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  password "password" : Boxelder
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    ^^^ you do this before you connect. : Boxelder
    • i managed to get it working with a semicolon after the connect command =) thanks for the reply : jigstah

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  wow, they're on a roll! That's 3 funnies in a row : MikkleThePickle
  • actually, everything since the x-men strip was funny : Clay
• lol.. I love those games. Every time I solve a puzzle without using a walk through I'm like "BWAHAHAHAHA.... : Megara9
• Woooo, I lol'd. : king_darius
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  It's probably a reference to the puzzles. : kingdepork
  • Yeah his write-up about it sounded quiet positive to me. : Tincan

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• In regards to taking on Rome, take the city itself first. Then move into south Italy and take the two op... : trove
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  Assassinate all the current senate office holders. Then assassinate all potential candidates (eg rival f... : hadokennn
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    does this really work?? : lord_omega
    • i have no idea, i wanna know. Can i recruit like 8 assassins, and have thme work the senate over for a f... : Sgt_Boomstick

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• holy crap.. $10,000 fine!? Nazis, etc. : Megara9
• man that's so lame : JohnnyDanger
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  Let the FCC watch Swedish television for a while. : MrLonghair
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    swedes are viking savages, not puratin christians, we expect no less than filth and vile behaviour from t... : seven
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      ..in a nutshell'd : MrLonghair
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        church pillage next weekend? : Megara9
        • Sure, it's bring your own kittens this weekend though : MrLonghair
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      They can be elegant as well: http://www.johnandresen.com/Resources/calendarcover.jpeg : helvetica
      • tighty whities should be outlawed :( : Megara9
      • hetero menz, don't click link. *clears out history* : dmiller
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  Taking his points away is a bunch of crap. Ok, fine him if you want, but taking away points that he's ea... : Salad Sammich
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    exactly, that's fucking pathetic. What does it have to do with the sport? : moshman
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      "Moshman, you have been fined twenty-five credits for a violation of the verbal morality statute." : Salad Sammich
      • b& for swearing :( : moshman
  • Yea it could end up costing him $5 million. The problem is they had already docked points of someone else... : Do_Or_Die
• What the shit, that's so wrong. Taking away points? Wtf is going on? : nomaad
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  I blame Janet Jackson. Stupid floppy pasty booby. : quietb0y
  • let's not forget the nipple ring ! HAWT not : rookieone
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  my sister, the mother of my children whoooo? : d fluke
  • it's NASCAR after all ! : rookieone
• lol @ america and FCC : hadokennn
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  I didn't think the word 'shit' was considered obscene when not used to refer to human excrement? That's ... : kek
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    It wasn't the FCC that fined him, it was NASCAR, who have their own rules. : Do_Or_Die
    • they're commies thats what they are : X-GOUKI
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    South Park "gets away with it" because they're not regulated by the FCC. : Halen
    • but they had to take out their puppet-love scene :( I really hate how they can dismember puppets but not... : lord_omega
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  America has turned into a pussified little bitch. : Phil
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    phil = uber eloquence :) : dmiller
    • I'm breakin' it down for the common man. : Phil
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  And NASCAR fining some hillbilly for being uberhillbilly is lolz. : Phil
  • Seriously! Parents use that work when potty training their kids! : FormerHPB
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  Holy crap, your sister is the mother of your children?!?! : alcaron
  • you stole my line :( : pupismyname

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• Ask Sander for the comments database backup. oh wait.. :( : Daggoth
• Wasnt that long ago was it? Probably gone with the DB crash. : google
• FYI, I thought it was a good ending. : protozone
• probably lost forever :( : moshman
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  it sucks waiting for the dvds : fsck
  • I feel your pain :< : riptyde
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  I was reading on AICN, I think that Season 4 will premiere on Jan 9th, with a 2 hour ep, and then another... : Vincent Grayson
  • I feel your pain :< : Caboose
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  damn, in communist sweden, only the first season has aired... we are so far behind its not even funny... ... : BigT
  • I feel your pain :< : Daggoth
  • are you on crack? they aired the first episode of season 3 yesterday. : Cpt. Baseballbat

