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• yeah, WoW seems to take a reaaaaaaaaaaaly long time to install. Some crazy compression in that one. : flibble2k

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• Shaman or Paladin. Those are already a bit overused though :( : JINKY
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  Rogues are very good at PvP. If they get the jump on someone, that is. : mem
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    I can take down an even rogue in PvP, even if he starts it. : Ebu
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      And what are you? : digitaljihad
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        Hunter (only 29) : Ebu
        • I beat a level 33 hunter in a duel. I'm a level 20 rogue granted he didnt have his pet out : ashke
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      Can I ask you how this would play out? I'm a 24 hunter, and I get smacked by just about everyone. I'm v... : Barnahog
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        I didn't mean to say that I will always win 1v1, but that I don't necessarily get owned. Gets me from ... : Ebu
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          That rogue sucked. He should've sapped you, taken out the pet, and then started to wail on you. : mem
          • Forget about the pet. That is often a person's downfall. Ignore the pet and kill the player. : digitaljihad
• a 36 (i think it was) NE rogue attacked my 26 warlock. he started off beating up my succubis, so i cursed... : reverend~heresy

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  I thought it was co op ONLY over live / system link? : dilutedq
  • Yeah if they're having tech problems with the single-player, I'd imagine the Xbox would just erupt in a v... : SpiderMonkey
• holyshit. YES!!!! : burning eye
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  Wow, great...flashlight. Oh man. :( : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    That's gonna be a highly coveted position on the team. : Lost_Saint
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      The flashlight+gun team thing would be SO fun on a small LAN. =( : DinK
      • It'd be more fun using muzzle flash to light the room... : TheNiXXeD
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  With Doom 3 coming to the xbox... where is Half Life 2? >:( : monohydrate
  • In the works. No release date yet. : Terpfen

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  bump for pup : Morgin
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    that copyright line is sander's. : pupismyname
    • bump for andy : Morgin
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  I'll change it if you never post again. : haiku
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    deal! i guess i have a few solid months of posting left : Morgin
    • Oh snap : Portax
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      http://members.aol.com/babso00001/reverse.gif : laidback
      • ahahah well played : MikkleThePickle
      • Uno rocks my socks. : sgtsanity
      • hahahahaha : virus
      • rofl : Mad Brahmin Disease
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      ctrl+refresh then Scroll down. See you never. : haiku
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        Ouch, harsh.. : Hiro
        • that's a total toxx clause right there : redfive
      • Seriously, I rule. You guys want your precious collapse button, all you gotta do is find someone annoying... : Morgin
      • fuckin ninjas. : virus
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        Hahaha, I laughed like Morgin was Richard Simmons and you were riding a jetski! : loboca
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          http://www.biffleys.com/Gamewright/pictures/gsm.jpg : Morgin
          • =D : loboca
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        "Ja.zz comments system © 2002 - 2004 by Sander Pilon. Thread ID: 0, Render Time: 0.0111, Busy: 1... : Maddog_Delphi97
        • I get the same thing : Phreakin
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          I thought that at first, but you're looking at the wrong spot. Just above that, next to the Shacknews : Nixx2004
          • Oh yeah, I see it now. Thanks. ;) : Maddog_Delphi97
        • The graphic text right above that and to the left. : Rice-Rocketeer

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• Thats damn awesome. : d0gbert
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  Hahaha, nice pics :) : Balboa
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    pretty sure that's part of the deal : lee majors
    • Needs more love for the 6 million dollar man, : matrix

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• Oh that's awesome! Thanks. =) : jrock

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• I fucking love the soundtrack for that movie, amazing selection of songs. : moshman

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• doteasy.net is reasonable. : tsuba
• http://www.surpasshosting.com/ : tcxsnoop

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• I've had my first "PvP" encounter yesterday and it was kinda similar to this. I've played a lot so far, b... : Geoffrois
• Haha that was pretty funny, and I dont even play WoW : darklox

