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• eastcoast bebee : spector
• east : Patch-e
• Central-ish. Indiana is about as central as you can get. "Representin' Indy, ya'll" or something. : WaterSign
• East Coast : ShadowRam
• Oh and if you haven't already don't forget to sign up at http://sgl.overburn.ca : cookblaze
• midwest : anthonybean
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  er i registered at the site, does that mean im in? <-- noob : ingentis
  • oh, midwest : ingentis
  • Sign ups were already held. But Shackmessage me and if people drop out I will let you know. : cookblaze
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  east coast....why dont we do this on overburn's site? : egg5hen
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    I figured more people checked here than there. And not everyone has registered there. : cookblaze
    • But I'll post in both. : cookblaze
• east : pez2084
• east : zerofunk
• East coast : j33uk
• East coast representin' : Alec Matias
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  first west coast guy up! :) : itsjames
  • Quick! Let's get him! : quietb0y
• east : Boxelder
• GMT -4:00 fo life yo : theWhite
• East Coast : Skeez187
• East Coast : Caboose
• East Coast : d0gbert
• Central (MN) : TheNiXXeD
• west coast : Str8Dog
• CENTERAL. Represent. : snowwolf
• central/east : jamezj
• East coast : sergeon
• central : lordlobo
• westside for life!! : lacker
• East : TrptJim
• East Coast : rkmurph
• Bump : cookblaze
• Midwest (ohio), : Jackass1233
• east. : spectr3
• east coast : sleepyvt
• far...east...coast? GMT+8 : moe6
• east coast : nyranger66
• west coast : invisible_kid
• West Coast : fried sushi
• west coast. Vancouver time : Dan 101
• central bitches.... : clain

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• nothing. i want GTA:SA so bad thoU : multisync
• Ninja Gaiden - I'm halfway through the game and having lots of fun chopping shit up. Trying to get the 40... : genjuro
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  Disgaea. So much fun. I stopped playing it a while ago and just now jumped back into it, it's such a g... : Zibro
  • I should finish that. I'm only 2 chapters from the end. :[ : Ebu
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  About to play the final level of Warcraft III. : Zakko
  • It's hard, don't bother helping the humans. Put all your forces at the Orc base. : glio1337
• I am playing with watercolor. My first experiments with it, and so far I am digging it. : Crimsonbeak
• Tribes: Vengeance, because it came out just now here :( : d fluke
• I think I'm playing EQ2 this weekend. I've played a little so far and it's somewhat interesting. : bRAINsick
• Farcry, only bought it on monday. It looks very nice and the gameplay is good. I'm enjoying it quite a bi... : scanline
• 1) Shacking in excess-- because I am obsessed with the Shack and no matter how hard I try to get away fro... : PenicillinX57
• Halo PC if I can between homework. : jhof
• eq2 : [fry]
• hopefully i'll finish doom3 and play alittle tribes vengence. : Silent1
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  gothic, system shock 2, test drive eve of destruction and wizardry : tales of the forsaken land are the o... : paganritual
  • hold on ... why as well ... okay ... cause im bored and have time to kill (and should be coding) gothi : paganritual
• Halo refresher course, maybe KOTOR or Doom 3. : Deathlove
• I am mostly going to be out and about this weekend... I will be trying to squeeze in some Dawn of ... : Jayx77
• Kingdom Under Fire, and of course Counter Strike:Source. : Sexpansion Pack
• EQ2 beta - just getting into it and i am beginning to really enjoy it : losimagic
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  Max Payne 2 I got for $10... holy crap its good : cap n KRUNCH
  • I just got it for $20 but yes, very superb game. : thejm4n
• UT2K4 and United Offense. I'll mostly be out this weekend :(, otherwise I'd be playing more. : qwpeoriu
• I started playing through my Madden 2005 franchise again. I'm on year 2, and I just traded away Favre to ... : emocore
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  Shadow Hearts: Covenent : SykelSeven
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    its as awesome as you say. but harder to play late at night when youre tired cause you have to actually h... : paganritual
    • Yeah after about 5 beers my ring perfects start to drop off. :D : SykelSeven
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  Dawn of War. Why aren't any more shackers playing this game? :( : moogle
  • I'm still playing through the SP campaign... : Jayx77
  • I'm getting it for Christmas (as well as Halo2, Pacific Fighters, DoA: Ultimate, and Vampire The Masquera... : Vorlonesque
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  Yeah, I bought Suikoden 3 about a year ago but never finished it because my PS2 broke about 10 months ago... : vagina
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    oh, and goddamn did I hate Thomas' boring-ass chapters, especially the first one where you have to run ar... : vagina
    • Yeah, I know what you're talking about and figured out a pretty good solution in the form a spoiler-less ... : geedeck
• CoD: United Offensive *STILL* trying to beat the LAST level in the game after about 30 tries. LoTR: Tw... : MatthewPhillips
• my neener neener : fathertime
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  started reading Halo - First Strike in preparation for H2. : edgewise
  • please tell me you read the fall of reach. if you havent, stop reading first strike now. : glio1337
• Poker, probably. Why? Because this time I'm going to win, damnit! : Vantage