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• well better that then you try to learn it from some crackhead selling magazines. : SenorSpine
• "That doesn't really help us, Michael." : slax0r
• Well? Don't keep it to yourself, help a brotha out! : aramaic
• I never got to take one of these courses :( : c0bra
• Share the knowledge, brother! : Mad Brahmin Disease
• It seemed pretty simple when I had it explained to me. : riptyde
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  Just give me the name of ONE drug dealer. I have good networking skills! : FrayLo
  • Hi. How are you? My name's Elliot, and I'm with the Cub Scouts of America. We're... we're selling uncut c... : unklfukr
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  Share! Thats one of those bits of information you don't think you ever need but god damn it, if I do ...... : rosewood
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    To launder money is, essentially, to pay taxes on it. I'll explain by example: I'm a drug dealer, and... : riptyde
    • plus you'll loose like 40% of your moneys : lord_omega

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• no problems here : sexninja!!!!
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  Everything works fine for me. Been using it for quite a while now. : m0nkz
  • no problems here : glio1337
• SP2 is good : lord_omega
• The only things I had problems with was getting uxtheme working. And even that worked eventually. : Squirrely
• Haven't had a problem yet : adsquirrel
• I had a problem. See http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=8682641 : johnny skidmarks
• I finally had time to solve my issues with thinkpad t41p and sp2. 1) after install it would sit at log... : lee majors
• No probs. : Salad Sammich
• No problems here. : Dr Van Nostrand
• SP2 punched me in the face, caused my family to become violently ill, single handedly responsible for the... : Chod
• no problems and it seems to have made wifi easier : sm00v3d
• It's great, they should have called it "Sexy Pack 2" : clubboi
• no problems here. : sharkII
• what about the limiting of concurrent connections or something for P2P, etc? Apparently thats a big probl... : madclown
• no problems so far...on any of my machines running it. : darklox
• dragocore... is that like some larper metal? : haiku
• Freedom Force does not work. Just my luck, I finally get around to playing it and I can't even start it ... : PenicillinX57
• my computer reboots randomly now :( : alexthegreat2

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  Definitely a classic, and also funny. Been a couple years since I've seen it, wonder if it's out on DVD. : Nixx2004
  • It's more of a dark comedy and a movie that is a social commentary about people of the day. But yeah, a ... : Maddog_Delphi97
  • It's on dvd, yes. Not a full featured 4 disc set or anything, but it's on dvd. : bringer
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  peter sellers at his best. twice. : chazums
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    You must mean thrice. (The President, Mandrake, and the title character) And he was actually supposed ... : BrodieMan
    • i had a feeling i got that wrong as i clicked post :/ : chazums
• A fucking amazing film. : seven
• I saw that today also. The bomb drop is the greatest! : mr3dmax
• One of the best things with that movie is that you get to see a young James Earl Jones in his debut. : Hatta
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  Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room. : silent prophet
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    Have you ever seen a Commie drink a glass of water? : slickdoody
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      We cannot allow... a mineshaft gap! : c0bra
      • lol : Maddog_Delphi97
  • But he'll see the big board, the big board! : Tincan
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  I saw this film in an old time theater once. It was proceeded by a real pipe organ "concert", three stoo... : slickdoody
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    I saw Moulin Rouge with my roomate in a similar kind of place.. the atmosphere made the movie awesome tho : Megara9
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      damn you for mentioning moulin rouge. now I want to re-watch + listen to Come What May >_< : moe6
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        My wife has an orgasm every time that song plays. Ugh. : riptyde
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          yes but are YOU involved in any way? : Megara9
          • If there's a female orgasm involved, it's a pretty sure bet I wasn't around. : riptyde
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      ooh, that would be fun. Moulin Rouge is near the top of my favorite films list. : slickdoody
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        it's so well done if only the ending scenes were shorter :l We were also eating dark french chocolate ... : Megara9
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          drinking while watching a movie? in a theater?. I assume that this happened in sweden as you would be qu... : slickdoody
          • nein! It was in Californicationa : Megara9
          • There are theatres in the US that serve drinks. I've been to one in the DC area before.. can't recall th... : riptyde
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      ahahahaha, I think this is the first movie I've ever slept in in the first viewing. This was the most ... : Mad Brahmin Disease
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        so what you're saying is you totally ignored the incredible acting, amazing story and fantastic singing? ... : slickdoody
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          For me it was the filmography.. sure all those other factors were fantastic, but the way it was shot and ... : Megara9
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            The filmography was exactly what bothered me and what I meant when I said "MTV influenced", not really th... : Mad Brahmin Disease
            • Yeah it did have a music-video feel to it, and considering the style in which it was done I can see why i... : Megara9
      • that's a shame, it's such a great movie. as far as movie format musicals go, moulin rouge blows chicago ... : arizona bay
      • I totally agree. It was awful. : c0bra
• Mein Furher, I can walk! : flip-flop
• Thats funny I never realized the name was so long, I had always thought it was just Dr.Strangelove. I'm g : Tincan

