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  its a fun distraction for an hour : Snifter_42
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    hahah super mario bros.'D that was awesome : mrsharma
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      Metal Slug'd, you mean. : SiW73
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        I think you both mean Abuse. But you probably don't even know what I'm talking about. : famine101
        • Crack Dot Com! :D : fechols
        • You know, you're right, Abuse did indeed predate Metal Slug. But you have to admit, Codename Gordon is g... : SiW73

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  Penny Arcade Expo 2004. Summary, it blows, but not completely. Its about 10 minutes from my apartment so ... : lord cecil
  • nice writeup! : redfive
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    Oh yeah, people there smelled really, really bad. It was day one so I figured it would be bearable. Oh I ... : lord cecil
    • lolz : drucifer
    • Wow. That's even better than the mouthbreathers you see at E3. Awesome. : Serpico74
    • Wait, you expected more than smelly Halo nerds? : walker270
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    HALO2 I NEED HALO2 INFO. : DKo5
    • fo' serious. i'm dying here. : Nighthavvk
    • From what I've seen of the beta, meh. : Helter Skelter
    • I believe they're only showing the E3 demo, so I wouldn't expect anything new. : Alec Matias
  • those magazine ads made Matrix online look good >:( : cap n KRUNCH
  • what did the guys from nintendo/ms/matrix say? : jrsX
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    Umm, don't they run the business? : Fred Garvin
    • Kind of, but not really. There is an asian guy who runs the business side of things. As I learned today t... : lord cecil
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    lord cecil, just curious, are you a fan of PA at all? I'm certainly not expecting rampant fanboism but y... : Sapiens
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      Why on earth would that have anything to do with whether he likes the comic or not? He goes to a smelly d... : Gauss
      • Liking or disliking the comic or its writers beforehand could influence his writeup and wording. As I sa... : Sapiens
      • It is a valid question. It's called the Penny Arcade Expo for a reason. Someone who disliked FPS games ... : SiW73
    • how do they get fanboys? that strip is terrible! : walther
  • The consoles were all Halo because there was a Halo tournament going on.. : Mugsy
  • So you list all this cool sounding stuff from the place then summarize with: "It blows because I wish I ... : OwenButler
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    It's like you have these two talented guys who create a comic strip about two hip gamers. That's fine and... : Porkasaurus
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      I would say you created this false image in your mind and that you simply let yourself down, not them. T... : flashmasta
      • He is quite young. In fact it is his bedtime right now. : ease_one
    • So your real name is Porkasaurus??? : nudel
    • It is Spider-Man, not Spiderman. God, what a loser! ;) : jccalhoun
  • Maybe it's just me but I thought it wasn't bad for a first con. Having been to the first year of SoCal Ge... : dravalen
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    Holy shit, something big happens in Seattle area and nobody tells me? Guess I'm so far out of the loop... : Dobbs
    • Screw Seattle. I'll never forgive you guys for Pearl Jam. : flashmasta
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  no, tell us about HL2 you cunt! : rasputinreborn
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    ummm the autosave/checkpoint system is really, really, really good so that you never have to worry about ... : lord cecil
    • Did you take any pictures?? : Lightzout

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  get a ti4200/r9600pro cheap : mrsharma
  • heck, you can get a 9800 pro on the cheap. http://store.yahoo.com/buyxg/r9800pro128.html : GrimmyD
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  i had a geforce 4 64mx and i played on medium settings (on a athlon xp 2400+ though) for those games you ... : kbnerd
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    Geforce 4 MX are like geforce 2's. But I have a geforce 2 MX :( : Reeves
    • gf2mx's are like...well, tnt's. : GrimmyD
• Dawn of War is pretty hungry graphically... : j33uk
• it'll play those games on low settings really really crappily. To the point of unfun. : johnny rotten

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• its a kepper : Snifter_42
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  I can't stop watching the Kung Fu afro dude. : skynet
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    is this the 'is he ok?' ' no, he's not ok' guy? : ZeroSignal
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      That would be him. : skynet
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        lol, I've got one word to describe that... 'ouch' :) : ZeroSignal
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          lol srsly. here's a link for any shackers who might have missed it! http://skynet.shackspace.com/Kung... : skynet
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            I've got a mirror up still as well. http://www.extremes.co.nz/files/castin.zip You have to left cli... : ZeroSignal
            • nice! : skynet
• Greatest commercial ever. : Kiriakos
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  she's onyl 12. : ergh
  • With knocker like that? I doubt it. : terath

