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• informative. Thank You. : cltcprd
• whoa, neato : pinkeye
• Woah, very cool. : dmason
• woah. : aaarrrgh
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  doesn't do anything for me : adev
  • oh wait. nevermind : adev
• Holy crap. Ok, I'll be pre-ordering HL2 on Monday. : tomservo
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  hmm wonder if this is fully functional yet. anybody whos tried it yet know what file format it spits out ... : moonbreaker
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    it saves it as an EXE installer : sparkly
    • that is cool! : edgewise
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      Just finished backing up Condition Zero. Fuckballs this is neat... Even though I would love to have a ... : tomservo
      • you can print your own using these if you wish... http://www.marcopolo.me.uk/hl2.html : shotgun1
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  can i backup a specific folder or it has to be the entire steam? : xphil
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    Seems you can backup specific games that have been installed via-steam. When I launched it gave me a choi... : tomservo
    • and those were the ones you had on steam? holy shit. that's cool. : xphil
• I just want to know if we are done with precaching. Since we just had another decent one two days ago. ... : smacknca
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  Do you have to buy Hl2 for this to work? : airrob
  • nope. You can back up any steam application that you wish to. : aaarrrgh
  • Nope. I haven't bought yet (still trying to decide) and it let me backup regular half-life. : malevolence
  • if you want to back up hl2, yes. Otherwise it'll only backup the steam games you have. : Prozium
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  wow, thats awsome. when hl2 its available, i'll backup immedietly. : AMikaboshi
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    expecting a system crash soon? : Prozium
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      thats the thing dood noone expects them. : celerity
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        as an IT guy... I do. shit I'm backing up my 'puters as we speak, getting ready to move it offsite. s... : DoubleAught()
        • nono damnit. I think you misunderstood what I just said or you misreplied! I was replying to the guy w... : celerity
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  http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=8936036 : Jayx77
  • yeah, but nobody likes him :( : thekidd
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  Thanks for giving a shit when I put it up last night http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=8936036 : manlyman
  • thanks for refreshing teh thread :D : cygnus
  • hey... http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=8940119 : Jayx77
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    do you need a hug? : AllYourBase
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      I could use a hug. :( : aaarrrgh
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        well, ok... *hug* : ToddBell
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          stop cupping his balls : skynet
          • http://www.hosstyle.com/ballgrab.htm : rasputinreborn
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  I want justice! : manlyman
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    http://www.mancake.com/unwanted/manlymansaiditfirst.JPG Will that do? : BrodieMan
    • Yay! Whatever it all comes down to the game.... : manlyman
• sweet, thanks! : Merconium
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  uihhh There is no need to type this into a browser window, just open up your run menu (Windows Key+R) ... : zipperface
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    Cause windows is basically a web browser it self instead of an OS. go figure. YAY. : rjklevels
    • except it works in firefox too : Patch-e
• Unfortunately, steam://givemehl2/ did not work :< : mystifier

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  Steelers even without Duce are romping... : TK-421
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    Yeah, they're looking good this year. Too bad their fans still suck. : qwpeoriu
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      Typical Raven fan. Don't be a troll. :) : DM7
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        He speaks nothing but the truth. : cajuncook
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          I don't want to waste my posts on this topic, but why are our fans the worst? : DM7
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            Oh c'mon, don't take it personal. Alec called a few of us out last week after the Patriots win so I'm jus... : qwpeoriu
            • I know, It's all in good fun. :) 14 - 0 Steelers : DM7
    • Steelers fans are rabidly loyal like no others. I'm sorry if they're impolite too. : DinK
    • If you are talking about Steelers fans during a Steelers Eagles game, theres something wrong with you. : Squirrely
  • naysayer! GO BIRDS!!! : burningpantsman
  • woooooo!!! : lordlobo
• I was one of the few who picked them last week at New England, but now everyone has bandwagoned this week... : TreMetal
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  Let's go BUFFALO! : bagelcc
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    WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO PENINGTON FUMBLE! : bagelcc