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• pwn3d by FP! : Daggoth

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  it's only possible if you're a cowboy. : Megara9
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    Or Boba Fett. : not work safe
    • or a wizard (see Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth series) : kbnerd
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  matchsticks : chazums
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    Do I use them to set the building on fire? : c0bra
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      they prop your eyelids open : Caboose
      • So I can spew fireballs from my eyes if I do this? : c0bra
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  go in, first thing take full blame (read: surprise attack) then just say so anything else we need to dis... : BigT
  • It was nobody's fault actually, just a string of bad luck. It actually went better than it could have. ... : c0bra

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• did it come with any new maps? : clain
• I used to <3 Inferno and Militia :(. I hope they do get that out by the time HL2 comes out. : moe6
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  paranesi might be new i dont think i've ever seen that. they tossed in chateau and havana too neither of... : spector
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    I think paranesi was in 1.6 I still don't know it though. : cookblaze
    • yeah, it was. : Zibro
  • I think they added it in 1.4 or so. : Turd Ferguson
• Ah, prodigy... I remember that map... god how long has it been since I've played CS? I'll be glad to ... : SpaecKow
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  a lot of the maps were done/owned by other authors, not necessarily part of the CS team. that might have ... : Clay
  • Then I love your buddy - he has provided me with a poopload of fun in past times, and a few great gaming : SpaecKow
  • when CS went retail they cleared all that I thought? : smellslikefish
  • Well, smack that bitch up and get the map in there already! : rosewood
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  Shit, where's the fucking airplane! ....seriously, it's been way too long since I played :( : Vincent Grayson
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    militia, nuke, prodigy and airplane were all great, shame they're not in it. : chazums
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      747 was horribly unbalanced, but it was a fun map as an occasional novelty. : node
      • I find that unbalanced maps are the most fun, on balanced maps the same thing is done every round and it ... : sanchez
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      What happened to that oilrig map, where you had to escort the dude with the briefcase? I loved that map. : Vincent Grayson
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        hahah those "VP" maps were great. Forgot all about them : Clay
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          Those were all the rage when I was playing CS back in the day. I haven't played it in years. Should be... : FormerHPB
          • VP maps required more thinking than usual, so most of the CS servers removed the map from their rotations... : sanchez
  • Striker, listen, and you listen close: flying a plane is no different than riding a bicycle, just a lot h : moe6
• Yeah I remember most of those from when I played CS like 4 and a half years ago. Those WERE good times, a... : jrock

