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• ...but does it play Doom3? : K1Bond007
• I bet that thing could hold a lot of porn. : cajuncook
• Awesome, it comes out this year. Can't wait. : ResidualEffect
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  haha, I wonder how many miles per gallon that thing gets. : Busta J
  • lol, WHICH ONE IS THE BREAK?! /fumbles with mouse : khaosman
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    yeah, what's the deal with steering wheel : ariakaz
    • That part looks like a console from a Hydroelectric plant. : trove
    • it controls the levitating tv : firehawk
    • I think they were looking at the most sophisticated machinery at the time (submarines) and assuming that ... : MatthewPhillips
    • lol, "hmm...needs to look more scientific...hey! lets throw on a wheel!" : byorn
    • That's for playing NFS. : koder
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      It's driving his nuts : Dante
      • YAAAAAARRRRR! : tunis5000
    • Those are ahead and astern steam throttles for a nuclear submarine. : AcesnEights
  • So uh... you operate that computer like a cruise ship? What's with steering wheel? : Priest77
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  wasn't the corporation in Tron called the RAND Corporation? : hatelull
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    Encom was da name. end of line. : chuckyboy81070
    • Greetings Programs! : ZeroSignal
• PHANTOM`D!! : atom519
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  is this true? or was it doctored : cap n KRUNCH
  • Doctored : fishbone
• I liked the mohawk simulator hes standing in front of. : Busta J
• Also: http://www.rand.org/about/history/ware.html : MatthewPhillips
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  didn't i post this 12 hours ago? : mr brown
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    Yeah, you did. I thought this was that thread being bumped. : Portax
    • I was robbed like Jeffrey Tambor : mr brown
  • Nobody was awake at 9 in the morning. :\ : cajuncook
• * F A R K ' D : smoove
• yarr! thats no computer, tis a mighty fine vessel! : sanchez
• yaarrr!!! i'd man the hull of that that there adding machine any day! : davislovestacobell
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  Yaaaar, what happened to the last sentance, matey? Probably said '...and only cost 1 million dollars t... : Nixx2004
  • Yeah my calculator has the same processor as the Apple's did in the late 80's/early 90's :) : Adrenaline
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  "Turning things! Adjusting them!" : jhof
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    Inserting the breakfast pastery! : Karnov
    • "Alert Dr. Jemima!" : Dechter
• They better not delay this computer again! I'm so pissed! : Sixcos
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  What? What in the fucking hell? We've been FARKED! http://forums.fark.com/cgi/fark/comments.pl?IDLink=11... : celerity
  • You thought it was real? haha : ThomW
  • holy shit I was right about the submarine thing: http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=8589204 : MatthewPhillips
• they sure know what they were thinking. probably they actually went to the future with a time machine to... : killswitchkill
• Now you can have the power of the "War Games" WOPR in the comfort of your own home! : Ride-My-Rocket
• http://www.gauravsharma.com/shack3.jpg : mrsharma

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  Arr, I'll be derr ye limy bastards. : d0gbert
  • And a limey might make it tonight. : scanline
• Now watch as I fire a broadside straight into your yardarm! Arrr!! : Maddog_Delphi97
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  God I hope people don't all talk like pirates in Teamspeak. That could get old fast. : UtilityMaximizer
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    Im sure maddog will, but he dosent speak much anyways... : themelon
    • That be because me is too busy slopping down me grogg, HAAAAR!! : Maddog_Delphi97
• hatelull, are you reading this!? : zerofunk
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  I hope we play Gazala tonight. :| : Zibro
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    109 vs Spitfire maps make me sad. The Spit is so sluggish at slow speeds... : jimmy-buffett
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      I really don't like any allied planes at all. :| : Zibro
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        IMO the Mustang is the best single-seater in the game. : jimmy-buffett
        • I think the worst has got to be the corsair. that bitch never wants to move for me. I agree that the Mu... : AssGoblin
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          What map is it on? Bocage? :| : Zibro
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            Appelflappen. Market Garden. Amiens : AssGoblin
            • Oh, hm. I don't know, I think I still like the 109. All the allied planes feel like they're dropping litt... : Zibro
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      Another reason the Allies get so frustrated on Gazala. It takes forever to run to an AA gun, and the plan... : UtilityMaximizer
      • Oops, I meant on El Alamein. : UtilityMaximizer
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        There's an AA gun just up the hill from the airfield, on the NW corner of the main base. That's a shorte... : jimmy-buffett
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          The problem with that gun is that it can't hit planes strafing the airfield; the sandbags get in the way ... : UtilityMaximizer