    • nooo! the chad! : lordlobo
    • MCGAHEE WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO : bagelcc
• giants what : Deathlove
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  i smell the eagles first lost the way pittsburgh is playing :'( : alias bean
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    Srsly, eagles are getting pwn3d : j33uk
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      This is normal for the Eagles. At some point we will just start to suck. : StuMan1337
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        Yeh, Eagles could have top players in every position, but will eventually lose it. : Havain
        • they are getting exposed. >:) : creep
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  21 - 0 Steelers Holy cow Pittsburgh O_O : DM7
  • why... just why!? : alias bean
• Whatsa matter Eagles? You look a little blue. Patriot blue even! STEELERS STEELERS STEELERS : DinK
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  oh come on Carolina. I KNOW youre not losing to the Raiders! : Degenerate
  • we just scored damnit : Clay
• Thats what i'm talkin about! brian dawkins with an interception... we needed that! : alias bean
• Pats have more injuries do they? : humpx
• Okay, it's halftime. Again, Steelers doing anything they want. 30 minutes from being the best team in the... : Alec Matias
• Huy guys, whats going on in this Steelers loving thread? : Squirrely
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  lol @ Owens yelling at McNabb : Clay
  • hahah, just a matter of time : sleepyvt
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    with the way McNabb is playing I don't blame him : AssGoblin
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      its the same way mcnabb has always played. he didn't change, just his wr : sleepyvt
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        just his wr can catch the ball this year : creep
        • and yell in his face whenever he wants because he is TO and philly wanted him at any cost : sleepyvt
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        no, McNabb's gotten into his funk state where his accurary has gone to shit. throwing into the ground, o... : AssGoblin
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          he does that every 2nd half of the season he has been in this league. : sleepyvt
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            he needs someone like TO yelling at him to pick up his game. And to think, I actually agree with Clay ab... : AssGoblin
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              go ask garcia if that works : sleepyvt
              • Garcia is not McNabb. Garcia is one of those self motivated under achievers. McNabb is the golden boy who... : Clay
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                so what are they supposed to do, let McNabb funk around like a crybaby little bitch until he finally work... : AssGoblin
                • no just realize what he is. not a good passer and dont expect him to become one. he doesn't throw a prett... : sleepyvt
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          the dude is overrated :( : Clay
          • it's cuz he's black : qwpeoriu
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  you gotta hand it to cowher for not yelling at Plaxico after his retarded fumble. I'm sure he was pissed,... : edgewise
  • I refuse to call Plaxico by anything other than his official name "Spike". : qwpeoriu
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  Steelers are giving the eagles chances.....what with all these turnovers and etc. :/ Hold on Steelers! : DM7
  • Yeah, a chance. That's why the Steelers are still up 21. : noahwb
  • what the hell are you talking about, "hold on"?! Those are like pity turnovers or something. : AssGoblin
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    the steelers are running over all the eagles : AllYourBase
    • Yeah, they are. :D I cannot believe the Steelers are doing this so good! :D : DM7
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  Woot! Skins just stuffed a Lions' punt and returned it for a TD! Special teams is on FIRE today. Have ... : riptyde
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    At this point, it's almost be like cheering for Kerry winning New Mexico. The skins are done for the seas... : qwpeoriu
    • Teams have started 2-5 before and still made the playoffs. Until they are officially eliminated, I'll st... : riptyde
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  gg Carolina Lose to the Raiders >:( : creep
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    lolololololololol : moz
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      the panthers suck. that is all. : Clay
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        when is davis getting back. i need him for my fantasy team : sleepyvt
        • you ain't the only one brotha : Clay
        • I about ready to drop him ... all the Panthers are unreliable this year from a fantasy perspective. : johnny skidmarks
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    There's still plenty of time for Kerry Collins to give the game back to Carolina... : Ajax
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      tie game! : Clay
      • Worst. Game. Ever. So pitiful. : Ajax
  • g--g-go rrrRAIDERS!!! let me bask in my glory for now ;P :( : moonbreaker
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  wow. WTFEAGLES???? Unreal. : FormerHPB