• Kingdom Under Fire: The Crusaders... fun stuff. : PoopStewart
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  CS:S i gotta practice for the upcoming tourney TEAM 10 IS GONNA WIN : nyranger66
  • I REFUSE!!!! : moe6
• TRIBES 2 baby! : Havain
• I'm gonna buy Katamari Damacy today. I was finally convinced when I saw the scoreboard yesterday and it w... : mr.sleepy
• Gradius V hurray! : Omaha
• The new Def Jam (really enjoying it actually), probably finish UO tonight, then tomorrow I'll probably pi... : node

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  I don't believe it slows the game, but I find it incredibly annoying. : quietb0y
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    well, the whole randomisation effect being tied in to the amount you're moving, yeah - it slows the game ... : seven
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      if you where winning you wouldn't be complaining :) : Topaz
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        Yeah - I was 18 - 3, nearest guy was 13 or so, 12-14 people on the server. I was winning. As hard a... : seven
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          I agree 100%. One thing that also makes the game uninteresting for me is the lack of rocket style project... : Lagiv
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            WTF is wrong with you guys? you have games that aim perfect and rockets... its called Quake, and UnRealT... : ShadowRam
            • They're saying you can have all the tactics and aim in the world, but someone can jump around a corner ho... : Zibro
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              What the fuck did I say that gives people the impression I want CS to be like UT? That's got absolutel... : seven
              • that, what's with the implication that there are no tactics in QW? Have you ever played a high level Q... : seven
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                You said it was too slow and that you didn't like the way the aim go's bad when you're moving fast. : yourname00
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                  which doesn't answer my question. : seven
                  • You just don't seem to like a lot of core elements of CS which gave me the impression you wanted it chang... : yourname00
            • Nobody said that CS should be changed somehow, I haven't even played it since version 0.7. Were just givi... : Lagiv
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      Oh I see what you mean. That does slow it down a bit. My problem is the randomness of standing still and ... : quietb0y
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        What else bugs me, is you're not allowed to call attention to it, or some people just assume you must jus... : seven
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          Well, because someone who is new to CS may not realize there is much more into getting a shot right than ... : AtaR1
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            walking > * still, there's no justification for walking into a room, shooting at a guy twice in the he... : seven
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              shooting at a guy twice in the head at medium range, he turns around and shoots once at you, not aiming a : peanut-
              • I wish that were true. : seven
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              No, because again, with everything you have to work with, the randomization is not that big of an effect ... : AtaR1
              • You actually make it sound very interesting :) I have never thought it as odds, well I probably have but... : Lagiv
              • Blowjobs are a totally random game. : iamgoat
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      Play the game on it's terms or play something else? : -TKF-
      • meh - nothing's above being given a bit of a serve, especially something like CS that deserves it. : seven
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  Aim at the necks, dude, you'll probably nail a lot more headshots. : theo20185
  • The problem is not at my end :) : seven
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  CSS makes me feel like a random badbuy in an action movie... I'll unload a clip directly at some guy and ... : BaBOon
  • That was...divine intervention. You know what divine intervention is? : afty04
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  I agree. CS is one of the few games where you can do everything right, outplaying your opponent in both t... : Magitek
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    Then you're not doing it right. : yourname00
    • actually, no, he could be, it's the game's fault. and that's just insulting on behalf of the guy who w... : seven
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  Quake was and always will be the perfect deathmatch game. There's simply no denying it. : idmud
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    CS isn't deathmatch. : yourname00
    • I would say more than half the time it is Team Deathmatch. Expecially on pub servers where I have to talk... : eldiablo01
• Agreed, in terms of other realism games/mods. AQ2, Q3UT, CoD felt way more accurate IMO (yeah even with Q... : flip0it
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  Random = CS, always have been always will be... Remove the random function and disable headshots on an... : -TKF-
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    And then you have a faster Rainbow Six. :| : Zibro
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      what? The sucky thing about CS is AK47 Headshots from across the map, or in general just random headsh... : -TKF-