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  The floor looks like it's had large chunks airbrushed out : erotic sock
  • as if theresn't any other kind. : Chunks
  • i agree. looks photoshopped. : edgewise
• Matrix Wars : filthysock
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  Looks badass, imo. I bet E3 rocks so hard. : GeorgeB3DR
  • I counter that and I bet it sucks : moshman
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    it'll rock if the lava surfing isn't as gay as it sounds. : dilutedq
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      It will be Legolas shield surfing gay. : RatBastard
      • mmm..jedi-elf : Megara9
  • ^^^ sure sign it will suck sorry George : moz
  • well that's a kiss of death... : seven
  • There goes my hope for DNF rocking. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  damn his hotness factor increased exponentially! : Megara9
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    if by hotness you mean his whiney ass burning in molten hot magma then yes! HOT! : moz
    • bring him to my chambers.. when I'm done, we shall give him to the Volcano God : Megara9
• Yay, it's horrible! : bargeld
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  it's a real promo pic, but there's a chance someone else just photoshopped on all the logos at the bottom... : andromeda
  • oh and the Vader reflection too, that looks fan made. : andromeda
• that looks awesome, but im 100% sure the movie will still suck. im not even going to see it. : arizona bay
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  I can't get the picture to show up...mirror? : fishbone
  • nm, there it is : fishbone
  • http://phil.askluke.com/starwars.jpg : Phil
• I'm digging the set behind him. Looking more like the OT, sweet. : Halen
• the graphics on the bottom look photoshopped on... really tiny and generic looking : snuff

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• i hope its durable becuase its going to get a hammering : chazums
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  Do you use your thumb? The way the screen is set up it seems like that would be awkward. : smdever
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    Stylus. Looks pretty easy to get acclimated to. Since I am an FPS whore, this handheld looks WAY bette... : FormerHPB
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      Is it the same control scheme as PocketQuake? : MikkleThePickle
      • never played pocketquake. Basically, right hand works the stylus, left works the joypad for movement and... : FormerHPB
  • there is a stylus and PA mentioned something resembling a guitar pic that can be used : chazums
• Correct. I likely intend to get one of those devices myself. : Entity
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  the DS is backwards compatible with GBA games, correct? advance response if the answer is yes : SWEEE... : paganritual
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    Yes it is, except for the multiplayer component of GBA games. : slax0r
    • just in case anyone missed it : SWEEEEEET : paganritual
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  yeah and thats why everybody use tablets .. oh wait thats right we don't if will be awkward and stupi... : BigT
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    Yet most people who have used it says it works well. I think I will take the words of those who have play... : Evil Benius
    • yeah, you might be right, but I just feel that it will not suit me. : BigT
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    But this is a handheld! For playing FPS on a handheld, this control scheme looks HAWT! I'd take this co... : FormerHPB
    • yeah, but I'm thinking more like XBOX controller, that would be swank, after Halo, I changed my mind abou... : BigT

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• I had a dream about Ultimate Gas Hands once. And I'm totally not kidding. : Sexpansion Pack
• I had a dream I made it to jamba juice and back before my girlfriend could leave for work. But then I rea... : not work safe
• sounds nothing like it to me: you dream should have been all in brown and your friends would have kept st... : chazums

