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• uh 69 + 30 = 99. : jrock
• you just pwned yourself. : Prozium
• this is unforgiveable : sparkly
• cell phoned. : flip0it
• I hope this is not serious... : shredder133
• point + laf : Dimmona
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  Did you know that a vagina sweats and that edlin has one? : trove
  • i learn something new here every day. : draconic
  • What does she have? Chocalate mints? : TheArtMan
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  5 minutes until someone goes off on some rant about this being way math doesn't work in the real world... : walker270
  • There is no 2.30 bill!!! : vigilante
• but what about the extra -9%? Opera?!? : delataur
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  your first post no less...welcome! : poppasp1ce
  • this is the best part : derelict515
• I've done the same thing. Don't make fun, the brain is a very odd system. You can be looking at something... : Morgin
• Maybe in the base BIZARRO number system. : sgtsanity
• WHAT the fuck. : tomatoactivator
• Oh, the humanity! : aavenr
• Just don't kill yourself... such shit happens to everyone :) : xphil
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  informative! : cygnus
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    ^^^ : yosemiteclimber
    • Hey! still climb? : asdf
• oh great, now he's going to go back to lurking for another 9 months before he works up the courage to pos... : magila
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  epic. Lurked for 9 months, gestating this masterpiece, and then BAMMO! first post history. : SatansLilHelper
  • yup this is GOLD. take note of this one thekidd : moonbreaker
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  *FIRST&LAST POST* 'D : Ebu
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    awww :( : xphil
    • Predicting, not demanding :( : Ebu
• I've made mistakes like this, but never so publicly. : shyguy74
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  What if someone uses BOTH browsers?! : Priest77
  • o_o -> O_O -> *** : Omaha
  • What if someone uses BOTH browsers?! : Priest77
  • OMG it's a browser paradox!!!1one : reac84
• Math is hard and stuff : tomservo
• Don't you wish there was an edit button now? : Entity
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  Look Around You. Maths are Everywhere! : hirez
  • time to watch todays ep of Numbers I tivo'd : Jonny Be Good
• this post needs to go into the shack hall of fame of posts : evil-cow
• Whoa.. a Virgin Informative. impressive : dmiller
• Im convinced the addition mistake was done on purpose, just to get an the attention this post has gotten. : johnny skidmarks
• Poor guy. Thats hella funny though. : omnova
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  lololol, I can't believe this thread is still going!! lol! : Maddog_Delphi97
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    good job, I just you killed it. : boomstickah
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      doh! :[ : Maddog_Delphi97
      • hey guys whats going on in this informative? : Jonny Be Good
• This makes me glad that the time I made an XBOX HUGE fancy shacktag'd post about an tidbit of news in FP ... : V3N0M
• HAHAHA OMG YOU TOTALLY SUCK AT MATH : mr.sleepy
• That means that the amount of people who use Opera must be... This many! |---| : dmason
• No folks, he is completely serious. I recognize his username, he lives in Memphis. He's crazy. : Pacalon
• Don't listen to all these losers. You got it right. : bRAINsick
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  But what if he's right? What if it does actually add up to 109? Maybe we were all force fed false informa... : Geoffrois
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    JOHN TITOR HAS RETURNED : Ratsofatsorat
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      HEY GUYS, WHAT'S GOING ON IN THIS THREAD!!? : John Titor (#1195) « : Maddog_Delphi97
      • doh, I didn't do it right. :[ : Maddog_Delphi97
• Steve Gibson + 30% = Tipper Gore? : ArB
• hay guys wh-- HOLY SHIT HIS MATH IS FUCKED : Mr.Fusion
• posting in this historical thread : NukeDukem
• lol : skynet
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  This got +inf'd?? The world is ending soon. : Durandal07
  • It's informative, because it's new math. : tension
  • because it's funny. Now relax and smile once in a while : moshman
• dude you're so right. FF has 42% though. : DoubleAught()
• i like the cut of your jib. : pyide
• OMG U = PWNED. i want my nickname in this thread. : biskits
• keep it alive yo : needlez
• Quick, monitor new signups so we can forever hold this against him, even with his new username! : lapskaus
• the more i look at this .. the more the math looks correct : Mansmells
• QQ : rotten element
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  that's one hell of a first post : crust
  • 1st post ever + inf'd. IMPRESSIVE. : SlamDunk
• lol....lay off the sauce :) : JaredSyn
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  damn. what the hell was I smoking? : skcll
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    bah, I deserve the heat. damn, this is embarrassing. : skcll
    • You have some balls to reappear in this thread. GG man. : godwit
    • Well at least you handled it like a gentleman instead of striking back with "NO UR ALL STUPID AND YOU CAN... : Carfaz11
    • At least your first post was informative! : rosewood
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      Don't feel bad, you may just have the best first post of any user ever. : Delusional
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        yes very true.. my first post got I think 2 replies. :P : Shadowdane
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          my first post doesn't even exist, but it's replies do :( : thekidd
          • my first post is long gone as well.. lost in one of the DB crashes I think. Can't believe my first pos... : Shadowdane