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• Good chance it will, I reckon Speilberg could do it - I just hate how he does all the drama in his movies... : SpaecKow
• Spielberg + Cruise et. al. = win. At least to me. : WaterSign
• Oh hell yeah. : Ratsofatsorat

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• Solid connection? : Rice-Rocketeer
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  Is it a MS wireless router? If so, there's a bug in WinXP and you need to disable secure authentication o... : Bean
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    No, it's a netgear. : cameljoe
    • that's odd i had the same problem when i tried to connect to my netgear wireless access point using an xp... : Mansmells
    • Hmm.... don't know what to tell you. Check all the settings to make sure they're correct, blah blah blah.... : Bean
• Right click My Network Places. Choose Properties. Right Click the Wireless connection and choose Proper... : mrwolf710
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  I've got a Belkin wireless router and it will lock up completely (won't even function as a non-wireless h... : nudel
  • WPA is the newer, better encryption. And you should have gotten a Linksys! : Patch-e

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• Kindergarden Cop 2: Electric Boogaloo! : RatBastard
• the trailer was sorta funny :( : nomaad
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  The video game will be badass! :D : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • Yeah, maybe Tigon Studios will make a franchise out of it! : Rice-Rocketeer
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  oh HELL yeah : vodor
  • I bet it get's an R rating. : Lost_Saint
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  Why does some writer always get the dumbass idea of putting an action star in a movie with kids where he ... : Ratalon
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    Its always a signal that the action star's career has tanked. : Blackdawgg
    • That duck's got another two good films in him at least, : nudel
• Everyone in the theatre was laughing their ass off at the trailer. I was crying as I poked mine eyes out... : rosewood
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  Someone once put a theory to me that to be taken seriously as an actor you have to do at least one humili... : SpiderMonkey
  • But he already did xXx :P : d fluke
• yeah I saw the trailer before National Treasure...there was many a groan : mohmar

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• bah, you'll have to go back to page 1 on the ign link : mista mista
• Finally, I need to play Code: Veronica before I get this. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  not being able to move and shoot at the same time made me feel crippled =\ : derelict515
  • I didn't find it a problem in the demo since you can manual aim and slow the bad guys down : mista mista
• where's my ps2 port? : fsck
• dude, where's my ps2 port? : fsck
• Needs more Xbox. : nomaad
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  IGN Cube has been pretty much sponsored by RE4 for the last 6 months (it's been the only new content they... : SpiderMonkey
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    Or it could mean that it's just a great game you know. The amount of hype for RE4 hasn't been anything ne... : Spike Spiegel
    • I wasn't ragging on the game, I was saying I don't trust IGN to give me an unhyped score, because the gam... : SpiderMonkey
• Best looking console game ever : Spike Spiegel
• where's the ps2 port? omg ban plz : Daggoth

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  CRT? Punch it on the side (no seriously) It is about to die. Time to move to the wonderful world of ... : rosewood
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    christ..i can't believe that worked. : burning eye
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      My shit always works sometimes : rosewood
      • they say 60% of the time it works all the time... : Q-ball
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    wonderful world of LSD? You are telling him to take acid for a better picture? makes sense I guess ;) : moshman
    • Better colors, thats for sure : rosewood
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    I used that trick while my CRT was dying, but to solve a different problem as well. The screen would scu... : captfarrell
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      You could try quitting the LSD. Cheaper than a TFT monitor. : Githyanki
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        but I like teh LSD! : captfarrell
        • So a TFT monitor looks better when on LSD..... That explains alot...... : Githyanki
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  On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero. : abrasion
  • Tell that to Herpes. : Lost_Saint
• Eventually. : dltrem
• No, but your eyes might explode. : scanline

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  Stick a hairdryer on it. : flip-flop
  • nah that won't do it. well not for gloss colors anyway. flat colors dry fast but the gloss ones i can't... : ^-SeaWolf-^
• I know the feeling. Having to wait three days between doing each layer on the helmet I am painting is tak... : Evil Benius
• What kind of model? Pix + Divx plz : Lightzout