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  CS:S isn't indicitive of the Source engine's quality. It's just a port. HL2 will look so much better (j... : EvilDolemite
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    It's just a port. That's not what Valve wanted us to think. : Slowtreme
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      Really? It's still CounterStrike. It's a bonus with Half-Life 2. You get it free with the game! That'... : EvilDolemite
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        CS:S is the ENTIRE MP mode of the game. Or your opinion is one way to look at it, that's it's just a bonu... : Slowtreme
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          You don't know that at all. Remember TF2? You think they just cancelled it? Yeah. CS:S is a nice bo... : lazarusb
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            TF2 is going to be a standalone product more than likely. I highly doubt they have anymore tricks up the... : kingdepork
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              But you have no idea, do you? What with Steam, and all the bonus content, I could see TF2 being free ove... : lazarusb
              • Valve is not giving TF2 away for free, and they HAVE EXPLICITLY STATED that CS: Source is the entire mult... : SenorSpine
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            Remember TF2? You think they just cancelled it? Yeah, actually, I think they did cancel it. : tharger
            • no they were very cryptic about it last year mentioning that they were still working on TF2. They are ... : stgdz
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          Isn't there going to be a HL2 DM mode and other goodies down the line? Heck, even if CS:S is the only ... : EvilDolemite
          • If Valve don't make it, I'd imagine HLDM:Source will be one of the first HL2 mods to emerge. : peanut-
          • It would make no sense for them not to do straight deathmatch, it's kind of odd they hadn't added it. Y... : kingdepork
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            It was stated months ago, CS:S is the MP version of HL2. Everything else they will dink you one at a time... : Slowtreme
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              uh? I'm pretty sure they said HL2 would have a multiplayer seperate from CS:S. : Zibro
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                The only thing I've seen is what Slowtreme said. Although I haven't been following things super close, so... : zerofunk
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                  Icarus: Does it have multiplayer, if so what are they? Chuck Osborn: Counter-Strike Source is the multip... : Slowtreme
                  • DAMN alt: http://www.halflife2.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=39792 : Slowtreme
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  really, above and beyond anything else, the animation in D3 stands out as being without equal. farcry ha... : grimiv
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    Yeah, I agree. The animation and lighting/shadowing in D3 won't be equaled for a while. EvilDolemte, I ... : Guava D
    • Animation in D3 is second to none as you said. I let imps chase me around just to see them move and throw... : te[R]ror
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  1: CS:S is not as good looking as HL2 bc its a MP-game. HL2 will have much purtier gfx. 2: There are ... : nosseman
  • The physics in CS:S are pretty basic. I am sure HL2 physics will be more advanced because there will be ... : Guava D
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    I don't know if what I've seen from HL2 videos looks better than what I was playing with Doom3 (quality o... : Guava D
    • The enormous city scene with citizens running from the huge stalkers, as police tried to keep order, was ... : EvilDolemite
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      Well, they did have breaking objects, buoyancy in water, soft body physics (bed matresses), ground and ai... : bargeld
      • speaking of physics simulation here : bargeld
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  The animation in Doom 3 wasnt very good on my XP2400+ 512 mb PC2700 R9600Pro 128 : MrLonghair
  • You make me want to cut my hair. : myLeftTesticleofFury
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  Yeah, Doom3's nice and all in the shadows for 10 hours, then when it opens up, watch the fps crawl. Ugh. ... : mystifier
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    As I always tell people, I think Doom3 is great, but Source looks more realistic, especially outdoor scen : zerofunk
    • Oh no, you didn! I am so sick of the "There can be no realism in a fantasy setting, duh!" argument is so ... : bargeld
• Valve and id had different goals in mind when they created thier engines. So to say one or the other is ... : Turd Ferguson
• I've never played Doom3 so I can't compare it to that, but I thought that the animation of the character ... : Tincan

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  gpoop? : smoove
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    POOgle : darcspeed
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      gdart : Phil
      • winrar! : PUPSTAHS
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  meh I can already access google on my cell phone. : Turd Ferguson
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    LOTS of phones have SMS, even older phones like mine. Not all phones have "wireless web". Also, SMS is ... : slickdoody
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      true but SMS they usually end up charging after you use over like a certain number. wireless web I pay a... : Turd Ferguson
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        that doesnt apply to everyone either. I pay per KB, as is the standard in malaysia currently. : moe6
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          Yeah, and here in the states it's per message, but I'm not too worried w/ 500/mo. And suqur hit it ex... : geedeck
          • it's per message here as well, with some free sms's thrown in every now and then :p. but our rates are re... : moe6
      • I wish we could do that over here in the UK, i'd have got a 3G datacard like a shot! Paying £5 to... : Arsenal
  • this is easier than using a web browser on the phone, IMO : suqur
• sweet. I like it! : Degenerate
• thats awsome =) I gonna use this all the time : Piggyson

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  some one please try googling for whores : chazums
  • win. http://www.google.com/search?num=30&hl=en&lr=&safe=off&c2coff=1&q=multisync+menz&btnG=Search : Phil
• the directory service here offers this too : moshman
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  I don't get it. :/ I guess I don't have that kind of phone/tech because when I send text messages I... : kek
  • send a text message to 46645 (the numbers google corresponds to). I guess I wasn't really clear in my me... : slickdoody
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  doesnt work for me :\ cant send SMS to short code numbers : NodTerrorist
  • what phone/carrier do you have? : slickdoody
• needs more Canada :( : redfive
• wow that is badass : silly