    • haha, just remember here rape = love : skynet
    • look on the bright side. 1 post and you're embedded in Shack lore! : timmie
    • thanks for making us laugh and welcome to the Shack! : ChowYunCat
    • Heh, good on you for sticking your head back up. Thanks for the laugh. :D : lord warlock
    • bah, I've done the same. not in correcting the gibson, but for something else. : thekidd
    • don't worry about it dude. by that post alone, you have become a part of the shack community. :) your ... : carnivore
    • screw embarrassing, I've been here for years without anything informative as far as I know! You got it o... : Zakko
    • Monumental. Congratulations :) : ieGod
    • You rock! : dltrem
    • I give your post 109% . APPROVED. : mikage
    • pretty good sport considering its your first post, stick around :) : handofthrawn
• tagging in your historical thread, well played. : darkT
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  olololol, hahahahahaha Welcome to the shack man, you'll fit right in. At least you have more of your f... : qwpeoriu
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    but what about the other 10%? : ghale
    • ^^^well played :) : Delusional
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      lol pure GOLD. close 2nd for post of the month : moonbreaker
      • What's the first? : shredder133
• ahahaha, nice one :) : moshman
• hahahaha you'll never live this down, go and make a new account now :p : moe6
• Oh, dear god. : lightly inclined
• sTeve is human, too. Like you. : Mad Brahmin Disease
• hahaha, the most embarrassing thing is that your post even got informative'd. i feel sorry for you. :( : lonestar3
• Nice...I really gotta learn this new math thing.... : Ttocs
• Thus proving why everything costs $*.99 : Nighteyes
• NEVER CHANGE : eyegeegeewhy
• 109% comedy gold! : aaarrrgh
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  he hasn't replied to this again, so is he hiding somewhere? : PapaBoo
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    http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=9696609 : Degenerate
    • like you've figured out before - i suck : PapaBoo
• I know someone who's NOT doing my taxes : cap n KRUNCH
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  lmaonade!! : jayares
  • Yeah, I'm chuckling at how many replies this thread got.. :D : Maddog_Delphi97
• Another proud member of the Shack math team! Go Shackers! : TheArtMan
• posting in the LEAVENOCHILDLEFTBEHIND thread! : smoove
• You just self-pwn3d. : Ride-My-Rocket
• So simple, so entertaining. A+ : Rasnowl
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  NEVER QUESTION BRUCE DICKINSON STEVE GIBSON!!111!ONE : r3dn3ck
  • ..except after my pants are on I run The Shack. : Cygnus X-1
• err IDIOT!!!!! : askedrelic
• Don't fucka wit da Gibson : lowayne
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  Homer: (wearing glasses) The sum of the square roots of any two sides of an isosceles triangle is equal t : reign27
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    Homer made up for that when he bitched Lisa out for disobeying the laws of thermodynamics with her perpet... : xstatik
    • This perpetual motion machine Lisa made is broken. It just keeps going faster and faster. Young lady in t : Sarcastro
  • haha which is a reference to The Wizard of Oz : cap n KRUNCH
• lol : khaosman
• skcll, i just wanted to say hello and BAHAHAHHAHA : El Tigre
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  haha... 2 + 2 = 5 : gibson_lp
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    Awesome radiohead song... : jad3d
    • best band of the moment :p : simon_tack
  • For large values of 2. : Crimsonbeak
  • floatingpoint'd : SlamDunk
• update: still mocking : sammyl
• bump for humiliation's sake : Mr.Fusion
• you should leave on a high note : toneh
• Wow. What? : dltrem
• He was so sure of himself I almost believed him. : dilutedq
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  He did it on purpose you guys! He wanted the 109% to be possessive. Idiots! : zuga
  • and I thought Steven Hawkins was smart... skcll just outmathed the Gibson : Sixcos
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  posting to be part of the historical thread : personaljesus
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    Wow...just...wow : ColoradoCNC
    • Doh! Meant to post that off the main thread : ColoradoCNC
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  Shacknews: Giving 110% : mindmann
  • you made an error : mr.sleepy
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  Hahahaha. :) This is awesome. : Rice-Rocketeer
  • You're only laughing becuase it makes your math-penis look bigger : mr.sleepy
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  this is why Windows comes with a free built-in calculator! : tunis5000
  • fuckin bastards holding back the open source calculator market :( : timmie
• oh, steve put it on the frontpage so people will laugh at you even more. o:) : lonestar3
• Steve can't be wrong. It was a rounding error. : Downforce
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  lol, now its on the front page. skcll you have reached shack stardom on your 1st post. Congratulations!! ... : El Tigre
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    i tell ya, i wish i had this guys smarts :P : crummynz
    • he wonz the lottery : supermonkeyballz
• I think I hurt myself laughing at this thread's comments. : anubiszro
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  wow, I made it to the frontpage. and I'm in B.C. Calculus as well. : skcll
  • All that calc has made addition so much more difficult to get right :( : project13
  • Wow, you must be Einstein-level genius! : anonimo
  • Now THAT'S funny! bwahahahahah : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • Hey come on now, BC'ers honestly aren't that retarded. You're making us look bad :P : Pheq
