Half-Life 2 SE Revealed

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• No kidding. 80$ = no thanks. : unlurker
• Since all console games are $80 in Sweden I don't think it's a big deal. Even though american pc games ar... : {Venger}
• IAWTP. : Stage
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  Think about how much this would be in Canadian dollars... : Rice-Rocketeer
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    ~$104. That's double what I paid for the UT2K4 SE which came with 2 dvd discs loaded, and a headset. I ... : SenorSpine
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      $130 can for Warcraft3 CE, $90 can for the regular War3... : i_mon61
      • worth every penny. : Pneum0
      • Yay, Blizzard and their fucking money hats. : Rice-Rocketeer
    • Some people are willing to pay more for the extras. I know I will with WoW. : Psychic Potato
  • no one cares about 3rd world countries though lolz i just kid : armybob
• hahaha what the fuck ever, 80. : jadefalcon

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  Interesting... though they put down 2005 instead of "whenever" : Erator
  • TF2, the ultimate in vaporware! : mystifier
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  Those screenshots look so ugly now, I remember when they first came out it was very impressive. Then late... : Psychic Potato
  • In those screenshots, it practically IS an HL1 mod, although at that time no one thought HL1 could look t... : Dave Johnston

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  The point is not that we're being forced to buy it, the point is that while the concept of a special edit... : sigma
  • That would be really cool and definetly make it worthwhile to spend the extra money... Good Point! : Erator
  • Well I guess there is probably some fear that any deleted "scenes" or levels will make the company look b... : ease_one
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    Including "lost levels" is a silly idea. Letting people play through levels that are incomplete or unfini... : Serpico74
    • Chances are that they got at least some levels that are complete but just didn't fit or were "remade" and... : SilverSnake
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    I hear ya, but remember that deleted scenes in a movie for example get cut out because there just isn't e... : mystifier
    • Most of the time, cuts are made to a film simply because the stuff they cut sucks. The same applies to... : Serpico74
  • It has stuff that I'd be happy to shell out for. :S : SpiderMonkey
• So true, but many of these trolls figured that if they whine enough, that Valve will make the exclusive c... : silverback1138
• Nobody is telling you you have to read the posts, either : cap n KRUNCH

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  Lombardi: "We've been asking, but Vivendi has refused to communicate an expected retail release date for ... : Majestic237
  • They're not gonna shaft the gamers, no matter how angry they are at valve. The bottom line is that they k... : sigma
• This angers me so much. : stelth

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  i'm with you. doesn't have enought extras. a plushee headcrab would kick ass! : AMikaboshi
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    Would pay $80 for a standalone plush headcrab. : WaterSign
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      no, prolly not. but a dvd version of hl2, tshirt, plush headcrab, making of book.... maybe : AMikaboshi
      • Well, I once paid $80 apiece for a pair of decorative pillows. This is the reason I am so poor today. : WaterSign
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  I'm sure there'll be more... like a lock of Gabes hair or something... : stelth
  • yuck : Pneum0
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  Wearable Plushee headcrab is a gold mine, I hope you are paying attention Gabe. : lavaflare
  • Hm. I think I've just found my halloween costume... : Conan
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  You know, this is why I hate Valve so much: crappy business decisions, crappy PR, crappy content delivery... : mystifier
  • sounds like the new Looking Glass Studios... : sigma

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• T-Shirt available via Steam as PDF o_O it could happen : Languid_Heap
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  Fastest way to get it is on steam? Don't fool yourself, that multi-gig game coming across at 300bytes ... : digitaljihad
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    Preloading. : Sarcastro
    • bah, get the whole thing and then tell me about the experience. : digitaljihad

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• Hi Sloan.... No. : digitaljihad
• LOL! I used to go there alot until I moved to Bothell. I actually just got hired at the local Gamestop ... : silverback1138