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• Kids shouldn't learn about life or death or girls and boys. : Deathlove
• scary stories?!? i loved that series when i was a kid : ^-SeaWolf-^
• Burning is too much trouble. : vigilante
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  L'engle books? wtf? : sabadog
  • I was thinking the same thing. I loved those books when I was a kid. Hell I just re-read them last year f... : strider_
• i couldnt find the Bible anywhere! : cygnus
• These just say contested, not banned. Lots of good books on there. James and the Giant Peach? Wh... : Anti_dentite
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  Daddy’s Roommate, Heather Has Two Mommies, and The New Joy of Gay Sex are some of your child... : egofumpapa
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    Where’s Waldo??? : Slybonimh
    • And the ever popular sequel Where's Dildo??? : Fred Garvin
    • Subliminal gay propoganda. : mrtony
  • The table of contents scares me. :( http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0060168137/ref=sib_dp_pt/002-1298947-... : GloriousCow
  • rofl for like 2 minutes after reading that one. : ColoradoCNC
  • Maybe if they didn't ban those books people on the shack wouldn't use fag and gay as synonyms for inferio... : Porkasaurus
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    I think it's good to have books that will help kids to normalize their situations. I mean, there are kid... : Boxelder
    • I don't think that book is intended for kids. The Joy of (straight) Sex is not for kids, I'm guessing thi... : terath
• Well, you need to keep it in perspective. Those books are not "universally" banned. It's up to each l... : batkiwi
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  Huck Finn, one of the best books about equality ever written and it gets banned. I hate stupid, uneducat... : RatBastard
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    The Catcher in the Rye was banned in my school district, along with Huck Finn I couldn't believe it ei... : itsjames
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      God forbid children might get ideas! They shouldn't think for themselves! They might question the statu... : RatBastard
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        Why do you hate America? : itsjames
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          What makes you think I hate America? Because I loathe stupid people? Because I hate people who try to t... : RatBastard
          • You ought to be more patriotic. Where's your flag? : darweidu
  • both of those books were required reading when I was in high school. We spent over 6 weeks on each. : sludge vohaul
• i remember reading some fucked up book i found in my middle school library where this guy had been brinin... : ColoradoCNC
• How To Eat Fried Worms is controversial? Wha? I've read most of the books on that list. Hooray for su... : Boxelder
• My Brother Sam Is Dead? What the fuck is wrong with that? : scatti

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• Just remember - the elbows always burn first! ^^ : genom

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• groannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn : peter
• fucking weaksauce :( absurd : Nighthavvk
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  where...did you read this originally? : cap n KRUNCH
  • www.theforce.net : j33uk
• lolololololololol (in a bad way) : sexninja!!!!
• fake. I already read that this is a false rumor. that the original text said Yoda and Chewie are on Tato... : g0nk
• ... ... ... : rosewood
• this movie is going to suck. im not even going to see it. what a sad pathetic way to end the greatest f... : arizona bay
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  Can we wait till the movie comes out before we start trashing it please!!!!!! : Lawgiver
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    All signs point to suck. So, no. : derelict515
    • lol you are cool!!! : Lawgiver
  • yeah, like how the 3rd Matrix movie made up for the 2nd one : cap n KRUNCH
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    No, we must believe all fake rumors no matter how ridiculous or absurd. I heard Jar-Jar is really Luke : walker270
    • laffo : skynet
• Given the force contained in Yoda's fart could take out the clonetroopers, I don't think this is true. : walker270
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  What's depressing about this is how it sounds possible, I mean what in the hell has happened to Lucas? : j33uk
  • yeah, I know...Part of my thinks "fake", but seeing half the shit Jar-Jar says/does to appeal to little k... : cap n KRUNCH
  • dunno... i just wish they'd watch empire and steal some ideas at this point... : tommysgun
• Ugh. I don't want to watch this. : Rice-Rocketeer
• That is awesome. : Magus
• i kind of like that! lol : Mansmells
• Im sure if we were ordered killed we would pull something like that off, and let our bodliy functions go : manlyman
• oh man, i needed a good laugh. between the articles about Texas schoolboards choosing shitty textbooks... : cygnus
• lol good thing star wars is dead to me : pinkeye
• It's fake. : K1Bond007
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  Bitching, whinning and crying about Star Wars 1-3 is REALLY OLD now. : Sparhawk6
  • Uh?..How WVOOOOD! : mrsharma
  • Ah Star Wars? Isn't that dumbed down science fiction for the masses? *ducks for cover* : pap26
• How much would it cost for a moderatley priced "accident" on the Ranch? Not one where someone would die, ... : Fred Garvin
• What kind of Jedi would do this? : Rice-Rocketeer