• Dude, before anyone notices I thought I'd warn you that you made an error. : Dropo
• Enron just called... they want their logic back. : SLUDGE^
• Tagged. One Hundred Nine Percent. Fuck you, Shacksearch. : anonimo

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• Good stuff linking this shit mang, hi five. : SpaecKow
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  Hahaha If any of you bought half life 2 at Wal-Mart, please just leave the room. : Wombat Woo
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    i fail to see what is wrong with buying a good computer game at wal-mart. yes, computer/video gaming is n... : pullmyfinger
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      The quote is kind of out of context, he's referring to buying it retail as opposed to buying it on Steam ... : Zibro
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        I bought it retail because I don't have a credit card. Also, I didn't see a need to buy it over Steam as... : timmie
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          Directly supporting Valve... actually just a developer in general was more than reason enough for me to p... : Wombat Woo
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            I dunno, I don't think I'd buy any game like that really. I suppose it's alright to support the develope... : timmie
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              if I'd just read your last point first it would have saved me thinking about the reply I was going to mak... : ChowYunCat
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                Most of the problem is I have an aversion to purchasing anything online. I like going into the store and... : timmie
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                  You're not alone. I take it a step farther (in addition to your sentiment about wanting the physical prod... : jrock
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                    i hate to burst your bubble but your not more "intelligent" because you don't believe in a pay per month ... : armybob
                    • I just find it funny that you mis-used your, they're, and its all in the same post. I agree with you tho... : DinK
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                      It's a more intelligent thing to do from a budgeting sense to cut down on monthly charges. That's all tha... : jrock
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                        i'm not getting angsty at all. I just thought your post about intelligent people not buying into all this : armybob
                        • Good post. Sums it up really well. : maddy
                  • I think you're overthinking monthly subscription gameplay a bit. While I think you're right in large par... : maddy
          • I bought of Steam cause of my intense hatred of the tools at VUG. : mc-fine
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      That quote really doesn't convey what he was saying without context. It was all about bringing about a c : s2jason
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        The major problem with steam is that not everybody can download however many gigs of data just to play th... : thecray
        • Many moons ago not everyone could drive to a store to buy bread. Steam is a baby step into the future pf... : jhof
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    He can kiss my ass. I saved money. He needs some time out in the real world where money for entertainment... : eskimo spy
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      Good job, not seeing far enough past your own shallow existence to realize that some things warrant a few... : FlatlineDixay
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        And none of them are video games. Get a grip. : eskimo spy
        • I should get a grip? You're the one telling him to kiss your ass because he doesn't "live in the real wor... : FlatlineDixay
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  I just read this. His rant was amazing. Some of the others are a little scary to me though. Unfortunatel... : stuka
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    a crash in the not-so-distant future wouldn't be a surprise to me. When the next Xbox costs $400 if you w... : Borzoi
    • I see the industry hurtling towards a cliff right now too. The technological leapfrog that's been going ... : s2jason
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  Warren telling it like it is. Glad that someone has the cojones to stand up and make a truthful statemen... : Vic Viper
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    But sadly for us didn't ahve the cojones to stand up to eidos and make Deus Ex 2 not totally shit :( : SpaecKow
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      Was DX2 better than 1, probably not but I thought it was a good game. To each their own. : Vic Viper
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        I'm sure it was fine enough on X-Box. But I'm a PC gamer at the end of the day, and at the end of the day... : SpaecKow
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          But you have to realize everything is shifting towards consoles whether you or I have a say. It's the wa... : Vic Viper
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            No everything is not shifting towards consoles. PCs have grown as a gaming platform. people don't seem to... : SpaecKow
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              Yes, and prices are being raised on games for the PC as well. I seem to remember Doom 3 coming out at $6... : Vic Viper
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                Even with the rise (which isn't happening everywhere, just in the US, btw) games are a lot cheaper then t : SpaecKow
                • I hope so. I am both a PC and console whore. It's nice to be able to switch it up and go from one to th... : Vic Viper