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            Its not like the other one can take out strafers that well either, I can come in low from the end of the ... : jimmy-buffett
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              Interesting point; they've released new maps, and tweaked all sorts of general game balance stuff, but th... : UtilityMaximizer
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                what's to stop a third party from tweaking an existing map and re-releasing it? are they encrypted or som... : carnivore
                • No, I could easily tweak most of them myself if I wanted. But I'm reluctant to do so, since everyone woul... : UtilityMaximizer
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                  Nothing, except the fact that everybody would have to re-download it, because this game doesn't have a ma... : jimmy-buffett
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                    I think he means to ask, why can't we alter them, and EA can go to hell? Obviously the same answer re... : UtilityMaximizer
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                      I've seen some edited maps. I played a really horrible version of original Kursk the other night, they ad... : Zibro
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                        Something has to be done to stop the spawn camping on the original version of Kursk; AA guns are a first ... : UtilityMaximizer
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                          That map is just flawed. The AA guns don't do anything except make it impossible to fly once the other te... : Zibro
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                            Wait, you mean they added more AA guns in the middle of the map? That's just dumb. I thought you meant th... : UtilityMaximizer
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                              One extra in very plain sight at the main bases, and an extra on both middle points. : Zibro
                              • That's just silly. An AA to the south of the southern uncappable base, and to the north of the northern u : UtilityMaximizer
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                                I think they actually adjusted the flags on Stalingrad, didn't they? (moved out of the buildings) I'm not... : P-Squid
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                                  Nope, the flags are in the same place they've always been on Stalingrad (on top of the buildings). An... : UtilityMaximizer
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                                    They don't have a site yet: http://www.forumplanet.com/planetbattlefield/topic.asp?fid=7111&tid=1475216 ... : P-Squid
                                    • We've actually played Stalingrad a few times in Shackbattles; it's not a terrible map. Better than Berlin... : UtilityMaximizer
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                                    Just noticed this near the end of the thread (own forums): http://www.forumplanet.com/planetbattlefield/... : P-Squid
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                                      Cool, thanks! When they're ready, the new website will be www.bfconversion.com, apparently. : UtilityMaximizer
                                      • without the comma http://www.bfconversion.com/ : carnivore
                                      • I couldn't resist posting about map changes, so now there's a thread about it. : P-Squid
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                                        I played the WW2 mod of BFV, the extra foliage is nice but the BFV engine has never run as nicely on my m... : jimmy-buffett
                                        • That might be a good thing for Wake Island; it gives the Allies more of a chance against the Japanese des... : UtilityMaximizer
• I'll be there, also at the training to try to help out. : jimmy-buffett
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  i havent played bf1942 in months so what is the latest patch? : jono181
  • 1.6 is still the latest : kbnerd
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  Hey, anyone interested in this mod? http://www.ninjaparty.com/clearpoints.jpg It works with any flavor... : Zibro
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    Wow, that sounds great. We'd all have to download it, though, huh? Hmmmm. Maybe we should give a try ... : UtilityMaximizer
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      No, it's client side. It's an .rfa file you put into \Battlefield 1942\Mods\bf1942\Archives\ : Zibro
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        And haha, I just realized how small it is. Here, I don't think my bandwidth will get raped by a 1.06kb fi... : Zibro
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          So what do we have to do to enable it? : UtilityMaximizer
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            Nothing. Just put the .rfa in \Battlefield 1942\Mods\bf1942\Archives\ (there should be a menu.rfa already... : Zibro
            • Cool, I'll try it out tonight. Thanks! : UtilityMaximizer
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              Punk buster doesn't mind? : zerofunk
              • I've had no troubles. I just used it on Ashkie's server to make that screenshot, so it works on there jus... : Zibro