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• sprint straight to your objective. Try taking a few different paths through the jungle to get there. : Turd Ferguson
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  hehe I actually enjoyed that level. and that's nothing compared to what's waiting for you at the end... : xphil
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    Seriously, that last level I had to replay so many times to get though. Very tough, but not too tough. ... : FormerHPB
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      oh for fucks sake. im there now, at the big satellite dish thingy hunting down doyle. after the showdown : paganritual
      • It's not too bad. Just use Rocket Launcher and sniper rifle. Use the RL to take out the guys coming up : FormerHPB
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  What you're intended to do is drop down quietly into the river and sneak along it. But 98% of the time ha : GloriousCow
  • i ended up going left straight away after the drop and walking on the very edge of the mountain as high u... : paganritual
• Wait, Dam level? Are you thinking of the level I am? The one where you crawl along the top of a dam and : EvilDolemite

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• or not - its a horrible idea : rosewood
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  your hired! I agree that would be great to have that....I was thinking about that when i was running the... : clain
  • no no - one big program is no good : rosewood
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  That sounds very cool. Benchmarks that represent exaclty how the leading games play would help people ma... : slickdoody
  • I say they try HARDER! What they are providing is a big synthetic peice of poo. I can't tell HL2 pe... : rosewood

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  Is the single-player in that game any good? : Magitek
  • The story itself is very well done and very creative. The game is very open ended in some areas on how y... : stgdz

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  re: Powerbook and Bluetooth. Damn early morning shacking. : gingerninja
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    Informative. And this is their latest Blue Tooth mouse? Because I will buy one for sure if that is the ca... : haiku
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      I only knew they had one? http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00006LHSL/002-5263011-0016039?v... : gingerninja
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        I just assumed it was a new one because I was told before that it needed a dock. I guess they were wrong ... : haiku
        • 2aa yes. Not sure about the battery life - I've had it since mid july and changed the batteries once. : gingerninja
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          Hey PB user, you checked out this app that Toraz pointed to? (if you have a BT capable cellphone that is)... : moz
          • Oops. Here's the link. Stupid Alt. Postform. http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=8708640 : moz
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            For someone accusing me of retarded crap, you're showing signs of retardation or alzheimers yourself! : Toraz Chryx
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              Well in all seriousness some of your posts are more a gimic rather than actual reporting (like MyDocument... : moz
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                + LOL @ mod on stoofoo : moz
                • 'twas foisted upon me! I WAS PRESSGANGED I TELL YOU! : Toraz Chryx
              • Quite a few of my posts are deliberately gimmicky.. You'd have to be pretty darned delusional to think... : Toraz Chryx
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            I wasn't impressed - Address Book + T68 phone does the text message stuff, and notifies you of calls et... : gingerninja
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              I'm impressed because Salling doesn't support my phone (Siemens S56) and this works like a charm. The App... : moz
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                I find it exceedily handy that it can pause itunes when my phone rings. : Toraz Chryx
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                  Would pay $ for final version, this is handy stuff. : moz
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                    What would be extremely handy is if instead of bringing a screensaver up when the phone goes out of range... : Toraz Chryx
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                      hrmm * goes looking for an applescript to trigger that * : Toraz Chryx
                      • oic the applescript button doesn't actually DO anything yet. once it does, I have a script that'll ... : Toraz Chryx
          • My phone doesn't have bluetooth. My phone is actually the wost cell phone ever designed. Any positive con... : haiku
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      The Logitech MX900 works as well. Verified. : xstatik
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        That being said, the new MX1000 laser mouse is brilliant. It tracks much faster than any other cordless ... : xstatik
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          Are you back in Chicago now? Are you going to go to the midnight Halo2 release thing? If so, want to grab... : haiku
          • Sure, I'll be your bitch and pick up your swag for you. the disc itself will be replaced by a 24kbit e : xstatik
        • my MX1000 arrives in 7 days... 7 days I say... I can't wait - my fUnc is still sealed in its aluminium... : seven