  • its not so bad when you just autmatically assume they are gonna lose before the game even starts, thats w... : alias bean
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  I dont think Bettis has ever run this much in his life : Degenerate
  • With all those yards he should have had about 10 TD's. Way to kill an average. : ferus
• It great seeing TO quiet on the sidelines. Haha Ben and The Bus shut his ass up! : johnny skidmarks
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  WOO, IT'S OFFICIAL! STEELERS #1 IN THE LEAGUE! Stat of the year so far... Last two games, the combi... : Alec Matias
  • I just hope they win next week. :( : DM7
  • Yea GG Steelers. They may be for real :D : ferus
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  Steelers win! Eagles = overrated : TK-421
  • agreed. That was the first challenge for the EAGLES IMO, and they tanked. They tanked against a team th... : jedi_27
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    Steelers = underrated even. : DinK
    • hardly. beating the PATS last week proved they are good team : jedi_27
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      Yeah because EVERYONE has beaten two undefeated teams this late in the season in a row. : DM7
      • heh, I didn't say they were underrated now. but over the last few weeks I bet most people didn't put the... : DinK
• GO CARDINALS : hobosapien
• Hey Jets how about a reach around! : creep
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  wtf, they pulled Pennington? : edgewise
  • i wouldve pulled him too seems like the jets have no fire in them : creep
• Woot .. so glad I played Pittman today! : johnny skidmarks
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  The CHIEFS are killing me :( : c0bra
  • That's the Bucs : Slowtreme
• hahahah. the raiders WON?!? omgclaywtf! : hirez
• dammit the cards/fins game got cut off, cards just scored too and are up by 1 pt. : thejm4n
• Go Houston Texans!!! ...Oh, the pain of being a Houston fan sometimes.... Please win guys. : Bean
• LOL @ RAMS PUNT RETURN! : FormerHPB
• Oh yeah GO CHARGERS : Slowtreme
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  How about those NEW YORK FOOTBALL GIANTS??? : TK-421
  • IN SOVIET RUSSIA GIANTS FUCKING WALK UP TO THIS SHIT : ^-SeaWolf-^
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    G-G-G-MEN : creep
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      thanks kurt >:( : creep
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        yeah, take that shit. : cltcprd
        • I dedicate this subthread to Brian Urlacher, your defensive MVP for a 3-13 team. : Deathlove
  • Tiki Barber was the steal of the fantasy draft for me. He turned into a stud this year! Not sure if he'... : FormerHPB
• Hey LordLobo have you given up on your ShackFantasyFootball team yet ? :P : dieta_zanda
• ATTN: LORDLOBO I told you I would repost AFTER the Bills beat the Jets. Here it is. You can no longe... : bagelcc

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  yea, but at least its just instrumentals in the game itself. : broly1718
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    I heard the incubus guy sings in their songs.. I can't stand his voice.. it's pretty generic. : dmiller
    • the only songs ive heard of theirs that was in the game, its just sort of him chanting kinda. Like in th... : broly1718
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  It's probably title/credit music. I don't think Bungie would fuck around with the in-game score, as Halo... : EvilDolemite
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    http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3135619&did=1 : jayares
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      That doesn't really tell me when the songs are played, though. I have faith that it won't be cheesy. ... : EvilDolemite
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        I hope so too.. the last thing I want to hear is these two bands in Halo 2. : dmiller
        • http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=8942251 : broly1718
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  who cares? : FrayLo
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    Obviously not you. : jayares
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      so much hate. "omg these bands i don't like are playing on the cd soundtrack to a video game, diediedie" : FrayLo
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        The only reason they're using these bands is to capitalize on the casual mtv gamer. : jayares
        • You're not going to be able to tell who's playing when anyway. Its all instrumental and fits in to the ga... : Tincan
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          omgz ur so hardcore compared to them. i guarentee the "typical mtv gamer" makes up a bigger percentage of... : maulla
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            ^^ watches MTV all day ^^ : Degenerate
            • you fucking know it! im watching real world vs laguna beach extreme challenge right now! : maulla
          • Nobody is cooler than anybody else if they watch MTV. Even though MTV sucks nuts. : Ride-My-Rocket
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          HELLO? Remember the goal is to make money. : xocsida
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            why the attack? I don't think his post was a flame, it was just a comment. : dmiller