      • its not as dominant as it as from range. usually even the second and third shots stand a good chance of m... : johnny skidmarks
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    I remember back when the headshots and luck weren't so rampant. I guess maybe I've old fogey syndrome wh... : quietb0y
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      I remember those days. I played from the very beginning through the betas and stopped when it got so popu... : Patch-e
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        gun running, are you talking about when the guns used to lay on the ground even after the round finished?... : eldiablo01
        • haha yes thats what I mean. it was a horribly bad feature and unfair, but it was funny. : Patch-e
    • I think people have just gotten better. Headshots aren't all random. You aim in the right place and it ... : Boxelder
  • If you remove the randomization, and I click the mouse when my cursor is on your head, even if I am acros... : AtaR1
• I don't know if it's the new bullet collision for the models (thus lack of hitboxes), the slightly differ... : esky
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  This really has to stop. - It is not random if you know what you're doing with the guns. - A good pla... : peanut-
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    ^ what he said : fen boi
    • Agreed people automatically assume they've mastered CS because they do well on a couple of maps. Then bla... : yourname00
  • Very, very true. I agree. : digweed014
  • sooo....you're saying he sucks? ;) : abubu
  • Actually the spray is random...and while there are ways to counter-act that (standing still, firing in bu... : Vorlonesque
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  If someone beats you in CS:S it means they were cheating : cap n KRUNCH
  • Exactly turn on your aimbot and that stops the randomness. ;) : yourname00
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  (LONG POST) seven... i agree with you completely... the people who oppose you either: a) haven't RE... : nova_x
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    All this post shows is that you don't understand CS, not that CS players don't understand Quake. : peanut-
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      And as for randomness, there are 2 games in the world with no random elements: chess and instagib. I'll l... : peanut-
      • Instagib has random moments. I acidentally clicked off my target and hit someone else entirely by pure lu... : theo20185
      • The gripe isn't so much with the randomness in CS, its with the fact that there seems to be more randomne... : Vorlonesque
• Counter-Strike, condensed: rand() : the archvile
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  To me, it seems like CS is trying to walk a fine line between a hardcore simulation of close quarters com... : tostador
  • there was also that bug two years ago where crouching would put your head hitbox at your chest if you sel... : the archvile
  • I mostly agree with this (about it coming down to preference). The only thing I disagree with there is t... : Vorlonesque
• I want beta 6.2 back. : Arcanum
• I have never agreed with anything more than this. : Eratik
• lol. Someone got his ass handed to him. : filtersweep
• ET needs more shack love, it's great to see it as the second most popular game online right now. : node
• With regard to randomness...other games have it, it just seems to be to a lesser degree. I think the big... : Vorlonesque

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  On the XBox it was fun, it just wasn't the same on the PC however. Way too late and just horrid performa... : Chod
  • I agree :( Why did the port have to suck SO badly? Ugh it was terrible. It had so much potential.. but... : fluke
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  Halo hate?? The haters are an insane minority my friend. : johnny rotten
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    ps Halo @ 1600x1200 with a 6800 or x800 = secx : johnny rotten
    • more like sex with a strobe light am i rite : MikkleThePickle
• Ya, ive been playing all week again too. 5 million sold can't suck too bad. 1.5 million last week of ... : nordicav
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  alot (not all) of the hate i think comes from PC gamers who feel halo was "stolen" from them. : emocore
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    Shouldn't that be the Mac "gamers" though, since Halo was really theirs first? : prfectjon
    • Neither of the 2 mac "gamers" frequent message boards so we don't get to hear them whine. : boredguy
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  It has some solid gameplay mechanics that make it fun to play but the single player campaign was atrociou... : brewsterdog
  • I've been playing PC games for the last like.... 6 years though. And Halo's single player campaign (every... : fluke
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    not true .. i had always played fps games on PC and Halo on Xbox rocked me : Mansmells
    • I am also a member of this club. : filtersweep
  • Wow, you sure are condescending. I've been playing FPS's since Wolf 3d, and still enjoyed Halo a great de... : sharpie
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  the content just sucks overall. they repeat a bunch of stuff and most of the corridor stuff isn't inspir... : smacky
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    im guessing it was rushed because it was a launch title : ansuble
    • probably, but the copy/paste got old real fast :( : MikkleThePickle
    • that's why i can give it a pass. bungie had to completely retool for an xbox launch. not their fault. h... : smacky