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                Next-generation teams that are able to produce the visual quality that everyone expects are going to be h : Rampancy
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                  Yes it's very troubling. The animation industry has a simular problem. The artists are getting shat o... : SpaecKow
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                    The only reason I shit on online distribution is I truely believe we're just gonna end up with a bunch of... : zakk
                    • I don't see how it could be worse, but even if it is hear me out on one thing and you have to agree - rig... : SpaecKow
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                      online distribution really opens the door to subscription based services. Sorry, but I don't want to "re... : timmie
                      • Heh, don't be alarmist, that's an inferior service. If they do that then people will just go back to reta... : SpaecKow
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                    It's a tough call, because the games are getting so costly they rely on publishers. Valve did a kickass t... : Rampancy
                    • There's actually another option: Focus on your graphical strengths. Look at RTS's/RTT's, two staple PC ge... : Rampancy
                    • Of course, but here's the thing, Valve broke that ice, and with a few more devs things will thaw even fur... : SpaecKow
          • pffft.. no. and d2 sucked a smelly penis : nandu666
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      There's only so much your cojones can do when they're tied into a publishing contract. He certainly has t... : Borzoi
      • Yeah, I don't mean to shit on Warren, the fact that he did as he was told means that he and his team were... : SpaecKow
• very excellent read, thx for post : PUPSTAHS
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  so so informative, tag at will. : Luminair
  • and by "so so" I mean "so, so" not "so-so"! : Luminair
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  The responses to the piracy question were interesting. : zakk
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    I don't really find it surprising. To be perfectly honest, I'd rather see a ton of people playing Savage... : s2jason
    • I don't find it surprising at all. I always find it interesting when developers publically say 'piracy? w... : zakk
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      Am I wrong, or are Spector & Costikyan the only guys on that panel who are commercial software developers... : ChowYunCat
      • You're totally right. I wouldn't even say that what you describe is our bussiness model. Basically, we'... : s2jason
• That guy is my new hero. : omnova
• If anyone finds an audio of this session, keep me in mind. Wonderful read. Goes along well with this mo... : jhof
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  Yeah you think the overtime horror stories are bad now...those guys are on the mark. Games are going to c... : Porkasaurus
  • You're telling this to a forum full of people that bitch ceaselessly about every minor issue that can com... : FlatlineDixay
  • As long as we are willing to pay money to play these games, someone out there will think its worthwhile. : pigvomit
  • That's why the Unions will and make everyone fat and lazy help out. : jhof
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  Warren: I never minded piracy. Anyone who minds about piracy is full of shit. Anyone who pirates your gam : Ratsofatsorat
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    Im sure he is talking about a specific type of pirate. Piracy can be a huge threat if people that were g... : pigvomit
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      Personally I wouldn't assume he's talking about a specific type of pirate at all. It's a fairly blunt com... : Ratsofatsorat
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        I've never bought into piracy being a big deal in any form whether it's music, movies or games. Not in No... : NastyJack
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          Yeah, obviously in foreign countries like China it's ridiculously out of control. Here it's a symptom of ... : Ratsofatsorat
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            Honestly I have never met an artist (game developers included) in my life that have been very much agains... : ovrlrd
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              Yeah, a good game demo sells me instantly. Too bad they're going by the wayside. : Ratsofatsorat
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                Prime example of this was BF1942. It came out before I had high speed internet and the demo was so aweso... : Chod
                • Amen to that. The BF1942 Demo was pretty much what sold me on the game. I would have likely ended up bu... : starvey
            • Yeah it really is either you're gonna buy it or you're not. I could download every game I wanted to but I... : NastyJack
  • Finally some honesty on this issue. Im so tired of hearing "The Company Line" on this one from people in... : ease_one
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    Sure the big wigs like Warren can say that but what about some poor programmer working down in the trench... : Tincan
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      It would depend on the programer and why s/he is programing. If it is strictly for a job, for the money,... : rosewood
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        exactly. people in the early days would play music becaused they loved it. they were called minstrils, an... : cap n KRUNCH
        • From that same section: Chris: I’m pro-piracy. I want people to play the games I make. I : ieGod