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              It's not an attack, just an observation. Complaining that a business is using a popular song or group to... : xocsida
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                Imagine a Zelda game with Linkin Park in it : jayares
                • Links about to break : Degenerate
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                  They wouldn't sell any more copies like that though, little kids don't listen to linkin park. : xocsida
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                    Nice, you just insulted a huge majority of the shack audience that plays Zelda and Gamecube games. GG. : jayares
                    • Yeah, I guess I take that back. My daughter is 11, loves her game cube, and likes linkin park. So maybe... : xocsida
                  • lolz @ trolling : Zibro
                  • more like, real people dont listen to little kids music. : orange monkey
                • thats just stupid. you have no idea where in the game the song will be played, or what it sounds like. bo... : maulla
              • its not really silly if the songs take away from the atmosphere of the game. luckily from what i under... : emocore
              • I hope it doesn't suck.. I can't stand the way EA 'popularized' Burnout 3 with all of the crap music. Alt... : dmiller
              • No, it is not silly. As gamers, do we want games to be marketed at gamers, or people who listen to that ... : amankhan
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          why shouldn't they? I dont get it, it's otherwise a great game, right? Why *not* have it appeal to as m... : d fluke
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            Halo 2 should be able to sell just on the Halo name alone, I want to be immersed in its world, not ours. ... : jayares
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              But it's still the same game in there right? I guess I just don't see it as that big a deal. Apart fro... : d fluke
              • Its not a big deal as a lot of people in this thread are making it out to be, I just see it as unnesessar... : jayares
        • If you knew anything about Incubus, you would know they are not associated with your average MTV viewer. : zyklonbee
  • If they cheese it up, I'll care. : edgewise
• If the final scene is set to The Reason, I'm taking hostages : Dimecross
• Or... not. They're getting unpublished music from much of the bands... Incubus will be a large part of it... : zyklonbee
• the real question is did anyone (who played it) notice it was Hoobastank and Incubus before he told us? : MurrayTheSkull
• It's not like the games been changed to "Halo 2: Hoobastanks Revenge (now featuring Incubus)"! I hate ... : darkling
• <3 Incubus : atom519
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  DOES ANYONE HAVE THE NEW CREED CD? : jcutner
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    You deserve to die! Die, and go to hell and burn! : Magitek
    • i hate the band you like! : PUPSTAHS
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  They should get Luciferion, Infected Mushroom, Opeth, Rammstein, and KMFDM if they're going to use contem... : Vorlonesque
  • as much as I like Opeth, I would not want any of their songs as a soundtrack to Halo2 : Lethal01

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  never played ninja gaiden did you : multisync
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    never tried block and counter did you. it made the game cakewalk. : ibrokn
    • Not finished it yet, but the occasionally stupid puzzles piss me off more than the combat. If you fail at : node
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  The race? I think I parked a Jaguar-analogue a bit from the starting line and beat him easily on the s... : d fluke
  • Yes, I put a comet at the fork near the starting point. : Kerath
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  You can cheat. : Kerath
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    I'm trying to not cheat, but it's frustrating because every other racing mission so far I have won the 2n... : Fred Garvin
    • That mission is the reason I stopped playing Vice CIty about 2 years ago. It drove me fucking insane, I w... : al9000
    • I don't mean cheat like put in a cheat code, I mean cheat in the race. : Kerath
• I had so much rage at that mission. :( : GloriousCow
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  oh, btw, just wait for the actual bank mission itself, it's the one I had to retry the most times.. :( : d fluke
  • same here :( I almost ended up cheating on that one. Even once I got out something dumb kept on happenin... : moshman
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  but the awesome thing about that mission is there are so many ways to beat it. park a car near by, run... : thekidd
  • I try to run him off the road a few times and it always backfires. Like I said he's get way more grip on ... : Fred Garvin
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  I thought that mission wasn't too bad. I think I beat it after 4 or 5 attempts. I thought that the bank : itsjames
  • same here with the race. he like ran into a traffic car and got stuck and could never catch up again. : thejm4n
  • ah, the cleo one was hard, but the trick is to go on foot for alot of it. Just use the sprint trick (tap : edgewise
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  Not as bad as running over the "Smack" stands in GTA3---that was Hell :( : PenicillinX57