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• Oh you mean on the shack. I opened up anand and hardocp looking for news on some hot new product. So sa... : rosewood

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  Make sure this isn't happening to you: http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=9224161 My CPU was clocked a... : madclown
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    Nope, 2GHz for me. : chrisxtreme
    • ....because Cool N' Quiet is off. : chrisxtreme
• huh? It feels slow how exactly? Try running a few benchmarks in Sandra and see if it can keep up : d fluke
• The Raptor does provide a very nice boost to performance. Of course, make sure nothing is wrong first. Ru... : Githyanki

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• Guess you had to be there. : RatBastard
• Hillarious. A regular laugh riot! : Lost_Saint

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  Didn't you ask this last night? : d0gbert
  • it either got nuked or no one answered : manlyman
• I ate it. It was okay. : iamgoat
• Continuity is a strange beast. : sgtsanity
• I think the joke was that even if she did have a baby, she'd get pregnant again right away. : Paranoid Android
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  Hey remember that episode where Peter's boss died and he got a job as a jouster and defeated the black kn... : Ratalon
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    no, that never happened because the y2k bug led to Stewie killing everyone while their guns burned too ho... : pharoah mike
    • no, peter's boss died in season 3, and actually he has remained dead and peter no longer had his job at t... : ermac
  • About how they all really hate when stuff just ends without explaining shit? Yah... Also, the whole DI : SilverSnake
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  'so, does the family understand the baby, or whats the deal with that?" : paganritual
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    They understand the dog, it's not much of a stretch... : dognose
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      owned by family guy quote :( : ermac
      • yeah i was thinking the same thing. clearly not a fan :( : paganritual
• no she did not...something for this year : byorn
• it's just a subtle joke. i think she'll be pregnant forever : ermac
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  American Dad in February on Adult Swim! Woooo. Hope it matches the level of FG. : zuga
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    It doesn't :( : Mondo
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      :( have you already seen a preview? : MikkleThePickle
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        there was a preview online a while back - didn't look very good :( just looked like Family Guy with di... : losimagic
        • that's a shame... oh well no time to watch it anyway :) : MikkleThePickle
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  family guy is coming back, right? : ArtilleryMarker
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    Yes. epguides.com says 6th of March. http://www.epguides.com/FamilyGuy/ (episode links has spoilers, ... : SilverSnake
    • Damn that's pretty soon! Only 2 months away! : Geoffrois

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• bump for please? : abrasion
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  it will probably depend if the game can support that res or not : mohmar
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    Is there a way of forcing the display to run with black borders then? ? :( : abrasion
    • i dunno maybe there is a forced aspect ratio option somewhere, so 4:3 resolutions dont get stretched : mohmar
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  ive got one with an fx5200 card, by the way 1680 x 1050 if WSXGA not WUXGA : nadasurf2
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    Oh I thought it was WUXGA and WUXGA+ was the 1920 one? : abrasion
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      WUXGA and WUXGA+ both refer to the same thing, which is the 1920 res. though 1680 is plenty for desktop n... : nadasurf2
      • Absoloutely I mean it's 15.4" widescreen - my eyes are good but not completely astronomical :( I'd've... : abrasion
• i do and nope, i told you to get the 9100 with the 9700 but noooo you got the same one as me :) : CoRDS

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• Browse explorer to cache directory and sort by file type? Or grab Google Desktop? : SilverSnake
• did you remember to go into advanced options on the search and tick search hidden folders and system fold... : Arsenal
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  when you open up the search window click more advanced options. Make sure there are checks in search syst... : zeratul851
  • Did that. Still nothing... : madclown
• If you downloaded them then why not go to where you saved them? Or by 'downloaded' do you just mean you ... : Nixx2004
• cmd.exe cd \ dir *.MOV /s /p : MikkleThePickle
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  Do files in the IE cache have their extensions? I can't remember but I don't think they do in Firefoxylad... : nudel
  • IE cache keeps the filenames, yep : d fluke