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              They're fixing this in BFV (just making the arrows above the flags in the layer order), so hopefully they... : P-Squid
              • There will be no more BF1942 patches, I'm afraid. That team has already moved on to BF2. : UtilityMaximizer
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  does somebody have instructions on how to increase the player-name-tag size? They're so small they're un... : AssGoblin
  • arrrrr, help or walk the plank u fruitcakes :( there be booty for ye : AssGoblin
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  32 signed up so far. Looks like it should be a full house tonight... : themelon
  • It was and there were some damn good games. : scanline

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  A switch statement with a function for each instruction. : qwpeoriu
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    As far as std input, is this entered at the command line, or from a file ? That doesn't seem to be specif... : qwpeoriu
    • Not a file. Like the eclipse console for instance (which I assume is the same as the command line) : derelict515
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    Ok. So for the first array (a) I'd do for(int i = 0; i < a.length; i++) { switch (a[i]){ case 0: m : derelict515
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      Yes, that's exactly what I'd do. : qwpeoriu
      • Super. Hopefully the online judge will like it as well >_< : derelict515
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  honestly, you need to abstract your stuff more. you're working at too low of a level with arrays and cra... : AssGoblin
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    What do you mean exactly? I thought I knew what you meant by abstract until the second sentence. : derelict515
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      - make a class Cpu - the Cpu holds the ten registers ( array of 10 ints ) - the memory too ( array ... : econocrist
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        Damn. That makes much more sense than when I try to think about it myself. Thanks. I guess I should start... : derelict515
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          doing the input stuff correctly will take you some time to get it right - google for some examples first.... : econocrist
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            It'd be more fun if the prof/graders weren't so lazy and didn't use the online judge and instead looked t... : derelict515
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              That seems like a way for univeristies to weed out students from over-populated entry level programming c... : qwpeoriu
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                Its exactly what it is. Its a bit above entry level (3rd semester if you had no prior CS). I just don't p... : derelict515
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                  Yup. But my bad yo, I didn't at all mean to sound condescending when I said entry level. You've obviously... : qwpeoriu
                  • I didn't take it that way :) I don't have as good a grasp on it as I'd like though =\ : derelict515
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              You do realize how long it takes to grade those types of programs, correct? I graded for the AI course a... : walker270
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                I'm aware that its not easy. But if I put 20+ hours into a project and because the last line of my table ... : derelict515
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                  Deal with it. If you ever end up with a CS job you'll find the penalty for not completing your assignmen... : walker270
                  • Again, I realize this, but I still prefer what you would do. The fact that I got the same credit for 20 h... : derelict515
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                    Ugh, you can't be serious. Everybody makes mistakes. I agree that grading tons of assignments is hard, bu... : qwpeoriu
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                      Yes, I'm serious, and that's how I graded assignments. Programs that crashed lost 30 points, and ones th... : walker270
                      • Even that is more fair than what we get though. Our structure is, if its not 100% perfect output (accordi... : derelict515
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                        I graded, T/A'd, and worked in the comp sci help lab at my university as well, although it was undergrad ... : qwpeoriu
                        • Oh, well I wasn't talking about program output; that much was already written for them. I only ever grad... : walker270
              • not if the instructor has the I/O that was used during the competition :) : Audhuml4
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  hey i did that problem in C++ yesterday :) : Audhuml4
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    You obviously didn't have as much trouble as I am =\ : derelict515
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      kind of strange setup. is your class using the "how to win programming contests' book? i think our pseudo... : Audhuml4
      • Why would you loop before you initialize ? That doesn't seem correct to me unless I'm missing something. : qwpeoriu
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        You can do it much easier/faster if you read the line in as a character string and not a number. You don : walker270
        • I thought about doing that as well but I'm not sure if its necessary. When you read the stuff from standa... : derelict515
