : lacker
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  best entertainment on long flight = sleep :) I've survived many 13 hour flights this way! Otherwise I'd ... : ChowYunCat
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    true, but the flight will have canadian beer which I have'nt sampled in over 6 months ... So I must indu... : logik?
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      ah...make sure you get the aisle seat then! I'm sure all that beer will need an escape route frequently ... : ChowYunCat
      • hehe already taken care of, 5 friends are flying back with me (all in the same seating area too, woop!) ... : logik?
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  Get a Dell Inspiron 8100 with XP on it and have it crash and reboot over and over and over and over like... : Wolfanoz
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    >:( : logik?
    • Yeah thats about me right now... : Wolfanoz
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  Mario Kart, Mario World, THPS2 and DOOM. Thats what you need! : moshman
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    sounds good, got 2 of those already so i'll work on the rest >:) : logik?
    • Those (but in particular Mario World) have kept me sane on may long journey from here to uni (1 hour tra... : moshman
• Oh yeah, whats GT Advance like? Slightly realistic (and I mean in GBA terma :) or just arcade racer? : moshman

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• agreed : Wolfanoz
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  I'll be disgusted if that happens. In no way what so ever should the death penalty apply. : Ulkesh
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    I still think we should just revoke his citizenship. If he loves it so much over there, let him stay th... : ZeBFFd00d
    • Exactly. He chose his side. He can go back there and rot. : Ulkesh
    • As if that would be punishment for him!!! : moshman
  • ahuh.. so what gives us the right to bomb the living shit out of the taliban and al-quada.. but when one... : Raziel

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  heres some advice. go single. learn to drink now, not later, and never be afriad to try something new an... : davecrazy
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    Here's some more advice - don't let davecrazy fool you into thinking the only things you can get out of ... : cot
    • well thats good because although i do not drink i do get sexand i dont need to pay 15,000 or whatever to... : Galadriel07
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    single rooms are more expensive though :( : Galadriel07
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      i figured he meant dump your boyfriend. : cot
      • better to do it now then go through the messy 'i cheated on you with a guy from my psych class' routine.... : davecrazy

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  heh. your superjacked fantasy team. : davecrazy
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    93 points yesterday. 93! The original play schedule had me playing you :) We should really make so... : Clay
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      i need to ride jake the snake for the rest of the playoffs if culpepper stays hurt. oh and rod smith has... : davecrazy
      • doh Jake has looked good lately. He'll be playing against Carolina in a couple weeks, play him then... : Clay
• I have joined you in the ranks of the fallen! : jasonepowell

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  It wouldn't give you errors if it was right, would it? : Komunista
  • haha thatstrue but I wanted Steve or someone else to know that it was messed up :P : Galadriel07

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  The asshole sure does love you tho' :] : Zoesch
  • assholes accross the world love me. its cuz i'm teh giver! : kenmis
• Ugh! : seemlar
• GUN : Naim
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  I love the last reply there. "The guys an idiot! Everythings wrong. Except about the Raiden thing" ... : seemlar
  • i like the other guys' conuters: "quote from article" Moron. AND WE HAVE A WINNAR!!! : kenmis
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  so Snake wasn't the main character.. and? talk about pissing in the water and complaining about the tast... : -TKF-
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    To use the example from the article, if Terminator 3 was advertised as being centered on Arnold, all tra... : seemlar
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      The people who create and animate Snake are the same people who made Raiden.. The comparison SUCKS, it'... : -TKF-
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        and the Terminator is a character animated by Arnold. The FUSS is about the fact that people enjoyed p... : .spanky.
        • apples and oranges (i think it's called) : -TKF-
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          its cause Snake is cool and Raiden.. well.. lets just say he enjoys sleeping with a virtual Michael Jack : Raziel
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            so Raiden sucks? and makes the game suck? i would like to think that if the game sucked no reviewer or a... : -TKF-
            • Like these: http://www.shacknews.com/reviews/game.x?p=ps2&game_name=Metal+Gear+Solid+2&gid=83 : -TKF-
• the guy has every right to be pissed. I see his point to an extent; he was misled. : ultramega
• snake? Snaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaake!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!... : davecrazy

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• Same here... night mushroom boy :] : Zoesch

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• hrmm.. wtf, 5 hour _10 minute_ time difference between here and shacktime? : Toraz Chryx

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  mmmm... smegma.. : Naim
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    the life giving cheese : fen boi
    • Sprinkle it on spaghetti! : Wolfanoz