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• Trying to download an rpm outside of yum, I get a depenency error on all the rpms.. on libxmms.so.1 ... w... : dilutedq
• Yeah for whatever reason, removing xmms, then installing the RPM directly from the xmms site allowed me t... : dilutedq

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  http://www.steampowered.com/index.php?area=news : cr00kedview
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    Pressing the cancel button while Steam is loading will bring up the offline dialog It just closes steam ... : Ratalon
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      Um, perhaps you have to let Steam update, then restart it and press cancel? : bokkibear
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        Yeah, I have done that. Offline mode never worked for me. (Offline mode for people who installed via CD ... : Ratalon
        • nope, I bought mine at EBGames and offline mode has never worked for me. : .spanky.
• Here's the changelog from http://www.steampowered.com Steam, Source Engine, and Half-Life Dedicated Se... : Rice-Rocketeer
• To bad they didn't fix the bug where CS:S (and HL2 in some cases) crashes with a memory read error : reflex33
• Read the news! http://www.steampowered.com/index.php?area=news : Ratalon
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  Still waiting on them to make the netcode more fluid. I'm tired of someone shooting me and then 5 seconds... : petetong
  • Still no fix for the SDK 3d view rendering 1000 frames a second : Ratalon
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    That never happens for me. Either the server you're playing on or your connection is b0rk. : nudel
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      Yeah I think they'd solve half the complaints by providing a proper tool for people to set up their rates... : SpiderMonkey
      • I haven't tweaked anything outside of the standard options menus and it's always worked fine for me. 512k... : nudel
• Yea - I was wondering who was eating my bandwidth : rosewood

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  Why is that? : dltrem
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    I want some lightsaber action. Except JKII/JK:A's lightsaber combat is so broken. BUT LIGHTSABERS A... : Rice-Rocketeer
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      What are you talking about? Single player Jedi Knight 2 lightsaber fights are awesome. I remember the f... : dltrem
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        That's what I mean. The multiplayer. Landing a blow with the saber is based on random chance, not actual ... : Rice-Rocketeer
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          Running down a hallway, force pushing a group of storm troopers off a ledge is one of the best and most s... : dltrem
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            No. Jedi Academy's singleplayer is hackneyed, and bad. :( JKII's is awesome, though. : Rice-Rocketeer
            • I think I wanna play the original JK II again. : Rice-Rocketeer
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              I remember being amazingly psyched for JK2 before it came out. I didn't play Dark Forces much but Jedi K... : dltrem
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                IAWTP. First few levels are a bit of a chore but still somewhat enjoyable. But once you get those for... : zuga
                • Imagine coop. Wow. That would be so intensely awesome I think I might explode. : dltrem
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            The missions certainly had more variety and surprises than JK2 but then again I didn't like JK2 at all. ... : Mad Brahmin Disease
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              Speeder bike mission? : dltrem
              • yes : Mad Brahmin Disease
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                Trust me, that is the only mission that is awesome. :( It *IS* awesome, though. : Rice-Rocketeer
                • Oh wait. This is in Jedi Academy? : dltrem
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                  I disagree, I liked how some mission objectives got screwed and you had to adapt to totally different one... : Mad Brahmin Disease
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                    GODDAMMIT. It appears my Jedi Academy CDs are borked (there's a big scratch on one)...fuck. It was instal... : Rice-Rocketeer
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                      YES! Rubbed some dust off of it with my shirt! WORKS! : Rice-Rocketeer
                      • I just played through about half of the first level of Jedi Outcast and it kinda sucks. I need to get pa... : dltrem
• Play it like this..http://img18.exs.cx/img18/7726/maulja1dh.jpg : Mondo
• If Jedi Academy had some RPG-style development asides from force powers and lightsaber choices, HOLY SHIT... : Rice-Rocketeer

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• I remember playing a game called outpost. The other colony always buckled and I was the only colony left.... : Ratalon