  • that wasn't so bad. after one or two tries, it was easy to plot the fastest course. : edgewise
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    I think S.A.M. was the hardest GTA3 mission. I did it again a couple of weeks ago and realised a good tac... : nudel
    • I thought getting there before the plane lands was required as you have to shoot it while it's airborne. : edgewise
• Try just ignoring him. It works better than it should do : itsjames
• I fucking hated that one. I think I finally beat it by getting a few stars and getting him rammed by cops... : edgewise
• 3 tries.. awesome game, only surpassed by SA.. : -TKF-
• Just put some energy into blocking him and pushing into alleys and crap. That's how real band robbers dri... : SilverSnake
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  i just got out, blew out his tires, and flew past him. HAHAHAHA. : draconic
  • hehehe this is how I won all those circuit races in VC... one rocket launcher into the starting grid and ... : riptyde
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  you think that mission is hard? Wait till you try "Farewell My Love" in SA. Dirt Roads + Sportscar tha... : genjuro
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    Farewell my Love was a walk in the park compared to the final road test mission. Why oh why does it rese... : pingoo
    • I just held the button down and pretended they were the guys behind Deus Ex 2 - accuracy went up like who... : genjuro
    • I found taking the in car view for the Road Test mission made it easier. As far as the Zero mission, ... : DrZettl
  • The Buffalo worked great for that mission. Most important thing, apart from picking a car that's both fas... : nudel
• iawtp. fucking HATED that mission. : atom519
• not my fault you suck at driving :-p : land
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  I found it easy(played it on a PC if that matters). : Spike Spiegel
  • yeah, same here. : pyide
• nothing in VC was really that much of a challenge IMHO (on the PC with mouse and KB) apart from getting u... : rookieone

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  The wife and I would take weekly shots of my progress there for a while. I got really busy and had to cu... : AtaR1
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    I did that when i was working out to lose weight. http://ob3ron.shackspace.com/02-03-2004vs05-03-2004.jp... : ob3ron
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      you look like ed norton in American History X! : edgewise
      • if only..... : ob3ron
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      Wow man great job! Here's mine before I took a break: http://www.notworksafe.com/workout I've gott... : AtaR1
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        Good job yourself dood!! When you take your first pic and put it next to your newest one... HUGE differen... : ob3ron
        • oh yah, and http://www.exrx.net/ is an absolutely invaluable resource : ob3ron
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          Nah man I'm actually pretty lax about my workout, nothing heavy which is inspiring because I know if I re... : AtaR1
          • Thats good though! I probably take it more seriously than most but I don't worry too much about it. I don... : ob3ron
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  If you want batspeed you need to work on your forearms... : alexthegreat2
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    are you thinking what i'm thinking? : cygnus
    • lol! : SirFarticus
  • No problem. http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=8941915 : DinK
  • Actually I have pretty crazy forearms (even before I was working out). If I had small wrists I'd look lik... : ob3ron
• I'm benching 40-pounders and I feel greeeeat : DinK
• yep, i started august 23 (as my official starting date), and hav been lifting ever since, and im having t... : hobosapien
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  Another exersizw for batspeed is that trunk machine. Where you sit and and some weights and twist. alth... : sweat
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    I don't do those but I do work hard on core strength (abs, obliques and back) and I find I've gotten way ... : ob3ron
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      Oh and I noticed that when i started working out, my left tricep and right lats were alot bigger/stronger... : ob3ron
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        Not significantly. However, i tend not to seperate for lats or triceps. Where abouts do you live? what... : sweat
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          St.John's. strength of league is a relative thing... its by far the strongest league in the province b... : ob3ron
          • sweet. Our mens leauge is somewhat competitive, and we do have a local senior team that plays competitiv... : sweat
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      hey cool did you ever play in the CIBA or whatever it's called (the university varsity league), I played ... : alexthegreat2
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        Nope, no varsity baseball here in Newfieland. Every game would mean a plane trip at least 1500km ;p one o... : ob3ron
        • ah that's too bad, playing varsity baseball was the best sports thing I've ever done.. was really cool t... : alexthegreat2
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  I started squatting when about 2.5 months before my 16th birthday and hit 500 pounds (Set of 3) a day bef... : freak!