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• ....bump.... : Phizader
• Well, you can participate on the World of Warcraft Closed Stress Beta or the Tribes:Vengence Close Beta. ... : silverback1138

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  Thumbs up! : yoonix
  • Way up. Excellent company. : Sexpansion Pack
• Two thumbs up. : derelict515
• Thanks. I'll take the recomendations : hube
• Ordered from them, decent company : j33uk
• I've ordered from them many many times and saved some good money. Way thumbs up. : zuga

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  You will get an email about how to create your account when the beta starts. : sanchez
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    Cool...maybe I should check my email then. : ColoradoCNC
    • its not starting yet : derelict515

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  when the zip wouldn't extract with winrar, i thought I was pwn't. Fortunatly, it extracted fine with W... : verbatim
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    i cant even start the download :( http://www.overburned.com/pwnd.JPG ive tried F5ing, selecting dif... : OverBurN
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      ok, i've started a torrent on your site. I'll be seeding in just a sec. http://overburn.homeunix.org/s... : verbatim
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        if anyone has the complete file, please consider seeding so that other shackers can rejoice in the wow go... : verbatim
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          ^^^^^^^^ what he said, cmon shackers! help fellow shackers out!~!!!`~!111 : OverBurN
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            where's the torrent? : Nighthavvk
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              http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=8445489 : OverBurN
              • aite, i'm on it. : Nighthavvk
              • I'm seeding. : DKo5
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                Bringing my 1.5gb complete since Firefox just crashed >_< : derelict515
                • haha, i love it. : Nighthavvk
          • i'm doing 105 up and 46 down atm. : Nighthavvk
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          I have it, how do I seed? : skynet
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            click on download on the torrent info page, and when your torrent client asks you where to save it, point... : OverBurN
            • ok Im on and Im spraying my seed on all of u LOL : skynet
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              Where is this download button... Do i need to be connected?? : Reeves
              • http://overburn.homeunix.org/download.php?info_hash=224286f18a1d37b544d99d9e83b7e6b211782674 : OverBurN
          • download the torrent - point the torrent program at the wow.zip file when it asks where to save : smellslikefish
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          I'll bring my 800kbps to bear on it when I'm done, should be about 35 minutes. : magila
          • I've upped my limit to 1600kbps for now, resnet might snip my upload but speed test shows 6000kbps up so ... : magila
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          Ill help seed. I just reformatted so what program do i needs again? And how do I seed once I get the prog... : Reeves
          • http://g3torrent.sourceforge.net/ http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=8445536 : OverBurN
        • im in ur butt seedin ur poopz : skynet
  • God damnit...so I downloaded that 2 gig file twice for no reason? I'm a fucking idiot. I thought my cop... : ColoradoCNC
• But if you give them your money, then you dont have to wait so the majority of that complaint would go a... : railchu
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  oh shit what browser do you have? I'm using opera and am at 600 in a queue right now, don't want to wait ... : thebigbeefsandwhich
  • tried with IE6 and FF 093 vvvv no proxies or fitlers or anything like that : OverBurN
• Try turning off any proxies/webfilters you may have. : blackhawk
• I gave them my $$ and I get no ads, and NO waits. : Phizader
• I just got it downloaded from another source. But when I choose to install it, it asks for Disc 1.. Any i... : -efx-

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  I had to use the mute button when she sang at the Olympics : Spike Spiegel
  • I couldn't hear her sing at the Olympics because of NBC's fucking asshat commentators. Damn them to hell.... : yoonix
• awesometastic!!! I love Bjork. : blogophobe
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  I'm a huge bjork fan, but after listening to the whole album, it unfortunately sucks supreme. Except the... : festivalman
  • More like "I'm getting old and watched one too many dance show". I highly doubt she needs more money. : Geoffrois