    • I would assume that the people in the "trenches" care even less about piracy because people who are not i... : ease_one
  • He can say it, and it's funny, but that doesn't make it right. Like so many things, it's not black and w... : DinK
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    Anyone who pirates your game wasn’t going to buy it anyway That's the dumbest thing I've ... : personaljesus
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      Except it's true to a large degree. A lot of people who pirate games (or any software, for that matter) ... : Arcanum
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        Ummmm, you are offered 2 options. 1- Game A, $29.99 2- Game A, free download Which one would you ... : personaljesus
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          You left out 3- Don't play the game, which makes your "simple as that" argument garbage. You may have ... : Arcanum
          • Yeah so Warren's arguement is flawed. He is the one who is discarding an entire group of people who have ... : personaljesus
    • I thought it was strange too since I pirated Warcraft 3 because there was no demo adn bought it as soon a... : melkore
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    So if a foolproof anti-piracy system was created, the people currently downloading warez would simply STO... : Bold
    • Excatly. He (Warren) has some good points, but that's not one of them : personaljesus
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      The people who simply don't have money for games would stop playing them, yes. Assuming no backlash on t... : Arcanum
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        How about the people who have money, or people who save money to buy games? I would still want to not buy... : personaljesus
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          But 1) You're an immoral bastard who apparently doesn't care about rewarding developers for making good g... : Arcanum
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            1) Morality is irrelevant to this discussion. Noone argues that it is moral to warez a game. 2) Yea some... : personaljesus
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              1) No, no it's not. You're saying "even if I had money, I'd get the game for free if I could". There ar... : Arcanum
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                1) Yea but those moral people are in minority. How do you explain the Napster phenomenon anyway? I mean p... : personaljesus
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                  1) How many of those songs would you've actually bought had Napster not been there? A quarter? A tenth... : Arcanum
                  • I used to have a huuuuge CD collection before Napster. I didn't buy a single CD during the Napster era. : personaljesus
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          Pirating a game is a hassle - esp if it is a console game - so if you can pay and avoid this hassle why w... : smellslikefish
          • Pirating a game (PC) is as hassle as downloading a Movie/TV/Auido torrent. Also, in most countries outsid... : personaljesus
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        No one truly believes that pirates would've purchased ALL their games if warez wasn't an option, bogus in... : Bold
        • As I said, there would be some recovery. Not a lot, though, because of the people who don't have the mon... : Arcanum
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        I dunno, for some people it seems like collecting baseball cards or something ... you spend money on the ... : cap n KRUNCH
        • That's my point. If each of those games costed $40+, that person probably wouldn'tve bought them all. T... : Arcanum
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  Wow, brilliant read. Thanks so much for the link./ : brickmatt
  • IAWTP. The little thing about students trying to make it by doing something innovative rather than just ... : Spezzer
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  link no worky : ovrlrd
  • and it's suddenly fixed, probably just stupid typepad : ovrlrd
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  Wow great read. This is the first thing I've read that almost makes me support something like Steam. It's... : NastyJack
  • makes me feel bad for buying retail HL2 :( : RikiTiki2
• Awesome read! : Mad Brahmin Disease
• That was a great read thanks. : Lightzout
• Did Warren Spector just tell me to steal his games? Kidding, of course. Awesome speech. : Vincent Grayson
• I just scrolled down randomly to: Brenda: why don’t you say fuck? Warren: my mother do... : fluffy64
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  and the asians have no complaints...? : Sixcos
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    That's something I was wondering. All these problems with the working hours, how do the asian developers(... : xenoeye
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      Great question...I always wondered this. They seem to crank out games(sequels too) like mad. I imagine ... : Don Vito Corleone
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        I saw a documentary where the factory employees actually slept in the factories, I think it was in Japan.... : Popedispencer
        • I thought Japanese culture places a great deal of respect and dignity in being hopelessly loyal to one's ... : DinK
• Man, I couldn't agree with Warren more. My respect for this man just hit an all-time high. He is complete... : x-eyd|mary
• Thanks for the read. Great stuff, great panel. Much truth there. : SixDemonBag
• The game that I played the most and had the most fun with last year was Kingdom of Loathing. I don't thi... : skilesare
• Holy shit. : KungFuKenobi
• That whole article was fantastic. : EvilDolemite
• Solid Gold : Gauss
• That session was awesome. Greg and Brenda both got standing ovations. : acheron