  • Also, I agree with the notebook thing. : freak!
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    yah thats qualifies you as a freak for sure! I think alot of the weight I've gained is in the legs... I'v... : ob3ron
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      I'm stuck buying pants with a waste 4-5 inches bigger than I actually have or else I can't fit them aroun... : freak!
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        we can chop them off : Degenerate
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          I don't even know if that's possible anymore. : freak!
          • o_O : Degenerate
      • hahah i hear ya. I don't ever want to be so large as to not fit in normal clothing. i don't want to look ... : ob3ron
      • If you still want to keep most of the strength, but lose the volume, go on a diet, keep doing squats or l... : cameljoe
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  LIGHT WOOOOT OH YEAHHHH LIGHTWEIGHT WOOOHOOOO LIGHTWEIGHT YEP YEP ONE MORE ONE MORE LIGHTWEIGHT WOOOHOOOO : Utopia
  • That squad was crazy :) : scion
• I started getting into it about 2 months ago (after doing some over the last year but not that much), gon... : udetve
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  I can't bench press shit for some reason.. I've been lifting for a little while now, I can dumbell press ... : lakren
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    Don't forget that the bar adds 45lbs. So the popping only occurs on BB bench? Where does it occur in the ... : ob3ron
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      yep, only bb bench.. when I reach the top I usually get a sharp pain/popping around my elbow. : lakren
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        i get the popping too. but i don't experience any pain. i've read somewhere that it's just liitle pocke... : vassili_zaitsev
        • Even the great vassili gets popping? :O : Rice-Rocketeer
      • Try not going up so high that you pop. : moofrog
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    lol @ weakling. Go back to your gay fan man. : genjuro
    • i wish. i've been kinda busy so i haven't played doa much, but when i do, i get so owned. after you left ... : lakren
• Hehehe. Batspeed. It's like your BATMAN, or something! : Rice-Rocketeer
• I've been weight training for the last 5 years or so, going from knowing nothing and lifting nothing to a... : moofrog
• Personal best in bench is a 120 : -TKF-
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  Why does it seem like most people here do dumbell presses instead of bench? I need to join a gym as I rec... : Hello Kitty
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    I don't get it either. DB press is torture for me but working with barbells is nearly fun (it would be if... : genjuro
    • Dumbbells are good for form. Plus, if one of your arms is unproportionally strong compared to the other, ... : qwpeoriu
  • Dumbbells will work your supporting stabilizer muscles a lot more thoroughly in addition to your chest. : johnny rotten
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    so you can ensure that each side is lifting the same amount of weight? it's possible to cheat on a barbel... : edgewise
    • The difference is pretty negligable I think. It's more a matter of what you want to use than anything. I ... : Hello Kitty
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    Because lifting heavy weight on a barbell is not safe unless you have a spotter. This applies mostly to ... : d1sregard
    • Are people really so dumb as to if they start not being able to push it back up they don't know to just t... : Hello Kitty
• I haven't been working out in a few months, but I went last week and I could do 2-3 reps of 135 which is ... : Blackdawgg
• surgery this month to fix a rotator cuff tear. then i can finally bench press more than 70lbs without hor... : wishbone

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  I used to keep them all but it became a space hog. So now I throw out the boxes, keep the manuals in a d... : EvilDolemite
  • I threw all my old ones out :(. I had hundreds of them, and wish I hadn't. Just to look at the original S... : boughton supreme
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  is that final fantasy 8 on the top? and if you use winxp, did you get it working? if yes how? : evil-cow
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    yes its FF8 on the top.. and at the time when I played it I had WinME. Dont think I ever tried it on XP... : Shadowdane
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      i still have my ff8 for pc :( unfortunately both my pc's are using winxp pro and i cant seem to get it wo... : evil-cow
      • Well if its a CD-copy protection problem which a few old games have this problem with XP find a no-CD pat... : Shadowdane
• ! I save all my old pc game boxes too! In fact, I think I might have the record of boxes. ;P : DM7
• I would've kept the Alice one. :[ : felicia
• i still have all of mine :( : maulla