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  IMHO, Halo is a great console shooter, but an average shooter overall. If it had beena PC only game, a lo... : johnny skidmarks
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    I agree. I just thought it was boring and repetitive. Level design really has nothing on other shoote... : Thresher
    • the level design was a bit weak in areas, although that didnt bother me. What makes Halo so awesome to me... : emocore
  • That's because alot of PC gamers are mostly just techophiles. : vigilante
  • IDAWTP The thing is that the game would have been totally different on the PC, They had to take out Half ... : Dan 101
• I don't know either man. Halo made FPS fun again. It was such a refreshing experience to play. Still i... : vigilante
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  Christ, some of you have short memories. Take some time to read this review: http://www.gamespot.com/... : filtersweep
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    Just because some of the reviews were high doesn't mean I think its a superb game. I think it was a good... : Chod
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      Not some. All. http://gamerankings.com/htmlpages2/472132.asp?q=halo : filtersweep
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        So that makes it great? I know a lot of people like reviews but honestly I don't usually care if everyon... : Chod
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          Christ, why is it so hard to admit you donæt like an awesome game_ Thatæs fine that you ... : filtersweep
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            Where did I say I don't like it? I own the game I got it when it first came out and I enjoyed it. I sim... : Chod
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              I don't care what you think. ;) I'm trying to establish an objective assessment here. Obviously some pe... : filtersweep
              • You sunuva bitch. I have higher hopes for Halo 2 anyways. I feel that it will likely be better than the... : Chod
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                i think it was "incredible" for a console but mediocre for a pc game. if it had stayed on a pc developme... : smacky
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                  Name two PC games that did what halo did better. : filtersweep
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                    tell me what halo did i suppose. the levels were, overall, completely redundant, the weapons were mostly... : smacky
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                      I would say the AI, story, vehicles, tactics and art were well above average. : filtersweep
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                        when it came out for a pc there weren't. they were average at best : sleepyvt
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                          Right. But we're not talking about the years-late port. We're talking about the original. : filtersweep
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                            even for the original when i played it, it was the same thing on pc but i had to use a stupid controller.... : sleepyvt
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                              http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=8834107 : filtersweep
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                                i would say q3 and UT, although trying to figure out when each came out is quite trying right now : sleepyvt
                                • Some people just completely confuse me. : vigilante
                                • Let me get this straight. You think the AI, story, vehicles, tactics, and art were better in Q3 and UT? : filtersweep
                                • "Story" in UT and Q3? You have got to be kidding me. Maybe Halo didn't bring anything 'completely new' t... : atom519
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                        i agree, that stuff was alright. it was really the lack of strong levels that dissapointed me so much. ... : smacky
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                          I guess the levels were just window dressing for me. Five seconds of decoration inbetween endless, aweso... : filtersweep
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                            I'm with you on this one, filtersweep. For me, it defines what a console FPS should be - so successful... : action roommate
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                              the "halo", "silent cartographer", and "assault on the control room" levels are some of the best FPS gami : fluke
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                                Here's a fun trick on Silent Cartographer. When you get back to the installation entrance after hittin... : action roommate
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                                  Grenades. :D : vigilante
                                  • I tried to use grenades to get the warthog through that door - never worked. : action roommate
                                • I always used to just leave it in the halway, with two marines (so they wouldn't dissapear when I came ba... : YamatoTwinkie
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  Halo Co-op on legendary is a thing of beauty :~( : seven
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    that was the only way I could enjoy it =/ Don't know how anyone got through SP without playing co-op, ma... : brewsterdog