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• I know the feeling. I'm sooo rusty. A while back I could really clean up, but now.... forget about it. I ... : edgewise
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  Worse, I was getting decimated on Rydogg's server too. :( I thought shackers didn't play this 24/7. : bargeld
  • I've been on a no-FPS binge for awhile, actually. Strictly RPGs and strategy games for a while. Every ... : Rice-Rocketeer
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    Haha, owned. I'm about to hop on right now. : lazarusb
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      The moment you pick up DoW, there's a Dreadnought Deepstrike coming your way! : bargeld
      • Promises, promises. =( : lazarusb
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  I kick ass on public servers. Rydogg's is another matter. hate u Residual : Ratsofatsorat
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    Haha, ownzored. : lazarusb
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      Is he still playing? I won't play until he's left. :( : bargeld
      • Haha, he's been gone a while now. : lazarusb
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      Sometimes I like to weep over my now-broken CD of 1942. : Ratsofatsorat
      • I gave mine away! : lazarusb
  • he just kicked my ass on some random Chicago server =( : PUPSTAHS
  • I'm the opposite. On the pubs I was getting rocked for some reason, In Rydogg's I did pretty well. : Pacalon
• it would be cool if you could pre buy it at EB and somehow prove you bought HL2 and get CS source over st... : Break
• Me too... I keep getting killed... all the time... I die first.. alone... *sigh* not fun :< : mystifier
• I felt I was right about where I normally play. I have been out of the game for a while so it still have... : Turd Ferguson
• I can't count the number of times Maul or Piotyr shot me in the head last night. But goddammit, it wa... : Vincent Grayson

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• Hopefully in 20-25 years he's figured out how to write proper dialogue. : erotic sock
• more superduper high-definition video : d fluke
• I'd say that if ep 7-9 were made, actors will be digital. : Slowtreme
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  I'll venture to argue that the LoTR series special effects looked more realistic to my eyes, but I sure h... : Megara9
  • 2nd'd bellow. great minds :P : chazums
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    I think people didn't notice a lot of the CGI in Ep2, it was that good. For example, they never made a cl... : peanut-
    • The films had a cartoony feel, IMO. But I'll watch them again and pay specific attention just to make sur... : Megara9
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      Exactly, the fact that nothing in EP1 and 2 existed, there where no sets, and very few actors. That eclis... : Slowtreme
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        I think people say LOTRs effects were better because it was a better movie. The much better end result gi : peanut-
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          you may have a point there. It's hard to compare the effects directly since the objects, elements, and te... : Megara9
          • I can agree with that. even if I didnt enjoy LOTR : Slowtreme
        • LOTR's story & actors suspended your belief, and the CGI was an accessory to that crime. Whereas in Epis... : amankhan
      • there were several sets. http://www.movie-locations.com/intromovies/pmenace.html : GloriousCow
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    Lotr effects were nice, but I was never able to suspend my disbelief of what I was seeing. I know that SW... : Slowtreme
    • Reverse it for me. LotR was something I bought because it was all fantasy. In Ep 1 and 2, things looked... : lazarusb
    • I definitely bought LotR 100%. Instead of thinking, "Wow, those effects are amazing." I thought, "Oh, s... : slax0r
  • Agreed. The new episodes of SW tend to have too much cleanliness and polish to them. Tatooine in both mov... : Halen
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  imo the sfx in 1 and 2 were poor things like lord of the rings pushed the evelope much further in terms ... : chazums
  • Too true, in star wars it looked CG, in lord of the rings they tried to use real props as much as possibl... : kingdepork
• 3D glasses and Smellavision : inchwide
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  yeah - that riding a speeder in the sunset out of episode two is in no way green screen cheese. not at... : seven
  • Not saying they're perfect, but those movies achieve a lot in the realm of CGI. The kinks will get hamme... : EvilDolemite
• Suspension of disbelief via SFX is pointless without a good story and good actors behind it. SFX should ... : amankhan
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  well, 2001 and Alien had good special effects : cap n KRUNCH
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    Alien came out after ANH. 2001 did have good effects for its time, but nothing like the end battle of AN... : EvilDolemite
    • I dont think I will ever get used to ANH. It's StarWars (period) : Slowtreme
• It'll break the ground where Lucas is not involved in screenplay writing. : Mad Brahmin Disease