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  Why are they always XL? You could fit two of me in that size. : optimistic
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    It's easier to make a t-shirt shrink then to make it larger... Or they think XL is what the majority o... : SilverSnake
    • Yeah, I mean, I'm kinda big, but I'm not THAT big. Fuckin' fatties. : al9000
  • hi little man! : sixfoot6
  • it's so obvious. americans are fat people, that's why they chose "XL". : lonestar3
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    Wow, a bunch of girly men around here! I wear xxl and I'm not fat by any stretch of the imagination. ... : jccalhoun
    • 6'2", XL. : Barbarian
    • 6'1", large. :[ : cajuncook
  • I know I am 5'10" and fairly skinny, me wearing an XL would look retarded. Fucking fatties -Xian ... : Turd Ferguson
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    Most guys are not built like a chick : oneshot
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      How wonderful of you to equate fatness with manliness. : lavaflare
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        People are complaing that a XL is like a blanket on them from what i see. Im 6'3 230 pounds im not fa... : oneshot
        • Ok. Fattie. : lavaflare
• XL T-shirt!?!? ...but I want a DVD copy... *Whine, whine...!* : Rice-Rocketeer
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  Wash and dry it, problem solved. : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • Doesn't work, most shirts now are resistant to shrinkage. Believe me I've tried. : optimistic
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  Am I the only person here who would have to lose weight to fit in that? : WaterSign
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    Is that you? http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/mensch/0,1518,grossbild-379187-319213,00.html : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • LOL! Not yet... I mean, I can squeeze into an XL a bit uncomfortably, but that's not the point of clothin... : WaterSign
    • that dude went to the hospital in my home town! go south dakota! : ansuble
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      Holy damn, you could get lost in his cleavage. : al9000
      • looks like his head is about to be sucked in to his body or something : Unleashed
• The XL shirts are typically "smaller" than normal. For example, the XL T-shirt that came with the id Anth... : MatthewPhillips
• damn, i as a large at best. : jono181
• I have so many XL shirts (from concerts, stupid promotional crap like this, etc.) hanging useless in my c... : Majestic237

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• haha so true. : mystifier

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  people care about co-op? : mikecyb
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    if a fps game has coop i WILL buy it out of general principle : KinetiK
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      IAWTFP. Coop is absolutely amazing when done right, developers need to realise this. : downrightevil
      • Halo was a ton of fun in split screen co-op mode. That was one of the reasons I loved it so much. More... : Psychic Potato
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    any fps game that comes with co-op i am buying. : clain
    • Daikatana: The Co-Op. with Superfly : lavaflare
  • some people have friends :( : invadernny
  • Are you kidding me? Coop is the best thing that can happen to an fps, look at Halo - Tons of fun : mystifier
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  if they had co-op support wouldn't you want it in the regular full retail version. : ease_one
  • holy shit if valve only included co-op in the SE someone would drive a car bomb into their building! Are ... : ease_one
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  Sven Coop will release a coop mod for it. they're working with Valve directly. : Katarn3279
  • he's right folks. Coop is coming :) : rasputinreborn

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• Your graphics card is only worth $200?! Haha!!! : WaterSign
• My machine still has a 10x4x24 CDRW in it. My wife has a DVD drive though, I just installed over the netw... : reign27
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  I know plenty of gamers without DVD drives...why? Because they've had to reason to buy them. Until games ... : Vincent Grayson
  • Err, had *no* reason to buy them. : Vincent Grayson
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    I know gamers who wont spend $20 on a dvd-rom player because there arent enough games out there on dvd-ro... : MrLonghair
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      Right, but what I'm saying, is that the *ONLY* difference between the two is whether you have to switch d... : Vincent Grayson
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        The big issue is we have 5-cd games now that have virtually no FMV in them. That's 5 cds of pure conten... : kingdepork
        • I'm not against the jump at all. Honestly, my computer is currently unable to run most new games in a sat... : Vincent Grayson
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  I don't got a DVD drive yet, since there's no reason to get one. Only a handful of games comes on DVD and... : SilverSnake
  • Because as content increases, the amount of CDs increases. You might not understand the ease of switchin... : cajuncook
• i actually have a DVD drive for my computer but have had no reason to actually install it yet. If they m... : clain
• I have a dvd-rom because I support the gaming industry and the gamers. I'm a team player : MrLonghair
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  Solution = some major upcoming game comes with free DVD drive. Gamers collectively stfu. : Majestic237
  • Haha, that'd actually be quite sweet! :) : SilverSnake
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  DriveType Undetermined 26,574 5.87 % CD-Rom 78,061 17.25 % DVD 347,805 76.87 % Seriously. : snuff
  • and this is primarily among CS gamers, who tend to use older hardware anyways because they don't need the... : SenorSpine
  • not suprised at all... I bought my DVD drive for UT2k4. Don't regret it at all. If publishers would pony ... : mc-fine
• I didn't have a DVD drive till last week. Bought it for The Sims 2. : Alec Matias
• I don't have a DVD and I have a 6800GT : peter
• http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=7268334 : rasputinreborn
• DVD writers can be had to $100. But in regards to piracy, just resign yourself to the fact it will nev... : digitaljihad