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  4 out of 5 games don't make money because 4 out of 5 games suck. : Boxelder
  • True, that and no availability to test out the games that might be good. I used to buy a lot of games a ... : Chod
  • But the good games aren't always the ones that sell. : scatti
  • Plenty of games that suck make money though. : Porkasaurus
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    lol, no. Financial success has rarely had anything to do with the quality of the product. Chingy'... : SpaecKow
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      I don't think I would go so far as to say "rarely." : Kerath
      • Modern mass media entertainment relies more on a small range of choices, good marketing and exposure then... : SpaecKow
  • and they suck because they are trying to make money more than they are trying to be good games ... isn't ... : Mansmells
• Wow, a lot of stuff that needed to be said. Too bad a lot of it won't happen. yet : shredder133
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  Great read, and I now think a lot of those people are deluded. I thought Warren's rant was by far the be : maddy
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    These people think that the art they produce is so good, enough money to keep them going will find its ow : darweidu
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      That's why some of these speakers are retarded. Warren starts out the fucking speech saying how it IS all : sammyl
      • Yeah, and that Brenda person was obnoxious. Whoever the heck she is. : jrock
      • Huh, you read that wrong.... he's talking about finding different sources of financing game production wi... : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • And you must have misread the sentence you quoted. When did I say anything about the most money? I said... : maddy
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    do you think it could be argued that anti-piracy drives away even more sales? : ermac
    • Yes, yes it could. : James T. Kirk
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      I think it could be argued, but I don't think it's true. I think the state of anti-piracy measures is ho... : maddy
      • I never got HL2 because of steam and at least part of what steam is is an "anti-piracy measures". : Nation
  • Back when napster and kazaa weren't blocked on campus I would buy atleast 2 CD's a month from music I hea... : Crimsonbeak
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    I want to just say something snarky like "this post made me LOL" but I hate when people do that, so I'll ... : thebigbeefsandwhich
    • Sorry, but pioneers, visionaries, geniuses, whatever can all be delusional. Furthermore, how on earth co... : maddy
• Huzzah! : Stoned Gargoyle
• video game programmers: all up in ur face : arizona bay
• One of the best reads, ever. Thumbs up for linking this. : Athlon7
• This was an EXCELLENT read. : Rice-Rocketeer
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  This post needs more Toraz, specifically with regard this part: So, as you know, graphics and physics : SpiderMonkey
  • Actually, I was interested about this, too : Rice-Rocketeer
  • straight-line runs 1/3 to 1/10th the performance at the same clock speed. I don't buy that, at all. ... : Toraz Chryx
  • It's irrelevant, gameplay code takes up like, 1% of the CPU budget. (Well, I guess except for AI, which c... : darweidu
• Good stuff for sure. However I'm wondering about Nintendo. I agree they deserve some heat for keeping stu... : Erit
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  KISS MY ASS PANELISTS - Altruism is all too easy when there are no consequences. "I never minded pira... : DeathBlossom
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    Maybe you just made a shitty game? Or maybe you made a great game that only appeals to the more hardcore ... : astral
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      talk about a shot in the dark...I can 100% guarantee you I know more about the situation than you do, so ... : DeathBlossom
      • ok thanks now I understand. : astral
      • Your gaurantee doesn't mean shit to me. I think piracy has an impact, but nowhere near what the game c... : TheTick
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      How can you so confidently say that piracy had nothing to do with it? Maybe the game wouldn't have been ... : maddy
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        You may be right wrt countries like China, but I can confidently say that here, with myself (and everyone... : astral
        • Those are good and valid points, but I believe the piracy that hurts developers the most is the fact that... : DeathBlossom
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  poor warren. it's more like "too many cooks spoil the broth". If he wasn't involved with a BOMB of a g... : Downforce
  • I think this is the cause of a lot of the disillusionment some designers feel. It's hard to keep the cre... : maddy
• Wow is right. Man, they pull no punches. : Freon

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• That second one is awesome. I have the sudden urge to watch the Last Samurai again. : Vincent Grayson
• those are some pretty good photoshops! o_O : Shadowdane
• pffht, a real snowspeeder pilot would have gone lower on the legs. : Degenerate
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  Link to thread? : asdf
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    http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1487488 : sikander
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      ahahaha best ever http://portfolio.iu.edu/jtwalker/rotk-alternate_ending2.avi : armaduck
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        Haha, that was awesome. : m0nkz
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          ^^^Everyone should check this out : James T. Kirk