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        We don't have a book for this. This is just our regular homework stuff. We get 0 help from the professor... : derelict515
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          I can take a look over your sourcecode if you want. If you get stuck, just lemme know. : qwpeoriu
          • I haven't written much any yet. I was just planning out the meat of the problem while trying to learn how... : derelict515
      • hell. 1) integer vs character - doesnt matter given the circumstances. ACM problems rarely have an issue... : Audhuml4
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  I/O - can't you use FileStreams and StreamReaders? : mr brown
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    I can. I could also use BufferedReader, InputStreamReader, etc, etc. We don't need to read from a file th... : derelict515
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      whoops, since when did ctrl v submit... I meant something like: InputStreamReader isr = new InputStrea : derelict515
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        no, that reads from the console, what you want is probably more along the lines of: File f1 = new : mr brown
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          I think I only want to read from the console. I'm pretty sure the online judge does some funny thing wher... : derelict515
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            oh, that's silly. : mr brown
            • Indeed. The whole process of submitting/grading this stuff is silly : derelict515
• Sometimes usually Eclipse pisses me off. Why does it tell me Launching(Error:Launch configuration Main re : derelict515

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  I don't think I've seen you on here since your wedding? Congrats! How did the big day go? Goes by quic... : FormerHPB
  • Your name is messed up :) The day went by extremely quickly. In fact, from the rehearsal dinner to ar... : EvilDolemite

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• I'm in : drucifer
• P.S. I'll be there in 10 minutes at 4:30 EDT : Degenerate
• I'm going in : genjuro
• im downloading the demo now and will be joining soon : Maarten Goldstein
• I'm going in. We have six, need more! : Degenerate
• i'm at work =-( : kbnerd
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  I'll join. which Demo MP is this? the test one? : dilutedq
  • wtf pw?! : dilutedq
• Downloading now... be there in ~10 minutes. : vile
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  very cool, nice game all : Maarten Goldstein
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    you played like 2 rounds :( : ashke
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      yeah, i have other things to do : Maarten Goldstein
      • Yeah its almost 11:20 in holland! : Blackdawgg
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  I wish I could get that game to behave properly. Every minute to three minutes the whole game hangs up f... : CSParsons
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    not on wireless, are you? : Nighthavvk
    • Nope. And I'm not sure that a wireless disconnect would freeze the whole game and OS anyway. Its really... : CSParsons
• you guys hate me and did this on purpose. :( Not to mention it'll be a few days before I can play again. : boomstickah
• sorry I had to drop. I'll be back shortly if everyone is still there : Degenerate
• I just dropped too. Lunch awaits. : Ajax
• This game owns. GG everyone. : filtersweep
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  Buy retail fuckers and lets get the pub going again = good times : ghost in my shell
  • I have the retail I've just never layed the MP with it : Degenerate
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  what's with the recent surge in SoF2? Was it always this way since the game came out? I have a retail co... : jigstah
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    the MP is fun as shit. hopefully we'll play again in a bit : Degenerate
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      I'll install today. : jigstah
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        we've been playing the demo, not full version. install that too :D : Degenerate
        • will do. If anyone is down to play retail, let me know. : jigstah
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    I think a lot of ppl like myself want a game again we can just hop on and play thats up all hrs of the da... : ghost in my shell
    • yeah sounds good. time to install! : jigstah
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  Everyone left while I was downloading :( : BaBOon
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    we'll be back! : Degenerate
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      With twice the carnage! : d0gbert
      • Is that even possible? : Degenerate
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  All copies online are $20 minimum :/ : johngloid
  • The demo is free though! Get it from FileShack and join up, soldier!! : fatman
• going back in! : Degenerate
• I'll be in. Give me 10 mins. : rand04
• i don't want CIH :( : multisync
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  ok, but only if you promise to have a full-version sof2 shackbattle sometime this week : busdriver3030
  • ^ cosigned! : jigstah
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  is the demo hanging for anyone as soon as they try to start it?? :( : rand04
  • ignore! stupid zone alarm. : rand04