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  :/ /me says the terrorists have already won : adnans
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    what does this have to do with that? : mbr0wn
    • The saying has been that once the terrorists have changed our daily lives, they've won. : Warlock
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      The US gov't has the 'right' now to monitor all internet traffic, logs, email...etc. The bill was suppos... : drucifer
      • how come the Taliban still has internet access after getting bombed to hell but we get outages when the ... : Lynn Minmei
      • this raid was planned before those laws were in place : -TKF-
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  You can easily tell that comment is pretty much BULLSHIT : Zoesch
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    how, exactly? He could have downloaded from that warez group that was tricked by teh fbi. : Raziel
    • Yep, but the warrant and the FBI stuff is total bullshit... easy to figure out because the FBI DOES NOT ... : Zoesch

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  hehe you really must hate punctuation dude :) : Sexpansion Pack
  • i sure do : lacker

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  Great! So they want to try going down the DIVX path again. Screw that. : seemlar
  • It's MS, they never give up... I've seen the Corona specs... be afraid, BE VERY AFRAID! : Zoesch

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  THE POWER OF CHRIST COMPELS YOU : root beer
  • *splashes water on your face* : logik?

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• [ : ZeBFFd00d
• : root beer

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  quick, appease them! : logik?
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    WE DON'T HAVE ANY VIRGINS TO SACRIFICE, SUGGESTIONS? : Toraz Chryx
    • since we're out of bananas, i'd say mango's ! : logik?
  • with a banana : fen boi

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  6 seconds is the highscore.. bullshit, NOBODY can do that : yellow
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    yeah its gotta be a hack : telex
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      best i could do was 59 ;\ : yellow
      • i got 32 after repeated attempts : telex
• that's annoying! : Sexpansion Pack
• BZZUHN GUN!!! : adnans
• my mouse lacks the sensitivity to play this game. : slax0r
• trackball city :D : J4NUS
• it's not hard to do as long as you dont have "teh shakes" but it's very hard to do QUICKLY. Best time I ... : Naim

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• Yup. : yoggoth

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  Err, that looks discontinued. What PSU would work well, anyway? : joejoe55
  • The Enermax PSU's are good quality and nice and quiet too, although if you are overclocking and using an... : Arsenal

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  definition of cruelty, strapping a bomb to a persons wheel chair and screaming RUN? : disembodied potato
  • hehehehe : Naim
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  So did Planescape: Torment, Heretic 2, Giants, and a million other great games. : kenmis
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    Looking Glass Studios... : J4NUS
    • their games sold decently well, tho. LGS went under from bad management of the money they DID make. they... : kenmis
• it actually didn't sell THAT bad. It sold well enough for them to get funding for deus ex 2 : Anti_dentite
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  I think it did decent numbers. If you want an example of a pretty good game really failing, look at NOLF... : Ulkesh
  • two words: Terra Nova. : nomaad
  • did it really? that's a damn shame. :( : kenmis
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  don't feel bad tho! Black and White sold well! look at the top 10 in games right now! those are ALL fant... : kenmis
  • :( very sad indeed : Sexpansion Pack

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• i think it was you : yellow
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  And not a good kind of fuck either! : Ulkesh
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    More like a klerck wearing a sandpaper condom while listening to Bal Sagoth type of fuck : Zoesch
    • LOL : boolean
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  right after it happened, there was a lot of finger-pointing by one individual. He is the prime suspect ... : crazyfool
  • Who was it? Don't remember seeing that one : Zoesch
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    who? : Barbarian
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      ironic. : crazyfool
      • don't ya think? : Phearsome

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  so I'm guessing that you're pulling an allnighter by now? ;) : slax0r
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    #2633 i've been on a kind of 12h down/36h up schedule for finals week, i'm digging it actually (although ... : RMSzero
    • I'm just on sleep from 12pm-8pm schedule. I just took a 2.5 hour nap, and I have a final at 9am. I'm d... : J4NUS

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• yeah one bad review compared to about 300 incredibly positive ones : Sexpansion Pack
• He loved TEH MUMMAY RETURNS. Nuff said. : Poor Yurik
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  has this guy even read the books? does he know the history behind them? : adnans
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    Judging from his taste in movies, I doubt he's read any books let alone LOTR. : seemlar
    • i was appauled that he didn't like the fact that there are sexy girlies in the movie. NO ONE IS SEXY ... : adnans
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  wow, this guy wins the "i completely fucking missed the point and have no culture" award : kenmis
  • He wins the maximum tard prize as well : Zoesch
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  the guys right, LOTR should have had more tits and car chases for 12 years olds to jerk off over : fen boi
  • Tomb Raider'd : -TKF-
  • git off th' road! : j0oj0obeans

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• Basically. The 8.30pm night screening would still be running now for instance. : seemlar
• i get to see it Tuesday night at 12:00 :) : Sexpansion Pack

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• ...forget about the 'wanting' part :(... : drucifer