          • Yeah, everyone check me out! :D : m0nkz
      • hahah that was cool : sikander
      • That was... awkward. : sgtsanity
      • Unexplainably cool. : mr.sleepy
      • bahahaha so funny : sparkly
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        what codec is this? fresh install of windows = no codecs :( : RikiTiki2
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          guess you can just play it with a vanilla wmp cause I did : xphil
          • shi didn't work for me eithe R:( : celerity
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            It's DivX 5, according to GSpot. : Entity
            • hmm I'm at work and didn't install any codec shit here. wmp10 though if that makes any diff. : xphil
            • same here. Installed divx 5 on this laptop and got to enjoy the hilarity, thanks! :) : celerity
      • holy shit that just made my day hahahaha thanks for turning my disastrous saturday afternoon into an LOL ... : xphil
      • ahahaha wow : delataur
      • Hahah that was fucking great : j33uk
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        Do the hobbits really have mansex like that at the end?!?! O_O : Omaha
        • For a second there, I thought Gandalf was about to take off his robe and jump in on the mansex action. : Ride-My-Rocket
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        funny but anticlimactic : systatic
        • I disagree, as right at the end of the clip, my favorite song started. :D : cajuncook
      • WOot! Is there more? : celerity
      • Fucking brilliant! : chuk
      • what : askedrelic
      • That was stupid, silly and short... And I couldn't stop laughing. : BrodieMan
      • funny for no reason at all! I love it! : RikiTiki2
      • hahahahah that was so awesome : diabol1k
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        Link doesn't work :( Can someone host it? : Kenshin_
        • Nevermind : Kenshin_
    • I knew it all along! HE defeated Sauron! : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • http://img202.exs.cx/img202/2083/jarjaroliphaunt7jw.jpg a dream come true :^) : James T. Kirk
• Background'D : d0gbert
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  Oh man. I would pay double the movie ticket price for a Last Samurai remake using lightsabers. Fuck it... : laidback
  • Where the hell do you go see movies that cheap? Triple the cost for me would be $45 (CDN). : ieGod
• The frodo terminator pic made me laugh so hard for some reason... : shredder133
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  HAL 9000 on page 5 is great : sharkII
  • Yeah, I had a good laugh :) : ieGod
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  Is there a big thread on SA with this stuff? : Dechter
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    http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=9695540 : pez2084
    • Aye, I was distracted by the awesomeness that is the ROTK avi and could not see the URL. : Dechter
• fantasy meets...errrr... fantasy? http://s93997075.onlinehome.us/upload/files/pics/MerryPippen-Owned.jpg : ingentis
• Hahah wonderful. : scanline
• omg http://img136.exs.cx/img136/6416/pottermatrix8xg.jpg : twinkiedemon

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  UT2004! : omnova
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    is there a shack server? : pupismyname
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      Yeah, rydrogg has one up. I'd love for more people to play. : omnova
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        that might be worth a shot. is it populated with bots when real people aren't on? : pupismyname
        • Nope. But I'm sure there's people that would want to play too if you posted. Worked for Maddog. : omnova
  • agreed : moonbreaker
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  http://deathball.net/ \o/ : pyide
  • There a shack server of that too? Or a good server? I've been meaning to try that out. : omnova
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  why do you hate CS? I just bought it last nite and I wanna play it with you! : Galadriel07
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    he had a bad night tonight and he's all pissed off about it... : evil-cow
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      haha, just wait he'll being playing again by tommorow night. Many times I have quit a game of CS out of ... : magila
      • Oh, Pup will be back. Maybe not today, but when the new map comes out, he'll be there. : mojoald
    • at one point, my team was 8-0 on compound. i was 0-8. and i was hanging back. sometimes there just a... : pupismyname
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    i'm sure i'll play more, but no game has ever made me as angry or frustrated as counter-strike (except ma... : pupismyname
    • with as good as CS is, no multiplayer game has still ever matched standing on a keep wall for 2 hours whi... : jimmy-buffett
• guild wars next month (or does it have to be a shooter) : jimmy-buffett
• http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=9690480 : nyranger66
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  There's an MP mod for Morrowind now. I haven't tried it. : Kerath
  • holy shit what? what? mp? what? like.. playing with other people mp? omg. : draconic
• another quaalude, you'll be back in the morning! : rasputinreborn
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  Microsoft Hearts : porp
  • you can play hearts online? fuckin A! : rosewood
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  Natural Selection http://www.unknownworlds.com/ns/ : sanchez
  • If they ported this to HL2 I would die a happy man. I had more fun in that game than almost any other FPS... : Delusional
• Guild Wars? : mystifier
• Savage, NS, GW, DOD :[ : Luminair
• RTCW: ET. Free. : darkT
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  Savage is a wonderul mix of RTS and FPS. You can be the commander of your team and play a RTS game. Min... : boolean