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  I remember this... I think? Was this the one where one team was getting to the choppa or something? : andromeda
  • yesh : drucifer
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    Yeah. Infiltrate, get briefcase, get to da choppah. : Zibro
    • ah ok! Yeah, I sucked at this game/mode. : andromeda
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  how do I join? when I ask for a list I got nuthin! : rand04
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    make sure it's set to internet, not local : drucifer
    • yeah made that mistake, whoops. : rand04
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    password? : rand04
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      not shacknews, nor shack nor shackbattle nor sof2 : rand04
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        come on ffs. someone tell me. >:| : rand04
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          sweet baby jesus. WHAT IS IT??!!! : rand04
          • finally, thank you shackers. : rand04
• GGs all! That was hella fun. : BaBOon
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  good games yo! DM stinks! : Degenerate
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    inf 4 life : filtersweep
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      damn straight! : Degenerate
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        Stupid genjuro. >:( : filtersweep
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          looks like half the folks left when they switched to DM http://games.eof.net/index.php?inc=servers&ser... : Degenerate
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            crap, I've just started dling too :( : Optimus Prime
            • oh dont worry, I think we'll be playing again really soon. : Degenerate
  • yeh dm is dull but I think retail is needed. : rand04

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  In addition, The Husband brought $100,000 to the household when we had $1000. So we spent all his money t... : jcutner
  • based on a true story. : ergh
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  Sims 2 is scary. : silentzero
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    It's addictive. : jcutner
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      I never quite did get how to actually influence the Sims properly when I tried Sims One :( It sounds so i... : silentzero
      • It's an excellent game. : jcutner
      • Apparently they have gone for more of a soap opera angle than micro-management with this one. Given the n... : SpiderMonkey
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  is this the Sims or Jerry Springer? : hal9000
  • The loading screen does say Blurring Reality Lines : jcutner
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  needs Kent + teenage daughters : chaza
  • I don't think it's possible. But, there is a first time for everything. : jcutner
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    I want to recall reading that only adults (and possibly the oldies, whatever they're called) can have sex... : SilverSnake
    • Yeah. It's VERY detailed compared to the first one. : jcutner
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      Yeah my first character has only had sex as an oldy. I don't know how people can have a successful adul... : kingdepork
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        So what your saying is he's Hugh Hefner? : Toraz Chryx
        • Seems so. : jcutner
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        The most expensive aspiration reward, elixir of life, takes a few days off your age with each drink if yo... : Portax
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          What happens if you use those things when it isn't gold? : jcutner
          • *shrug* Random wackiness I'm guessing. : Portax
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  Ok, that is completely fucked up.. That game sounds awesome.. : Hiro
  • I kind of agree.... : thejm4n
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  You can fuck in a hot tub? Or as Ferrell would say "the hat -tab" : Chrono Trigga
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    Totally. My sim and her lesbian fairy lover do it in the hot tub all the time : jessipoo
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      Mary-Sue did it with her husband in the hot tub. Then he died! So she did it with Kent instead. : jcutner
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        Mary-Sue sounds like a total bitch. : jessipoo
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          me love you short time! : darkT
          • Lillith (one of the teenage daughters) ran away. We adopted a baby, who was black (white family) and is n... : jcutner
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  I need to buy my wife this game so she gets addicted and understands my addiction. : dmiller
  • Also, your sims can purchase games, such as The Sims: Bustin' Out from the stores, and play it on their c... : jcutner
• I wish they would have kept in the pets, rather then make us wait months before the expansion. : jcutner
• Awesome story. I am completely loving this game. It's so damn addicting. Side note though, when I we : kikilupo
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  anyone else have some funny stories to add to the mix : jcutner
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    I got my guy hitched to the maid, but I had her ask him to marry. They both ended up with her last name. : Draugluin
    • This was worthy of a LOL. : Dobbs
    • Seems logical : jcutner