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      it was easy for me.. i dont have any friends! : emocore
      • You just weren't hardcore enough to play with both controllers at the same time. : Chod
  • absofuckinglutely. especially w/ speed runs! : DoubleAught()
• Halo was a GREAT game, but highly overrated. I do not think it was the "next half life" or anything to th... : dilutedq
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  its too repetitious... same blocks strung together to make giant levels. you get lost... meh. : Don Juan DeNerdo
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    I don't see how you could get lost. There were fucking god damn arrows on the floor or a glowing blue fl... : vigilante
    • what about other levels without the robot and fucking glowing arrows in the grass? library is just one... : Don Juan DeNerdo
• Finesse IMHO its what made halo such the blast that it is. Screw the story, screw the graphics, screw t... : Snifter_42
• The ONLY problem I have with Halo is the library level.. it was fun to mow down guys, but jesus christ th... : Mr.Fusion
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  Halo is average. Distinctly average. : Rice-Rocketeer
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    ^^ Can't even work a bottle of olive oil. : filtersweep
    • The cause: Halo dulled my mind I've never been the same! : Rice-Rocketeer

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  hahah this is awesom : Mr.Fusion
  • oh man this is so stupid but im laughing like crazy fucking with other people's letters : Mr.Fusion
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  STOP MOVING MY LETTERS! : ashke
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    Were you trying to write shack? I saw someone was, so I tried to help them, got as far as "shac" : WorkParticle
    • Yeah I was and someone ganked my shiz :( : ashke
• Haha.. a bit too crowded maybe :) : bamb
• Lovely, thank you! : nudel
• Whoever just wrote bukake has a sick mind... it was me and someone else : CrimsonHandHiro
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  if you right-click and select forward, the grey bar at the bottom vanishes : Fraxxxi
  • OMG WALLHACKER : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • haha someone hid all the letters down under that grey bar. Take that! : Blucklesworth
• oh my god - that's so fucking awesome : seven
• holy shit this is cool in a pointless way : [fry]
• That is so ridiculus... but funny~ : askedrelic
• I don't see anything except a white screen. :< : DM7
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  go for SHACK in upper right corner! : Dechter
  • olol SHARK : blackhawk
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    hahaha good one i saw it : MatthewPhillips
    • I liked SHANK myself. : moogle
• Sheesh about 90% of the letters are stuck in the bottom left corner, and people keep dragging them back d... : Nixx2004
• yeah im trying shack news in upper right :D : nico2
• wow this is wayy too chaotic : MatthewPhillips
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  It just ends up looking like we have the shakes. : P-Squid
  • lol @ STEAM : MatthewPhillips
• I tried to write FUCK, but someone stole my fucking C! : suicidemachine
• Hahah so awesome we got it in the upper left... : bcyde
• OK: Everyone grab a letter from "SHACK" and go BOTOM RIGHT CORNER AND SPELL SHACK, SCREEN CAP IT, END OF ... : MatthewPhillips
• Yay for HWM + NWS. : Caboose
• If you hold the letter and jiggle it around, no one can take it...we almost got SHacknews that way : Rasnowl
• lol, we had 2 HWM's on there : AllYourBase
• I just spelled out COCK. That was easy. : b00tsauce
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  hahah, someone tried bluesnews : d fluke
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    lol that was me :) tried slashdot too but S's and A's get moved quick : blackhawk
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      just about managed goatse too :p : blackhawk
      • lol someone helped me get cliffy b too gg, sir : blackhawk
• Haha, awesome! We've almost got SHACKNEWS going in the lower left there! : ieGod
• HAHAHA we got SHREK : suicidemachine
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  RIGHT HAND SIDE I GOT AN "S" AND IT AINT MOVIN, GIMME "HACK"!! : MatthewPhillips
  • lol@ SHACKNE : MatthewPhillips
• I totally hoarded the letter "O" for a while there. : Eratik
• Every time i go there someone has or is trying to spell penis. : Tincan
• LOL: http://www.princeton.edu/~dankorn/I%20agree.jpg : Caboose
• Hah at goatse... : bcyde
• Who tried Cliffy B? : bcyde
• Ok who was helping me at with manwhore? : bcyde
• this is retarded. lol, get on a public board and spell FUCK, that'll show how cool we are : redfive
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  how did anyone successfully get SHACKNEWS up there? : the archvile
  • Me and someone else just got Maarten too :) : blackhawk
  • I was W :D : peanut-
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  im trying to write pinkor : nico2
  • nice! : blackhawk
  • i saw :) i took a pic of a succesfull "cowbell"... w00t! : SlamDunk
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    we got hi pink0r down. : eldiablo01
    • yup :) i wrote pizza at the top after that : nico2
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  http://www.vimes.co.uk/cowbell.jpg My finest achievement, mad props to whoever brought me the last L : peanut-
  • hahahahahahh nice : dopefish
  • that was me with the L : reveiation
• I wrote POOP : drucifer
• i tried dirtbox but someone kept running away with the R : reveiation