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    much <3 : s2jason
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      Give it up for the man s2jason folks... one of the creators of Savage and a fellow Shacker to boot! : boolean
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        i loved this game. none of my friends played and it died out :( : radula
        • Its not dead. Granted there are only about 3 servers in the USA that get play. But I play it every day. : boolean
• HL1 & 2 DM Brain Bread : Mad Brahmin Disease
• No one posted saying Splinter Cell yet? Given there are two of you, it's 2 vs 2 nature would be perfect, ... : SpiderMonkey
• Tribes Vengeance : Postal
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  Warcraft III is a very fun game to play with a friend online. Very easy to find games and its pretty deep... : scatti
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    it can be a problem with anon games mind you - there's invariably one person who drops, and occasionally ... : Postal
    • Yeah stay the hell away from anon games. Find a friend and play arranged team games with them. The compet... : scatti
• tribes vengeance : mr.sleepy
• Wolfenstien: Enemy Territory Once you learn your way around, it's awesome. : project13

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• very very nice. : drucifer
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  Yay. Now you can roll over those huge speed bumps, and trek through the harsh terrain of city streets. ... : Rice-Rocketeer
  • ground floor : haiku
  • perhaps you should get over yourself! : Clay
  • Actually, I'm moving to northern British Columbia, where the weather actually warrants such a thing. : Waverider
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  Not to shit on your thread but why did you opt for a large suv? : idmud
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    I was all excited for auto hotness too. It looks comfy and stuff, but SUVs aren't exciting. : DinK
    • Keep in mind I've been driving a Dodge Caravan for the last three years. It's a MASSIVE improvement. :) : Waverider
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    maybe he was 6 kids and likes to buy home improvement stuff? : Clay
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      And that require ground clearance because? : idmud
      • because they come like that from nissan? he didn't design the fucking thing. : poppasp1ce
  • He plans on driving the Grouse Grind ;) : timmie
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    The main reason is that I am moving to northern BC and will be doing a lot of driving to very rural and r... : Waverider
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      Sure, I'll buy that. Living out in the sticks with lots of small twisty roads has tought me how superior ... : idmud
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        If I was going to stay in Vancouver, I likely would have bought a sports car of some variety or other. Cr... : Waverider
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          Uh... then I don't undestand the purcahse of an SUV. If I remember correctly, SUVs are classified as "lig... : Bold
          • When I looked at all the data I could find for the Pathfinder (NHTSA data, crash tests, specs, etc), it e... : Waverider
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      Moving to northern BC? Enjoy your uncracked windshield while you have it. A friend of mine is in Prince... : timmie
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        Moving to Prince George, believe it or not. I plan to look after the windshield as best I can, but those ... : Waverider
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          Awesome, we'll have to pester you when we go up there to visit our friend! We usually go up and visit du... : timmie
          • Cool - send me a Shackmsg. :) : Waverider
• needs more 22" chrome spinnaz : Postal
• is it gonna roll on 20s? : Normality
• Fuck these weiners. If you can afford to ride comfortably and don't mind the gas prices, congratulations.... : Rauol Duke
• great, another giant waste of materials roamng our streets waiting to run over someone. : hobosapien
• I love having a vehicle nobody but me (and the wife) have ever driven :) It doesn't seem quite so specia... : timmie
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  the amount of hypocrits in this thread makes my heads hurt unless you people live in a cave, hunt your... : Clay
  • IAWTP : Rauol Duke
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    I'm not a hypocrate for disliking large vehicles that server no purpose other than to show other people y... : hobosapien
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      but are you a hypocrite? i'm a dick : khaosman
      • yeah im not known for my spelling heh : hobosapien
    • http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=9698440 : Waverider
  • My mpg average is probably worse than he'll get. I'm just curious why people want to ride around in suvs. : idmud
• needs more jeep wrangler : placebo effect
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  Nice truck! Fuck the naysayers : ThomW
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    Thank you. :) I posted a few explanations why I made the purchase I did; if someone doesn't like it, that... : Waverider
    • I hate driving next of Expeditions. Makes me very uneasy because those fuckers are HUGE and the driver i... : timmie
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  I can't tell from the pic but is that the Armada? Either way that's pure sex, very nice Nissan... : tunis5000
  • Pathfinder, actually. It looks bigger than it is. The Armada is a monster by comparison. : Waverider
• congrats man, know you wanted out of that hellhole so it's good to see that you emerged relatively unscat... : Morgin