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• The Sims 2 DVD Special Edition was the same cost... : WaterSign
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  As was UT2k4 : mojoald
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    you can get ut2k4 on dvd without spending a dime extra: http://www.gamestop.com/product.asp?product%5Fi... : suqur
    • Yeah, and in most cases it was LESS. : cajuncook
• Yeah that's really really gay. : tomservo

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  Then I guess I'll actually drop some coin in 30 years. But I'm definitely not enough of a fanboi to buy ... : Ride-My-Rocket
  • I could wak it andjak it! : dante2010
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  I'm expecting that from the Lord of the Rings movies. In a few years we'll shell out more money for the t... : TheDreamDragon
  • Radagast was never in it; a costume was created for the playing cards based on the movie. LotR has alw... : Conan

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  I want a hardcopy of the game. I don't give much of a flying bag of used sheep ovaries for the box. :D : stelth
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    so burn the download cache :P : johnny skidmarks
    • if it's 10 bux cheaper to download maybe, but if it's full price i'd want it burned for me. : Pneum0

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  sell the game for $200? : personaljesus
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    They kind of did... "OHHHHHHH I NEED A 400 DOLLAR VIDEO CARD NOW!!!" : snuff
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      i beat DOOM3 on my trusty ti4600 in 1024 medium settings. : Bali
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        ...at 10 FPS. : Rice-Rocketeer
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          ...and black & white colors : personaljesus
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            mostly black : Eratik
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              your all a bunch of trolls : Pneum0
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                funny trolls tho : Nighteyes
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                  with little green hats. : jigstah
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                    And jolly happy songs to sing! Lumpa dumpa doopedy-doo, we've got a story for you... : sigma
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                      fuck you for getting that song in my head. : Matto357
                      • KATA-MARI-DAA-MAH-SHIIII!!! : Busta J
• When does the regular edition DVD catch on? Especially since the HL2 hardware survey shows a vast majo... : sinistarfith
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  Only reason I pre-ordered this is I am already getting a regular copy free (hard copy) thanks to the ATI ... : moz
  • Except you've already effectively paid for the ATI copy of HL2. (It doesn't really come free with the car... : nudel
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  Ohh yes. Quake 4 on DVD STAT! : rorshack
  • ^^^ this is sheer brilliance, and IAWTP. : Downforce

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  Pfft $80 is £44. You guys don't know you're born! I remember paying £60 for StreetFighte... : minasoko
  • ^^Seriously. My friend paid 10.000 ISK (that's $140) for Mortal Kombat II. Did he complain? NO! WE PLAYED... : nomaad
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  you're not. You're paying $50 for the game, $30 for the book and a free t-shirt. : Madwacker
  • So $30 for a book. : flip-flop
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    Actually, I'm not paying for it, period. : Ride-My-Rocket
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      Exactly. ;) : jrock
      • Oh and that's not a hint at anything illegal, in case anyone is confusing what either of us is saying, We : jrock
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  I'm thinking about it. I'll judge from the steam edition if it's worth the dosh I mean, almost all of ... : MrLonghair
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    Arcade games? HL2 is not an arcade game. : ezanga
    • Obviously not :) Painkiller would be suited for arcade use though : MrLonghair

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  September 30, 2003..... never forget! : Ride-My-Rocket
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    It's totally coming out on Sept 30th, 2004. It'll be 'cute' that it's 1 year late exactly. : krackato
    • But will it be just as buggy as every game that's released on time, I wonder... : jrock

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• All I want is HL2 and HL:Source. A DVD copy would be nice but not that big of a deal. I don't care about ... : renegade732

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  yea but that was still cheap :( : sexninja!!!!
  • well, the one w/ out the headset that is. and i also got my copy long after release. so maybe not :( : sexninja!!!!