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• lolz + nice: http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0253484/ : nyranger66
• whoa http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0222619/ how come i've never heard of this show?? : smax
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  We salute you MISTER Additional Voices man! : Mondo
  • sorry, you are ugly, but you can say something if you want : moshman
• Hmm... Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory (2003) (VG) (voice) .... Axis Commander There is a special "Com... : SilverSnake
• holy fuck did I hate his guildenstern voice in onimusha, so annoying : mastarp
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  I can't play very many games without running into this guy's voice again: http://us.imdb.com/name/nm01646... : megarust32
  • O_o http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0086326/ : rosewood
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  This seals the deal - I'm buying Vampire: Bloodlines: http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0217221/ I loved Ra... : Tissen
  • Awesome game. You won't regret it. : Rice-Rocketeer
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  he does voices for cartoons, videogames, and PLAYBOY? : fsck
  • Sounds like a shacker. : Magitek
• Cap'n O.G. Readmore (1985-1994) : rosewood

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  Damn dirty lurkers maybe he just forgot? : verbatim
  • maybe hes gonna get socked : ashke
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  Wtf? Does it say who signed it? I wasn't here on the 17th I was on christmas break, but my roommates were... : jiminybooth
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    you at a university? is so, its probably with the central mail room.. : fatman
    • I live in a small apartment complex with no office/mail room. I'm going to go around asking the other ap... : jiminybooth
  • No idea, all I can see is "Your item was delivered at 2:11 pm on December 17, 2004" : ashke
• My victim recipient rarely posts so I have no idea if he got his. :( I sent him an awesome movie though.... : tomservo
• mine got his and even though i have yet to receive my sender was kind enough to notify me it was on the w... : feratu
• should've required that those participating have at least 10 pages of post history. Next year. : VegasX
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  The guy who got mine marked it as recieved on cpt_gloval's page, but he never posted it about :( wtf : Mr.Fusion
  • p.s. boo for unappreciative shackers :( : Mr.Fusion

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  you should come back next wednesday, Presidents of the USA and MxPx are doing a benefit show at the showb... : FrayLo
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    IM THERE!!!! What time? : radicus
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      http://www.showboxonline.com/newwebsite/htmlsite.html i was thinking of possibly going. it would be l... : FrayLo
      • oh snap...next friday is a good show too. Just sent out a mass email, if i can score a date companion im ... : radicus
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        jesus, they're still around? : cpt_gloval
        • they just released a new album, it's pretty good. unless you're thinking of mxpx. they're releasing a n... : ermac
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  The 5Point Cafe...great bar. : VegasX
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    this sounds like a breakfast spot? Where is this place? : radicus
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      it's not trust me on that. Its a loud bar that tends to overpour for a good price. A moosehead hangs on t... : VegasX
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        i walked right by there today : cpt_gloval
        • I work on 6th and Blanchard, in the Denny building. I used to work at the Hurricane Cafe, back when it fi... : VegasX
        • didnt you do a shackmeet recently? : VegasX
  • I think I had lunch there once on a trip. Good stuff. : maddy
• super deluxe is playing on saturday, they're really fun 90's melodic rock i guess. : ermac

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• http://crimsonland.reflexive.com/crimsonland/ Not a flash game, but similar to the game in your first li... : hellspit

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  Proxy bid of 10x item value tends to work most of the time... Can get expensive though. :P : SilverSnake
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    LOL. Just wait until the last 5 minutes of the auction. Enter the amount you will PAY THE MOST FOR WHATEV... : rarshow
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      I'd wait until the last 10 seconds, personally. : cameljoe
      • Its no big deal, just put the max your are willing to pay. It is the other bidder taking the chance they... : digitaljihad
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  jbidwatcher, EOT. : blogophobe
  • I agree. I have been using JBidWatcher for a while and it works really well. Just make sure you check f... : bamfsog
• Nice...thanks for the info. : hudson_cm
• I am watching a bid that ends this evening. I am just going to bid $10 over what the current bid is (ear... : Ratalon