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  It's a lot of fun at first. Fly aircrafts, pilot tanks, massive battles. It just gets old after a while (... : Geoffrois
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    Agreeed. I bought it, played it for a few months and then stopped because it got way too repetitive. : boarder2
    • I thought it got too repetitive in my first 3 hours of playing to be honest. : jcutner
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  I've been playing (and paying) since beta, and I still have a blast every time I log on. This game isn't... : atom519
  • The reason that I start getting bored after awhile personally is that once you reach Battle Rank 20, you ... : Geoffrois

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  if they lose, you get to fuck their sister : sanchez
  • I'll see that and raise it a step-sister. : BongSlayerB
  • What if the sisters involved are ugly? Can I flip it around so if I win I DON'T have to fuck their sister... : egofumpapa
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  $20 buy in per night max, .05/.10 blinds seems like enough for a "friendly" game. : Deathlove
  • i like playing w/ blinds...it makes the game more fun that way. : BongSlayerB
  • Do you play so that everyone has to play till bust or can they "cash out" at any time? : egofumpapa
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    What are you guys, 9 years old? Heh I'm just kidding, but that sounds like an awfully low amount. If I wa... : Geoffrois
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      Well, nickel and dime blinds means the game can go for a while, and $20 for most people is a substansial ... : Deathlove
      • Yeah, but with such low blinds you get very very far from any *real* poker play since everyone will prett... : Geoffrois
  • Sounds good, thanks. : egofumpapa
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  Depends if you want to do tournament or buy-in style. For tournaments it's pretty easy, give everyone ... : Geoffrois
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    Thanks, that's the kind of advice I was looking for. Going tournament vs buy-in for a friendly game of a ... : egofumpapa
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      What about betting limits? : egofumpapa
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        Home games are more entertaining No Limit... How advanced is the group? No limit is more fun for the ave... : krym3
        • Yeah we're playing no-limit too. Pot limit is just too much of a pain in the as anyway and all-in bets ar... : Geoffrois

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  the "getting high" part was fucked up : sanchez
  • hmm yeah that too, I guess you could say pretty much the whole movie was, but at the end it was like wtf : tunis5000

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• HL2 ain't going gold on Monday : j33uk
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  You realize the HL2 gone gold was fake right? : Chod
  • Half Life 2 gone gold preloading ::mumble mumble:: : sammyl
• Also, Rome: Total War, CoD expansion...the list goes on and on. : sammyl

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  IAWTP Excellent movie, the DVD of which we'll be able to purchase over here in Blighty in a couple of ... : blackhawk
  • The LP chucking scene is gold, need to pre-order the DVD on amazon.co.uk (they deliver to my house in Pen... : j33uk
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    I think fans of zombie films in general will find a lot to laugh at. "We're coming to get you Barbera!!" : Haku-Jin
    • Yeah there's certainly a ton of in-jokes and references for people to enjoy. I was quite surprised at ... : blackhawk
• I'm pretty excited about this myself, plan on taking a nice party of friends to it : j33uk
• Best bit: White lines... (High...) Higher, baby (High...) Get higher, baby! (High...) Get higher, ba... : gurgeh

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• OMFG! : jahulio2
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  plow her dirtbox : skynet
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    Man I've missed this shit during my absense :) : blackhawk
    • it never gets old! : Pneum0
    • no pun intended am I rite? : skynet
• if she's hot, give the hot beef injection : pinkeye
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  pics : pupismyname
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    yes link to profile plz : skynet
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      she doesnt have one, want my profile? im dead seXay!! : g0nk
      • yes pls : skynet
  • + Divx : Reeves
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  ALERT THE FUCKING ANTERNAT : arizona bay
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    THE ANTS ARE TAKING OVER!!! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!!!! : ZeroSignal
    • I for one welcome our new insect overlords : Kiriakos
• That was me BTW, will you be my man WHORE : oneshot
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  Maybe it's PsychoGirl!! : peter
  • or Milkshake!]o : walker270
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  You might need to do a 's/g/b' on your username :) : ZeroSignal
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    eh? : g0nk
    • b0nk. He's speaking NERD! : yoonix
    • sorry, nerd humor. its sed syntax, it'd replace the g with a b :) : ZeroSignal
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  if she doesnt have a penis you're good to go : cap n KRUNCH
  • and then... even if she does... : erotic sock
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    Why should a penis stop him? : creeping-death
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      Here's a line. _______ and on this side of it, we ain't gay! : g0nk
      • don't be sooo suburban..... : ZeroSignal