• Props for Sim Tower! : theo20185
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  I have no use whatsoever for game boxes. They get thrown away as soon as I install the game for the most... : xocsida
  • That's why I like Steam's system - less environmental waste! :) Granted, I've kept my many, many boxes : Rice-Rocketeer
• I kept just enough to keep room on my shelf. : thejm4n
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  ooohh sim tower! that was a great game! : gummijoh
  • http://media.gameboy.ign.com/media/712/712239/vids_1.html : jayares
• I think you should get around to throwing out that couch! : el_bandito
• ooohh sim tower! that was a great game! : gummijoh
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  http://entity.shackspace.com/pcgames.jpg Yeah, a few. : Entity
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    Huh. At about $50 a pop, you have how much money spend sitting on a shelf? ~87 games = $4,350 : SwiftyPants
    • heh, good call. I have all my games and hardware insured, and as such, a running inventory of them all. T... : Entity
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  I cut off all the covers so i can store them flat. I think I'm going to make a giant tacky collage out of... : sammyl
  • You don't need to cut them--they fold flat. That's how I store all my old game boxes, and dozens hundreds... : Bold
• Been there done that...I still have a few old boxes (have the SNES in its original box with all the origi... : Vorlonesque
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  http://www.9pi.net/+_+/wall1.jpg http://www.9pi.net/+_+/wall2.jpg yeah. you can never have enough. : thekidd
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    u win : jigstah
    • yeah, but it ones of those "wins" you don't go bragging to your friends about : thekidd
  • holy shit shit it it it it it : tomatoactivator
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    actually this thread has made me want to organize them. alphabetical order, here I come! : thekidd
    • In my day I preferred to group my company or type. I kept all the Blizzard games together, all the Lucasa... : lord cecil
  • kay, you don't have to keep CDROM drive boxes. : Luminair
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    that Intel External Faxmodem box is appreciating as we speak! : PUPSTAHS
    • \m/ I'm in the Money \m/ : thekidd
• yeah, I keep all that stuff. I'm a nut. : hirez
• Is the Red Alert 2 box the one that was pulled from the shelves? I have one like that. : Chod
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  We keep them all including old lucasarts games we had :)http://www.waogo.com/loopi/stuff/boxes1.jpg http... : L0opet
  • Oops sorry for that first link :( http://www.waogo.com/loopi/stuff/boxes1.jpg : L0opet
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  Old....hahaha....show me some really old games. : phil_mckraken
  • Well my PC gaming only really started when I got a Pentium 133, before that I didnt have a computer fast ... : Shadowdane
  • I don't think you looked at mine :( : thekidd
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  I still have old Commodore 64 games boxes (at my parent's place) : MatthewPhillips
  • I have Both Atari's with almost all the games, a ColecoVision with around 5 or 7 games and a Nintendo bac... : L0opet
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  That is a hideous couch : action roommate
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    yah its my parents old couch in the basement.. I think its as old as I am. :\ : Shadowdane
    • I believe you : action roommate
  • no way! that couch rules! puke colored striped velour! : edgewise
• nope. game boxes get tossed day one. Jewel cases usually get the boot later on. : edgewise
• Paintshop Pro is not a game : r3ckless
• I keep all my game boxes. Eventually I'm going to run shelving around my desk, kind of a display of what... : gyvoji
• Haven't got anything from before they started using DVD boxes here : xenoeye
• If all games kept tiny boxes like they do now I might still have my collection. I threw out about 70 or s... : lord cecil
• I used to collect them. Last year I prolly had about 30 of them, till I realized they're worthless, and ... : crinos
• I keep them all - I have older games sitting in tubs in the basement! there's a lot of nostalgia in look... : Postal
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  I've got about 8 boxes stacked at the top of a shelf. I can't part with them, so many memories. :( : node
  • 8 80 boxes : node
• throw out that couch while you are at it. ;) : g.lee

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• azureus : multisync
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  http://azureus.sourceforge.net/ : qwpeoriu
  • ^^Look no further : d fluke
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    If you don't mind Java, this is the answer. : TroZ
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      How many people "mind java"? : Sarcastro