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  Dude you get a coffee-table-esque book that is presumably $20-30 and a T-shirt which is what, $15-25? : SpiderMonkey
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    HAHAHA still not worth it. they should give us the t-shirt and book for making us wait so long.** * : virus
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      Without it sounding accusing, what is something you'd want to see in a Special Edition pack? An interesti... : SpiderMonkey
      • I would want someone's liver and a nice chianti. : jrock
• Get a real job hippie! : moz
• thasts bs, i can buy 2 games for that much (hell pc games dont cost as much as console games on release d... : X-GOUKI
• You do remember this isn't the ONLY version, right? : BrodieMan

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• Ahaha, The Geek Vote Suppressed!!! Democratic spokesmen hint at colusion between Gabe Newell and Karl Ro : trove
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  Well gabe had a meeting with Donald Rumsfeld apparently about using Source Engine tech for some sort of s... : pizzaknymp
  • (less Daily Show viewers and Internet readers) : pizzaknymp

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  I think it's in every version... but I'm not 100% sure. : stelth
  • I think too. : Bingo
• Well, earlier they said that one of the big things about the collectors edition is that it would include ... : sgtsanity

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  Spending 130 is a no brainer? Holy crow man. Whatever makes you happy. : flasher 907
  • I was gonna buy two copies of the normal version. That would've cost $130 appox. Since I dont need to buy... : stelth
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    Getting ass from the girlfriend > $130 CDN, apparently. : Ride-My-Rocket
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      how can he be gettin ass if she's playing the SE and wearing the t-shirt? : sigma
      • I cut a hole in the front and back of the ludicrously large T-shirt. :D : stelth
      • She could play bent over all the half life boxes! : vitek r
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    Maybe he means literally a no-brainer, as in no brain was involved in the decision. ;) : jrock
    • Took long enough for you pre-simians to come up with that. Teeee :D : stelth
• Oh, ... http://junk.camtone.ca/loveforvalve.jpg Whee : stelth

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• Or you could just get access to the interweb! : ease_one

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  I read this as "Valve like money". : minasoko
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    Who doesn't, honestly? : ArtilleryMarker
    • Allen Greenspan? : bubble rap
• Half-Life 2 Gets Gold? : Holesinswiss

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• This might be the unedited version. Besides, it looks more like something Romero would write. : sigma

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• But DVD's are so much more expensive! (sarcasm) : Adrenaline
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  if you go over to PC.IGN and look at this SE you get: Half-Life 2 on DVD-ROM Counter-Strike: Source ... : queensbridge84
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    unless they recently changed it, you're gonna get those Source ports with the regular edition as well, so... : Maarten Goldstein
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      are you? I wasnt aware of that : queensbridge84
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        You'll definitely get CS Source, I don't think they've actually talked about how to get Half-Life Source ... : menkey
        • of course it will cost extra : mikecyb
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    NO PEWTER HOUNDEYE?!?! : snuff
    • I'd rather have a pewter headcrab or something than a dorky t-shirt that's going to hang off of me like a... : al9000
  • haha "digitally remastered"? I'd love to see the analog version... : ) Damn film industry lingo. : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • hl source aka hl + r_fullbright 1 and shiney water? : ansuble
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    Free Limited Edition T-shirt with a 80$ price tag, i wouldent say the T-shirt is free... : gibmiser
    • you know what, that's a good point isn't it? lol. : voique
• So actually thats $101.94 CAD... : whippy
• i hope so, lets hope so! : jono181

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• Yeah, I'm thinking that too. Oh well.. I just want it on DVD. It doesn't matter to me.. not gonna pay 20 ... : K1Bond007

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• but the shirt is limited edition! : Lethal01

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• HAHAHAHAHAHA oh man that's a good one! *wipes tear* I'll take the regular version for $40 please, Alec... : jrock
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  Must have been smoking the chronic when they thought people would pay $80 for a DVD : Ride-My-Rocket
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    If I made a break in I´d consider stealing it instead of the Standard Edition. Too bad I´... : Spike Spiegel
    • It's never too late to learn. : Ride-My-Rocket