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  wow, they sure took their sweet time pushing the european version out : fluze
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    yeah >:( but i'm still buying it : mrsharma
    • very much worth it... the shack group we had (several of whom still probably play) made for some great ti... : fluze

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  Disable the mouse filter, and possibly disable triple buffering? : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
  • those options aren't in there i think...the mouse one i've tried. it's weird, i get this sometimes mid g... : mrsharma
• Disable mouse filtering, smoothing, etc, but then also do this: http://www.tweakxp.com/display.aspx?id... : Serpico74

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• i got emailed a key : mojo the helpr monke
• i got emailed a key : skynet
• i got emailed a key : JHelgie
• I got emailed a key : mem
• They said they'd send me a key later. :[ : cajuncook
• I got the email with the key. If you didn't, just sign up again and it will show you the key again. : verbatim
• I keyed myself an email. : slax0r
• I got emailed a key. and I didn't even sign up. no, not really. : ZeroSignal
• Ive lost my fucking car keys again...oh wait, WOW keys : cap n KRUNCH
• They emailed it to me. Along with the instructions of "wait until it starts, we'll email you with a link ... : WorkParticle
• check your junk email : dnurk
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  I didn't get an email, good thing I C&P'd the key : magila
  • oh hey there it is, damn they sure took their time. : magila
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  gimmethefuckingkeysyoucocksucker : redfive
  • *THEUSUALSUSPECTS'D* : BongSlayerB
• they took thier time with me, I got it like an hour later : Snifter_42
• Never got the email. Signed up again and got the same key though. : derelict515
• Check your spam folder. : pyrogen
• I got the key emailed to me about 2 hours after I signed up. The page that I signed up on did tell me the... : sanchez
• Haha ok they ended up sending it to me not once, but twice an hour after I signed up. : Geoffrois
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  http://ajax.shackspace.com/sweet.png : Ajax
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    it would be funny if it actually did that if u took a screenshot.....or did it? : manlyman
    • Nope. That was my handywork. : Ajax
  • Your key doesn't work. =[ : egofumpapa
• I got my email. : Phizader

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• it was surprisingly packed where I saw it last night, I'd go ahead and get them a little ahead of time to... : fluze
• Pretty busy when I went today. : Haku-Jin
• It's a good movie in my opinion. You should go see it. : Maddog_Delphi97

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  but how will you know who hot_gurl_x69x is? : jcutner
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    well then I press I magic key to have it on temporarily? or soemthing? : Snifter_42
    • press V : jra101

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• i thought it was great! : manlyman
• yeah I enjoyed it. : thekidd
• i wish i had a girl next door like HER : Break
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  Any one else get the Risky Business feeling while watching it, just in certain parts : oneshot
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    i definately got a feeling.. that's for sure.. kinda tingley... : g0nk
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      just in certain parts? : blackhawk
      • in all the right parts... : g0nk
• the last 15 min or so was pretty bad : jcutner

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  i am, server? : evil-cow
  • Rydoggs? ra.gotdns.org : cookblaze
• yeah I will be in a few : Reeves

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  x800 is going to be way faster than anything other than 6800's, afaik. : Nighthavvk
  • 300! : sexninja!!!!
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  I think it's a PCI-E version of Radeon 9000 or 9200. : nomaad
  • Yeah, its just a PCI-E, DX9-flavored 9200 basically. : Ajax
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  relabelled R9200 : mrsharma
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    Isn't the 9200 the 8500 or is that the 9100? : StuMan1337
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      all of the above... 9100 = 8500 9200 = 8500 w/ 8x agp 8500 is a damn fine card, it still holds up ... : Jayx77
      • added detail: 8500 = 9100 = 3*2 pipes @ some speed 9000 = 9200 = X300 = 4*1 pipes @ some slightly h... : mrsharma
• Tell them to shop somewhere else haha. : Reeves

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• It was around 2.314 gb. : hohoh0
• 2.20 GB (2,370,316,457 bytes) : skynet
• 2.20 GB (2,370,316,457 bytes) : Phizader

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• Works fine here.. except for the usual first hiccups. : Pneum0