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        You have to install the JRE to get it to work. It's not a standalone app from what I understand (I don't ... : qwpeoriu
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          I also program in java, and I don't find Java 'slow' as some people claim. : TroZ
          • Oh, I wasn't suggesting that in the slightest. I'm actually fighting that at my work right now, it's kind... : qwpeoriu
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  BitComet : bounty838
  • Is the right answer. : nudel
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    I want to like BitComet, but it's transfer limit settings are so fucking busted that it's unusable. The i... : Entity
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      It does, but you still have to allocate the space (I assume BC doesn't), rightclick a file in a torrents ... : d fluke
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        It shouldn't allocate the space if you enable incremental file creation. : Kerath
        • Oh snap?! It does *that*?! :D I don't have space issues fortunately, but this is good to know : d fluke
        • Azureus also has that option. : Hatta
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      bit comet has had this feature for a while The upload limitter works for me. I don't know what to tel... : itsjames
      • I can't read : itsjames
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      BitComet's "choose which files from the torrent you want" feature is really cool, which is why I wish it' : node
      • there is some squirrely stuff going on with the latest azureus. i'm moving to bitcomet until they fix the... : Clay
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        Please learn me where to choose and unchoose which files to download in Azureus. Me ruv you rong time. : Entity
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          Double click the downloading torrent, go to its tab, go the file tab, right click, Priority, Do not downl... : node
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            Well motherfucker. Me ruv you rong time then! : Entity
            • Uh, that's cool, let's just say we're square. :) : node
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      Hmm, I've never needed that but I can see it can be useful. I'm prejudiced against Java and Python, bo... : nudel
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        You must have not looked very hard :( : Clay
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          My rule is: If you can tell just by using an application which language it's written in then that languag... : nudel
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            either that or you're misinformed and you've succumbed to the FUD! : Clay
            • The JVM versions thing? We have to deal with it at work. It's a pain in the ass but definitely not FUD. : nudel
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      I really had a ton of download speed issues with BitComet, tweaked the settings similarly to ABC but it w... : sanchez
      • XP SP2? Newer versions of BC work better with it. : nudel
      • I found BitComet to actually use MORE memory than Azureus. : Entity
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  G³ : d1sregard
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    ^^^^ indeed. Azureus absolutely distroys my bandwidth for some reason (even if the torrent's not going ve... : BaBOon
    • If your bandwidth is getting destroyed you don't have it configured right. : Chod
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  I use ABC Bump ya'll haters : roushimsx
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    Can ABC download specific files in a torrent? That's why I switched to Azureus. : KungFuKenobi
    • No, it can't. The feature isn't important to me, which is why I haven't switched. Maybe if I used Bitt... : roushimsx
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      G³ can! : d1sregard
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        Prioritized queue as well? : Kerath
        • yes : amdlinux64
      • I'll throw in a vote for G3 too. Good stuff. Doesn't need Java to run : tostador
  • ABC for life! : invalidat10n
• I use Bit Tornado, some shacker recommended it. It works great. I haven't bothered to "shop around". : das_runt
• thanks to this thread I just tried BitComet - 100x better than bittornado. Awesome, this is why I come... : Polysorbate
• I used to really like G3, but after trying out BitComet I found it's everything G3 is, but more, and bett... : SilverSnake
• I really like Azureus. No probs with it and it works great for me : gyvoji
• thank yous : toneh
• Torrent Storm. I think all the fave's here have the same features - so just pick one. : Judicus
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  Shareaza, www.shareaza.com : crinos
  • what? dear god no. : Clay
• Azureus for life. It is beautiful. : mofo
• Bit Tornado is clean, simple, and just works generally works : rosewood